Amplitube 5 Max - On Sale for €99 - Anyone Using

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I know there are lots of posts on plugins, but couldn’t see that much specifically on Amplitube 5 Max. It’s currently on sale for €99 and I have €25 in Jampoints so thinking of buying.

I’ve got multiple plugins for both bass and guitar - some free, but also got a few paid including Kuassa Cerberus and Audio Assault Duality for bass and Archetype Petrucci and multiple Audio Assault for guitar.

I think the things that are making me thinking about Amplitube 5 Max are:

  1. quite a few amps and pedals to try
  2. Tonex presets - demo’d a few and a bit hit and miss as to how good they sounded
  3. Looper and 8 track recorder

2 and 3 are probably more important as I’m not that familiar with dialing in tones and the idea of having the looper and 8 track without needing to open Reaper seems inticing.

I’m also aware that these “all-in-one” packages can sometimes be filled with rubbish.

Anyone happily using Amplitube 5 max?

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@howard incoming in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…

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Its a solid stuff if you dont want much hassle.
Im using it. However Im mostly using one amp, one cab and second cab is switched depending of a song Im recording.

It has some basic DAW, which is enough for recording covers and practice, cause you have tempo and looping.

All in all, I like it for what it is.

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lol.

So Amplitube 5 is fantastic, highly recommend it. Very nice amp models, and lots of them. Go for it.

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Thanks for posting this! I just received a $100 gift card for Sweetwater. I will now put it to good use.

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I hear there are better bass amp/cab captures coming soon; however, the best ones will likely be for purchase: For example here: https://www.amalgamcaptures.com/tonex

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I have Bias FX, am I right to believe that Amplitube is effectively a competing bit of software with most of the same functionality? So it would be more of a matter of taste between them?

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Yes, mostly.

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Hi! Glad to find this topic. I just got Amplitube 5 after all (Thank you, @howard) and I’m in the process of getting familiar with it. I’m currently running it through GarageBand without problems.
My question is: Would I benefit in some way by using it as a stand alone APK or would I benefit even more by running it through a different or specific DAW which I don’t have?
Cheers!

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The cheesy TV show Ghost Adventures uses it from time to time. :smiley:

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It will be fine in any DAW, including GarageBand

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Great news. Thank you, @howard !

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For quick and easy recording, you can use the inbuilt recorder. I haven’t used it much, but intend on doing so.

If you want to try a DAW for free, I’ve found Reaper to be good and mostly easy to use. If I got stuck, there are heaps of help guides and videos.

It will keep asking you for a voluntary payment which I did as thought it was worth paying for.

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I was using Reaper, paid for it, still have it. Don’t know how to use it as well as I’d like. I wish I knew how to use it better.

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There is a solution for this :slight_smile:

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Yeah, I know. I just… I’m a software consultant professionally, so mucking about with software after I’ve spent all day mucking about with software isn’t quite as appealing as you might think. :slight_smile:

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It’s so funny how this varies. Full time Software Engineer for 30 years now, still can’t get enough :rofl:

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Thank you, @iDuncan. That’s a good suggestion. I don’t have any problem with GarageBand and I already have learned how to use it to a certain point. I wonder if the sound quality varies from APK to APK. If it basically sounds the same I’d rather stay with something I’m already familiar with and have. (That way I can put the ToneX pedal on my GAS list. :rofl:)

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I use GarageBand and have recently started using Amplitube 5 for the post processing when I do covers.

It cost $79 and it’s a steal at that price. I see no need to relearn another DAW if all I’m doing is bass cover imho.

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Yeah for covers GarageBand is great. You can even do full music production with it, though it is limiting. Still, plenty of albums have been made with it.

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