I loaded the Hendrix CD tracks into the SpeedTrainer and played along for a more direct comparison with the tracks. So I deferred the evaluation of these patches until I recorded in my chosen DAW. The former provided less than spectacular results and the latter firmly place the tonal sweep at the beginning of the signal chain which was less than satisfactory.

I didn't have a midi wah-wah pedal to hand (or foot as the case may be) so I resorted to the auto-wah feature for tracks involving the wah-wah pedal and then to using an external wah-wah. The ability to load each up with such ease somehow seemed like cheating but a most welcome cheat at that. Understandable, the sound truly is impressive. I spent the next while navigating the presets, trying all the parts for all the songs, spending most of my time on my favorite tracks. My instant reaction on playing was 'Hey, that's pretty damn good!'. Having found the menus I had no problem in finding 'Hey Joe' with all the song set ups categorized by album, song and song part. This section also contains a selected parameter display for adjusting individual controls on selected stomp boxes or rack effects, and a preferences section.Ī full list is provided at the end of the review.Ĭhoice of 8 preset signal chains for connecting the modules together with 2 side by side rigs that you can configure as 1 large rig, 2 simultaneous rigs, or something between the two. Located at the bottom of the AmpliTube window, here you can adjust your input gain, and perform basic signal conditioning using a noise gate (took me a while to find based on browsing the application before using the help system). The installation itself was very straightforward and I experienced no problems and completed installation without having to refer to the installation manual. I installed on Windows XP operating system. It relies on a fairly intuitive interface to be reasonably successful, so I jumped right in and noted the questions that occurred to me as a I browsed for later reference in the user manual.ĬD or download, Digital ID, authorization code, software serial number (on registration card in the boxed product or within an email if you download), installation does go through a number of convoluted steps but the installation wizard guides you through the process pretty clearly. My experience has taught me that by far the majority of users approach software this way, only turning to the manual when they hit a stumbling block. I decided to approach my review without first reading the manual. I decided to try the stand alone version first, focusing on the sound and usability aspects of the review, moving onto running it as a VST plug in allowing me to focus on one aspect of functionality at a time.

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