squeezenor wrote:I'd start by going through the presets. Do they sound right? You don't have to like them, but do they sound as they should, or you'd expect? If so, great! That means you suck at dialing in tones. That can be fixed.
If the presets sound wrong, then the issue is likely elsewhere. Hard to say, exactly, but I'd double check your interface settings and ensure proper gain staging first, both at the interface/daw and the plug in. Amplitube likes a hot signal and that's an easy way to unlock some more gain, but you still can't over do it.
I'd emphasize that, as
squeezenor says, proper gain staging into and within AmpliTube is
super important. This includes with any presets you are trying, as your results can vary
considerably depending on the differences between what you are putting into them and what the creator was putting into them. Clipping anywhere -- on input, on output, or somewhere within the virtual signal chain -- can easily happen when you are trialling someone else's preset, and that clipping can make a mess in the tone. Often even if a given preset initially sounds OK, you may need to go back and check through it, just to be sure. It's easy for there to be even just a little bit of clipping somewhere in the virtual signal chain, especially in more complicated presets. Just a little clipping somewhere might not sound too bad, and might not be immediately noticeable, but you would want to go in and clean it up by tweaking the faders even by just a few dB, as needed.
Try flipping through not just the "stock" AmpliTube presets, but download the "signature artist" presets, or try them (and everything else) on ToneNET, now that that is available. The user-submitted presets on ToneNet can be very variable, but many are fine and some are excellent (IMO!).
