IK Multimedia AmpliTube 3 Amplifier and FX Modeling Software (Mac and Windows)

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Build your dream guitar and bass rigs with this DAW plug-in! Mix and match 160 models of guitar amps, speaker cabinet models, stompboxes and rack effects.

AmpliTube 3 is the king of tone. A massive upgrade of the leading guitar and bass tone gear modeling software, AmpliTube 3 raises the industry standard of sound variety, realism and creative power. If your recording or playing "rig" is lacking in that rich, lush expressive analog warmth, then you need to check it out. With over 160 precisely modeled pieces of vintage and modern gear available in one package, AmpliTube 3 is the ultimate tone gear collection for the player/producer/engineer suffering from tone angst.

Infinite Combinations

AmpliTube 3 contains over 160 pieces of gear, more than double the amount of other packages, including models from the most sought-after vintage collections and modern-day workhorses. You'll get 51 individual stompboxes and effects, 31 amplifier preamp & power sections, 46 speaker cabinet models, 15 high end stage and studio mics, and 17 post amp rack effects. Plus, with the AmpliTube 3 open architecture, you can add more packages as you need them, like AmpliTube Fender(tm) and Ampeg(r) SVX.

True Dynamic Response

AmpliTube 3 gear models give you THE most realistic playing feel -- not just the tones -- but the actual dynamic response of their hardware counterparts. Nothing comes closer to the feel and touch of playing through a real rig than AmpliTube 3. Plus, with IK's proprietary VRM (Volumetric Response Modeling) technology, you can add ultra-accurate rotating speaker effects, free dual mic placement plus room ambience and response read more to custom craft your tone.

Creative Inspiration

Face it -- the better you sound, the better you play. AmpliTube 3 unleashes more creative power than ever, helping you to easily carve truly unique voicings for your guitar, bass, keyboard, drum and vocals. The creative effects let you create sounds you never heard before, and the "drag & drop" effects configuration feature lets you quickly experiment with effects in the signal chain to get that totally unique sound.

Every Sound You Can Imagine

AmpliTube 3 is the voice for your soul. With the largest collection of ultra-accurately modeled gear, creative effects and flexible routing features, you'll never run out of sonic possibilities. Every sound you've heard, and ones you haven't are here...your sound is in here.

AmpliTube 3 now includes over 160 models of vintage and modern gear

Packing in more than ever before, AmpliTube 3 has nearly 100 more gear models than its predecessor AmpliTube 2, all accurately modeled down to the finest detail with renown IK craftsmanship and third generation DSM technology. Not only is there an addition of tons of amps and effects, but all of the legacy models of AmpliTube 2 have been reworked providing greater efficiency and even more dynamic response for that "real amp" touch and feel. AmpliTube 3 offers the widest palette of effects, amps, cabinets and microphones of any guitar amp and effects product on the market. Together with the inclusion of nearly 70 top amp and effects models from AmpliTube Metal and AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix, plus over 30 all premium gear models AmpliTube 3 is the most powerful and complete anthology of guitar and bass gear ever.

Over 30 previously unreleased models are now included in AmpliTube 3. Together with a collector's selection of some of the all time finest amps and cabinets (including accurate replica models based on vintage Vox(r), Orange(r), Mesa(r), Roland(r), Trace Elliot(r), Acoustic(r), Gallien Kruger(r) and more) along with must-have analog modeled stomp boxes (models based on Electro-Harmonix(r), Marshall(r), Ibanez(r)) a series of "creative" effects has been added! AmpliTube 3 also includes innovative effects not found in other modeling packages such as: StepFilter, StepSLicer, TapDelay, Rezo and Swell in both stomp and rack versions. These inspirational effects can open a whole sonic panorama to your performance and push forward the creativity of what you can do with your guitar, bass or any other instrument both live and in the studio.

The cabinet module of AmpliTube 3 has been entirely redone. Sporting a redesigned GUI, not only now you can mic and mix each cabinet with 2 microphones, but the microphones also can be freely moved around the speaker making it easier to find that magical sweet spot. Cabinet "size" can now be also controlled so you can enlarge and shrink your cabinet behind the limits of the physical world. Additionally now you can adjust the room ambience and room mic positioning for an ultra-accurate modeling of the cabinet in the natural recording space.

The AmpliTube 3 speaker cabinet module contains one of the best sounding models of a rotary speaker ever, thanks to the exclusive VRM technology (Volumetric Response Modeling). Never before has a software rotary speaker sounded so much like the original. Based on a pristine model of a vintage Leslie(r) 147, the cabinet features modern and vintage original matching speakers, and is able to give to your sound that timeless magic characteristic of this must have gear.

A feature largely requested by AmpliTube users, now you can reconfigure your pedal board and rack effects chain simply by dragging & dropping the effect into its position. Setting up your effects has never been easier, and this feature makes sonic experimentation fast and easy.

Now includes both mono and full stereo signal paths

Now you can add AmpliTube 3 effects to your stereo recording of drums, vocals, keyboards and more! A full stereo-chain signal path has been implemented that allows you to use AmpliTube 3 as a multi-effects unit on every instrument in your DAW session. Plus you can now use AmpliTube 3 on two instruments simultaneously, each one with their own rig.

AmpliTube 3 sports a preset browser that allows you to quickly search and organize the huge number of presets that are included in the package, plus the thousand of presets built by a growing community of users through the online Preset X-Change sharing services. Presets can now be saved and recalled using a series of user-defined keywords and attributes, plus a "copy & paste" feature allows to quickly re-position your amp or effects retaining all existing settings and tweaks. Additionally presets now can be saved for a single model simply by right clicking on it.

AmpliTube 3 makes it easier than ever to control it using any existing MIDI gear. Simply click on the control knob/parameter of any of the gear and the MIDI learn function will allow to immediately set the selected control to respond to the corresponding MIDI control function of your gear. And of course no set-up is needed when it is used with IK's StealthBoard, StealthPedal and StompIO controllers and interfaces.

In Standalone mode the SpeedTrainer module offers the possibility to play or record up to 4 track, with independent pitch-shift/time-stretch. Now you can record your band all within AmpliTube 3, use it to learn difficult licks, or to quickly capture and layer your musical ideas at the moment of inspiration.

To help managing the best balance between sound quality and CPU usage, Amplitude has designed 3 modes (eco-mid-hi) that are accessed with a simple click. These allow to get the minimal possible CPU, a good sounding medium set up and the best possible sound quality accessible via the main interface.

Improved overall performance

AmpliTube 3 has greatly enhanced the CPU usage efficiency of all models and "remastered" the legacy models in order to be more efficient and take advantage of technologies. The result is better sounding ultra-accurate gear models with more available computational resources for other tasks.

Now you can expand your collection of gear directly in AmpliTube 3 by adding individual pieces, or entire collections like AmpliTube Fender or Ampeg SVX. This also allows you to purchase "singles" on an as needed basis in the future, and have them all available in one plug-in from within the AmpliTube 3 structure.

Infinite Combinations

AmpliTube 3 contains over 160 pieces of gear, more than double the amount of other packages, including models from the most sought-after vintage collections and modern day workhorses. You'll get 51 individual stompboxes and effects, 31 amplifier preamp & power sections, 46 speaker cabinet models, 15 high end stage and studio mics, and 17 post amp rack effects. Plus, with the AmpliTube 3 open architecture, you can add more packages as you need them, like AmpliTube Fender and Ampeg SVX.

- 51 Stompbox effects, 31 Amps, 46 Cabinets, 15 Studio Mics, 17 Rack effects
- Over 160 gear models included (with nearly 100 added models), more than double the amount of other packages, from the most sought-after vintage collections to modern day workhorses
- 30 brand models for the most complete anthology of gear ever
- 70 reworked and superior sounding models from packages like AmpliTube Metal and AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix
- A collection of bass gear models make it also the most complete package for any bass recording or performance needs
- Can be directly expanded with packages like AmpliTube Fender, Ampeg SVX and future packages
- Preset management and keyword system allows you to organize and quickly recall the massive library of included and custom preset tones.

True Dynamic Response

AmpliTube 3 gear models give you THE most realistic playing feel -- not just the tones -- but the actual dynamic response of their hardware counterparts. Nothing comes closer to the feel and touch of playing through a real rig than AmpliTube 3. Plus, with IK's proprietary VRM (Volumetric Response Modeling) technology, you can add ultra-accurate rotating speaker effects, free dual mic placement plus room ambience and response to custom craft your tone.

- All models in AmpliTube 3 have been ultra-accurately remastered with this 3rd generation modeling technology (the same found in AmpliTube Fender), using IK's exclusive DSM technology (Dynamic Saturation Modeling), then painstakingly A/B compared with the originals in this massive collection of gear (that's right, Amplitude owns the pieces they use to create the package) to ensure that the sound you hear from the software is the sound you hear from the gear
- Cabinet module now provides double miking per cabinet with freely movable microphones thanks to IK's VRM (Volumetric Response Modeling) technology, giving you a level of control and sound accuracy never before experienced in software
- Iimpulse based reverbs are now used in the entire chain, from spring reverb to room ambience which ensures the most realistic possible representation of your recording environment
- Rotary speaker module sets the standard for accurate emulation of these types of cabinets - until now, there had never been such a great sounding rotary cabinet in software.

Creative Inspiration

Face it -- the better you sound, the better you play. AmpliTube 3 unleashes more creative power than ever, helping you to easily carve truly unique voicings for your guitar, bass, keyboard, drum and vocals. The creative effects let you create sounds you never heard before, and the drag & drop effects configuration feature lets you quickly experiment with effects in the signal chain to get that totally unique sound.

- Creative Effects featuring the StepFilter, StepSlicer, TapDelay, Rezo and Swell stomp and rack effects that allow you to sculpt your sound and create inspiring rhythmic patterns or amazing drone and pad-like effects
- Full stereo path allows you use the huge collection of analog and digital effects on your vocal tracks, keyboards and drums
- Drag & Drop function in the stomp and rack modules now makes experimenting with effect combinations a breeze
- MIDI Learn feature allows you to assign any software control or parameter to an external controller with a simple click on the parameter's knob
- Integrated 4-tracks recorder/player allows you to capture and layer your ideas quickly and easily right at the moment of inspiration.

Every Sound you can Imagine

AmpliTube 3 is the voice for your soul. With the largest collection of ultra-accurately modeled gear, creative effects and flexible routing features, you'll never run out of sonic possibilities. Every sound you've heard, and ones you haven't are here... your sound is in here.

More Amps

With over 30 amp models included, AmpliTube 3 offers the widest palette of core tones and sonic personalities than anything else on the market. Imagine your amp room filled to capacity with historically and musically significant vintage and modern must-have amps and effects. AmpliTube 3 offers a unique models collection of Fender, Marshall, Vox, Mesa Boogie, Peavey, Randall, Orange, Roland, Supro, THD, Silvertone, Ampeg, Trace Elliot, Acoustic and Gallien Krueger. The design and coding of these amp now spans three generations of IK modeling technology, giving you the most accurate and precise replica of all the tone, controls and behavior found on the originals. All amps also sport their unique, original matching cabinet. 15 microphone models are also available to mic the cabinets, with all the must have models from Neumann, Senheiser, AKG, Shure, Royer, Electro-Voice, GrooveTubes represented. Plus, AmpliTube 3 sports also one of the best physically modeled Leslie speaker models in the industry.

More Effects

With over 50 precision-modeled stomp boxes and 17 rack effects, AmpliTube 3 includes all the standard effects for guitar and bass sounds and more. Every major type of effect is represented in multiple flavors giving you the most incredible arsenal of Fuzz, Compression, EQ, Distortion, Overdrive, Flanger, Phaser, Delay, Modulation, Pitch Shifter, Harmonizer, Filter and more. All the masterpiece vintage and modern stomp models from Boss, Electro Harmonix, Ibanez, Vox, Arbiter, MXR, Digitech, Roland, and Marshall are represented, plus some rare pearls including models based on the extremely hard to find Univibe, Maestro, Mossrite, Roger Mayer, and ProCo stompboxes. Additionally a series of exclusive IK designed effects give you superior creative potential --with StepFilter, StepSlicer, Resonator, TapDelay, and Swell effects, you'll generate inspiring rhythmic patterns and amazing drone and pad effects.

More for Players, Engineers, Producers

AmpliTube 3 gives you the sonic edge you need to carve truly unique voicing for your guitar and bass - and now also for your keyboard, drum or vocal.

Players: Tone. Tone. Tone. At its core, AmpliTube 3 is all about tone -- rich, lush, fantastic goose-pimple-causing, back-of-the-neck hair-raising tone. If you only use AmpliTube 3 on your guitar and bass tracks, you'll be completely and utterly satisfied with the results.

Engineers: AmpliTube 3 is incredibly intuitive and easy to use, and all the tools you traditionally use in the studio are built right into the software -- tuner, pedal board, amp, cabinet, mics, racks -- they're all there. From the pedal board routing path to the incredible selection of microphones, room sizes and placement options, you'll be amazed with how easily it integrates into the signal and project flow. AmpliTube 3 allows you to focus more on the results than the process, and is destined to become the recording engineer's best friend.

Producers: With its powerful engine, routing flexibility and creative effects, you'll create that sound that sets you apart. AmpliTube 3 is designed for the right side of your brain, enabling you to get in the flow without getting in the way. You'll be more efficient, flexible and thus more creative.
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System Requirements
Power PC based Macintosh(r):
- Minimal: dual 1 GHz G4 processor, 1GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
- Suggested: dual 2 GHz G5 processor, 2 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
- Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS, AAX

Intel based Macintosh(r):
- Minimal: 1.5 GHz Intel processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.
- Suggested: 2.3 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.
- Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS, AAX

Windows(r):
- Minimal: Pentium 4 / Athlon 64 processor, 1 GB of RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.
- Suggested: 2.33 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.
- Supported Plug-in formats: VST, RTAS, AAX

Crossgrade
If you are a registered owner of at least ONE IK product (Free versions excluded), you are now eligible to crossgrade to ANY other IK product at the discounted crossgrade price and save big! Both retail and special bundled versions of IK products, such as SampleTank 2 SE, AmpliTube LE and T-RackS EQ, qualify you for the extra savings you receive from the crossgrade prices on full versions of IK products.

Specifications
- Windows and Mac OS X Plug-in and Standalone application
- Supported Plug-in formats: Audio Units, VST, RTAS, AAX (Mac OS X) - VST, RTAS, AAX (Windows)
- 5 separate modules: Tuner, Stomp effects Pedalboard, Amp Head, Cabinet + Microphones, post Rack effects
- Over 160 included gear models
- 51 Stompbox effects
- 31 Amp models
- 46 Cabinet emulations
- 15 Studio Microphone models
- 17 Rack effects
- High-precision Tuner
- Cabinet module with two freely movable microphones and cabinet size control
- Room ambience with microphones' stereo width control
- Ultra accurate analog modeling with DSM(tm) technology
- Ultra realistic cabinet emulation with VRM(tm) technology
- 2 series/parallel rigs with 8 configurations, selectable mono/stereo input and true stereo processing
- Drag & Drop functionality in the Stomp and Rack modules for quick effects re-arrangement
- Advanced preset browser with guitar/bass dedicated keywords plus user keywords and smart search function
- Global and single gear presets
- Easy to set, one click best quality/performance settings
- Host/DAW BPM synchronization
- Freely assignable DAW automation
- Up to 96 kHz supported sampling rate
- Can be directly expanded with more "Powered by AmpliTube" software like AmpliTube Fender(tm) and Ampeg(r) SVX
- One click MIDI CTL assignment, compatible with any standard MIDI controller
- Direct integration with IK's range of interfaces/controllers like StompIO, StealthPedal, StealthBoard with zero setup needed
- 4 track recorder/player with independent time stretch/pitch shift (Standalone version)
- Non destructive recording allows post effect processing of the recorded audio (Standalone version)
- 2 instruments can be simultaneously processed with independent audio settings (Standalone version)
- Imports any Wav, Aiff, sd2, Apple Caf, Flac, MP3 audio file (Standalone version)
- Metronome with selectable sounds (Standalone version)

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Web: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/contact-support/

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. (36 ratings)
Submitted September 3, 2011 by a customer from elp.rr.com

"Go get yourself one."

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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I think as I learn to use the product better, it will keep me happy for a long time.
Sound
I'm rating this product an 8 for sound because if you just hook your guitar directly to the computer the sound is a bout an 8 which sounds pretty good. But you can make this sound so much better by plugging your guitar into any amp then using a direct box to take the sound from your amp to a balanced input into your computer. That way yoyr guitar behaves as it should when played through an amp. Amplitude can then provide all kinds of effects and modeling to your good raw sound.
Features
Lots of features to tweak if that's yoyr thing.
Ease of Use
Like all software there is a learning curve, but a printed quick start manual would makes things easier. For this kind of many it's ridiculous that software doesn't come with a book.
Quality
Hasn't crashed so far so I guess it's all good.
Value
I think this is one of the better guitar packs out right now. It's got a lot included and can be expanded with addittion features if desired.
Manufacturer Support
Haven't dealt with them so, I don't have a positive or neg impression.
The Wow Factor
Hey it's just software. calm down

Musical Background:

hobbyist, active musician

Musical Style:

jazz, blues, pop
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