Modeling/Digital prediction for 2025...

[@somedude1901]

If they made a ToneX floor board the size of a QC, with the same amount of footswitches + improved the software editor, it would outsell every other product by miles. Especially if they keep things cheaper, like they’ve been known to do.

[@nah3193]

Yea basically need to bridge the gap between the ToneX and QuadCortex, or just have Line6 get into captures and dominate

[@joaquin8637]

what about a flagship unit that is also a nam player? nam it's supposedly the one that captures more accurately

[@somedude1901]

@@joaquin8637 that would be sick

[@algorithm007ify]

They need to really improve the spring reverb...still not the greatest, even with the update.

[@youscreamiscream]

​@@joaquin8637it's called the Dimehead NAM player

[@777james777]

Helix only needs more power to run more intense effects and for updates , it doesn’t really need to be rebuilt , it’s works great the way is, don’t reinvent the wheel.

[@joshbittner]

I'd be thrilled if they re-made the Stomp XL with the 2 chips of the big units. Love the form factor, just could use a couple more blocks for patches I usually make

[@Guitar_jd-w8x]

I agree, I strongly suspect Tonex will release a game changing (yeah I said it) product to challenge modelers like Quad Cortex, Fractal, Kemper. I own a FM9 mkII Turbo, but I expect Tonex / IK Media to blow me away. Love your comments about NAM.

[@SenseiKreese]

I'm using a Helix, and I've been waiting for either Line 6 to come up with a good sequel coz this thing is ageing - or ToneX to make a bigger pedal, an all in one like a Helix/Pod Go. I was so annoyed when ToneX made that extra little thing, it's like - give us a big all in one pedal ffs.

[@davezoradi]

@@SenseiKreese totally makes sense to me why they didn’t go big. Race to the bottom and cheapest point of entry to get players who are interested in trying capture tech to get into their ecosystem before going big. I’ve always been interested in capture tech but was unwilling to make a $1200+ “try it” investment. I would’ve done the big Tonex but it was too big to fit on my board. I now have dual TX1s because the price of entry is so low and I can easily fit two on my board. But I will now pay the flagship price if they get the product right because I am now bought into their ecosystem.

[@vinthomas]

The Fender Tone Master Pro is exactly what you’re describing. All the fender amps, effects, and much more. It already exists, and it’s fantastic.

[@scottakam]

I think he is talking about a much smaller unit with just amps that you can put on a traditional pedal board.

[@blakeabernathy4051]

They never liked the Fender because they couldn’t make money on selling presets.

[@gr81dorn]

@@scottakam yeah the TMP is like 50lbs and huge. If they could get just the amps into a pedal the size of something like their two-botton pedals, that would be killer.

[@RyanWright]

Line6 is also probably the best as far as updating/ supporting their products. The Helix was great when I bought it years ago, and it has just gotten better and better as it goes.

[@Watchdog_UFOtestpilot]

Strymon Iridium is pretty well thought out and executed. Amp, cab, room. Being able to load tons of speaker, cab, mic(s) IR’s and it’s pretty hard to beat tactile UI combined with midi setup is just about perfect.

[@bootlegnjack]

Wait.... Tone Junkie finally doing more NAM stuff??? Your NAM captures are all I use. This man is excite.

[@youscreamiscream]

NAM is the BEST tech for digital amp replication

[@jburdsinfuse]

Friedman IR…amp, tubes, IR…does all the things and sounds amazing. Not a modeler, but still awesome and fits on my board.

[@BobGuido]

If Friedman does a Vox AC30TB [IR-V] I will be going that way.

[@justwinclassic]

Man what id love, is for Line6 to adopt Neural captures

[@dylanjastle]

Thank you for not doing paid ‘reviews’. Other spaces on the internet, like reviewing PC components as one example, do not tolerate paid ads being disguised as unbiased ‘reviews’. Disclosing when you were given a piece of gear for free on the condition of making a review video helps. Thank you for doing it how you do 🫡

[@ToneJunkieTV]

I’m glad you appreciate the transparency, I try to be as honest and straightforward as possible! 🫡

[@blueeyephil]

Wouldn't it be great if you could run NAM on Helix.

[@stevenpipes1555]

My gear prediction for 2025 is that the only way to afford gear will be to become an influencer and get gear for free. I predict that any gear i get this year will have to found at a flea market.

[@ToneJunkieTV]

Funny you say this because i am just about to shoot a video about Free gear and KZbin reviews.

[@AltPotus]

Mine too.

[@michaeldschutte]

I don't know. Gear prices are reasonably the same. Cost of living has gone up - so I guess there is just less expendable income. But honestly, even the top of the line units like Fractal FM9 and QC is cheaper than a valve amp and pedalboard

[@stevenpipes1555]

@michaeldschutte Fractal, Quad Cortex lmao! Dude I'm rocking a Peavy revolution and a Beringer bass amp. I got both of them for free from frustrated players who were sick of looking at them. When I say flea market I'm not joking.

[@RyanWright]

The software/ editor of the Tonex is literally my only complaint. The lack of "real time" editing with the app annoys me so much.

[@algorithm007ify]

Amen

[@Matt_on_life]

You know, the tone master amps have done very well, as well as the spark products. Combo devices still have a market. I’d LOVE a premium fractal combo. A 1x12 with full capabilities, a streamlined physical control panel, and Bluetooth connectivity with mobile app. I made a 1x12 combo with my powered kemper rack using the Kone, and the only reason I don’t love it is the fact that my fm3 sounds infinitely better to my ears. I’m gonna sell my Kemper stuff, and build a powered cab for my fm3. Any premium device with Integrated speaker and proper sends ect would be pretty kickass to me. Btw, the Kone in an oversized 1x12 (to fit the rack) sounds really great, I plan to use the Kone in my cab for the fractal. 😂

[@skrabio]

I think the coming BluGuitar unit will be a hidden gem.

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

Not sure it will come this year, and we don’t know if it will sound good without the true load of a real cab. For now amp1 doesn’t sound as good as Bluguitar’s KZbin videos because they always use a real cab. When using their load box only (with IR) it start to sound thin and dull, uncompressed, I fear the AmpX will be the same

[@vitaliistep]

Marshall is going to be present at this year NAMM after the 5 years break, so I bet you have some Tonemaster Pro from Marshall right now :)

[@ToneJunkieTV]

I hope so!! I will be stopping by there booth!

[@SerpentsBane1995]

@@ToneJunkieTV A few months back, KDH covered the new Marshall CEO strongly hinting that Marshall will try again and lean into the modeler segment of the market, and it's often suggested that they were not serious with their CODE series attempt (although the software was top-notch stuff from SoftTube, the official licensed amp sim plugin developer for Marshall, word is that they cheaped out on all the hardware components, which was a major contributor to them failing!) Can you cover this in a future video?

[@algorithm007ify]

The tonex editor is atrocious

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

No it’s not. You just have to learn how to use once, like all the other products.

[@oscarm4154]

It is pretty bad.

[@brianschultz]

It’s not the best but it’s usable once you spend some time with it. Just don’t expect to edit tones on the pedals in real time.

[@TheEnd-vn9rb]

If you take two minutes to fiddle with it, it’s not bad at all.

[@waffleshadow6840]

I returned the tone x one after spending a day trying to use their horrible user interface

[@nickrouse8426]

The body, neck, headstock is like a Strat. But the bridge and pickup configuration is like a 3 saddle Tele with a bridge humbucker like mine.

[@andrewpalmer1849]

Thanks HW👌🏿Great info! I'm really enjoying these daily sound bites on the industry & is great to hear a guitar veterans perspective 🙂 2025 will be interesting indeed

[@ToneJunkieTV]

My pleasure! Thanks dude!

[@willman100]

What about HeadRush. Seems like nobody talks about them, but they just released the Flex. I like the HeadRush gear. Maybe not the best out there, but it’s still alright.

[@juanvaldez5422]

So are the toneX one effects good? I saw the one on sale and considered if it could be a standalone effects pedal

[@pclindholm]

I think the effects are legit - great sounding, but limited. The editor is the only thing that sucks - very hard even on the computer

[@davezoradi]

Effects are good for a $180 pedal. But the TX1 will have zero way to control effects on the pedal. Big Tonex can use presets with an amp and different sounds and then controlled by midi. So if you want the effects to be the “always on” then it’s fantastic solution.

[@mheberling5939]

What is capture tech?

[@Rummy73]

The fact that we need something new every six to twelve months is a sad statement about the pursuit of novelty over improving as a musician.

[@cliffdykes1171]

If you are a Fender fan the Fender Cyber Twin is a staple for all of their amps from tweed to modern. I love it.

[@robertbrown2728]

Please persuade IK to make the Tonex software easier to navigate for newbies. 🙂

[@waffleshadow6840]

Literally the worst user interface ever

[@BobGuido]

Stereo amps (amp-in-a-pedal) products will increase in numbers. Stereo is here.

[@2550marshall]

My Prediction: Fractal is going to say, "Here, hold my beer."

[@deskducker]

AI capture tech. Build off tone matching.

[@youscreamiscream]

Fractal is a dinosaur. Cliff is nothing more than a ripoff artist making overpriced junk for douchers

[@UseTheSupeRsonic]

I really do hope Line 6 comes out with the Helix II this year...they are at NAMM this year so it'd be strange to not unveil SOMETHING significant. I love the crap out of my Helix floor, but the issue you run into is with resources. If you do a dual-amp setup, you don't have any processing power left for effects in the front-end. For what I do, I need the comfort of knowing I can have an octave pedal, a whammy and two modulations up front in the chain. Another issue the Helix has is with Snapshots (particularly for us high-gain guys): If I want to create a full setup, I have to use two amp blocks for the whole preset, which consumes pretty much all the processing: one for your cleans and another for your dirty stuff. Guys like me who like using snapshots, want to be able to use different channels of an amp and process them independently in each scene so that we aren't burning up resources having blocks we're not even using in that snapshot. Each snapshot needs to allow us a totally clean slate for us to build on, as it is with the Axe Fx and their "channel" feature. NAM is awesome, and what I like about captures is that you can get the amps you want right away and people have been doing a great job of throwing us the ones we really want. The wild, the expensive, the rare. Still not much for Hughes and Kettner stuff though, at least not JUST the amp, which leads me to the major DOWNSIDE of captures: please don’t capture the whole rig without ALSO capturing just the amp by itself…no drives, NOTHING. Full rig captures usually suck ass, as do ones with drives on them!

[@deanmccaskill5495]

So hi. Me again. Thanks for that reply. If I want to dip my toe into this world could you recommend the kit I would need to get started? Not necessarily budget but you know, I don’t want to jump in with a 5 K investment. ( still have some custom shop Les Pauls and Strats to buy this year haha) anyway like something I could start with and update or build on if I stay interested. I do have a couple Tonemaster amps which I like. I’m not talking about that. I think you know what I’m talking about anyways. Thanks

[@vinniesworld459]

While I'm hyped to see what new devices will be released, to be completely honest, nowadays I base my purchasing decisions on which units creators like yourself and other third party providers support. I think the digital space is really one that relies a lot on creators and the community (whether for profit or otherwise) because a lot of us don't have access to a gazillion amps and out-of-production analog devices.

[@gr81dorn]

"i think of it as a tele" then plays a buncha strat style riffs the whole time. I think if it looks and feels like a strat, you subconciously play it like a strat, despite that bridge/pickup

[@vitaliistep]

As to Kemper there hasn't been really any new hardware from them starting from 2011. It's the same old $47 Motorola DSP chip in all of them: Head, Rack, Stage and Player :) They might be out of business soon, if they don't release something good this year.

[@mofateam1]

thats BS. you dońt play a dsp chip. from 2011 on till today they constantly updated and refined their product line free of charge. show me other companies in the digital realm who do that. so they are the opposite of planned obsolescence and thats a good thing. btw UA haven´t updated their 48€ SHARC 2136x dsp since 2004.

[@alexdenton6586]

I’d love for the new Line 6 Catalyst to come out soon. I don’t want to bother with pedals and FRFR setups to go fully digital. They update it every year, don’t they?

[@DigitalChemistryBand]

Helix finally replaced my Chameleon as the fastest patch switching processor... snapshot mode is everything... 0 latency switching... have had line 6 since the kidney pod... gotten better every unit I've used since.

[@nomad100hd]

IDK, those UA pedals lack necessary features like MIDI.

[@jesseleon4501]

I still feel like I have no idea who you are, but I’ve gotta hear what you say as soon as you say it. It kinda scratches my itch to go to the guitar store.

[@ToneJunkieTV]

Hahaha, I too like hanging out in guitar stores…. Which is probably why my studio looks like one!

[@timwoodruff]

You know what really surprised me was the quality of the Zoom G1xfour. I bought mine 2-3 years ago, because I was on a budget, and it's actually exceeded my expectations. The tones out of the box aren't great, but I've been able to build a cool set of presets that are pretty incredible. I've used it on a lot of my recordings. It's come a long way from the early units

[@DanAddison]

right?! So underrated and I think it's purely because it doesn't look cool or cost much. I have the one without the expression pedal, and for about £85 new it is an absolute no-brainer for a) beginners, to experiment with effects and practise with the looper, b) damn near any gigging guitarist as purely an emergency backup rig, no matter how complex their set is, because the Zoom is a dirt cheap tiny lightweight battery powered thing that will get them close enough in a pinch, and c) solo artists like me whose stage rig is about simplicity (ie usually just a good amp with good reverb and a tuner + maybe a looper) because we really do not NEED anything more than what the Zoom offers. Use the thousands you save on other gear to pay for gig tickets to get inspiration and memories.

[@christianfilouler]

Cool video, but what would you currently recommend for 2025 if someone wants to get a modeler now? Helix Floor, Kemper, QC, or FM9? greetings from Germany

[@ToneJunkieTV]

Depending on what you are looking for I terms of size and need the answer would be different. If you have a pedalboard… kemper or tonex, If you want all in one kemper stage or QC

[@WinItReigns]

GT 1000 and a UA ox stomp

[@cliffdykes1171]

You have a great channel and your sound is excellent

[@Kevinjames0976]

Thanks for the video updates, I just picked up the white limited edition ToneX and really I am happy with the pedal just for the Amps and use it primarily for that, and run all my pedal FX integrated on my board.. it’s great!

[@thecalv10]

I’m hoping tonex will release something about the size of the nano cortex that is capable of running 2 captures in stereo, and that also allows the two foot switches to be used to bypass effects. For people with pedalboards, that is a perfect product in my opinion. As a fractal fan, I don’t expect much with the recent release of the vp4. Would be cool to see them do a small form factor amp modeler. They don’t really seem to be interested however. If they would implement capture tech, they would be best in class pretty easily to me. I also don’t expect that to happen.

[@vitaliistep]

@@thecalv10 as far as I know Cliff thinks that capturing is an inferior approach in comparison to modelling, with a lot of downsides (high aliasing is one of them), so I guess it will never happen. Their Tone Match feature on Axe Fx gets you pretty close already tonally to any specific amp.

[@thecalv10]

@ yeah, that is what I have read as well. I actually get his point of view to an extent. It really muddies the waters because anyone can throw a mic in from of an amp and capture it, so you get a lot of subpar sounds. My biggest thing though is I like capture tech to purchase amps that are not currently modeled, from high quality sources like tonejunkie and others. I also really like modeling for its flexibility and I think the axe-fx models are very accurate. I have settled on a FM3 with a tonex in the loop for now, which gives me the best of both worlds, but definitely harder to manage than if there was something native to the fractal stuff.

[@vitaliistep]

@@thecalv10 I think the capturing will really deliver, when they will start to do multiple captures and then combine them into one profile, so it would be like a symbiosis of modelling and capturing. At the moment all of the devices that do capturing (QC, Kemper, Tonex, NAM) can fool you in sounding very close to original amps as long as you are close dynamically to a specific volume. When you roll off guitar volume or start to play with wide dynamics or boost the level a bit, they all sound ok, but nothing like the amps they captured. The modelling devices like Fractal or Helix even so may be lacking some small nuances in distortion right now are much more successful in covering the wide dynamic range (and reaction to different frequency ranges (different pedals and guitars) within it) convincingly and have a much more authentic feel/sound overall this way.

[@vitaliistep]

But again, producing combined profiles would be very time consuming, so I doubt it will ever happen with the current approach and I guess we need some brand new capturing technology for that :) Hence the component modelling has a brighter future currently, as its realism is mostly restricted by DSP performance right now I think

[@youscreamiscream]

​​@@vitaliistepthat's why ultimately, Fractal will be relegated to the dust bin of product. The accuracy of NAM is unsurpassed. In addition, NAM will never be obsolete as it's open sourced. Aliasing really isn't an issue with high resolution captures. Even with standard captures, aliasing isn't an issue. NAM crushes "modeling" for realism

[@johnfitzgerald1055]

I’d love to see one of these companies make a flagship floorboard with knob per function and limited menu diving. Like a juiced up boss ME-80. I can see UA, Strymon, Walrus Audio, or IK Mulimedia creating making the “Nord of guitar modelers”

[@vaughanmacegan4012]

If ToneX released a proper floor unit which a bunch, and I mean a bunch of FX, that had enough DSP for 10 FX at a time being whatever you want on the unit, like if you want - eg 3 chorus pedals or 3 delays , 2 overdrives, 10 ambient, 5 pre/5post, whatever you got it - load up ToneX profiles, with a *PROPER* editor, I would buy it yesterday! It doesn't have to be cheap or have the greatest FX just functional. I know I live in fairyland but I like living there, come join me :) As it stands it looks like I will have to go TMP

[@benriddelluk]

“I’ve got a few things at home that I’m not going to talk about/give hints away” then non-talks about Fractal for a nanosecond before moving on 🤔😂 Still love my Helix Rack, just waiting on a couple of new amps & effects I personally like to have

[@ToneJunkieTV]

@@benriddelluk haha good catch, that does look suspicious… I have no relationship with fractal so I wouldn’t have anything beforehand from them.

[@benriddelluk]

@ it’s all good, I couldn’t resist commenting 😁

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

My predictions : 1-No new product : Kemper/Fractal/Line6 Not adopting neural network capture tech because they don’t know how to and NAM is demanding too much powerful cpu (costly, but also unavailable in ARM form for small batches, only for phone markets) 2- new innovative plugins using capture from new brands in this market 3- No new Fender product 4- A new NAM pedal from the dude of GigFast app 5- new Chinese products, maybe some light NAM loader (not standard mode unfortunately) Keep in mind kemper is only surviving on its reputation, fractal doesn’t have enough money to invest in new era (basically FAS is running because of Cliff writing all the important code by hand, to recreate amps, took years to build their digital amp collection!) and Yamaha won’t kill helix as it is, but keep upgrading (a new flagship PODuct is also very expensive) BUT we may see some sexy new stuff from UAFX, maybe a 2k flagship product. NDSP won’t doing anything new, it took years to make the nanocortex, maybe some new upgrade with drive/comp block in front but no new hardware. Maybe they could release a capture plugin, and I hope they will improve their capture neural network technology because ToneX is a lot better right now for the only reason ToneX uses Mac/Pc graphic Cards to train much larger models. But those model « inference » (reading) doesn’t require that much DSP so the QC and NC could run those with ease (ToneX one can!)

[@youscreamiscream]

Computing power is cheap...NAM is the future

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

@ NAM is the future : I agree. « Compute is cheap » ok not so ok. Yo run NAM you need a powerful ARM like the NAM player have. Dimehead can do it for less than 600€ because they have very low cost running operation. But a bigger company would have to price it at least 900-1200€ to have the power. In comparison Quad Cortex should be 4x the processing power to support NAM (we tried with the same hardware…) Keep in mind a 1000€ customer product should cost less than 150€ to build to be profitable for an US/Eu company (taxes, retail, distribution, marketing, support…)

[@RyanWright]

The Variax is amazing. Just saying. I use mine daily. It is probably my number 1 go-to.

[@schlagdog]

I’m with you on ToneX. You make a helix unit with ToneX and it’s awesome. Honestly L6 should be doing that already. They just keep missing windows. Adding capture tech to the Helix would instantly bring me back to a helix floor.

[@JamesFlorio-ti8gc]

Put a tone x one into a stomp, LT, or Floor and you can have that right now 👍🏻💯

[@schlagdog]

@ All of us in the world already know that. The helix needs more DSP. I won’t get back into the unit till there is a new one. All their new amp models are modeled differently and are heavier dsp so at some point soon there needs to be a new unit.

[@guitarrismo3838]

Tonex is a great ecosystem for studio and live performance and leading the way for capture technology (software based) and Kemper following, but I feel Kemper needs a software based profile capture technology and a plugin profile player something they are very capable doing!

[@bluecollarguitarist]

My only beef with capture tech is also its biggest strength. The mountain of user created amps. Sorting through hundreds if not thousands of amps to find a good one is a big turn off for me. I’m so used to Helix where there’s only a handful of amps that are “British” flavored and it only takes a couple minutes to just pick one that will get you there with very little tweaking. It’s what kept me away from getting too deep into third party IRs.

[@lowercase3635]

A Vox “tone master” amp would be great.

[@srhatfield]

I never hold it against anyone who is doing reviews of gear that they were given for free, as long as that is disclosed at the beginning of the review, along with "they don't know what I'm going to say, so this is an honest review". Honesty and integrity can make (or break) a channel.

[@chasinguitars]

Play a different guitar every episode would be very interesting...we can here the different tones, pickup configurations..etc..rock on

[@TheOligoclonalBand]

I could see NAM showing up in more technology based on your argument for it. I mostly use my tube preamps together with Two Notes products and I also use Genome with NAM profiles. Once NAM is more viable for products, I think and hope we will see packs from amp manufacturers. Maybe legacy models that aren't available anymore with a ton of different profiles, packed with IRs. I could see a market for a Two Notes package with let's say a Marshall Plexi NAM profiles and DynIRs of the corresponding vintage speakers. I could see a market for that.

[@joshbarron1380]

id like to see helix 2 with built in two notes for cabs and maybe and more powerful processing to lower latency, and maybe a tube power amp to pair with

[@FreeUrMindz]

Wildest "strat/tele" I've ever seen. Very cool looking. Strat shape but everything else is a tele. I assume it sounds like a tele but feels like a strat??

[@SenseiKreese]

If you have their ear - Can you please tell the IK guys to build a ToneX unit like a Pod Go with more switches and exp pedal. I want an all in one I can lay down, and there's benefits to that, like - exp pedal is light based, doesn't need cleaning all the damn time - and look at what you can do with snapshots on something like a Helix, no tap dancing, just change everything you want with one foot click. I'm not into putting together frankenboards any more, too much headfk and expense. Even with a light based morley wah pedal - I bought one, I could hear a little click noise in recordings when it engaged, pissed me off. All in one units - perfectly clean. I'm really surprised they haven't done it. They're an FX company, they could load it up with lots of FX, 1176 compression etc... They could really hit the competition with a bigger unit. Three switches isn't enough. I'd want one of those just for a tap tempo for my delays and that leaves two switches ugh. The little ToneX just isn't enough for me live, currently using a Helix. I don't wanna fk about with midi and external pedals, just give me the damn all in one IK.

[@jash500]

I’d sell my pod go in a heartbeat if they dropped a product like that 👌🏼. The irony is that Reverb would be flooded with Pod Go listings and it’d only sell for $200 lol

[@davezoradi]

Interesting take. No way I’d ever want to get a single floorboard. Most players not over the frankenboards and I will never play one. I sincerely hope that IK does not go this route. Most full all in one floor units not selling well on the whole.

[@WinItReigns]

My Boss Gt 1000 with its IR bypassed, paired with UA Ox Stomp is a killer pair

[@Tognar]

BluGuitar AmpX if it ever drops and if they really can deliver analog feel will upend this whole ecosystem.

[@ramspencer5492]

It's a modified Tele.... Appearance has very little to do with sound... That configuration has been available on telecasters for a long time!

[@EricMakingWaves]

I think that the bigger older companies just don’t have the tech or the talent to really catch up. UA is doing what Fender should be doing because UA is a tech company and Fender is not.

[@Chucksguitargeekery]

M-vave has done some great capturing stuff even cheaper than Tonex. But, doesn’t have quite the library and the capturing process is even more convoluted than Tonex. But the form factor of their pedals surpasses Tonex.

[@benkenobi01]

I feel like BOSS doesn't get enough credit for trying to create new amps with modeling technology, with tone architecture that doesn't exist IRL. It just feels like everything is so focused on capturing the past (sorry for the pun). I get it, that's where the money is. But do you think any of the big boys like QC, AXE, Kemper, L6 etc will try to give us something actually new, like something that isn't just a take on tried and true gear? Feels like it's a race to the bottom with the capture market already, that can't be good for the QCs of the world in the long run.

[@MountainLionessMusic]

I wish QC had vocal capabilities like the Headrush prime/core but with the quality harmonies of the tc voice live 3 extreme. That would be my dream unit.

[@DigitalChemistryBand]

Reaper... written by the same folks that did "WinAmp"... $60... you own it, no dongle... open source, completely customizable, including "skins" that mimic almost any daws look and feel... a learning program, as any function can be mapped to any midi over usb device... user supported with 1000s of macro scripts... full fuction audio and midi editing... accepts and plugin without "wrappers"... and snapshot mode will replace your Ableton Live easily... real time vsti and full midi control ... after being a user of everthing from early Cakewalk and PTools, to Acid, Cubase, Nuendo, Saw Studio, Harrison Mixbuss, and Studio One, its the only choice... runs on very little ram resources, and after 5 years, has never crashed my Win 7 system.

[@picksalot1]

NAM is really cool. I think it would be great platform to create unique software Amps and Effects by creative users. I've had an HX Stomp for four years, and there are still many sounds and features I haven't fully taken advantage of. I wish it had a way I could create unique Amps and Effects by allowing me to combine the Parameters I want in Experimental Blocks using HX Edit.

[@n8dawg85]

I predict more new modellers in the next few years and even more guitarists finding yet another distraction from actually practicing 😅

[@Carlsings]

I agree about Yamaha doing something positive with the Line 6 company's products.. especially Variax. The Variax Standard was it really. Then they dropped it I guess, good luck finding one. The Pacifica with Variax was an improvement in some ways, but just barely. C'mon Yamaha!

[@quantumvox8424]

I just need Boss to make a SM-8 with movable loops and .a bigger display with all the best modulation and delays greatest hits.. BAMM!!!!

[@Neuroanalisis]

I want a tone x all in one pedalboard

[@ckelly5141]

1:09 It needs a vibrato….otherwise….so cool, and sounds great! 🎸🎶👍

[@greenwave792]

A fender and 5 pedals.

[@mr8ty8]

I got a nux amp acadamy and joyo IR amp sims. They are great. A view months ago I bought an IR box from a Chinese whole seller. I can upload my own IRs on it. Amps are practically dead in terms of mass use. Modelling practice amps and IR boxes are the future. The rest is all either trash or an collectible private or for studios.

[@Wound3rd]

At my age I'll have to stick with Helix. It's good enough.

[@nickrouse8426]

First. Lol I'm such a YT addict. It's sad. At least I walked my dog. 😂

[@MarkDaniels2787]

It gets bad in the winter lol

[@vitaliistep]

KZbin has replaced almost all the media and most of the entertainment, so no surprise here :)

[@ToneJunkieTV]

Me too… except for wwe haha

[@UseTheSupeRsonic]

@@ToneJunkieTVI jumped ship when it stopped being WWF

[@chasinguitars]

At least I'm not the only one..Thought maybe I needed a therapist of some sort .. for gas and videos.😅

[@ThePlanarchist]

I agree with you on there being no Helix 2 yet......sadly for me as I'd much rather than have a new modeller (maybe with some new tech for creating new concepts) than another capture product. The issue with capture tech and its communities for me is finding usable things amongst the dross. Tonex is powerful but sadly like all IK things the software is clunky.....if they do come out with a multi-FX it will surely be cheaper, as you say, that's their thing.

[@pclindholm]

Santa did not bring me a better ToneX editor, hoping somebody else will

[@thelowlifex9437]

My prediction for 2025 is that you will post some great tone tutorials for the qc (i am waiting for it) 😂

[@ToneJunkieTV]

Now that I’m doing a video every day… this will definitely happen… and probably before NAMM

[@thelowlifex9437]

@ToneJunkieTV listen to this song " our future , our past" by foad, its a japanese hardcore band ! If you can make that clean delays happen i will eternally owe you ❤️❤️❤️

[@srhatfield]

1:55 the word you're looking for is "sleazy"

[@oscarm4154]

My prediction for Q3. Tonex will go savage. Wait and see. The open source stuff...nah

[@lowercase3635]

What would be crazy is if UA came out with their own unit with all of their amp models built in.

[@ToneJunkieTV]

That would be epic!!

[@ToneJunkieTV]

I may do a video on that

[@lowercase3635]

@@ToneJunkieTV they definitely could do it. Their new plugins are definitely signaling towards it. I’d imagine it would be built like the nano cortex or the Tonex. It just matters if the market will favor it or if the market is moving towards capture tech like you said.

[@ToneJunkieTV]

@ ok definitely doing a video on this… I think people would adopt it because it’s a way better value than the individual pedals.

[@lowercase3635]

@@ToneJunkieTV the greatest thing they could do with it is make it stereo to where you can run two models in stereo without having to buy another unit (looking at you IK Multimedia 😂) and being able to flip phase without a pinstripe diso and being able to blend the models like what people are doing with the GFI Duophony. I’m currently building a Dream/Ruby stereo rig implementing the GFI Duophony to get rid of the problem that gain in front of one reacts differently than the other (ie the ruby breaks up much sooner and levels are off). It’s a HUGE untapped rabbit hole.

[@AndrewC1983]

If ik allows the ability to upload amplitube5 rigs to tonex then it's game over for everyone else.

[@BobbyCulpepper.srv3fender]

I play guitar in bands for a living, i hate captures, espcially gain pedal captures. They sound ok. But theyre not tweakable which makes them not usable

[@brain21]

A ToneX v2 that includes NAM compaiability and hybrid technologies like Kemper (modeled pre-amp tonestacks to go with your profile) would be killer. Just please do not do ToneX + effects and call that ToneX v2. Make it 3 button, and only ~50% bigger than the current ToneX.

[@davezoradi]

Please no huge floorboards on Tonex!! HX Stomp showed the guitar industry that most players are over full size footboards and want something smaller that incorporates into pedalboards. QC about the biggest size that should be made. If Tonex can give us a flagship unit the same size as HX Stomp / Boss GT1000core with true stereo I/Os with multiple amp captures running simultaneously and some drive captures with zero latency and ability to flip phase along with some more complex signal path allowing FX loops for analog drives/wet effects with their basic effects they already have ability to be triggered via midi and I’ll pay whatever they want.

[@D20band]

It’s a Strelly (Strele)

[@lowercase3635]

Reaper is free no matter how much they bully me into spending money 😂

[@scottakam]

I predict some consolidation of these companies or maybe some shuddering. There are already too many companies competing in the same space for a relatively small market. People will get tired of zigzagging between proprietary models.

[@EricKöhn]

I'd call it a Telestrater.

[@cliffdykes1171]

Tonex 2 no more than 800$.

[@mgoo1713]

My prediction...Amps will make a comeback.

[@ev25zv]

Yeah, just like tube televisions.

[@vitaliistep]

@@mgoo1713 I doubt, less and less young musicians are using them, so they will become some tiny obscure niche very soon.

[@SeanAllocca]

16:33 Bless You

[@JustinZak7]

16:34 God Bless You

[@Johnny-oy9fh]

Everything we need already exists...lol

[@alexdenton6586]

A musician’s final thoughts should be of Ohio

[@zakklee2556]

2:45

[@ToneJunkieTV]

Hahah should I start adding this to the description?

[@SteveWilliamsworld]

What a joke. Um. Axe. No prediction. Maybe an update. Total cop out for the greatest unit out there. You mean like the update last week? So many people like you cleverly skip the best unit on the market. Not clever. And you don’t know better than Belew and Hammet about which unit actually performs and sounds the best. Or Vai. Tuned in for a view, got nonsense.

[@rodneyguinn1887]

Hope you’re wrong about capturing being the future . That’s not a bright future for anyone but capture creators and old school amp makers . We need modeling to advance to create the next generation of tones not continue to capture old tech

[@tubularbill]

Modeling to me (so far) just does not have the sound of a Fender or Vox tube amp. But we shall see….

[@vitaliistep]

Even Fractal?

[@tubularbill]

@@vitaliistep- that I do not know. A bit out of reach for me financially.

[@ev25zv]

@@vitaliistep Yeah, you can't talk about how modeling doesn't have it and not have even played through a Fractal. My prediction for 2025 is Fractal will continue to be the best in sound, support, updates like they have been every year previously.

[@guitarrismo3838]

Android people!