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Racerxrated
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For 600 it sounds pretty damn tempting....and those Tones sound nice. That may be my first foray into modelers..
Chubtone
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I am interested in one of these too. I was telling a friend about it and loaded up the video and he brought something up that was kind of funny. He said, "gee, a small, red, digital modeling unit that can be on your desktop for home recording or that you can take to a gig and use. No one has ever done that before in this industry." What a smart ass, but he has a point.
Also, is this going to be better for home recording than just buying the Studio Devil software and using it on your DAW?
And really, isn't this exactly what Line 6 has been doing for 20 years? What am I missing that makes this better than the last 17 years of Line 6 POD's? I'm SERIOUSLY asking because the PODs never quite did it for me and I'm thinking this unit might.
Also, is this going to be better for home recording than just buying the Studio Devil software and using it on your DAW?
And really, isn't this exactly what Line 6 has been doing for 20 years? What am I missing that makes this better than the last 17 years of Line 6 POD's? I'm SERIOUSLY asking because the PODs never quite did it for me and I'm thinking this unit might.
The Hoff
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Clips sound excellent.
mentoneman
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i believe it is the impulse response potential, higher quality dsp, midi capabilities, and traditional pedal on the floor form that is making the diff.
ultimately it will have to survive the player test. i'm looking for no latency and headroom.
when i first heard the axe Ii being played through a friedman at the amp show i thought wow then i played through it and the honeymoon was over for that moment.
ultimately it will have to survive the player test. i'm looking for no latency and headroom.
when i first heard the axe Ii being played through a friedman at the amp show i thought wow then i played through it and the honeymoon was over for that moment.
Kapo_Polenton
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I also like the way Sterling went through a few outfits for the demo! So Rock and or Roll.
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tripstan
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Ladies and gentleman Mitch Kramer from Dazed and Confused.
Seriously tho sounded pretty solid. The lead singer in my band plays rhythm guitar and keys. He doesn't want to haul a bunch of gear but wants solid tones, if this thing can perform live it would be just the ticket.
Seriously tho sounded pretty solid. The lead singer in my band plays rhythm guitar and keys. He doesn't want to haul a bunch of gear but wants solid tones, if this thing can perform live it would be just the ticket.
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splatter
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looks good but I have yet to find a modeler that stands up to the real thing .
gibson5413
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Sounds great to me! I would rock one for sure.
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ubermetaldood
Banned
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I was wondering when that thing would ever come out. However, isn't the Diezel Zerrer the same price? I've already got the Diezel on my radar so that might be a hard choice.
cardinal
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Looks cool, but is this vapor ware or actually going on sale? Seems similar to a lot of stuff that's been floating around for years without any real product.
thiswaythatway
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splatter":2g2k6c8x said:
Sure, but lately I haven't touched my amp because we moved into a new house in August and my little jam room is right next to my bedroom and 2 rooms away from where my 5 and 2 years old sleep. I set up my amps in the basement which is unfinished and the sound traveled through the house like crazy. The basement is down on our list of projects so I'm looking for a modeler. I don't want to spend all the cash on an Axe-Fx and even the Kemper is a bit expensive and I don't like the Line 6 stuff.
And I haven't played with my on-again-off-again band since July for various reasons, this guy's got this issue, that guys got that issue. etc.etc.etc
Ventura
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I'm excited by anything Tom puts out 
So far? It's been top-drawer win everytime.
Cat knows what he's doing.
So far? It's been top-drawer win everytime.
Cat knows what he's doing.
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Atomic Amps
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Thanks, Mo! How's trix in CR?
Chris O
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Not any more. Kinda blew it by announcing it and then screwing the pooch for a year. Now that I've seen a few vids with no real demo showing how to use it, my interest dropped even further.
I'll wait for them to sell for $350 on the used market in about a year.
I'll wait for them to sell for $350 on the used market in about a year.
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Atomic Amps
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Cool to see some Amplifire talk here at RT. I've gotten some good advice from you guys while buying a couple amps that we're modeling. Thanks!
If anyone's at NAMM and wants to checkout Amplifire in our suite (much better place than the show floor) PM me here and I'll try to find a time that works.
Good new about availability. We actually have stock now and we'll start sending out Reserve List invitations/shipping once we've had a little time to decompress from NAMM.
If anyone's at NAMM and wants to checkout Amplifire in our suite (much better place than the show floor) PM me here and I'll try to find a time that works.
Good new about availability. We actually have stock now and we'll start sending out Reserve List invitations/shipping once we've had a little time to decompress from NAMM.
Gainfreak
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Howdy Gents 
I figured that I would chime in since Tom was kind enough to send me a prototype Amplifire to check out and I know that my Buds Danny and Curt had some questions. (I followed them from Facebook, since I rarely stop by these days lol )
So far I am really blown away. As far as modelers go, I've never had any problems getting high gain, but I have always struggled with getting mid gained tones on a lot of modelers that are convincing and you can get it with this right out of the gate.
The are currently enough models in the Amplifire to satisfy just about any Genre of music and the tweakability is pretty amazing. You have parametric eq's to work with, a great sounding chorus, delay and reverb, graphic eq's , boost , fuzz and distortion pedals and everything can be routed pre and post and it really does make a difference in sound as to where you route the effects and it's all in a freaking pedal format where you can assign any effect, detail to a particular on/off switch. The layout is EXTREMELY easy to use, which is another reason why I love this thing. Tom shipped it to me with no instructions and I was cruising on the thing in 5 minutes
Another bonus for me is that it comes with a working PC editor right out of the gate! You wont have to wait months before someone puts an editor together lol.
Curt had mentioned something about why is this different then a POD, so I'll tell you my findings. I mentioned this to Curt Already in a PM on facebook but I figured that I would cross-Post.
It's not like the POD in that the sounds aren't compressed or Phony/processed sounding and you can load in your own IR's. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles yet, but it's wide open for expansion. There is a plexi and a Brown Model in the unit that I think that you would dig. It sounds and feels great. I have been using it for practicing tunes. The POD's still feel plastic to me and the tone even on the HD is muddy and compressed. The amplifire has a more open sounding vibe to it plus it has pre and post EQ's, so you can really make it sound like anything you want provided you know what Frequencies you like. It is on par with the top modelers in my Humble opinion and It's going to be $599. I'm still testing it out.
That's what I said to Curt and figured that Id relay it.
One thing to note on the Marshall type models and I have no idea how they did this but the Models Capture the artifacts or squeals that marshalls dp when pushed. It's really uncanny to me.
All and all, I think a lot of people will love this thing and I urge you to try it. It is a great piece of gear that can be used many ways (ive used it through a power amp and guitar speaker cab, Through a CLR Full range system, through the loop of a Marshall DSl and through my PC speakers at home) It is an amazing grab and go rig or recording device/ multi tool.
Hope this helps!! If anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
Cheers!
Ralph
I figured that I would chime in since Tom was kind enough to send me a prototype Amplifire to check out and I know that my Buds Danny and Curt had some questions. (I followed them from Facebook, since I rarely stop by these days lol )
So far I am really blown away. As far as modelers go, I've never had any problems getting high gain, but I have always struggled with getting mid gained tones on a lot of modelers that are convincing and you can get it with this right out of the gate.
The are currently enough models in the Amplifire to satisfy just about any Genre of music and the tweakability is pretty amazing. You have parametric eq's to work with, a great sounding chorus, delay and reverb, graphic eq's , boost , fuzz and distortion pedals and everything can be routed pre and post and it really does make a difference in sound as to where you route the effects and it's all in a freaking pedal format where you can assign any effect, detail to a particular on/off switch. The layout is EXTREMELY easy to use, which is another reason why I love this thing. Tom shipped it to me with no instructions and I was cruising on the thing in 5 minutes
Another bonus for me is that it comes with a working PC editor right out of the gate! You wont have to wait months before someone puts an editor together lol.
Curt had mentioned something about why is this different then a POD, so I'll tell you my findings. I mentioned this to Curt Already in a PM on facebook but I figured that I would cross-Post.
It's not like the POD in that the sounds aren't compressed or Phony/processed sounding and you can load in your own IR's. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles yet, but it's wide open for expansion. There is a plexi and a Brown Model in the unit that I think that you would dig. It sounds and feels great. I have been using it for practicing tunes. The POD's still feel plastic to me and the tone even on the HD is muddy and compressed. The amplifire has a more open sounding vibe to it plus it has pre and post EQ's, so you can really make it sound like anything you want provided you know what Frequencies you like. It is on par with the top modelers in my Humble opinion and It's going to be $599. I'm still testing it out.
That's what I said to Curt and figured that Id relay it.
One thing to note on the Marshall type models and I have no idea how they did this but the Models Capture the artifacts or squeals that marshalls dp when pushed. It's really uncanny to me.
All and all, I think a lot of people will love this thing and I urge you to try it. It is a great piece of gear that can be used many ways (ive used it through a power amp and guitar speaker cab, Through a CLR Full range system, through the loop of a Marshall DSl and through my PC speakers at home) It is an amazing grab and go rig or recording device/ multi tool.
Hope this helps!! If anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
Cheers!
Ralph
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Atomic Amps
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Ralph just posted this on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/gainfreak/endofdays-amplifire
steve_k
New member
Gainfreak":22t909ty said:Howdy Gents
I figured that I would chime in since Tom was kind enough to send me a prototype Amplifire to check out and I know that my Buds Danny and Curt had some questions. (I followed them from Facebook, since I rarely stop by these days lol )
So far I am really blown away. As far as modelers go, I've never had any problems getting high gain, but I have always struggled with getting mid gained tones on a lot of modelers that are convincing and you can get it with this right out of the gate.
The are currently enough models in the Amplifire to satisfy just about any Genre of music and the tweakability is pretty amazing. You have parametric eq's to work with, a great sounding chorus, delay and reverb, graphic eq's , boost , fuzz and distortion pedals and everything can be routed pre and post and it really does make a difference in sound as to where you route the effects and it's all in a freaking pedal format where you can assign any effect, detail to a particular on/off switch. The layout is EXTREMELY easy to use, which is another reason why I love this thing. Tom shipped it to me with no instructions and I was cruising on the thing in 5 minutes
Another bonus for me is that it comes with a working PC editor right out of the gate! You wont have to wait months before someone puts an editor together lol.
Curt had mentioned something about why is this different then a POD, so I'll tell you my findings. I mentioned this to Curt Already in a PM on facebook but I figured that I would cross-Post.
It's not like the POD in that the sounds aren't compressed or Phony/processed sounding and you can load in your own IR's. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles yet, but it's wide open for expansion. There is a plexi and a Brown Model in the unit that I think that you would dig. It sounds and feels great. I have been using it for practicing tunes. The POD's still feel plastic to me and the tone even on the HD is muddy and compressed. The amplifire has a more open sounding vibe to it plus it has pre and post EQ's, so you can really make it sound like anything you want provided you know what Frequencies you like. It is on par with the top modelers in my Humble opinion and It's going to be $599. I'm still testing it out.
That's what I said to Curt and figured that Id relay it.
One thing to note on the Marshall type models and I have no idea how they did this but the Models Capture the artifacts or squeals that marshalls dp when pushed. It's really uncanny to me.
All and all, I think a lot of people will love this thing and I urge you to try it. It is a great piece of gear that can be used many ways (ive used it through a power amp and guitar speaker cab, Through a CLR Full range system, through the loop of a Marshall DSl and through my PC speakers at home) It is an amazing grab and go rig or recording device/ multi tool.
Hope this helps!! If anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
Cheers!
Ralph
Nice review. Thanks Ralph.
What models come prepackaged with the unit? Not much documentation out on it.
steve_k
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Atomic Amps":3mg6v7i9 said:
Tom....when will wait-list orders start being filled?
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