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When would you pay 99 bucks for a guitar cable? When it lets you plug into your computer, has its own volume control and headphone jack, and comes with a boatload of killer apps and jam loops. AmpliTube 2 Live alone is worth the price of admission, with its SpeedTrainer, tuner, and models of amps, cabinets, mics, and stomp boxes. Listen: If you only have a guitar and a computer, StealthPlug is everything else you need.
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I purchased from IK Multimedia directly through Amazon.I wanted a basic PC setup to record on so I could get a clear recording through direct input rather than picking up sound via camera. Read a lot of review for a lot of different products and for this one as well. Several seemed comparable, none seemed perfect, but a few youTube reviews on this and the majority of the reviews on this were positive so I decided to go for it since I liked how it worked, it's styling, etc. This plugs directly in to your guitar/effect processor on one end and directly in to your USB port on the other. In order to hear what you are playing you have to plug in to the headphone jack on the unit (you can't hear what's coming out from your PC, you plug in a pair of headphones or speakers into the audio out port to listen).
One of the biggest issues in the reviews was of this having issues on Window's machines. I'm running Windows 7. I read the quick install guide, loaded the CD, ran the install, and plugged it in to my PC and guitar. I got static and odd input noise from my guitar, but definately not clean sound.
I went online to the Ik Multimedia website, noticed they had a Windows driver update. Installed the update, unplugged the StealthPlug from my PC, plugged it back in, worked like a charm. So the entire install took me only about 15-20 minutes to get it working.
The CS version means this comes with AmpliTude CS software (CS stands for Custom Shop). It's basically an effects processor for your PC (I also have a Boss GT-8 processor) so if you don't currently have an effects processor/foot pedals/etc then this software has more than enough to get some good effects already built in (delay, distortion, chorus, reverb, different amps, different heads, etc). Plus you get credits for the AmpliTude website to get a couple of extra ones of your choosing (if you want more effects after you use your free credits you can purchase more credits for more effects to download).
The packaging on this says it comes with AmpliTude 2.0 but after I installed and registered the StealthPlug on Ik Multimedia's website, it actually gave me the most recent version of Amplitude plus a few other of their effects software packages so that was nice that I didn't get stuck with outdated software.
All-in-all it plugged in and set up with very little hassle. Seems to be a decent direct guitar to PC setup on a budget and comes with some cool effects software which is great if you're someone that doesn't have a lot of pedals or an actual physical processor.
Now all you need is some recording software (I'm going to try Reaper) and you'll be making videos in no time.
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