IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5

Almost five years after the launch of AmpliTube 4, Italian music technology powerhouse IK Multimedia have kicked their popular guitar amplification and processing suite up another gear with the release of version 5.

The most immediately apparent change to AmpliTube 5 is its redesigned GUI, which now sports the more modern look already adopted by stablemates T-RackS 5 and SampleTank 4, and is freely resizable. Of course, there’s also a ton of new amps, cabinets and effects to get to grips with, including two stompboxes (based on the Tech 21 SansAmp and MXR Distortion+), five boutique amps (inspired by the PRS Archon 50, Aguilar DB750 and DB410, Bogner XTC 3534, Diezel VH4 and Friedman Pink Taco PT-20), and 19 rack effects derived