HOTONE AMPERO: Make It Work For You (I did!)
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
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There's a lot to love about the Hotone Ampero. It's small, the sounds kick arse, most of the major tone foodgroups are represented and it has a quick and easy touch-screen editor ...and a great GUI (not shown in this vid). There's not much to not love, really. Check it out.
Today's tools:
Guitar: Ernie Ball Music Man Axis Super Sport (2016)
Amp: HOTONE Ampero Eddie 51
Extra effects: Reverb and Delay - HOTONE Ampero
Cables: Various
Power Supply: Supplied (18V)
Mic: Samson Airline77 (me)
Camera: Canon 60D (me) and Nikon D5100 (pedals)
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum
Monitors: Blue Sky Media Desk 2.1
Computer: Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 GHz 16 GB RAM
Software: Logic Pro X, Waves Plugins, Apple Final Cut Pro X (video editing and RUclips compression).
I wish all communication was so quick, precise and informative. That presentation ticked all the boxes. A true professional!
I think its time for Fractal Audio and Kemper to bring their prices down to reality.
@@zombielandakausa7468 Mooer GE300 ? > I hadnt heard of it but checked it out. looks interesting for sure .
Helix too.
@@petercallaway3376 Especially Helix, agreed.
@@jozhaoyuansong6937 well thats unfair to say. Its not really the "exact" same work. As an ex-R&D-engineer myself Im pretty sure neither Hotone or Mooer or Nux or any of these brands ever really put that much time and effort and money into R&D for the processing and writing the algorythms for these modelers. As always these chinese brands wait until someone else does the hard and very expensive work, then they just buy an AxeFX, a Kemper and a Helix, they crack open the software, study how the processing was programmed, and copy. Or do you really think that such a young and relatively unexperienced brand like hotone can come up with such a great "Ampero" so darn quickly for so darn cheap and get it so darn good right at the first try? Wake up buddy...welcome to 2021...
@@Driftuner I get that, but in reality, this is mostly software thing here. You chose the right DACs and the rest of the circuitry is mostly vanilla.
And you can't fake software. You have to make it on your own. That's why I think the difference between $1400 Kemper Stage and $400 Hotone Ampero is just the marketing. For god's sake, this thing costs less than the Kemper Remote, which is a thing any DIYer could RD for a couple of hours!...
So awesome 😃 Totally love my Ampero! Such an excellent little unit and very easy to dial in! Thanks for the video Brett! Have an amazing day! 😊 🤘
Do you any issues with the interface? Brett seems to have trouble as it looks not very responsive (i mean the touchscreen). Torn between this and the headrush gigboard
Wow, very nice sound straight out of the box. It's interesting though, how most people reviewing these pedal boards are not using them as such, but instead, on their table tops. Hint to manufacturers.... Thank you for presenting, sir!
that one off the "BEST"Eddie tones EVER
Scoop the bottom, pump the mid's, push the High's (easy as that).
I love how you are having fun while shooting this video
Sounds fantastic, the new generation modelers are truly amazing.
Wow you really make this device to shine ! I have one but i get disappointed by some of the first patches that i heard...i have to go back to it and be like you !
As always your tests are very adequate, I became interested as soon as I saw the ad, now I want one. Sound and features are somewhere between my trusty POD XT and the AX8 I was fishing for. If it can stand the Van Halen test, it will do the rest :)
"That's how easy it is to ED it." Nice pun. You are getting some great Eddie tones out of that and your playing is awesome too.
Loved all the'guitar face'! Mis-spent youth my arse... you make everyone on this board jealous of your EVH chops (and Gilmour)!!! Wonder how good the looper is on this thing... sure is a ton of stuff in a tiny space!!
I am actually most curious about the looper.. cos i have realized that the tones are pretty solid. ;)
That tone at 4:30 is juicy!
Eddie called. He’d like his fingers back when you’ve finished with them :^D
EVH would die without his fingers... Oh wait
I don't own one yet, but from some of the samples I've heard (if the effects are all original Ampero), this is a plug in and play miracle. I'm a strat player, and I use a Korg AX1000 G, it's 20yrs old, but, it's one of the 1st modeling pedals that came out. Being, I'm a strat player, using high output single coils, I've tried everything from Line 6, to Headrush, all the effects sound top notch if you have humbucking pickups, but since I bought the Korg back in 2000, I haven't found anything that beefs up the single coils, like it does. It's got 2 set up modes, one for single coil, and one for humbuckers. I can definitely get those "Stranger in Us All" Blackmore tones, Gilmour, with ease, with a light flange, and some echo style delay. But, I play through a JCM2000 all tube stack, so the sustain is more noticeable. But the "Ampero! This thing seems to be that way, all by itself. I hope it is real, and not just another plastic gadget.
im so hyped after watching this video i have ordered one of these beauts and have it being delivered tomorrow cant wait
So what do you think of it?
@@geoffreymerrifield5666 its awesome - big upgrade from my hd500 i really cant say i have any complaints def worth looking into if you are looking to buy or upgrade
James, so happy you like it. Appreciate the feedback.
Would be interested to see BK do a demo of clean and low gain sounds.
Very few people really spend much time showing those on these types of multi pedals. They go straight for the high gainage.
Good suggestion and will do. I'll find three cleans and three dirty's and strap the lot together for a video. Coming soon ...
Brett Kingman well I was kinda hoping you would. ;P
Here is a good demo of more of the cleaner stuff: ruclips.net/video/m4r5TjM-hQ8/видео.html
I came for the Hotone, I stayed for the awesome playing!!!
If you dont think that sounds like EVH youre dumb. Modelers truly have arrived. Personally im a Helix guy but this unit sounds great. 🤘🏻
I ordered one because of a another video I saw yesterday..
This video made that a extremely wise decision.
Wow!
Great guitar playing by the way..
How did you like the Ampero once you got it? Looking at getting one. Finally an affordable alternative to the big boys - it seems...
@@robn.7426
Great pre-amp and multi efx.
Low noise.
I use 2 Pedal sized 100 watts power amps by Harley Benton. $211 for both.
Carvin mach 100 is the exact copy of these power amps but cost $200 each!!
2 Eminence 12n neodymium guitar speakers 250 watts each.
This rig is 50 pounds lighter and more portable than EVM 12L's.
Especially after a 2am gig.
I want the Scott Dixon Aluminum 2x12 guitar cabinet.
It super powerful and yet you could carry a 2x12 cab with 1 hand!!!
Made in the U.K. only.
No USA distributors yet.
$1100 each USA currency.
I've seen about 6 or 7 videos where the Kemper Helix Fractel Mooer 300
and the ISP MS THETA PRO matched up against efx boxes and amps that cost 50-80% less and put my earphones on and closed my eyes and turned the volume almost all the way up and either couldn't tell the difference or the sonic quality was 9.5 for the lesser priced units 10.0 for the high end units.
Over half the lesser priced units sounded just as good as the higher priced ones.
I use about 5 sound settings.
Hotone Ampero in my opinion is great but the Mooer 250 which is a little better than the Hotone Ampero when comes to switching sounds but cost $150 more.
I use the Hotone Ampero for Jazz, fusion, and P.W.
The wah Pedal is amazing!
Again you have a great rig, superb tone, and great riffs.
Hello Brett - love the shirt!! Ragdoll is my favorite modern band!!
Thanks so much man! Real great sound!
I have a helix but this looks considerably easier to get around
I guess now all that's left is for Joyo to release their version to complete the Chinesium trifecta (Mooer, Joyo, Hotone)
Souds cool.Please make an a/b comparison between this, line 6 HX stomp, mooer ge300 and fractal.
Love this channel always puts a smile on me dial
Thanks, Brett! :D
Good results !!.. you play great ...and you found a EVH really "cloth to" sound !!... thank's a lot for showing us a Ampero Hotone way to build a great sound ...
I hate how good you play. 🤘
you look super excited with this product
Sounds great, but you can clearly see the touchscreen lagging and/or not responding to his such at times.
You sound good, thanks for showing.
Love your playing? I’m new to modelers. I’ve messed with one of the line 6 beans but I think I’m going to go with the Ampero! Thanks for the demo!
Came hear for the hotone and staying for ur epic playing.
Crispety Crunchety
Definitely buying one.
Have you compared it with the mg400?
Great video, btw.
Great review! Thnx. I am buying one. Together with the Seymour Duncan 700 amp. Light weight and ready to Rock. Greetings from Holland.
That is the first time I've ever heard that accent pronounce Z as "Zee" instead of "Zed" or "Zet"! ;) By the way, is it possible to stack effects such as reverb > delay > reverb like Devin Townsend often does? (multiple similar effect types in same patch)
Hey Brettt, excellent demo super chops too.
Very good video. Thanks. One question: were you going out to a guitar amp? Or monitors?
Genial video pena no haberlo visto antes, gracias :)
The one criteria (criterion??) I look for when assessing high gain sims...how do the distorted notes decay? Is it smooth and gradual (like a real amp) or choppy and granular?
man that sounds amazing
Can you run an out to a powered cab (with the internal cab switched off) AND to a FOH desk (with internal cab on) at the same time? If so how?
Thx for the review!! I’ll buy it coz of u bro!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻😊😊
I don’t see how you could go wrong with this unit for what it cost. It’s just a no brainer
Sounds good but looks a pain to program, half the time it ignored presses on the screen. Not loving the set up. How easy is it gonna be to alter on the fly ?
the touch screen is actually feels just like a samsung or iphone touchscreen, maybe he`s not used with it? Plus you can edit the patches via Editor on pc and mac.
Outstanding demo sir... How would you compare this to Mooer Ge200? Watched both of your vids but sound wise difference wasn't much I think, or is that different on your perspective?
can it be used as a pedal board? like the no.1 switch be overrdrive and no.2 be delay and on this certain patch u can turn on and off the effect while playing? or is each patch set in stone and cant be turned off via switch but through the edit button? thanks!
Brett , did you try to get a Santana tone from the Mesa Mark IIc+ ? Would be a reason for me to buy this bad boy
Looks like the Mooer GE200 which I just watched Bretts demo of. The Mooer sounds much better when listening back to back but it was demo'd a year ago and with a different soundcard.
Brett that was SO useful to me. Thank you! and yes those fingers are way too relaxed to go at that speed with impeccable timing ;) you must have some lessons for us,
humans, right? :)
Acest sunet auzit este digital ? Adica fix asa cum iese din el prin cablul usb ,sau este construit sunetul pe un combo apoi prin microfon de la combo ati venit prin interfata audio in Pc ? Am si eu o pedala ca asta si ma tot gandesc cum este mai bine pentru a reda sunetul pe iesirile xlr in mixer sau ierirea in combo si din combo prin microfon in mixer .Sau o iesire L construita ca ton pe combo iar iesirea R tot pe acelasi combo construit . Apoi o iesire L va fi pe combo care va pleca spre mixer prin microfon iar iesirea R va pleca direct in mixer facand control si mixaj pentru mixer .Eu asa ma gandeam sa fac !
What kind of monitors are you using and is the Ampero going straight into them?
Such a great player Burgs
How does the Ampero compare to the Mooer GE 300? Any opinion there would be great. Thanks!
The 300 is in lawsuit mode right now ain't it? Off the market ATM I think but I don't think China cares. This is a pretty sweet multieffect for the money. I'm looking at the Black Truck myself but don't have a Looper or drum machine
@@peyotepete4903 what happened?
@@obicross they ripped the firmware and all the software from HEX modelers. I doubt the 300 will ever make it to market unless you buy it from AliExpress or TomTop
@@peyotepete4903 oh wow
News to me...thats a shame
That's awesome burgs. Can you run this unit straight into say a clean fender twin and use it as a all in one effect pedal? I haven't taken the plunge into the digital modeling world yet, mostly due to not having a heap of time to learn how to use a heap of complicated gear, and also cause I'm not very tech savvy. How easy this unit appears to operate has me thinking it might be time to give the whole digital thing a try. As I don't have any sort of interface or anything other than good old tube amps, guitars and pedals, I just wanted to check if I can just plug it into my fender twin?
You could run it as such, yes. Just turn the amp and cab modelling off. But the foot switch assignment would then be important and I'd have to think a bit how that would be addressed as it's not really designed to be a 'stomp box' type of thing.
@@BrettKingman hey burgs, thanks so much for your response. I guess it would kind of defeat the purpose of that unit by using it with an amp. Half the fun I imagine, is playing with all those amp and cab models. So bearing in mind that I don't play for people, and don't have the skill/confidence to perform, it's just my mad passion and for the love of it. What would you suggest I might need to start me off?. I'm guessing studio monitors, a decent laptop would be a given. I love my amps, but they are too loud, too heavy and expensive to keep going at their premium. I have been really into little amps like the vox mini beatle I just got, and supro 5w thing with just one knob but it would be nice to be able to get all the sounds I love without having to buy a crap load more amps. Sorry I'm so long winded, but I really respect your opinion about this stuff.
@@dcs2402 All you need are a set of headphones. Studio monitors and a laptop are cool but superfluous unless you want to do some deep editing and share the sonic love with your household/neighbours. Everything you need apart from the headphones is in the box. :)
@@BrettKingman thanks so much mate. I think I'm gonna have a crack at this now. Keep being awesome burgs, Love your work.
Do it M8,You won't be sorry. It really is a bargain for the loot and a great first modeler. It literally is as easy as Brett made it look except for the playing of course. Enjoy !@@dcs2402
Great tones!
Hi, Brett what kind of speakers do you use?
Jezuz fk that Van Halen tone It sounds like I’m listening to a solo lol I just ordered mine and decided to not get a kemper or helix or an ax3 because this looks funner to operate and more practice friendly especially with drums
Great work as usual Brett . Just wondering who are stocking these here in Australia ? Cheers Steve
Hey Steve. Thanks, mate. I'm not sure who does them here. When I find out I'll come back to you.
www.deluxeguitars.com.au/products/hotone-ampero
Great video...how would you compare this Ampero to the Mooer? Focusing on the tone and amp models.
Can the buttons of 1-2-3 be assigned separately to on/off something as well? Sorta stomp box mode I'D say..
Hi Brett, Nice video!!! But I'm wondering how to setup a whammy function on the expression or does it even have one?
I bought a hx stomp and I don't use it at all. This sounds really good though and for basically half the price I would of bought this and been happy.
The Big Ragu !
Lol, I never heard that one before lol.
Hey Carmen, You don't like the Helix LT ? or you got the the FX stomp unit that has all the FX ? I'm not really familiar with Line6 so sorry if I am confused.
I have the helix stomp or hx stomp. Its the one that doesn't have an expression pedal and it only has three programmable foot switches. I like it for clean sounds. There is something going on with the way the gain/distortion sounds that I don't care for. I'm using it with a headrush frfr cabinet and I have used it with guitar amps. I very well may be using it wrong. I haven't downloaded any IR's etc. I haven't messed with global eq much. I'm more into classic set ups. I've spent a lot of money on pedals and gear. I bought the hx stomp to check it out. If I was a touring musician i would learn to love it for the convenience of it. It's not bad at all but it's not a real rig. I'm kinda torn and confused myself man. On one hand I think I should sell it and get an lt for the processing power for stereo rigs and on the other hand i am leaning towards being a traditionalist amp pedal guy.
Mr. Teriakamoto, I think we are both confused. I know I am.
Absolutely lol@@guyfromnj I have Amps and processors and all the pedals that are out except for those precision drive pedals. I like amps and an eq and parametric eq and a delay and a wah. I'm done spending cash on gear except for a certain eastern European amp head then i'm focusing on some more high end guitars. Vintage Les Pauls and some 70's Japanese guitars that were made by great luthiers. Enough w/ all the nonsense. I have so much gear. I'm focused on practicing until my fingers bleed.Tone is in the fingers and its Cliche,but true.
spot on
What's your experience/suggestion for use of the Noise Reduction feature, especially id using the Ampero as an effects box, and not connecting directly to a Board. If I keep the Amp and Cabinet effects on, I get an inordinate amount of noise.
I noticed ur struggling with the touch screen lol also it would work better if they put in sub categories e.g. click delays then go into types of delay instead of a singular list for eeeeverything
Looks like you've gotta press fairly hard. Hmmmm how's that gonna last? Some pretty nice sounds though.
Fish Cakes! No u ding that’s the problem he’s pressing too hard. U have to have a light touch
If you hook it up to your computer there is an onscreen editor that you can use right on your computer's monitor with your mouse and avoid having to scroll thru the presets the way Bret is demonstrating here. Sounds pretty good to me with how quick he dialed the EVH sound in. Best bet is find one online from a reputable dealer that accepts returns and won't scalp you with a 20% restocking fee the way some of these online retail shysters do.
It’s a nice video but ngl when I see him click so hard I cringed a little
is there a solution to the little cut in sound when pressing the CRTL button? 7:18 its really annoying.
Can you stack delays? Have more than one delay?
Nice work BK, question if I may, do you teach ?
hi, i have a question, so if i use an extra footswitch, can i assign the 4 footswitches on the unit to turn on or off different pedal ? or is it still 3 preset and 1 ctrl footswitch, and how about the wah pedal, does it uses one of the fx block or does it has its own block ?
Hi ,
Would it be possible that the CTRL button is always with the Tap Tempo activated?
and that it is not deactivated when changing preset?
excuse my google translate english
thank you
Amplifire 3 or this? Please!
Is there a way to disable the looper.??. I’m constantly triggering and recording loops by accident. If I turn loop volume to zero will the unit retain that setting until I turn it back up?
Im guessing you could disable the loop on the switch
sounds pretty damned good!
This is what I need to hear Brett. Now I'm really excited about the Ampero. The Ampero one is now available so I'm thinking of saving a few Bob. They say it has all the same effects so way to go!👍🪕😂💸
How about spillover in this unit?? Great video!
what in first patch at the beginning of video, this is synth pad or shimmer ?
Hi Brett ! With this machine it is possible to set the stereo delay with pan effect in channel a and b?
can hotone ampero do parallel effect?
how does it stack up vs nux cerberus?
glenby2u this is wat different the Cerberus is just a multi effect unit with cab irs and 4cm doable perfect for tube amps I think that’s the best way to use a cerb
can you make a video/demo using it on a full song switching thru effects on verse/pre chorus/chorus and bridge?
Does the Ampero allow one to footswitch between several different rigs on the fly in a live performance (for example, clean to crunch to dirty sounds)?
Is it worth it, if you are just plugging it into an amp?
What's this like for live work? Go into input or effects return on an amp?
The touch screen looks like it could get annoying.Few times you had to press twice and scrolling looked a pain.
Does sound great tho and great demo!!!
You can just gently touch the screen to scroll or to click. He's pressing it a bit hard.
Does hotone ampero gives you the ability to use 2 amp model in a single chain just like gt series or line 6 pod series.....?
Where can I buy that hot ton multi-effects pedal where can I buy it can you send me a link thank you
How is this compared to other big gunz like helix stomp and headrush gig board?
You forgot to talk about hitting the save button???
Better than Moore GE 200?
Hey guys... Can anybody show routing options ? Is it possiblle to turn off the cab sim on one Output and keep it ON on second output ?? What about headphones volume ? Follows the master vol our has separate volume ? How it sound on PA system ? I'm looking the backup for my Kemper.. Can I set all 3 FS as PgCH footswitches ? Just for switching between 3 presets..
That's what I wanted to do. A non cabsim to cab and a cab sim to FOH
any have wah pedal effect??
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Burgs Vanhalen!!!YYAAA!!!!!!
Please try the Nux MG300
Whoa. Did I just hear some Stone Cold Crazy in there at 7:36?
compare it to headrush??
mooer ge300 or ampero please ? Couldn't decide
Great
Is this an HX Stomp alike?