Hey Richard,
Thanks, I'll go check that out.
You know, the whole purpose of even looking at something like this, is to get a Fly Rig together that would reproduce a tone like my rack gear. From the video demos of the APP1 when it first came out, it didn't really seem like ADA was trying to do that, but rather introduce something new to the market. Here are a couple of points I keep in mind when I'm looking at things like this, and I'm not just referring to the APP!, but everything on the internet;
Despite all the advertising hype, what you see and hear will not sound the same or react the same for you when you get it home.
The other is similar in that respect which we are all familiar with, and that is, even when you go to the local music store and audition a piece of equipment, once again, when you get it home, it doesn't sound the same.I'm sure we've all had that revelation before.
Personally, my amplifier tastes revolve around what I grew up with, and the amps that really made an impression on me at an early age. Those would be Fenders and Marshalls. When you look at all the current amps, and amp modelers on the market today from those manufacturers, they show off all these high gain settings for Fender Twins, and Marshall Plexis, but back in the day, those amps claim to fame was how clean they were at loud volumes, and the pristine clarity they preserved while amplifying your guitar! ADA didn't fit into this pattern, because when they hit the market with the MP-1, it offered these tones, but gave you so many others to choose from, and the way to create and shape your own unique amp tone if you were inclined to do so. That's how ADA made it's way to my first choice list as the "go-to" amplifier system. The access to the tones I already loved, but with a lot more versatility than anything else out there.
To be quite honest, in a fly rig setup, I'm not quite sure that the APP1, even with the MP-1Ch, can do that, and it would cost a good chunk of change to get into that rig and end up disappointed that you don't have the versatility of the racks.
I am looking at the Tech 21 RK5, or the FlyRig5, as a means of getting the basic tones in a more cost effective way.
Just my skepticism getting the best of me.
Harley