Use IK Multimedia Amplitube 2 w/ real effects, Izotope Trash?

[beachhunt]

The short answers to (1) and (2) are both yes.

The "how" of (1) depends on the system, but I'd guess you'd do it the same way as recording the guitar direct without the pedal. Instead of Guitar -> Mbox -> Amplitube in Protools, you'd just add the pedal before the Mbox. I don't use PT, but there's no reason it shouldn't be able to use either the guitar direct sound or the pedal's output.

(2) is easy enough to test - just put one after the other in your FX chain. Trash would probably go first, but depending on your Amplitube setup you might want to try both. You don't have the internal flexibility of something like Guitar Rig (where you can place the distortion anywhere you want along the signal path), since it can only go before all of Amplitube or after all of Amplitube, but it should work as far as sound goes.

[alexbutterfield]

Thanks for the response. I am curious if anyone has tried using a real pedal into Mbox 2 (or other interface) and from there into Amplitube (on a clean amp sound) and whether the result was comparable to a guitar through a pedal into a real amp. I do assume it could work in theory but just wonder if anyone can say from experience that it works in practice.

(Or, if anyone from IK Multimedia is monitoring these forums, if they have an answer.)

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by beachhunt

The short answers to (1) and (2) are both yes.

The "how" of (1) depends on the system, but I'd guess you'd do it the same way as recording the guitar direct without the pedal. Instead of Guitar -> Mbox -> Amplitube in Protools, you'd just add the pedal before the Mbox. I don't use PT, but there's no reason it shouldn't be able to use either the guitar direct sound or the pedal's output.

(2) is easy enough to test - just put one after the other in your FX chain. Trash would probably go first, but depending on your Amplitube setup you might want to try both. You don't have the internal flexibility of something like Guitar Rig (where you can place the distortion anywhere you want along the signal path), since it can only go before all of Amplitube or after all of Amplitube, but it should work as far as sound goes.

[Glynn]

Originally Posted by alexbutterfield

Thanks for the response. I am curious if anyone has tried using a real pedal into Mbox 2 (or other interface) and from there into Amplitube (on a clean amp sound) and whether the result was comparable to a guitar through a pedal into a real amp. I do assume it could work in theory but just wonder if anyone can say from experience that it works in practice.

(Or, if anyone from IK Multimedia is monitoring these forums, if they have an answer.)

Thanks again.

Yup, I have had good results with pedals into DI and then hit an amp sim. I also like to run pedals into an amp, take a line out, and then hit an amp sim set for just the cab simulation.

[alexbutterfield]

Thanks Glynn.

Anyone out there have experience using Amplitube 2 and Izotope's Trash together?

Anyone who have Amplitube know whether any of the amps/pre-amps are comparable to HiWatt heads?

Thanks.