Ampbox is a virtual guitar amp suite providing excellent tone shaping through expert recreations of amazing amps, pedals and cabinets.
Mercuriall sent me all their amps to try in Ampbox. I must say I’m pretty impressed with it, and I had a lot of fun making this video.
Compared to other amp suites that I own (Amplitube CS and Helix Native), the scope of Ampbox is much smaller, but also much deeper in the amp/preamp department. There are only 6 preamps (each sold separately), but each has every channel, multiple tube/structure/boost options, all the options of the original, plus mods, and every amp channel has independent EQ which makes channel switching more practical.
There are two options for cabinet tone shaping, a small selection of cabinets with 2D positioning of 2 simulaneous mics. Anternatively you can choose from a fairly large list of included impulse responses, or add your own.
You can also load an impulse response reverb in the cabinet section. See the Room mic section of the video below.
Try out the Ampbox demo here
https://mercuriall.com/cms/details_ampbox
00:00 - Demo 1
01:33 - This is not free
01:52 - disclosure
02:34 - What is Ampbox ?
04:54 - Demo 2
06:35 - Guitar tones for demo 2
08:07 - Guitar tones for demo 1
09:49 - Dialing in a tone from scratch with Euphoria
14:58 - Cabinet section
19:20 - I wish there was a room mic
21:27 - helpful shortcuts
22:19 - speedrun new tone with Euphoria
24:26 - Rectofire
28:05 - pros and cons and thoughts on Ampbox
29:49 - a couple more tips
31:05 - This is the end
Disclosure – Mercuriall provided me the software to make this video, with no editorial input, and no monetary payment.
I have a bonus video on my Patreon about making the intro demo
🦋 BlueSky – https://bsky.app/profile/reaper.blog
📘 Facebook Page – https://facebook.com/thereaperblog
🤷 Facebook Group – https://facebook.com/groups/reaperblogcommunity
👏 Patreon – https://patreon.com/thereaperblog
📷 Gear I use – https://kit.co/reaperblog