Walrus Audio Mako ACS1 Amp & Cab Sim - Secondhand

Full Description

Staggering simulations

The real deal. The Walrus Audio Mako ACS1 Amp & Cab Sim combines functionality with sheer versatility. Expand your options in stereo, instead of one amp being used through both channels, mix and match amps and cabinets on the left and right channels with the L + R switch. Just choose the channel to modify, select your amp and cab model, and set your levels. Then flip over to the other channel and repeat- it's that easy. Bringing these tones to life is the intricate detail that went into the design: the volume and gain work together, just they would on an amp; increasing gain levels also raise overall volume output so adjust the volume knob accordingly. And unlike the actual vintage models, there are no performance issues or risk of gear being temperamental, just reliably rich, powerful amp tones.

Huge headroom

Many amp sim pedals simply try and replicate the tonal character and leave it at that... not the ACS1! The cab simulations really bring the amplifier sounds to life. The six high-quality cabinet impulse responses were custom-designed to optimise the sonic qualities of each amp, and experimenting to find your perfect combination is the only way to work out what's best for you. The reverb control is also intuitively named 'Room', this is since it actively simulates the size of the room that your amp and cabinet are in. At zero, it would resemble a totally isolated environment with no reverb. At maximum, it'd be closer to a natural-sounding, hall environment. There's even a boost switch to quickly take your sound up a notch, making this about as responsive a pedal as you will find on the market today.

Features

• 3 vintage amp styles crucial to music history: Fullerton, London, Dartford
• Stereo or mono operation
• 6 high-quality cabinet impulse responses (IRs)
• Load your own IRs via dedicated web app (walrusaudio.io)
• Boost function to quickly jump to a preset level of volume and/or gain
• USB jack for firmware updating and IR loading
• Headphone output for bedroom practice
• 3 on-board presets
• 128 presets accessible via MIDI
• MIDI In/Out DIN connections
• Designed equally for live- and studio-applications
• Three bypass modes: true bypass, DSP+ true bypass (trails) and DSP bypass
• Built on powerful MAKO platform with Analog Devices SHARC processor
• 24-bit 48kHz A/D and D/A converters for high quality audio
• 32-Bit floating point processing
• Anodized gold finish with black and green ink
• 9-volt DC, Center Negative, 300mA minimum
• Power Supply not included
• Made in the USA

Specifications

• Product code: MAKO SERIES ACS1
• Colour: Gold
• Dimensions: 124.5 x 64 x 67.1 mm
• Packaging dimensions: 127 x 113 x 70 mm
• Weight: 0.54 kg