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April 2015 Guitarist 131
QUICK TEST
MISCELLANEOUS
Quicktest
We’ve already taken a look at
Line 6’s AMPLIFi in combo and
floor-pedal forms, but now
there’s a desktop version, TT.
The AMPLIFi is designed to aid
you when you’re practising
guitar by not only providing a
wide range of modelled amp
and effects sounds, but
streaming music to play along
with over Bluetooth.
The TT has the look of a mini
amp head with front panel
knobs for drive, bass, mid, treble
and reverb. You can use it with
headphones, or use the rear jack
outputs to connect it to your
stereo system or powered
monitors. Alternatively, an amp
output sends out the processed
guitar sound optimised for a
guitar amp, operating in
conjunction with streamed
audio sent through the stereo
outputs. Furthermore, there’s
an optical output to connect to a
home theatre setup and the TT
also functions as a two in/two
out USB audio interface for
computer recording.
In Use
By itself, the TT gives you front
panel access to four presets in
its internal memory. To use it to
its full potential, though, you
need to the free AMPLIFi
Remote app for iOS and
Android (certain devices,
version 3.2 or later). This gives
access to many more presets
(100 onboard and an unlimited
number in the cloud) each with
up to eight simultaneous effects.
There are plenty of good presets
that encourage you to play, but
creating your own is dead easy
from an iPad touchscreen,
making use of the available
70-plus amps, 100-plus effects
and 20-plus speaker cabinets,
all with plenty of tweakability.
You can stream any song from
your music library and blend
your guitar with the music
using a front panel mix knob.
Half-speed playback is available
and dialling in a guitar tone to
match any song is made easy by
a tone-matching facility that
utilises a wifi connection to
automatically find a relevant
tone. You can also search for
tones by song title, guitarist
or band – there’s a growing
amount on the cloud and
you can submit your own
programmed tones for others
to download and use.
Verdict
Of the three AMPLIFi form
factors, this is the most
affordable and perhaps the
most practical, in that it can be
moved around easily and is
compact enough to sit discreetly
on a shelf or tabletop, allowing
practice in any room where you
can plug in its power adaptor.
With comprehensive
connectivity, music playback
and a range of sounds to suit
many music types, the TT is
one very useful gadget to have
around the house. [TC]
GUITARIST RATING
Guitarist says: A feature-packed
practice and recording tool that’s
compact enough to fit neatly into
the home environment
Latest version of the combined amp modeller and music player
CONTACT: Line 6 PHONE: [phone] WEB: www.line6.com
Line 6 AMPLIFi TT £149
Line 6 AMPLIFi TT
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