IK Multimedia TONEX review

Accurately replicate your own amps and stompboxes with this innovative modeller, or choose from thousands of ready-made tones

IK Multimedia Tonex review
(Image: © IK Multimedia)

Guitar World Verdict

TONEX is immensely impressive and endlessly entertaining. Modelling your own gear is fast, easy and astonishingly accurate, while cherry-picking existing models from IK Multimedia and its ToneNET community is both convenient and a real giggle.

Pros

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    Authentic modelled tones

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    A doddle to use

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    Huge range of ready-made tones available

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    Share tones with the ToneNET community

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    Integrates smoothly with AmpliTube and the wider IK Multimedia ecosystem

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    Inexpensive

Cons

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    It cannot model time-based effects

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    Requires a re-amp box or interface with re-amp capability

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Make no mistake, TONEX’s jaw-dropping feature - its pièce de résistance, la cerise sur le gateau - is its ability to model your own guitar amplifiers and pedals. Believe me it’s really quite something, but we’re already getting ahead of ourselves. First, let’s look at what TONEX is, and what it’s not.

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