I D E A S T U R N M U S I C O N Guitar Amp & Fx Modeling Plug-In 3 Amps, 3 EQs and 3 Cabinets 4 Effects including Wah, Delay, Reverb and Overdrive Built-in Tuner User Manual
Guitar Amp & FX modeling Plug-In User Manual
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I Contents pag. 7 II Interface pag. 8 III License and copyrights pag. 10 Chapter 1 What is AmpliTube™ LE? 1.1 Description pag. 13 pag. 13 Chapter 2 Using AmpliTube™ LE 2.1 Connecting your guitar to your computer 2.2 Input Level – optimal setting 2.3 Signal path and effects chaining 2.4 Tuner 2.5 Stomp Section 2.6 Amp Section 2.7 Presets pag. 14 pag. 14 pag. 14 pag. 15 pag. 15 pag. 15 pag. 16 pag. 17 Chapter 3 Controlling AmpliTube™ LE 3.1 Input Level 3.2 Gate 3.3 Tuner 3.4 Wah-Wah 3.
Guitar Amp and FX modeling Plug-In STOMP Section - Wha-Wha - Delay - Overdrive INPUT LEVEL GATE TUNER 8 REVERB II - Interface
AMP Section - 3 Amp models - 3 Cabinet models - Overdrive EQ II - Interface 9
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1 - What is AmpliTube™ LE
Chapter 1 What is AmpliTube™ LE? 1.1 Description AmpliTube™ LE is the ‘lite’ version of the industry standard IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube guitar rig emulation plug-in. AmpliTube™ LE includes a selected choice of what was voted the world's best guitar amp and effects modeling software ever made by leading guitar and recording magazines. It offers the ability to create many powerful amp sounds, with beautiful, huge, vintage , tube, warm tones, without a heavy amp set up.
Chapter 2 Using AmpliTube™ LE 2.1 Connect your guitar to your computer To achieve the best input signal when using AmpliTube™ LE be sure you have an "instruments input" on your audio interface. The “instrument input” needs a gain control and commonly is an high impedance input, this means that the pickups of your guitar will find an input that matches that found in guitar amplifiers. NOTE: Normal +4 dB low impedance line input (i.e.
2.3 Signal path and effects chaining The signal path within AmpliTube™ LE is the following: 2.4 Tuner Following after the input section AmpliTube LE sports a built-in chromatic Tuner (fig. 2). The tuner displays the note name and a LED scale with a +/20 cents range. 2.5 Stomp Section The Stomp section (fig. 3) is equipped with 3 pedal processors: fig.
2.6 Amp Section After passing through the stomp box section the signal goes into the heart of AmpliTube™ LE: the Amplifier emulation (fig. 4). Here everything is physically modeled and the signal first feeds into the gain stage with 3 Amp Models to choose from: Clean Modeled after the Vox® AC-30 top boost Crunch Modeled after the Marshall® JCM-800 Lead Modeled after Fender® Solid State combos fig. 4 fig.
2.7 Presets The factory presets included with AmpliTube™ LE (fig. 8) are designed to accurately cover the widest possible range of classic and modern tones. Unlimited user presets can of course be saved and recalled. fig.
Chapter 3 Controlling AmpliTube™ LE 3.1 Input Level The input signal level (fig. 9) is very important in AmpliTube™ LE because the preamplifier stages are physically modeled after real circuits, where the signal level affects the timbre that’s being produced. Always check the three LEDS labeled “ Input Level” on the left top corner of the interface. fig.
We suggest leaving the Gate OFF (fully counterclockwise) unless you notice high background noise from the guitar signal. In that case try to slightly increase the gate knob up to a point where the LED lights and the Gate cuts the input. 3.3 Tuner AmpliTube™ LE sports a high precision automatic tuner that makes really easy to tune your guitar perfectly.
3.5 Delay Click on the Delay switch and set it to ON to engage the effect. The red led shows that the unit is active (fig. 16). fig. 16 3.6 Level: determines the amount of the delay. Fully counterclockwise is dry, no effect, fully clockwise is only delay. Delay: sets the delay time. From 2 mS to one second. Feedback: determines the number of repetitions. Being an analog delay the sound bandwidth will decrease on each repetition. Fully clockwise gives a sustaining effect.
3.8 Amp section The amp section of AmpliTube™ LE (fig. 19) provides everything needed to precisely craft a huge amp sound ranging from clean to lead. The AMP MODEL switch allows to select among three different kind of Amp models: fig. 19 - Clean Modeled after the Vox® AC-30 top boost This is modeled after a Top Boost version of the Vox® AC-30 preamplifier. It has the best presence and definition in the mids and highs.
Three kind of cabinets are provided in AmpliTube™ LE: Open back 1x12” modeled after Ampeg® AX-30 100W Tube Combo - 90’s British 2x12” modeled after Vox® top boost AC-30 - 60’s Vintage Closed 4x12” modeled after Marshall® vintage 4x12 cab – 70’s If the speaker switch is in the OFF position the cabinet is bypassed and the sound obtained is a direct-amp out. 3.9 Presets Mac version: The Presets are installed as “factory presets” in the ProTools™ standard Plug-Ins Settings folder.
Windows version: The Presets are managed directly within the plugin. Factory presets can be listed and selected clicking on the “Defaults” popup menu (fig. 23). fig. 23 To save a newly created preset or to overwrite a modified one click on the “Save” button. If you need to save a modified preset with another name click on “Save as..” button.
Chapter 4 Support 4.1 Support For any question you may have please refer to the FAQ at: http://www.AmpliTube.com/FAQ.html where you'll find answers to the most common questions. For free support write at: support@AmpliTube.com 4.2 User Area Together with your authorization code you will also have received a user id and password to access your personal user area on AmpliTube™'’ website. The personal user area is an advanced online service provided to you by IK Multimedia.
In the personal user area you can: 1) Request a new authorization code This is useful for users who need to reinstall their applications with a new authorization code. The codes are supplied immediately with no need to wait before receiving them. 2) Submit a support request Support requests received using this form will follow a preferential line and will be answered first within our standard 24 hours lead time (busi ness hours).
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