Hotone Ampero One MP-80 Guitar Bass Amp Modeling IR Cabinets Simulation Multi Language Multi-Effects with Expression Pedal Stereo OTG USB Audio Interface

The interface may not be as polished as the Helix, but it's pretty easy once you get used to it. I own a Helix LT and a Powercab 212. I had another rig that used to be analog, but I kept coming back to multi effects units, and then I landed on this one. Like the Helix, the stock sounds aren't my personal preference. I like very simple presets where the amp is the main course, and then a little reverb/boost/compression to season it up a bit. I think this unit may beat the Helix in this aspect. It will at least go toe-to-toe with it.It does lack the processing power of the Helix, and don't even try the pitch shifting. If you want crazy wild sounds and want to fill up every effect bank high DSP effects, you'll be disappointed. It can get overloaded, and it's not always clear that you're running into a limit.I like that there are some unconventional amps and effects that were modeled, like the JCM900, a clean Plexi, a couple Dumbles, the old Marshall stomp boxes. You also get different voices, like a Mesa Dual Rectifier or Bogner with vintage or modern voicing. It's like you get the best from the Atomic Amplifire, Boss modeling, Helix modeling, and Positive Grid. And if you'd like to break out your old rack preamp, this has power amp modeling.The amp organization, It has them categorized, and they sound very convincing. I don't know if it's standard, or if it was just my particular version, but it came with Celestion IRs loaded. This is where Line6 has been lacking, and man do those IRs sound good.So if you're looking for something like the HX stomp, your needs aren't super complex, and you want to save some money, this unit is a good value. It deviates from some of the more standard models, but everything is very useful. They haven't tailored their product to any specific genre, but it's also not overwhelming. I have both the Helix and this unit, and since getting this one, I've found myself gravitating more towards this unit. I'd totally recommend this if you want high quality sounds at a more affordable price than the big names.

So far it does sound decent, if not really good! Two days of trying to replicate my patches from another multi pedal with good success! I had purchased the Donner but was not impressed with the sound and really not impressed with the customer support! This is much better, but also more money! My only complaint is the DSP power, I have a few patches that I can't replicate because the unit cannot handle the DSP! The Celestion speaker IR's are pretty good. They have two versions of each, one I will call good, then the other HD! But again if you are already using up the DSP you cannot use the HD version of the IR! Which again has limited me to get what I want! I am not a professional by any stretch of the imagination, but have had some experience with other multi effect pedals! This is the easiest as far as use, that is compared to what I have used previously, I understand there are others that are better in this regard! But so far my biggest beef is the DSP issues! Otherwise it sounds good to great! The more I play with the setting the easier it is to get it sounding better so that might be human error playing a factor. Will update as I use it more!

HOTONE AMPERO is right on par with the big boys for a fraction of the cost. I have has this for a while and it sounds amazing even the built in IR's are top quality and if you choose you can upload your own IR's to the unit, The software (AMPERO EDITOR) is eazy and straight forward and the still update the software and firmware and both are eazy to do. I have used other items from headrush to the helix and AXE effects and there is no difference in sound quality what so ever.I use this for silent play and recording at night via the USB cable for the software and it can be its own audio interface, i use it through audacity (free DAW software) hit record and pause to hear the live sound and I just play along with yoube videos, perfect for any players professional or beginners

I've had this for a few months now. I was originally just using it as an effects unit on my pedal board and using a UA Dream 65 as my amp modeler. Which sounded great. But I was craving some marshall tones and decided to try out the amp models in this unit. I landed on the JCM 800 for dirty and put some od pedals in front of it. Sounded fantastic. I then set up a dumble amp for clean and slightly overdriven tones and it was a nice complement.I added the Ampero Control to this and I'm basically set now for live gigs. I've got two expression pedals, one controls volume and the other controls the mix for delay and reverb so I can go from relatively dry to very wet just with the exp pedal. For those of you complaining about this thing not having scenes ( I used to be one of them ), with the Ampero Control, you can approximate scenes as you can send a series of cc messages to turn certain things on and off. This works very well for me and I'm no longer concerned about scenes.Things that need improvement:1. The tuner isn't up to par, I've had to add a poyltune to my board as this thing isn't precise enough.2. The touchscreen is responsive but the buttons are small so it's not always great to navigate certain things.3. You can run out of DSP when using dual amps before you fill up all your slots.