Axe-Fx Ultra v Atomic Amplifire

CHrisP86

I might look out for a secondhand one and give it another go, with some better ir's.

Voxman

I don't understand why they'd sell the Amplifire with poor IR's.  Surely you'd want good ones in there to show your product in the best light?  

John_P

Voxman said:

I don't understand why they'd sell the Amplifire with poor IR's.  Surely you'd want good ones in there to show your product in the best light?  

I don't think the stock ones are poor but commercial ones are better.     The ones it comes with a perfectly useable.  
  The presets it has loaded aren't great though, this seems pretty common to multieffects though for some reason.  Luckily it's very easy to program so it doesn't take long to get some great sounds out it.        

monquixote

Voxman said:

I don't understand why they'd sell the Amplifire with poor IR's.  Surely you'd want good ones in there to show your product in the best light?  

The IRs are fine it's the patches that are rubbish.

CHrisP86

I just can't shake being so uninspired by the amplifire, plugging in to the helix that was sat next it and being really impressed.

For now I've actually gone a different route and bought the Peavey 6505 mini head.  Not tried the DI yet but the headphone output sounds really good for silent home playing. Also really light so won't be a chore to carry to rehearsals.