How To Properly Level Tonex Pedal Presets | Beginner's Guide To Tonex Ep. 5 

Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏🏻 Really glad the videos have been helpful!

My pleasure Andy! So glad the vids have been helpful 😀

Thanks kindly Robert and glad it was helpful 😁

I use the horns \m/ of one my hands to do this fast save.

Oh wow. Live the quick save tip!

Thanks so much :-)

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My pleasure and glad you enjoyed :-)

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My pleasure and glad it was helpful :-)

Thanks so much for noticing that Philip and glad you enjoy! I think it is something that is very important so you always know what you are getting :-) Thanks for the comment!

My pleasure! For my Tonex videos I am either plugged directly into my audio interface and what you are hearing is the exact unaltered sound of the tone model from Tonex software or the Tonex pedal recorded directly into my audio interface. Regardless of which method used the two sounds are the same since I make sure my input is identical going into my audio interface and Tonex Pedal. So basically you are hearing the unprocessed signal of the tone model as it sounds in Tonex. Hope that helps :-)

@@JasonSadites That helps a lot! Many thanks for your quick reply!

My pleasure 😀

The only issue I see being with an auto-level function is that so much of that is based around personal preference. Some folks like a particular balance where others like something different. I am not sure whether IK has something like that planned but I would probably think it is unlikely. Also, no need to apologize, it was a great question :-) Glad you enjoyed the video!

@@JasonSadites true. Thank you still for your great work

It really depends on the preset and what you are going for. I would likely not run two compressors, but there are times it can work depending on how they are setup and the end goal. But, for the most part if you are running an external compressor I would turn off the Tonex compressor. Hope that helps :-)

@@JasonSadites Thank you!

@@fernandosimon5621 my pleasure!

I dial all my tones in to work equally well with different pickup types. What kind of tone are you looking for? I can point you in the right direction :-)

@@JasonSadites I’m trying to get David Gilmour tone but I have only humbucker guitar.

Ive been wondering The same

Unfortunately you cannot do that. Tonex Pedal is capable of playing Tonex tine models and also has a Noise Gate, Compressor, Reverb and some advanced EQ.

I use a Keeley Katana boost into the front of my ToneX Pedal and yes I find it gives the amp models a clear boost like a real amp. But I suppose it would depend upon the amp model in question (ie how early it breaks up, how much headroom it has etc.). But in short, yes I have found it reacts and responds like an amp should. 👍🏼

@@GxBxN thanks

I've been fooling with my new Super Clean in various locations in my chain. The gain knob on it can be your friend and your enemy. Currently the pedal resides after tuner, but before my overdrives (which obv go before Tonex).

@@marcuspeterson8793 do you use it as an always on pedal?

Yes it's always on. I will be doing some more tests with it over the next week as far as placement. Seems the best place so far is where it's at, with the gain knob at 9 or so, but never past noon.

That is correct. Nobody ever suggested otherwise.

@@JasonSadites So maybe not encouraging keeping it at "0" is a good tip. In fact, some models will only sound good after a good amount of boost/cut in the input.

You are free to run your input trim at whatever setting you would like, as is anybody. For myself, I have found that a setting close to zero, maybe even a little less is in the ballpark of how I calibrate my audio interface instrument input levels for as close to a real world situation as plugging my guitars into real amps. In discussion with literally hundreds, if not thousands of other people, they have confirmed this works best for them also. Please don't try and pass off like I am ignorant on this topic. Again, you and anyone else are free to set it however you would like, but I will continue to recommend things the way I do based off of what I know. I wasn't asking for any correction on this. Thanks.

@@JasonSadites I was by no means trying to diminish your knowledge in this area. I believe you are aware of all this and more; I think you have the potential to draw the attention of creators like IK to this matter. We know the importance of having the level information for models to respond adequately. Perhaps you could be the intermediary to provide more information on this. It's already common knowledge that some Amplitube models need a significant input boost (+15db in some cases) to sound good. Sharing this will only lead to more satisfied consumers with the platform instead of becoming even more chaotic, considering Tonex has even more randomness in the captured input levels than Amplitube.

So here is why I find comments like this bizarre and somewhat annoying. You are commenting on a video that is squarely about balancing the OUTPUT level of a preset so that when switching between presets the end user understands how to get the results they are looking for. This video has NOTHING to do with Input Trim settings. The only reason I even brought it up was in passing as some people suggest playing with the Trim In as a way of balancing the level between presets, which is not it's purpose. I wanted to make sure folks knew that it was not an appropriate way to accomplish what this video was about before moving on to the proper way of doing it. It seems like someone always has to come along and potentially confuse matters by talking about points like this that do not pertain to the video in question. That is frustrating because a viewer can read it and it can potentially confuse them further. As far as working with IK on this matter, I already have worked on it with them in regards to Tonex Pedal. After much discussion with them, they fixed an issue that I brought up with them concerning a built in 8.6 db boost that was applied post A/D converter that would hit the front of the tone model in the Tonex Pedal. I literally had thousands of people contact me thanking me for this as the pedal now works much better for them with the Trim In set to 0 db. You also bring up an issue with Amplitube. This video was not about Amplitube in anyway shape or form. It was about Tonex. You came on and told me "So maybe not encouraging keeping it at "0" is a good tip" and when I address that you then start talking about Amplitube when your original "advice" to me was concerning Trim In on Tonex Pedal since that is what this video is about. All comments like this do is potentially confuse matters even further when I am trying to help people fix certain issues.