NuX MG30 Hands on Demo and Review

[@briane.paulson]

Whenever I lust for new gear(I have had the MG 30 for 3 years), I always revisit these demos. I realize how good this product is .

[@lassekalhauge4801]

This is totally insane. I've listened to hundreds of reviews/demos on all Line 6 products, all Fractal products, Quad Cortex and all the others. This little NUX MG30 sounds ridiculously good. To my ears it sounds just as good as the others..... WHAT!!!! Already ordered mine at Thomann (for 299 euros). Can't wait to get it - and it has got a send/return built in, so that I can use my very old Tube Screamer and my Turbo RAT. What a great time to be a home musician. And Johnnathan; great great playing as always.... just love it

[@pratyulmusic]

Hi how are finding NuX 30 1. Does it have stereo FX loop for my delay pedals 2. Can it do parallel effect blocks ( I read somewhere ) 3. How is USB audio Interface?

[@SeagoGuitarist]

It's crazy how much these little boards are capable of. I can't get over how close these amp sims are to the real things these days. I mean, people claim they hear differences. But I'd argue that amps aren't all necessarily going to sound 100% identical anyway. So depending what amp was captured on what day in what situation, these factors all go towards affecting the final tone slightly. Modellers are another story of course. It's not enough of a tonal difference to my ears to complain about. Then again, I still have the boss Gt8, which I purchased when it was 'top of the line' tech and newly released. That was advertised in its day as being a flagship, 'sounds like the real thing' device. In that instance, there was a strong argument for that just being marketing spiel. Great effects unit. Terrible for authentic distortion tones. Nowadays, I'd argue the amp sims are close to 96%-100% accurate. Madness I tell you! It's a bit like complaining that the graphics on the ps5 are garbage, when you've never played a ps1.

[@kennethgarcia25]

Ordered from Thomann based on your video! It is really enjoyable to listen to your playing. You have a real economy of note playing that says a lot and inspires me to play fewer notes to convey the message! Well done. This processor has a wonderful tone quality and I can't believe they are offering it as such an affordable price. Even if it only had the palate of tone you demonstrated it would be worth the $300 bucks. The Roland is more than twice the price and while formidable, comparatively does not convey the same level of information on the available functionality so clearly and logically displayed on the screen.

[@nickojohnodtujan2795]

Been a NUX fan since 2019. This definitely needs to be in my arsenal.

[@matthewtayloryowieresearch1912]

I just bought one of these & it kicks a*se, love yr presets too John, great work (new sub.). Guitarcheologist since 1979 says these MG30's punch way above their weight/price/reputation. Rock or Bust!🤘 🎸Didyabringyabongalong Station, Central QLD Australia🦘

[@mattgilbert7347]

Leon Todd sent me here. Greetings from a Sydney in lockdown. I'm sold on this thing. Was considering a Cerberus but imo for an extra $80-100 this is well worth it. Cheers mate. Great demo.

[@lassekalhauge4801]

The Fuzz sound from 08:40 is so cool like an oversaturated Eric Johnson sound - you just play even better!

[@KrenarCilkuGuitar]

I built a small analog board several months ago because I joined a band but we haven't had any rehearsals due to the pandemic. A month ago, a friend loaned me his HX Stomp to try it out. I loved the idea of having an everything in one solution that sounds good and actually helped me make my KZbin videos sound much better. I listed all my pedals for sale hoping to sell them and get my own HX Stomp. I still have a couple of pedals that I need sell but then I stumbled upon this NUX MG30 and I could actually afford it so I pulled the trigger and bought it without researching it that much. It should arrive in a couple of days, I still have the Stomp on loan. I'll shoot them out and see if it's worth getting this instead of saving up more for the Stomp. Luckily, Thomann has a good return policy. All in all, expect a whole lotta videos from me on this lol. Not sure why I wrote this comment, I guess I'm a chatty person lol. Thanks for your content John, I appreciate it! cheers!

[@johnnathancordy]

I think the flexibility of the Stomp switching/snapshots etc are hard to beat but - the MG30 is cool too!

[@allboutthemojo]

@@johnnathancordy how many presets does it allow one to create and store? Can you access wah, compressor, distortion, modulation and delay effects to use in a single preset or is there a limit? Can you go straight into a powered speaker for output? Sorry never had a combo unit before, so don't know most of these things. Looking for something travel friendly, that will allow me pedalboard type use but without an amp .

[@blessedheavyelements8544]

What's cool is this: Over 16Million new guitarists since the pandemic began. Not all can have, or want, amplifiers. Units like this in the hands of those people.... I can imagine at least hundreds of fantastic new guitar players we will be hearing from in the coming years. As we move into a resource scarce world, units like this put all the combined knowledge / equipment of those who went before with the smallest ecological footprint. More and more players will never know the sound of a real amplifier and the names of these patches/captures will only serve as names vs something they compare against. Exciting times. Best Regards and Best Wishes Johnnathan!

[@georgemavimbela]

Well said

[@vrayonet]

@@georgemavimbela I own this unit and it sounds fantastic but I also just have bought a classic Bandit 112 Red Stripe TransTube 100W amp with real spring reverb. Loving both worlds, digital for versatility and analogue for a feel.

[@niruh7]

Nux MG30 has TSAC - True Simulation of Analog Circuit technlogy, digital multi-effects with analog sound quality. All you need.

[@MrAntpre]

Tks a lot Jonathan. It was realy useful to see how to use it on the device it self an not with the software editor on the computer. Great

[@JohanJoosLaur]

Short sleeves...you know from the start this is gonna be fire ahaha ! Loved the video, well put together and definitely looks awesome, I'm in love with this interface !

[@Fedrick-i6z]

Currently using Nux mg30 can't wait to fully master and under it

[@cliverkay]

Excellent .. What great value and now with a solid metal casing !! It is quite basic , but the sounds are really usable !!

[@johnnathancordy]

I do think they've made some really cool choices in the Drives and Delays in particular! Well and the Amps actually!

[@surfrby8876]

Great demo thanks , I learned a lot , for the price in the U.S this is a great little modeler

[@JekoJekov]

You are an amazing guitarist. Warmed my soul.

[@Fedrick-i6z]

I love this breakdown 💯

[@bcltdinc.8919]

Quick tone software for win or mac is a must for super quick editing and creating patches

[@josephforrest3713]

Very kool. Sounds like it responds perfectly.

[@CharfishDesign]

Wow that’s quite a nice piece of kit for the price!

[@cpamiseso]

I've been hearing that amp and IR wise, all of them are quite comparable, NUX, Valeton, the tweakability of their features (mic position, global EQ stuff) and the sound quality (or processor capability and their firmware updates?) that comes into play. Comparable amp + IR sound, but when modulation or reverb and delay taken into account, some can give good sound, some can sound very decent. Not to mention pricepoint as well. So many choices for 300ish, and I think MG30 offer quite the value especially with their consistent firmware updates.

[@neilbenjamin124]

Beautiful playing

[@giovannidelmastro3760]

In your hands everything plays good even with the guitar turned off and without ampli or effect😀

[@johnnathancordy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqq7qKCoptagbqs - hold my beer

[@daniellaudman8580]

Love the tone you created. T y.

[@MecchaKakkoi]

Ah, Mr. Cordy. I've been expecting you...

[@paolo-1283]

A decade ago I played in a show-band playing at different party and disco bars and clubs. Being in a show-band you don't just need an overdrive and delay pedals, but rather a whole rack of modulation effects. Due to low budget back then I only used the Zoom g3n and 606 pedals because they come with modulation and built-in expression pedal, they were very much like a swiss-knife all in one fly-rig type of effects, although they were digital, they sound just as good as the analog ones if mixed right. Its amazing that 10 years later we have these amp modeler effects that could do everything from the studio to live playing as well as recording. The future of music technology will be much more lighter, perhaps there will be no more amps and cables, just a musical instrument with built-in amp modellers and computers.

[@jnh73]

If you can't get joy from this, you need to find a new hobby. Holy smokes.

[@secretsquirrel7788]

love the backing track

[@andresastudillocasanova9253]

Hola, tienes conectada la Nux al amplificador...??

[@renegade1283]

Excellent playing. Wish I could get that tone. Would you be kind enough to put up your MG 30 settings for this intro? Cheers

[@onesandzeros]

Great overview and demo John, thanks. Is that backing track on your bandcamp?

[@johnnathancordy]

Will put it up!

[@oyobass]

The end of April can't get here soon enough! I want one now, but not badly enough to pay the shipping rates to get it shipped from Thomann to the US...

[@oyobass]

The end of April? Ha! Finally got mine July 7th. Seems to be worth the wait, though.

[@MOAB-UT]

John can make the cheapest amp in the store sound like the best amp in the store. That said, this MG30 sounds great. Similar to the FM3 in the limited samples I heard here- and it's about 1/3 of the price. That bit at 15:45 sounded amazing- really nice and detailed. John- is it as touch sensitive and do you like the delays and reverbs as ? In other words- how does it compare overall to the FM3? I like the PC editor on the FM3 and being Fractal, I imagine it can do several things this one cannot. I think this one has an editor online too. For a non-pro, this unit seems like a great piece of gear. I like too that they include a pedal. Strong value. Did you know preset 14C is named JCordy? (at least in a video review I just watched.)

[@edgarm2rts]

Question: Can the headphone output and the main output to the amplifier work at the same time, or will a headphone connection block the signal of the output going to the amp? Because I'd like to use the headphones as a monitor while the sound still goes amplified. Thanks

[@rogerwilliams2629]

Thank you, it was vaguely helpful!! Jk, crackedme upwhen hou said that. I think I need one of these to plug into my digital recorder. Maybe through an amp. Thanks again, it was in fact very helpful. Super nice playing!!

[@mariorojas3724]

Your presets man!!! Awsome!!!🙏🤘😍 are they included by default???

[@johnnathancordy]

I think a few were!

[@iosifsimon]

Did you run the out of the Nux into an AMP or a soundcard? How great would it sound if you would plug it into a PA system?

[@tiago5a]

Hi John. Do you feel that MG30 is much more realistic than the MG300? (in terms of amp and cabinet simulation) In your opinion is it's worth the upgrade from MG300 to the MG30 in terms of overall sound quality? By the way, I love your new album!!! It's really goods!!! Thanks so much

[@mattgilbert7347]

There's a video on that exact question on KZbin. Somebody called Helmut... something. I'll check for ya. EDIT: It's "Helmut Shatner". Video is "MG30 vs MG300: is it worth the upgrade?" Or something similar, hope that helps with making the decision.

[@mohnjark3739]

What amp are you using? I have catalyst 100 can it give a decent tone with mg30? Tia.

[@markporo]

Any chance you e played a Donnor Arena 2000? Ive been trying to find a comparison between the nux mg30 and the arena. Curious to know if there’s a clear winner between the two in amp modeler tone. In either case, you make this nux sound incredible! Great playing! Thanks for sharing.

[@bossmike4849]

I owned a donner arena and I had a lot of trouble with the hizz..the high frequency and the low frequency, so I sell it and ordered a mg30

[@markporo]

Thanks for sharing! @@bossmike4849

[@andresastudillocasanova9253]

John, conecté mi Nux MG-30 a mi amplificador Line 6 DT25, la verdad es que no suena bien, incluso con modo 4 cables, me puedes ayudar..??

[@ValWillKay]

You mentioned the ampero, how do the sounds compare?

[@mohdmazihan]

sound good. what studio monitor do u use?

[@RossMurray-z6c]

Hi, just curious, I would like to split my bass signal and send a dry bass signal to my bass amp and I want to send another wet signal to a guitar amp that comprises of a pitch shift of an octave up sent to another pitch shift which adds a perfect 5th to that 1 octave up signal with no dry bass signal then into some distortion so I can send this wet signal to the guitar amp when the guitarist does his solos, to fatten the sound a little as we don't have a rhythm guitarist to do this. Does this unit have these capabilities?

[@lovelyssadc]

which one do you pref. the boss gt1 or the nux mg30? :)

[@fusionfan6883]

John what amplification are you using, is it going into a full range powered speaker?

[@nungu60a]

Nice playing nd demo... have to sub

[@alexm66]

What is that "R" indicator on the mid-bottom right of the screen, right above the signal chain? Thanks.

[@Sunshine_lover111]

Hi thanks for showing me that nice 👍🏻 how can I buy this MG 30 I from Manchester UK because I’m afraid to not be robbed online

[@zi-gp]

Is the guitar sound on the intro is a factory patch?

[@ferramirez4570]

How do you think this would be compared with the POD go?

[@jeroenhoefmans1933]

Is it possible with the MG-30 to send 1 output to the fx loop of your amp and 1 to front of house? (So 1 with IR and 1 without)

[@TheTruth70777]

I believe so.

[@noisextheory]

does it have an Amp/mic/effecr for vocal menu???

[@chrisvdv5608]

Is steel singer part of the effects ?

[@regieclaro907]

I'm finding mg MG-30 harsh, and if I cut the highs, sounds dull, how do you deal with this?

[@cpamiseso]

I think they have some kind of post or pre EQ that we could use, and it's global, not in the preset fx chains I assume.

[@StevenJoseph]

Dear Boss - take note of the UI........

[@henrykc3]

I have a question, is the amp model block, is the power amp section separate from pre-amp? If yes, I would like to use my external preamp and use in MG-30 just power amp section and IR for cab. Please let me know, thank you!

[@johnnathancordy]

I don't believe so, I think this is unique to Helix and Fractal units?

[@henrykc3]

@@johnnathancordy Thank you for such quick reply. I will try if external preamp and just IR can sound good enough without power end saturation.

[@valueofnothing2487]

Why all the amps? Just give me a good one and maybe an eq.

[@sergeysuhina1]

NuX MG30 или Line6 pod go ? Какой лучше звук?

[@joecaruana7894]

Hello, can anyone tell me how many factory presets and how many blank user presets please. Thanks

[@ericwong1972]

Can this be used as a computer audio interface ?

[@peteytwofinger]

yes

[@АндрейМосковников]

👍

[@By-Guitars-Fun]

This thing its insane for 230 pound .. i use it for travel ... battery 🔋 connected thats it .converter 5 to 9 volt ⚡️..TalentCell lithium ion Battery Pack NB7102 works also on a spark 40 😂😂

[@redcomn]

I heard you can play snake in one of this

[@mattgilbert7347]

"Crunch" = MI Audio Crunch Box? Seems likely. What is "Ho-tone"? The tone from a 'Ho? I've watched this like 3 times and every time he says "HiWatt" and "Matchless" I start making an inventory of all the gear I'm gonna sell to fund this purchase...

[@kevingorman4666]

If you strum a few times and get the looper going you'll find it easier to dial in a sound

[@kevinpaulalbis7165]

🔥 ❤️

[@fernandocastro8100]

Hermoso sonido muy cool

[@marcosdiegoaraujo]

❤️🔥

[@nicholetivoli14]

is it right decision to sell my stomp for this mg30?

[@johnnathancordy]

I wouldn't!

[@Stoffendous]

@@johnnathancordy Why not John?

[@johnnathancordy]

@@Stoffendous because the Nux is not really giggable for me in the same way that the stomp is, not as easy to use, not as editable, not as flexible etx

[@Stoffendous]

@@johnnathancordy Ty!

[@MrSultanofSin]

I wish someone had guts to make a Nux-demo without adding tons of rev and delay. Just the basic of the basic.

[@johnnathancordy]

It's not really a matter of guts is it...It's a multi effects unit, chances are some folks want to hear the effects

[@MrSultanofSin]

That may be so. But if basic core is not good, sound won't be any better with loads of effects.

[@johnnathancordy]

@@MrSultanofSin the core sound is decent. What would you like a demo of?

[@Tiler-ju9zl]

There a big time delay when U change Chanel. Selling mine no good. Set a rythem then a lead .to much gap

[@stevebowley6348]

so who did they steal the software from? I don't believe for one second they developed their own code and modeled all these things themselves. That said, your demo is outstanding as always...

[@johnnathancordy]

It's an interesting question - didn't Mooer get sued for copying algorithms - I think algos and software are actually better protected than physical circuits? No idea though

[@oyobass]

The story I have heard is that there is a freelance, hot-shot team programming all of the algorithms for all of the Shenzhen multiFX makers. Or not. Just rumors, really.

[@HiredGoonage]

So essentially a poor man's Chinese Helix?

[@johnnyh64]

I never like to be negative but to me it sounds pretty thin and lifeless with a prominence of upper spikey mids. The maid would not be pleased.

[@paulcaton7093]

Have to agree with this - I wasn't digging the tones out of this at all (and John can get usually get killer tones out of any piece of kit he demos).

[@mobeersplz]

Same, much prefer the mg 300, easier to use and warmer tones.

[@marcosdiegoaraujo]

❤️🔥