Featuring new high-gain ENGL E650 and Powerball amps to give players more power tools for their DAW






We are proud to announce the newest release of AmpliTube Custom Shop for Mac and PC. This latest update includes top models from the innovative high-gain German amplifier manufacturer ENGL. These new models give metal and classic to modern hard rock players new high-end power tools to perfectly sculpt their tones in their DAW.

ENGL E650

The E650 all-tube amp head is an ENGL signature model that brings an incredible range of rhythm and high-gain lead tones from a dual mode amp. It delivers a vast array of tones from sparkling clean to bone-crunching distortion, and everything in between thanks to its two switchable channels with different gain ranges, a shared EQ section and a separate contour button and bright switches for fine-tuning the midrange and top-end response. The ENGL E650 conjures up classic rock-god tones from the 80s and 90s as well as heavy crunch and distortion for tomorrow’s tone connoisseurs.

ENGL Powerball


The ENGL Powerball model is based on one of the most powerful modern high-gain amplifiers. It is highly regarded for
heavy rhythm tones and its many sound-sculpting options. The Powerball model has two main channels, and then each channel has two different modes. Channel I offers "Clean" and "Crunch,” and Channel II has "Low Lead" and "High Lead." It has the power and flexibility to create everything from modern super high-gain leads to heavy crunch rhythms to ultra-clear clean tones.

ENGL Cabinets

The new AmpliTube CS release also features two matched ENGL speaker cabinets: the E412 Standard and the E412 Pro XXL. These perfect companion cabinets are capable of rendering the complex harmonic structure, razor sharp attack and massive low end thump of the amplifiers at their best, without losing anything in the midrange frequencies.

Pricing & Availability

To access the new gear models in the AmpliTube Custom Shop, users need to download AmpliTube version 3.12, which is also a free update for current AmpliTube owners, and is available for Mac/PC. The gear models in the Custom Shop are sold using Gear Credits and are priced between 5 and 30 credits each. Gear Credit Packs start as low as $19.99/€15.99 (for 20 credits) and go up to $749.99/€639.99* (for 1,500 credits).

To learn more about AmpliTube Custom Shop click here

 

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@Stone House: I'm with ya. Come on guys!!

I got the FB message earlier this morning and listened to the clips on Sound Cloud, very nice sounding clips.

I love the existing ENGL in Amp3 for ultra clean tones. Very good.

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I love the existing ENGL in Amp3 for ultra clean tones. Very good.

The Anger (now Powerball) does have great cleans, I'm glad people aren't pigeonholing it or the E650 which I love the cleans on too (more so than the Powerball).  Also note that the Powerball will replace the Anger amp for those that already purchased it once the newest version of AmpliTube Custom Shop is installed and Gear --> Restore My Gear is run, without any additional charge.

I spent some time with the new Amplitube ENGL models today, comparing them against UAD's 646VS model which I've enjoyed for a while.

There's a common character to these amp sims, to my ears.  They all sound good, with AT's models perhaps having a bit more bite at times.  While trying various settings, I sometimes preferred UAD, sometimes Amplitube.  You can't go wrong with any of these, really.  All have a wide range of applications, from clean to crunchy.  I thought AT's Powerball model sounded close to the UAD in high-gain mode, while the 650 was closer to the UAD's clean sounds.

The UAD model does seem to have a smoothed-out character compared with AT's.  Less "in your face."  I think this is a common characteristic of Brainworx's stuff, which can be adjusted by using additional plugs like transient shapers or saturation.

Now, comparing these two AT ENGL amps to other AT models, I found I preferred their Hiwatt model ("Hiamp") over the ENGLs most of the time.  Just sounded better to me overall, including the cab, which I liked better with various amps than the new ENGL cabs.  YMMV, of course.

So I doubt I'll be buying these new ENGLs, as I think I'm covered for this kind of sound.  Plus, I like using UAD's amp when I can, as Amplitube is a CPU hog.  Still, good stuff from IK.

Cheers,
Eddie