Academy Of Tone 139: AMPX - Whats up?!

Special guest: Julian Preuß

• 00:00:00 Intro Song  
• 00:04:49 New Studio introduction

• 00:05:44 Thomas Instagram Problems
• 00:07:39 Episode information

• 00:09:02 Question: “Is the JCM800 new?” - Badboy
• 00:09:51 AMPX Introduction

• 00:10:56 Lead Developer Introduction: Julian Preuß

• 00:12:52 Million Dollar Question: When will the AMPX be released?
• 
00:13:37 The Idea of AMPX

• 00:15:32 How Julian joined BluGuitar
• 00:18:10 Question: “Can you explain what role is Julian?”
• 00:23:02 The Development History
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00:26:25 The challenge of realizing AMPX

• 00:31:06 Question: “Maybe a modular PCB?”

• 00:31:32 Thomas breaks the question with his idea
• 00:33:52 The challenge of realizing AMPX goes on

• 00:41:31 The philosophy of creating something new
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00:42:27 What else should AMPX do?
• 00:46:11 2019 - The year of putting all ideas together
• 00:47:54 2020 - The year of the first dummy and publishing news of AMPX

• 00:57:41 2021 - The first real prototype
• 01:02:53 Question: “Is the DSP ARM?”

• 01:05:55 Thomas at the barber and Julians reaction
• 01:06:34 2021 - Revision “B” and it’s circumstances
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01:14:13 2022 - Revision “C”

• 01:16:13 Question: “Why do the Audio Cores don’t have a C compiler?”

• 01:18:06 Question: “How are digital effects distributed across cores?”
• 01:25:43 End of 2022 - Revision “D”
• 01:28:29 2023 - Revision “E”

• 01:29:45 The reason it takes so long

• 01:33:05 Question: “Can it run DOOM?”

• 01:34:45 Question: “Is there a self test function?”
• 01:35:00 Waiting is good.
• 01:38:05 AMP1 vs AMPX size comparison
• 01:39:19 Question about the quality of effects
• 01:40:40 Release with standard stuff that will get better over the years

• 01:43:53 Delay and Reverbs preview

• 01:47:05 Question: “Worldwide release or europe only”

• 01:47:33 Priority German guys just in case something happens

• 01:48:57 Question: “Able to use internal effects with looper in effects loop?”
• 01:50:55 Question: “Ambience Room Reverb on Headphones out”
• 01:52:43 Question: “What amount is the first batch”

• 01:53:36 Question: “When will X-Wings be presented?”

• 01:55:56 Question: “Updates on Dynamic IRs?”

• 01:57:21 Question: “Pitch Shifter?”

• 01:59:15 Question: “BluBOX2 gets Dynamic IRs?”

• 01:59:39 Question: “When will Thomas use AMPX live?”
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01:59:51 Question: “Can settings be transferred via USB stick?”

• 02:00:02 Question: “Comparison Fender Amp vs AMPX?”

• 02:01:18 Question: “Analog octave Fuzz?”

• 02:02:35 Question: “Fender Secret Circuit?”

• 02:02:52 Do you even need AMPX?

• 02:05:48 Question: “AMP1 production?”