User manual

AmpliTube

™

Live

4 - Controlling AmpliTube™ Live

Spring reverb

There are no digital reverbs that can deliver this tone. For many years the

guitar amplifier’s reverb unit was a double metallic spring to which the

sound was applied at one side and received at the other. It’s a very strange

kind of reverb, nothing to do with real rooms or digital devices; it’s a rough

resonant sound that is thought to be unbeatable for certain kinds of, mostly,

clean sounds. AmpliTube™ Live spring reverb (fig. 4.11) is patched between

the amplifier’s stages, like in the real things and the sound is really close

to the very particular one of the spring, use it especially on clean non sus-

tained sounds.

Amp section

The amp section of AmpliTube™ Live (fig. 4.12) 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:

- 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. It is very sensi-

tive to the tone of the guitar and perfect for all pop/rock electric accom-

paniments and can be easily driven with the Overdrive Stomp to produce

crunchy and creamy tones.

- Crunch Modeled after the Marshall® JCM-800

This is modeled after a Marshall® JCM800 super lead. This is a single chan-

nel head, where the GAIN control has a dramatic range of control over the

sounds - and we provide exactly the same control here. It is bright and “lite”

at very low gain settings, with only a little crunch when the input signal

is increased; but when increasing the gain knob the sound becomes more

driven AND fatter, up to a quite high gain- useful for lead too but always

warm. The higher the gain the warmer is the sound. Astonishingly similar

to the real thing! Also useful at low gains for arpeggios in pop music, for

slightly crunchy but light rhythms while at high gain it becomes the most

typical British crunch/lead sound.

- Lead Modeled after Fender® Solid State combos

This can’t be clean! A lot of gain is provided to deliver all those typical

American extra high gain timbres. It’s very good for really high gain leads

because it is so precise and stable. Furthermore its extra power at the low

end makes it very good for all hard rock sounds. It can also be usefully

played at low gain settings.

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4.8

fig. 4.11

fig. 4.12