The Amplifire Thread
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How much are used Amplifire units going for?
Was put off because they are not an inteface to DAW, but still considering one. I am making do with a Presonus Audiobox and Presonus monitors and was thinking it would not bring the best out of the Amplifire XLR outs. Maybe just get one and then save for a better interface.
The other options are either a UA Apollo interface running those very nice Softube plugins, or a Laney IRT Studio. Both have drawbacks too. The UA unit is expensive as are the plugins. The Laney is attractive but it would have same wear and tear issues of running an amp pretty hard regularly, which for just running to DAW for home hobby playing seems overkill.
Had lots of Line 6 stuff, with the last being HD500x. Always get seduced by Line 6 for some reason but always end up selling them fast. Helix or AxeFX are both out of reach for me right now. Laney or Atomic Amplifire I can afford next week or so.
Was put off because they are not an inteface to DAW, but still considering one. I am making do with a Presonus Audiobox and Presonus monitors and was thinking it would not bring the best out of the Amplifire XLR outs. Maybe just get one and then save for a better interface.
The other options are either a UA Apollo interface running those very nice Softube plugins, or a Laney IRT Studio. Both have drawbacks too. The UA unit is expensive as are the plugins. The Laney is attractive but it would have same wear and tear issues of running an amp pretty hard regularly, which for just running to DAW for home hobby playing seems overkill.
Had lots of Line 6 stuff, with the last being HD500x. Always get seduced by Line 6 for some reason but always end up selling them fast. Helix or AxeFX are both out of reach for me right now. Laney or Atomic Amplifire I can afford next week or so.
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Boss gt100Aquila Rossa wrote:How much are used Amplifire units going for?
Was put off because they are not an inteface to DAW, but still considering one. I am making do with a Presonus Audiobox and Presonus monitors and was thinking it would not bring the best out of the Amplifire XLR outs. Maybe just get one and then save for a better interface.
The other options are either a UA Apollo interface running those very nice Softube plugins, or a Laney IRT Studio. Both have drawbacks too. The UA unit is expensive as are the plugins. The Laney is attractive but it would have same wear and tear issues of running an amp pretty hard regularly, which for just running to DAW for home hobby playing seems overkill.
Had lots of Line 6 stuff, with the last being HD500x. Always get seduced by Line 6 for some reason but always end up selling them fast. Helix or AxeFX is out of reach for me right now. Laney or Atomic Amplifire I can afford next week or so.
Oh and I have one for sales
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Will pass thanks. I had a Boss GT-10 and hated it more than L6 stuff even. I read that the Katana models are good though? Narrowed it down to those three choices in my post. Been waiting for something to come up on TM or here.
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Maybe somebody will want to sell their amplifire to fund the step up to the new model with more switches etc.
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I'm selling mine. I bought it last year but will want to downgrade to the small one. PM me.Aquila Rossa wrote:Maybe somebody will want to sell their amplifire to fund the step up to the new model with more switches etc.
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The Amplifire 12 is too rpicey for me right now. Can only just stretch to the original format one is can find a used one. New one will take another month to stump up for. not so keen on the Aussie distro's pricing either. Rip off merchant.KentNZ wrote:I'm selling mine. I bought it last year but will want to downgrade to the small one. PM me.Aquila Rossa wrote:Maybe somebody will want to sell their amplifire to fund the step up to the new model with more switches etc.
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Mine's the red one...
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I've got a TC Electronic Nova incoming, so in reality I could probably ditch my red one and get the small one, but tbh I still love it When they give me an easy effects mode, the nova can go ATM you need a degree in science to work some of the effects parameters lol... So I'm sorted on a smallish footprint still with the amplifire and nova, and the huge FCB1010 to control them if I need all that shit!
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BG and Kent are talking about a small one instead of a red one? I thought the red one was the 'small one'?
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this is the new Firebox, which is the new 'small one'
https://blog.andertons.co.uk/guitars/at ... -namm-2017
https://blog.andertons.co.uk/guitars/at ... -namm-2017
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Right. Looks like it would suit people who use amp and pedal board more the the red one.Bg wrote:this is the new Firebox, which is the new 'small one'
https://blog.andertons.co.uk/guitars/at ... -namm-2017
I want something to run into an interface. Still a little torn between Amplifire and Laney IRT Studio, but leaning towards Amplifire.
With DAW I would add reverbs via track bus, so not so reliant on Atomic's effects except for stuff before the amp sim.
Computer and studio monitors seems most practical bedroom guitarist setup for me these days. Advantage of Laney though is it can be an amp and an interface, but running a dummy load every time I feel like playing seems a bit much.
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If you're going to run into an interface anyway why not use something like Bias on your computer?
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