2 - Using AmpliTube™
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AmpliTube™ does not have an “input level” control, because it’s very impor-
tant that the level is actually correct at the analog to digital converters of
the audio system.
During normal playing the green LED should be the one that lights more
often. If the yellow one is the one that’s more often lit then increase the gain
of your preamplifier or audiocard break box; if the red one is blinking then
reduce it slightly.
AmpliTube™ signal path and effect chaining
The signal path within AmpliTube™ is the same as displayed on the interfa-
ce, from left to right.
The input signal is fed to the stomp boxes section first, then to the Amplifier
and then to the mono to stereo post FX section. The input signal is mono -
in the situation where AmpliTube™ is inserted on stereo channels or busses
it will sum the left and right input to get the mono input. The output signal
is always stereo, so it is not possible to open AmpliTube™ as a ‘mono to
mono’ plug-in, while it can be opened as a ‘mono to stereo’ or ‘stereo to ste-
reo’.
The very first module that the input signal hits is the Gate, then in order:
Wah > Delay > Chorus > Flanger > Overdrive
for the stomp boxes.
The Gate is the first so that all the Amp and effects tweaks won’t affect the
Gate response, which is very sensitive and fast.
Then there is the entire Amplifier model, from the Tremolo (at the very first
stage) from the output of the microphone model, passing by the Preamp, Eq,
Spring Reverb, Power Amp and Cabinet.
Mic Model > Tremolo > Preamp > Eq > Spring Reverb > Power Amp > Cabinet
After the Amplifier the signal (still in mono) will reach the post stereo FX
section in this order:
Equalizer > Delay > Reverb
After this last stage the signal becomes stereo because of the Reverb and
Delay processing. At the end, after all the processes, there is the Output
Level knob which determines the amount of signal that AmpliTube™ will
output, this is very useful to balance the level of different kind of sounds
and presets.
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