Guitar rig 5 and amplitube 4 have a feature where you can load an mp3 or wav into the amp sim and then it will play it as a backing track, but thats the closest thing. The other thing i do is load a track into reaper, arm another track and turn monitoring on and then play. I use guitar rig on everything pretty much i use amplitube for guitar stuff. If you want to test the waters, here are the some of the best free guitar effects software packages. This file will download from the developers website. First realtime guitar and bass mobile multieffects app for all android devices. Ah guitar rig the very first full suite plugin i ever used back a ways. Sign in to disable this ad i make g funk westcoast type beats. Ikm amplitube is a software plugin that can be used inside a daw, and can also be used as a standalone plugin. Positive grid bias deskop vs amplitube 3 vs guitar rig 5. It features an insane number of the highgain dream machines that define the raw power, tone and emotion that is metal, and a mindblowing collection of rare vintage and modern stompboxes.
Now in its 4th iteration, amplitube models a range of amplifiers, cabinets. It features extremely rare and collectible models of metal stomp boxes. While the design is the same for both, the free version has fewer options when it comes to amps and effects. Full rig with 3 simultaneous stompboxes, an amp with effects, a cabinet and a mic. Its a revolutionary concept for software that was inspired in part by johnny cashs hit one.
Amplitube 3 metal preset download peavey 5150 tone. Apr 23, 20 the 2 pieces of software that i use on a regular basis are amplitube 3ik multimedia and guitar rig 5 native instruments. An amp simulator amp sim for short is a plugin that imitates the sound of a guitar amp. Guitar rig 5 player is a free effects processor great for building effects chains, for warming up a signal, and yes, also for recording guitar. Recently i started recording some of my songs and used it a lot. Gr5 gives you a huge selection of amplifiers, effects and signal modifiers all in a virtual rack configuration. I am now the proud owner amplitube 2, amplitube 3 free, amplitube metal, amplitube jimi hendrix, and amplitube slash, due to ik multimedias recent. Having tried guitar rig 4, amplitube metal made specifically for metal guitar, and many free guitar amp sims, i have to say amplitube metal is the best thing next to a real amp. The software lies within multimedia tools, more precisely music production. I can upload a sample of how it sounds if youd like. Jun 11, 2017 amplitube metal is the definitive collection of gear for metal players. I havent tried revalver yet, but i think amplitube sounds.
Amplitube 4 is a guitar and bass tone studio for macpc that works as a. The clean, in my oppinion after trying guitar rig, blows pod xt and amplitube, its truly amazing, it makes the xt sound like plastic. Amplitube is the original guitar amp modeling software and has evolved into the extraordinary version 4 after almost a couple of decades of development. The included factory selection provides a britishstyle tube amp plus a matched cabinet, and effects and sound modifiers. Just my honest opinion but in comparision i dont find amplitube to be as diverse as guitar rig is. The name native instruments is synonymous with high quality and guitar rig 5 is no exception. Aside from the limited freeware software, there are lite or trial versions of commercial programs which you can get for free, but with limited in features.
But if you just want to learn all about amp sims specifically, keep reading. Run your guitar through one of these plugins and youll have hundreds of iconic guitar tones at your fingertips. Ik multimedia says it has hyperrealistic tone that gives you the authentic feel of hardware. It has tons of really nice sounding presets, and you can tweak just about anything on it. Amplitube orange, fender collection, amplitube metal and amplitube svx. Dec 11, 2004 well, ive come to a conclusion, almost 100%. Dec 19, 2012 amplitube metal is an expansion pack for ik multimedia amplitube. In addition, amplitube 4 delivers the ability for you to swap out individual speakers in a speaker cabinet, a. With the introduction of amplitube custom shop, individual amp models in this package can be purchased separately rather than as a bundle. Free included appsoftware irig ua comes with the following free bonus content. I own amplitube 3the closest ive gotten so far was when i used a cakewalk vstudio 100 interface with amplitube 3with hours of tweaking,but it blew up long story now im down to using a native instruments ka 6,which is a fine reliable interface,but i lostthe soundi also own guitar rig 5 progreat for cleaner sounds,and effects,and. Native instruments offer a great simulation that comes in both free and paid versions.
Tons of guitar and bass amps and effects, easy to dial in a fairly good tone, pretty good mic preamp models, too. This pc program is suitable for 32bit and 64bit versions of windows xpvista7810. How do you guys compare gr vs amplitube regarding cpu consumption and sound of course. If youre using amplitube custom shop as a plugin for your daw, youre probably already familiar with interfaces. If i can use some common guitar terminology, then amplitube is more ac30like, th3 is a bit more fender, while ni guitar rig 5 pro is a bit marshalllike. By running the same droptuned, died guitar parts through both pieces of software, there was no doubt that the peavey version could achieve tighter note definition and greater clarity out of the box gr5 was slightly. But heres the interesting thing for hi gain distortion power chords, you know like ramstein style stuff. I like the amps in amplitube better but the effects in guitar rig and the cabmic stuff from two notes. Were comparing 8 different amp modelers in a full band context, just as you would usehear them in real life. As for tone and distortion, for guitar rig 4, once you edit the advanced features to get the gain finer and smoother, it really loses its edge and sounds too artificial. Each digital guitar rig has its strengths and weaknesses. It has always sounded more real to me than guitar rig, especially as i favor highgain tones, something that amplitube got right from the beginning, and that guitar rig had to catch up to later.
Amplitube ua real time guitar and bass mobile app for android devices with 21 gear models more info download. I feel it has a great collection of fx that sound good on pretty much everything but for guitar tones it cant fuk with amplitube. Aug 08, 2017 hey guys,with all the vs and modeler battle demos going on i thought it would be cool to do a few sds style. I dont play with metal sounds so amplitube is exactly what i want and have tried no better. But all the competing manufacturers fractal, positive grid, universal audio, apple, peavey, overloud, native instruments, line 6, ik multimedia, and morehave pursued the same goal. Hey guys,with all the vs and modeler battle demos going on i thought it would be cool to do a few sds style. Amplitube versus guitar rig versus scuffham versus bias fx.
Based on iks awardwinning amplitube 2 software, amplitube metal is the first guitar amp and fx modeling software entirely dedicated to heavy metal gear, with an arsenal of 48 highly acclaimed models of modern and vintage amps, cabinets, stompboxes and rack effects. So this question has probably been asked before but bias fx, guitar rig 5, or amplitube 4. For bass i think the amplitube svt stuff sounded a bit better though. All of the amp modelers are running through the exact same ownhammer 4x12 evh ir. I currently have been using amplitube 3 for awhile and wasnt completely satisfied with it so i purchased pod farm 2 not platinum a. Ive used the amplitubes peavey 5150 amp for this test. Amplitube metal is a virtual guitar processor, based on amplitube 2 software. Amplitube metal download virtual guitar processor, based. Amplitube 4 ushers in 5 new british classic amplifiers and cabinets, plus an acoustic guitar simulator, a double mic setup and the worlds most precise digital tuner ultratuner.
Speaking of which, we took the opportunity to compare the 5150 emulations of guitar rig 5 pro and peaveys revalver. The axe actually sounds like the amps it models as opposed to pods, guitar rig, amplitube and ampfarm etc which sound like lifeless approximations. The axe fx vs guitar rig fractal audio systems forum. Ive been buying amplitube series releases for a long time. Based on iks amplitube software, amplitube metal is a guitar amp and fx modeling plugin dedicated entirely to heavy metal gear, with an arsenal of 48 models of modern and vintage amps, cabinets, stomp boxes and rack effects. Amplitube 3 vs pod farm vs guitar rig 4 ultimate guitar. Amplitube is built for guitarists first and foremost. Ni guitar rig with its raw sound and out of this world arsenal of unique effects, sgear 2 made by an exmarshal engineer with the very best tween reverb fender simulation, vandal with his metal sound and the varied colors of ik amplitube that brings the widest range of guitar sounds that can really make your music stand out. Zero latency processing on any android device when paired with irig ua.
Helix vs amplitube vs revalver vs th3 vs pod farm vs 8505. Bias fx standalone is pretty good as well,but it only has 2 mics,which make me think there will be a bias. Guitar rig 5 i just started using bias professional after having used gr5 for a while, and im starting to like bias more. I have been using the gr5 demo alongside the lepou amps for a while and it worked fine but i am impressed with the features bias has. The amplitube virtual guitar amp software has been around now for many years and it is one that i have used personally for at least 10 years. Guitar rig 5 vs amplitube 3 custom shop a guitar forum. In setting up your rig you have 9 amplifiers, 10 cabinets and 29 vintage and modern speaker models to choose from. To use amplitube metal as a guitar or bass tone machine, you have to connect your guitar to your computer. I know guitar amps believe me, ive played them all. Jan 23, 20 burny les poul custom digidesign mbox 2 pro tools guitar rig 5 amplitube 3 guitar burny les poul custom made in japan 1982 pickup emg 8160 made in us. The crunchrock and blues sounds are just brilliant but a real metal slam isnt there.
Amplitube 2,xgear,svx,original hendrix, metal,fenderright on up to 4. Sep 01, 2010 i will show you all that i can create great metal rhythm guitar tones with guitar rig 4. I know that developer of sgear studio is an exmarshallengineer, but still, sgear is more like something between marshall and fender in. It is possible to use 12 pedal, 2 amps, 2 cabinets, 2 microphones, 8 rack effects concurrently. Native instruments guitar rig 5 interface guitar plugins. I know that developer of sgear studio is an exmarshallengineer, but still, sgear is more like something between marshall and fender in character. Here i am using amplitube 3 to create a metal preset so you can download it for free.
Amplitube metal a metal distortion powerhouse softwareplugin. I remember using the first couple guitar rig amps and being pretty unimpressed but then again that was some time back now. Guitar rig 5 pro is the ultimate software solution for perfect custom tone with more amps, more effects and more creative potential than ever before, all in a powerful and intuitive virtual effects rack. To my ears guitar rig sounds better, in addition the interface isnt as clunky. Amplitube metal offers a software recreation of a complete heavy metal arsenal of sounds from the late 70s. Hook up your guitar and choose your inputoutput devices. I dont want to have to rely on software mostly cause i want to start playing gigs soon and i dont have a laptop. Guitar rig and amplitube are both lofi compared to axefx which has over 50,000 lines of code that took over 3 years to program.
The 2 pieces of software that i use on a regular basis are amplitube 3ik multimedia and guitar rig 5native instruments. Amplitube is one of the first amp modelling programs i encountered and. This download was scanned by our antivirus and was rated as virus free. Compared with similar setups from logic pro x, guitar rig 5 and waves gtr, amplitube seems to be geared more towards tone purists than more experimental players, and accordingly, the modelling is authentic both aesthetically and sonically. My favorite sim setup right now is the slo amp in amplitube going into a parallel effects chain in guitar rig and then into pifree. Discussion in gear chat started by deeaa, jan 26, 2019.
In this article, we list the pros and cons of modern guitar plugins and explain why many. It is aimed for heavy metal music style guitarists. I have played live with a3 but with global cab bypass on and out to a tube power amp and 4x12 with vintage 30s. I remember using guitar rig 5 and loading the catharsis irs which resulted in some really nice tones. The low end sounds muddy on all of the presets, i compared similar amp models from both and guitar rig sounded far better imo. Oct 26, 2019 amplitube metal is a virtual guitar processor, based on amplitube 2 software. It lacks some bells and whistles, but the basic tone is there and the only thing it cant do well is modern metal, which i dont often play.
It could also come from that i see it more from a sound guy in the studio vs. Amplitube metal offers an ultrarealistic software recreation of 14 stomp boxes, 5 classic and modern amp models, cabinets, 6 mics, and 9 rack fx for a complete arsenal of highgain sonic exuberance from the late 70s through today. Fortin nameless vs amplitube testing a guitar forum. Im doing some amateur recording and decided i would buy one of the above.
Comes with 9 stompbox effects, 5 amplifiers, 5 cabinets, and 2 mics. In addition, amplitube 4 delivers the ability for you to swap out individual speakers in a speaker cabinet, a software first. Hey guys you told me that a versus between amplitube 4 by ik multimedia and guitar rig 5 by native instruments would be usefull, so here we go. With the intuitive and diverse software that is available today, it has never been. Amplitube metal is an expansion pack for ik multimedia amplitube. Models are priced in gear credits that range from 5 to 35 credits each. Lepous virtual amps all the waaaaayyyy but if only are talking about revalver,guitar rig or amplitube i would chose revalver for metal stuff and guitar rig 4 for leads imdeathcore, feb. Fwiw if you are doing a live gig, get your pc stable and then never let it connect to a network or update it unless its absolutely necessary and turn off anything that scans like antivirus, or. It has some handy features, signature artist sound pack addons and also includes a handy basic 8track recording element to it as well. Positive grid bias deskop vs amplitube 3 vs guitar rig 5 youtube. Burny les poul custom digidesign mbox 2 pro tools guitar rig 5amplitube 3. Okay, now that the software is installed, you need to get your instrument signal into your computer. There is tons of tube and solidstate guitar amp modelling hardware on the market today, but if your budget doesnt stretch to buying a brand new amp, then there are plenty of software options available. Amplitube metal offers an ultrarealistic software recreation of 14 stomp boxes, 5 classic and modern amp models, cabinets.
Amplitube versus guitar rig versus scuffham versus bias fx pro. Its one of the elements included in the free komplete start package. I noticed it sucks cpu like a mofo, especially if you use several instances running live in the daw. The axefx is the only modeler that sounds better when. My next purchase will most likely be the full torpedo pi product, its the best cabmic product ive heard yet.
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