I didn't play with it all that long, maybe an hour or so, but I kinda expected I'd have found something by now.
I really just need to break down and buy something with tubes and rectifiers in it! I'm trying reamping now thru the POD II <sigh> into my amp and seeing what I can come up with there at least I can crank it up and move some air and see if that helps. Then there's the Uber Metal pedal laying around here somewhere but I've never gotten a useable sound out of that thing either.
Anyway, thanks guys, I guess I'll ditch and amplitube and carry on as usual.