Studio One Stock Plugin Series: AMPIRE Amp Sim

This is the first installment in a new series of videos highlighting the stock plugins for Presonus Studio One Pro. This is using version 4.6.1, and as things update, so will the videos to highlight plugin changes.
First up is AMPIRE, the amp simulator plugin from Presonus. This plug was actually recently updated to the version in this video, and as more features are added, I’ll put out updated versions.
The newest version of AMPIRE has 5 amps to choose from, a bunch of cabinets, mic combos, and Fx stomp boxes you can add and manipulate your sounds. You can also load in your favorite cabinet IR!
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[@m.k.firework4435]

I’m excited for this series! I’m new to Studio One and I appreciate how detailed your tutorials are for beginners like me. Thank you!

[@johnthelad]

Good introduction on the plugins. Haven't tried any yet, as just starting with Studio One, but will as this series continues. Thanks for the easy to understand demo.

[@SteveWatsonMusic]

Great job Tim. Very informative and helpful! Thanks for posting.

[@CptCoitus]

Thank you for starting this series!!

[@Bygoz]

Thank you! Here’s to hoping mixtool is on the soon list because I think that I (and many others) don’t fully understand some of the controls. I bet you’ll do just fine explaining.

[@DaveStanleyDaoust]

Thanks Tim! Really looking forward to this series!

[@princegrwl]

can't wait for more episodes of this series.....i've been searching for something like this all over youtube recently.

[@TimTalksAudio]

You’ll find every one I’ve done and will do loaded into this playlist.. kzbin.info/aero/PLD8m3WKL6nSXDdB1XmdyxbKDAaWwENzAm

[@jimmyclements6226]

Great tip on the microphones for left and right differentiation. Really makes it sound full.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SadBstard]

Brilliant video!! But the plug-in is pronounced AM - PIE - ER.......it's a play on words really, as in Empire......Great vid. Keep up the good work!

[@nickannerino733]

He makes it sound fancy

[@dealsbetweenfriends]

watching this 3x...............still alot to understand completely.! 2023 yeah--

[@vbonesgaming]

Man the stock plugins for guitar on studio one have come so far!

[@user-nc9sx9jk6e]

Awesome! Thanks for your efforts.

[@randomschittz9461]

Honestly, seeing the "devil horns" is what tipped my decision towards Studio One. Haha!

[@BlueTransAm83]

With Ampire as is. I'm using as much as my Fortine for heavy. Ampire shocked me after EQ. Great raw rhythm stuff, And more mid rock (Halen to AC/DC type tones.)

[@TimTalksAudio]

Good stuff!

[@LCRLive687]

Thank you very much! Best amp sim by far because of its low latency compared to others I like this idea of putting the plugin onto the input channel. Do you know if you can at the same time take a clean feed off that sim-loaded input channel and record it onto a track DI to have the clean signal to re-amp?

[@anthonymarocco955]

Love The Videos! Really Helps Big Time

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thank you so much! I'm glad to hear that they are helping.

[@JMO04091]

I don't know you...and I JUST found your channel...but I love you...SO MUCH respect

[@TimTalksAudio]

Oh thank you!

[@kimwestwood8840]

How are you getting the close up interface for effects? Seems as if you scroll down but all I see is the stomp boxes but not up close

[@fret2fret221]

isn't technology great? I love this feature. I just upgraded to the pro version of studio one and I am in LOVE with these sims. one the bass sims too.

[@neekophenom590]

Do you get all of these amp simulators and effects/plugins with studio one artist? Or are they external downloads

[@randy_jams]

I have Studio One 5. For some reason, when I open up the selection for pedals and click on one, it doesn't add it to my list of available pedals. When you clicked on the fuzz pedal it showed up as an option in bigger form so you can make adjustments. When I try to select a pedal the menu disappears. I don't know what to do about that.

[@harleycrouch3668]

Where’s the full track?!?! I was digging it!!! Was all of that done with the stock plugins?

[@ralphpecca67]

Thinking about buying this DAW and the most important thing for me is how good I can get the guitars to sound for heavy music. Thanks for the demo.

[@blownspeakersss]

Worth noting that they've since added the "High Density" pack which comes with some amps/cabs and pedals that are specifically designed for heavier music.

[@alanprestigedev1320]

Hey great video!! Do you go guitar>di>audiointerface ? Just bought studio one and wondering how to get the best out of it. Thanks

[@TimTalksAudio]

Sometimes, but recently I've been using the direct Hi-Z input on my interface (Apollo Twin) to get my guitar in.

[@veerchasm1]

Does anyone know how to change/add the jumper cables to the AC30 simulation?

[@HyokuroHedrik]

omg you just gained a sub and fan

[@ironweedstudios]

Thanks, Tim!

[@TimTalksAudio]

You are welcome!

[@jr_oantonio]

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks for the video! Ampire is so awesome...unfortunately, my DAW crackles most of times I use this plugin, even when my buffer is at its max. Any suggestion about this?

[@liontrade3957]

If you haven't downloaded presonus universal control and installed it, try that out. That fixed my problems. From there go to Options > Audio Setup > and pick the hardware interface you're using, assuming your hardware interface is presonus.

[@pauljrogers]

A great video - thank you :-)

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thank you so much! They’ve done some updates to this plugin since it came out so make sure to explore it yourself!

[@sonicmegablaster]

Excellent!!

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glad you like it!

[@cush-jimcushman6731]

Hi Tim, I am starting to use ampire and wondered if anyone has found a patch that sounds like a Eric Clapton lead or a Santana lead and would let me know what it is called. If you have created a patch like I am describing and would be willing to share, that would be great also. Thanks in advance.

[@nedbakelman1284]

About to dive into the world of home recording (a complete newbie). As a fledgling guitarist and my obsessive nature, I've spent hours watching and reading comparisons of amp sims (Helix, Blue Cat, and many others). So confusing!!! Since I've committed to using PreSonus products (A/D interface and Studio One) it finally dawned on me to see if PreSonsus has guitar tone software. Tada. Welcome Ampire! Looks simple to use, and hopefully will get me some nice heavy tone as well as nice clean tone??? A relative question, but WILL I BE DISAPPOINTED? Please be honest! Many thanks!!!

[@nomandad2000]

That sounds pretty good actually

[@TimTalksAudio]

People often discount stock plugins, but this one works! With some playing and tweaking, you can get a great sound!

[@ohblimey21]

Tim. I have Studio Pro and am enjoying use of the package. But I get really fed up with the amount of white noise I get when I use the plugin for guitar. I can lower this by reducing the MIXER dial on the Audiobox but this then also greatly reduces the volume which is a shame. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

[@spastickitchen]

Probably way too late, but try a gate in front of the ampire plugin.

[@tonyvega7230]

WTH i cant get any distortion. the pedals and am7ps arnt really m7aking a difference. do u know why?)

[@onpoint1180]

Great job. Thx muchos brother.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Very welcome

[@ivansubdiaz5074]

Thank you so much

[@TimTalksAudio]

Thanks for watching! I’m doing a series of videos on all the stock plugins so let me know if there’s something you’d like to know more about!

[@ericczimskey2533]

How do you get to that page?!

[@Vancity-2000]

Hello Tim, incredible video and instructions, thank you very much, I am just wondering, are these guitar tracks that you play and we can hear in your video recorded directly out of your amp and speakers in your room or they are what you hear in your headphone?

[@TimTalksAudio]

They are a direct feed from Ampire to you! You aren't hearing any of my room effecting the sounds in this video. Only your room/headphones would play effect on what you're hearing! Please let me know if you have any more questions!

[@Vancity-2000]

@@TimTalksAudio Hi Tim, appreciate your feedback, very helpful, I had little issue with the effects from Ampire and I found that it was my settings, now I can hear pretty clean sounds and recorded, I was trying to see if there is any difference with the sounds hearing in headphone versus my external amp and maybe studio monitors

[@andremigcasol]

Those guitars sounded kinda familiar, should have peeked at the project name sooner hahaha

[@eddierabinovich779]

Hey man, this is great. I'm wondering why my stock version only has 1 cabinet, 1 amp head, and just a few basic pedals? (some of the ones you have were missing), do I need to purchase a full version or..? For context, I got my Studio One 5 from buying the USB Audiobox 96 25th anniversary bundle

[@TimTalksAudio]

The Artist version of S1 has a scaled back version of Ampire. You'll need to upgrade S1, or Ampire to get all of the other amps/cabs/pedals/etc etc

[@officialrohanjaiswal]

My ampire doesn't shows all of the amp heads and cabinets...plz help!!

[@TimTalksAudio]

In this video, I'm using the pro version of Studio One, and there are more features in this version than what comes with the Prime and Artist version of Ampire. If you are using either of those versions, you'll find that you might be "missing" some of the things I went over in this video.

[@vincespano]

My ampire wont show me any options for amps or cabs, is it just me, did i do simething wrong or what could the issue be?

[@TimTalksAudio]

Are you using Ampire that came with the artist version of S1? Or the full version?

[@maxflinter6896]

With Studio One Artist there are just a few amps in Ampire, right?

[@TimTalksAudio]

If I remember correctly, there is just the Marshall amp and cab. With Pro you get Five amps, and with the high density pack you get an additional three. Also with pro, you get a bunch of cabs as well.

[@shraviator]

Is studio one prime supposed to have all these effects showcased here? Just wondering because I don’t see any effects or stomp pedals

[@TimTalksAudio]

No, Studio One Prime is a scaled back version of S1 and doesn't have what is showcased here. You would have to upgrade.

[@righteousrat]

I will click on one of the presets after adding ampire to my inserts, but I wont hear the effects when I strum the guitar, just a bland, clean tone. What am I doing wrong? When I strum the guitar, no audio levels go up if theres some sort of correlation...

[@TimTalksAudio]

I would check two things. First, do you have low latency or the Green Z enabled? Sometimes this bypasses effects that might cause too much delay. Second, if you don’t have the plugin on the channel, do you get signal then?

[@aguitarcalledchutzpah]

Is this why my sounds were all jangly with a slight fuzz behind them? Because I had the stomp pedals after the divide rather than before it?

[@TimTalksAudio]

Maybe!

[@aguitarcalledchutzpah]

@@TimTalksAudio it was because my playback was not fully turned up on my focusrite

[@emerimeriya9931]

My question is far from the content, what if you don't have any worth monitor. In some cases mobile work and only $6 earphones you had in the moment, don't worry about the source but... Could we able mix/choosing effects to the sound properly?

[@TimTalksAudio]

You can certainly make what ever you have work. The most important thing is knowing what things sound like on what you have available. If you only have cheap ear buds, then use reference tracks to learn what those references sound like on the buds, then you can get your project close. I was just working on a mix last week with my mobile setup, and used my in ears to mix then when I could, I checked it on my main setup.

[@Cacaarl]

Are all these plug-ins available on the artist version?

[@TimTalksAudio]

No, Artist only has the Marshall amp and cab. When you upgrade to Pro, go to sphere, or purchase the expansions, then you'll have more amps to choose from.

[@alissabeller8847]

When you demo the guitar. Was you using a piano keyboard for the guitar sound rather than a real guitar?

[@TimTalksAudio]

Nope! It was a real guitar plugged straight in.

[@oudaijawad5809]

I have same studio one 5 i try to record my guitar sound doesn't come through i setup everything right like audio settings but still no sound to studio one do you have video explain how we can setup the guitar to studio one 5 on imac . Thanks

[@TimTalksAudio]

Have you double checked that your I/O is set up correctly and that S1 is using the right audio interface?

[@oudaijawad5809]

@@TimTalksAudio i didn't check the i/o i will do it today i got the software free with interface presonus do you have any idea how i setup the i/o

[@TimTalksAudio]

oudai jawad yes, I made a video showing how to do it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3PbiIeYi6tlfpI

[@bluesman354]

I have presonus studio one 5. Ampire only has one amp one can and no pedals? Shouldn't it have more?

[@TimTalksAudio]

If you are using the Artist version, you will be limited to the Marshall style amp and cab. If you upgrade to pro, or become a sphere member or outright purchase additional amps, that’s when you’ll have more options.

[@supersonicsroots]

It's pretty okay if you just need a quick amp sound an a d.i. track, but when it comes to tone, effects (pedals and 500) amps and cabinets, routing options, rooms, microphones etc... nothing beats Amplitube 5. Especially the Fender collection for clean and crunchy sounds. If you're a guitarist and your music is mainly guitar driven, then Ampire will disappoint I think.

[@TheLithGH]

hmm, my Ampire only has one head (MCM800)and one cabinet to choose from. I have Studio One 5 version... any thoughts on why that is? You have many heads and cabinets to choose from.

[@marcelodominguez9518]

When I had Studio One Artist, I only had one amp as well. I got the other ones included in Studio One Professional. Tbh they’re ok. Much better plugins elsewhere. Neural Plugins as well as Waves PRS Supermodels have my vote

[@TimTalksAudio]

The Artist Version of S1 only has the one amp and cab setup. Pro and the High Density packs offer more head and cab options, but you can also use your own impulse responses for the cabs. Just like @Marcelo Dominguez said, there are third party options as well!

[@aaronchapdelaine5478]

Is there any way to hear the tone and effects before I record the guitar or is it all later applications ? I noticed with presonus the vocal inserts had to be added after I recorded. Probably doing something wrong though

[@johndoe-cb5ck]

Does ampire come with studio one artist version?

[@marklelonde6684]

Yes

[@ericczimskey2533]

Can someone please tell me how to get to this page please!

[@TimTalksAudio]

Which page are you asking and what version and level of S1 are you running? Pro? Artist?

[@bryanhain969]

how do I open or bring up a plug in?

[@TimTalksAudio]

In the inspector or in the mixer, use the plus button to add a plugin. After you close the plugin, if you want to reopen it, simply double click it!

[@arpitamanvijay]

Which audio interface you are using bro?

[@TimTalksAudio]

I have a few! I have an Apollo Twin, an Arturia MiniFuse2, and a Behringer Xenyx Q502. I also have three machines which is why I have so many interfaces! But my main the the Apollo followed by the Arturia

[@18benfica]

my stock Ampire doesn't give me any of those options. I have none of those presets how do I fix that?

[@TimTalksAudio]

What version of S1 are you running? If you are working with Artist, you may not have all of the available amps and pedals.

[@18benfica]

@@TimTalksAudio I was - I've since upgraded - no more issues - Thanks for responding.

[@Marco-HidalgoMusicRecords]

Please stop saying "Ampeir" jajajjaa!! It´s pronunced like EMPIRE 😝😝😝 Apreciate the video bro!!! Thanks

[@Post-Alone]

I only have 1 amp.. have I not downloaded something correctly?

[@TimTalksAudio]

You may have the artist version of S1. More amps and cabs become available with pro or via a Sphere membership.

[@Post-Alone]

@@TimTalksAudio Ah ok man thanks.. great video by the way 👌👌

[@robertmabery212]

It's pronounced amp-pai-ur...rhymes with Vampire

[@TimTalksAudio]

Makes sense! Thanks for clarifying.

[@robertmabery212]

@@TimTalksAudio No problem. Thanks for the great video.

[@superbear9569]

Built in Tuna!?! Ampire. Now with added fish.

[@TimTalksAudio]

Glub glub!! Hahah

[@Trashpanda_404]

The thing I don’t like about making everything so pretty, it taxes your system to render. That’s why PT is so generic looking, as with the majority of S1 without those silly icons. Open Activity Monitor and see that it’s taxing your CPI 25%+ drawing all of the graphics, without the “pretty” graphics being opened. Open Ampire and watch the “WindowServer.” Then open up a 3rd party like GTR6 or Amplitube 5 and watch your system get nailed at over 100%. You’ll also notice Studio one blasting off. Good plug-in though! Seems stock plugins for Studio one are less resource heavy. Still A LOT better than Logic Pro 10.7.7. They make it so “pretty” that it’s so heavy. It’s a beautiful looking DAW but I wanna record music without my system crashing.

[@johnsmith-hf1hm]

Do they make a version for musicians who aren`t computer programmers? I mean, you have to lay a totally clean guitar track down and then create the sound? Pardon me but isn`t that totally backwards? This partially explains why modern music is so amateurish. Suits you, though. On a different note, anybody want to buy a nearly un-used studio one?

[@TimTalksAudio]

You could just use the daw to record the guitars amps you own and get the tone the “old fashioned” way by plugging in your guitar, playing with the controls to suit the song, placing a microphone in front of the speakers of the cabs and hitting record. Using plugins to simulate that same chain makes it a little easier for those who may have a limited budget, can’t make that kind of noise where they live, etc. etc. I was just in a studio a few weeks ago and we used an amp sim for the scratch tracks, and then recorded a few different amps when it came to the keeper guitar tracks.

[@BladesMusic]

Hey John - You can definitely record the DRY part and have the plugin play back at the time of mix as shown in this video. If you know how to use Studio One, though, you can also do it a few other ways. My way of working is to track the dry sound so I can manipulate after the fact, but use the Input Monitor while recording (the button just next to the Record Enable on the track) so that you can hear the effect while playing into the track. Best of both worlds. You hear what you want and still have the flexibility to change it after the fact. If you don't like that - like Tim said, you can just use Studio One like a tape deck and record off your traditional Analog Amps with real mics and such and lose the flexibility and bug your neighbors. This is how all DAWs work and also how many traditional studios work these days as well. But the best part is how much flexibility to allows you to have.

[@blakmath2554]

You can record your amp and a dry signal with a DI box simultaneously.

[@ryans9029]

You can hear playback with all the effects and distortion in real time. It mar record a dry signal that you can tweak later, but you set the effects before rrcording the track and hear it real time. That what makes it so useful. Make a basic tone that you can play with and interact with the virtual "amp", and duplicate and or re-amp it later as well. My method is to plug in the guitar, and pretend it's an amp. I warm up while i set up the effects and the amp/cab, get everything sounding the way i want. THEN i hit record and lay the track. Laying a completely dry signal is nearly useless. You need to interact with the amp in real time. That interaction is very important, and affects the way we actually play the guitar in real time.

[@LittleRapGuy]

Box sings....

[@johnclover1946]

I thought it was pronounced as Empire LOL...

[@TimTalksAudio]

I was corrected as well. It should sound like you’re rhyming with vampire!

[@Loagz_Beatz]

Man you didn’t play one guitar the whole time 😅

[@zvish7739]

BS i have no othe amps to chose and the sound is...well crunchy is the most pleasing way to say how bad it is

[@hiyabuddy69]

Have u heard of the word Empire? I'm fairly sure it rhymes with how u really pronounce Ampire, so brb im gonna think carefully if i wanna watch past the first 15 seconds of this video now

[@caseyspaos448]

Sadly, this only applies to Studio One 4.5 and lower. Presonus tries its best to suck harder with each "upgrade." No legacy amps with Studio One 5.