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AmpliTube 5 Black Friday pricing on the upgrade version is 80% off, which brings it to $29.99 until Nov 30, 2026.
This is the upgrade edition of IK Multimedia's AmpliTube 5 amp simulator plugin. The maker also sells the full version separately.
It is built for guitar and bass, with stomps, amps, cabs, speakers, mics, rooms and rack FX in one interface.
IK says AmpliTube 5 holds over 180 gear models, with official gear from iconic brands. Here is the breakdown the maker gives:
The maker says over 130 of those models are new in version 5, including 5 amps, 2 stomps, 2 rooms, 23 rack FX and over 100 re-captured cabinets.
The signal chain is drag and drop and runs up to 57 simultaneous models. You can route in series or parallel and blend in a DI signal.
At most 3 cabinets and 3 amps run at the same time. Rack and stomp effects are interchangeable, and routing stays flexible.
The signal path is stereo, and the interface scales.
VIR is Volumetric Impulse Response, the cabinet technology in version 5. IK says it runs on over 143,000 impulse response measurements, with up to 600 impulse responses per speaker.
Dynamic Interaction Modeling, or DIM, simulates how amps and speakers depend on each other. It also covers the physical and harmonic interactions between speakers, cabinets, rooms and mics.
The amp section includes impedance matching. A 3D cab room offers selectable room simulation, and dual miking is flexible.
A custom IR loader lets you load, tilt and resize your own impulse responses in place of any cabinet.
The mixer blends cabs, mics, room and DI signals with a master level. It carries 23 mixing effects, some taken from T-RackS 5.
There is also an 8-track recorder with integrated DAW and mixer, plus an advanced looper. The package adds a high-precision UltraTuner and a stage-ready Live Mode.
New modules can be added through the AmpliTube Custom Shop. Its operations are web-based, so you need an internet connection.
On Mac (64-bit), the plugin formats are Audio Units, VST 2, VST 3 and AAX. The minimum is an Apple M1 or Intel Core i5, 8 GB of RAM and macOS 10.15 or newer. Apple Silicon needs macOS 11 or newer.
On Windows (64-bit), the formats are VST 2, VST 3 and AAX. The minimum is an Intel Core i5 or equivalent, 8 GB of RAM and Windows 10 or newer. It needs an ASIO compatible sound card.
Both platforms need 3 GB of drive space and an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter.
The upgrade covers owners of AmpliTube 5 SE, AmpliTube 4 and 4 Deluxe, SVX and the Fender, Mesa Boogie, Orange, Slash and Jimi Hendrix titles, among others.
Yes. The AmpliTube 5 upgrade has 80% off for Black Friday, bringing it to $29.99 until Nov 30, 2026. It is the upgrade edition, so it is meant for owners of eligible IK Multimedia products. The full version is sold separately.
IK lists over 180 gear models: 47 stomp boxes, 34 amps, 27 cabinets, 14 speakers, 11 microphones, 36 rack effects and 8 rooms. You also get an 8-track recorder, a looper, the UltraTuner, Live Mode and a mixer with 23 effects.
On Mac it ships as Audio Units, VST 2, VST 3 and AAX, all 64-bit. On Windows it ships as VST 2, VST 3 and AAX. Windows also needs an ASIO compatible sound card, and both platforms need an OpenGL 2 graphics adapter.
The upgrade list includes AmpliTube 5 SE, AmpliTube 4, AmpliTube 4 Deluxe, SVX and SVX 2, and the Fender, Fender 2, Mesa Boogie, Orange, Slash, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Brian May and Leslie titles. Dimebag CFH, Morley and Fulltone collections are also eligible.
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