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AmpliTube 5 Black Friday pricing takes 84% off this IK Multimedia amp simulator plugin, so it costs $29.99 until Nov 30, 2026.
It is a guitar and bass rig for Mac and PC, with more than 180 gear models covering stomps, amps, cabs, speakers, mics, rooms and rack effects in one window.
IK says its Dynamic Interaction Modeling™ comes from 20 years of research and work with top brands and artists. The gear is official, from iconic makers.
The full gear count, as the maker lists it:
IK also says the version 5 additions run past 130 new models, including 2 stomps, 5 amps, 2 rooms and 23 rack effects, plus more than 100 re-captured cabinets.
The chain is drag and drop, with series and parallel routing and a blended DI signal.
You can run up to 57 effects, 3 cabinets and 3 amps at once. Stomp boxes and rack effects are exchangeable, so you can reorder the chain however the part needs.
The amp section includes impedance matching, and the signal path is stereo.
Cabinets use IK's VIR™ (Volumetric Impulse Response) technology. Across all 100+ cabinets there are over 143,000 impulse response measurements, with up to 600 impulse responses per speaker.
The maker says dynamic response modelling covers the interactions between amps and speakers, and between speakers, cabinets, rooms and microphones.
There is a 3D cabinet room with selectable room simulation, plus flexible dual miking.
A custom IR loader lets you load your own impulse responses, tilt them and resize them in place of any cabinet.
The mixer blends multiple cabs, mics, room and DI signals and has a master level. It carries 23 mixing effects, some taken from T-RackS 5.
There is also an 8-track recorder with an integrated DAW and mixer, an advanced looper, the UltraTuner and a Live Mode for stage use.
The interface is scalable, and new modules can be added through the AmpliTube Custom Shop.
On Mac (64-bit), the plugin runs as 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), it runs as VST 2, VST 3 and AAX. The minimum is an Intel Core i5 or equivalent, 8 GB of RAM and Windows 10 or newer, with an ASIO-compatible sound card.
Both platforms need 3 GB of drive space and an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter. Custom Shop operations are web-based, so an internet connection is required.
Yes. The AmpliTube 5 Black Friday deal takes 84% off IK Multimedia's amp simulator plugin, bringing it to $29.99, and it runs until Nov 30, 2026.
It contains 47 stomp boxes, 34 amps, 27 cabinets, 14 speakers, 11 microphones, 36 rack effects and 8 rooms. It also has an 8-track recorder, looper, UltraTuner and Live Mode.
Yes. On Windows it supports VST 2, VST 3 and AAX. On Mac it adds Audio Units to VST 2, VST 3 and AAX. All formats are 64-bit.
Yes. The custom IR loader lets you load your own impulse responses, tilt them and resize them, using them in place of any of the cabinets.
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