Someone FINALLY made a BETTER Rockman! Nux Mighty Plug Pro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
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00:00 What is this?
02:59 Interface
04:51 It's ok, but.....
07:39 fx
10:00 Drums???
11:27 The Bottom Lin
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As a dad with 3 kids under 3, I play a ton of unplugged guitar. I’d love one of these things.
Sounds like a great idea!
My kids love it when I play loud.
@@SilentNightBodomNight My two oldest like when I play with my amp but we got a new addition to the family last month so his ears are still too sensitive for any real volume.
three kids under 3.. twins.. or multiple women?
Got 2 kids and a full time job I have to play at 6 am to practice in peace!
But I have a co-worker that wants to play with me during lunch break, we could play with one of those if they had a speaker, I'm still watching the video maybe Glenn already covered it!
I'm a big fan of headphone amps like this. I've been using a Vox Amplug plugged into the output of a boost pedal that I connect into from my wireless. I connect the aux cord to a portable speaker and I have a near fully wireless and battery operated rig for practicing at home, on the go, around a campfire, or in a tour bus.
Cool!
Same! But it’s a DI amp sim pedal the Amplug is plugged into
I bought one of these a little while back after seeing some reviews online.
I loaded your IR's onto it after you kindly gifted them to us and they sound good to me - although it is interesting that you have picked up a difference from how they should sound.
The acoustic guitar simulation sounds good as well.
Just for ease of use, I love this thing - highly useable (if not perfect) sound for late night or on the go playing.
I think you can even load up a custom track and have timestamps as to when effects come on/off - eg verse section, chorus section and solo.
I've been using it for a few months now, great for practicing, even with the band or as a backup rig
thanks for covering this! right onto my wishlist
I own the nu-x mg-100 it's a pretty nice lil multi-effects thingy for just messin' around. I run it into a yamaha mixer and use an old jvc stereo as a "monitor/amp". The mg-100 even has a looper function with built in drum beats to jam with. ROCK ON!
Those are getting pretty wild! The fact you can load IR's really boggles the balls. Have a Basics one around that was better than nothing at the time but holy shit this is an amazing option now!
All the Kempers, Fractals and even Tone X's are gonna be old news soon. You'll have that li'l plug, a tiny pedal unit and you're good to play a show.
Okay, that exists.... Never mind. I was trying to think smaller and cheaper. :D
This unit is so cool. I had the Rockman X100 for years to sound like Def Leppard. Thanks for video! I did discover that you have to use the Nux usb cord for the computer to see the unit. Awesome.
That's...potentially catastrophic
I see that the wall of amps is back. This makes me happy, as I was missing seeing them in the background.
Nux is killing it. One of their modeler units (alongside a Headrush FR powered speaker) replaced almost all of my rig.
I bought this one and the fender mustang version. Both have their own cool things going on, but these are unbelievable for having a way to practice anywhere.
I have the mustang GT too. I bought this and a cheap squire I leave at my in law’s house to play on when visiting. I always think how I would have loved to have this type of stuff as a kid. How would you compare this to the fender? Seems a lot more customizable, but sometimes I like the lack of options on the fender. I don’t spend a lot of time fiddling with it and can get something close to what I want in a couple seconds. This seems like it is more like the Spark in terms of options though, which could also be fun.
Loading IR's is awesome! I almost bit the bullet on the recent boss waza air and the newer gt something or other but lack of IR loading was always a deal breaker. This is so much better it seems.
Glad to see that custom ir loading is a common feature on digital devices. Recent science on this channel has shone a light on how mission critical that option truly is across multiple applications.
I've been using it plugged into the line out of my Grandmeister 40 (w/the speaker off) and the cab sim or IR. Great for practicing with a baby in the house. Also works well as a standalone with the amp models inside. Decent product overall.
I loved my rockman back in the day..definetly trying one of these
It’s pretty impressive
I have had one of these for a couple months now, and I love it. I use it as an interface to record on my phone when I am out and about.. technology has come a long way.. the only portable shit I had growing up was a Pignose..
Cool gear. It only makes sense that the headphone amps would start going the modeling route with lots of options.🤘🏻
I got one of these a few weeks ago, and they are epic.
Great review!
Every piece of Nux kit I've got, is good! Got a mighty lite, and their Wireless bugs. Fantastic for a "frugal" musician like myself!
This is nice, I got the NuX MG30 Modeling amp and processor and this has all the same options, FX, and looks with block editing. Its $299 new and I got one open box for $220 USD. It has an FX loop for my more expensive and weird fx and some drives fuzz and JHS Haunting Mids parametric EQ spike I put just after my Drive. For headphones or writing to record to laptop or tablet is nice. I can even plug my RevvG4 and other amps in a box and shit and use it as a pedal platform amp as well. Nice to see NuX is keeping the ecosystems they use visually for all their products.
1:45
Caught you listening with your eyes 😉
Chorus was before the IR and therefore that was mono still
That tapping lick was pretty dope
This looks pretty cool. I use my Vox amplug 2 metal almost daily and I'm completely sold on headphone guitar amp. This one is leagues more capable than the dumb Vox I have, and I'd love to have the option of some more delays, IRs and some clean tones. I'll keep it in mind. Thanks!
that is killer... great unit when on the road. nice man!
I have the version 2 plug amp. It’s good. Nothing amazing but certainly convenient as heck for quick practice.
I think Kyle Bull did a good video about the places for od/boost and compression in the order of effects chain. Generally you'd want od/boost shaping the guitar in front of the amp and you'd want your compression shaping the preamp in the effects loop. If I remember it correctly. On that note, I might revisit the Boss EQ200. 4 cabling that into your amplification chain could cover both functions with a finer degree of detail possibly.
I've had the Mighy Plug (not the Pro) for a couple years now and it's been great! I was using the PockRock for a couple years which is still great for $30-$40. The Pro looks awesome! I'm definitely thinking of upgrading to the Pro as it looks like it has a lot more features I could use. The few negatives I have heard about it is it can get a bit glitchy for some people (NOT everyone) about updating its firmware in a couple ways, and I can say from my version they could make updating it, on the whole, a lot easier. They are really good about regular app updates, and loading IRs looks a lot easier on the Pro.
This thing has been a lifesaver by making late-night practice easy.
I’m in college now, and even though my Katana is super quiet, I still don’t wanna play out of fear of disturbing someone and starting some shit. This should be perfect for my uses this coming September.
It shows that you're practicing. Good stuff man.
Ya maybe in another 5 years hell finally ɓe able to play the riff from painkiller
Had this thing for practice for about few month and it really rocks. Cons: kinda noisy if you doing gain stack.
I love the boss waza air. This seems practical too
Well... I'm impressed. LOL. Really. That sounds really good, especially since I had a SRD Rockman back in the 80s...heh. I wasn't expecting the Nux Mighty Plug Pro to sound that full, since I remember how thin the old headphone guitar practice modules used to be. I might have to actually pick one of those up. It would definitely simplify the whole practice set up. I'll have to wait until it is released to Canadian music venders and check it out then.
NICE! I just might have to grab one!
Another great video and Glenn your guitar playing...wow you are doing an amazing job...plus that guitar seems to bring the metal out of you
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On subject about the Nux it's a great piece of gear for practicing and after playing around with the unit you could have a potential for back up rig for live shows. I bought a Mooer P1 Prime Pedal and bought separately a wireless foot switch and it's not bad price of gear. And please correct me if I am wrong not sure if you know or mentioned that with the NUX I think you can actually drag the order of the pedals. Like I said correct me if I am wrong 😂
Literally I was 10 minutes away from buying the Fender Mini (more $, less features and functionality); started watching the video, read some comments, and clicked over to Amazon and bought one before the video ended. Thanks Glenn!
Cool little device. Thanks Glenn.
Man I just bought the NUX MG 300 for practice, and this looks like exactly the same thing, just portable. I wish I knew this was coming.
Love it, and that guitar what a shredder!
I bought one of these after watching this vid, A lot simpler setup then what I was using and the defaults are an excellent starting point. Now I just need to figure out how to import IR 😂. OH it was only £85 from Thomann. £10 p&p but I was buying other stuff so all good. Cheers Glen, a good shout.
I might need to get one of these to stick in the effects loop of my helix to offload some of the processing power for amp simulation and make some REALLY crazy patches.
Wasn’t much of Def Leppard’s “Hysteria” recorded with Rockmans? This could be the modern equivalent
It's awesome to see the progression in your playing Glenn, keep it up my man!
I have the previous version and you cannot really complain considering the price. The only thing missing is a master volume control on the device itself. Only way to change the volume is turning down the amp over the app, and that sucks a lot! And it looks like this didn’t change. Mine goes out for sale again as I’ve ordered the new positive grid spark go which has a volume control.
The new one has a volume control
When it first released, it didn't has tuner built in the app. I had told them in their discussion FB page to add the tuner. At that time some jerks from this company try to excuse that it's inappropriate to add tuner because of latency of bluetooth. But eventually they add tuner after 4 months of releasing this amp plug. Now it's a perfect headphone amp for practice.
I went for the Mooer Prime P1. Best purchase ever.
Very Nice. Both the Unit and Your Improved Playing Skills!! Great to hear you making stuff sound great!! All ya gotta do is just play "Painkiller" for 10 years, Kids!! :D
crunchy tones and tasty licks
I mostly play with headphones through a Fender GTX, but this is super tempting just because I have fewer cables to get tangled in. Then I could sell the Fender and get a proper combo for jamming with buddies.
this thing would be perfect paired with one of those travel sized guitars that are really small thin and compact but have a full neck scale length
One thing to note you can move the position of an effect around the chain for additional sounds by holding you finger on it and dragging it to a new place. An interesting one is IR before the amp. 🙄
Yeah, I wouldn’t recommend that! :)
So cool to see stuff like this progress to what it has today, the industry is giving you no excuses to not practice 😂
Damn this thing is sweet !
And this was a great video ! I hope they give you a discount code for your subscribers so you can get a bit more on tour side 🙃
Im going to look into these right now !! 🤘
But does it make me sound like Tom Scholz?
Rockman was same size as a walkman. For the time, that was small :) It was expensive, though. I worked at a music store at the time so got it for cost. Still have it :)
great video, love when you do gear reviews, I d like to have seen a bit more on battery life and bluetooth - what version is it, does it support lossless, i ended up having to look this stuff up elsewhere. the answers are (about 5 hours battery) and bluetooth seems to be 5.1 or later as it supports low latancy and LE modes, could not find definitive answer on that yet
I have a PA and a passive mixer, both with Bluetooth input. I also have my Joyo Bantamps. Something like this would allow for two guitarists to practice through the same amp, or to free up a channel on a PA or mixer, for practice purposes.
Yes.. I have a Yamaha THR10 and this Mighty Plug Pro.
I can plug it into the aux input and another guitar or a bass into the THRs guitar input and jam with another player AND use it to play backing tracks off TH-cam.
Good fun!
Holy actual fuck, Glenn!
It's only £85 on Thomann!
This looks incredible for the money, the tweakability this has compared to what was available when I was a beginner is preposterous.
I'm gonna get one and tell everyone to watch this video!
Oh man! I had a Rockman back in the day.
Geezus that reference just made me feel old AF! LMAO!
You forgot to mention that in the app view on your phone or on your computer. You can change the order of which the amplifier and the effects and the compression are arranged in the chain as well.
You can move the signal chain around. You don't have to have the compression before the amp.
I only minor wish was that they made it clip on like a wireless jack. I'd hate to accidentally smack it against a wall or something. I definitely want this for travel, though.
You can get a female to female mono quarter inch adapter and a regular short cable so it doesn't hang off the guitar directly. Then velcro this to your strap.
Works well.
I had a Fender Mustang Micro and It didn't do it for me - This seems like a next level version of that WITH an interface. I wonder how it would compare to my Spark Go
I got one of those Cube Baby's, it was ok for a headphone and car stereo mini modeler, but I had to try the NuX MG30, I will use it for practice, writing and maybe open mic fly rig part, but if I record with it its just to write. I will definitely use real cabs and amps for that
NUX is killer! I have wireless plugs and they haven’t failed me yet!
Cool video and product,these things keep getting smaller, soon theyll start making space in the back of the guitars to store these (Mini jam tech devices! ) 'Your Metal playing is really getting Good Glen! 🎸🎼
When you kicked the fuzz in, the sound turned Toni Iomyish, like on Iron Man.
I have to admit, the “Nu X” stuff I have tried and heard is pretty good.
I would definitely use the clean tones for recording.
That's not bad at all, kind of impressed.
I've got a Nux MG30 to pair with my Revv G20.
The MG30 is quite good for the price.
9:30 - it's your good friend Barndancin' Glenn
Glenn looks like a drywaller I knew in Toronto 😂
Yep, I still have an MP2 and still haven't tried all the tones. I'm waiting on delivery of a spark go. Between those two and my Boss pocket GT, I plan to AB them to death. Also you can reamp or aux in to a small amp just so you don't have to wear headphones. Rock on.👍👍✌️
Love to see you check out the Sonicake Matribox. Haven't seen much about it
Dude! I had a Peavey Rage combo and a Metalzone as my first metal rig. This isn't fair. haha
How to pair the mighty plug pro to a bluetooth headphone set??? It has 2 bluetooth channels, one for the app to work and other for "audio" so i assume is for that but no one explains how it can be paired to headphones or mic
That’s a nice stocking stuffer
Cool! I'm trying to find a Bluetooth transmitter that I can put into the headphone jack of my sons amp. Any suggestions?
Got one. It's a gadget, a toy. Make no mistake. It's slightly more versatile than my older Vox JS AmPlug. Great for bedroom low-fi play-alongs. But the signal quality is according to the price. Yes the IRs seem like a big deal. But most of the effects are kinda hit and miss. The compressor is the biggest offender. The modulation effects like chorus and delay are the best of the bunch. And the distortion, well, in combination with the amp models a real challenge to get a decent sound and feel. But what's to complain. A multi-effect plug for 100 bucks. I surely could not resist.
I've got the EHV iconic 40w combo and the only downside to the amp is it doesn't have a headphone jack so I got the Boss gx-100 multi effects unit which is great coz I practice with headphones daily plus I can turn off the amp and cab blocks and using the four cable method use it with my amp as stomp box effects but again given it's size and power requirements it's not good if I wanted to practice while waiting at the bus depot so this little gadget is definitely something I'm gunna look into I always viewed something like this as having poor tone and just a well marketed gimmick but you just proven me wrong on that Glenn and it's one of those times I'm happy to be wrong thanks for sharing this useful little piece of kit
For about the same price I prefer their mini amp which appears to have the same software, but has both a speaker and headphone out.
Chops sounding good Glen .
First of all I want one! Second, that muf fuzz sounds like a cross between Black Sabbath and stoner metal. Third, if I bought a wah would it work with it? And finally, I'm going to click on the Thomann link and might give in to the temptation to buy one if the price is right. Thanks Glenn. I appreciate this review more than most because it's something I'll seriously consider buying. Edit: I just bought one from Thomann for €99 + €15 shipping. Thanks Glenn! Further edit: I haven't figured out how to get it to work with my PC or load new impulse responses yet.
When recording in the USB mode, is there any way to capture dry and wet sound at the same time?
Agreeing with you that it needs landscape mode!
Glenn playing cowboy chords feels so unnatural! 🤣 Good thing he's mostly playing metal, he does that well!
You haven't mentioned that you can change the signal chain. By holding down on the comp you can drag it behind the amp for example
Very Cool! Does this thing have a built in tuner?
I need this, and I need that shirt.
The IR thing, it also happens with the Cube Baby pedal. My guess is that it can't load high quality IRs really well, just like the NUX MG300 compared to MG30. With the Cuvave all IRs get a boost in the mids and their highs are gone, but still, good enough for gigging.
Muff fuzz, decently long delay and big reverb, makes a nice ASMR lead tone :)
Also, your clean stuff is good enough to demo the basics for the people who won't be using the cleans that much
Like the SPark GO, but no speaker :D Next month, Spark releases the SparkNo :D
I may buy one of these! Thanks for the link, mang.
Truly the Golden Age of Gear.
It's a bit funny that this video comes the day I've received my positive grid go. This is at almost the same price, and has a pretty decent headphones out so I wonder how it compares to nux device.
That looks great, and as I have my nieblings coming over, it might be super useful. I didn't quite understand, though, are you able to play along to existing tracks through it? Like, can you get it to bluetooth the output to a phone and then the phone plays both and you put the headphones in that?
You stream audio from your phone over to the nux via bluetooth, then you use headphones on the nux to listen to both the music and your guitar
Glenn try a long male to female guitar cord to plug into so you don’t have to struggle with a short usb cord! Just a thought
I have a Rockman x100 and a Nobles sound studio X-1, pieces of history
Nux plug 2 and pro are great and I use more thank my axfe fx or mooer ge300.
The acoustic sounds on the plug are surprising good and authentic too.
Linking to Bluetooth is another icing on the cake.
Also you the "mightier amp" app
Much better layout and speed of going through amps and cabs but allows you to save and load multiple patches rather than the stupid barcode, screenshot to scanning system.
I wonder how this compares to the Mooer Prime P1?
I have this and it's fucking crazy good . I'm going to pair this and a line 6 variax .
Who do you wanna sound like today?