Here are quotes taken from the 4 and ½ star-winning review in Premier Guitar:

"If you're a guitarist like me, you may find plugging directly into a computer to be a source of frustration. Sure, I can run through my DIs or preamps (or both) and then into the signal path, but sometimes a simpler, cleaner solution is needed without firing up the racks, IK Multimedia's new StealthPedal might just be the right tool for the job."

"Designed specifically for recording and playing through AmpliTube amp modeling software, this USB interface/controller packs a lot into a compact but sturdy wah style pedal. The left side of the unit features a USB input jack, three status LEDs, a 1/8" mini headphone out, a 1/4" external dual footswitch jack and a pair of balanced/unbalanced 1/4" audio outputs— Mono/Left and Right. The right side has 1/4" Hi-Z Left and Right balanced/unbalanced inputs, a Volume/Midi control knob and 1/4" Expression pedal input. Besides the basic wah style integrated expression control and associated stomp switch, it also has 24-bit A/D and D/A converters."

"I selected StealthPedal from the menu on the upper right of the GUI and turned it on. I noticed that all my previously installed AmpliTube products showed up in the Preset window, and I chose a '57 Deluxe from the Fender collection. Bam! I was playing a Deluxe through just a USB cable into my computer. The latency was totally acceptable, the converters sounded great, and the signal was seemingly as clean as you could get it. Unlike some other amp modeling solutions, the pickup choice and lower volume reacted accordingly—they actually sounded like a real amp. Cool."

"Now it was time to test the pedal itself. By default (with AmpliTube software), the StealthPedal's switch and pedal are assigned to the first pedal loaded onto the virtual pedal board, while the External Expression pedal (optional) is assigned to the second slot. Loading the Wah into the first slot, I simply stepped on the pedal until I heard it click, and voilà, I was in Jimmy-land. I then put a Tape Echo into pedal slot 2 and selected Time from the dropdown Setup menu. My foot pedal now controlled the Time on the Echo—and I got some wild sounds."

"Next I plugged in a set of headphones, went to the Audio MIDI setup, chose StealthPedal as the output, and was jamming through some iBuds. Doesn't get much easier than that. (If I wanted to plug into a PA, I could have just run the left and right outputs into a console.) To adjust the master levels of the pedal, go to the Audio MIDI setup of the computer itself, and tweak the StealthPedal settings under Audio Devices. Very cool indeed."

"I then installed the whole shebang on my laptop and called up GarageBand. With a few more clicks and within a few minutes, I was playing to a cool loop through a built-in GB amp, using my crappy laptop speakers. Not sonically pristine, but damn, this can be fun—and I see the big-picture potential here for live playing."

"…With all the included software, the StealthPedal clearly represents not only the best value for USB guitar/instrument controller, but the best sounding package. The deluxe package includes full versions of AmpliTube 2 and Ampeg SVX…"

"Buy if: you want an affordable, high-quality compact, USB instrument connection for playing MIDI controllable software, live or in the studio."

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