I wouldn't gig with the the TMP. It's nowhere near as powerful as Mac rig. BUT - it's a lot of fun at home. Very quick to get a sound together on it for quick jams. Epically too expensive for my use case though!

@@ThomasBrunkard Agreed 100% the ease of use and sounds get me excited about it but not the expensive part 🙂 I just wonder if i'd use the TMP more at home due to less friction

@ I use it more when I’m not pretending to be Brian May but it is rather large which is an impediment in my apartment. I have a Quad Cortex which is much smaller but I actually prefer the Fender. Very clever device. If I could get all my IK Multimedia stuff into a QC sized box that would be heaven!

Hi Seth! I was actually using the Polycapo in Helix Native earlier this year to manage some key changes and it worked very well. For my gig, I did use an actual Helix originally but I much prefer the sounds I get from AmpliTube ToneX and I worked very hard in a studio to get the capture that I use on stage. Everything here works for Helix too but you do get the advantage of much more DSP. You can also blend and mix plugins too such as @IK Multimedia Quad Comp for managing the output for FRFR. The sky is the limit!

@@ThomasBrunkard Fantastic! My next step is finding the right FRFR speakers. I mostly play bass at gigs. Do you have any wisdom or insights on what to look for in FRFR speakers with this setup?

@@sethaustin7128 I think the ones I use wouldn't work very well for bass. A lot of speakers are made more expensive by DSP addons that you don't need so much with a rig like this. I use the QSC CP8 but perhaps a CP12 would do better for bass? Otherwise do check out the Yamaha DXR10 or DXR12.

@@seanespey2887if I get rich enough to retire and get some free time then maybe 🤣. It’s one that relies a lot on multitracking to work so not a goid one to learn for someone playing solo

@@sboistan yep. You just need one of those headphone adapters to bring the included 3.5mm aux cable up to 1/4”

The solution with Mainstage is a bit bizarre. You set up a Instrument track but set Helix Native as an input. You can select which interface input it goes to in the editing pane for the plugin. In this instance midi gets passed directly to the plugin. I'm looking at Gig Performer now per recommendations from commenters and it's a very different approach but makes more sense for this type of work.

They're great speakers but you need some sort of a preamp to get the use out of them for bass and guitar rather than plugging straight in. Eoghan has a great gadget by the way. You should ask him about it. Very cool sound out of it.

@ ah cheers, I was thinking that might be the case. I'll contact Eoghan, Cheers

I’ve been gigging with ToneX software since it came out and my experiences have been very positive. The limitation of the pedal (any pedal) is to do with physics. If you set a sound up at low volume it changes when things get louder. There’s also a terrible tendency for folks to monitor these things in mono on stage which causes issues too. I couldn’t comfortably gig with the TineX pedal on its own but a well tuned EQ after it to deal with the Fletcher Munsen curve and it would do well. This is my current rig with ToneX captures running in Amplitube. Nothing lifeless there but it does take some tools and tweaking. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmfblomtebJre8ksi=sq_s_0R8b1MNJnts

I reallylike the workflow with captures. What you put in is what comes out. I’d love for a single box to exist that has all the functionality this has but I don’t think we’ll see one for a while and by then plugins will probably be more advanced 🤣 This is a very tricky tone to nail down. I’d love to spend some time on an Axe FX to see how close I can get.

@@ThomasBrunkard Pretty sure you could get it very , very close, especially if you know all of Brian's setting on each amp and effects unit. This guy demos a company that sells preset blocks that are already setup for Brian May, which you could edit if you didn't think it was close enough kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYm3lamCeddmfJIsi=CHkVPaZfzjumwJKu

Channel stats showing a 99% male viewership so it might be socks for again for everyone this year but I tried! 🤣🤣

The string winder is so handy! Plus it's very cheap too. The guitar stand should get some sort of award too. Very well built.

It's a total Swiss Army knife now with the FX. Extremely useful kit.

If you want to drop me an email I'm thomas AT brunkard .com and I can see what I can do for you.

It's a big fat tone. I love it. Like a big angry cello :D

@ epically May, to me that boxy deacy tone just epitomises the queen sound

@@ClassicRockSolo I have one! I'm working on a film on it. It's such a weird little amp. Very full range, lots of high end. And when you layer it! Magic!

I *think* you can still try them out in the free version of ToneX on the computer so it's a good way for your guitar player to try them out before buying a pedal.

@@Herfinnur let me know how it goes for you!

@@tomppa3490 that’s basically it plus you can also use the tones within the app on your computer or iPhone too. You don’t need to keep it connected to the computer. Just on what you plug it into - if you plug any device like this into a regular guitar amp it’s like plugging an amp and speaker into an amp and speaker so it works very differently. You can turn off the captured speaker and that helps but ideally you’re better plugging it into stereo speakers, flat response. I have it on my list to cover that.

It's a fantastic innovation. If you had a mains powered treble booster you could just leave it mounted and wired in on a board. Very useful.

​@@ThomasBrunkard I got my FTM yesterday and was disappointed to see that there's no Delay with a max time above 1500?? That ruins the Brighton Rock Solo for me... as we need 1600 ms for it to be perfect (800 L, 1600 R as you know).

@@guitarfilipe The work around is a quarter note delay at 75bpm

@@ThomasBrunkard how do I do that? Which delay type? Is this equivalent to 800L/1600R? Sorry for the questions but I really appreciate your help. And can I save that value on a preset?

@@guitarfilipe 75bpm is the tempo implied by 800/1600. I have a preset up on the cloud system. You can see it set up there and how the delay is set up. To set the tempo you just tap it and slide it.

For the ones with the TB you should reduce your input gain a little to stop the treble booster clipping the input. Should have mentioned that in the video. Parity is fine for the ones with the built in treble booster. They're very different presets because the real TB has its own magic and it is magic!

@@ThomasBrunkard yes it is! As Brian says, RS + TB + Vox = “it sings”. Bought a TONEX One a few days ago and I’m still figuring the modes and settings. This last update just sold me, that’s why I went for one. Black Friday early deal, 149,99 here in the US.

That's a total steal at that price! A lot of tone for the dollar$.

I think there's another update inbound to make the editor a bit easier to get around. Check this out, I found it invaluable: www.reddit.com/r/AmpliTube/comments/1d4lpt6/tonex_one_cheat_sheet/

Finally I was able to try them, amazing work! Love the 80’s and Chorus, also the Brighton and Bo Rhap are brilliant, now I have to use them live 😎

No problem Dean. Glad you got something from it!

Thank you so much! I'll always urge people to get a real treble booster but isn't it cool how well the in line works? It means everybody can get to try it out.

It's not a case of the amount of effects in a chain as different effects are more intensive than others. Pitch shifting stuff is very CPU hungry. The most intense one I was running was Helix Native first in line working the Poly Capo to lower keys then my usual AmpliTube stuff which also has a harmoniser. It didn't break but I did reduce the sample rate down just in case.

Very kind of you. I don't think I have it all in perfect but how could anyone? If you pardon the pun, the tone can be a bit mercurial too. There's lots of cool production techniques that take that basic punished Vox sound into other places. It's always a thrill to explore it.

Now that's interesting. I'm going to check up on that!

the gt1000 is the gift that keeps on giving, just like the helix

@@joaquin8637 The Helix was terrific value. The size, processor and Vox sounds were limiting factors for me but I still use Helix Native on occasion and it's a swiss army knife for guitar sounds. I can't wait to see what they come up with next.

I've just been through the manual and I can't find reference to it. Do you know what they call it?

I haven't yet encountered issues with power yet myself and I guess I've been lucky with the gigs I'm doing. I'm running one instance of AmpliTube, the EQ and Quad Comp so I can run the rig quite high. That's 192khz with an 128 sample buffer and that is a very tidy 3-5ms roundtrip latency. The scenes work around in AmpliTube wasn't too much of a problem just a bit of extra work running the midi but it could be a bigger deal for other sounds. The only thing I'd caution about running multiple instances of a plugin is that you it might make things unstable and limit how hot you can run it. But then again, the more recent Apple silicon machines are so incredibly powerful that it could just be fine!

@@ThomasBrunkard Thank you so much for the quick reply. I can't wait to try this.

@@dscataglini Let me know how it works for you

Ah sure, she'll be happy if you're happy, and if she's not, get her a guitar!

Also one other thought, since I don’t know what the mysterious upcoming project you’re raising funds for is, but I love seeing you come out with new stuff Idk if you’ve ever considered lesson videos for lead parts etc, but I’d definitely pay for a video lesson series and I bet others would too 🙂

@@joechenevey7472 I've been kicking around a course for nearly two years now. I didn't want to get into a trap of just doing show and tell for all the solos. It's nice to have lots of videos show this for someone learning but I really want to do something that's more about enabling creativity rather than recreation which is a bit trickier. I'm still costing mystery project but once I do the risk analysis on it I'll get it out there!

@ just know if you release a lesson series you’ve got at least one student ready to go 😁 I’d give Spike a run for his money on rhythm, but have been plateaued trying to move into leads for like… a decade 😅

@@joechenevey7472 Did you find the one about string bends and vibrato? It's probably the most useful thing I've ever put on the internet

@ I did! I got it added to my Red Special playlist with Marco’s new video on volume/pickup combos. Planning on digging in a bit more later this week with the holidays in the US The bends and vibrato video caught my eye because it’s *exactly* what I need to wrap my fingers around to bump up my lead playing skills 😁

Nothing wrong with any of that!

@@iainh631 Wilson has done a great job with that. Very impressed. There’s some issues for me with his Midi controllers that I need to see changed but I’d sooner have one of these than the Quad Cortex I have if I had confidence in the software holding up.

There's lots of benefits. Pitching tracks up and down is another. It's overkill for domestic consumption but it's got utility for stage for sure.

Thank you for your support. If there's anything you'd like me to cover going forward then please let me know.

@@ThomasBrunkard Thanks to this great video, I just order the pieces to build a mini-ATX PC to be dedicated to Amplitube. I just started converting from Tonex / Hardware to 100% Amplitube so I don't know what I don't know :-) Your experience is quite valuable and I look forward to more commentary in regard to the pros and cons of a pure in-the-box guitar rig. Thanks again!

@@TheFrozenDesert If you think of it will you let me know how you get on? This video took off rather quickly so if there's anything you think is worth covering on its own please let me know.

If it ain't broken then don't fix it. Sometimes that will work for some folks but there's other jobs where more is needed. I'm working in a production with an iconic sound I can't fluff for example. I could use the stomp box (treble booster) and the requisite three Vox AC30s but it's just not practical or reliable. At the end of the day though, no matter what gear you're using it'll come down to your hands, heart, ears and mind. No amount of gear will fill a deficiency in any of these.

@@yblanco you can get away with a lot of it on a humbucker as most of the time Brian is using the bridge and middle in phase like a wide humbucker. These are great tones on lots instruments and of course it’s Rory Gallaghers tone too as that where Brian got the idea. Brian’s treble booster in the classic Queen era is voiced differently but the root tone is the same. I love it. It’s rich in harmonics, clear and very musical. Like a cello or something!

Thanks Ben. I don't like selling them at all as I just want people to play and make music without getting too hung up on gear. I have spent silly money on all this stuff so it's just about cost recovery so I can do more.

It's not that complicated (to me anyway!). The Interface has two stereo outs. Two lines (left and right) go to the DI box over 1/4 cable then on to the front of house desk. The other two go into jack to XLR cables and on to the two QSC CP8 speakers for my monitoring. In terms of getting the guitar into the interface it is a bit silly. I have a treble booster built by Yonderbosk that goes into a transmitter. The treble booster really has to be the first thing after the guitar as I need a good interaction with the volume control for this gig. The midi is connected wirelessly to the Mac using the WIDI adapter.

I was coming from the older MC6 and jsut copied my stuff straight across very recently with the new pedal. I have these stupid allergies that practically blind me so the display was enough for me at first. I'll investigate toggle mode next. Thank you for flagging it!

I've spent more time than I should designing something there. It's half the weight!

Beni - I have no limit to my hatred of the wig. NO LIMIT! :D

I think it was Muse, it was a long time ago but I heard their amps ended up living under the stage. The thing with the modellers is frankly, some of them aren't up to it. The built in Vox in the Quad Cortex is a joke for instance. The Helix does quite well and I did well with one for years before I moved onto this. The thing is with all of them is that you have to manage the EQ to get it to work on stage. The biggest win with ToneX for me is I've had to do very little with them to get them working reasonably well at volume. Nothing has come close yet but of course I had to spend two days in a studio in the suburbs of Dublin knocking the face off one with diagnostic signals praying it wouldn't catch fire to get that far :D Let me know if I can help you at all.

Hey Trevor! Thanks for sussing that. The pedal has a cable for the three button extension pedal, USB C power and the wireless dongle.

Sorry, referring to the wrong video and the weong pedal: the ToneX One is going to a Y cable then legt amd right into the iLoud Micro Pro

@ ah that makes more sense, thanks