Audio Sprockets ToneDexter Pre Amp REVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Join Ben Morgan-Brown as he reviews a ToneDexter Pre Amp from Audio Sprockets. Full specs and details can be found over on our website: www.acousticrev....
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Man this is well presented info, and I appreciate your review. Just subscribed as well. Thanks for putting in the effort!
Ben, thanks for a fair and balanced review. We appreciate it! If anyone has questions, I'll try and address them.
can u show how it works with a pedalboard? greetings
Well Ben, this is a very well done review! Now I know many more intresting things about the device in question - Cheers and best wishes to the UK
Excellent review. Very well done.
A good and fair review Ben. I thought I'd add a few comments from experience - I've been using the Tonedexter at gas for a year or so.
The sound is that good. Wow is a reaction of often get and I always get complemented on the sound of my guitar - most people assume that it is simply down to the guitar.
Training is easy and can be done very quickly. As you said a mix at the 12th fret position nearly always works well. Recently I broke my pickup connections inside the guitar the morning of a gig. I took another guitar and trained it within 10 minutes and was good to go. My three guitars all sound like my guitars on playback.
MY main guitar has a modern Headway pickup in which is a great pickup and this works well. The other two have far older Fishman Matrix USPs and they work very well too - I reckon this can deal with most kinds of pickup.
The sound is best through a PA system, something to do with the dynamics and the natural air that these offer. If there is a decent sound guy I just send a flat eq signal out from the Tonedexter. If I have to eq through a smaller system or my AER I find the eq curves on the TD treble and bass controls are pretty flexible and you only need a small touch to make a difference. For greater flexibility you could run the signal our of the TD and into an EQ pedal - ultimately I'm going to try it with a Line 6 Stomp.
You didn't mention (I think) the notch feature which I find works really well. I tune down to C and D a lot and find that the bottom F or G can often buzz - it is pretty easy to deal with this using the notch feature.
You are right about switching wave forms (guitars) - I wish it was easier but predominantly I'm using one guitar.
While the unit is very tough the knobs on the back need protecting. I carry mine in a Pelican case or make sure it is properly wrapped within another bag.
One final thing - buy this in the UK and the Power Supply is not included (they've obviously given you one for review). This is really no bad thing as you can buy your own 9V supply. You can also use this on a pedal board powered by an onboard power supply.
This is one of the best and best value option I have bought for amplifying my guitar. Mostly I'm playing and singing but I have done a few finger style only performances and it stands up really, really well. There is certainly not enough of an improvement using a real mic to justify lugging it around and setting up with it.
And finally, some people worry about a 'digital' sound (whatever that it). The Tonedexter sounds remarkably natural. As you say it is not cheap but it is by no means the most expensive option out their either.
Andy, we appreciate your thorough comments and of course your enthusiasm! FYI we are now shipping with a universal power supply with adapter prongs for all major countries.
Thanks for your input! You have any music videos?
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@@AndyHowell I enjoyed watching your videos. Wondering if you have one using the ToneDexter. Thanks!
Ben, you mentioned that the ToneDexter uses a specific power supply. Actually, it can use any power supply that supplies sufficient current at 9-15V, + or - center pin. I use a rechargeable 12V battery with mine.
Hi Patrick - sorry I probably didn't make myself clear - my criticism was that an IEC style plug (or kettle lead as we used to call them in the UK!) would be preferable to a wall wart power supply. Ben
Thank you so much for sharing this. Can it match the brighter string slapping sound that microphones can pick up?
Ben, thanks - always enjoy your reviews- any thoughts on how ToneDexter compares to the Fishman Aura? Cheers --
Hi - I've not used a Fishman aura for a long time (and then only briefly) so I can't really compare them, sorry!
With the tonedexter you get to make your own wavemaps so, on paper at least, that's a big advantage over the aura which just comes with presets which may or may not match your guitar.
They just added firmware where you can use the footswitch to change wav or you can still use the knob. Cheers! Have yet to buy mine.
Yes I saw this - a really good change in my opinion! Ben
Nice review, you talked about running the ToneDexter into a more "sophisticated" pre amp, did you use it with your FELiX and if so I was curious how - into the front end, insert, etc? thanks!
Hi Andy - yes I ran it into my Felix - I just took the line out of the Tonedexter into the input of the Felix - My main reason for this was so I could control the Mids a little better (the Felix has parametric mids).
Some people seem to be running an EQ pedal in the loop of the tonedexter to give them some extra EQ choices and I think that would work well - when you have a good soundperson and time to soundcheck it's probably better to let them do their job and EQ the tone but sometimes it can be good to have something to hand if you need to make quick adjustments... Ben
Great review! Thank you.
After I’ve created the map, and I’m all plugged in, will the type of pickup I’m using matter?
Wish I could hear this with some strong strumming,....thanks for the review though
hi how do you use tonedexter with K&K Pure Mini i.e. how do you connect the stereo output from Guitar to Tonedexter and also what do you do with the default Pick up from K&K while connecting with Tonedexter
Hi - the K&K pure mini has a mono output so you can just use a regular guitar cable to connect it to the Tonedexter. My personal setup also uses an internal mic, but if I just use a mono cable it's only the K&K that is output, and that was what was feeding the Tonedexter here
The K & K is not a pieizo pickup is it?
Hi Jimmy - the K&K uses three piezo discs which are attached to the underside of the bridge plate. It's not an 'undersaddle' piezo strip that sits at the bottom of the bridge slot like an LR Baggs Element or Fishman Matrix etc.
I still don't understand what it's for.