Mooer Preamp Live! - Testing the Tones! 

Finally someone who did a video on this product WITHOUT doing metal the entire time ! Much appreciated ! Great demo !

The amount of great gears produce by this company lately are quite impressive. Mooer is the new BOSS.

Darrell,I really love your demos. You never seem to overboard with any of the sounds in one direction or the other and that shows me that you are not biased about the products that you demonstrate. Thank you!!

You can tell the guys at Mooer really thought this one through! I would have loved a little tuner on this bad boy, but everything else is gold :)

Great video! I am very interested in this. I learned that it can load your favorite IR's for Cab sims as well! Instead of just having to turn it off and use something else. So cool! Your channel is the best Darrell!

Wow very impressive sounds . Easy to use it seems . Great presentation from you as usual . Thanks now I want one !!!

You’re absolutely brilliant at this. Wow! I instantly subscribed!

Another great Video. Merry Christmas Happy New Year to You and Your Family. God Bless You and Your Loved Ones!! Jimmy in NC....

Sounds very impressive to my ears and such a good no nonsense demo..real credit to you sir..welll done you covered all the main bread and butter bases nicely.

I just bought one of these a couple of weeks ago and have played out with it twice now. It's awesome! I use it direct to the PA (we use in ear monitors) and run my reverb, tremolo & delay through the effects loop and use my compressor and tube screamer in front of the Mooer. Really a well thought out and great sounding unit. Now I can just take a guitar and my pedal board (this thing fits nicely on my pedal board) and I'm good to go.

Love your videos, straight to the point, you are a nice guy, formal but light languaje. Thanks for all

Mooer has been killing it lately in the affordable modelling realm!!!

Thanks brother! Appreciate your efforts and insight!

Thank you for this great video, Darrell

I think these pedals sound awesome Darrell, such a wide diversity of tones etc, great playing as always, Cheers

Really good review!, thanks for that

Great video. lots of info. really like this might have to have this one.thanks Darrell

Great demo Darrell! Glad I held off on the GE2000 you reviewed awhile back. This unit seems to be the way to go.

I bought a GE200 partly on your recommendation and I'm really happy with it. It's very diverse and I'm just using the presets so far without any tweaking. I'm looking forward to the sweet tones I will get once I have the time to start setting up my own sounds. Thanks!

This never appealed to me when it first came out, but I rediscovered it today and it's perfect for what I need. I don't understand how I missed that first time round. Great demo and it looks like a very good live tool.

Great review sounds great am getting it now

Darrel, after playing through the GE200 and Preamp live, would you say they sound and feel the same?

Still the best demo of this awesome unit :) But no demo will ever do it justice, you need to try it out yourselves. I got mine after watching this video about a year ago, and it has slowly become the most important part of my rig. It provides so much versatility and of course convenience, but the versatility part is the most important. I mostly "4 cable it", and use it with my favourite amp (Laney L5t), where it is the amps preamp I am using, and then have the ability to blend the Cab Sim (IR of my choice) with the amps cab miced up. And also the option to use it as a powerful MIDI controller, as it has both MIDI in & out. The boost options are very good with the real amp in use as well, and use them as post preamp boosts. By it being digital, you would be concerned that there would be some noticeable latency, but there is not. The latency is so low, that it is imperceivable by the human ear. You will get much more latency, by walking away from the amp, or having it placed far from you. The extremely low latency, coupled with the tone capture feature, is really what sets this unit apart from all other modeling units. And that is likely because of the fact, that it focuses primarily on being a preamp modeller, that will work with your existing gear, and not as a replacement for your amp, although it works perfectly for that as well. And the tone capture feature really allows you to have your perfect backup rig, as an integral part, of your primary rig. Ingenious solution, to a real life issue and constant challenge. So, I mostly "4 cable" it, but I will also frequently use it, to replace my preamp, when I don't have the option, to drag my actual amp with me. And if I have the option to use it with a nice effect loop on a tube amp, I will do that, but if not, I just take a pedal sized power amp with me, that I can use with a cab. And if either the replacement amp or the cab isn't working, I always have the option to go direct. And the fantastic and most brilliant part of this, is that no matter the situation, I have the same rig, and the almost exact same amp tone. I say almost exact, but it is so close, that I can only hear the difference, when A/B'ing it with my actual amp in the room, and if I use it with my amps poweramp, then I can't hear any difference at all. I know I am raving about it, and yes many other do as well, and for the most part I am always sceptic of that when it happens. But, seriously, this is worth all the hype. Yes, I prefer to gig with my actual amp, it is more satisfying, especially when the amp is my favourite amp (Laney L5t), and I don't want to play anything else. But I still want this unit on the board, as an integral part of my rig. Let me clarify that, I cannot live without it on my board, even when I am just "4 cabling" it, and not really using it for its modelling purpose. And of course it is very good to use, if you need to practice at home, or if you need to record silently at home. I live in an apartment, and for that alone I would get this unit, but to me, that is just a bonus feature.

hey darrell just wondering what the highest quality budget guitar you know. acoustic and or electric

wow,great tones, here . Jim

You missed one key point here: you can also load third-party IRs into the pedal! So this is basically all the preamps PLUS the Mooer Radar.

Great unit and it works well with pedals. I found the best tone comes from running into a real amp's power section (return loop).

Very good demo video!!!!

Mooer are really stepping their game up.

Seeing how you have used their micro pedals as well as this, do you notice a sound difference at all between them or do they seem identical to you?

Darrell, great review/demo as usual. One question: what are you running it through? I have my share of classic amps but for recording I've been using a Line 6 Helix, which I recently coupled to a Line 6 Powercab 112, replacing the Tech 21 PowerEngine 60 I'd been using. I've been thinking of getting one of these Mooers to run through the PE 60 in my garage workshop (never know when you want to play some Rivera Paradise between spraying coats of Lake Placid blue, lol). This unit sounds great, but what are you running it through?

I have a Line 6 Helix that I run through a Line 6 Power Cab, but I also have a Mooer Preamp Live that I run through a Tech 21 Power Engine 60. Both of these are in my home office: all my "real" gear and my recording studio are in the basement. In any event, since I got the Mooer I've found myself using it more often than the Helix. I find it easier to dial in the tones I regularly use with the Mooer, and the tones are frankly at least the equal of the ones in the Helix. I'm not a pedal freak: I stick to a pretty basic setup, but for someone who's used to having a dozen pedals in their signal path the Helix certainly allows more options and infinite tweaking. But man, do I love the Mooer. And BTW, Darrell is my favorite guitar guy to follow on YT. Great info, concise videos, and my most trusted reviewer of gear. Oh, and of course he's just an AWESOME player!

Very nice tones!

What if you use it with a tubeamp. How do you get to hear the cleanchannal from my amp and only use it for overdrive/Distortion?

Can you also put effects on channels? like first channel being chorus, second phaser, third distortion ecc..? I mean. are them on the list ?

Sir can you please make a compassion video of horizon devices Apex preamp and mooer preamp live for us?

OK, so I'm a little confused about the technology behind this. Is it basically a preamp and cab modeller (like a Fender Mustang amp) or is it comparable to a Kemper in that it takes actual profiling information to form the sound?

Hi Darrell! Thanks for this awesome video! I was wondering if you might be able to help me out with a couple of questions since I´m a noob when it comes to pre amp pedals. I was checking out all the cool Moore mini pre amp pedals, and my question is: Is this pre amp live pedal like all of those pedals in one single piece of equipment? Also, I saw in other videos that the different mini pre amp pedal give you different tones and distorsions, and I was thinking about buying a couple of those along with a Moore radar pedal. Would the combination of some mini pre amps and the moore radar, or the combination of the pre amp live and the Moore radar give me all I need regarding distorsion and clean amp tones? and which one of these 2 options would you suggest? (I would use an old Digitech RP355 for the effects only since I hate the distorsions it offers, which is why I want to learn more about the pre amp pedals) Thanks in advance for the help and for all your cool videos. You just earned a subscriber!

Does this have seamless switching (no drop out) between patches?

Can I use the USB-out to directly record my guitar on PC? I mean, working as an audio-interface. Or the USB works exclusively for controling the pedal on PC? Thanks

Can you use the XLR direct into power yamaha studio monitors and use the cab Sim???

Does anyone know if this is a better sounding / feeling than using software like Amplitube/ TH3 etc?

Wich individual pedal in their mini series sounds the cleanest to you? I'm thinking about getting a preamp pedal but don't want to spend that much. Thank you

Would this work well as an OD/dist pedal into delay/reverb pedals into an amp?

The effects loop is mono in this unit. What do you do if you want to end your signal in stereo can you just go from the main output into a stereo effect? If not that’s a major problem and trying to record in the studio

hi anyone know how this stacks up against the mooer ge200?does preamp live sound better then the 200? thanks

clicking the factory reset on the software, it says will reset all factory default. My question is, will this only apply to the Live stompbox or even include the defaults inside the software? I want to keep the 12 original preamp channels in the software.

FWIW, It can also be used as a standalone IR & power amp sim without a preamp model. So it's got the full functionality of the Mooer Radar. (At least that's what Mooer tech support said when I asked).

Thank you for the video seems an interesting device. Maybe I missed something, but I try to see if there is some equivalent of a wet / dry signal knob...

Hey man, amazing review. I have a very specific question. I hope you can help me out. I am trying to set up a pedal board with Line6 HX Effects (for all pedals) and the Mooer preamp live (for amp and cab sims) along with a couple of expression pedals hooked up to the Line6 HX Effects. My question is, in a live setting would I need to add a portable power amp to the signal chain? (Something like a Mooer baby bomb or Harley Benton GPA-100 or the Seymour Duncan power amp series) Is it necessary? And if it is, where should it be in the signal chain in context to what I wrote above? I’m unable to find this information. I want the Mooer preamp live to be at the end of my signal chain so I’m able to send the XLR out to front of house. Please advice! Thanks once again and great video I subscribed.

good video to see that this thing can do other sounds than metal. But why did you put a reverb on the sounds? Just to sound better, because there is no reverb in the preamp live? Am i wrong? anyway good demo.

Hi Darrell. Wich CAB sims are into this gear and how much ?

Hi there, I understand there’s no modulation or time based effects on this one, do you think it will be good to pair with helix hx effects or just just buy helix LT or helix stomp? Thanks

Hi, It looks and sounds fantastic :). I'm really curious if I can use my pedalboard in front in live situations. I suppose the EFX loop of Mooer would work well with delay, reverb, or modulation effects. That's ok, but what about sending my favorite boost and OD pedals in front of the Mooer preamp and finally sending Mooer's sign into the PA?? Would it sound similar without running my tube amp behind? Or it would behave in a strange way? I'd like to know if I can use my set-up as a "NO-AMP" rig with my pedalboard or it is completely out of the picture. Thx

Hey Darrell!! I see you got the Les Paul 100th, and you replaced the brass nut with the titanium upgrade; i did the same with my Junior!! Great tones and playing bro!!

Nice demo. Has anyone tried running this into the auxiliary/2nd channel of a Marshall acoustic as50d amp for normal electric guitar use? I'd love to know if this would allow me to play my Les Paul through my as50d so that I can ditch my Blues Junior (just for home use).

Awesome! Where is the sound coming out from? Speakers?

Great demo! How about latency? Is it an issue in a live situation?

Thanks for the demo fellow Canuck! All these preamps and profiling amps are getting really damn good. Very impressive indeed. But there is just something missing in even the best ones, in my opinion, and that's the power section dynamics of a true tube. I am a relatively open minded to new stuff like this, and always give it a chance. I played a nice modelling amp for a long time and it wasn't until I plugged back into a cranked Marshall that I realized what I was missing. That power tube break up is really hard to replicate I guess. In any case, this will suit the needs of 90% of guitarists who will buy them.

Seems like a great pedal for gigging in a variety band. I assume you can run other effects through the in/out before going to your amp?

So I can use this with the mooer radar as well correct? So this is the pre amp that’s the cab simulator. I’m sorry I’m new and trying to learn.

Is it possible to get boston guitar tone? Need for a studio project.

Darrell, nice videos. Please, where does the reverb comes from?

Hi Darrel, cool review! Did you had the chance to test simulations with other od pedals in front of the preamp live? How does it work with them? Thanks.

1:45 why did i know i was gonna hear THAT riff?? hahaha.. i really think of building a mooer rig with the preamp live, tube engine and gc112 to emulate my mesa boogie triaxis/simulclass rack rig.. you think it is worth the time and the money?

is it possible to share the preamp patches for this?

Could you rig this up to a headrush pedal board and use the HD as an effects board only

What cabinet are we hearing this through? And was he running into an amp, or directly to the cab?

Where does this unit sit in the pedal chain? Or is the entire other pedals sit in the fx send?

Mooer Preamp Live or Atomic Amplifire 6?

That sounds great, I know nothing though...how is it working with your amplifier’s preamp? Just a quick explanation? Basically a versatile overdrive and boost? Great playing again!

Some guys were in a race to review this Preamp Live recently. Yet, I would not want to believe what they say until I see you reviewing this thing. Few weeks ago you also reviewed the mooer multieffect (the GE 200), which also has that IR feature and some amp models as well. How do you think of them in comparison?

wow, cool device!

Hi Darrell, Hopefully you can give me a bit of advice. I'm a guitar player who doesn't go on stage, I always play at home and don't even have an amplifier. I just play via my audio interface and use BIAS FX. Would this preamp really add something for me or would it just be overkill?

Thank you for the great review I just purchased this but I cannot figure out how to get any of the settings to change. No matter which channel I have selected I can’t seem to get more gain whenever I turn the knobs they basically do nothing, can you help with this?

Can you use this preamp to record directly to a computer DAW connected to an audio interface? I am trying to capture some guitar tracks to Ableton.

Great rewiew! You forgot to mention the tone capture :) but it's good as always!!! I'm really interested in it... But, for now, I can't find anything about the price... Cheers man!

Hi, it can clone your amp, can you test it with your mesa boogie?

Hi! What do you think, is it good idea to pair it with helix? I think, with midi and snapshots there are way more abillities to use this kind of setup for live situations. What do you think? Thank you! Greetings from Ukraine! 😊

Lovely review! What's a simple way to connect this to a PC? Is it best to use an analogue mixer into PC sound card via RCA. Is any software needed? . Or can you go direct via USB (digital) ? . Just wondering what works best. Would it work well with a simple audio interface box (I have Edirol UA25) with guitar jack inputs and RCA output to a hifi amp. Sorry for all the questions! Thanks! Mark

So wait, does this have all of the Mooer Micro preamps available all in one preamp? Mooer also makes the Baby Bomb, would you need to use this with the Baby Bomb if you wanted to go directly into a DI box and into the sound board?

Does this have amp reverb? I'd like to do without more pedals.

For recording direct, is there an advantage to using this vs. biasfx or other amp sim software?

did you update your preamp live to 2.0

You're from canada right? Where do you buy this product in canada or who will send it here. Couldn't find it on cosmo music. It is pretty new so maybe it may not be available yet.

Can You switch of the cabs?

How is it for direct recording? I have a helix,but it’s overkill because I’m a 2-3 sounds and I’m happy kind of player. Plus,I spend too much time tweaking and not playing lol

Darrel, great review. This preamp seems to have some serious flexibility. I like the idea of being able to control it through phone and computer. The single biggest issue I noticed was the low end in the higher gain patches sounded pretty flubby and unappealing. Was that just in the patches and setup or did you notice that universally across the high gain settings? At least a couple of the clips you played on the patches did not include the bass strings, was this done intentionally?

Sounds great! Are you using pedals with this? Or did you add effects in post? I’m not aware that it has reverb/delay with it.

Wow it's late March 2020 and I just found this video and I've been following your page for a bit. I have been researching for a preamp pedal (for about 4 months now) to go on my board and just go direct to the house sound while using in ear monitor for my vocal and guitar. This just may fit the bill. And It appears I can put my other favorite pedals through the effects loop. My brother has a Kemper and has struggle with the programming and all the foot switches. I went over and helped him some but honestly I just want something user friendly. I know they are fabulous when dialed in but again something with simple visual layout is what I prefer. I want something more straight forward and simple. And I definitely need a couple good clean options as I play a variety of cover music. Thanks so much for this video. I am a bit late to the party here on this review but I am going to research this some more as it appears thanks to your review I may have found the ticket here for my needs at a price I can afford. I have lugged around amps all of my life. At my age I want to make playing more about getting up and running quickly with less to haul.

Hi Darrell. Great review. I have some questions: - can I connect other Mooer pedals to this unit? - is this unit connected to the SEND input in the cab? - does it have distortion? Thanks for your guidance.

Great demo and review!! :D This or Amplifire? 🤔

Man if they would have just put reverb & delay I would be sold. Looks like even I could learn how to use it. I think for me the flyrig is a better option but I love the channel changing on the Mooer. Good video.

Daaaaaamn! I bought a mooer micro preamp just a few weeks ago!!!! Jk, idc. I might get one of this anyway. Thanks for the review man! I have a question, doest it have lag/cut between changing channels? That's crucial for me, because of the live use. Thanks!

Is there anything in there that works as a specific acoustic guitar amp? No one ever talks about acoustic amp simulators.

Is it just me or has mooer really been moving In on the effects lately? That ge100 I got still used once and stuck in box. Lol. But everything else seems totally good.

Is it worth upgrading from the Mooer GE200?

Nice Demo... ☆☆☆☆☆

Sounds good, however what I am looking for is a solution to help practice. I need a unit that will let me play with headphones and play over mp3's from my computer. Will this do it ?

How does it sound going straight into your interface DAW for recording? Does it loose any of the trueness of the pre amp sounds, is there any noise as I have just read it's noisy, if so its useless for recording Any one recording with it direct? before I consider buying one? cheers