Hotone Ampero - A Beginners Guide and Walkthrough Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- This is a full beginner's guide lesson on how to use the Hotone Ampero multi-effects pedal processor pedal. The Hotone Ampero is a powerful pedal that can allow you to record guitar tones directly into your audio interface or through your guitar amplifier. Thanks to Hotone for sponsoring this video.
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0:00 - About
0:25 - What is in the box
0:46 - inputs and outputs
1:58 - Software and Firmware Update
3:06 - How it works
5:37 - Wah & Expression Pedal
6:09 - Tuner
6:30 - Creating a Preset
8:26 - Speaker Cabinets & Mics
10:41 - Noise Gate
11:31 - EQ Options
12:39 - Clean Tones & Reverb
13:43 - Overdrive Pedals
15:08 - How to save a patch
15:33 - Switching Presets
16:04 - Drum Machine
17:59 - Footswitch Settings
20:28 - Global EQ settings
21:07 - Factory Reset Ampero
21:18 - Assign Expression Pedal as Wah
22:10 - Thanks for Watching!
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I hope this video is helpful if you are new to the Hotone Ampero One. This processor pedal has a million features built-in and I covered the stuff that will get you going in the right direction!
0:00 - About
0:25 - What is in the box
0:46 - inputs and outputs
1:58 - Software and Firmware Update
3:06 - How it works
5:37 - Wah & Expression Pedal
6:09 - Tuner
6:30 - Creating a Preset
8:26 - Speaker Cabinets & Mics
10:41 - Noise Gate
11:31 - EQ Options
12:39 - Clean Tones & Reverb
13:43 - Overdrive Pedals
15:08 - How to save a patch
15:33 - Switching Presets
16:04 - Drum Machine
17:59 - Footswitch Settings
20:28 - Global EQ settings
21:07 - Factory Reset Ampero
21:18 - Assign Expression Pedal as Wah
22:10 - Thanks for Watching!
Buy it online:
►Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/e4NYzr
►Thomann - bit.ly/2USeClH
(affiliate links)
Juventus defender Chielini.. 😂
The pedal really sounds legit . Love the tones
Shane, InTheBlues makes the best, high quality & informative video's. Thank you for all you do Shane. Blues On....💙
Thranks mate! :)
Very useful. I just bought one of these and this definitely helps. Thanks 👍
Great video, I've had mine for a couple of weeks and have been slowly tweaking everything as I go. I can say that I did learn 1 thing that I've been trying to figure out, and that was the button assigning part within the app. I have the Ampero Switch and Ampero Control as well, so controlling things has been easy, but now the possibilities are endless. Would be cool to see you do a video utilizing the accessories you can use with Ampero.
Great review man.Thanks.
Great video thank you so much
Excellent video!!🙏
As always, thanks for the great content Shane!
I’ve had my Ampero for about 3 months now and I’m loving it so much!!
Nice tip for using the foot switches like a normal pedalboard. I knew that I could do that but never tried it that way before. I’ll try it out like that this weekend.
Would love to see some more videos on this unit
Very helpful thank you.
After you sold (me) the Hotone Soul Press II, you sold this one too!
Great video!
I have been the PROUD owner of an Ampero for about 18 months now. Got it open box for $300.00 and in my opinion it is the best bang for the buck on the market. I've played with Helix's, Axe's, and recently a Quad Cortex. Yes, those costing well over $1,000.00 might be slightly better, but not enough in my opinion to justify the cost difference. I can see where they might have an edge in a studio setting for recording, but for jamming or gigging, as I have stated before in numerous other forums, NO ONE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE!!! Anyone who is willing to take a little time to learn to program it can make this sound 100% good enough for any live setting and almost any professional recording situation. The only time its expensive brothers will really sound better is in a direct side by sound comparison. Otherwise, no one will ever know the difference. Also Shane, in your comment above you refer to this as the Ampero One, but this is its big brother the Ampero 100
@Mark Seymour The small form factor unit with 3 push buttons is the Ampero One, It's big brother with the 4 push buttons is the Ampero MP100. The larger unit also has much more I/O capabilities. Sound wise they are very compatible. On Nov. 11, Hotone is releasing the Ampero II Stomp which will have a much more powerful processor.
@Mark Seymour You are correct in that there is no model number printed on the larger unit, but is is the MP-100
Great video
I learn so much from your channel thanks for everything Shane.
Thanks, Bill! :)
Well done!
Just purchased the Ampero One. Was looking for a one-in-all effects system for my Glasser 5-String AEX Electric-Accoustic violin that was more portable than multiple pedals. Thank you for the rundown on the larger Ampero, its similar to the Ampero One, but lacks the midi and the extra button.
Pretty cool
Just purchased this. Amazing.
Great video!!!! I’m not exactly a candidate for this all in one pedal but I could see the use for it.
Can you assign a jack output as an amp amput, simultaneosly with XLR's that go to the desk?
I know it's not why you did it, but I really want one now! Great little gig board. Superb video mate!
Great review, thanks!!! I'm curious though, have you been asked about an effects loop? I have several pedals that I would love to incorporate in the signal chain that are crucial to my sound. It would be a cool feature and perhaps there is a way to do that with the aux in somehow...
the Ampero II is coming out on Nov. 11th, it has an effects loop.
thanks for this great video! if you model amp and cab on the ampero, do you connect it to a passive studio monitor (because you already have amp in the ampero)? thanks!
I'll have to save this walkthrough for whenever I find the money to buy one of these.
Great video and great unit! BTW, I have a question if someone can answer as even looking at the manual I'm not sure and I haven't found anyone mentioning it: can the unit be simultaneously connected to an amp with a guitar cab on the jack outputs and to a mixer on the XLR outputs and having the cab simulation active just for the XLR outputs? I mean basically jack ouputs without cab sim turned on and XLR outputs with cab sim turned on, used simultaneously. For example on a live setup using an amp on stage but rather the mic'ing the cab it would be sending directly to the mixer from the XLR outputs, which demands cab sim on those outputs and no cab sim on the jack outputs. Thanks!
Definitely looks fun!!!😃
Hey Shane. I have a question. I'm testing the Ampero press with the Ampero unit now and I have it hooked up as follows: guitar into press input, output of press goes to input of Ampero, expression out of press going to expression input of Ampero. I am struggling to use the volume and expression at the same time. I tried using a Wah effect but the pedal mutes the signal when I pull the pedal down to zero. I can hear the wah only when I'm pushing up the pedal. Everyone on youtube is advertising that this pedal does volume and expression simultaneously but nobody has demonstrated it. Please help
very informative - I'm thinking of moving away from my racks to something more portable and started my journey looking at Headrush..leading me to the Pod Go and other units...I'm now attracted to the Fractal audio stuff but stumbled on Ampero during my youtube rabbit hole /research. I really like the sound and features of this little unit, and may actually return it for the new Ampero Stage... curious if you have thoughts about the Stage if you're familiar with it. thanks
I literally was thinking about the Ampero this morning, checked youtube, and saw you had just posted a video. I think its a sign from god.
Excelent pedalboard! Is it possible to change the color of the switches?
Love it, would you choose this or the ampero mini? I love how compact the mini is but Im not sure if it has as much options as this one
Thanks for this awesome demo! As always very informative.
I own a Marshall DSL40CR. Would it make sense to connect this device to my Marshall, being a tube amplifier, or is this not what the Ampero is made for? I’m considering to replace my pedalboard for a compact mondeling device such as the Ampero.
Greetings from the Netherlands!
Thanks posting.
Will update of the Firmware delete the custom patches?
I have the 2020 model.
How do you turn off the default volume pedal? I just want the inactive volume pedal option to not work just in case I step on it by accident at a gig.
Hi thanks for video
Can you save a new preset instead of overwriting the existing one? Thanks
So what effects does the expression pedal have? Is it just wah? Does it have a pitch shifter/whammy function?
I'd love to try one of these against my gt1
yep, me too. For now I'm stick with my old zoom G3X. I hope to get the ampero in the future
@@fabioa.565 Nice!!!
Great video can this unit be plugged straight into a power amp?
I bought one and have a Marshall studio vintage combo, unsure of best way to connect cables. Do I go from guitar to Ampero, and take a cable from output of Ampero into the return of amplifier effects return? Or should my guitar go direct to amp, and have the Ampero going to effects loop return and nothing in the send port? I've never used effects before so I've no idea how to connect it 😂
Tnx for the great explanation. i have a small question. im using this for my live gigs. but im struggling with the volume pedal psition of the effect chain. its connected at the end of the chain. we can change the chain order except the volume pedal. how can i put it just before reverb and delay effects of the chain? is it possible to do? really appreciate if you can help me to fix this issue...tnx again
A little fizzy on the chords, but the blues just break up sounds good to me over my computer speakers. What do you think Line 6 pod GO or this?
Is it also easy to use for only the fx? Meaning i wanna use the distortion of my amp
Can you create and add a 4th present to the 4th (ctrl) footswitch?
Will it produce a good sound with normal guitar amp? (like fender champion 40 or any other guitar amp to that level)
Can you run to FOH desk and to a powered cab at the same time?
So it seems that your unit has gapless switching, at least i can't hear the gap when you change the channel. My unit acts differently, did you tweak something extra? I have a gap when switching between channels, even when the same amp is loaded on both.
Thank you for this. I have a question: How to connect to a combo? I assume its through the fxloop (sender), and bypass/turn off the amp selection on the Hotone. I have a Boss Katana 100 1x12. Hope to get a response. No other video answer this basic question:) Thank you!
Hey Shane, that Sweetwater link for this says it's no longer available. Discontinued already? Or did Hotone steal someone else's algorithm ala Mooer for some of these tones and got busted?
does the ampero can act like a switcher and put other pedals anywhere in the loop?
Thanks for sharing, Dude.. The sound is nice. However, the appearance / scene for tweaking hotone is poor.. Need a colorful one like the inside of Nux/Valeton multieffects...
Jewel star buttons for foot controller, Where can you get a set of these?
Little question... has anyone tried to plug it in two amps + stereo XLR in the PA? does some hum or other parasite sound appear, and if, does the ground lift cures the problem??
I wish it was easier to use like the Mooer. I want to work with the unit though my powercab. I don't want to hook it to the computer. Make a unit I can adjust on the fly at the gig. To complicated. Updating the firmware is a pain and will stress you out. Edit:. So I just bought the Ampero and it's easy to use and I'm modeler challenged. I've been messing with it for about 3 hours. The presets are trash but after I turned off the cabs in the Ampero and use my line 6 powercab with the cream speaker in the powercab it sounded great. Just as good as my Helix floor. Easier to dial in than the Helix. The Marshall was perfect right when I clicked it. Better than the Helix. So far I'm really happy. I got it because I wanted something smaller. I don't record at all. It's just for gigging. I actually can't believe how good it sounds through my cranked powercab.
👍🏻👍🏻
Would this be useful on stage?
Where did the mushroom caps come from. Mine did not come with them and I have never seen an unboxing video that came with them either.
Im interested in this as well!
that kind of guitar you got in this video :)
It's a made in Japan Tokai Love Rock LS110
Thank you for info 👍🏻🙂 keep up your work 👍🏻🙂
HX STOMP VS. AMPERO
Having owned both...Ampero!
So this wah express pedal is good for use with hands ? I dont find a revew when someone use it by foot . This aspect skipped
What's your recommendation on which amp to run this through?
use an FRFR cab instead of an amp. Amp Modelers like this one sound better through them than regular amps, especially when using IR's. I personally use the Headrush FRFR-112, but any decent FRFR speaker should work well. With this particular unit, if you do decide to go FRFR, use XLR.
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Why there is buzz sound always when I plug the aux in, anyone face same issue?
I know the prices are nowhere near in the same ball park, but how do the sounds out of this unit compare to something like the Kemper you used to have, or even to other units of similar price like the Mooer GT stuff? Thanks for another great video.
They all sound very similar. The Kemper might be the only that can can copy your actual Rig though. I think it comes down to functionality over tone these days with these units. The Ampero is even easier to use than the Kemper as well.
@@intheblues Thanks, Shane. I appreciate it. They have a used one of these at my local store. Looked like a fun, affordable toy...
If you think this is anything like a kemper then I have some snake oil you might be interested in purchasing
@@fuzzylumpkinns You missed my point.
I find this pedalboard too bright on crunch sounds... I spend hours trying to find equilibrated sounds
Is this your current favorite?
It's been one of my favorites for a while now. I get asked a lot about these on Live Streams. Mooer makes a good one as well but this is very easy to use and the touch screen is cool too. The Ampero One is another option also.
where is it made?
I got to say I think there is something subliminal about digital modeling that makes it sound artificial compared to a good old fashioned guitar & tube amp combination. Sure in a blind test it might be hard to tell, but all the great blues guitar players, who’s sound I admire, played a Fender or Gibson plugged straight into a cranked tube amp. Albert King, Freddie King, SRV, Buddy Guy, etc Think about Duane Allman, one of the greatest guitar players ever, never used effects and got amazing sounds just from his fingers and slide playing
You conveniently forgot to mention the first of the Three Kings of Blues, who preferred his Lab Series amps.
omg....
I’ve got an iPad Air and the software told me to blue tooth it to the iPad using buttons 2 and three??? Didn’t work “ no unit detected. Will try to hardwire this using your method tomorrow.
@Mark Seymour on the ampero control app from from the App Store the instructions are to hold buttons 2 +3 until a notice on the right hand side tells you that you have linked the computer and the ampero via Bluetooth, first turning the unit off then on holding the 2+ 3 footswitch buttons.I am very confused.
@Mark Seymour that’s why I’m totally confused.
@Mark Seymour there are so many pieces of software and that is the only one for the Mac.
@Mark Seymour I have an iPad. And on many reviews of the ampero it says it works perfect with the iOS Mac system on iPad but nothing points me in the direction of updating to 3.8 or whatever the update is or how to do it.
@Mark Seymour Thankyou. I’ll take it up to my daughters pc. Great help
Does it have a looper built in?
Yes
I hope there's an ampero editor app for phone 😆
I've upgraded the firmware and still it says No device connected, what else could I do?
Firmware and Amperio Editor software make for each other you must upgrade both.
Check Software in Hotone support page
So there is no effects loop? I'm surprised.
Does it have a looper built in? If not, what looper do folks like these days? (value looper)
yes
@@DenisMoysienko How long will it record?
@@Fezzler61 • In Pre mode, the looper will record mono audio without any effects,
up to 100 seconds.
• In Post mode, the looper will record stereo audio with effects, up
to 50 seconds.
@@DenisMoysienko Thanks.
Okay, this or Line6 Helix Pod GO in terms of how this actually sounds?
I love Hotone but to be honest for the price difference which is minimal I would sale the Line 6 Pod Go.. just the features of snap shots and more toggles switches to turn effects on and of with in the preset the pod go takes the rank. I have 2 of them and there is a effects loop in the pod go. Hope that helps
@@bk8708 huh?
@@scottwilliams1577 not sure what your asking?
At $299 it’s the best of these pedal boards on the market.
In what country?
@@scottwilliams1577 US
@@hairnation68 Mine was $399
no longer available at SW
Mine doesn’t come with the jewel button caps.
It may have been a special offer at the time of filming.
It seems wierd to me that it has the pedal on the right hand end of the unit.If like me , you're right handed, it is easier to have the pedal on the left end, seeing as how you would be probably using your right foot to operate it.With it on the left you access it easily while standing close to it, without the body of the unit being in the way, especially if you are up close to a vocal mic.If you have the unit below the vocal mic you have to step over the unit with your right foot( no problem for you Shane,) But maybe I'm to fussy--it seems that it would be more convenient, especially if you need to operate the pedal when you need to stay close to the mic;apart from that, what a cool preamp!
But if you look at other similar units....they ALL have the pedal on the right side. I don't know (or can find) a unit that has the pedal on the left side so, it must be an industry standard? I think so.
left handed guitar power! always feel left out by guitar brands. I'm from Guatemala and it's impossible to get a decent left handed guitar.
I had one and returned it.
Why?
why I'm curious.
I think it was due to you putting this through an amp. If that was so it was the wrong thing to do. Only an ffr speaker system on this beast.
@@aliengrey6052 what do you mean with "ffr" speaker system?
@@fabioa.565 full range speaker system. Headrush do an ffr 108 powered 2,000 watt speaker, ( I’ve got two, so I use them with the ampero for stereo guitar signal) and it sounds quite unbelievable, in fact both my son and I agreed it sounded better and bigger than my Marshall jvm 210. All these processors need a full range powered speaker system to get the best out of them. They have speaker emulations built into them. The ampero is majestic. Listen to Marco Fanton play David Gilmour on the ampero on utube.
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No one ever shows how it's connected & monitored
Good for beginners. The reverb unusable. The distortions are junk also
Don't buy it if you want a good harmonizer effect. It has a lot of lag. I wanted something that could turn my guitar into a bass sound but the lag is so bad it's not worth it
@Mark Seymour Even if you take out the dry sound so you're only listening to the lower octave sound does it feel just as responsive and quick as when you're playing normally?
Answer to the statement in the title: don’t.
Buy a headrush.
Headrush speakers are great though I use my ampero through them
The last thing I want to do to relax, is have to mess around with menus and parameters! Thank f**k for acoustic guitars.
Those presets sound awful
awful????lol i dont think so,maybe are not the best but for sure are not awful.
Only problem with this guy is when he is reviewing a pedal he always has to have that awful spring reverb on...cool if thats your thing but it would be nice to heat the pedal reviewed without that reverb....nothing to do do with this multi fx...just an observation of other reviews..