Hotone Ampero II

[Lysander]

Just announced.



A bit confusing tbh, given how they launched the Ampero II Stage a year ago.

 

[laxu]

So I guess the difference to the Stage is the mic pre, expression pedal and capture capability? I wonder if the capture feature comes to the Stomp and Stage as well.

 

[Lysander]

I wonder if the capture feature comes to the Stomp and Stage as well.

Tone Catch (Hotone's take on profiling) has been available on the II Stage since September: https://community.hotoneaudio.com/forum/discussionDetail?id=762 .

Have to admin i had to look it up; none of the usual suspects in the YouTubez ever reported on it.

 

[GTR37]

Tone Catch (Hotone's take on profiling) has been available on the II Stage since September: https://community.hotoneaudio.com/forum/discussionDetail?id=762 .

Have to admin i had to look it up; none of the usual suspects in the YouTubez ever reported on it.

I think it is still in Beta if I am not mistaken

 

[2dor]

I think it is still in Beta if I am not mistaken

I wonder how it fares compared to the other profilers on the market.

 

[GTR37]

This is a weird move as it basically got more I/O than a stage and an expression pedal for $100 less

Unless they are planning to drop the price on the stomp or stage

Although people have been wanting a Line6 with a touchscreen , so maybe it has a market

 

[mikah912]

This is a weird move as it basically got more I/O than a stage and an expression pedal for $100 less

Unless they are planning to drop the price on the stomp or stage

Although people have been wanting a Line6 with a touchscreen , so maybe it has a market

I asked this very same question at TOP. This seems more capable...for less?

 

[Sedaxel]

It doesn´t have more I/O options than the stage... does it?

 

[Miguel V.]

I'm pretty hyped to hopefully get the captures as an update to the Ampero 2 Stomp. Love the sounds I get from it and the UI!

 

[GTR37]

I wonder how it fares compared to the other profilers on the market.

Ya if it starts to do captures at the same Quality as ToneX that will be amazing , but the problem is what captures would be available , it would surely take a bit for the usual suspects to get capture for Hotone available

 

[GTR37]

I'm pretty hyped to hopefully get the captures as an update to the Ampero 2 Stomp. Love the sounds I get from it and the UI!

They will , it is in Beta now I believe

 

[timbuck3]

Just announced.



A bit confusing tbh, given how they launched the Ampero II Stage a year ago.

Lame add though

 

[mikah912]

Ya if it starts to do captures at the same Quality as ToneX that will be amazing , but the problem is what captures would be available , it would surely take a bit for the usual suspects to get capture for Hotone available

That will be interesting to see although I remain mostly "eh" on capturing/profiling for the moment. Seems like the Hotone models already sound damn good, and I've somehow completely ignored the existence of this product line until now.

That's a sweet looking product.

 

[GTR37]

Lame add though

Would you have preferred a feature film

 

[GTR37]

That will be interesting to see although I remain mostly "eh" on capturing/profiling for the moment. Seems like the Hotone models already sound damn good, and I've somehow completely ignored the existence of this product line until now.

That's a sweet looking product.

They are definitely the new kid to watch IMO
The already have the best UI and app in the business beside NDSP
Models might not be quite up to the big guys but give them time
Also they likely have access to cheaper Processrs
Wait until they start using the new SHARC chips Cliff mention that one chip is more powerful than a Helix

 

[AFKAEjay(retired)]

Nice format…2nd on the market to do both modeling and capture tech in one device?
What’s the retail price?

 

[mikah912]

Nice format…2nd on the market to do both modeling and capture tech in one device?
What’s the retail price?

$599 on their website.

 

[mikah912]

They are definitely the new kid to watch IMO
The already have the best UI and app in the business beside NDSP
Models might not be quite up to the big guys but give them time
Also they likely have access to cheaper Processrs
Wait until they start using the new SHARC chips Cliff mention that one chip is more powerful than a Helix

I'm looking at this as a backup rig for my FM9, and also a smaller more convenient version for when I wanna gig lighter

 

[ian_dissonance]

Interesting. I’m curious for sure about this and the new Mooer GE1000. There are two features I need from something like this and it’s always a pain to find out. Anyone with the stage know if you can do momentary effects switching from the onboard switches? Can you easily adjust the 1/4” output level without effecting the XLR output? The Mooer has an output level menu that would solve the second concern, but I’m not getting any response regarding momentary switching from them.

 

[JCW308]

The UI on this series is fantastic. I had noise issues with the Ampero II Stage though, tech support was not able to sort it out. Extremely noisy with all guitars and all gain settings. I hope those issues have been resolved with this new hardware.