Look up the model fet by Electronic Audio experiments. It even simulates the power amp section. Sounds awesome with both channels cranked. Doom for days. Works great in a power amp in/effects return or front of amp. Look up demos on YT, it really nails the Sunn Model T sound for ~$200-250.
@@wootks FWIW, I already own a Model feT, but it doesn't really work for me because there is something off with the bass response. I've tried it in front of my amps, in the fx return and with a cab sim. I'm happy for those who find their sound with it, but I need to look elsewhere myself.
@@truthfactreality6814 One of my amps is a mercury edition. It recently bit the dust though due to overheating and I'm very much looking forward to the Amp X launch :)
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Hello, Anthony! I’m assuming you are referring to the Dream ’65 pedal. Indeed, UA has modeled the spring reverb from the Deluxe Reverb and packed it into this pedal. Thanks for the interest! Cody Kraus, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1766, cody_kraus@sweetwater.com
It's great to see how intensely these nerds have studied the subject matter. Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to have forgotten how expensive such an effort is for R&D. On top of that, the devices are built like tanks and have a lot of computing power under the hood. Thank you very much for these very interesting interviews. Now if UA could provide just one of their microphones for Tore... 🙈
I can appreciate the R&D, but my standing in life will not permit a super expensive pro level pedalboard. For folks that can have 6-10 $250+ pedals, have at it. I’m out.
Great interview. I’m so glad UAD picked on these three amps. The vox and the tweed duluxe are such unique sounding amps. I’m so keen to get the Woodrow pedal because of all the quirky sounds it has. I dunno about a Marshall pedal… seems to be a million modelers based on these, and dare i say the Marshall sound is a more generic tone by comparison. I’ll be ordering one from sweetwater when I’m in the US in September, always excellent service from you guys!!
Two questions: 1) If it's geared toward direct, why is there not a 3-wire connector? I send a direct feed from my REVV D20 to the mixer and I have to drive a 30-foot cable. I thought that works only with 3-wire cables. 2) Did they model the 65 Deluxe with the treble cap in or out? Nobody wants that cap in the circuit if you're using as a pedal platform. Fender made that mistake with the Tone Master but eventually fixed it with a firmware update. Thanks for any answers!
Great questions! It’s really designed to sit on a pedalboard at instrument level, as part of a chain of pedals. You can adjust the output gain up to line level in most cases and it’s a buffered output, so you could run at line level for up to around 30 feet, but you would be best off going through a DI for longer distances. As for the treble cap, the pedal models both - in Lead mode when the boost is set above OFF the bright cap is removed, at the lower boost settings you get the warmer amp sound. I hope this helps! Feel free to reach out to me if you have any more questions. Connor Smith, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1793, connor_smith@sweetwater.com
gives new meaning to starving musicians. but, it really has been that way since I began back in the 70s with inflation taken into consideration. it's always been expensive if you wanted anything good.
These seem good. Would be interested to compare to Strymon Iridium. But I am also confused about these pedals. They take an analog signal, make it digital, process that, then convert it back to analog. If I am recording in a DAW, why not let me just make the conversion to digital once? One answer is: just sell me a plug-in and a physical box that controls it. Another would be, give me the option to output my sound digitally (so that this is an amp and an interface all on one).
Even mid-range converters are so good these days that I don't think it really matters anymore how many times you convert the signal. and UA uses really great converters.
@@weschilton OK, fair enough. Then why not give me the option to directly send that digital signal to a computer rather than forcing me to output as analog and buy an interface to convert back again?
It has a usb connection. I haven’t checked to see if it does anything more than edit the pedal. I love the digital output on my OX so I understand the need.
In honest concern, a note for a seemingly extremely kind man, in that I really hope that Mitch is ok. He had gone from his general normal heavyset self (for years); to then an amazingly slender and apparently fit physique. And yet now in this video Mitch appears really, really heavy. Heavier than ever, tbh, and I cannot stand unconcerned. My sincere prayers here for his health and well-being. I hope it's just less than flattering camera angles, and in no way do I mean to sound remotely insulting at all, only meaning to express genuine concern.
Hi, Andres! Our team would be glad to look into this for you. When you have a moment, please give us a call at (800) 222-4700 or email us at sales@sweetwater.com. You may also visit www.sweetwater.com/about/contact Thanks for the message!
I got the dream 65 today. It sounds pretty good. However if you have a HX stomp don’t buy this. I set up a deluxe reverb and a good IR and they are pretty much the same while A\B the pedals. My regular pedals sound the same through both as well. I don’t the this is the end all like everyone on the internet is saying. It sounds way better than strymon.
@@cour1988 I love the Iridium. have a Princeton Reverb and when I want a different sound or am recording late at night the Iridium is great. Don't think I'd pay $400 for these UA pedals. That kind of money seems better saved for an actual amp tp me.
@Sweetwater Hello guys! Thanks for the vid! Are those pedals ok to work as overdrive/distortion/mod etc.. in for exemple a hiwatt amp or its recomended to use other pedals (non-cab sim) to create similar sounds? Thanks a lot! Frank
Hi, Frank. The pedals are not designed to be used as overdrive pedals in front of another amp. Since they're modeling both a guitar amp and a cabinet, they'll likely sound pretty weird going into another amp and cabinet. The main intention is to use them towards the end of a pedal signal chain and give people the option of going direct to a PA or recording rig for a silent guitar rig, but not giving up the tone and feel of an amp and cab. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320, charlie_davis@sweetwater.com
Wow 400 bucks and you can't get a basic tone unless you have a bunch of post gear to make it proper Outrageous.....the gear market period really but the Ox Box now is the thing to go with Emulation will always be lacking
The Joyo pedals are analog and are copies of the Tech21 series pedals that emulate the Fender, Marshall, and Vox amps in a pedal. These UA pedals are digital modelers in pedal form. The Joyo pedals are amazing for the price. The Tech21 originals had a pricetag that was several times that back when they were made but are quite similar in sound. I have the Joyo American and like I said it is very good but what it does best is clean. The overdriven sounds are quite decent for a pedal but not great. Because of this I use the Joyo fairly clean and run other pedals into it like overdrive and fuzz and like that it is actually quite good. Sweetwater Sound has a video about these UA pedals and they seem like they are a ways beyond the sound quality of the Joyo and Tech21 pedals. I can run my real amps at volume pretty frequently so I'm happy with the Joyo sometimes for practice but if I couldn't run my real amps I would probably be looking into these UA pedals. Hope that helps clarify things a bit.
@@7171jay I agree, the Joyo American sounds really good clean but I think the overdrive on it is not very good. I crank it up a little bit but definitely run other pedals through it. Actually I have the Joyo in the effects loop right now.
they're v cool, look great. the deluxe one is calling me. would like to see some more gainy ones - marshall, boogie and orange or maybe diezel. and a headphone jack, come on UA 🤞
It's an interesting position they're in now. I suspect you won't see a plugin as the pedal removes the need - simply run the pedal direct into your Apollo.
@@mikedr1549 Hardware is the ultimate dongle. Fractal and Strymon know it well. Just wonder if most of the guitar nerds will prefer analog with the preamp section.
@@SHOWWHITE I look forward to the DI audio samples sure to come once people start buying it. I'm not sure most players will view it as a studio tool or a live tool. Andertons just dropped their review - let's see what Lee and Pete think.
This is for all those players that can't use amps on stage and don't want a Kemper. Its a great way to make a small do it all pedalboard that can just run to front of house and your in ears.
@@weschilton I agree. However, KEMPER, Neural DSP, Fractal are way more versatile than this one. For me, I still need an overdrive, a reverb or delay for some of my essential tone.
Love this video and the three demo videos as well! I think UA nailed all three of these products. Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but I would love it if they could emulate different Leslie speakers. Imagine plugging in a Hammond organ or one or more midi controllers and having that same sound and feel. I would totally use that live or in studio.
Hello, great question! Unfortunately that is not possible on the Ruby at this time, but each of those channels has a Boost option that gives you lots of gain. Let us know if you have any other questions. Thanks! Jason Filloramo, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1281, Jason_Filloramo@sweetwater.com
They are talking a lot about how they make the amps sound like different artist. Do they have a reference (cheat sheet) for each set of setting as a baseline to start for all these tones? Looking for a starting point.
Hi, marc12marc. Technically, any amp with an effects loop is going to work. The pedals are designed to emulate the entire sound of an amp so you'll want to make sure the cabinet emulation is turned off, and it will need to be run into the effects loop of the amp. You can either do a four cable method, which allows you to still get the sound of your amp but bypass the preamp whenever the UA pedal is turned on, or you can just run straight to the effects loop return if you just want to go from the pedal straight to the power amp. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320, charlie_davis@sweetwater.com
Personally I didn't think they sounded all that good Maybe if you ran a bunch of post onboard gear with them but not for me Got to be tube's for me but that's just me Oh well emulation
A good amp with attenuator and simple EQ is so much better Pedals are getting out of control Even a good w volume control will let you crank the amp and keep the volume down Through a good PA I'm sure they sound good but believe me these guy's won't use these Certain market only IMO
You don't have to buy or listen to it for all the negative people. If it's good it's good that has a price more over you don't have to carry a heavy monster like an AC 30 around.
You’ve got other options from Mooer, Joyo, Line 6 etc. UA gear is awesome in the studio…in terms of R&D and the user interface you really get what you pay for.
@@weschilton fully aware it doesn’t matter to them, but these really don’t sound impressive or bring something new to the conversation. It’s a Chinese pedal running plugins, you seem more invested in defending UAD.
I'm a bit divided by the current situation. There have never been more options. There are literally thousands of guitar pedals. That is of course a good thing. At the same time, they all seem to do pretty much the same things. I'm starting to get quite frustrated that there's no real innovation going on (at least on the analogue side). Companies are basically trying to reproduce sounds of times gone by. You see companies marketing their new pedals as something absolutely spectacular, and all I hear is the same old tones with some minor differences. How many shades of brown do you need. I want a whole different color. I can't imagine young people being inspired by pedals like these.
