Thinking about a B rig, or a fly rig, specifically the Atomic Amplifire 3, specifically for its form factor, coupled with a foot pedal poweramp, purely as a safety backup for the main Kemper rig. I know its been done to death, but has anyone actual experience using this specific device? I'd be looking to assign the 3 footswitches as per "slots in performance mode", mainly Clean, Distorted, Lead Boost, and not as effect ON/OFF. Is this possible?
Thanx in advance!
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Sorry, this does not answer your question but I am asking myself why you do not consider the Amp1. I mean if you play Kemper you are used to quality and IMHO the atomic does not deliver that.
If I were you I would wait to see what Kemper will anounce soon, maybe a Kemper Mini?
I had one prior to the Kemper.
Yes, it’s possible.
For a backup it would do fine. You’ll need to tweak a fair bit to get what you want from the models and the interface is……archaic. Even compared to the KPA. Some effect parameters aren’t at all intuitive.
But it’s a powerful little unit and can sound really good. Especially for what a 3 button can be had for.
I had an Atomic Amplifire once and compared it to Kemper.
The form factor is nice. But I did not like the sound at all. It had strange digital artefacts in the sustain of a note. No problem for hight gain, but anoying IMO for overdrive and brake up tones.
For $400 I’d go with the tonex as a backup. Only thing the atomic does that the tonex doesn’t do is delay. And probably have limited control over that. If you want effects with you backup, get a pod go for $450. The modeling will be as good as the atomic, simple and convenient editor and all of line 6’s good effects.
I tried the same, but returned Atomic in the end - the gap in sound quality and feel between KPA and Atomic was just too big for me.
I have an AA3 and really like it, in spite of some limitations. The effects are fairly basic - I'd probably look for some kind of outboard effects unit if I was going to use it for anything besides emergency backup.
