NUX MG-30 Scenes Tutorial

[@LaDaisyx]

I bought this pedal two years and a half ago, and I'm still learning the features today, merci💕

[@ThePedalGuy]

Excellent

[@onefatstratcat]

Here's my tip of the day... If you are not a big volume pedal guy for your solo sound utilize a drive or booster before the amp sim and then the 10 band eq after the amp with the mids punched up a bit and 2db of volume.. walla you're out in front in the mix and have a nice push for that singing sustain.. there's my two cents.. you may keep the change :)

[@letigidou8660]

As usual, I didn't know something and now I know. Thanks once again Pedal Guy.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks

[@onefatstratcat]

I'm diggin' the scene on the scenes man

[@philiphurdwell3443]

Great videos, thanks so much! So many are a thinly veiled excuse to show off guitar skills and really only skim the surface of what we are trying to learn. Your videos are perfect...thanks again...from Phil in UK

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks

[@JuanTalkPH]

Thanks for this

[@ThePedalGuy]

My pleasure!

[@novorec128]

One of the best channels on KZbin about guitar stuff. I love this guy, he is very talented. Did he happen to participate in the Scorpions group?

[@b.j.surfdog3724]

Haven't even gotten one yet and enjoying these videos!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks

[@caleshtcincredibles]

Really needed this and your tutorial makes it a breeze,thanks man !

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks

[@johnpainter5750]

Thank You. I have new unit with manual but there is only few basic infos.Nothing about scenes, and how to use it. Thank so much.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks.

[@steelerman5830]

Another great I informative video many thanks

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks

[@richardq16]

Is it possible to have a preset with two scenes inside it, and for each scene to have everything different? For example, different amplifiers?

[@Marcell_Sabino]

Apparently, these modern digital floorboards are made either to connect online or via usb. Besides, the MG-30, among other pedalboards, has several 'Output Modes', but nobody explores. I tried using the settings in my combo and the results weren't good. In the end, only STUDIO mode had acceptable sound. The other modes, even turning on as expected, the distortions had a "noisy" sound. Would you be able to test these 'Output Modes'? Thanks and Success!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks for the feedback. Well, it really depends on how you intend to use it. I feel that with a FRFR it sounds great. If you want to use it with amps, I did a video that demonstrates how to do this with the little brother MG-300 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJLIammtfZt-j9U I think it sounds pretty good, but opinions vary.

[@nuxaudio]

Thank you, buddy!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks

[@freddydeblijzer3675]

Top, Pedal Guy !

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks

[@mobsound]

Hey Pedal Guy. Love your MG30 videos. I'm having trouble with something. I just updated firmware to version 5.x. Everything is great but I can't seem to figure out why the main pedal is no longer my master volume pedal. I see from the scenes tutorial video that there are 4 pedals and the big one is #1 but volume is not an option. Can you. help? This is a must for me.

[@louaguado995]

What was the pedal output to? Straight into an interface? Into an amps front input? Into the effects return in back? Nice tones, but a little too much reverb for my taste.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks. Just went from the MG30 to my mixer. I never seem to win with reverb. Either I use to little or too much. LOL. Either case it was simply used for demonstration purposes. You can set the verb to whatever you want.

[@joepalladino4323]

Is there no way to move freely through Scenes - in other words, to go from 3 to 2, for example? Can you ONLY cycle through them sequentially?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Nope but you can set up a midi controller to jump between scenes

[@andbrigo]

@@ThePedalGuy This sounds interesting! Can you give us more information about how to setup MIDI to switch between scenes? Thank you!

[@gorimus]

Thanks for the detailed tutorial. Quick question: Is it possible to change/add effects and amps in S2 and S3, so these are significantly different than the S1 patch?

[@702352]

I love your Utube tutorials and i am a MG30 user. I have a confusion about the user and factory patches. On Quick Tone the list of user patches and Factory patches are the same. If i make any change to User patch it reflects on factory patch list as well. I like to keep my factory list untouched and bring your patches on user library. How can i do, if i am not the only one with this issue you may want to make a utube video for every one

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks. I have actually covered that in my most recent MG-30 livestream I believe. Either that one or the one back in October.

[@yanezguitar4284]

Good video, can I have different FX in different scenes?. Im trying but i can't. Scene 1 with a boost and scene 3 with tube screamer?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Doesn't do that. A work around would be to create an instance of a boost and tube screamer in a MG-30 preset.

[@brucedickinson8993]

bro PLEASE, i can't differenciate parameters on effects? The scenes just can turn on and off effects, but can't change their individual configurations? like more levels on eq for scene 1 and less on scene 2? thei copy the same parameter to scenes, just turn on and off?

[@HELLNAWW]

I just got one and I'm stuck on moving the noise gate and wah around on the unit. How do I select those to move them around.

[@ThePedalGuy]

This might help kzbin.infoSA_QJr6t46g?feature=share

[@darrenmitchell1744]

Hi, i’m using the scenes that you have demonstrated in your video, i’m trying to set up scene 1 as a clean sound by turning signal block amp off, the clean tone is too quiet for scenes 1 and 2 is there a way to adjust volumes within scenes please ?

[@ThePedalGuy]

You should still use an amp for scene 1. My advice would be to use an amp/cab setup that will sound good as a clean tone for scene 1, then apply an overdrive to scene 2 to dirty up the tone.

[@darrenmitchell1744]

@@ThePedalGuy Cool al try that, thanks so much

[@Drumming_Monkey]

I got a question for the assignment of the footswitches (especially at 01:55). Since A is the ring and B is the Tip wouldn't that mean that both are only number 3 instead of 2 and 3 like you said there? Thats also how I can assign it in Qucktone. But what is 2 for and how do I use it? This is kinda confusing to me right now I have to admit :D Edit: Oh answered my own question. 2 would be for another Expression Pedal. Well that clears things up. Cheers and greetings from Germany.

[@ThePedalGuy]

LOL. Question answer thyself

[@GauravChauhan-mo2nv]

Hi ! Scott … nice tutorial on scenes with nux mg30. I am a beginner at electric-guitar and the whole paraphernalia around it. I happen to be a singer and am trying to find out ways to juggle between the loopers (rhythm+drums), scenes and singing along. Could you help me with how to make the best use of loopers, scenes on this processor with all the foot switch controls and exp. pedal etc…. ? I don’t think there are enough videos out there for such a requirement…

[@SamDeuda]

Great video! Hoping that on the next update we can control effect parameters using the scenes!

[@ThePedalGuy]

That would be great

[@potapenko96]

I wrote in NUX support about this yesterday, but they told me that there was not enough memory for such an update :(

[@ThePedalGuy]

@@potapenko96 bummer

[@kendalljones99]

Hey Scott! Thank you for the great videos, they were super helpful in getting up and running with this pedal. I have a question that I feel like only you would know the answer to. When I'm using the MG-30 I have it plugged into my laptop via the usb cable and I play along with songs in my Amazon Music Player app. The problem I'm having is that the volume of the music coming from the Amazon Music Player is kinda low relative to the MG-30, even at its max. Do you happen to know a way to adjust that? Thanks!!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Hi Kendall. This is something I'm going to need to look into more

[@fabioconsonni3232]

Hi P. G. Is it possible to set an amp gain in sc1 and a higher amp gain in sc2? Is it possible to set only two scenes, not three? Thank you for your time.

[@Guitartunesvid]

Hi Scott,I would be lost without your videos, I just got the MG-30 and have to take it slow in learning, have a demanding day job. Before I got the MG-30 I set up my homemade Pedalboard in stereo successfully to play through my Blackstar ID Core 100w Combo but not sure if I can rig this pedal to play in stereo through the Blackstar speakers using the four cable method,or otherwise. I make my own guitar music videos and have made some stereo music vids lately with my own equiptment, would be good to use the Nux also in this way, greatful for any advice, thanks again for your tutorials.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks. It looks like the return on the Blackstar ID Core 100W is stereo, so that's where I would connect the outputs of the MG-30 to. Hope that helps.

[@Guitartunesvid]

@@ThePedalGuy thanks Scott will go ahead and see what happens

[@ThePedalGuy]

@@Guitartunesvid Good luck

[@Guitartunesvid]

@@ThePedalGuy Hi again, just to update you, have been successful in getting stereo through my amp using the cable method and adding another cable from stereo output of the mg-30 to the second return jack at back of ID Core, am pleased, thanks so much for the guidance.I had a Zoom g7 ut quite a few years ago,it had similar outputs but never used it in stereo, just used compressor, delay and reverb on it with my amp's own preamp, anyway thanks again Pedal Guy, need to keep watching your channel!!!

[@gauravlama2079]

Can we use 2 amps at once using scenes? Let’s say a clean amp and a hi gain ?

[@ThePedalGuy]

No. It’s a one amp setup

[@rulo0187]

Hey! loved all your tutorials on the NUX MG-30 🤘 I just got one little question and I might've missed it on other videos but here it is anyway.. I was trying to figure out how to leave the expression pedal on the NUX MG-30 to level up and down the gain on any distortion patch, but I just couldn't...is this possible? if so, can you enlighten me please? thanks in advance..you're a legend!

[@Golchen]

I messed up scene two! How can I reset it to the same as scene one? Surely there's a better way than manually doing it?

[@marcobanti788]

Great video. Is it possible to change the ampli between one scene and another? I need to pass from a clean tone to a metal distorsion. I use this to play Enter Sandman... Thank you.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks. No you can’t do this so the best alternative would be to create two Sandman presets (clean/dirty) and use the footswitches to change between them. I

[@TrentSolo]

Thanks for this!! Can the MG30 have more than one delay block simultaneously?? Great video sir

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks. Only one delay per preset currently.

[@Canadavventure]

Hi, thanks for this useful tip. Could I also use different patch for each scene?

[@ThePedalGuy]

No but with the upcoming pro scenes in the new fw you’ll be able to change the amp and effects.

[@Canadavventure]

@@ThePedalGuy I see, thank you very much. I have just bought the Nux and I am trying to figure out how to put two different effects close to each other that I can switch fast. Let’s say that I like two patches that they are far one another. Do you know how I can put them in sequence? Hopefully I explained myself and there is a way to clear my doubt 💪😊

[@ThePedalGuy]

@@Canadavventure that’s easy. You can reorder the presets from the QT editor software. Then you can toggle between the presets quickly

[@Canadavventure]

@@ThePedalGuy thank you so much 💪🔝😊

[@westongeorge4226]

I could probably just walk into my music room and try it, but I thought others may have the same question... can I set the wah to automatically be engaged in a scene, or do you still have to use the 'foot switch' method? When I am playing live, I sometimes don't press quite hard enough, and immediately drop my volume to 0 during a solo when trying to sweep the wah effect down. ;-P Great video by the way. Keep them coming. Oh, one more thing... any insider info on when the next FW version is going to be released?

[@westongeorge4226]

Just tried it. Unfortunately, it maintains the state of the wah across all scenes, so you can't have it set independently per scene. I did see a rumor that there might be a new FW release this month, but nothing concrete.

[@ThePedalGuy]

LOL. I was just about to respond to you. Yes, I believe there is a FW update on the way, but I don't have an exact date or feature set.

[@RogerMaya1]

Hi there is it possible to send 1 output to the front or your amp, and also to a PA?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Technically you could but I’m not sure the result would be good as you would need to disengage the IR to go to the amp. So that would affect the PA system too

[@philipbatan6796]

Your videos are very helpful. I have a question tho, can you assign the footswitch pedal and the ctrl pedal to change scene at the same time? For example using the footswitch b for s2 and ctrl for s3

[@VoltrexYT]

Yeah did u get a solution?

[@jonwhite8449]

I created a second scene that I don't like. I'd like to overwrite it with the first scene and start again. Can that be done?

[@HenryMusic255]

Can you have a different amp per scene, for example a clean Fender tweed on A, & a Dual Rectifier on B?

[@raileyalaba2741]

Is there a way where I can go back from scene 2 to scene 1 by not pressing the ctrl switch twice?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Yes, you can turn off Scene 3. I've covered this on my MG30 playlist.

[@palashmondal2841]

Great video sir but I want to see step by step u'r 3 set up ....tone or amp selection

[@kqandthesoundtrip7636]

I keep saving scene number 2 with overdrive halfway and then scene 3 all the way up. Its not saving it that way it saves both scenes with the overdrive all the way up. Any idea whats going on and why it isn't saving it right?

[@daviddyessii1126]

I wish that you would write a book on the Nux Pedals! I would buy one.. I have the MG-30 and would like to have a book reference around.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve pretty much covered everything there is to know about the MG30 in video form.

[@PhantomLord947]

Can you use only 2 scenes? so that the control button just changes between two scenes

[@ThePedalGuy]

I will show you how tomorrow on a short vid

[@andbrigo]

Is there a setting or an hack to switch from Scene 3 (S3) to Scene 2 (S2) or from Scene 2 (S2) to Scene 1 (S1)?

[@stephenlidman1991]

Okay following this to the letter. Scene 1,2 & 3 all sound the same. For example s 1 would be a clean 2 crunch 3 lead. But when l save it l only get the last scene on all 3??????. Is there a save step between each created scene or have i missed something??

[@By-Guitars-Music-Fun]

Mr Pedal guy. Selling my spark 40 And get the mg 30. Good or not good??? Please advice. Thx for your videos 📼 . 😏

[@ThePedalGuy]

That up to you my friend. I have provided plenty of demos on the MG-30 so you can make the most informed decision 😀

[@Koospa]

A general question about the unit: is there a way to map specific effects to all three of the on-board switches? For example a reverb, delay and distortion toggle for each switch. Also, it's a real shame you can't go backwards in scenes or map them to separate switches. Sounds really impractical, having to go a full circle if I accidentally hit the switch.

[@ThePedalGuy]

You can assign fx to the nmp2 and the third footswitch on the mg30 only. The first two switches are for toggling to different presets.

[@AdriaanJABreukel]

Thank you! How can one change scenes without pc or pressing footswitches?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks. You need to use the footswitches to change scenes

[@everythingismusic20]

In recent months I have tried in every way to increase the volume (in dB) of the solo scene in some way, so that it could be higher than the crunch scene but I never succeeded. I also tried sacrificing the eq block and using it in flat configuration with only an increase in level and putting it post IR but still nothing to do because it still dirty the original sound. Do you have some advice? Thanks

[@ThePedalGuy]

Unfortunately I don't have any immediate advice here.

[@rahulbanerjee5288]

Can we go from scene 2 to scene 1 rather than going to scene 3?? If so how can we do that? Thanks for the videos and love from India

[@ThePedalGuy]

Yes, you can turn off Scene 3 with the latest firmware.

[@rahulbanerjee5288]

@@ThePedalGuy Thanks a lot. Your Video is so helpful

[@brantescorial98]

I just want to ask sir if the nux mg30 can also have parameter changes per scene like the hx stomp does.

[@ThePedalGuy]

No, not yet

[@brantescorial98]

@@ThePedalGuy Thanks for the response. Much love from the Philippines.

[@joel3730]

Am I able to only use 2 scenes? Like, can I make it so the foot switch only goes between two of them and skips 1

[@ThePedalGuy]

Nope sorry

[@Beingzuuu]

can you assign each scene with the external pedals?

[@John-tk6wd]

is there a way you can save different presets to each button like one is the vinai t and then a clean one on the other? is there a way for that? is it similar to what you just did? because this was just one preset i think? thanks!

[@edwardmakabling418]

can i used nm2 to select between scenes? like scene 1 for clean tones then lead to scene 3 then to rhythm at scene 2.

[@thenickbw]

Is it possible to map the 3 on board foot switches to engage patches rather than toggle up/down on the two switches?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Not at this time.

[@josefsy]

How do you switch Scene 2 back to Scene 1 without going around Scene 3?

[@ThePedalGuy]

This will answer your question kzbin.info5yRET8P4InI

[@dallasbiggz7007]

Is there an easy way to copy and paste the preset in scene one into scene two?

[@hantukureng6219]

Because of this, Im buying this thing.. haha

[@ThePedalGuy]

😎

[@manuelcaravaca5773]

Thank you for your videos! They are so helpful!! Can you choose between 2 or 3 Scenes, like the Nux Amp Academy? That is useful for some of us, that we use just two sounds :P. I didn't hear any sound gap when changing the scene. That is crucial. Is that right? Thank you so much in advance :D

[@ThePedalGuy]

Hi. Yes you can select either 2 scenes or 3 scenes

[@manuelcaravaca5773]

@@ThePedalGuy Thank you for your response. And...the volume range of the expression pedal when off can be customized?? For example, from 70 to 100, instead of from 0 to 100. Thanks!

[@ThePedalGuy]

@@manuelcaravaca5773 for volume range you would use the Volume signal block to edit.

[@manuelcaravaca5773]

@@ThePedalGuy Brilliant! Thank you. Brilliant reviews, always. You are really helpful to the guitar community. Regards from Spain

[@ThePedalGuy]

@@manuelcaravaca5773 thanks

[@ronnielobosmith4870]

Is there a way to switch on scenes on all the presets?

[@VoltrexYT]

Hey I’m new to this and I have a question. So let’s say scene 1 has a blues drive and scene 2 has a distortion pedal is there any way to make it so that scene 1 stays the selected pedal? Because the entire preset has the same pedals

[@lukecornett4874]

I know its been a month since you posted this,and probably already figured it out, but I'll answer based on my understanding. When you build a preset you're basically building a pedalboard with limited space. There's only enough room for 1 one of each type of pedal so you choose the blues driver, a delay, a chorus, and a pitch shifter. When you're playing a rig in real life you can turn the pedals from that pedal board on and off. Each SCENE is the equivalent to doing this. Scene 1 could be set to only delay AKA only the delay pedal is turned on . In scene 2 could be set to turn on the Blues driver and and chorus, but also switch off the delay. Then in scene 3 you could set it for a different combination of the pedals selected for your preset AKA virtual pedalboard. If you want a different distortion pedal on your pedalboard you have to make a new PRESET. In real life if when you have limited space on your pedalboard you have to decide which pedal(s) you're going to remove to add a new pedal. Once you've changed the configuration of your pedals IRL you can no longer use the pedal you removed because you have changed your rigs capabilities AKA made a new preset. I hope that helps

[@VoltrexYT]

@@lukecornett4874Thank you so much for the informative reply!! This really cleared things out for me :D

[@TheCrimsonGhosts]

Thanks to your channel i ordered the MG 30 two days ago :-D One question regarding the scenes - is it somehow possible to switch back from S2 to S1 instead of switching to S3 and then S1? Thanks for your help!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks for watching. The scene function doesn’t do that at the moment

[@louaguado995]

@@ThePedalGuy this is why I prefer a floor modeler that turns certain effects on and off with it's own switches instead of scrolling up and down patches. My old digitech rp 500 and my new Zoom g3xn does it, I can program each switch to independently control one effect only. I did have an old digitech rp 250 that only scrolled up and down so I programed that kind of like you did here. Used the same amp in blocks of 3, clean, crunch and lead. Then renamed them to match. That's the only way I could use it in a live situation.

[@expresidentfortune]

@@louaguado995 you can do that with the MG30 by assigning 3 of the switches, one on the main unit and the two on the bonus pedal, to whatever effect block you choose

[@pauljrwatin5920]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYnJiGdql5qdhLc try this one. it works!

[@NephiBitor]

Thank you so much! This is very helpful. But I have a question, can we also set an FX parameter per Scene?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Not that I’m aware of yet

[@NephiBitor]

@@ThePedalGuy thank you for your reply. I really enjoyed watching your reviews and tutorials! Very informative and helpful. Cheers!

[@potapenko96]

​@@NephiBitor No, we can't. This fact annoying me too and I wrote in NUX support about this yesterday, but they told me that there was not enough memory for such an update :(

[@janusgregorio]

How do I remove the In between patches?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Not sure what you mean

[@fmarra86]

Is it possible to change amp gain level (maintains the same amp model) between scene S1, S2 or S3 ? Thank you

[@ThePedalGuy]

Unfortunately no

[@kavtech_midi]

is there any chance ,to change scene with midi controller?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Not that I’m aware of. Could be wrong but I don’t think so

[@whatsupchicken]

Cool thanks!

[@ThePedalGuy]

You bet

[@whatsupchicken]

@@ThePedalGuy As much as I like your videos and enjoy watching them there is one thing I would like to tell you or advise you to change: video quality! Just saying as a feedback about what could be better. It is low resolution weird colors no contrast no sharpness. I hope I don't hurt your feeling as I don't intend to just try to help! Cheers.

[@ThePedalGuy]

@@whatsupchicken Thanks for the feedback. The last few vids I have upped the game with a much better camera.

[@whatsupchicken]

@@ThePedalGuy I checked and yes it is much better! Keep up the good work! Thank you again!

[@DarioServenti]

Hi! How to change from scene 3 to 2?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Check out todays YT short where I answer this question

[@Afroman86]

Can the additional footswitch be used for scene 2 and 3 ?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Not that I’m aware of

[@pauljrwatin5920]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYnJiGdql5qdhLc try this.

[@nancybaughman1197]

Great🍾 🧡🙏🏼

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks

[@chrisb3389]

I'd be surprised if a few of these common requests aren't added in a firmware update, such as ability to only have 2 scenes (pure software coding and functionally easy to do) or the ability to set effects parameters with a scene (again should be just coding, as a different level of gain on the same amp or pedal or more or less mix on a wet effect or mod shouldn't add to any memory overhead). Often companies release in an agile way, getting out features fast before they've gotten the feedback of how to make the use of the feature better.

[@ThePedalGuy]

The first point has already been addressed with the latest firmware. Not sure the second point will be addressed

[@pauljrwatin5920]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYnJiGdql5qdhLc try this one

[@lord_rimuru_sama]

Is there a way to change scene backwards? from S1 to S2 then S2 back to S1?

[@ThePedalGuy]

No sorry

[@lord_rimuru_sama]

@@ThePedalGuy Thanks, looking forward for more videos about NUX MG 30.

[@pauljrwatin5920]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYnJiGdql5qdhLc try this one

[@alexandre8014]

crazy man.....

[@ThePedalGuy]

Ya

[@richardmorris363]

Anyone know how to get the noise gate on?

[@thymick5581]

Hi, thank you for your video. I think I will buy one ! I have a question about it: do you know if we can control a Boss Katana Artist MKII ? Like using the MG30 as footswitch, without using effect of the MG30 but The Boss Katana just to change preset, bank, etc. Also, do you know if we can use the pedal as expression pedal for the amp but using effect of the Boss Katana (or other amp) Thank you !

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks. Not sure that would work. You’d probably want to use a board with midi but I’m not sure