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Quick press the Preset knob to get back to "OPERATION". Scroll right using the Model knob to "USB" quick press the Model knob and choose "Dual"
Your Tonex Pedal is now set as a usb audio interface, channel 1 is the "wet" signal, channel 2 is "dry" set your DAW or Tonex inputs for the desired wet or dry signal.
If later using the Pedal live again, reset the interface to "LIVE".
The other thing to remember to do in Interface mode is to switch off whatever preset you're using on the pedal as it will mix that signal with whatever setting you're using on the software resulting in an oversaturated, fizzy tone. Took me ages to find this out.
IK could make it SO much easier to use but they haven't. The end results are worth it but it's not much fun getting there.
Firstly, i dont record anything so i dont have a DAW or anything like that. this is just for jamming along for me. I just want realistic, rewarding guitar tone, sat at my desk.
I have the Arturia interface because i use it for measuring frequency responses in the car for working on the car audio setup.
I have a desk that i use for PC use and gaming. i recently got rid of my amp and cab because i dont have the space, nor the time really. I tried software guitar modelling etc some years ago. i got good sounds, but the latency did my head in. ruined the feel. i also prefer physical knobs, than using the PC
So i have a desk, that needed some speakers. Dont really have the space on the desk, or in the room for a HIFI amp, "HIFI" active speakers either seem a bit crap, or are horrendously expensive. However, good value studio monitors are plentiful, so i went that way. i already had the audio interface, so i'm just using it as a sound card really, to drive the speakers and also headphones. it all works really well. the speakers have auto standby. The interface is connected to the usb hub in the monitor so is powered all the time. I power on the pc, and just turn the output knob on the interface for sound, and the speakers come on automatically. if its night, i plugin the headphones and turn the headphone volume up instead. Its all perfect.
As a bit of an aside, but which kind of lead me down this road a bit, was that the kids are getting to the "using a PC" age, so the plan is to get another PC for the family to use, through a monitor with a KVM, the Arturia connected via the KVM, so when they switch on the PC to use that, and my gaming PC, that i dont want them fiddling with is off, it should all seamlessly work on that PC too.
So.... I want a guitar solution that i can play through the speakers or through headphones. To get around the latency "feel" issue, i thought the tonex would fit the bill. since the audio is done in hardware, not in Windows, the latency is typically much smaller. So using the Tonex plugged into the Arturia, routed to the speakers, is JUST a way of getting the audio to the speakers/headphones, so that i dont have to keep unplugging stuff. All i have to do is turn the "mix" knob on the Arturia from "USB" (pc audio, gaming/youtube/music etc) to "input" (tonex) and i'm away. the Monitor USB hub powers the Arturia all the time, so with the MIX knob set to Input, i can play the tonex through the speaker/headphones, without the PC being on at all.... i can also Mix the audio from the PC and the Tonex together using the MIX knob so i can play along with music from the PC. Backing tracks, youtube lessons etc... it all works perfectly... if i can get the Tonex pedal to sound good!
Although, the latency using the software is nowhere near as bad as i recall
So... if your still reading. Yesterday, i had assumed that routing:
Guitar ---> Arturia interface ---> windows running Tonex ---> Arturia mixed to USB ---> headphones
EDIT would also be the same as?:
Guitar ---> Tonex pedal in interface mode ---> windows running Tonex ---> Arturia (which is just running as a sound card here) ---> Headphones
Would be the same as:
Guitar ---> Tonex pedal running the same captures/presets/whatever ---> Arturia mixed to input ---> headphones
It should sound pretty much the same. the only difference is that the thing making guitar sounds is windows running tonex, or the tonex pedal itself. Not having the Guitar button switched on the Arturia may have been the culprit here. Many of the sounds i tried were very dull and lacked treble, so i may have just picked all the bright sounding ones. using the Tonex as an interface would have avoided this as its input is designed for guitars by default.
hope this makes sense
What I want is to be able to play around with tone models and cabs etc. with the unit connected and edit direct on the unit itself; is that not possible? Is the process supposed to be to plug guitar directly into the interface, edit within ToneX, save the preset, connect the ToneX unit, move the preset to the ToneX unit...?
It's something that has been asked for again and again by the user community. On the surface it sounds easy to do. You can do it with the line6 family for example.
I can only assume one of 2 things is going on:
Either there is something in the hardware or sofware that makes it complicated, or impossible to implement.
Or, they just don't listen to their userbase.
I have no idea which but don't hold your breath that it will be implemented anytime soon, if at all.
That is awesome news.
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ik-multimedia-tonex-update-2024
I saw a John Cordy YT video where he said it's now included with Max, but I can't find any confirmation on the IKM site.
Ignore this.
Appears I got a little confused. The Bonamassa ODS is included in Max, and the ODS Legends Collection was included with new Pedal purchases Nov - Dec '23.
They also do a Total Studio Max bundle which was on a crazy discount last time I checked. It includes everything IK make, which is a ton of plugins and sound libraries as well as AmpliTube etc.
Wanted to use it with my HX Stomp to free up DSP on that unit but I found that I preferred the sound (and usability) of the Stomp.