IK Multimedia AmpliTube Metal Amplifier and FX Modeling Plug-In (Mac and Windows)

For the first time, a plug-in entirely dedicated to heavy-metal gear with an arsenal of 36 highly acclaimed modern/vintage amps and stomp box models spanning from the late 70’s through the 90’s. 7 highly sought-after distortion pedals plus 5 other must-have metal stomp-boxes, 4 amp heads and 8 cabinets for 32 high-gain amp combinations, plus 8-rack effects that rock! If you want a distortion powerhouse go for the Metal.

All of this available in the familiar and extremely easy-to-use Powered by AmpliTube interface which is laid down the same way your guitar rig is set up and with controls never more than 2 clicks away.

Features
12 Stomp effects with highly acclaimed distortion models

4 Power amps

8 cabinet effects

4 microphones

8 post FX racks

2 fully configurable rigs with up to 32 insertable effects

Digital tuner

Stand-alone and VST/AU/RTAS plug-in for all popular DAWs

Speed-Trainer for riff tracking

Powered by AmpliTube®

Exclusive DSM™ (Dynamic Saturation Modeling) technology

Mac OS X and XP/Vista compatible

12 Stomp Effects with highly acclaimed distortion models
AmpliTube Metal contains 7 of the most highly acclaimed distortion pedals of hard rock and metal with Japanese, British and American models. From vintage ‘70’s to ‘90s distortion, from metal to scream, all the firepower is into this high-gain arsenal. Add 2 highly-cutting flangers modeled from classic renowned metal flangers, a pitch-shifter for adding low-bottom bass sub harmonics, delay and sculpting graphic EQ and you have one of the greatest collections of metal pedals of all time.

Four Amp Heads that helped define the history of rock
A classic British 100W rock head plus one 80’s and two 90’s US metal lead heads with up to 300 watts. All collector’s examples of high-gain MOS-FET and tubes heads with enormous sound, from hard to heavy, all chainable with 2 rigs for complex routings.

8 Must-have cabinet stacks with 4 mics
All the possible 2x12 inch and 4x12 inch configurations and wattage, with accurate matching to the original heads, reconfigurable on 32 amp combinations for a huge wall of sound. Also includes a 1x15” low-bottom cabinet for 7-string guitar performances. Everything miked with 4 must-have classic microphone models.

8 Racks that rock
Multi-tap delay, Reverb, Tube Comp, Parametric EQ, Digital Flanger, Digital Chorus, Pitch Shifter, 31-band Graphic EQ.

Control it live with StompIO as the ultimate stage processor
Through the new AmpliTube X-GEAR shell-host, AmpliTube Metal can be controlled live with the StompIO for the ultimate stage metal rig. The StompIO is the only USB floor controller that gives you the same feeling of playing your computer like a high-end hardware floor processor with its 10 floor-board switches, 6 knobs, 2 large displays and up to 6 external switches/expression pedals (and no need to see the screen or even touch the mouse).

Mix it with any “Powered by AmpliTube” package to build your ultimate custom tone
AmpliTube X-GEAR also allows you to read AmpliTube Metal together with AmpliTube 2, Ampeg SVX and AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix from a single interface with full mixing capabilities among the astounding number of 128 different and accurately modeled types of gear. Plus, future ”Powered by AmpliTube” products will allow even greater expandability to further build your ultimate custom guitar and bass tones.

Technical Info

System Requirements

Power PC based Macintosh®
Minimal: 866 MHz G4 processor, 512 MB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

Suggested: dual 1.25 GHz G4 or G5 processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS.

Intel based Macintosh®
Minimal: 1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo processor, 512 MB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.

Suggested: 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.

Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS.

Windows®
Minimal: Pentium 1GHz / Athlon XP 1.33 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, Windows XP / Vista or later.

Suggested: Pentium 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2.4 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, Windows XP / Vista or later.

Supported Plug-in formats: VST, RTAS.

Crossgrade and Upgrade
IK Multimedia makes it easier and more affordable than ever to expand your computer-based studio with a diverse collection of IK products. 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.