Sonicake Matribox II. A really impressive budget modeller. Great sounds and Great functionality.

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Hello all
I'm delighted to share my initial review of the Matribox 2 Amp Modeller and multi effects processor by Sonicake. The peeps at Sonicake reached out to me a few weeks ago for the first time and asked would I like to review their new modeller and I was very happy to oblige.
So a big thanks to Sonicake for sending me out this really great little piece of gear. I'm not being paid for the review but I do get to keep the pedal.
The Matribox 2 is a very compact amp modeller / multi effects with three footswitches and an expression pedal. It also has comprehensive IO including a guitar in, and an aux in a send and return, stereo outputs a headphone jack and MIDI in and out. It also had USB C and is an audio interface.
The amp models are really impressive and the FX are mostly great. Particularly the drive effects which sound really fantastic especially at this price point.
Couple the great sound with great functionality with the footswitches and the simple user interface and it's a really capable little box for stage or studio use. Impressive.
This is my first of 3 videos about the unit where I take an initial look and listen and build my own preset.
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Комментарии : 44

@user-vs8ds4vo6i 8 месяцев назад

Your videos on this unit are really well done. Thanks!

@TheGuitarEffect 8 месяцев назад

Thx for the comment. Glad you find them useful.

@davidtguitar 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the review! man this space of modelers is getting crazy :)

@TheGuitarEffect 9 месяцев назад

Thx for the comment. Yeah this is really impressive. Especially for the money. I’ve. Second demo of it going up tomorrow where I demonstrate how to use presets live. Unreal stuff. Works so well.

@davidtguitar 9 месяцев назад

@@TheGuitarEffect I'm really leaning to try it out. I use Neural dsps plugins, so have a preference to the QC. BUT i cant justify the cost (yet...). THis seems to be a great start :) Looking forward to the next video

@Zsolto66 8 месяцев назад

A great video, thanks a bunch, Rob. Just what I need to decide if I want this or the original Matribox. Subbed and proceeding to watch Part 2 :) Zs

@TheGuitarEffect 8 месяцев назад

Thx for the sun mate. Appreciated. Glad the video was useful.

@robertclarkguitar 6 месяцев назад

Pretty Cool unit. Cool review man!

@TheGuitarEffect 6 месяцев назад

Thx for that. Yeah it’s great. Using it regularly

@Blues-man. 9 месяцев назад

Great review.

@TheGuitarEffect 9 месяцев назад

Thx. Glad you enjoyed it

@retromacman620 6 месяцев назад

Great playing, but also I love the look of that tele! The like Olympic white with the mint guard and the rosewood fretboard!

@TheGuitarEffect 6 месяцев назад

Thx for the comment. Yeah I can’t lie, the colour scheme was a massive part of me buying it! Hares a video about it if you are interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EaW2vCfHF40.html

@BudgetPedalChap 9 месяцев назад

This is great timing, I happened to record my very own review of the original matribox which will be out on Tuesday 😂😂😂 seems like the II had a bit more functionality which takes it to that next level

@TheGuitarEffect 9 месяцев назад

Hey. Sorry for the late reply. Busy day. How did you find the version 1?

@bobschumann9326 8 месяцев назад

Great review. I just placed an order. I’ll be using it with the Focusrite 4i4. I also have a pedal board so I figure the guitar from the pedalboard to the input on the Matribox II and the Left mono to the 4i4. The 4i4 is connected to my Macbook via it’s USB output. Thanks again for the review.

@TheGuitarEffect 8 месяцев назад

Hey Bob. Thx for the comment I also run the 4i4. I’ve made another video where I demonstrate how to integrate the matribox 2 into a pedalboard. Might be useful.

@bobschumann9326 8 месяцев назад

I just checked out the Gig video and if I caught the setup correctly, you have the Matribox II output connected to your 4i4 via the balanced stereo outputs to inputs 3&4. Did I get that right? Thanks.

@TheGuitarEffect 8 месяцев назад

Actually it was to inputs one and two (just cause I have my amp and compressor in 3 and 4) but I did set the inputs to line on both.

@user-tx8uc3iw3w 9 месяцев назад

Good review 😎

@TheGuitarEffect 9 месяцев назад

Thx for that. It’s a great unit.

@user-tx8uc3iw3w 9 месяцев назад

@@TheGuitarEffect I got the zoom g5n a couple of years ago .. but I'm not using it . Keep picking up the acoustic.. the electric guitar is in its case .. one of these days I'll get around to it .. 😎

@TheGuitarEffect 9 месяцев назад

I came close to buying a G3 a few times. They make good stuff. They’re kinda the OG for budget guitar processors too. Dig it out it’ll be a bit of fun!

@user-tx8uc3iw3w 9 месяцев назад

@@TheGuitarEffect I'll keep you posted 😎

@jazzydog 6 месяцев назад

This is the best demo for this unit, thank you for doing this!! Can we use external footswitch for the tap tempo? I'm planning to buy this unit but can't find any demo talking about the tap tempo. Thanks again!! Cheers!!.

@TheGuitarEffect 6 месяцев назад

Hey. Thx for the comment and the kind words. Much appreciated. I’m not certain of you can use the footswitch for tap tempo and the board with this on it is at my studio. But I’d say it’s 99% you can.

@jazzydog 6 месяцев назад

@@TheGuitarEffect Thank you for the info my mate, cheers!!

@nicholsonjay4724 3 месяца назад

I was hoping you’d give a little more insight on how you have your control switches setup. For instance, I was curious as to why you have white lights on them when selecting between patches. I poked around my own unit (that I just got) and I see that you can set them to switch between Patch A, Patch B, Patch C….instead of just + or -.

@TheGuitarEffect 3 месяца назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. In the global menu there is a switches window where you can control what both the on board switches do and the external switch. It’s very straightforward to set up.

@seane27 2 месяца назад

Hello, how are you? 😁I like this pedal board. I want to buy it. Do you recommend it? Which do you think are the best sounds and simulations and which are the worst or features that can be improved? Is nux mg 30 better? thank you🎸, 😎

@TheGuitarEffect 2 месяца назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. I don’t really feel it does one amp sim better than any other. That are all really good. The effects are all useable but not at the standard of the HX effects for example. But useable nonetheless. The only feature it’s missing for me is MIDI PC out. Which I was surprised is not there. But it turns out it’s not present in any of the budget multi effect units on the market. I would say it’s pretty much on a par with the MG30. However the MG30 doesn’t have MIDI in or out.

@seane27 2 месяца назад

@@TheGuitarEffect Thank you very much for answering😎, according to the internet this pedalboard has more effects than the nux mg 30 but of lower quality, is that true? Which one is the acoustic simulation part better? thank you very much again😁😎🎸

@TheGuitarEffect 2 месяца назад

Hey. I don’t use acoustic sims so I can’t answer that. I have just received the NUX trident which I think has more processing power than the MG30. I don’t necessarily think the effects sound clearly better than the matribox 2 but I’d still say neither can compete with the HX effects for effect quality

@seane27 2 месяца назад

@@TheGuitarEffect I'm looking for an easy-to-use pedalboard with good versatile tones at a good price, thank you very much for responding 🎸 excellent channel😎👌🎸

@TheGuitarEffect 2 месяца назад

I think this will cover that need wel

@persiaguitar 7 месяцев назад

Sorry I am new to all these I have a boss Me-80 it does not have send and return . as this one does have send and return does it make sense to use them together? Boss Me-80 reverb and delay is nice .

@TheGuitarEffect 7 месяцев назад

Hey. Technically yes. You can do that.

@persiaguitar 7 месяцев назад

@@TheGuitarEffect thanks but probably it is not advised?

@TheGuitarEffect 7 месяцев назад

No absolutely fine to do. The ME80 will s just a very large delay and reverb pedal!!!

@tinininiwtininiw1530 8 месяцев назад

this or the donner arena 2000?

@TheGuitarEffect 8 месяцев назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. I’m not familiar with the dinner so I couldn’t comment on a preference. But I can say this is a very impressive little pedal.