Key Features

• Three top-class Markbass amp models: TA501, R500 and Classic 300
• Six Markbass cabinets: STD 151HR (rear-ported 1x15"),STD 152HR (rear-ported 2x15"), STD 104HR (rear-ported 1x15"),STD 104HF (front-ported 4x10"), STD 106HF (front-ported 6x10"), and Classic 108(sealed 8x10")
• Choice of 6 microphones, plus a preset combination of 2 front microphones
• Faithful reproduction of every characteristic and nuance of Markbass amps and cabinets
• Ultra-flexible signal path makes it easy to balance the Direct (plugin) input, Line Out (amp direct Out) and Mic Output levels

Sound

• More than one microphone can be used simultaneously: main (woofer), tweeter and, where applicable, rear bass reflex (port).
• Each mic/cabinet combination has been recorded in a high-end studio by the best Italian sound engineers
• Ultra Bass frequency control for extra-deep sound with one mouse click
• 64 factory presets designed by top engineers and Markbass artists and 64 storable user presets

Amplifiers

TA501 500W Bass Head

The popular TA501 amp head helps smooth out your sound with a high-quality onboard tube compressor, featuring a JJ Electronics ECC81 tube. Tone-wise, your sound is warmed up by the tube even when the compressor is off. It also includes foot-switchable mute-to-tune, an EQ bypass, ground lift to eliminate hum, exclusive Markbass' VLE (Vintage Loudspeaker Emulator) and VPF (Variable Pre-shape Filter) filters, and high-quality Neutrik Speakon Combo out jacks for use with 1/4" or Speakon speaker cables.

Classic 300 300W Tube Bass Head

The Markbass Classic 300 bass amp's heart beats with the power of JJ Electronics tubes–2 ECC83 preamp tubes, 2 ECC99 tubes, and 6 KT88 power tubes–which give you the warmth and fullness of the great old amps that are now aging or retired. A massive 300W of tube-driven power will handle just about any venue imaginable. But times have changed, and this bass head comes with a brain: an onboard microprocessor re-biases your tubes every time you start up the Markbass Classic amp.

R500 500W Bass Head

The Markbass R500 is a bass amplifier head that will have you rocking out old-school, rocking hard, creating your own alternative rock, or shredding up the stage stealing the spotlight from your guitarists! The 500W analog R500 amp (at 4 ohms; 300W at 8 ohms) features a tube preamp that will break up just the way you want it to, and a newly designed limiter that produces glorious distortion instead of cramping your style. The simple 4-band EQ gives you all you need to access a wide range of sounds for any genre. As far as controls, the Gain knob is for the amount of tube overdrive, whereas the Master knob is for your volume.

Cabinets

STD 151HR rear-ported 1x15"	STD 104HR rear-ported 1x15"	STD 104HF front-ported 4x10"

STD 152HR rear-ported 2x15"	STD 106HF front-ported 6x10"	Classic 108 sealed 8x10"

Microphones

• Dynamic 52
• Dynamic 112
• Tubed
• Ribbon 112
• Dynamic 57
• Condenser 47

Paolo Costa, bass player and Mark Studio 1 product manager says, "The Mark Studio 1 plugin has been designed to faithfully simulate the sound of Markbass amplification in any DAW application or live situation. No matter what kind of bass you use, the Mark Studio 1 plugin will always give you a very musical array of bass sound choices. It's an indispensable tool to anyone who records on a computer and wants to improve the sound of the bass either during or after recording."