Yours is the coolest and most creative demo I have seen of this pedal. Also, very natural and great guitar playing! Good info that goes way beyond the basic demos I have seen. Good work!
I have owned one for about two weeks now. I have used the pedal to capture three Taylor guitars and one Enya Uke. It is easy to use. More importantly, it sounds amazing! I am finally in love with the sound of my amplified acoustic guitars through the mixer based PA in my music room. It it makes my ukulele sound incredible as well. I can’t stop playing! Capturing a quality impulse response with a quality condenser microphone and positioning (and gain stage) is the key, I have had good customer service via email communication with Michael at NuX and he has been helpful and kind. Now, I just need to start using it for my video recordings as I capture my guitar directly (no mic) for my videos.
Dakota-Covers, can you tell me please if it's possible to mix the pickup's dry signal with the Ir's processed signal and blend them in different proportion? It is not clear to me if the Ir's volume knob can act like a blender. Thank you very much for your information.
@@valeriolaghi7014 When the IR level knob is turned all the way down, there is still a little IR in the mix. The more you turn that IR knob up, the more IR you add to the mix with the pickup. When you turn the IR up, you need to turn the gain knob down because the volume increases. I tend to run my IR level at noon or lower. So, technically it is not a true blend knob but it does allow you to control how much IR is in the mix. Hopefully that answers your question.
As a Cerberus owner I am looking forward to see a demo with both together using 4 cable method .. would be nice to see different flavors as the products seems to match really well.. thanks much
Ater seeing this, I bought one of these. All I can say is it is fantastic! No more "Piezo Quack" when I amplify my acoustic. Sounds like I'm using a high-quality studio MIC. Just amazing!
I’m a Fishman fan. Always will be; but the optima air sounds great. Better than I expected. I’m keeping an eye on NUX. They’re making decent stuff for their prices. Can’t wait to see what’s in store 4 the future.😳🎶👍🏾
Thank you... I have a cort MR500E semi acoustic guitar but the tone is not sounding as shown in your video with the same settings. Are there any other additional settings to be done. Please let me know if possible.
Great work!! Sounds close enough👍. I guess that the Kemper Profiler does the same thing, but not sure if they include also acoustic guitars(don't have a Kemper). I am an DSP engineer so I understand your explanation, but not sure if it's needed for most users😉. Thanks, Ton
I would like to connect the Nux optima air to a Pedalboard which will be connected to a tube guitar amp. This Pedalboard is for electric and acoustic guitar. I have a few questions. 1: should I plug the Optima Air into the FX loop of the amp or rather directly between the amp and the guitar? What will be the advantages and disadvantages depending on my choice? This is the first time I've used this type of effect so I'd like to find out more. 2: the Optima Air has an effects loop. I would like to insert an equalizer pedal into the optima air loop. This pedal will be "on" constantly. Will this equalizer pedal be audible if the optima air is turned off ? I ask because the goal is to have equalization that is only audible when the Optima Air is "on" and inaudible if the Optima Air is turned "off" 3: is the Nux optima air “true by-pass” or does it have a buffer? thank you... Michael
For those who want a better impression of what the pedal can truly due, try this channel to which I am a subscriber: Aaron Short Music. He creates an IR on camera and also compares it to one he created previously, as well as to the original Piezo and and original mic signal, and to various IR presets on the unit when shipped. I think he does a better job of truly showing this device‘s potential, even though it‘s great to witness the engineer‘s obvious commitment to and passion for the product. I only recently got turned onto NUX, in a video on the Cerberus (another really cool product, I‘m sure!). Back to Aaron Short: I think the way he strums the guitar when creating the IR led to far better (as in, more accurate) results. I suspect that the rather hectic way the engineer strummed his guitar, with more emphasis on the treble than the bass strings, might not be the best way to do it.
Great video! However, my mic preamp only has XLR mic outputs. You example had 1/4 outputs out of your preamp? How can I capture the mic into the optima air?
I followed the process and captured my Acoustic guitar sound and saved to 1. User Profile. I powered off and On, selected 1. User profile and there is no sound on the amplifier when IR is pressed.
I am still researching which Nux pedal is better? The Optima Air or the Stageman? Has anyone tried (used) both? Any input ? This sound's really nice, from the demo's that I've heard, to offset that Piezo plastic-Tone on an Acoustic.
Hello, what am I doing wrong. I cannot Capturing my acoustic guitar. I am using an appollo twin as interface. I am using an Neumann TLM102 condenser mic. It shows signal on the device and I can record but then it stops "de-con" after 45% and never finish the "de-con".. please any help
Something is missing in this tutorial or my brand new Nux is not working. I can't capture my guitar profile. Followed everything but there is no sound from amplifier when the profile is selected.
Rosario Roberto Hello I love the NUX Optima Air. However there is a slight ground noise .It goes away when I touch the NUX Optima Air pedal. I did a lot of test with power supply ,and other pedals and different guitars and it does not do any grounds noise but with NUX Optima Air pedal it make a ground noise that goes away only when you touch the pedal . Is that Normal ?
Hi NUX, I would try to create a personal IR for my cello, is it possible to use Optima air to capture the response of a bass instrument like a cello or acoustic bass? Do you have some experience about? Thank you.
Heya great video! Does anyone know if I would still need a DI box for acoustic guitar if I had this pedal? My guitar also runs into 2 or 3 effect pedals. Thanks so much
Does anyone knows what is the chain rounting in the Optima Air? Does the I.R. comes before or after preamp? Where the effects loop is placed in te chain?
I really enjoy this pedal. Tremendous improvement for live acoustic guitar. I use it together with a "normal" DI pedal. But it bailed twice on me during a live gig. At first it sounds like a guitar with a battery going flat but it's a digital glitch. unplugging and plugging in power. Is this familiar to anyone reading this? thanks
Hello :) I am really interested in the pedal. Any you know if I need a DI box if I had this pedal? My acoustic also runs into effect pedals. Many thanks.
it has XLR/DI out but FOH usually also ask for a signal without IR treatment. So I send out both signals. DI straight from my wireless unit and a XLR out from the end of my signal chain (in this case a NUX Optima Air). I've upgraded to a LR Baggs voiceprint a while ago. Still love the NUX Optima Air but the display is too hard for me to read onstage. The LR Baggs allows easy IR creating and EQ shaping but it's mostly the same pedal. But the main thing for me are it's clockradio digits :)
I don’t understand-so If I buy this, I need to find a good set up to copy? Is there a default pre-stored inside to choose from or download? I don’t have this studio mic setup.
hi, everyone, let me share with you some of my NUX Optima Air experiences. i have been using it for a while now. i have some promising audio results, but i have also encountered a few problems/bugs. i have sent the below info to NUX ( info@cherubtechnology.com ), in February, but have not received a reply from them so far. 1. the device froze at the very first startup, maybe because of a ground loop through usb. 2. the IR level pot is actually a total volume level pot, and not a dry-IR blend, as i have presumed, and many users on the web seem to (quite logically) presume. 3. there is confusion as to which knobs (on the device and in the control sw screen) are saved as part of a preset, and how to save them: 3.A: the IR level knob at the top of the screen is actually not programmable at all, so you better not try programming it - just set it at a well-thought-out level, and leave it there for good. 3.B: the IR level can in fact be programmed for each patch in the control software, by moving the little IR level pot at the upper left of the IR subwindow. but beware that once you move it, it instantly gets saved into the active patch, so you cannot undo the move, not even by recalling that patch. 4. the 'edited state' asterisk in the screen tends to behave erratically: you can theoretically return to an unedited state of a knob by turning it until the asterisk disappears. however, if you have already moved some knobs, and have returned them to their unedited state (so that there is again no asterisk displayed), and then start turning the next knob, you may not be able to make the asterisk disappear again (and thus you may lose the original setting indication), because, apparently, the device sometimes perceives some other, previously moved knob to have been moved again, even if you have not touched that other knob again. 5. when recording a custom IR file, it is very hard to determine the input level of the miked instrument in the display, because the level meter seems to have a really weird response curve. 6. after recording, computing and storing az IR file on the device, it returns to the levels screen, and you can again press the IR footswitch for a countdown, but the normally cca 10s recording time is now skipped, and the device proceeds to offering you to analyze a recording that it hasn't even made. so you have to reboot the device (left footswitch held) before attempting EACH custom IR recording. definitely a weird bug. 7. i could find no controls in the software or on the device to name a user-created IR file. the user manual does not tell you either. it should be possible because the Chinese guy in the NUX factory product video has his custom IR files named, but he does not show us how he did that. 8. it is not indicated anywhere how you can check your firmware version. 9. there are no instructions for the firmware update procedure, although it requires some very special button presses. (so i made a description of the update procedure, partly derived from other NUX device instructions; see my notes below). 10. there is no mentioning of USB audio in the manual: i only guessed it existed because seeing some usb audio controls in the control sw, and because of the ASIO driver listed in the download section of the NUX Optima Air site. (having an ASIO driver there did not, by itself mean to me that i can use it, because there also is an audio format converter sofware there that has apparently nothing to do with the Optima Air.) 11. it is nowhere indicated if the aux input or the headphones output or the digital reverb are stereo or mono. i have tested the headphone out and the reverb: those both turned out to be mono. 12. the usb audio stream to the headphones is also mono. 13. it is nowhere indicated if the device is capable or not of true analog bypass, and if not, what the processing latency is. 14. the user manual contains some sentences in poor English. ----------------------------------------- NUX Optima Air firmware update procedure (2021-02-21) 1. download firmware update package. 2. connect device to computer using usb (micro B) cable. 3. run updater software from the downloaded package. 4. holding down both foot-switches of the device, plug in power supply. 5. the updater software will now recognize the device. 6. select new firmware .bin file in the software. 7. click START UPDATE button. 8. update progress is visible on the device screen. 9. when process is ready, firmware version (date) is displayed. 10. reboot device (by unplugging and reconnecting power supply).
Yours is the coolest and most creative demo I have seen of this pedal. Also, very natural and great guitar playing! Good info that goes way beyond the basic demos I have seen. Good work!
Great product!
NUX is doing some amazing stuff. I have the Roctary Leslie pedal, absolutely authentic sound and it was inexpensive.
I have owned one for about two weeks now. I have used the pedal to capture three Taylor guitars and one Enya Uke. It is easy to use. More importantly, it sounds amazing! I am finally in love with the sound of my amplified acoustic guitars through the mixer based PA in my music room. It it makes my ukulele sound incredible as well. I can’t stop playing! Capturing a quality impulse response with a quality condenser microphone and positioning (and gain stage) is the key, I have had good customer service via email communication with Michael at NuX and he has been helpful and kind. Now, I just need to start using it for my video recordings as I capture my guitar directly (no mic) for my videos.
Dakota-Covers, can you tell me please if it's possible to mix the pickup's dry signal with the Ir's processed signal and blend them in different proportion? It is not clear to me if the Ir's volume knob can act like a blender. Thank you very much for your information.
@@valeriolaghi7014 When the IR level knob is turned all the way down, there is still a little IR in the mix. The more you turn that IR knob up, the more IR you add to the mix with the pickup. When you turn the IR up, you need to turn the gain knob down because the volume increases. I tend to run my IR level at noon or lower. So, technically it is not a true blend knob but it does allow you to control how much IR is in the mix. Hopefully that answers your question.
@@Dakota.Covers Thank you very much for your answer.
DakotaCovers, thank you very much.🙏
Do you recommend a large diaphragm condenser as opposed to sdc that tonedexter recommends? Any tips on placement? I am using a nylon.
This is really clever, I'm seriously thinking of getting one for the piezo on my PRS Hollowbody II to make it sound more acoustic!
The best gear demo video ever. Keep it up!
As a Cerberus owner I am looking forward to see a demo with both together using 4 cable method .. would be nice to see different flavors as the products seems to match really well.. thanks much
Ater seeing this, I bought one of these. All I can say is it is fantastic! No more "Piezo Quack" when I amplify my acoustic. Sounds like I'm using a high-quality studio MIC. Just amazing!
Very interesting setup, really sounded like the real thing!
I love how you just assume we all know the math. Fourier!
We don't. XD XD
Love you guys. Own several NUX pedals, they never let me done
I’m a Fishman fan. Always will be; but the optima air sounds great. Better than I expected. I’m keeping an eye on NUX. They’re making decent stuff for their prices. Can’t wait to see what’s in store 4 the future.😳🎶👍🏾
Fantastic demonstration.
Thank you... I have a cort MR500E semi acoustic guitar but the tone is not sounding as shown in your video with the same settings. Are there any other additional settings to be done. Please let me know if possible.
Great work!! Sounds close enough👍. I guess that the Kemper Profiler does the same thing, but not sure if they include also acoustic guitars(don't have a Kemper). I am an DSP engineer so I understand your explanation, but not sure if it's needed for most users😉. Thanks, Ton
Thank you for this video. The manual is horrible, so I would never have figured out how to create an IR.
You’re welcome
How about the cable from Nux send where you engage it? Chain: mic -> interface -> interface out -> nux (return). Nux (Send) ->?
I would like to connect the Nux optima air to a Pedalboard which will be connected to a tube guitar amp.
This Pedalboard is for electric and acoustic guitar. I have a few questions.
1: should I plug the Optima Air into the FX loop of the amp or rather directly between the amp and the guitar? What will be the advantages and disadvantages depending on my choice? This is the first time I've used this type of effect so I'd like to find out more.
2: the Optima Air has an effects loop.
I would like to insert an equalizer pedal into the optima air loop. This pedal will be "on" constantly. Will this equalizer pedal be audible if the optima air is turned off ? I ask because the goal is to have equalization that is only audible when the Optima Air is "on" and inaudible if the Optima Air is turned "off"
3: is the Nux optima air “true by-pass” or does it have a buffer?
thank you...
Michael
For those who want a better impression of what the pedal can truly due, try this channel to which I am a subscriber: Aaron Short Music. He creates an IR on camera and also compares it to one he created previously, as well as to the original Piezo and and original mic signal, and to various IR presets on the unit when shipped. I think he does a better job of truly showing this device‘s potential, even though it‘s great to witness the engineer‘s obvious commitment to and passion for the product. I only recently got turned onto NUX, in a video on the Cerberus (another really cool product, I‘m sure!). Back to Aaron Short: I think the way he strums the guitar when creating the IR led to far better (as in, more accurate) results. I suspect that the rather hectic way the engineer strummed his guitar, with more emphasis on the treble than the bass strings, might not be the best way to do it.
Good looking pedal! Why the need for subtitles?
Great video! However, my mic preamp only has XLR mic outputs. You example had 1/4 outputs out of your preamp? How can I capture the mic into the optima air?
I followed the process and captured my Acoustic guitar sound and saved to 1. User Profile. I powered off and On, selected 1. User profile and there is no sound on the amplifier when IR is pressed.
very impressive. glad i bought one
How do I do a factory reset on the Optima Air to get the preloaded presets back?
I am still researching which Nux pedal is better? The Optima Air or the Stageman? Has anyone tried (used) both? Any input ? This sound's really nice, from the demo's that I've heard, to offset that Piezo plastic-Tone on an Acoustic.
The Optima air is amazing.
Hello, what am I doing wrong. I cannot Capturing my acoustic guitar. I am using an appollo twin as interface. I am using an Neumann TLM102 condenser mic. It shows signal on the device and I can record but then it stops "de-con" after 45% and never finish the "de-con".. please any help
Something is missing in this tutorial or my brand new Nux is not working. I can't capture my guitar profile. Followed everything but there is no sound from amplifier when the profile is selected.
Rosario Roberto
Hello I love the NUX Optima Air. However there is a slight ground noise .It goes away when I touch the NUX Optima Air pedal. I did a lot of test with power supply ,and other pedals and different guitars and it does not do any grounds noise but with NUX Optima Air pedal it make a ground noise that goes away only when you touch the pedal . Is that Normal ?
Anyone know if plugging a k&k pure mini straight into the Optima Air would would work?
what an awesome product. Would this device work on nylon string guitar as well?
ruclips.net/video/d7itnXb2u_E/видео.html
Hi NUX, I would try to create a personal IR for my cello, is it possible to use Optima air to capture the response of a bass instrument like a cello or acoustic bass? Do you have some experience about? Thank you.
Excellent pedal! Is it just supposed to be for acoustic guitar or can I use my Fender Strat too on this pedal (without IR I guess)?
How would a solid body electric guitar fitted with a piezo system respond to the NUX Optima Air?
Good design ordering this
Cool. Enjoy
Heya great video! Does anyone know if I would still need a DI box for acoustic guitar if I had this pedal? My guitar also runs into 2 or 3 effect pedals. Thanks so much
Mint .can I put into a pa speaker ?
Does anyone knows what is the chain rounting in the Optima Air? Does the I.R. comes before or after preamp? Where the effects loop is placed in te chain?
incredible when will it go on sale in europe? I am from Spain
Questo articolo è adatto per Godin Multiac Nylon?
I really want to try this on my pedal steel guitar... this could be fun
will pushing the level input also drive the input?
More metallic maybe?
Do you think think this would work with an acoustic bass guitar?
It sounds great, I would love to do a review.....
They aren’t that expensive. I highly recommend trying one.
Does it have a tuner?
No
so all that fourier series stuff from college is actually useful??
nice product...
I really enjoy this pedal. Tremendous improvement for live acoustic guitar. I use it together with a "normal" DI pedal. But it bailed twice on me during a live gig. At first it sounds like a guitar with a battery going flat but it's a digital glitch. unplugging and plugging in power. Is this familiar to anyone reading this? thanks
Hello :) I am really interested in the pedal. Any you know if I need a DI box if I had this pedal? My acoustic also runs into effect pedals. Many thanks.
it has XLR/DI out but FOH usually also ask for a signal without IR treatment. So I send out both signals. DI straight from my wireless unit and a XLR out from the end of my signal chain (in this case a NUX Optima Air). I've upgraded to a LR Baggs voiceprint a while ago. Still love the NUX Optima Air but the display is too hard for me to read onstage. The LR Baggs allows easy IR creating and EQ shaping but it's mostly the same pedal. But the main thing for me are it's clockradio digits :)
@@ElcoWeitering really appreciate the feedback
Where can this be bought? I can't find it!
How does it sound with Nylon strings?
ruclips.net/video/d7itnXb2u_E/видео.html
I don’t understand-so If I buy this, I need to find a good set up to copy? Is there a default pre-stored inside to choose from or download? I don’t have this studio mic setup.
There are couples of default IRs in the pedal already.
Thanks but I can’t find this in the market these days, is it phased out?
Dream Theater -Hollow Years
Mic sounds better than the Pedal
The electric guitar through the pedal was...unconvincing
Very... but seems that it needs some 'EQ matching' applied too after the acoustic simulation.
@@saxombie8614 I don't even know that it would help. I've yet to hear a legit electric solidbody that sounds convincingly like an acoustic
Yeah, that's easy for you to say.
Get a better demoer.
You can check OPTIMA AIR review from Vinai, Mike Hermans, and Jimmy Lin easily. Don't be lazy to type keyword on RUclips. ^______^
lmao
hi, everyone, let me share with you some of my NUX Optima Air experiences.
i have been using it for a while now.
i have some promising audio results, but i have also encountered a few problems/bugs.
i have sent the below info to NUX ( info@cherubtechnology.com ), in February,
but have not received a reply from them so far.
1. the device froze at the very first startup, maybe because of a ground loop through usb.
2. the IR level pot is actually a total volume level pot, and not a dry-IR blend, as i have presumed,
and many users on the web seem to (quite logically) presume.
3. there is confusion as to which knobs (on the device and in the control sw screen) are saved
as part of a preset, and how to save them:
3.A: the IR level knob at the top of the screen is actually not programmable at all, so you
better not try programming it - just set it at a well-thought-out level, and leave it there for good.
3.B: the IR level can in fact be programmed for each patch in the control software,
by moving the little IR level pot at the upper left of the IR subwindow.
but beware that once you move it, it instantly gets saved into the active patch,
so you cannot undo the move, not even by recalling that patch.
4. the 'edited state' asterisk in the screen tends to behave erratically:
you can theoretically return to an unedited state of a knob by turning it until the asterisk disappears.
however, if you have already moved some knobs, and have returned them to their unedited state
(so that there is again no asterisk displayed), and then start turning the next knob,
you may not be able to make the asterisk disappear again (and thus you may lose the original setting
indication), because, apparently, the device sometimes perceives some other, previously
moved knob to have been moved again, even if you have not touched that other knob again.
5. when recording a custom IR file, it is very hard to determine the input level of the miked instrument
in the display, because the level meter seems to have a really weird response curve.
6. after recording, computing and storing az IR file on the device, it returns to the levels screen,
and you can again press the IR footswitch for a countdown, but the normally cca 10s recording time is now
skipped, and the device proceeds to offering you to analyze a recording that it hasn't even made.
so you have to reboot the device (left footswitch held) before attempting EACH custom IR recording.
definitely a weird bug.
7. i could find no controls in the software or on the device to name a user-created IR file.
the user manual does not tell you either.
it should be possible because the Chinese guy in the NUX factory product video has his custom IR files named,
but he does not show us how he did that.
8. it is not indicated anywhere how you can check your firmware version.
9. there are no instructions for the firmware update procedure, although it requires some
very special button presses.
(so i made a description of the update procedure, partly derived from other NUX device
instructions; see my notes below).
10. there is no mentioning of USB audio in the manual: i only guessed it existed because seeing
some usb audio controls in the control sw, and because of the ASIO driver listed in the
download section of the NUX Optima Air site. (having an ASIO driver there did not, by itself mean
to me that i can use it, because there also is an audio format converter sofware there
that has apparently nothing to do with the Optima Air.)
11. it is nowhere indicated if the aux input or the headphones output or the digital reverb are
stereo or mono. i have tested the headphone out and the reverb: those both turned out to be mono.
12. the usb audio stream to the headphones is also mono.
13. it is nowhere indicated if the device is capable or not of true analog bypass,
and if not, what the processing latency is.
14. the user manual contains some sentences in poor English.
-----------------------------------------
NUX Optima Air
firmware update procedure
(2021-02-21)
1. download firmware update package.
2. connect device to computer using usb (micro B) cable.
3. run updater software from the downloaded package.
4. holding down both foot-switches of the device, plug in power supply.
5. the updater software will now recognize the device.
6. select new firmware .bin file in the software.
7. click START UPDATE button.
8. update progress is visible on the device screen.
9. when process is ready, firmware version (date) is displayed.
10. reboot device (by unplugging and reconnecting power supply).