The pedal itself: I knew the limitations of a small, one footswitch device so I am not going to complain. I just wanted to try tonex as I use Helix daily and this seemed like a good, cheap way to test it. Sounds good, a perfect way to try amps you could never afford or even play. Enough has been said about profiling so I'll just stop here.
The ugly: software. What a badly designed, unfriendly piece of junk.
Do yourself a favour and stop thinking about it as an editor for the pedal. It is NOT.
1. Even standalone it is complicated (for example getting online took me 30 minutes trying everything, as by default it starts in offline mode).
2. The process to get the software may be cumbersome (registration, even if you had a previous IK account, download manager etc) but it unfortunately a standard today.
3. But the worst bit is the pedal management: no way to live edit the presets on your pedal.
4. If you use the tonex as your interface as well (obvious choice for most) you will hear BOTH your Tonex presets and Tonex software patches simultaneously (!!!!!). Solution: use another interface (really!?) or change a few pedal settings (switch to stomp mode, bypass, switch direct monitoring) - but as soon as you click to a new preset in the librarian section it reverts back!
5. Changes to gain, EQ etc in the software are carried over / stay valid even if you switch to a new preset (!!!!!).
6. IR management does not exists
7. Input trim - discussed in hundreds YT videos yet it still defaults to +8.5dB and IK is suggesting a procedure to set it up that just not make sense (anyone who ever played with real amps will know it's a bad advice)
Yes you can learn how to get over it, use it and get good sounds. But in 2024 this should not happen and we should expect a friendly, logical application from such a major player.
And one last complaint: no phone app. For such a small pedal with no screen a BT app would be really useful, especially when new effects are added in November firmware update.
