Great video Leon! I have an FM3 and an HX Stomp and love them both but I can’t believe these units keep getting smaller, less expensive and more powerful. Have you checked out the Flamma FX-150B yet?
Thought I’d replied to this, try again… So the UA Dream 65 without any doubt whatsoever!!! Had the Nux MG300 but sold it it, cos it had what I call the “Sardine Can effect”, meaning it sounded like listening to AC/DC through your phone speaker, no depth or meat and very fizzy. I have a Mooer GE200, its ok but you have to download the GNR files which are a sort of IR, cos the stock amps are just too polished giving you that sort of Celine Dion singing Black Dog effect, meaning no rawness or dirt, but the GNR files correct that a little, enough not to be too frustrated. But the UA Dream may only have 1 amp, but it does sound really good and takes pedals well too
This is by FAR the best demo I've seen on the Ampero Mini. Thank you for actually diving deeper with the features and showing a number of different types of patches!
Just bought it a month ago, Instant love. Great sound, can be used as an interface, amazing presets, amp models. This is by far the best option for the price.
The interface is so intuitive, I have yet to plug this into the computer. I am beyond impressed with this unit for the money. Also very portable for travel
Back again got mine today! and to say to any folks hesitating on this unit, its legit it sounds so much better than any other lower priced modelers I’ve had (Mooer GE200/Nux MG300/Fender Mustang Micro etc.) Sure this is not a tube and it doesn’t even come close but it’s the closest I’ve ever heard in this price range that doesn’t sound either too perfect and chiselled or have that fizzy tinny sound. The Ampero Mini sounds pretty full with some rawness, coming reasonably close to that warm tube tone that we all love, well at least as close as to not make you feel super frustrated and wanna throw the box out the window, you know its only 200 bucks!, lets stay in context. It’s a really great unit, only downfall is the looper, you can put it on either sync or off, if off when playing to a drum beat it goes offbeat after a couple of cycles if sync is on it squashes your sound and as I tend to play a fraction before the beat on purpose it makes the loop sound horribly robotic, which has never happened to me before on Boss/Line 6/Digitech loopers. So if you buy be aware and do like me write a letter of complaint to Hotone asking for a firmware update on the looper! Edit: 2 hours later: ok despite being brand new and immediately updating firmware it appears that a bug got in, because I tried a reset and the looper is ok now, not brilliant but acceptable at least in sync mode
I really admire people that makes it sounds good coz I have hard time making it sound good. Sometimes my setup is good when listening to headphones then sometimes bad in live.
Couldn't click fast enough.. I've been wondering about this thing. I've seen a few vids saying this thing rocks, and after you hit those first chords with the JCM it was heaven in my ears with my killer headphones.. Especially that delay! Man, for a couple hundred bucks that thing rocks. We for sure live in the best yet time to play guitar! Just epic.. Of course, your playing makes it come alive and your explaining what your doing is killer! The clean stuff was killer too.. Just beautiful. Some Jimi Hendrix in a box. Love it.. Very cool.. I'll have to check out hotone as well.. I can't believe the bang for your dollar you can get these days.. Amazing.. When I was young I would have died for one of these.. Your face when playing some of the dirty stuff is so relatable.. :-p Great demo sir.. Really good and again I love the split screen so I can see the settings on the device and see the device up so close.. Very cool and genius on your part my friend. Thank you again for the joy you bring to me and my morning coffee time by myself .. Now time to pickup the Charvel and let loose in the headphones so I don't wake up the parents then off to work! Be well and safe my good friend! Tim
This looks like an absolutelly great little unit. I have the Ampero 1st gen and it seems to have the same modeling engine which is great. I did several AB tests between the Ampero amp models (to fx return of a tube power amp) and my Synergy modules (Friedman, Iicp, Soldano) and even a real Mark IV. Conclusion: you can get very very close , very quickly, to the point where it does not even matter. With a great IR this sounds great as well. I am not 100% convinced about the cab modelling though.. but it may be better on these newer units. Anyway, for the price and convenience this mini version seem unbeatable.
How long have you had the Ampero? How is the durability? What's your take on performance/quality of models/cabs/effects? I'm in a bind between a BossGT1000Core, Ampero II, HX Stomp (which has I swore I'd never use) or some other mini modeler for a pedalboard build "base unit". Flexibility for DI or a couple of the amps I still have left.
I'm really taken with that touch screen UI. Looks very well done. The effects models appealed to me too. Hard to fathom how you can get all that for 400 dollars.
Man you play good!! I mean really good!! like I cant say that I'm a metal or ambient guy, more situated between Nil Rodgers and SRV, although I used to follow Motorhead around London in the early days before they were famous, BUT anyway.. I was totally mesmerized by everything you played!!! you really play well, great melodies groove n timing, so I don't know how good this pedal is but you sure made it sound really warm and cool in every style. Thank you!
Yeah I'd still be impressed at double the price. I'm keen to try the Ampero Stomp now as that has even more fx - Michael Nielsen's vid with it was awesome.
love seeing these videos on what else is out there on the more wallet friendly side of things, more often than not it's with the 'that might be a good backup for my FM3 just in case😄 this sounds great for the price/feature set in any case, and that size is awesome
Damn you should be Hotone ambassador man! you definitely sold me the pedal with that ragdoll heaven above riff! I needed a small multi fx pedal with good quality sound. Btw, which is the name of the riff at 4:16?
Has anyone compared this one to the Matribox II? Both units are around the same cost but i am after the one that has the better Amp sims and effect sounds? This Hotone ampero mini is a real contender from what i hear on this vid!
Great video Leon. Would love to hear your opinion on the Sonicake Matribox 2. I'm betting when it's on sale, it'll be priced around $200 or less USD. Pretty smooth all-in-one gig bag sized performance solution on a tight budget. The Ampero mini sounds fantastic. Would love to hear your thoughts on the Sonicake product. We picked up a bass processor and acoustic guitar Sonicake processor and they sound fantastic for stupid cheap money and are built like a tank. God bless and rock on 🎸😎👍
The best value all depends on where you buy it from. The Ampero Mini will cost you about £/$/€189 whereas the Ampero One will cost you £199. The only reason not to spend the extra tenner is if the small form factor is something you simply must have as the Ampero One is an absolute bargain at that price. The recently added Dumble amp sim is worth the £10 alone.
If only this had midi, even if was only to receive PC messages from something like an MS-3 or FC1010, then I'd be all over it. The CTRL/Exp offers a bit of external control, but probably not enough for my liking.
I have an Ampero mini, and received an email about updates to the footswith for it, and it mentions midi, but I don't know if it suits your purpose, so I just searched "does the Ampero mini have MIDI access?" I've copied the result result below: For those with an interest in this topic Hotone have since confirmed the following: "Ampero Mini supports USB MIDI but cannot be controlled by external MIDI controller." Cheers.17 July 2023
Leon i just bought a Hotone Ampero Mini and sounds good with cab sim on with FRFR or Monitors but not so good with cab sim off in front or return of my amp?Any suggestions?
Maybe you're using full ampsims that include a poweramp section, which means if you into a fx return (or front end) of an amp you will have 2 poweramps in series, which is not ideal. I'd do : preampsim -> fx return or dirt pedalsim -> amp front
Can it run only effects? What I wanna ask is if this could be a swish army knife in the middle even if I upgrade later and get a stereo amp pedal last in chain.
I’ve got the ampero stomp 11. I did have the ampero 1 which is what you’ve got to review. DONT BUY THE MINI. BUY THE STOMP 11. The Stomp 11 has a better processor engine inside it. Yes it’s more expensive, but a lot better,compression on utube doesn’t show the difference. I use mine through the clean channel of a Marshall dsl 40 valve amp like a pedal platform. It’s a damn monster. Tbh it’s mind blowing damn I hated modelers until this.
This is a couple times now that I've seen you give ups to the Ampero stuff. I don't know if I could sell my Fractal for it, but it's pretty amazing what has become available for the price these days. I would've slain 20 years ago for something like this. In a mix, all this Ampero and Mooer gear does the trick, bet. Oh....and Fractal needs to add a bigger screen with touch display, as well as keep the knows that old schoolers love if they want to stay king. That'll separate them from the pack. I don't know where else there is for them to go unless they merge or license with Eventide or Strymon and add proprietary algo's to their effects package that is already pretty stellar. Fractal powered by Eventide has a nice ring though.
it's cool to see stuff get pushed forward from both ends of the price spectrum. The hardest thing to get right is ultimately the sound, so I'm excited to see how good budget stuff can get tonally and how the user experience improves on the high end stuff. Gonna be a fun decade!
