HOTONE: Ampero II Stage - Writing a Kitchen Sink Preset!

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Since the Ampero II Stage was still on my desk I thought it might be cool to make a little how-to video about creating a single preset that could quite possibly get you through a whole gig. This one features Scenes that range from pristine clean through to crunch, lead, jangly and ambient. Yes, it can be done. Check it out.
Today's tools:
Guitar: 2014 Palir Guitars 'The Apple Tree' T-Style with JJ's Guitar Pickups 'T-90' Set (P90's for Telecaster).
Cables: Various. Ampero II Stage connected to PreSonus Quantum via balanced XLR outputs.
Strings: Ernie Ball 10-46
Pick: Signature Honey Pick www.honey-picks.com/collectio...
Mic: N/A
Camera: GoPro HERO10 + Sony ZV-1M2 x 2
Soundcard: Ampero II Stage & PreSonus Quantum 26x32 (No longer available)
Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - www.presonus.com
Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2con...
Headphones: Audix A150 - audixusa.com/products/a150/
All Stands: Gravity Stands - www.gravitystands.com/en/
Computer: 2017 Apple iMac Pro, 2.5 GHz 14-Core Intel Xeon W, 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4, Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB
Backing track "Golden Era" (an all-time fave) courtesy of jamtrackcentral.com

[@christophernicholls6361]

I like the way you explain the Ampero stage 2

[@zisi71]

The best Ampero 2 Stage review and beginners tutorial so far. Without 10 minute narcistic demo fiddling at the beginning, like most of the others, thank you so much ;-) Straight into the topic, very constructive and explanative right from the beginning… Thanks!

[@MarkdeManbey]

Yeah, Brett's style is like that - it's all about the product and its use.

[@swooncitizen5398]

Thx a lot for sharing this, I used it for 2 weeks (the ampero stage II) and I love it ! Your tuto is wonderful, perfect time, perfect explanations, and now, a lot of ideas after seeing this ! You get my subscrided !

[@dubhainmusiq8350]

I like it! I did a couple of mods to make it useable for me: 1) Tap tempo on switch 7; 2) combined all modulation effects on switch 6; 3) added a stereo widener patch at the end of the signal chain; 4) for the Ampero Press - set Exp1 as 0-100 / Exp2 as 40-100 - this will allow you to keep the trails on ambient swells. I love it! Thanks!

[@kevinhicks9386]

What an outstanding tutorial. Thank you !

[@user-wv1ef2my2t]

Good evening (of our time), good brand, quality product and a lot of sound options. Excellent video for me, I have the previous model. Greetings Pavel CZ.👍👍👍

[@mjones53]

Fantastic !, thank you. I have one coming tomorrow.

[@gdavidjenkins9108]

The best Ampero 2 Stage review and basic tutorial I've seen! Thank you. I've been a Helix user for a number of years both studio and live but for small gigs this may be what I've been looking for. Let us know if you upload the patch somewhere we can download it.

[@geodavjenk]

I notice you are using the Ampero Tuner Press. I just bought one and can't seem to be able to use it as a Wah. Could you do a video and setting up and using the Tuner Press? No one else on KZbin appears to have anything on that subject. Thanks!

[@LostLegacyNY_]

Excellent video.

[@aliastitidesvignes1502]

well done explanation !.. so clear ... thanks !!

[@BrettKingman]

Glad it was helpful!

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Insane!! Ripper little unit... Ill get something similar....once lve got my head around my RC-5 looper!!

[@albertoramirez2076]

Finally, a good tutorial video! It's easier than the Ampero 2. Thanks a lot!

[@Cherry_Sunburst]

BRILLIANT.

[@user-xk8xr8gs4f]

Great lesson! Thanks

[@robertdouble559]

Even just listening to this though my crappy built in computer monitor speakers, the stereo imaging and general tonality is pretty sweet!

[@JTB--]

Great Demo and also a Master Class on how to properly set-up FX chains. I've had the Stage a few weeks and love it. It's worth the $$$. I'm still trying to figure out the Mic portion though. Are there separate effects for Vocals? I've been going into both inputs with a PRS Custom 24 Piezo in Parallel and it's really fun adding effects to both inputs. I find myself in a Mad Scientist mode experimenting with different FX combos

[@BrettKingman]

I'm no singer and haven't even looked at the vocal facility, to be honest. Best left to someone who is comfortable with that stuff - not me!

[@JTB--]

@@BrettKingman I hear ya. Maybe I should actually take a look at the Ampero Stage Online manual!! What a novel idea 💡 I also want to figure out how to use the Bluetooth function. The stage offers a lot

[@divar1511]

SUPER!!!:)))

[@rocknrebb]

Hi great video demo really appreciate it! I just bought one of these units and sometimes (but not always) I have a hard time saving my presets. For example if I click on the volume icon at the top of the screen adjust the volume hit save it often won't save and I repeat the process numerous times until it eventually it does save. I've even tried hitting edit first and then hitting the volume icon and making my adjustments hitting save and it's still doesn't save but I do it three or four times and then it saves it so I'm kind of at a loss wondering if you have any advice for the proper steps thanks in advance! I think I must be inconsistent in my procedure but not sure how. Can you offer any advise?

[@R0BL68]

Fantastic video ! Seamless program changes ?

[@chupiconverge6034]

The best for price.

[@LookingForEntertainment112]

Can you stack the same effects? Like if i want a fuzz and an overdrive, or two fuzzs? The new studio looks a tad bigger than the old one!

[@BrettKingman]

Yep, no probs there. Stack away. Yes, it's much bigger. Bliss! Thanks for watching.

[@LookingForEntertainment112]

@@BrettKingman Excellent, thanks

[@denissegonzalez3593]

Hi, excellent video!,,, you can share the presets?. An additional question, does the tuner press pedal remove the dynamics and tone? It happens to me with the soul press pedal, which is volume and wah and exp, but when you connect the guitar directly to the ampero it sounds much better (dynamic and tone) than connecting it from the pedal to the ampero.

[@BrettKingman]

I didn't notice any difference in the Tuner Press. There's a buffer in there so that probably helps somewhat.

[@patrickpierson6079]

Great... One question i had if there is a gap at a preset change... No there is none... Question answered in the first minute 👍🤘 Ok. I saw that was only a scene change....

[@robertj1303]

Nice, good sounding on YT. Today there is so much choice, I have Axe Fx III, with Lexicon MPX200, and to play around Mooer Prime P1 with the ipad and a Nux Might Air also very good for the price and for portability. This box sounds great. The question is always with these products is how often do they update. Axe is so great for updates. Mooer and Nux nothing since I have had it more than six months. I think this is key to these products dont you? Cheers for a great one Bergs

[@savaledj]

Some companies aside I think it's good to choose a device now on it's current state and not expecting too much from firmware updates. I really like how the ampero sounds already so I'm buying one :) It's nice to see they really added functionality in the 1.0.4 update so that's a nice bonus. My (old) mooer ge200 got a nice update in it's life cycle by the way. (custom IR upload). Both brands are really nice, but today I think the ampero sounds better compared to the new ge1000 imo. The axe Fx 3 is a great device, but on another budget level ;)

[@Jonw8222]

There will be updates, some new amps or effects here or there. Occasional bug fixes. You will be dissappointed with the frequency of them if you are used to Axe FX or Line 6.

[@miguelangel_guitar]

Hey Brett, sounds great, would you replace yout FM9 for this ampero? I have a Fractal FM3, love the sound, I think is superior to other units, wanted to upgrade to FM9, but this ampero sounds good too.

[@Glensully]

I’m thinking of getting the stomp because i want it small! Sick of big things 😉

[@arthurmetz9927]

Your reviews are the best! Are you planning to do one for Headrush Core? If so, what do you think of a comparison between these two? In terms of sound, feel and usability?

[@BrettKingman]

Thanks! I try. :D No HeadRush demo from me, I'm sorry. They stood me up in favour of other KZbinrs, probably never to darken my doorstep again. The Hotone products sound way better anyway, so no love lost here. All the best!

[@arthurmetz9927]

And how does it compare to a Mooer GE 300? I found a used one for half the price of this. But this one sounds so good!

[@Poepopdestoep]

I think for the money, there isn't anything better than the stage. Mooer has some great products, but i find their ampsims products a little to budget sounding. My2cts@@arthurmetz9927

[@aldrindejesus3739]

Hey Brett! Great review btw. I do have a quick question regarding scene modes, can you also create scenes with different amp parameters? Say, I only have 1 amp block and that block can go either clean, crunch and hi-gain per different scene and go together with my selected effects as well. Can this unit do it? :)

[@BrettKingman]

Yes, this unit can do it, no problems.

[@ksharpe10]

I was slowing the amps. list down hoping for a Magnatone of some sort. That Clean sound is almost to my ears Eric Johnson, and your beginning soloing sounded a bit like him too. Brett the KINGman must be practicing!!! Time for Rapid Dogs return??

[@MrOkaniani]

Hi! i have this pedal. but when preset changes trail function dont work. Does anyone knows?

[@nickbock1180]

Hi Brett, great tutorial! Just a question, how did you connect your expression pedal to the ampero? And how did you seti it up? Thanks!

[@picksalot1]

Impressive Modeler. Nothing wrong with those sounds. Easy to navigate. Are you noticing any latency? Does it have a DSP usage Meter? Thanks

[@BrettKingman]

Negligible latency when using a traditional signal path of drives, amp, cab and delay, etc. Some latency when using synth patches and hungrier CPU-demanding blocks. No DSP usage meter; you'll just get greyed-out blocks when selecting and it's filling up.

[@picksalot1]

@@BrettKingman Thanks

[@Ambient.Music.Studio]

this unit is in the consideration pool along with Fractal FM3 and Boss GT1000 ... mostly ambient and Pink Floyd-Gilmour type sounds ... all things considered, factory presets, good U/I and bang for the bucks, any opinions ... ?

[@yrtracingteam106]

Hi, can you help me out please.. i can’t find my answers. I would like to use the ampero at home in front of me, on the table. My questions are: is this machine actually also build for electric/ acoustic guitars? I know i can connect an acoustic guitar, but like other amps especially, for elektric guitars, the sound will be off. Can the ampero be used for vocals, especially with condenser microphones is there a phantom switch on board? ..and if so, can you use the mic at the same time while playing the guitar? Is this machine actually build for vocals aswell? And last, when using the ampero do i need an amp or mixer table behind all this or can i just plug in the instruments and a headphone and enjoy all the good stuff? These are alot of questions and i really appreciate it when you can help me out 👍🏼 Thanks in advance! 🇳🇱 I do appreciate all the info given in this video ✌🏼

[@TranHuy-vz8et]

Can we do global tap tempo on this?

[@tomaszhadun]

Does the device have a Global tap tempo?

[@jackprice7828]

Can you have different presets for each scene?

[@sonmms6063]

톤에 대한 시야가 넓어짐 ㅎ

[@jesterraj]

Yes all these sound good thru the interfaces but what aborto runnning it thru and amp u already have...May not sound as you like and have to look for a frfr monitor

[@BrettKingman]

It's designed to be used through an FRFR. However, if you want to run it through your amp you can do that too. Simply don't add amp and cab blocks to the signal path.

[@jesterraj]

@@BrettKingman I tried that sounded worst with my gtr spkr...so i lft the cab sim on sounded a lil better.

[@Jonw8222]

The Ampero II Stomp had a bug where when you adjusted the floor unit while plugged into the PC software, it would pause and have to refresh. A very annoying interruption to the PC editor. Is this fixed on the Ampero II Stage?

[@thomasgnome6585]

Update your Ampero II Stomp to the brandnew FW 2.0 via the new Editor 1.0.3 and USB-Driver Hotone USB ASIO Driver V5.57.1 = so that interruption bug becomes fixed. I did not expect that result, but now the device is doing its switching jobs well.

[@Jonw8222]

@@thomasgnome6585 Sorry I didn't reply sooner, thanks that did the trick... the new update is great.

[@user-vw7bn7ox5p]

SUPER!!!:)))

[@tomaszhadun]

Does the device have a Global tap tempo?