You know, I got a Fender Amp a while back through the Custom Shop and Iām still trying to figure out how to use the thing. I thought it would just show up as a pluginā¦
I think you have to use download the Amplitube 4 āFreeā framework. Iām still on version 3, but that is how all my Amplitube stuff works.
So itās in the Amplitude plugin then? Hmmmā¦
I donāt have AmpliTube CustomShop but I do have AmpliTube 4 (free). Will the Orange Tiny Terror amp model work in AmpliTube 4, or do I need to purchase AmpliTube CustomShop in order to use that plugin?
Donāt take any of this as gospelā¦ Iām just going on my past experienceā¦
I have some Amplitube āCollectionsā I purchased ages ago, namely the āHendrixā amps, the āMetalā amps and the āAmpegā bass stuff. This came within the Amplitube 2 framework. I happily used it for a loooonnng time, then suddenly, one day the main plugin I use - the Ampeg bass - stopped working. It was VERY annoying.
I ventured out of my ancient plugin bubble to explore what the interwebs had to say about it. It seems that in the meantime, Amplitube had disgarded the version 2 framework and moved on to bigger and better things with version 3. Further research revealed that all I had to do to get my ācollectionsā working again was to download the Ampitube 3 basic āfreeā framework.
Note that the basic Amplitube framework is connected to their āCustom Shopā, which is a basically a desktop app āinstaller/purchasing portalā framework, which tempts you with all sorts of other guitar goodies, ābonus pointsā etc etc. So far I have resolutely resisted all and sundry, because the last thing I need at this point is more choices.
Happy to report that, at this point it is all working fineā¦ although probably only until they bring out the next version of Amplitubeā¦
ā¦So that is my (probably somewhat dated) understanding of how it all works).
Thanks for the explanation Andrew.
Iāll try getting this Orange Tiny Terror and see what happens.
Ahā¦ just noticed this in the instructions on the link aboveā¦
After subscribing and confirming your subscription, launch AmpliTube Custom Shop on your computer. A notification will pop-up, informing you that Orange Tiny Terror was added to your account as a gift. Close the AmpliTube Custom Shop and restart AmpliTube 4 to activate the new amp model.
ā¦ so this confirms that it all should still work in the way I described. (Bold text added by me)
When I open AmpliTube Custom Shop I donāt get a notification pop-up. I see that I can purchase the Tiny Terror but when I attempt to purchase it I get a window that pops up saying, āYou donāt have enough credits to buy Tiny Terrorā.
Iāll keep trying to figure this out for a bit and see if I can get it working.
Youāre right - thanks!
Also you may need to āReload My Gearā or whatever it is in the Custom Shop. I got a window that popped up, then spent 20 minutes scrolling through a bunch of amps I donāt own and getting a pop-up every time I tried to load a Preset that I didnāt have the pieces for, which was most of them. But it was there.
Thanks IK!
I can log in to the IK web site with my accountā¦ I have some older āfreebiesā registered there and see my previous serialsā¦ downloaded Amplitube and installed. Fired it up and cannot log in to my account in Amplitube. Just keeps saying āPlease Close and Reopen your client.ā This is probably why I removed it the last time I tried it.
Advice to IKā¦ if youāre going to give me something for āfreeā to lure me in, make sure itās not going to piss me off. 
update: Gave it another tryā¦ even though I just downloaded and installed, it suddenly says the auth app is out of dateā¦ so I got the new one. Still wonāt let me log in. So I tried to reset my password. Previously it said that it couldnāt and an error has occurred. This time it let me reset. (remember this was a password that I already logged in to the web site and obtained my serials with!) Lo and behold, the Custom Shop app suddenly liked the NEW password and it logged in. What the hell? It probably wasnāt worth the effortā¦ but that got me in.
I really wanted to like Amplitube but no dice. No matter how it was adjusted it always sounded like a jar of bees. The feel when playing through it is also way too synthetic and sterile for me. Iāll stick to my 100 watt heads and 4x12 cabs.
I have to agree. Not impressed at all with the TT. Maybe because I donāt have access to the right cab to pair with it. Of all the Amplitube stuff I have, the one that most impressed me was the Peavey 5150 emulationā¦ that sounds great when you turn down the gain and crank the output volume.
Amplitube always had a sound to me that rubbed me the wrong way. Itās sort of a scratchy, upper-mids heavy sound to all their cabs. Itās been years since Iāve tried it, so maybe itās worth giving it another shot. I have so many amps sims though it would be just for the sake of it being interesting to see how my perception has changed over the years.
Been pretty happy with Amplitube, I am still on version 3 although am moving up to 4 as I have to finish production on a LP first and then take the upgrade in case something breaksā¦
So far overall Iāve been user since ver.2 - no glitches and issues whatsoever, get great sounds, the Fender stuff is exceptionally good. Some of the hi gain stuff I have to pair with an outside speaker emulation, but thatās OK with me.
The Ampeq stuff is great.
As time went I got better with the speakers and other adjustments, you have to play around with all the configurations, cabs, mic placement and āroomā, the last one is often overlooked.
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