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  • Page 1 AmpliTube X-SPACE USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Table of Contents Contents Front Panel Overview Rear Panel Overview Firmware update Saving presets External Control Setup Expression pedal & single switch (creating macros) Double switch Expression pedal calibration Reverb Models SHIMMER 1 SHIMMER 2 HALL ROOM CHAMBER...

  • Page 3: Front Panel Overview

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Front Panel Overview 1. MODEL encoder Turn the MODEL encoder to select the preferred X-SPACE model among the 16 advanced algorithms available. Push to go back when browsing menus. 2. PRESET encoder Turn the PRESET encoder to browse among the 300 preset slots available in the machine.
  • Page 4 AmpliTube X-SPACE 5. PRE-DELAY knob The PRE-DELAY knob controls mainly the pre-delay amount. 6. COLOR knob The COLOR knob controls the frequency response of the reverb. 7. MOD knob The MODULATION knob controls the amount of modulation happening in the reverb.

  • Page 5: Rear Panel Overview

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Rear Panel Overview 1. INPUT L & R Plug your instrument in here. If you have a mono instrument use only the left input. 2. OUTPUT L & R Connect to an amplifier, stomp box, PA or other devices.

  • Page 6: Firmware Update

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Firmware update Before doing anything with your X-GEAR pedal it’s highly recommended to hook it up to the X-GEAR Librarian and check if any firmware update is available to make sure you are running the most updated and stable firmware available.

  • Page 7: Saving Presets

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Saving presets To quickly save a preset, hold down the PRESET encoder until the display shows SAVED. The preset will be saved with the same name in the same location. To change name or location when saving a preset: 1.

  • Page 8: External Control Setup

    AmpliTube X-SPACE External Control Setup The EXT. CONTROL jack can be connected to various types of external pedals: • Expression pedal • Single switch • Double switch Expression pedal & single switch (creating macros) An expression pedal and a single switch pedal can be assigned to a parameter or to various parameters to create macros.

  • Page 9: Double Switch

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Double switch Connect a double switch pedal to browse among presets or banks more easily. To setup a double switch pedal do as follows: 1. Hook it up to the EXT. CONTROL. 2. Hold the PARAMETER encoder and choose GLOBAL SETUP .

  • Page 10: Expression Pedal Calibration

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Expression pedal calibration If you feel that your expression pedal doesn’t work as expected, you may need to calibrate it to get its full functionality. To calibrate an expression pedal do as follows: 1. Hook it up to the EXT. CONTROL in the rear panel.

  • Page 11: Reverb Models

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Reverb Models SHIMMER 1 A complex shimmer that offers increasing feedback. The pitch can go from 1/4 semitone up to an octave creating many different customizable shifting voicings. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length. From 5 s to 20 s.
  • Page 12 AmpliTube X-SPACE SHIMMER 1 Control Changes Parameter Control Change # Values TIME 0 – 127 COLOR 0 – 127 0 – 127 0 - 127 SHIFT 0 - 127 SIZE 0 - 127 MOD RATE 0 - 127 MODE 0 - 127...
  • Page 13 AmpliTube X-SPACE SHIMMER 2 Shimmer 2 differs from the first one because there is no buildup in the feedback and the two different pitched voices can be set in parallel to create custom harmonizations. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length.
  • Page 14 AmpliTube X-SPACE SHIMMER 2 Control Changes Parameter Control Change # Values TIME 0 – 127 COLOR 0 – 127 0 – 127 0 - 127 SHIFT 1 0 - 127 GAIN 1 0 - 127 SHIFT 2 0 - 127...

  • Page 15: Hall

    AmpliTube X-SPACE HALL This model recreates the ambience of a live concert hall with controlled decay and a reverb time range from 1 to 9 seconds to replicate from smaller venues up to larger clubs. With an advanced parameter set that features a 3-band decay trimmer, the sound of the hall can be highly tweaked to always find the perfect tail in which to place the instrument.
  • Page 16 AmpliTube X-SPACE HALL Control Changes Parameter Control Change # Values TIME 0 – 127 PRE-DELAY 0 – 127 COLOR 0 – 127 0 – 127 0 - 127 0 - 127 MOD RATE 0 - 127 SIZE 0 - 127...

  • Page 17: Room

    AmpliTube X-SPACE ROOM This model adds the third dimension of a room to the direct sound in order to place it in a physical space and obtain a more natural sounding performance. Thanks to the 3-band decay trimmer any room can be recreated giving infinite possibilities.
  • Page 18 AmpliTube X-SPACE ROOM Control Changes Parameter Control Change # Values TIME 0 – 127 PRE-DELAY 0 – 127 COLOR 0 – 127 0 – 127 0 - 127 0 - 127 MOD RATE 0 - 127 SIZE 0 - 127...

  • Page 19: Chamber

    AmpliTube X-SPACE CHAMBER This model offers the typical chamber sound found in many professional recording studios and provides a highly reflected and bright tail that’s perfect for aggressive reverb tones. Its time range goes from 0.6 to 3 seconds like the hall model, but the chamber has way more character and vibe.
  • Page 20 AmpliTube X-SPACE CHAMBER Control Changes Parameter Control Change # Values TIME 0 – 127 PRE-DELAY 0 – 127 COLOR 0 – 127 0 – 127 0 - 127 0 - 127 MOD RATE 0 - 127 SIZE 0 - 127...

  • Page 21: Church

    AmpliTube X-SPACE CHURCH This model has the longest tail in order to reproduce the typical reverb sound found in churches. Its reverb time has a range from 3 to 20 seconds to replicate from the smallest chapel to the biggest cathedrals.
  • Page 22 AmpliTube X-SPACE CHURCH Control Changes Parameter Control Change # Values TIME 0 – 127 PRE-DELAY 0 – 127 COLOR 0 – 127 0 – 127 0 - 127 0 - 127 MOD RATE 0 - 127 SIZE 0 - 127...

  • Page 23: Plate

    AmpliTube X-SPACE PLATE This model can recreate different iconic plate reverbs. Its time has a range from 0.5 to 5 seconds and the flavor is highly customizable through custom parameters, which let you emulate different types of plates by emphasizing the decay of certain frequencies and dampening others.
  • Page 24 AmpliTube X-SPACE PLATE Control Changes Parameter Control Change # Values TIME 0 – 127 PRE-DELAY 0 – 127 COLOR 0 – 127 0 – 127 0 - 127 0 - 127 MOD RATE 0 - 127 SIZE 0 - 127...

  • Page 25: Spring

    AmpliTube X-SPACE SPRING This is a customizable spring reverb model, which emulates the vintage spring modules typically installed on guitar amplifiers. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length. From 0.2 s to 4 s. • PRE-DELAY: controls the pre-delay amount.
  • Page 26 AmpliTube X-SPACE SPRING Control Changes Parameter Control Change # Values TIME 0 – 127 PRE-DELAY 0 – 127 COLOR 0 – 127 0 – 127 0 - 127 0 - 127 MOD RATE 0 - 127 HI DAMP 0 - 127...

  • Page 27: Swell

    AmpliTube X-SPACE SWELL This is a swell processor that can automatically create fantastic fading swell effects followed by a customizable reverb trail to create dreaming pads or string-like sounds. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length. From 1 s to 4 s.
  • Page 28 AmpliTube X-SPACE SWELL Control Changes Parameter Control Change # Values TIME 0 – 127 PRE-DELAY 0 – 127 COLOR 0 – 127 0 – 127 0 - 127 0 - 127 MOD RATE 0 - 127 SWELL DEPTH 0 - 127...

  • Page 29: Gate

    AmpliTube X-SPACE GATE This is a customizable gated reverb that cuts off the reverb trail as desired in order to add textured groove to your playing. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length. From 0 s to 0.6 s.

  • Page 30: Reverse

    AmpliTube X-SPACE REVERSE This model is perfect to create reverse delay trails that fade in while you are playing. The reverse envelope can be set to 3 different modes to better fit the part. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length.
  • Page 31 AmpliTube X-SPACE REVERSE Control Changes Parameter Control Change # Values TIME 0 – 127 PRE-DELAY 0 – 127 COLOR 0 – 127 0 – 127 0 - 127 TYPE 0 - 127 SIZE 0 - 127 MOD RATE 0 - 127...

  • Page 32: Eary Ref

    AmpliTube X-SPACE EARY REF This model emulates the typical short reflections that can be heard in a small room or space. It’s fully customizable to bring it from a sort of traditional delay to a buzzing early reflection sound. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length.

  • Page 33: Extreme

    AmpliTube X-SPACE EXTREME This is a combination of two processors in one model. One is a plate reverb that gets modulated by the second one, which is a vintage phaser to add extreme modulated tails. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length.

  • Page 34: Ethereal

    AmpliTube X-SPACE ETHEREAL This is a highly modulated plate that recreates moving airy trails and adds magic to your lines. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length. From 6 s to 18 s. • PRE-DELAY: controls the pre-delay amount.

  • Page 35: Bloom

    AmpliTube X-SPACE BLOOM This reverb makes your simple lead parts bloom up and become very rich and noticeable. It is a swell-like effect to give movement and vibe to your parts. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length. From 4 s to 12 s.

  • Page 36: Magnetic

    AmpliTube X-SPACE MAGNETIC This is a spatial reverb that has an airy tone with an accentuated modulation effect, which at low rates creates an effect of space floating. Parameters • TIME: controls the reverb tail length. From 0.8 s to 12 s.

  • Page 37: Global Setup

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Global Setup The global setup menu features different settings to manage the global behavior of the pedal independent of which preset is active. To access the Global Setup menu, hold down the PARAMETER encoder and select GLOBAL SETUP .
  • Page 38 AmpliTube X-SPACE MIDI CHANNEL Selects on which MIDI channel the X-GEAR pedal operates, from 1 to 16. By default X-GEAR pedals operate to channel 1. MIDI THRU Selects which MIDI signals are sent to the MIDI outputs (MIDI and USB ports).
  • Page 39 AmpliTube X-SPACE SPILLOVER Sets the spillover function of the pedal. • ON: the spillover is active (the tail persists when bypassing a preset). This option requires the BUFFER BYPASS MODE. • OFF: the spillover is not active. USB OUT Sets what signals are sent to the USB OUT.

  • Page 40: Preset Setup

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Preset Setup The preset setup menu features different settings to manage the selected preset. To access the Preset Setup menu, hold down the PARAMETER encoder and select PRESET SETUP . EXT. CTRL Sets if the preset is using the External Control or not.

  • Page 41: Safe Mode

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Safe Mode SAFE MODE is very useful for playing live since it locks all the knobs to be sure that your sound does not change, if you accidentally move a knob or hit your pedal. To activate and deactivate the SAFE MODE, press simultaneously the MODEL and PRESET encoders. A display confirmation (LOCKED and UNLOCKED) will confirm you that the mode has been activated/deactivated.

  • Page 42: Temporary Mode

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Temporary Mode By holding down a preset’s footswitch while it’s off, the preset gets activated temporarily and is deactivated when the footswitch is released. You can do this operation both when the pedal is bypassed to engage a certain effect only for a little time or while another preset is on.

  • Page 43: Interface Mode

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Interface Mode Using the interface mode of the pedal you can hook it up to your computer and a monitoring system to jam and playback music directly from X-GEAR. You can activate the INTERFACE MODE from the GLOBAL SETUP .

  • Page 44: Included Applications

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Included applications Along with your X-GEAR you get a Librarian App to manage your presets and AmpliTube 5 SE to edit your presets from your computer and use them inside AmpliTube. Follow the instructions found in the box to get the X-GEAR Librarian and AmpliTube 5 SE.

  • Page 45: Midi Specifications

    AmpliTube X-SPACE MIDI Specifications X-SPACE presents 100 numbered banks with 3 presets each for a total of 300 presets. Since MIDI program changes can only go up to 127 the presets are split into 3 MIDI Patch Banks: MIDI BANK 0 (CC#0 Value=0) = PRESETS 00A-63B...

  • Page 46: Features

    AmpliTube X-SPACE Features AmpliTube X-SPACE • Breakthrough software and hardware integration for guitarists • State-of-the-art DSP in a road-worthy anodized aluminum chassis • 16 different algorithms, 50 factory presets (300 storable presets) • Iconic sounds to pristine, modern reverbs + Spillover/Trails function • Includes exclusive virtual X-SPACE version for use in AmpliTube 5...

  • Page 47: System Requirements

    AmpliTube X-SPACE System Requirements AmpliTube 5 AmpliTube is a 64-bit application and requires a 64-bit CPU and Operating System. Mac® (64-bits) • Minimal: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo (Intel Core i5 suggested), 4 GB of RAM (8 GB suggested), macOS 10.10 or later.

  • Page 48: Amplitube X-Gear Series

    AmpliTube X-SPACE AmpliTube X-GEAR series Discover the full AmpliTube X-GEAR series: X-DRIVE X-SPACE Distortion Reverb X-TIME X-VIBE Delay Modulation Learn more at www.ikmultimedia.com/xgear AmpliTube X-GEAR series...
  • Page 49 AmpliTube®, X-GEAR, X-DRIVE, X-SPACE, X-TIME, X-VIBE are trademarks or registered trademarks property of IK Multimedia Production Srl. All other product names and images, trademarks and artists names are the property of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with IK Multimedia. Product names are used solely for the purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during IK Multimedia’s sound model development and for describing certain types of tones produced with IK Multimedia’s...

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