HOW?! The IK Multimedia TONEX ONE!

Today we dive into the all-new and very small TONEX ONE from IK Multimedia!
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Start
0:17 - Intro
0:51 - Disclosure
1:03 - What Is It?
1:42 - First Impressions
2:36 - Features
3:01 - The Modes
4:05 - Additional Features
4:46 - Full Mix Example
5:34 - Playthrough Setup
6:00 - Walkthrough
15:26 - Wrap Up
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[@karmaandkerosene2885]

I guess today is the day of 500 Tonex videos.

[@Dobis86]

It's almost like every yt shill is shilling the same shit

[@Nestorglass]

How is anybody still surprised, its literally how gear advertising has worked for the last 10 years on KZbin 😆

[@Ottophil]

Its almost as if you think youtube should just randomly make videos about whatever random gear they want to? That wouldnt make much sense for the industry

[@AMPR45]

I love when a new product is released and all the KZbinrs have to out-thumbnail each other

[@denverrandy7143]

Lol no shit... Honestly,only ones i care about are Fluffs and Olas though.👍

[@FuzzWoof]

Basically all they need to do now is release a "ToneX Pro" unit with comprehensive effects and IK will just absolutely rule the digital guitar market.

[@Javier-qk7ms]

Or create one with multiple FX in a single unit, like a quality Zoom 70CDR. That I would be interested to get.

[@capoman1]

I've read in comments that the ToneXX is coming with all that, no kidding. Hopefully they'll improve the software though, it's kinda wonky for adjusting presets.

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

I believe the Tom Sholtz Soloist my dad got me for Christmas in 1986 was $300-plus dollars. I could play clean, crunch, or distortion, with echo and/or chorus for effects. I’m floored by stuff like this.

[@jorgefernando9306]

They killed all the mooer mini preamp pedals with just one single pedal.

[@booobthruster3000]

I didn't even think about this, holy shit you might actually be right on that one!

[@DevonVanNote]

The tech in guitar is getting so good it's INSANE. Imagine picking up guitar for the first time now and having this!? So dope. Great video!

[@Panasonicy0uth]

I remember spending an entire Summer working when I was a teenager just to afford my first Marshall head, but now comparable (or even equivalent) performance is available at a fraction of the price. We’re truly living in the golden age of guitar technology.

[@euro51116]

@@Panasonicy0uth Yeah its insane. Though luckily for amp and effect pedal companies, guitar players are a finicky and esoteric bunch of gear heads who will never be satisfied. I remember the line 6 pod blowing my mind but hating how unserious it felt using it lol

[@MotoMatt418]

That’s me. I’m picking it back up (about a year in now) from dreams as a young kid being able to play. Had a 90s Ibanez with a beginner amp back in the day. All this tech is so badass.

[@Jayrawk]

Damn you A.I. It's getting more and more difficult to convince my back to haul around a tube amp and 4x12 cab.

[@melihgurkan5451]

Fluff is by far the best in this type of product videos...Horns up Fluff !!!

[@xcvc777]

Thank you for the video. I've watched a few videos about Tonex One, but your walkthrough was particularly helpful because it included a tutorial. That's why I liked your video the most.

[@monkeyrater]

This is the clearest explanation of the tonex one. Ive tried to watch other videos on it and I have no idea what theyre talking about.

[@StudioAmpCaptures]

Great review! Sounds awesome.

[@Gearhart_Music]

absolute game changer. Damn I'm impressed.

[@maximilianosantana5696]

just watched the one Ola did. This tiny thing is amazing

[@JoeFic9997]

This really is nuts! I can think of 10 setups that would cover just about everything! 2 clean setups, 2 crunch setups, 2 high gain setups, 2 ambient setups and 2 shoegaze setups!

[@VanjaSpirin]

Clearly, I would/will use one hard pushed JCB 800 and one pushed 5150. As I do now with a NAM. And green Tube screamer. And that's it. All the sounds I need.

[@JamieSlays]

This is so good. Epic pedal

[@gregrandallbtsr03]

Wow. Amazing tech. Thanks Fluff. Peace

[@CarlGtSmith]

TONEX ONE is nice! Guitar processors can make a big difference in sound depending on the CAB IR you use. actually there are many IR products on the market, but I think DYNAX IR has the best sound. As stated in their product description, DYNAX IR is really fast. When using IRs, the pick attack is sometimes delayed, and it is difficult to add picking nuances, but their IR prevents all of that. It's revolutionary!

[@dvscool]

Just ordered. At the very least, this is a perfect backup to my Helix. Maybe replace it eventually?

[@makeperceive]

It's a TRS output (stereo/mono) but it's an unbalanced instrument-level signal so you cant send it straight to FOH. you will still need a DI to convert to balanced line-level

[@lolwithme36dd]

Hi.. forgive me and my ignorance but what is an FOH? Thanks 🙏

[@MeTuLHeD]

Double dawg dang dewd!

[@jimbo121]

this product will just sell itself by being so good.

[@TribalGuitars]

Nice! I still want the bigger pedal but that's pretty damn cool! Now if they had a trigger pedal for cheap that let me access a couple more things with my foot, instead of having to kneel down ( listening to my body sound like a bowl of Rice Krispies ) and fiddle around, that would do very nicely.

[@walterwestermeier2129]

wow...to play at home you recommend monitors or frfr with this pedal?

[@sonofdirt]

Is there any MIDI control available via USB? Switching & parameter CC's would be sick to setup scenes etc

[@dustinsmith8658]

Welcome to the future of performance! There is going to be so much more room on stage for ambience / atmosphere now

[@johnmacdonald3649]

More than twenty years ago I bought my first amp sim. It was a cheap Digitech rp50. I told my tube amp snob buddies that amps would soon be a thing of the past. They laughed. Now I laugh.😂

[@tah5w]

Awesome video man. The only improvement that I would surely welcome is a gate with downward extention multiband denoising- like the Bertom denoiser. Some of the high-gain Tone models are quiet with the current gate when not playing, but tend to allow a lot of noise and hiss through while playing. I've found the Bertom denoiser ridiculously helpful for in DAW studio recording, but when I play live with Tonex pedal I find room for improvement. Helix has a better gate imo. Outside of this aspect, Tonex is king!

[@MrJingles021]

I wish Line 6 would release something like this for the Helix models. I prefer the idea of using models more than profiles.

[@religionoffreedom]

This will be great for use with an acoustic amp.

[@steveeckert8396]

I've got the ToneX amp and love it. To be honest, if you can afford it, spend the extra money on the full version😬😬

[@SxSxG666]

When you turn the tone knops with sound A do you also alter sound B? How does the gain knob work? I guess it's global?

[@digiscream]

The beauty of this is that, for the price of a decent drive pedal, you can integrate unobtainium gear into your rig. I've never really wanted the hassle of dealing with a Kemper or Quad Cortex, and I've gone off the idea of mucking around with rack gear, but I still really want ADA MP-1 and (original) Soldano X88R tones in my setup. Well, bingo.

[@TOadamus]

I just want to play some nirvana will this do the trick ?

[@theouterplanet]

The future ToneXXX will come with a 70’s wah

[@charlesestrada4139]

Can you do tone captures of amps with this device or do you need other hardware?

[@Keverember]

Man, if you would have showed me this 15 years ago when I was 14 and making patches on my kidney bean Line 6 Pod, my mind would have exploded

[@RiffsAndBeards]

Dude RIGHT?

[@ArjanSnijder]

If this stuff was made in that age it probably would have costed a kidney. The line six days where fun....but rough.

[@Shawnpo76]

Man I was really considering picking this up until I watch this video, there's no way I'm going to spend this much time looking at tones instead of just playing my guitar. I saw another guy who said after 3 days he had 20 great presets that he really liked. 3 days are you kidding me? Do you know how much I could have written on my guitar in that time, what I have works good for me I'll pick up another pedal here and there but this is too much for me personally

[@bennyvanderven]

am I also able to load a download a..for example a pitch shifter into this pedal? or only tonex models?

[@capoman1]

I've read that the Tone XX is coming with fx.

[@latenight5865]

@latenight5865 0초 전 Thank you very much for this video! I am thinking about buying this for my semi acoustic bass to imitate upright bass tone as much as possible, utilizing 3rd party ir from double bass, and reverb & eq. I was wondering if I could blend dry signal through Tonex one for more natural sound. Is it possible with tonex one software?

[@JaviyPilar]

Hi. My dream is to have a Bogner Fish but it's impossible (as you probably know). Could I use ToneX One as a preamp with modeled Bogner Fish? Thank you. Best regards from Spain

[@Alex_Martz]

I hope they release soon the "ToneX GO", the portable headphone amp that'll compete with Katana Go, Fender Mustang Micro and NUX MP3 😃

[@capoman1]

Yep me too.

[@HeathWatts]

Would love to have it with Bluetooth so it can connect with a KZbin backing track.

[@alemtalic5535]

Could I use it straight into an audio interface, and play/record it

[@davessparetime83]

They could make it standard pedal size with modulation section added

[@capoman1]

I really wish they'd add a bluetooth companion app for both ToneX products. Just way more convenient to adjust and browse presets.

[@TheOligoclonalBand]

I saw the second video now after HP42 and you both specifically mention the tuner. By the way, in Germany, this is 200 Euros. This is a no brainer

[@joshuakincheloe]

Really wish it had mini midi jacks

[@limesplays2420]

At $180 this is nuts, crazy good value

[@algleymi24]

If you know folks with any Verellen Amps... You should make some captures of them. Need me a Meatsmoke and Skyhammer.

[@mati-fena]

So I don’t need a di box after this to go to foh mixer?

[@Michael-xr9zw]

Damn this is the random impulse decision of my life lol Ordered two

[@shemmy_shemz]

Can Acoustic IR's be used on this as well? Does anyone think it would be good?

[@JimmyKay1976]

How's it sound in front of an amplifier?

[@paulcanz]

Ok so it works as an A & B amp model select or a stomp on and off and that’s the bypassing, I was just curious if you could bypass in the A & B mode . But apparently that’s a no no .

[@RiffsAndBeards]

Nope

[@ooinvsaoo]

Does it have bass sounds?

[@psc502]

Pair it with a pod Express and you've got a great fly rig I've got the tonex pedal and an HX Stomp and they work great together but these could be powered just buy batteries both together that's your complete rig

[@theouterplanet]

Is there a Rockman preset for this you can download?

[@renanCaguioa]

Can this be connected to a MIDI controller?

[@KreativeDevices]

🔥

[@alexanderlumberjack]

I kinda want one

[@gibs8412]

I am waiting on mine, 2 week expected

[@capoman1]

Wish they had this for $99, great gift for kids at that price.

[@HoshiFanatic]

My first guitar amp was a shitty 10inch marshall combo, times have changed.

[@ajelltone7320]

Pretty soon you can have all the tones in the Tonex One on an apple watch with a preamp that receives the bluetooth signal plugged into a cab or the house and there ya go. Watch tone they call it ... 😆

[@JoeFic9997]

EHX should learn from this! The Oceans 3 is a disappointing small version of the Oceans 11

[@myhapylife]

where to go from this? All that tech in guitar volume knob :D

[@capoman1]

ToneX GO like Katana GO, for $100.

[@glenncannonandthedamagedon7926]

Man, these days creating a ‘fly’ rig has been a real challenge for me. I change it up after each trip as I still use my pedal board, but am looking for a great amp replacement. I think I just found my solution. Thanks as always for the killer content Ryan 🤟🤟🤟 much love man

[@jimfischer5670]

According to the IK website they are $179. That is damn cheap for what it does.

[@religionoffreedom]

If you have enough jam points, you can get it for $125 plus tax and shipping.

[@geezberry8889]

does it have reverb?

[@RiffsAndBeards]

Yep

[@chrisbain1894]

Is this comparable to a Boss IR-2?

[@JohnWiku]

Wouldn't this be WAY better? You have amps and cabs separately if you want!

[@Slayer821]

@@JohnWiku Plus any pedal you want to have.OD, Distortion, etc.

[@PaulIsbell]

We are living in the future.

[@hybrydsanity5857]

can you bypass it ? i see that the button that changes the channel and turns on the tuner also says bypass but you didn't try it as a bypass

[@RiffsAndBeards]

I literally explain the two modes my guy.

[@valentino_vamos]

I think those sponsored videos are less strong if all youtubers review the same thing in 48 hours. Nevertheless it's a cool gadget!

[@carlosjhd93]

Hi! Can I use this connected on a Spider V amp in clean sound??thanks!

[@matthewbinebrink6596]

So there's no way to manually scroll through presets? You're limited to an A and a B tone unless you have a computer hooked up? 😐

[@capoman1]

There is a preset scroll mode, you can cycle through all 20 with a knobs and the light color will change with each preset, you define the colors in software.... But with no screen or companion app, you might not know what preset you're using... But for stomp mode if you had like 3 overdrive pedals it would be fine.

[@carpediem4413]

No midi .. 😢 damn

[@MattW4319]

Still waiting for new gear that someone says, “it sucks,” lol maybe that was the fender tone master lol

[@RiffsAndBeards]

I mean if I thought that I wouldn't make a video about. Why waste the time?

[@MattW4319]

@@RiffsAndBeards because it would be funny. And it would truly be an honest review. I believe a lot of us that has watched all the videos when something new has come out, went and bought the product because of said video, then was very underwhelmed. That’s a waste of time. Ir-x comes to my mind first in that category.

[@barry3045]

Cool. No idea what this does 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@JeremiahMcGowan]

What’s up Fluff

[@Stereo_mike]

If only it was stereo in . So very close

[@voodoogcarlos4393]

It's just standing there.....MENACINGLY

[@Leo_Fender]

That dr Z tone sounds heinous….

[@capoman1]

Crazy this comes with a tuner and the ToneX doesn't.

[@horstzankl5709]

I do not even use the ToneX models of my own gear, if I can use the real amps and pedals instead, as the differences are much too big and audible for me, so why should I then need such a pedal?

[@RiffsAndBeards]

You probably don’t.

[@capoman1]

Obviously you don't NEED it. But you could use it for quiet or headphone practice. You can access a gazillion online amps. And you could have multiple stomp overdrive and try a ton online.

[@horstzankl5709]

​@@capoman1 I could, of course, but what for, if I have already some thousand self modeled ToneX files on my computer - and on ToneNet - mostly from rare, self modded or rather unusal tube gear, which I hardly ever use by myself, because I prefer using the real gear instead? Both never sound the same and this is my point. Not for recording, much less for live gigging. But ok, I have access to this gear, others maybe have not, this I understand, on the other hand there also were times, when guitar players and one or two guitars and one or two amps and wrote, played and created even today iconic songs, while today every student has acces to tons of - well - more or less great sound and tool, but you hardly hear any iconic, innovative, unique music today, at least I hardly do. In my opinion ToneX has to be improved a lot, before it really is usable for live gigging, as it is, it still is worlds apart from the necessary quality and authenticity level. It's a nice tool, but still rather on bedroom toy than professional level, at least for me. Still only some Kemper for the poor for me, although I also would not want to use the Kemper system insetad of my real tube amps. But of course you can call me old-school concerning this. I am in fact, at least old, so who cares....

[@capoman1]

@@horstzankl5709 I don't gig and mainly tinker at home. And to me, I've been happy (not being a gearhead) to tinker with modeler vst's, mostly just to see what's possible and how things have advanced, and to use to jam along with and learn songs.... So NONE of these pedals are for me lol! I have way more flexibility recording into daw the line in, and being to tweak or change the amp after recording.. I can't see any of these pedals being better than plugins for recording, only for jamming and gigging live. So I feel you. I think the plugin and modeler tech is a buzz thing now, and doesn't much appeals to truly good gigging or recording musicians. I mean Kemper and Axe fx have many pros using them full time, but not all these others... About the only gear channel I see that features AN ACTUAL top notch gigging musician is Ola. And he WILL NEVER use any of the gear he demoes on an album or live lol... Mostly I think we're entertained by the tech, and many are gearheads instead of real musicians. No offense to anyone. But NEARLY EVERY gear channel I watch, for example Anderton's, but tons of them out there, they have a WALL of guitars for decoration, and a huge wall of amps same way.... Then when they actually play the guitar to demo gear, THEY ARE AWFUL players and sound like they're still in their first year of playing. I had better chops than them at age 15 playing through just a Bandit 112. I wanna criticize them cause it seems ridiculous they don't improve their chops when this is their business and full time gig. Sad.

[@horstzankl5709]

​@@capoman1 I think,understand your arguing, although I do not share all your opinions. But, what I especially with the ToneX campaign have noticed even more than ever before, is, that KZbin more and more becomes an advertising only platform or it's AI systems and algorithms more and more make it to one. Which for me will be the reason, not to use it as often in the future, I think. I have sometimes seen excellent demos - or shall I say prepaid adversting - for several products, but if I ordered them, a lot of them became instant returns, because they sounded completely different in reality. Not always, some things things really worked and sounded as I expected it, but a lot also did not. But for me, if I look for reliable, neutral, really professional, qualified reviews KZbin meanhwile became not the righ address. Sell gear, make money, the rest is unimportant.... ...this idea in general I dislike. Quality and real competence are missing for me a lot meanwhile. The other thing is, if you are a successful professional musician, have written, released and played some iconic songs, you hardly will spend your time with relasing KZbin demos. So the so called "pros" here more or less are unsucessful in reality and with their own music, at least this is my impression, so they had to find a new field to earn some money. More or less successful. Or as a joke says: "What are you doing?" "I'm an influencer." "Oh great, I can't do anything either." ;-)

[@JoshuaMRichard]

Uhh yeah it's about average thanks.

[@Dmeador]

Oh you should hold up your pinky a little bit higher. Lol

[@tdchewy]

You can do the same thing with any of the positive grid spark products. Plus it's an amp. starting at $120

[@capoman1]

But you don't get the tone net library.

[@tdchewy]

@@capoman1 You do actually, they just call it tonecloud

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Gear Tube unites to flog the Tonex One. Lol.

[@RiffsAndBeards]

Stay mad my guy

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

@@RiffsAndBeards I’m not mad. You have to earn a living too. It’s just funny to get twenty notifications from everyone on the same morning for the same item.

[@protoolsfanatic7276]

If yall had a headrush prime, you would never need anything else (except a 4by12 and a mesa head). I may or may not be a headrush fanboy.😅.

[@crock2434]

All the guitar--tubers grasping for views with the same new products. it's almost like cable TV in the 90s .75 channels and nothing on...I do like the prospect of simulated acoustic into a Mesa boogie lead on the same stomp...

[@RiffsAndBeards]

Talks shit, still watches video.

[@crock2434]

@@RiffsAndBeards nothing else was worth watching my friend...and I ain't hating the game Playa....respect...

[@capoman1]

Just lamenting or observing. It's nothing against you Fluff.

[@musiccreation1198]

LOL..."under $300".. It's $180 !!!

[@erasmomoreno9460]

This right here is being peddled by every single KZbinr right now, which tells me that all of these guitarists are not guitarists anymore but salesmen now!

[@RiffsAndBeards]

I mean I guess I get it, not sure why you are so mad about it tho. Pretty to not watch the free content that you consume while pooping or are at work.

[@louaguado995]

Um...Fluff is a guitarist, he's recorded albums and went on tours. He even played guitar on the video, doesn't that make him a guitarist musician? 🙄

[@erasmomoreno9460]

@@louaguado995 sounds like you are defending you boyfriend, lol.

[@smokinguns]

feeling bamboozled by the same 20 guys on youtube that will sell anything for views. i'm sure it's a me problem, but all amps high gain amps are too thin and noisey. i would love to knwo the additional processing is being done to demo this pedal. i wasn't expecting miracles, i was just hoping it would be useful for something other than a paper weight.

[@TomClarkSouthLondon]

Sounds as bad as blackstar v4 amps😢

[@kryptomiadeathmetalizer8628]

Shut up , I don't have money

[@uweborsch1946]

That's not an entire setup at all. It leaves amplification, monitoring and p. a. completely to others. All you have left is a flimsy toy where you can't even read the display on stage and that you have to nail to the ground so it doesn't wander with you. May be good as a headphone amp.

[@capoman1]

Well that's all pedals, no amp or pa or monitors. That's standard.

[@aldersmoke1]

I don't care how much this pedal can do, it's useless live because if you can only access one sound with the footswitch while playing, that means it can only do one thing. Same issue all these option-laden pedals have: unless you're paying an extra guy to run it for you, you're not going to be able to utilize 99% of what it can do in a live situation.

[@rlm4471]

You can access two sounds with the footswitch. That would be enough for some players. I have done many gigs on a single channel amp with no pedals, and so have many other players.

[@aldersmoke1]

@@rlm4471 So you can access 2 sounds live. That makes everything else it can do irrelevant unless you plan to use it in the studio, in which case there are much better options. I also flat out don't trust a pedal that requires outside hardware like a phone or laptop to work.

[@DayBeforeTomorrow]

Seems very like a very convoluted system. I'm not impressed with the sound. It still sounds like software to me. I deleted Amplitube 4 & 5 because they sounded like bad software as well! I kept the Tonex software, but never use it. Nothing beats the sound of actual tube amps!

[@Nestorglass]

Good luck with your bad back and tube replacing😅

[@tdchewy]

Except literally everything digital. You old guys are too much

[@guitarf5]

Why do guitarists talk about their back hurting hauling their 4 12s? I have been using a 112 tube combo for years. I can get my tube tone, sound men are cool with it, and my back is fine. It’s really very simple

[@user-mg5lr4kv7g]

Pretty soon your whole rig will be on a thumb drive.How do amp manufacturers survive?

[@rlm4471]

Amp models are still designed to simulate real amps. Until that changes, people will still want the real thing.