The new freely resizable interface is easy on the eye and easy to navigate. Nearly two decades on from that genuinely pivotal moment, and having personally tried pretty much every contender in the now over-saturated market, it’s time to see and hear what IK Multimedia bring to this crowded amp sim table with version 5: according to them an all new, built from the ground up, 2.5GB behemoth ready to stomp(box) all over the competition. The few remaining “unofficial” models included are easily identifiable by their looks as much as their sound. Ampeg and Fender were first out of the gate, whilst the Jimi Hendrix collection was the first foray into official artist collaborations, and it hasn’t stopped since with a bountiful number of brands and guitarists alike endorsing official emulations of their most sought-after hardware.

Being able to choose from and record through that array of amps without having to shell out for the real thing was nothing short of wizardry.įive years later, the manufacturers of some of the emulated amps and pedals started coming on board with the release of Amplitube X-Gear.

For the rest of that summer, and indeed since, not one of our band’s recordings would feature a mic’d guitar amp: it was all in-the-box from then on. I took delivery of the box that contained the first ever version on CD and the bright red USB dongle that authorised it back in July 2003. When the review licence for the latest incarnation of IK Multimedia’s Amplitube landed in my inbox, I scrolled all the way down through my IK User Account to check when it actually was that I’d started using this innovative amp modelling software. Production Expert's Mark Thompson takes a look AmpliTube 5 MAX and gives his conclusion. IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5 MAX comes bundled with over 400 gear models, including a virtual collection of meticulously rendered models of some of the most coveted gear on the planet.

Now in its 5th incarnation, it has yet another full-scale update. AmpliTube was one of the original modelling plugins.

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