Guitar Rig Summer Price £200/$339/€299

[Mutant]

yeah, plus it's fairly silly to compare hardware & software amps.

Right. He said infinitely more analog, but he forgot to add "infinitely louder".

HEHEHE Not necessarily if you know what's a "hot plate".

http://thdelectronics.com/products/hotplate.htm

[kovacs]

Pod XT = $299.00 No CPU load, near Zero Latency, no registration hassles, no problems to re-sell, portable and not to hard to sneak past the wife.

I got PodXT, and Amplitube. But I'm still severely annoyed that NI is once again tugging at my credit card.

The GR floorboard may be harder to hide for the wife though...

[Len]

Kovacs, how do you rate the recorded sound of the PODXT vs the Amplitube? I've got the latter but obviously that ain't portable for stage use

[putte]

.. i actually wanted to wait for Amplitube 2 (which should be out early 2012) .. but now this offer! .. errrmm .. oooaaaaarr!
i mean, i dont even have a wife .. does that mean that i now have to buy Guitar Rig? ..

putte

[kovacs]

Kovacs, how do you rate the recorded sound of the PODXT vs the Amplitube? I've got the latter but obviously that ain't portable for stage use

I am able to get much better sounds from Amplitube than from the PodXT (my main guitar is an Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette).

Plus I hate fiddling with the knobs on the XT...Amplitube is much easier for me to get a grip on.

This is purely personal, of course...but I find myself not using the PodXT anymore.

But yes, portability is an issue. At the moment I don't play in a band so it's not a problem for me but I'm hanging on to the XT just in case. I have an FCB1010 floorboard so I can always bring my Mac laptop and connect it to the PA.

I am awaiting the release of Amplitube 2 which might nail the case for the PodXT ...but this NI offer is tempting...

[hello1234]

.. i actually wanted to wait for Amplitube 2 (which should be out early 2012)

and that's ashame, since it's the end of the world and all

[Z]

The GR floorboard may be harder to hide for the wife though...

Not when you already have a V-amp2 with floorboard (which, fortunately happens to be blue too), and can just hide that one.

Remember what Indiana Jones did in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark when he swaps the statue with the sandbag?
That's my plan.

[Len]

Thanks Kovacs, for keeping my gear lust for a PODXT at bay

I'm also waiting for Amplitube 2, since I understand there is an upgrade path for us Amplitube users. But Squids is eerily silent on th release date!!!

BTW, all electric guitar on my "Its Beautiful EP" (you can hear snippets at http://www.lenmusic.com/music.php) were Amplitube, and I think they sound OK

Cheers

Len

[putte]

. i think i go for the guitar rig offer. tired of waiting for IK ..

[Midiworks]

Who cares, NI droped the price that was too high anyway,
probably because of Waves GTR street price of $450...

[AndrewSimon]

I don't like the sound of Guitar Rig, I prefer Amplitube.
I hope Amplitube2 will be worth waiting for but I am going to demo waves GTR as well.

[Midiworks]

but I am going to demo waves GTR as well.

If you have a iLok dongle...
Because thats needed to try the demo.
So, fcuk it !

[AndrewSimon]

By the way for those who prefer hardware solutions.
Here is a beautiful alternative.
Never played one but I think it will smoke anything mentioned here.

http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/ ... reAmp.html

Very expensive but I heard you can get a half decent deal on it if you call around.

[AndrewSimon]

but I am going to demo waves GTR as well.

If you have a iLock dongle...
Because thats needed to try the demo.
So, fcuk it !

Yeah it sucks but I heard Amplitube2 will come with a dongle as well so as much as I hate it I might have to give in to my "no dongle" policy.

[Midiworks]

Yeah it sucks but I heard Amplitube2 will come with a dongle as well so as much as I hate it I might have to give in to my "no dongle" policy.

No dongle here !