Want the ultimate mobile guitar and bass tone studio?
AmpliTube gives you a massive collection of virtual gear that you can use to practice, play and record with world-class tone anytime and anywhere.
Build your own guitar or bass rig with up to 6 stompbox FX, an amplifier and cabinet with mics. Plug your instrument into your iPhone with one of IK's interfaces like iRig 2 or iRig HD 2, and get ready to be blown away.
AmpliTube CS gives you 7 stompbox effects, 3 amplifiers, 3 speaker cabinets and 2 mics, a free Loop Drummer Rock groove pack and a 2-track recorder.
You can expand this via a massive library of over 150 amps and stompboxes from top brands like Fender™, Ampeg®, Orange®, Mesa/Boogie®, and many more, or unlock the rigs of your heroes with gear from Slash, Dimebag Darrell, Jimi Hendrix, and Brian May.
Ready to hit the stage? AmpliTube’s Live Mode offers an optimized GUI for live use, with all the settings and controls you need in an easy-to-read format.
Control your virtual rig just like real gear: change presets, trigger FX, loops and more all right from your feet. AmpliTube pairs with iRig Stomp I/O for a powerful all-in-one stage rig, works wirelessly with iRig Blueboard, and supports other MIDI controllers as well.
AmpliTube also offers innovative ways to play, practice and record with an optional Looper, more drum track loops, a full 8-track recorder and DAW-style studio all available for in-app purchase.
Whether it’s at home, in the studio or on stage, AmpliTube is the dream rig you’ve always wanted, in a device that’s always with you!
AmpliTube CS features:
• Create guitar & bass rigs with up to 6 stomps, 1 amp and 1 cab with 2 mics
• Includes 7 stomps, 3 amp, 3 cabinet and 2 mics
• Expandable with over 150 gear models available from Fender™, Ampeg®, Orange®, Mesa/Boogie®, Slash, Dimebag Darrell, Jimi Hendrix and Brian May
• Live Mode shows your entire rig at a glance, with all the parameters you need on stage easily accessible
• Included 2-track recorder (in-app purchase unlocks up to 8-tracks)
• Studio mode for intuitive DAW-style editing (unlocked via in-app purchase)
• Loop drummer module that plays in sync with the recorder
• Includes speed trainer, metronome and tuner
• Inter-App Audio and AudioBus support
• Project sharing between versions and devices
• Import and play songs as backing tracks from your Music Library or computer
• Export audio via E-mail, SoundCloud or File Sharing
• MIDI controllable and with built-in integration for iRig Stomp I/O, iRig Blueboard and other controllers
• Low-latency for real-time playing
More info:
www.amplitube.com/ios
Accessory info:
www.ikmultimedia.com/irig
I was using amplitube with a cheap irig copy and I was getting high floor noise and the low end of the tone disappeared when using with Garageband, also the latency increased. Got irig hd 2, and WOW. Now even with bags of gain it's all super quiet, and amplitube in garageband sounds exactly the same as standalone, AND the latency is super low and pretty much unnoticeable! Lesson learned! Detracting 1 star because the drum machine is too inadequate for any serious use, it only has 2 fills, no one can write a song with 2 fills, also the randomizer is just dumb, I was literally laughing. I'll give AT 5 stars when I'll see a proper drum machine in there, I'd happily pay for it, within reason. Other than that, there are a few amps and pedals in Amplitube IOS that frankly are killer, especially the some high gain models, and I am a tube amp nutter. It won't replace my tube amps, but it's the closest darn thing I know, and in a mix Amplitube sounds great regardless. Just try for yourself by getting Amplitube CS (free) and buying the Engl Powerball for about 10 bucks, it's pretty incredible. In the end I bought the whole suite, and I don't regret it at all, this is a pro amp sim for pro musicians, there's nothing second rated in this software. The reliability is rock solid on my old Ipad Pro, never had any problems whatsoever. And don't forget, IK gives you a LOT of software for free if you buy their interfaces. -- ---- been using this setup for over a year now. This is a KILLER setup. Everything is modelled in painstaking detail. With even an old iphone, the irig HD 2, and the Blueboard, you are GUARANTEED a killer sounding setup for a modest cost, that will rival ridiculously expensive hardware like the Axe FX etc....I have NEVER heard an impressive sound from a Kemper or an Axe FX, but I have from Amplitube 4. If your chops are up to code, and you don't care about being these vain guitarists who have to "look the part" with their ridiculously expensive gear (to mostly try to make up for their lack of taste in music), this setup will give you all the tone you'll ever need....live, recorded, etc. Personally, I have bought all the best amp sims, and AT 4 is still my favourite. It is incredible to have this on an iphone. My fav amps are the destructive Engl, the 5150 (the single channel version, super warm), the Soldano and the Marshall Joe Satriani. Who needs an AXE FX !
Broken since iOS 16
Since latest iOS update (16) audio volume playing back is very quiet, sounds underwater and there is loud crackling. Used to be great but now broken. Sounds like when there is an audio driver issue. Any chance of fixing?
Become unusable
Echoing previous previous reviews, Amplitube is now unusable on current iOS. Horrible distorted/buzzing when you try to play a note. Rendered useless.
Stupid prices.
You can’t even try nothing, buy for mental price and then find out it’s rubbish and sounds nothing like the real thing.
Doesn’t work
This app and the associated in app purchases hasn’t worked on iPhone since the iOS 16 update.
Not working on iphone
Since updating the iOS on the phone last October it doesn’t work properly. Imported songs are distorted and play too fast. I have asked a couple of times when this is going to be fixed but on the last occasion of asking I was just fobbed off. I would look elsewhere now if I were you. The features and functions are ok; especially the A - B playback allowing you to choose specific points to rehearse again and again but they need to fix the current inability to play to anything.
Doesn’t work on iOS 16
After the iOS 16 update it’s all gone wrong. Spend £200 on this app to get all effects, only got to use it for a month after that.
UPDATE: Emailed them and they said they're fixing it.
Drum loop feature is broken
Not to mention completely unintuitive - please hire a UX designer
Recently gone to s#!+
Not sure if it’s because I updated the app or updated to iOS16 on my phone or both, but in the last week or so this has become pretty much unusable (and it used to be great). 2 main issues: (1) terrible background buzzing and even worse distortion when playing. It’s definitely AmpliTube not my instrument setup as GarageBand is fine. (2) the tuner is hopeless: most of the time it doesn’t even register that a note is being played and on the intermittent occasions it does, it wanders all over the place: as with (1), GarageBand doesn’t do this so the problem is with this app not my instrument setup.
