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jski59
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Really impressed so far!
Just unboxed it yesterday and have been playing with the boosted plexi and 800 models and it sounds great and is fun to play.
I'm running it through a CLR wedge I picked up awhile ago, that until this point I've been pretty meh on (but just using it as a standard wedge with my band)...I spent some time yesterday adjusting the gain staging and dialing in some eq tips found on TGP for the Amplifire and it's really sounding great. Very full and clear sounding. Holding notes into feedback while standing if front of the wedge is effortless.
I need to play with the mids eq to warm it up a bit to my taste, but playing VH was a blast...playing Unchained, it really has that plexi "about to explode" feel that I love.
I'm anxious to try it with the band. I only use a couple sounds a night, so the minimalist form factor is perfect for me. I had an Axe standard years ago and still play with S-gear on my laptop and so far I think the Amplifire is equal if not better, but I'm hardly a modeling expert.
The mac editor works fine. I'm anxious to try some different IR's as I've never experimented with those. Between the IR's and all the built in EQ's, I would think you could eventually dial in what you need.
Probably the only wish I had at this point would be some sort of USB audio functionality (which I don't think it has). I would love to be able to pipe in music and play along with headphones without using an interface, but that's nit picky and not really why I bought it.
Great job Atomic!
Just unboxed it yesterday and have been playing with the boosted plexi and 800 models and it sounds great and is fun to play.
I'm running it through a CLR wedge I picked up awhile ago, that until this point I've been pretty meh on (but just using it as a standard wedge with my band)...I spent some time yesterday adjusting the gain staging and dialing in some eq tips found on TGP for the Amplifire and it's really sounding great. Very full and clear sounding. Holding notes into feedback while standing if front of the wedge is effortless.
I need to play with the mids eq to warm it up a bit to my taste, but playing VH was a blast...playing Unchained, it really has that plexi "about to explode" feel that I love.
I'm anxious to try it with the band. I only use a couple sounds a night, so the minimalist form factor is perfect for me. I had an Axe standard years ago and still play with S-gear on my laptop and so far I think the Amplifire is equal if not better, but I'm hardly a modeling expert.
The mac editor works fine. I'm anxious to try some different IR's as I've never experimented with those. Between the IR's and all the built in EQ's, I would think you could eventually dial in what you need.
Probably the only wish I had at this point would be some sort of USB audio functionality (which I don't think it has). I would love to be able to pipe in music and play along with headphones without using an interface, but that's nit picky and not really why I bought it.
Great job Atomic!
