Mooer Radar CAB Sim Pedal | SUPER USEFUL & PORTABLE

[@TheGothiczen]

my brother is a guitarist in his church where he used this. He is now all praise (no pun intended) for this pedal although it can get quite literally semi-hot when its at use.

[@igorzavalnyi5341]

I mixed a live punk-rock gig last week and one of the bands used DI signal sent through these pedals and used their cabs for stage monitoring only. And they sounded tight and juicy, loved it.

[@ButterCUTTER]

Igor Zavalnyi It was a pleasure Man ;)

[@whoopingcoughfun]

Another fun use; when using piezo pickups to simulate acoustic tones, you can load in ir's of various acoustic guitars and it'll sound legit.

[@loscoiattolomaledetto500]

I'm not a metal guy but when Rabea plays & gets into it, I can't help but get into it as well...

[@oscargarciahinde4247]

I got this pedal a few months ago and it has transformed my practice rig. I'm running it out of the effects loop on my micro dark and it's killer! So many tonal options.

[@nickdimitrievski3392]

Óscar García Hinde Are you running the micro dark into a seperate cab or are you just using the cab sim?

[@BenFentem]

Could we see some lower gain tests too, maybe with a Sheriff and a Strat? Sounded awesome but be interested to hear how the more crunchy or clean stuff sounds rather than the gainer side of things. Thanks dude

[@Charizti]

1UP for the pushed clean strat+sheriff

[@cps6497]

Fully agree ! Most of the times the saturation covers all the details of every device. It's too easy to make people impressed ... Take a Strat direct to the Mooer and play ! Thanks !

[@kscht82]

Some lower gain and clean stuff too. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmXSg2Rpnr-VfM0

[@kikiphallin]

He's using a Victory V4 Kraken preamp pedal in front of the mooer in case anyone forgot or missed the second he said it in the video :p

[@Thanksforaskingme]

I need to see people use these mooer rigs with non metal tones. Like with Fuzz and overdrives for breakup, white stripes, Muse etc

[@dewdude2112]

To the left are other videos. Choose the Pete Thorn one.

[@AEH2102]

But where does the actual SOUND come from if you don't need a cabinet? Monitors can't be that beastly can they?

[@dewdude2112]

@@AEH2102 Depends on the monitors. It can sound pretty good. I just recently took mine to band practice where we played the thrill is gone for the first time. Directly out of a digitech RP360xp into the radar and to the PA system. The song is a little rough since it's new for us....but check the guitar sound. NO GUITAR AMP! kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZvVl4eahrqompo

[@OGM_OriginalGameMusic]

Mooer themselves have some. When they aren't playing the rectifier or 5150 based preamps, they usually do old school rock or bluesy stuff. Even jazz.

[@dewdude2112]

Here you go cave. Forgive the playing...it was our first time playing the song. RP360 XP > radar > P.A.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZvVl4eahrqompo

[@jafethuerta]

These guys from Mooer have really been stepping their game up.

[@setra23]

So, one of these and a one of Mooer's pre amps and you've got a pocket sized touring rig.

[@tarkenton3895]

That is my rig lol

[@ксинеф]

Deadmetal And wahwah

[@aymericmarchand3472]

That's all the guys from Cradle Of Filth use when touring nowadays !

[@jorisaloranta]

That was my rig in a nutshell for a while, worked out great. Now rocking the Preamplive tho' but still.

[@adrianamorphous]

@@aymericmarchand3472 although they probably put those pedals into a rack but yeah.

[@jagthatindianguitarist]

Ended up buying a Strymon iridium to replace this. After playing with the Strymon for a bit, I'm giving it back. This is better and has more mojo and has a smaller footprint. The iridium is the only Strymon pedal I couldn't get on with

[@edd27]

Cradle of filth tour with the fifty fifty preamp and the radar. That’s it! It’s crazy...

[@adrianamorphous]

I'm sure they use at least a rack with that board tho

[@TobyBurt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGfcYXWEprSImM0

[@adrianamorphous]

@@TobyBurt I've seen the video many times.

[@norsonsantiago6537]

They played last summer in the Philippines, and I can say that I love their guitar tone. I was looking for their amp head and cab and I couldn't find it. Then the next day I googled their set up then I found that the guitarist used the mooer preamp and radar. Mind blowing

[@madmac66]

Sir, you are, in no uncertain terms, a djentleman and a scholar. And, by the way, that is a terrific little pedal. Cheers

[@adamkrasneski3679]

😂

[@jeanpat8946]

OMG !!! Man Rabae your sound is killer as always but now with this magic little box you r sitting on top of the world !!!!

[@kulmajaba]

I enjoy these videos even though I'm not a guitar player or in fact any sort of musician. Small correction though, in parametric EQ, the lower the Q-factor, the wider the frequency range it affects.

[@gfx2943]

Buying this for my next pedal trade show - going to run the demo board through this! Thanks for the review dude

[@tigroo3352]

Yeees ! Yesterday I was looking for this video on your channel after discovering this cab sim, and boom ! Here it is. Thank you so much Bea :-)

[@stevelouth7011]

Might get one to use with my Laney ironheart irt studio for recording Di !!!!!!!! Best review of this thanks Rabea sounds awesome !!!!!!😎

[@freeelectron8261]

I really like Rabea's sound and skill. The little amp tone in a box is cool too ;)

[@LukeBass1000]

The radar blip in the intro works super well!

[@RabeaMassaad]

Hahah you can thank John for that!

[@allboutthemojo]

@@RabeaMassaad Rabea, I don't use a daw or powered speakers or a mixing board. Can I use this pedal with my Marshall dsl tube amp with the Marshall's own speaker to jam out loud? I don't know if I can and how to connect it for that purpose. Where in the effects chain?

[@witeshade]

Honestly the only bad thing I can say about the pedal is that it's so small and expensive that it's gonna be really easy for people to steal. I noticed the pedal actually has a 12v power jack on the back, but I saw some info from mooer saying that it will run fine on 9v but the headroom of the ad/da will be better at 12v. If you're playing really hot signals 12v is probably better.

[@aandc2005]

The kraken pre-amp sounds great too!! btw your album Grinding Gears kicks ass!!!

[@victorhugod387]

Hey Rabea I love your videos, keep doing it… all the best.

[@jayot182]

Hmm.. it seems like soulhenge simply doesn't know how to use it since he doesn't recommend it. But rabea was able to showcase its full potential. Very intersting!

[@primateproduccionescr]

i just purchased this pedal and its just amazing! Thank you Rabea!

[@DaveSteele07]

I like that it doesn’t flub my speakers!!

[@KStarDid]

Nice demo of the Victory Kraken V4 preamp pedal, which I didn't know, as my old Sansamp PSA-1 red version limited edition is still my favourite preamp. Honestly the Mooer influence in the sound is so subtile that I can"t hear it most of the time or like an EQ setting when it can be heard. The Kraken Victory might be an interesting alternative to my PSA-1 as it is all tubes and sounds maybe more modern and wilder.

[@sacardevos]

Awesome video. If you have it on a pedalboard with chorus, delay and reverb, where would you place it? No amp, no fx loop, just straight into a DAW.

[@rayharmacinski4934]

I have not found any demo's on if you can use this on a pedal board on a stand alone rig... like another stomp box and if so would it go in the front or through the effects loop

[@Cluless02]

Rabea - great guy, guitarist, host!

[@jimbobgary3]

The first 4x10 is actually a guitar cab. The bass cabs are at the end 🤘

[@joejohnson273]

Can you run a typical overdrive pedal into this and get the desired sound of an amp, or do you NEED a pre-amp too?

[@PainterDans]

You need an amp in a box type overdrive pedal, like evh 5150, friedman be01 etc...

[@elchivojota]

will this input accept line level? like attenuated from an amp, or does it have to be pedal/hi-z?

[@DrFearCo]

I am super interested in the headphone out. How does it sound? Can it power high impedance headphones?

[@amnesie6615]

Wow this little thing sounds amazing!

[@gerrymancuso]

Ok but what about custom effects, lead tones, delay/reverb etc? How could you achieve that with the Radar? I have a Fractal FX8. Could I use it before the Radar? There’s no amp modeling in the FX8, would it still work? Or do I need a preamp live pedal? I do not want to carry an amp/cabinet with me. I just want to play through a mixer into a PA

[@jamesblair2000]

11:17 You skipped over the UK Citrus Orange amp which is sad I mean it rocks and is quite easily one of my favorites,

[@kevinrichards7980]

Im looking at getting one of these to use with a dsl head, can you use them without using it through the fx loop, coz i run my fx through the loop

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

What is the red/orange arrow that flickers on amd off when ypu are playing through the pedal?

[@brunoc.freitas7870]

I also wouldd like to know....

[@hockey14822]

This video needs wayyy more views!

[@carlosm3895]

can this be used in conjunction with the mooer micro d.i. (cabsim turned off)? or would that yield not much benefit? also does the micro d.i.'s cabsim give same quality results, albeit minus the voicing options?

[@TheSpangification]

Great little pedal, BUT I just got the Two Notes Torpedo Live to accompany my Kraken V4 Preamp pedal. How do they compare - Mooer vs Two Notes?

[@MrHardrocker98]

How does that combination sound? You use it without amp/power amp anything else?

[@TheSpangification]

Using the 4-cable method I´m now able to get 5 different sounds from my amp. But I only use 3 (V4 + Clean channel) or just the Kraken V4 into the power amp - depends on what guitar I use. Rolling off the volume nob, which works very well on the V4, gives you a clean/crunchy tone with the same characteristics of channels 1 and 2. This is why I might not even feel the need to use the clean channel on my amp, since it lacks compression. The feel and playability of the Kraken V4 is just super, and it's a fun pedal to play. The volume nobs and, my favorite feature, the "tight nobs" (Bass cut & Bright cut) on the Peavey JSX still work using the FX-return. I will be replacing the tubes on the JSX as they´ve run their course. So things can only get better! Please, read my full review in the comments here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3LYdZqCn62Nndk

[@TheDogPa]

I wonder what kind of pickups or pedals you could get with the $850 difference to effect the sound more?

[@davidf8749]

Great review. I bought one a few weeks ago but this vid was, essentially, a user guide. Awesome tones :)

[@luizdiaz5196]

How does it sound through headphones?

[@jeffcomeau4680]

I’d really like to see and here it in a live setting. No amplifier.. just guitar>pedal board>mooer >PA system. What does it sound like coming from a stage monitor and front of house????? Please!!!!

[@irwan86]

Just watch recent cradle of filth live..thats what they exactly use now

[@sipnscoot3049]

Question??????? Can I run the radar pedal out of the send of my MT-15 and go out of the radar to an interphase? Or do I still need a load box? Cause I’ve heard it’s not good to run a tube amp head without it plugged into a cab. Could you get back to ma asap??? I’m really new to home recording

[@dnamusicchallenge5995]

I'm sold. Mooer should pay you! haha. Awesome review 👏

[@BartDietvorst]

Hi Rabea. Sounds great! Would this work with a standard pedal board in front with normal drive pedals and no dedicated pre amp pedal?

[@MatthewApsey]

Can I plug regular headphones directly into the output of this?

[@matthorner35]

It has power amp emulation too - so you could effectively go from pedal board into this, and into interface?

[@mjallenuk]

What the actual tiny frick?!? That things a little beast!

[@timothymckane6362]

I may consider getting this someday for recording purposes.

[@mickthompson5245]

Cool bridge on that guitar

[@beau-2222]

What is an alternative to this expensive af pre amp pedal? Can I just use my standard tube pre amp?

[@angeloredoles1255]

Hi. Is it neccesary a load box if I wanna connect the mooer radar directly to the mixer?

[@jesus4pincho]

No no, but don't connect your amp speaker out to the radar! And have always your amp head connect to a load box or a cabinet! I use the radar with preamps and directly to the mixer :)

[@zolwikwkurwik]

Does the radar have balanced (stereo jack) output? I saw that in the manual but not sure if it's just marketing thing or fact.

[@bjorn_bennett]

That Baritone sounded SIIIIIIIICK!

[@Dannafilms96]

Hey Rabea! How are you running this in the signal chain? I am guessing you are using your Kraken in amp through mode so is it just after that? I also have a V4 Kraken and really like the idea of this fine-tuning it and adding cab sims etc what you think? Love anyone else's input too! Thanks guys

[@carlosm3895]

can a boost pedal push it to overdrive and clean up like the tube amps they simulate?

[@MOMOMOMOMOMOMOMOM]

All my dream gears there😗 Seems you can't stop playing🤟

[@brunoc.freitas7870]

What is that red Arrow that pops up in the screem pointing to the output side when you're playing?

[@Two-Eyed_Boy]

Realize you uploaded this some time ago, but would this be a good single box solution to replace a POD 2.0? Signal chain would be guitar > pedal > DAW

[@RokDAWG1]

I'd love to hear some clean sounds as well. For the most part it's just crazy fucking awesome! Damn good demo!

[@randomvariantguy6552]

I like the custom 24 here

[@joseaguilar750]

Thanks for another great review video...what model of PRS is the one you play?

[@tarkenton3895]

I can't wait until they do to this what they did with the preamp pedals. Make a bigger cab sim pedal with a DI, easier switching of cab presets, more in depth EQ etc

[@RidzuanYahya]

I just got one a few days ago. I noticed the pedal gets a little warm after extended use. Are you experiencing this too??

[@sorinsb3936]

so, be od pedal + mooer+delay = foh? and phone output can go in frfr active speaker for monitoring on stage?🤔

[@mrcoatsworth429]

I'm thinking about getting one of these for live and recording (instead of micing my cab, because of bleed, consistency etc). If I understand correctly, I can go out of my FX send into the radar. Is there a way I can still use my FX loop for effects that reach my actual cab?

[@AaronHallett]

Mr Coatsworth go out of the speaker send from your amp into a loadbox. Then from there into the Radar. Don’t go right into the Radar obviously or you’ll fry it. That way you can use the fx send return separately.

[@mrcoatsworth429]

@@AaronHallett thanks for your comment! That doesn't really answer my question. If I'm going to buy a loadbox with a cab sim, I'm not really gonna need the radar.

[@floriangeiling7627]

​@@mrcoatsworth429 I use a splitter at the end of the chain in the FX loop. one end goes to the radar and to the FOH and the other end goes back to my amps return as usual. the coolest thing is that the master volume of the amp is now independent of what the FOH gets.

[@mrcoatsworth429]

Hi! Thanks for your response! What kind of splitter are you using?

[@floriangeiling7627]

​@@mrcoatsworth429 I built it myself but if I were to buy one I'd go with the Lehle P-Split.

[@edwindantes539]

Could this help brighten up the tone of my very dark sounding PRS McCarty with P9o's which I'm ready to get rid of????

[@baibhabadhikari]

Get an eq pedal instead

[@anriburkadze7808]

Mooer radar with pedals vs mooer ge 250 which is best way gays? I need good sound without amp 🤘

[@codyhansonbass]

Is the EQ on the pedal supposed to act in place of a preamp? Or is it EQ on the "mic"? I'm confused. Is it redundant to use the EQ feature and a preamp in front of the pedal?

[@johnerodz7]

Hey brother can you show us how to connect the radar for recording. Thanks 😊

[@dazzmetcoll3843]

To record Straight through my audio interface without my amp do I need a pre amp pedal as well as the radar also can I use my pedal board in the chain want to record with my pedal board straight into my interface ?

[@jesus4pincho]

Yes. Boost and drives before the preamp, delays and mod after the preamp. Radar the last on the chain.

[@Anonymous.android]

@@jesus4pincho thanks for this i was also wondering the same thing!

[@kelseygomez1027]

Probably a stupid question, but can I run this into my 4x12 cab with a Kemper as a preamp?

[@kevinnedelec]

Hi Bea. I got a kraken preamp pedal too and how do you manage to not have a volume loss when using it with the torpedo? i have to put the preamp at full master to have a good volume

[@TheTomarild]

You should do a test of the original Vox Tonelab! The blue one built like a tank

[@bm6244]

Is there any hiss or hum coming (as people say) from Radar itself?

[@sajanjoy3985]

Instead of preamp can we use a distortion or overdrive pedal before this to get a high gain tone ?

[@scottydogg278]

I know you posted this some time ago but I don't see replies so I'm hoping this helps - but yes, you can do that. If you check out Ola Englund's channel, you'll see multiple examples of him using Boss distortion pedals (I think the Metal Zone or Heavy metal but can't remember offhand) into the effects return of his Satan amp. So: Guitar - Distortion Pedal - Effects Return (so he's basically using only the power amp section of his amp) - Speaker Cab. On that chain, the Mooer Radar would be replacing the Effects Return/Power Amp and the Speaker Cab :) In fact, I think it's the only way to decently use pedals like the Metal Zone and not have your guitar sound like a swarm of angry bees (in my opinion at least).

[@FlaviuBE]

The AMT Pangea CP100 is similar, but it can be conected everywhere, even right between the amp and cab. It doesn't have the power amp sim though.

[@alexgl]

It has in recent firmware versions. Compressor, Eq, Gate, Poweramp AND CLEAN PREAMP simulation for running your pedals in front. Nothing beats CP-100 so far in this price range.

[@kaskas55]

Sounds sick!

[@MrVishnuu]

Great demo Rabea!!! You should check the Nux Solid Studio, it seems to have more organic power amp sim. Wish you the best!

[@lordviewer7305]

sick demo, cool riffs

[@JiTiAr35]

I bet you'll review Mooer GE 300 as well. 😁

[@Car_Ram_Rod]

Would the Torpedo Captor do the same thing?

[@badtzmaru0]

Hello Rabea, I'm a huge fan of your craft!I have (perhaps a very dumb) question: Can you use an Engl cab simulator pedal and a Friedman amp simulator pedal at the same time with a guitar effects processor on a combo amp? Looking forward at your insight on this. Cheers🤘😎🤘

[@caglaroral]

Did you feel any latency? And what was firmware version?

[@baadrqaaba9529]

Rabea thanks for sharing , can you do a video comparison of mooer radar and the torpedo live with external ir . Greetings from morocco .

[@ssmetalrulz]

Is the Torpedo C.A.B. any better than this ? Cos it’s like $300 more expensive..

[@blazegulizack]

Can I use this instead of micing my cab in a live setting?

[@Xianpaul0523]

Blaze Gulisack thats exactlt the use of it.

[@justinorprecio3094]

Best demo i've seen

[@TheStarshipBand]

If I wanted to use the Radar as a preamp and bypass the cab simulator, could I plug the bass into the Radar and then connect the output to a real cabinet with a jack/speakon cable? Thanks

[@chrishall5176]

No this does not produce any power to drive a speaker. Its a virtual power amp

[@karlisi]

Where can I get that T-shirt, Rabea?

[@icenic_wolf]

I must also discover the answer to this question!

[@MarkLumsley]

The Superverb 4x10 is a guitar cab, you were indeed okay to use it! ^_^ Besides, it sounded killer! :D

[@jacekbucko3623]

So, if i have Laney Ironheart 60W head amp, Boss ME-80 multi fx and this Mooer radar, how can I record my Laney in a DAW? Should i have something more to use or its all?

[@jesus4pincho]

When recording an amp use a loadbox

[@AllanHathaway]

What's that cable on the right of it? Is that a patch cable? I'm looking for a straight design like that.

[@UltimateAccuracy]

Boss BCK I think. Google "Solderless Patch Cable Connectors" and you'll find a load of similar types (Evidence Audio, Rockboard, Lava, Patchworks etc etc) "most" allow the cable to exit either straight or right-angled. Being solderless the cable needs to be the correct diameter to ensure a secure connection. HTH

[@oliveranderson7246]

nice sound.this pedal conecting only at fx loop or straight into too??also can i use it straight to my amp and cab without pc softwares??ty

[@jesus4pincho]

Dude, this pedal replace the sound of your power amp and cab to go direct to the mixer or your interface (even to your headphones)

[@fraenkiboii]

can I put my headphones into that? I guesss not, right? What else would I need in order to have a portable "amp + cabsim + headphone" situation?

[@thekramer1097]

Frank Meffert Yes you can, there are two outputs: One for guitar and one for headphones. What's missing is an xlr output.

[@adrianamorphous]

@@thekramer1097 not enough room lol

[@fraenkiboii]

Yeah man I checked the specs and some photos, this thing actually has a headphone out. How rad is that!? But then my next question was: which pedal would I put in front of it, so I have an "emulated" amp? Any suggestions?

[@oleksandrhorskyi8442]

Consider any of the mooer's micro preamps, there's a lot of different ones, emulating plexi, mesa, 5150 etc, it's the same size as Radar pedal!

[@adrianamorphous]

Donner also makes some decent ones. Black Devil (6505) etc

[@jadenrrose]

One day I will own one of your baritones, Bea. I need to trip and fall over $2k first, but it will happen.

[@richardmorris363]

1/4” out... what’s the proper way to connect to a balanced / XLR cable? A direct box?