NUX Tape Echo - Great or Garbage?

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00:00 - Intro
01:01 - Slapback
02:15 - Rhythmic Echoes
03:10 - Saturation, Wow & Flutter
05:12 - Multi-head Echoes
06:03 - Filth
08:22 - Comparisons with Similar Products?

[@svenzia]

Much fun to be had with this pedal :) Thanks Leon!

[@ZAYAZOfficial]

I think we can all agree that if Leon plugged into a cereal box he could make it sound good 🎸🤘

[@LeonTodd]

Don't give me ideas :p

[@bryantwalley]

An most likely make the cereal taste better...

[@lewisbeeman]

I just got this NUX pedal. And personally I love it. It fills a need that I have really really well and wasn’t 400 bucks. Which is a huge bonus.

[@gianthonour]

Another cool little box, their Atlantic is a fab pedal too 👍

[@sandyturner1911]

This sounds like a perfectly good version of the thing it's replicating. At half the price. That Strat does sound great, too! Thanks!

[@seanantley1965]

I really dig it!!! I own 3 NuX pedals and their MG-300 floor processor. I’ve been pretty impressed with their products ESPECIALLY what you get for the money!!!

[@LeonTodd]

Pretty much unbeatable at their price point IMO. Hope you're well mate!

[@Imokyourok440]

I just got an mg300 and I’m very impressed. The amp models are close enough to the real thing to impress the women I date, so it’s all good😎

[@olavguitar8337]

That‘s a great delay Pedal! It sounds killer and has so many really, really practical options. I like it more than My Boss Space Echo.

[@Danthehorse]

Lovely playing Leon.

[@LeonTodd]

thanks mate!

[@yanossnicklefritz7064]

I think it sounds pretty good doing what it does.

[@peterharvin2775]

Nice analog "glitchiness" to the tone. Very nice with filth.

[@LeonTodd]

Definition of "warm"

[@martinmaccauley]

I landed here quite by delightful accident. I bought my NDD-7 after seeing & hearing it demoed by Brett Kingman over on his channel. Free postage to addresses here in Australia & too good to pass on. I'm still trying to figure out how to unlock it's secrets and thoroughly enjoyed your video Leon. Subbed.

[@johnnytwo-shoes9798]

Does it have a tails/trails option like the smaller unit? Would be great to be able to turn it off and have the remaining trails finish off smoothly rather than cut off ubruptly.

[@codedognz]

I've been trying to find out if this pedal can do multi-head echoes in mono. Hoping to find out this info before I buy the pedal.

[@zoomosis]

It's interesting how much NUX pedals overlap. The MG-30 an MG-300 also have tape delay effects - though it's not clear if any advanced features are available on those, ie. wow/flutter/saturation or multi-head controls. The online PDF manual for the MG-30 in particular is really incomplete - it has only 12 pages in English. For a AUD$400 pedal that's really disappointing. There's also the Tape Core as you mentioned, which does seem to have a few multi-head options, and there are also older (probably discontinued?) pedals like the Time Core Deluxe and Time Force that both have tape delays but the settings are more limited. We are spoiled for choice but often due to poor documentation it's not obvious what choices are available, so unless you've bought those pedals already and have them in front of you it can be frustrating making comparisons. Of course this doesn't just apply to NUX.

[@binface9]

Leon could play through a dumpster and it still wouldn't be garbage.

[@OfficialRaddeck]

Would this type of delay work for creating ambient, atmospheric soundscapes?

[@LeonTodd]

Sure

[@EasyHeat]

NUX Amp Academy just hit the states... Ahhh yeah! Ha! BTW?! What did you do to your hair mate?!! I looks fantastic!! : )

[@LeonTodd]

I'm super keen to check that unit out! Wash day!

[@EasyHeat]

@@LeonTodd Herbal Essence? LMAO! Cheers! Ha!

[@ianfurqueron5850]

You make the pedal sound great, but I think that Strat is my favorite of your guitars. It sends me off to Reverb looking for one... some day...

[@LeonTodd]

Those Suhr ML pickups transformed it!

[@ianfurqueron5850]

@@LeonTodd oh yeah, a set of those would be going in immediately.

[@gerryrayner1858]

Is there a specific cable you need to get into the software

[@LeonTodd]

USB

[@gerryrayner1858]

Ok I tried that but I don’t know how to find the app to get into it

[@mtguitar5150]

I just don't get the fixation on delays, it's not like reverbs, you can easily get away with a garbage delay as long as works, isn't another word for a bad sounding delay "vintage" or "tape"

[@LeonTodd]

One man's mud is another man's clay I guess

[@JPMonstie]

Not really.

[@davidbrassard9125]

Some of us dosent want to easily get away

[@Turbo-D]

my experience with nux is just like, sound good, build quality very bad sometimes..cheers

[@JPMonstie]

NUX have missed a beat. This pedal seems non-existent everywhere, meanwhile the Boss RE-202 is selling for around $700 which is just insane. NUX could be killing it with sales if not for lack of supply. Why promote a pedal and not make it available?

[@Lael128]

One thing that still keeps me away from nuX is reliability. Just can’t trust it live.

[@in.der.welt.sein.]

I've had my Atlantic for about 3 years now and it's been reliable.

[@Lael128]

@@in.der.welt.sein. to be fair, mine was one of their earliest pedals.

[@in.der.welt.sein.]

@@Lael128 yeah, it might be hit or miss. The only pedal company I've had bad luck with is donner.

[@gavincurleycork]

Is it the tape echo you are talking about? I'm looking into getting one of them but I'm not sure if it's worth the cheap price they are going for.. what pedal acted up for you out of interest? ​@@in.der.welt.sein.