This is the NUX optima air check this out...
i'll get to more of the factory IR's later but i wanted to check out the
custom modeling on this pedal i've heard of cab IR's and i've heard of
amp IR's i've worked with them both and they work
exceptionally well really clever technology but what NUX
have done is use that same format and developed
the optima air so can this pedal make my $300
ibanez sound like this three and a half grand taylor acoustic guitar
let's find out
so let's first listen to the taylor
814ce miked up and then compare that against the
captured ir i'll be playing my ibanez ac340
i'm playing the tailor miked otherwise it would just be a pickup versus pickup
situation and i wanted to see what the comparison
to the actual sound of the taylor 814 would be like
the optima air has 15 acoustic guitar
IR's built into it from the factory and eight user slots for your own IR's
and these include the gibson hummingbird the martin d45 and the taylor 814 for
example all optimized for piezo and magnetic
pickups so you should be able to use your
electric guitar as well plus you can capture your own irs from a
guitar that you already own
so let's try out some of the magnetic pickup IR's
using my sonic blue 60's strat with single coil custom shop 69 pickups
okay it was never going to be exact or even really really close but it does do
a fantastic job of modeling alternative guitars
you can connect the optima air direct into your pc or mac
and use it as an audio interface to record or
use it as an effects pedal into your existing interface
the options are there what a great unit to use live as well when you want the
sound of another guitar just use it like a
stomp box as always what are your thoughts let me
know below and i'll see you in the comments thanks
for watching