SONICAKE Pocket Master Guitar Bass Amp Modeling IR Cabinets Simulation Multi-Effects with Stereo OTG USB Audio Interface BT Audio 1.77" LCD Color Screen Black

Go to gadget for practice and smalls gigs

I don't write a lot of reviews but this unit is a fantastic deal. The quality of the available sounds are unbelievable, at this price point. It's a very compact unit that I highly recommend. It sounds great, it's inexpensive and it runs off a built-in battery! I bought it for travel but I'm actually going to be using it at home a lot and it might end up replacing another unit I have, entirely. The ability to load NAM profiles, at this price point, is a welcome surprise. My main interest with this unit was the ability to load NAM profiles. If that is your main interest, here are the steps I took, with my Apple devices. While these are the steps I took, I still recommend reading the manual, first. These steps should be similar for Windows and Android but your mileage may vary. 1. went to Sonicakes' website and downloaded and installed the pocketMaster software on my Mac computer (NAM profiles were added in a firmware update). I also download the firmware update and the manual. 2. powered up the PocketMaster and hooked it up, by USB, to my Mac. 3. used the software to update the firmware. 4. downloaded the Soniclink app on my iPhone. 5. enabled bluetooth on the PocketMaster and launched the App, pairing my iPhone with the unit. 6. went to the Tone Hunt website and looked for NAM profiles to download to my phone. 7. went to the amp button, in the app. 8. under mode, I clicked on the Clone tab. 9. selected "import clone" and navigated to the unzipped folder and choose the NAM profile to import. 10. selected one of the 5 available slots that said 'empty,' in the app, and pressed "import." 11. tried several NAM profiles in the patch patch I was in to see how they sounded. Final thoughts: I'm blown away by the ease of use, functionality and tones, at this price point. I wasn't keen on some of the presets but every unit I've ever tried was like that. It's a a simple thing to tweak, until they sound good. Frankly, my main purpose was to use NAM profiles with effects and I'm very pleased with how that sounds. The effects are excellent. I wish looper was longer than 10 seconds but the drum patterns and ability to jam along to Youtube Videos on my phone, is all I needed. The PocketMaster is selling out for reason.

This sounds great to my ears. I'm using it with keyboards not guitar. The output is stereo so you can just plug in a pair of headphones for practice. It's got a built-in tuner (which is useful) and a looper which give you about 10 seconds of looping time (so will not replace a dedicated looper). You also get a simple metronome built in. The effects sound really good, and there is a lot to choose from, and you can move quite a lot of them around in the signal chain although Drive, Amp, IR, and EQ are in a fixed block. You can edit all the effects directly on the pedal (with a little bit of menu diving). It's fairly straightforward but a bit fiddly. The good thing is that you can download an app to a computer/IOS/android and edit it from a phone or tablet using Bluetooth. This is very handy and is easy to set up. You can also download 5 user IRs and NAM files for the Amp (although when using NAM files you lose the IR module - as it's probably too much of a strain on the CPU). There's a website that offers free IRs and NAM files called Tonehunt. You can also use this as a sound card for your computer - although I've not used this yet. It's powered by a built in rechargable battery which can be charged by USB-C. It's tiny, but that's part of its charm. It's well worth the money and is a third of the price of comparable multieffects pedals. I liked it so much that I ordered on for my best friend's 50th birthday.

Ce petit appareil est un vrai bijou pour les guitaristes désireux de jouer sans amplificateur ou pédales d'effets encombrantes. Idéal pour des session externe ou simplement jouer avec un casque chez soit tout en profitant des avantages qu'il offre.

The device has just enough DSP hardware to get a variety of tones. The clean amplifier models sound fine but the high gain amplifier models lack a bit of detail. The built-in tuner is also not very accurate but good enough. There is built-in metronome and USB audio interface functionality too. There is an option to load up to five NAM captures (full rigs only) and while these may end up sounding better than the built-in models, it should be noted that this device (as well as other devices from Hotone like the Valeton GP5) is not a true NAM modeler and unlike what NAM requires, this device is limited to 44.1kHz sample rates. The software is barely usable for profile management but just good enough for updating firmware. The smartphone app is far more functional but can be considered to be a privacy nightmare in terms of how it is distributed and the permissions it requires. Overall, this is an extremely versatile device that offers everything that is required for practicing quietly. I would say that it fares better than most of the beginner-focused 10-15W practice amplifiers. The shell is quite sturdy despite being all-plastic. The knob and buttons are also decent and responsive. At the sale price of around 6.5k, one cannot go wrong with this.

Pédale d'effets ultra pratique, légère et transportable partout ! Les effets sont d'excellente qualité, et les rendus avec un ampli Mini Fender sont à la hauteur de ce qu'on en attend. On ne pourra pas jouer en public (salle fermée ou ouverte) avec bien sûr, mais pour répéter et jouer chez soi c'est juste parfait ! Certes il n'y a pas de pédalier, mais tous les effets sont pilotables à partir d'une tablette ou d'un téléphone avec une très chouette interface graphique. En bref, l'ampli et la tablette sur le bureau, la guitare sur les genoux, et c'est parti pour plein de délire musicaux en tous genres :) J'adore ! Surtout pour le prix.