UNIVERSAL AUDIO OX-Amp Top Box

Description

OX | Amp Top BoxGet studio sound from your tube amp - Anywhere, at any volume.With the OX Amp Top Box, Universal Audio has introduced the perfect solution for getting studio sound from your tube amp. The OX Amp Top Box is a reactive load box and guitar recording system that manages to extract the typical studio mic'd sound from amps. OX allows you to play and record your amp, clean or distorted, at any volume level and with mic, room, and cabinet emulations at your fingertips. With Universal Audio's dynamic speaker modeling, OX is the first system to accurately emulate the distortion and all the sonic nuances of speaker cones, making it one of the best choices available for guitar recording systems and speaker signal attenuators.Key FeaturesUncompromising quality load box and recording system for tube amplifiersStudio-quality cabinet, mic, and speaker sounds via front panel RIG controlGet ready-to-use sounds with virtual mics and cabinets - no miking requiredFive levels of amp attenuation, from completely silent to full volume.UA's Dynamic Speaker Modeling emulates distortion, "speaker breakup" and "cone cry"Integrated, absolute quality EQ, compression, delay, and reverbEffects can be controlled with footswitches4, 8, and 16ohm operation (selectable)Headphone output on the front panel for silent practice with pushed-to-the-limit soundsTRS and S/PDIF digital outputs for stereo recordingUse it with the OX app for mobile or desktop via wifi and save RIG presetsThe world's most reactive Load BoxWith decades of experience in audio hardware development, Universal Audio's "dream team" of engineers has designed a load box that retains the sound, dynamics, and feel of your tube amp - no matter how much you attenuate it. The goal was for the amp to "see" OX as an actual speaker, with variable impedance and response so as not to lose dynamics. And so it was: by connecting your amp's speaker output to the OX Amp Top Box, and then connecting the OX Amp Top Box's output to the cabinet, you'll appreciate the natural sound of your amp like never before.A complete guitar recording systemOn the front panel of the OX Amp Top Box, the six-position RIG control allows you to quickly select the desired sound from a complete setup, which includes 22 vintage and modern cabinets with iconic speakers such as Celestion, Jensen, JBL, and others, close mics, ambient mics, and up to 4 simultaneous effects. The OX Amp Top Box is also the only guitar recording system to offer a complete selection of microphones with their relative placement in the room, offering the user the authentic experience of moving air in the recording room, with the amplifier pushed to the extreme, during the recording session.Dynamic Speaker ModelingUniversal Audio's incredible Dynamic Speaker Modeling emulates distortion, "speaker breakup" and "cone cry," all essential ingredients for achieving the organic sound of a tube amp. Using the "Speaker Breakup" potentiometer in the OX application, you can control the harmonics and sonic complexity that only occur at certain frequencies and volume levels, thus achieving the exact same sonic phenomenon as a real cabinet.A beautiful software applicationMost guitar products stumble upon "clumsy" digital sounds, ugly and difficult to understand and accept. The OX software app, for its part, allows intuitive and intelligent control over all its settings via WiFi, allowing you to search and recall hundreds of presets from your iPad, Mac or Windows 10 computer. You can then save six of your favorite sounds to the RIG potentiometer on the front panel to quickly recall them in the studio or on stage.All the right connectionsNot only does the OX Amp Top Box have a front panel with a headphone output for silent practice with your amplifier set to maximum volume, but it also has a set of connections for studio recording and live environments. The stereo S/PDIF RCA and TOSLINK optical outputs, as well as the stereo TRS Jack outputs with level controls on the front panel, give you all the connections you need for studio monitors, DAWs, or inputs into live mixers. In addition, you can connect any one, two, or three-button footswitch to activate or deactivate effects.* All product names used are trademarks of their respective owners, who are in no way associated with Universal Audio or the OX Amp Top Box product. These trademarks are used exclusively for the products of these manufacturers whose sounds were studied by Universal Audio during the development of the OX Amp Top Box.