Sonicake Matribox - Afford-A-Multi Effect? - A solid little Multi Effect for $129 - TASTE IT!

[@igortretsnom]

Based on your review I bought one. Waiting for delivery

[@raf.raf.]

We need a Multi-effect-only-afford-a-board.

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

So one with a real fuzz and drive in front?

[@kevinmyles6369]

Got this one almost a year now. Sonicake really hit it out of the park with this product. Tons of fun with it. The MK II is great too but doesn't add that much only that it has 3 individual foot switches with that expression/wah pedal...

[@aplanebagel]

Thanks for going through them all ! It's actually pretty appreciated!

[@Stallagmite]

Finally a review without a long haired shredder. Not that I'm against shredding 😂 its just not my sound... wish I could search "multi effects pedal not demod by metal head" 🤣

[@60CycleHumcast]

lol, well you found the right channel.

[@riphopfer5816]

I think the modulation FX are the best thing about this unit. The chorus, the trem, the flangers sound good. We’re at 70, though, and I haven’t seen a single David Gilmour setting! Most rock guitarists consider the solo at the end of Comfortably Numb to be the greatest ever written and-nuthin. Bummer. Honestly, the bass patches sounded bloody fantastic! It doesn’t handle high frequencies well, but the low stuff sounded godlike, for that price tier! I really dig your presets. That was VERY psychedelic, man. You should join up with me and play acid rock, brother!

[@Robert-Peterson]

It sounds terrific and after finding out that this thing not only is a proper USB interface, but it also comes with edting software, I decided to get one. It's going to sit on my desk next to my computer. It's awesome that - at this low price - it has software that allows you to juggle the effects order in the chain, stack effects in the chain and even load your own IRs. BTW...I loved your silica gel joke. I don't have kids to share them with, so I share them with my neighbor's dogs.

[@SuperKazmierski]

I love these videos. It's like going to Guitar Center, while I'm at work! I love it.

[@davidwalter2282]

They don’t block 60 Cycle Hum where you work?!? How lucky!

[@DarrenDoo]

+1 to this comment lmao

[@thedeadxtras9927]

You really can’t go wrong or complain about this Sonicake Mateibox or the Valeton GP100 which are the same internal units just different designed chassis’s, for $130 or £100 in the UK new they have plenty of features, user friendly easy to edit, plenty of decent sounding individual effects, most modulation fx, good range of delay & reverb fx, various pitch fx and an alright cross section of drive, distortion, fuzz fx. Always be willing to work with any bit of gear to edit parameters to create, design & develop any tones to come up with your own individual sounds that work for you and your playing style. The presets on the whole are usable and need a bit of tweaking like always so there’s not so much of each overall effect, dial them in and all very useable, plenty of amps & cabs, store 20 IR’s, 90sec looper and a built in rhythm / drum section ideal for practice and improving playing in time. It’s all pretty much in there what you should need, definitely a great worthwhile investment to help you decide how and what amps or pedals you want to get in future at a more professional and expensive end. A great guitar multi effect tool at an excellent price.

[@philchapman1463]

Thanks for going thru the presets! I was not sure about this multi effects unit but your variety of song styles you played over the patches sold me on it, I'm now more aware of the versitilty it offers and the music styles it can be used for.

[@JaredPitcher]

Seems like this might be the exact same device as the Valeton GP-100, the UI is oddly similar and the I/O and general footprint are nearly identical.

[@SamuelMush]

Yes, it is

[@thedeadxtras9927]

Correct it is the Valeton GP100 in a different chassis, Sonicake and Valeton are basically the same company manufacturing the same products internally with different chassis’s under their two brand names.

[@ThatoneGuy-ks4cc]

Even for semi experienced players, a little cheap multi fx can be much easier than taking certain pedals and breaking up your home rig. Inexperienced players will often overuse multi fx and make it do everything it can do, instead of what they NEED it to do. I honestly don't use delay or chrous enough to really justify the pedals I've bought, a cheap multi would do the trick. Things I LOVE about multi effects: easy access to many eq shapes and the mods and delays are passable. What I hate about them: they consistently have bad distortions overdrives and fuzzes, ineffective or absent fx loop in/out. About half will let you use a od/ dist/ fuzz to good effect. If you need a mod delay several reverbs a volume pedal and maybe some random sounds on a budget or a good array of effects for a practice amp why not? It's like a 100 bucks. And it's easier than playing with settings mid set. You really don't need a $300 chorus pedal for that one song, in that one part.. ya feel me?

[@he11bent6]

Right when I discovered this unit, I started watching this video. I had put in an eBay offer on the Valeton GP-200 earlier today before I discovered this and they accepted my offer right when I got into this video haha! I guess at least I got it for a really good price. Thank for all the great reviews

[@rodolfomello401]

Great pedal! I just bought mine. A hug from brazil!!

[@audiomonster303]

Yep, the rant and accidental full preset search was awesome lol

[@deeman524]

This looks and sounds similar to my Zoom G2.1, with the same exact features but I like that colorful interface with more info. I enjoyed watching you experiment this, just like me and my G2.1

[@kevinr.3542]

Unless zooms have improved a lot since I last played one in the 2010s, this sounds much better

[@adaltroczguitar]

Hello! I really liked your review! I think you were fair and honest!! This unit has a lot of potential, like you said!! Tks a lot!

[@donalddaley2179]

Really good review. For a surf guy you covered a lot of ground. Well done!

[@blairmichaelhogan4502]

As decent as they all are, it’s kinda funny that the lowly old plastic Zoom G1on still kicks the shit out of all these newer cheap modellers when it comes to headphone set ups. It’s basically got a multi stomp inside it, but is also a headphone amp with the sync’d drum/looper thing. For $50 used it’s hard to beat.

[@okreal-Smarticus]

And g1on has a pre select setting,let's you go to next patch then silently

[@gyslainbeauchamp9241]

Great review, Nice sounds,think,i'll take a chance

[@mudcreekblues]

42:47 Excellent '60s budget sci-fi movie alien machine sound. NOW I want one of these!

[@mde272]

Great review! I heard some very workable tones in there...especially some of those higher gain settings.

[@markharwood7573]

Ryan, your enthusiasm is infectious. You might have sold me this unit if I didn't already have a Boss ME-25, and it's still tempting. I write on this occasion as a player of the noble kazoo.

[@GustavoPzb]

What a evolution since Zoom 505 II, the first multi efrects of lots here 25 years ago.

[@oquati]

got one of these 3 months ago, pretty solid.

[@henrystewart3882]

I used to own a Fender Cyber-Twin amp, and I would go through each setting for hours fiddling with the weird space noises. This seems like it can fill that void for me!

[@zadtheinhaler]

I still want one, even though I have a Helix. Some of those presets were **wild**.

[@gwugluud]

Those boldly featured some really strange effects ; the couple of times I jacked around with one in a music store was fun af, lol. I would have bought one, but back then, the price was a little too ridiculously high. Great amp, though.

[@gwugluud]

Zoom have many crazy efx to play with, in case you might not have played around with one of their processors very much yet.

[@satamique]

Great demonstration thank you!

[@russellzauner]

Might have a competitor for my Zoom B1x4; I'm kinda liking how they decided to set up the controls and layout the screen. Colors is helpful in this case instead of making the view busier, so that's good...

[@russellzauner]

I wonder what the software is like but I'd get past it for something that I can replace easily if someone spills a beer on it.

[@gliblyaware]

Nice TMBG shirt!

[@DTension]

The bass settings are the secret weapon.

[@koolkutz7]

Great demo and overview. Do you know whether you can assign the 'Polyphonic pitch shifter/harmonizer' from FX1/2 to the expression pedal to emulate a Digitech Whammy pedal?

[@Michael_Birk]

I think you've gotten better on guitar in a very recent time period.

[@SuperKazmierski]

Video Tape (F9) sounds like you could to the score for a 90s made for High School documentary about eating disorders.

[@SoloSi2024]

Compared to older units, the display is an improvement in that you can now give each bank a title rather rhan having to remember what you've assigned to each pedal switch in 'bank 12'....

[@simonegrillo5534]

Thank you very much for the video! Two questions: 1) is it possible to loop over running drums 2) is it possibile to overdub multiple times?

[@hansirocks-jammy2154]

A bit dissapointed you didn’t check out the editor, Would have loved to see how you make presets on pc, and how you load 3’rd party ir’s

[@-processdrone-]

I love how the "60s" patch is made up of a whole load of stuff that wasn't available in the 60s. The Bass settings generally seem better than the guitar ones, the guitar ones are OBSESSED WITH DIGITAL DELAY.

[@teknomanning]

I was a sixties teenager what Jimi outdo have done with this

[@michelecavatorta1557]

Came for the Guild Surfliner, stayed for the Matribox

[@AbsurdTV1]

I feel like you rated this pedal 6 out of 10. But i feel its more 8 out of 10. Some really cool fx and sound meltyness !!!

[@mantashaft]

@11:40... lovely E&B tune 😎

[@antonchigurh8541]

What song is that from?

[@mantashaft]

@@antonchigurh8541 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYbSqYWclK2qZ6c

[@deeman524]

LOL! I had the Zoom 2000s early 90's that was the size of your hand that you could squeeze into your amp handle and had a footswitch that ran on a phone cord, I miss that little thing.

[@1rwjwith]

Your first “rifffrom80s” was from the 70’s! Hey not bad so far though..for $129…these things will continue to get smaller and probably cheaper until a war happens…

[@60CycleHumcast]

i was playing the RUN DMC version.

[@deeman524]

I had the Boss ME 10, 600$ and only played it much when I first got it, had it for 5 years or less then it just shutdown on me, I've had this Zoom G2.1 150$ or less for 5 years or more and it's still working . and I'm not a high distortion type of guy so in my experience all the basic necessaries in one unit for a low price is perfect for me

[@Acseq8wy]

Is a valeton gp with other skin

[@pronumeral1446]

This looks like it would be a fantastic unit for a beginner.

[@mixedmartialnutrition1746]

or some1 who isnt lookin to spend thousand dollars on a freakin pedal/s, 40 amps and 38 cabs at that price and sound quality isnt just for beginners.

[@onefatstratcat]

Our guitar player uses one of those NUX processors into two Kustom 50 watt stick PA cabinets and it sounds SAF in stereo!!

[@joellebrodeur1015]

Nux MG30 is the popular one. I just got and hadn't had proper time to mess with it.

[@thirteenthnile3536]

According to Wikipedia, Morden may come from words meaning " great fort", and "is located approximately 8 miles (13 km) South-southwest of central London between Merton Park and Wimbledon (to the north), Mitcham (to the east), Sutton (to the south) and Worcester Park (to the west)." The patch captures that vibe pretty well.

[@pabcrane]

And at the end of the Northern Underground line. Don't fall asleep on the last train of the night or that's where you'll wake up!

[@amorfraternal3150]

the funky clean sounds excellent.

[@Michael-n8x]

The patch you created reminds me of an old horror movie, the matribox sounds gigable, I've got a huge stereo amp and cab I would like to try it with. 🤘

[@rogersibilsky3786]

Need to hear more of you jamming with a Looper running.

[@TerenceKearns]

Excellent review.

[@davidwalter2282]

My Fender G-DEC amp died recently. I loved that thing! This could replace it. But, quite a bit of over-the-top 80’s presets. They need some normalish blues rock and jazz settings.

[@gyslainbeauchamp9241]

You got it ryan👍

[@adam5781]

Man, he got me with that joke about the silica gel...

[@mark78750]

Sounded great!

[@ssm445]

Check out the new Mosky pedals. They put a lot of options in them.

[@blablybla]

Pretty decent little device. I'm wondering how good it is in comparison with something like Mooer GE150?

[@davidkastin4240]

This certainly has a lot to offer, wish i had this 20 yrs ago. I watched the video straight through, do I win anything? 😂

[@billyhellmaker]

I might buy this just for the presets.

[@googleboy7]

Beauty is in the eye......my first pedal was a Fuzz Face. LOLShalom/gw

[@Soumil-f7]

Excellent review! Is it also possible to connect an amp as the output or can I only connect headphones?

[@glendoggett9670]

do you think this would work well with an acoustic guitar with piezo also?

[@ReverendBow]

Oh hell yeah! Finally got a Tun'r Time....

[@Mr.Monster1313]

I need that theremin Ryan !!!!! Cool

[@brianstallard5446]

Not too shabby for $129, afford-a-cake!

[@michaelbranch718]

Pretty cool

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

Its amazing how much nicer that Guild is compared to the budget version(even with the weird modern switches on it) I played while the Guild, Doroboro Rep was at a local store. Also, did you sell your Revv?

[@60CycleHumcast]

the revv is up in my office right now. And yeah, the new guild is way better that the first run.

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

@@60CycleHumcast oh ok, I knew you had a Wang's but wasn't sure what was up. The G20 only has the Blue and Purple channel correct?

[@djay6651]

Ryan: Riff from the 80s! Which riff could it be? Also Ryan: 'Immediately plays riff from the 70s'

[@1rwjwith]

Your assessment was very fair and on the money. Have you reviewed on of the newer ZOOM MULTI-EFFECTS? There is one I saw around $229 that seemed better than this ..of course $100 more.

[@joellebrodeur1015]

The new ones with the b/w LCD screens. I heard those were not worth the money.

[@kevinr.3542]

Zooms never sounded great to my ears. The distortion are lame crunchy buzzing digital crap. Unless they've been upgraded

[@Davidkimjason]

i like your review

[@coalcrackerchris]

Very interested in this...but I saw the matribox II allows you to plug in other effects. Did you review the matribox II? I like your reviews most of all.(JHS comes in at #2)

[@RamilArt]

Привет! IR Sampling length: 512 or 1024 pts ?

[@egnbigdave]

The only experience I have of Sonicake is the IR pedal. From the factory the power input socket was wired reversed... and epoxied so I had to cut/reverse/solder/splice/shrinktube to get it to work.... which it did for about 2 months before it died and stopped working, I have Rowan, Demon and a few other cheap effects that are older and still going. Your milage may vary of course, but after that experience I havent touched sonicake stuff with a barge pole.

[@ErebosGR]

That's just bad luck.

[@ymelfilm]

I think the Acoustic sim sounded good

[@pupawheelie]

Thanks so much for doing a review on this. It doesn't seem like it would be good for live gigs like my RP200, but for recording or practicing yes. Sad about the sounds of the drums.😢 Nice guitar collection!

[@gregorwalton]

Download the manual from Sonicake and calibrate the expression pedal, so that you can set the pushdown pressure which switches from volume to wah. Then start doing a review, you garnish

[@j7mario]

Sou músico amador, por isso acredito que esse monstrinho pode ser útil. Obrigado pelo vídeo!

[@jamwayofaiken-augustarockb7643]

That first patch sounds very similar to the tones of Billy Gibbons on I need you tonight by ZZ Top

[@moldylemon1]

Most of these multi effects have a digital interface to be able to change it on a computer so youre not having to figure out all the knobs and stuff as well

[@paulomarinhomp]

Good afternoon, the looper synchronizes with the battery on the matribox 1, can you make a quick video about the loop?

[@11000038]

Sorry but like a Zoom unit I had years ago the best setting is probably bypass. I may get one for my synths! 😁

[@sassycat]

How many lawns did you have to cut to get that Zoom? 😸

[@60CycleHumcast]

Sooo many

[@olenfersoi8887]

Sorry, but the Ammoon Pockrock & Lekato PA-1 plug-in devices, and the M-Vave programmable pedal do the same things at a cost of $20-40. And the Pockrock includes a drum machine, while the other 2 can import IR Cab settings designed by others. Like it or not, it is hard to beat these Chinese-made devices.

[@ACURAOCULTA]

Very good

[@joshuabiddix2923]

I want to hear the clean sounds as well.

[@tom-sn999]

they are not good on that

[@gyslainbeauchamp9241]

Patch#28 reminds me anthem of the world by frank marino& mahogany rush👌

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Great supper cool review. But I have a question, I already have the POD Go and the Headrush MX5, do I actually need this pedal?

[@60CycleHumcast]

probably not.

[@colerainsberger5498]

Just got one of these. Anyone have a good worship patch?

[@Riffer19]

I have a song where I need to stomp to switch from chorus to distortion. How can I achieve this via a simple stomp on one pedal? Still learning!

[@schreds8882]

I'm guessing that you can't load your own IRs and it probably doesn't have any PC/Mac/Android/iOS software to control it. For $129 I wouldn't expect it but it would be cool if if did.

[@ErebosGR]

You can (15 slots for user IRs), and it does have a software editor.

[@akwamarsunzal]

Man, whats with all this tapping? Don´t remember that in surf! 🙂 Great video though! Pretty decent multi fx pedal. Kind of old tech these days, almost Zoom Gu2 esque but sounded pretty decent through my shitty laptop speakers!

[@richardclark.]

P03 was dead on for the Doors, Touch Me.

[@dnamusicchallenge5995]

Nutty cake. Reggae. Get it? Cake? Like spiked brownie 😊🤝makes u nutty..sitting near the "not drunk" preset.Haha. Fitting.

[@FiveStringCommando]

Willing to do a video of this thing with a bass guitar?

[@Superjet113]

He does demo with a long horn bass guitar in this video. Goes through all the bass guitar stuff on it.

[@da1028]

Similar graphic and same identical effects list of ampero hot tone. Is that an ampero small clone?

[@justbob9006]

I would buy it just for all the bass presets. Most budget skimp on bass presets.

[@lawrencegenereux8567]

Exactly. This is a must-have pedal if you play guitar and bass. It's absolutely gig-able for both instruments, too. Set up right, a fretless bass is amazing though this. The proper blend of hall reverb, delay, and chorus is magical.

[@mixedmartialnutrition1746]

too many bass presets for a guitar pedal the 1 downside.

[@gittarpikk]

Does it have true stereo aux in for jamming?

[@tom-sn999]

yes

[@removedot]

Seems like they nailed the metal amps well, seemed Triple Rec

[@joellebrodeur1015]

I agree with the other commentator. It's way too digital sounding, at least for stock.

[@onefatstratcat]

Tasteeeee!!