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I own Amplitude 2 and Guitar Rig and have recently demoed most of the other amp emulations out there: Revalver, TH1, studio Devil. I just played through the Amplitude 3 demo for a couple of hours and IMHO it's head and shoulders above everything else out there right now.
It was sooo much fun to play. I just ran through the presets and the tones were inspiring me to play in all kinds of different ways. That's right: the tones were actually inspiring. These sounds will find a place in my songs for sure. Is it perfect? Well, I'm sure there are areas where it won't measure up to an amp in a close A/B. Will it replace real amps in every situation? Probably not. But it sure is good. It's WAAAAY better than Amplitude 2 in terms of tone quality.
Also, it's a great effects box. The resonator and step delay would work on a lot of other instruments. The stomp distortion and fuzz too. And I actually think this is one of the better ITB reverbs I've heard. I'm going to try it out as a drum/vox reverb in some mixes to see if it holds up. But that really stands out for me. Usually these amp emulators bathe every preset in crappy reverb. Amplitude 3 also bathes most presets in over-the-top reverb, but this time it actually sounds like a pretty good one, so it's not nearly as annoying.
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