Leo: Thanks for another great video. I’ve been hesitant to buy a modeler because I play live and am not sure how dynamic the output is. What I mean by dynamic is, how much volume difference there is between lightly touching the strings to hitting them fully hard on a semi clean/dirty sound. For example, using attenuators on my Marshall plexi style amps, I find that the Fayetteville Power Station compresses the dynamics greatly, whereas the Tone King Iron Man II retains decent dynamics, but neither are quite as good as the real deal. I’d love to know your thoughts on this. Again, thanks very much for your great work!
Yes, the dynamic range of a tube amp is, in my opinion, the most difficult thing to mimic. These units are getting better and better...and in this unit I found the Plexi, Friedman and Mesa amps pretty responsive. Wheatear it is as good as the real deal, it's hard to tell...maybe I will do some direct comparison videos in the coming weeks. Thank you!!
@@LeoGibsonGtr Thank you for answering! In another channel someone regreted that it couldn't be powered with betteries (why? portability?), but you can do that with an outonomous battery power pack! Have a great day! And btw, great playing! ;)
So impressed with your channel Leo. Always a great production to start and show off the playing and capabilities of said unit, followed by really in-depth and important comparisons and pros/cons. Professional from start to finish. As far a s the unit, they have seen a real niche with players who want that 'old skool' instantaneous ability to tweak without diving into a menu on a tiny screen. Did I mention your damn insane playing ability?
Hi Leo.. Watching these video's again.. I'm about to purchase a modeling or multi effects to go with a solid state amp in the effects loop.. I liked this, but it is about 50 dollars higher than the Boss ME90, and I trust Boss more than Nux.. This is just me, but I like Boss effects and like you have used them for many years.. I trust Boss.. I have the Katana amp and love it.. I'll use the ME90 in it's effect return to play live with probably.. I'll also use the ME 90 to record into a DAW directly into my computer.. I keep hearing that Boss' AIRD technology really works and feels like the real amps, and your ME90 video showed me that it does give a great plexi tone at the edge of breakup which is where in the past most modelling products failed me.. This was a long time ago though.. Thanks again for these video's kind sir.. Regards from the heartland. (South Central Indiana) USA Tim
Thanks Leo for this review. This product is very interesting. I have already a NUX Mighty Plug Pro and love the intuitive interface. This is another great device from NUX which is geared to those who can’t be bother to play with pagina or complex digital modelling and just want to play with a good tone. Looking forward to seeing the comparison with the Boss equivalent you’ve mentioned in your video. Ciao!
Awesome review Leo, as always! I’d be very interested to see this unit compared with the new Boss ME-90. Or at least to hear your thoughts about how they compare to one another 😁
Hi Leo, this is a great review like all of your reviews. I must say you’re picking speed and technique have improved tremendously. The ease of which you go rapidly between each string is extremely noticeable. I am 62 years old and I attended a Guitar conservatory in my youth and I know improvement when I see it. Congratulations, outstanding. also loved the melody line which was very inspirational.🙏
These are both great devices...it depends...I'm currently in love with physical knobs....so the Trident is nice in this sense....but I really like also the GP200...
Thanks, Leo, for a great video! If possible, I would love to see a detailed comparison between this unit and the MG-30, in terms of features as well as sound. Thanks so much!
You are welcome! It would be an interesting comparison even if these two devices have pretty difference approaches... I will think about it ...thank you for your suggestion!
Leo, this review was amazing. And the intro song, it was very special, sounded very nice, congrats on producing such great content! hope you channel keeps growing and everyone gets to see the awesome material you put out!
Thank you sooo much for such an amazing compliment!!!! I'm really happy that you like the song....when you like my music.....I'm surer happy!!!! Thank you!!!!
I notice that all the FX in their software look like those in their MG-30 which I have (unfortunately). If that's the case, stay away from this thing, the MG-30 sounds like poop, this unit may just be the MG-30 in a different box.
Hy Leo! Thank you so much for your effort to test all these things for us, the guitar community! I have a question, since you seem to be the one to have likely most experience with a ton of different modellers and owning a ton of them like the quad cortex and the fractal FM3. If money wasn't the biggest question but feel and sound were your most important aspects next to easyness to use and future proveness. Which unit would you go with? I fear that the million parameters of a FM3 would overwhelm my non-nerdyness but that I would always want the feel of a high end modeller. Do I have to just bite the apple and learn how to use a quad or a FM3 or is the sound and feel of a trident so close these days, that you wouldn't know the difference anyway?
Hi, the high end modellers for me are BOSS GT 1000, Fractal FM 3 or Quad Cortex....it really depends....effects wise I prefer BOSS, Quad Cortex has the profiling option which I love, FM 3 has an incredible level of tweakability...and a giant library of amps....it really depends... Thanks
Extraordinary review as always, i actually discovered this pedal from your me90 comparison video, and am seriosuly considering the nux trident. Please could you make a video on this unit's looper functionality? I think you should generally say more things about looper functionality of the multifx units you review, since these are important details for some of your viewers. I for one have been looking for a good intermediate priced multifx unit which allows me to use the looper with presets. I want to have a clean tone, crunch and distorted lead tone, all freely useable with a looper. Im not sure if the me90 does this (although it has a phrase loop). Would be great to know if the nux trident's looper works with presets, like the boss gx100, helix stomp xl and pod go.
Really, good demo!! Question: Is there a way to shut off the amp simulator with one of the buttons? I would use this mainly for direct recording but for the occasional gig I'd love to be able to shut the amp sim off and use a fuzz tone. Also have you A/B'd this unit with the Nux Cerebrus? I like the EFX pedal insert options of the Cerebrus but the Trident seems to sound fatter in all the demos I've seen
Great video Leo, as always. Was looking forward to this review. If at all possible, it'll be great if you can compare Trident to GP-200, GP-200LT or POD GO. Doesn't have to be a super deep comparison, but perhaps something similar to how you compared products like that in past in terms of hardware, flexibilty, tones and price. Thanks much for your great work on this channel man!!
Thank you sooo much, I'm really happy that you like the video! Yes, these are all great suggestions....I need time to make these comparisons...maybe I will make a pole to decide where to start. Thank you!
Thanks for another great video, Leo. Its interesting that the latency is so very low. In your experience, what latency level becomes noticeable to you? Can you "feel" the difference between 4msec and 1msec latencies?
Hi, to me the latency becomes pretty annoying around above 15ms. I think it's pretty hard to notice the different between 1 and 4 ms, but please take into consideration that you have to evaluate the overall latency of your system. For instance, if you have a wireless transmitter, latency sum up, if you are far from the cabs, latency sum up, if you add some other digital effects, latency sum up...and you may end up with annoying overall latency. Thank you
Grazie Mille Jacopo...direi "so far so good"...devo fare qualche altro test più dettagliato per rispondere...ma le impressioni sono buone. Grazie ancora!
Immediately pre-ordered this here in Germany after seeing your video. Why, since I already have a fantastic-sounding, easy-to-use ToneX pedal and a full pedalboard of great effects to go with it? Well, simple: As a solo performer (acoustic and electric), I‘m hoping this unit will give me both excellent sound and visceral ease of use, as Leo points out as a highlight of this unit. I love being able to just click certain effects on or off as the song demands, meaning I don‘t need to set up and store extra presets just to add or subtract, for example, delay or chorus or both. This allows me to more comfortably tweak my basic tone as needed, without having to redo a bunch of other presets. The Trident also has an effects loop, so I can loop in, say, my beloved Cloudburst or even my Del-Verb or Golden Reverberator for some high-class effects. The sum total is a pretty compact board with capabilities for both electric and acoustic (using presets without amp sims and such for the acoustic), and theoretically I could also use the Aux In to feed my stompbox pedal (for a bit of foot accompaniment) without having to use an additional channel on my powered Everse 8 or Bose S1 Pro speakers. Or else I might chose to add in my Boss VE-500 vocal effects/harmonized pedal via the Aux In, and give the VE-500 a guitar signal from one of the Trident‘s multiple outputs for correct vocal harmonies. Of course, all this is predicated on the sound of the unit not being too „digital“ in combination with acoustic guitars. Many units out there alter the sound of acoustics, even when all effects are switched off (and this includes units like the Boss VE-8 (which is even designed for acoustic!) and many high-priced other ones. It all comes down to the processing and the latency, and whether a device is voiced more to electric guitars, which don‘t have such complex harmonics. So I‘m very curious how this will perform. Should know in a few months (sigh), when Thomann finally gets them. :-)
Good review. This modeller is perfect for me. Well as long as it does one thing. Can you cofirm if it's possible to have Cab sims on the XLR outputs, but not on the jack outputs simultaneously? If so, that will seal the deal for me.
Nux trident is it possible to separate the effects in the left and right channels? as? for example the echo in the left channel and the reverberation in the right channel?
Hi, I'm not 100% sure, but I can hear some stereo tridimensionality in the choruses and reverbs....I have to do some more tests.... Obviously the unit has stereo out...therefore on paper it is stereo... Thank you!
Here is a thing which is never mentioned. There are rotating knobs, which supposedly are not freely rotating, but have travel limits, and, moreover, have position indicator stamped right on the knob itself. And yet, they have to reflect a state of a virtual patch value. Let's say, your gain knob is at 12 o'clock (50%), and you select a patch with gain all the way up. Now, you want to slightly reduce gain by ear. I suppose, as soon as you rotate the knob, the patch gain is RESET to its physical position, to 50%. At least that's what Boss Katana does, which also couples physical controls to a memory patches. So instead of reducing gain, you must set it from scratch. It is very uncomfortable. At least it is on Katana. Regular multi FX units deal with it using freely rotating knobs with virtual value indication on screen (or small LEDs around the knob, as Zoom G11 does).
Some units (and I'm not sure if this particular one implements this) handle this using a 'catch' approach. i.e when you move the knob, nothing happens until you get to the set value and then you 'catch' the parameter and the knob starts responding from that point on. In some cases, the behaviour of the knob (whether instant and catch) is configurable from the system settings.
Hi Boris, yes.....it's a good point...this is a drawback of this approach....Other solutions, other than the ones you suggested, could be: > to use the computer app, where you can see where the knobs are. > to take photo of your favourite set up Of course the solution with led you suggested is the best one (in my opinion) Thank you!
OK .... definitely a very good analogue multi-effect !!! But in the video what configuration is used ??? Is the NUX TRIDENT connected to an amplifier ? is it connected to FRFR amplified speakers ( which ones ?), is it connected stereo or mono ??
Hi, I have connected the analog out of the unit to the analog input of my audio interface (no real amp has been used, but only the simulations inside the Trident). Thank you!
hi Leo! maybe Amplitube xvibe could be close rival becuase of its way of recording ir and fx park. what do you think..? heve u ever tryed one before?ciao!
Leo.. I just started watching and what a great song.. If you're not playing in a rock band it's a crime.. 😛 You are such a great player sir! Reallyl great.. I've been playing for 45 plus years and you are really good sir! Can't wait to hear the specs on this thing. I just looked it up at Reverb and here in America the cost is 449.oo new. There were only 2 for sale which I found interesting. Be safe and well my friend. From the heartland. Indiana. USA. Regards sir. Tim
Wow Tim, thank you for such amazing compliments!!!! ... when you like my music...I'm super happy!!! If you are unsure between the Trident and the ME 90, you can check out a direct comparison video that I have done in the channel...I hope it could help! Thank you!
Hi Leo, first of all, great channel, great gear demo videos, you're one of my favorite reviewers. I start playing guitar again after a 10 year break, and I'm in search of the best "affordable" multi effects unit, and the Trident sits in the top of my list. It sounds good to my ears and looks very well thought of. In my use case scenario, I would like to use the effect loop as in a real amp, that is pluging a physical preamp into the return of the power amp section of an amp model. Is it possible to do that? If not I really wish there will be a way to achieve this in a future update, it would be awesome. Thank you, take care
Thank you so much, I'm really happy that you like the videos!!! Yes, you can do it, you have to disable the amp simulation block, using your external pre and the cabinet simulation of the trident. Thank you!
@@LeoGibsonGtr I have a question: when you recorded the demo, how did you set up the sound on the Trident. According to what? By the drums? Or did you tune the sound as reamping? Because on their own, the sounds are such that I wouldn't set it up that way. . . without backing track recording. Actually, I don't like it very much :-) but it fits perfectly in the recording as a whole.
It depends from the situation, but typically I play with the unit and the guitar alone and I try to find a good tone. Then I tweak it according to the song....for instance, in order to fit with the whole mix, typically you have to remove some bass freq (where the kick and the bass guitars are located). Thank you!
@@LeoGibsonGtr I thought so . . :-) . . . I do it similarly. . . the sound of the guitar must be adapted to the overall music. This is often not understood by guitarists. Thanks for your reply. And a lot of good music.
Hey Everyone! OK , so it’s been about a year and I want to ask what you Leo, and anyone else can share with me their thought on this unit and I’m aware of the Cons. What I ask is the Tone. The Amp Model and Cab IR’s included. Are they close to believable ??? Or are they fizzy static and how does this compare to other brands and u it’s in its price range. I am old as dirt and not into tweaking for 3 hours for a preset. 47 years playing. I missed out on Conputer Class. Plug & Play daily bedroom Rockstar. Thank You and you are absolutely killing it Leo. I was one of your very first Subscribers. ✌️
Thank you so much and I'm really happy that you are part of our community since so long!!! As regards the tone, it is of course subjective, but I think it's ok and it's in line with other NUX products, that maybe you can check out in the channel. Of course the unit shines for the physical controllers.... Thank you!
I also have the MG-30 and i have to tweak the amp models a lot with the parametric EQ to get decent tones out of it!My 20+ year old Behringer V-Amp 2 gives me better fuller sounding high gain tones then my MG-30 and i do not have to use a EQ to make it sound good!The MG-30 has a nice color screen and easy navigation plus the effects are pretty good,that said i am done with just amp modeling units!The future is Amp Profiling(Capturing) and i would consider the Tonex to run through your MG-30,thats what i am going to do!It is a better option then buying just another amp modeler that does not have any Profiling(Capturing) features!
That was a nice playing Intro. Looks like NuX is paying attention to reviewer and consumer feedback. This unit appears to have a sample rate of 48kHz. There's a article online called "WHY IS THE COMPACT DISK SAMPLE RATE 44.1KHZ?" that provides some historical context for the curious math decision that was made.
They say the new algorithm is "4k" but that doesn't mean a lot. Also the MG30 has 2 DSPs, are these less powerful than this? Also the software and the models seems the same of the MG30, which I have and I love, don't get me wrong, but I'd like to know if it's just a different form factor or actual improvements in the algorithms
Hi Martino, this is what it is written in the NUX Web Site: "The TSAC-4K Amp Modeling algorithm is twice as complex than previous versions". Therefore the algorithms should be more detailed and "better" than the previous ones. I guess that also the DSPs are more powerful, but I'm not 100% sure as we don't have the detailed tech specs of the Trident and MG30 DSPs Thank you!
I have to do more tests, but I think that the Trident sounds better than the MG 30 (even because it uses new and improved algorithms). As the regards the comparison with the FM3....I really don't know...even here I should do more tests. Thank you!
Hi Leo, I wanted to ask you a favor, could you tell me what amp model the Vibro King amp model is inspired by? I like it and would like to find it again on my Helix Floor thanks
I was just about to pull the trigger on the Valeton GP 200LT but now I'm torn. I've been hugely impressed with the NU-X products I own and this one sounds excellent too. Great demo review as always brother. Carlo 🎸👍🏼
Hi, Carlo, thank you for sharing and I'm really happy that you like the video! Maybe I will do a comparison with the Valeton in the coming weeks...I need time....😀
Hi Leo, I have seen your reviews, very detailed and organized, they have been very helpful for the guitarist community. I would like to know your opinion about three questions that I have, I really appreciate if you answer them. Thanks in advance. In terms of sound 1. What's the cheapest multifx for you? 2. What's the best multifx for you? (Doesn't matter the money) 3. Is there a noticeable difference of sound in the room between a gear like revolt comparing the amps of a multifx? Greetings from Colombia (South America).
Hi, thank you, I'm really happy that you like the videos!!! 1: maybe the sonicake matribox or a second hand unit, like the NUX MG 300 or the Zoom g1Four 2: it depends, honestly I don't have an absolute best...among the most expensive I like both Fractal FM3, BOSS GT 1000 or Quad Cortex 3: hard to tell, even because you have to pair the Revolt with a cabinet simulator... Thank you!
Hi Leo, first of all congratulations for your videos. You are a great guitarist. I want to buy a Nux Trident so I want to ask you a question. Can I use the speaker simulator only in the xlr outputs and not in the Jack outputs? Because I Will send the signal to amp and mixer at the same time. thanks.
Hi, I have checked out the user manual, but I found nothings related to your question...therefore I'm not sure if it is possible or not....I'm sorry. Thank you for your message, and I'm really happy that you like the videos and the playing!
Hello ! thank you for the demo ! Please.., i had the NUX MG-30, very good sounding item, but personnally, i found it killing the tone caractere of my guitars... Do you think this one gives same sounding ? i'm searching for an al in one pedal (looper, drumkit, amp sim, and effect, very transparent ! with pro out signal quality, but not too expensive...)
Looks like a promising piece of gear. Loved the demo song. Also, that new Suhr is beautiful! Can't wait to hear some shootouts between this and other modelers in this same price category. God bless and rock on 🎸😎👍
Thank you sooo much, I'm really happy that you like the song!!!! Yes, this is a second hand Suhr modern that I bought from Reverb....it is super nice! Thank you!
Leo, this channel was my most trusted channel on RU-vid. Based on your advice, I bought Nux trident instead of Headrush mx5 and I saw that I was very wrong. There is a very serious difference. As 3 guitarists, we compared for hours. We have both headrush and Line 6 Stomp. Nux fell far behind Headrush. Its voice is really low quality. It is absolutely impossible for it to be 4K. The company must be giving wrong information on this issue and unfortunately I will not follow your channel anymore. You are such a disappointment
You are welcome and I'm really happy that you like the tune and the review!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to live a feedback: it means a lot to me!
@@LeoGibsonGtrdziękuję za pomoc. Kupiłem już Nux Cerberus i właśnie teraz się zastanawiam nad nux trident dlatego że chcę przekonać się do cyfrowego brzmienia. 😊 Twoje testy są bardzo dobre 💯🎸👍 do czego podłączasz efekt?
Hi, maybe you can check out this video, where I have compared the two units: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hso_yGqFIlk.html Thank you!
Thank you so much! I would say that it has a totally different design philosophy. In terms of tone...I should do a direct comparison to answer properly....but the tones are pretty good
@@LeoGibsonGtrit's 7/24 and coming across this video I was going to ask you for your opinion between this unit and the Line 6 pod go before reading this commenter's question. So to follow up, any opinion on these two units? Which one appears to have better tones, most realistic to respective amps, pedals, effects, latency, etc?
Hi, if I remember it well, the difference is very thin and the Trident should be a little bit better...you can check out this video for the latencies of many devices and the Trident is around 2ms. Thank you!
Dear Mr Leo. At the end of your review, you mentioned that the closest rival to this NuX Trident is a Boss product. I couldn't get what Boss model that u mentioned in this video, which rivals this NuX Trident. Could you tell me which Boss model is that?
Ciao Leo, era da un po' che non passavo dal tuo canale e come prima cosa noto che hai più che raddoppiato gli iscritti, complimenti! Utilizzo un Nux Cerberus che ho riacquistato per la seconda volta, la prima volevo "sposarlo" con un Nux Academy per supplire la mancanza della sezione amp ma litigavo con il midi e... ho venduto tutto. Poi, avendo ripreso le prove con un gruppetto, ho ripreso appunto il Cerberus per usarlo con l'ampli, un vecchio Peavey Bandit, ed il divertimento non manca. In fondo mi è costato meno di due overdrive appena decenti... Sono da tempo affascinato da macchine con tanti pulsanti e knobs, di facile spippolamento, ed ora ne arrivano addirittura due, questo Trident ed il Boss Me90 (ho appena visto anche quella tua prova), molto interessanti. Attendo con ansia la tua comparativa, per parte mia osservo solo un paio di cose: il Trident mi sembra meglio organizzato, avendo la possibilità di gestire il posizionamento degli effetti nella catena, e possedendo un minimo di display,xlr e prese midi. Mi lascia perplesso che rispetto al Cerberus sia stata semplificata la sezione OD/DS (che ora assomiglia a quella dell'Academy) nel vecchio modello era proprio ben suonante. In questo anche la sezione effetti (modulazioni,delay e riverberi) è un po' debole, ma mi sembra che quella del Trident sia sostanzialmente uguale. Probabilmente Boss ha una qualità degli effetti globalmente migliore, figlia dell'antica esperienza del marchio. Certo potevano sprecarsi un po' di più in termini di gestione della catena, connessioni etc. ma, specie nelle connessioni, Boss mi sembra sempre molto "tirchia" anche nelle sorelle maggiori. Spero di riuscire a provarle entrambe, potrei pensare a sostituire il Cerberus con una di queste come pedaliera per uso veloce (sala prove, piccoli live etc.). Buona musica Leo e sempre avanti così.
Grazie mille! Devo dire che entrambe le macchine mi stanno piacendo e divertendo....devo avere il tempo per compararle per bene prima di esprimere un'opinione....Comunque l'approccio "tattile" ha il suo perchè e onestamente è una ventata di aria fresca nel mondo delle pedaliere digitali...non che prima non esistessero soluzione simili....ma queste macchine portano avanti il "concetto" in modo concreto e sostanziale. Grazie e a presto!
I have my own version of the Nux Trident… my Nux Cerberus with my Nux Amp Academy at the end of the signal chain…🤣🤣🤣LOVING IT!🤘🏾Bro, u have awesome demos 💣🎸👊🏾
