User manual

AmpliTube

™

Live

3.7

3 - Using AmpliTube™ Live

The AmpliTube™ Live amps are directly taken from some of the best pre-

amps ever made, and the tonal spectrum covered by all the AmpliTube™

Live preamps is exceptionally wide.

In the amp the signal feeds into the EQ stage (fig. 3.6), a “tone control”

circuit that recreates the authentic response of the tone shaping section of

the best amplifiers. Actually this is not a conventional digital EQ. It sound

exactly like the typical “low”, “mid” and “treble” knobs you would expect

to find on the amplifier faceplate, and, best of all, its “sound” and character

changes according to the EQ type that’s been selected.

Just after the EQ stage we find the Spring Reverb (fig. 3.7). This reverb really

sounds very close to a spring unit, with all the warmth they have together

with that typically metallic and resonant vibe.

After being amplified, the signal is fed to the Cabinet Models (fig. 3.8). Here

is where AmpliTube™ Live recreates, thanks to meticulous measurements

with unprecedented precision, the magical tones of some of the best guitar

speaker system ever made. The speaker frequency response is the most

important stage of the guitar system because every subtle nuance of the

cabinet frequency response is responsible for a particular tonal character,

and the AmpliTube™ Live cabinet emulation is very precise.

3 Cabinet Models are offered into AmpliTube™ Live:

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 you prefer, the cabinet emulation can be switched off in order to obtain

an amp direct-out signal.

Presets

AmpliTube™ Live includes 128 presets (fig. 3.9) separated into 64 factory

presets (cannot be changed by user) and 64 user presets (can be changed

by user).

Presets allows the storage and immediate recall of complete AmpliTube live

configurations for instant access and fast playability.

Presets can also be switched up/down using a MIDI foot controller.

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fig. 3.9

fig. 3.6

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