MVave Tank-G First Thoughts

I recently purchased the M-Vave Tank-G off Amazon and was curious as to whether it would serve as a solid backup solution in a live scenario.. here are my thoughts upon first try.

[@montiac22]

best 44 bucks I ever spent! Cant wait for your next video on it. Thanks for doing one.

[@tianjay]

Thanks mate, I’ve just uploaded a new video with some presets that I created. You can also download the presets from the link in the description.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn2upayer6-pmrM

[@MichelCernev]

Awesome sound and I like it thank you Tian Jay

[@tianjay]

Thanks for listening

[@qbitsday3438]

Great Riview ! just got one yesterday 4-jun24

[@tianjay]

Thanks, check out my latest video, i have some presets that you can download. - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn2upayer6-pmrM

[@Diijkstra]

Tank-G is one of the savior for the broke person who loves music. like me

[@tianjay]

Yeah, definitely good value for money with everything that it does!

[@crx1vtec]

Is it possible to turn off preamp section. I want to use it with tube amp, just fx section (dly, rev, mod)? Thanks!

[@tianjay]

Easy, you can just press the currently lit preset switch to bypass it, or press switch 2 and 3 at the same time to enter manual mode and then you can freely toggle the individual effects on/off as labelled on the switches.

[@crx1vtec]

@@tianjay thanks!!!

[@male3083]

Will this thing work well in an amp's FX loop? I want to use my amps tone but use the units FX like mod dly & rvb.

[@tianjay]

Definitely! It’ll work just like any stomp box, just turn off the amp modelling.

[@Vang_Ke]

I have this Tank G and I'm new with all of this stuff, i wanna plug it via XLR out to my XLR in soundcard, is it safe to use phantom power? Coz it doesn't work without it

[@tianjay]

It doesn’t require phantom power.. make sure it’s turn on, with the switch on the back.. definitely doesn’t require phantom

[@Mcgiver699]

You don't need to connect it to your sound card either, the unit functions as audio interface too.

[@user-jy3io4iz2p]

Wondering if it will take my Fender Micro Mustang via usb and play the Fender with fx from this device on top?

[@tianjay]

That’s an interesting question.. it’s not something that I’ve personally had experience with but it would be a super compact live rig if you could do it. Obviously you could run a cable with adapter from the FMicro in to the Tank-G but I’m not sure if they would communicate via USB. Maybe someone else here has done it and can comment?

[@leerobinson1984]

Love the incomplete sketch above the speaker.

[@tianjay]

Haha, thanks. Artwork courtesy of my daughter.. she draws portraits of me for gifts 😂

[@renmad0078]

For me i have found the menu very confusing maybe i don't understand but i never know well in what mode i am ? The green light is always blinking and it shows only a P or an L if i press the 2 switch B & C and it goes very fast. And nothing to remember me it what mode i am ? How do you know it ?

[@tianjay]

I agree, their support is not very good and it’s not the easiest unit to update.. it took me a while to get it done

[@rendisondakh9207]

P is for Preset, L is for Live mode The blinking light is a bluetooth ready to pair, to turn it off hold B and C long enough, longer than tuner mode

[@renmad0078]

Yes i have understand it after a day of pause. I was certainly very tired. Thank you. Now i have found others problems i cannot extract the firmware file my windows says me it does not found any program to open it ? And the windows program to manege the pedal board have no install exe it's just an exe who works by itself ?

[@jeddahdriving1872]

Where did you purchase the downloads?

[@tianjay]

They’re just the factory presets. I will be doing another video soon showcasing some of the presets I’ve created since though..

[@TheMarcospatroni]

Did you test capture load functionality?

[@tianjay]

No i haven’t yet and since creating this video a couple of days ago, i still haven’t had time to explore it any further.. my next step will be to program a bunch of useable presets

[@TheMarcospatroni]

@@tianjay with Midi Chief you can use tank-G as Midi controller as well. I created a web site to do the training of captures, for people that don't have a GPU NVIDIA.

[@AnNguyenHoangLe]

​@@TheMarcospatroniwould you share your training website. Much appreciated

[@Mcgiver699]

You can use M-Vave chocolate to switch the effects on and off while playing.

[@TheBladepolisher]

I didn't agree with your assessment of the overdrive sounds. Personally, I saw a lot of programming room with the OD sounds in both banks 1 and 2.

[@tianjay]

Thanks for commenting.. it wasn’t really an assessment, just my first impression upon hearing the presets.. in my opinion they were not great sounding but it’s subjective so if they’re your thing, that’s great. I’ve since created some of my own presets which i think sound fantastic and i would totally use them live but i haven’t had chance to do a video about them yet. For the money, this thing is amazing! Cheers T

[@TheBladepolisher]

@@tianjay Thanks TJ. I got ya ! ! 🙂

[@montiac22]

@@tianjay Would you sell your presets that you use live?

[@perry521]

*Compare the Tank-G with M-VAVE's new multi-effect BLACK BOX, which is said to have more effects and even IRs and is almost the same price.*

[@tianjay]

Yeah, i saw that they released that recently. Whilst there appears to be more control over the effects parameters i think a two button pedal would be too limiting for me. I definitely think it would suit someone wanting a versatile pedal on their pedal board though

[@perry521]

@@tianjay *The Tank-G is not stereo, yet you think it's good? On the face of it, neither is the Blackbox. Thanks for your response.*

[@narrowonflow]

great video... but i though i should let you know that the tank g can also profile amps pedals plugins etc

[@tianjay]

Hi, thanks and yes, this was a consideration when i bought the unit however this video was just about my initial thoughts. I’m hoping to do some more in depth videos soon

[@jcugnoni]

This is a good backup unit for the price. The sound quality is not stellar out of the box (presets are a bit weird, quite a bit of noise and the gate is way too slow to hide that). But with some good IRs and additionnal tone models (see ChuckD on YT) it sounds ok. Not as good as my Ampero and quite far from ToneX despite the same kind of AI based modeling ( but serviceable).

[@renmad0078]

To continue it makes too much time to find a good sound. The reverbs have all some little shimering sound at the end and deliver too many effetcs. The 2nd amp is too lower than the first, why i don't know ?The irs make more confuse to find the good sound because with 9 amps and 8 irs it makes 72 possibilities fine but for me really too much to find quicly my sound. I was very pleased to receive it but now after passing 5 h i am very very confused just register 2 or 3 sound i do not fine any good sound for me and do not paly anything excepted for searching a sound. It's akways the same with with multiples effects the videos ate very good on paper but in practice it's not that at all and i went at the website and download the android appli. And not see any help at all even in the app andtill now no firmware update. Too bad i have earded nices sound in videos but fir me it miss something to show exacly where we are and many sound need to be redefined and i would prefer to avec an od a dist and a fuz than the irs. It miss a lot for me. And it's not as simple at we can see in video. It take too much time and i prefer to play first.

[@tianjay]

I agree, it’s not the most intuitive unit but for its price, you get a lot of functionality. Did you check out my later video here -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn2upayer6-pmrM I have 4 presets that you can download that may give you some decent starting tones.

[@renmad0078]

For that time i'm blocked for updating the firmware. The file i downloaded can't be open in windows10. And the M-wave program does instal in windows at all it's just an exe who recognize the Tank G but that's all i can't update. They have made a not usual program to do this. Nothung work as normal program who get instaled normaly in windows as others. I don'tlike this maner to proceed at all it's really too complicate and nothing work as they show in the tutorial video to make it. The firmware file is not recognize at all by windows and does not show me all thefile they show for me it show me only one compresed file with a strange extension and windows 10 says it does not recognize this file and can't extract it correctly. End of tje storyi'm fade up i have loose 5 h for nothing i don't like this manet unsual to proceed i will send it back to the saler that's all thank you for your efforts but i al fade up from all this.

[@dasczwo]

hmm. sounds a bit crappy to bh. you could get a good ol sansamp based pedal for that money. excessive tweaking helped a bit… dont those company invest in a proper preset development team? the boss effect: i always wondered how a company that builds some of the best pedals can fill their multifx units with hundreds of unusable presets…

[@tianjay]

yeah, this thing really benefits from third-party cabinet impulse responses… I’ve just created a new video with some presets that you can download that work great for me. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn2upayer6-pmrM