IK Multimedia 5 STOMP effects - Output Level; Module Bypass; Presets

6 - General AmpliTube™ control/display
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We suggest leaving the Gate OFF (fully counterclockwise) unless you noti-
ce high background noise from the guitar signal. In that case try to slightly
increase the gate knob up to a point where the LED lights and the Gate cuts
the input.
Output Level
This is the main output level of AmpliTube™ (fig. 46), it has a very wide range
and has to be used to set the output level of the various AmpliTube™ presets.
Depending on how AmpliTube™ is set the level can be quite different at the
Post Effect outputs, that’s why this control is very useful.
Pay particular attention to the driven / distorted sounds - they must absolu-
tely not clip within the sequencer Mixer because the AmpliTube™ distortion
must be followed by an clean audio path, otherwise the digital clipping will
corrupt the AmpliTube™ sound, causing heavy degradation of the overall
quality.
The optimal value for this knob is where the AmpliTube™ output signal (you
can check it on the level meter of the Sequencer mixer) is as close as possi-
ble to 0 dB but not clipping, for the setting you’re using.
Module Bypass
Each AmpliTube™ module (Stomp, Amp, Post FX) can be independently
bypassed (fig. 47).
This can be very useful to only bypass the stomp section, for example, or to
use AmpliTube™ as a multi-effects unit bypassing all the Amplifier stage.
To Bypass a module click on the “BYPASS” button that’s on the left of the
module selection buttons, the module that will be bypassed is the one that’s
currently selected.
Presets
AmpliTube™ comes with a large collection of ready to use high quality pre-
sets. They’re organized into main categories:
- Amp Brand new sounds created just for AmpliTube™, with references
to the best guitar amplification systems ever made.
- Bass Presets good for bass too!
- Multi FX Stomp and Multi effects only.
- VIP This is dedicated to famous guitarists and it’s filled with presets
that aims to recreate their typical tones, whenever this is possi-
ble, of course!
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