Thanks for the review, mate. I have the ToneX and it definitely gives you the sounds. However I recently got the Friedman IR-D, and I have to say that if you don't mind being limited to the tones it produces (almost Fender sounding clean, to Marshall JTM when cranked), not only you get the tones, but it feels alive like a real tube amp.
@christian_oz that's awesome! I'll have to check it out. Thew tonex has been awesome compared to the AA though, just getting a live sound dialed in that plays nice with pedals, especially high gain drives is proving to be a bit difficult. Any tips?
@@andrew_walker_music are you using a FRFR or a power amp + guitar speaker live? I find that with a guitar amp, you turn it on and you get a sound. Even though it's limited, it is a good sound. With modellers you are presented with a plethora of options, but you tweak and tweak and you are never entirely happy. Maybe I'm just missing something, or you can only achieve utopia if you invest in an AxeFX or similar.
@christian_oz we predominantly use amps live, back line, and never really have an issue pulling as tone quickly. The tonex will be used in a fly rig for upcoming dates when we're on in ears. I can get low gain pedals like the blues breaker and timmy to play nicely with an amalgam benson amp, but for the life of me i'm finding it hard to make an amp work for higher gain pedals. this is only a problem live as i want to use pedals instead of changing presets mid song. in a recording i'd just use a higher gain preset and not use pedals As far as making it more natural feeling, i've read placing the compressor post and setting it pretty subtle emulates to "give" in a compressing tube amp, and it does "feel" a bit more realistic. I am loving the pedal, and as you said, its a tweakathon, but i'm determined to get it to work for me.
@tiagopeggau6256 depending on your needs make sure you have a look at the tonex pedal, the big one. It's more money but if it does what you need I'd think about getting that instead. It all comes down to what you require, and how you intend to use it.
@tiagopeggau6256 it absolutely is! And instead of being stuck with one model of a Princeton like on the AA, the TX1 gives you hundreds of different rigs recorded with different signal paths
@kshitizd707 you are 100% right! I've had the AA for about 2 years, and have created sounds with paid-for IR's that i thought sounded good, until I got the Tonex. The tones I pulled from stock presets, and stuff from the Tonenet faaaaar surpassed the AA with zero effort. And no more fizzy, digital clipping anymore!
For your next video, could you please try applying the same settings to the amp models?
i'll do my best! thanks for the suggestion! @michaeloyo4817
Thanks for the review, mate. I have the ToneX and it definitely gives you the sounds. However I recently got the Friedman IR-D, and I have to say that if you don't mind being limited to the tones it produces (almost Fender sounding clean, to Marshall JTM when cranked), not only you get the tones, but it feels alive like a real tube amp.
@christian_oz that's awesome! I'll have to check it out. Thew tonex has been awesome compared to the AA though, just getting a live sound dialed in that plays nice with pedals, especially high gain drives is proving to be a bit difficult. Any tips?
@@andrew_walker_music are you using a FRFR or a power amp + guitar speaker live? I find that with a guitar amp, you turn it on and you get a sound. Even though it's limited, it is a good sound. With modellers you are presented with a plethora of options, but you tweak and tweak and you are never entirely happy.
Maybe I'm just missing something, or you can only achieve utopia if you invest in an AxeFX or similar.
@christian_oz we predominantly use amps live, back line, and never really have an issue pulling as tone quickly. The tonex will be used in a fly rig for upcoming dates when we're on in ears. I can get low gain pedals like the blues breaker and timmy to play nicely with an amalgam benson amp, but for the life of me i'm finding it hard to make an amp work for higher gain pedals. this is only a problem live as i want to use pedals instead of changing presets mid song. in a recording i'd just use a higher gain preset and not use pedals
As far as making it more natural feeling, i've read placing the compressor post and setting it pretty subtle emulates to "give" in a compressing tube amp, and it does "feel" a bit more realistic.
I am loving the pedal, and as you said, its a tweakathon, but i'm determined to get it to work for me.
I really didn't know which one I should buy. Now I will go for the Tonex One. Thanks.
@tiagopeggau6256 depending on your needs make sure you have a look at the tonex pedal, the big one. It's more money but if it does what you need I'd think about getting that instead. It all comes down to what you require, and how you intend to use it.
@andrew_walker_music I just need a Princeton simulation with some reverb. I think the Tonex One is just perfect.
@tiagopeggau6256 it absolutely is! And instead of being stuck with one model of a Princeton like on the AA, the TX1 gives you hundreds of different rigs recorded with different signal paths
I've got nux amp academy and tonex, honestly there is no comparison between those as tonex is far superior than nux imho.
@kshitizd707 you are 100% right! I've had the AA for about 2 years, and have created sounds with paid-for IR's that i thought sounded good, until I got the Tonex. The tones I pulled from stock presets, and stuff from the Tonenet faaaaar surpassed the AA with zero effort. And no more fizzy, digital clipping anymore!
@andrew_walker_music I've wasted so much money buying ir's to make AA sound good but it was a total failure.
@kshitizd707 shame though. The AA had the opportunity to be something great, but lack of support and too many quirks let it down.