NUX Cerberus Multi-function Guitar Effect Pedal Inside Routing IR Loader Analog Overdrive Distortion Digital Delay Modulation Effects

This unit replaced almost my entire pedalboard. My band covers a lot of musical styles, so I need access to a pretty large array of sounds, but I don't care for modeling sounds like Helix, Headrush, etc.- to me they sound lifeless and flat, especially since many players run direct to PA with no real amp. This unit essentially replaced 10 pedals, and added several effects that I didn't have. The sound quality is exceptional, as is the build quality. I like the fact that there is no preamp to affect the sound of my amps running clean or on the edge of breakup. I haven't used it yet for recording, so I cannot speak for the IR functions, but for live sound I am very impressed, and I consistently get compliments from patrons and peers on my guitar tones. The ability to create and store sound patches was a big selling point for me as well. The routing options are great, as is the ability to place other effects in the chain. I have found that getting great sounds takes a little tweaking, but the effects controls are familiar and user friendly- if you like to experiment with sounds this will keep you busy! My only "complaints", if you want to call them that, are that the tuner is difficult to see being so small, and that when using presets it is easy to accidentally go into edit mode on the patch you are using. As my comfort level increases, this has become less problematic. My suggestion to Nux for the preset edits would be a press & hold function to edit/save if that is possible. At $299- the price of 2 or 3 "normal" effects- this covers so many bases, it is an absolute bargain. I prefer the sounds on this unit to any multi-effects I have tried- Boss, Zoom, etc. It is basically everything I thought it could be, and a great purchase. Highly recommended!

Great little device, analog drive (blues breaker clone-wished it was a tubescreamer) and distortion are the real deal. Good assortment of digital effects, chorus, delay, reverb, phaser, etc. Built-in clean boost. Assignable control pedal. Relatively easy to program, (but using the cerberus software to edit is much better and allows you to do more). I wished it came with the latest firmware installed, I had to do it myself (and research online for a while to find out how). You need to install the firmware in order to use the software. It makes a great travel rig, main rig, or back up for a full board. I added an external compressor (the only effect missing in my opinion), but other than that, I am using it as is. Couple of gigs, and no complaints here. Lots to say, can be plugged directly to a sound mixer and the IR emulations sound really good, also directly to a guitar amp, or both! Accepts 4 cable method, and the list goes on. Plenty of good reviews and demos on youtube, specially check out reviews/tutorials by the pedal guy and Pete Thorn. I use both directly on my mac for practice/teaching and on my fender deluxe reverb for live work.My main complaint, the badly-translated-from-chinese manual. I wished these guys could find good translators, cannot be that hard!Its been a while since I’ve gotten excited about a pedal, and this little beast just did it.

I've been trying to simplify the pedal board and this thing does the trick for the most part. All I was looking for was a delay, reverb, chorus, and distortion. Everything else with this pedal is total bonus. I'm in a gigging band that does quite a bit of travel as well, so having a smaller footprint without sacrificing too many options is quite important.Pros:- Versatility. I'm a 4 cable guy for the most part, but there are times I'm not. This thing can do either. Moreover, it can be stereo out on the fx outputs. PLUS a headphone out that could be utilized if one were so inclined.- Sound. The thing sounds pretty dang good and is much better than I was expecting. The Dist/OD are analog are very good. I read some comments about wanting the OD to be more TS'ish. That would be nice for sure. I already have a very good TS clone, and it's not a big deal keeping that on the board to run with this thing. The OD is good though, but definitely TS'ish. The pedal sounds great on its own with the IR but also sounds good running into either of my tube amps. I need to fiddle a little more with the reverb to find something that's a keeper.- Reliability. I just got it, so we'll see. But it's built pretty solid so barring my roadie dropping my case again or my amp head falling on it again in the trailer, I think this thing should last a while. Knobs, buttons, and switches are all solid. I've hauled to practice a few times and one gig thus far. No issues whatsoever.- Options. This thing has a lot of options. In fact, maybe too many. I love the the assignable CTRL button. It'd be useless if it were menu driven, but changing it's assignment is easy squeezy and the params available for assignment are good choices. I use the boost and dst/od bypass the most. The routing options for the different fx are a great feature.- Software. Being able to hook up the unit to my pc via USB and edit stuff is awesome.- Value. For the price, you couldn't get the number of pedals the Cerberus incorporates unless you went very budget.- Layout. The layout is pretty intuitive. The one thing that might help would be something to visually divide what knobs are what effect for the delay/reverb and chorus/modfx. There are enough lights and status feedback to always know what state the unit is in. That's huge on stage.- Size. For what this thing does, it's a small enough footprint I can throw it in my gigbag to take home instead of hauling my pedal board. (I do have a large bag. *eyebrows*)Cons: Not really too many but I do have a few little gripes.- Delay Tap Tempo. The switch for tap tempo can be accidently held too long and end up in a different mode such as preset from manual or edit. It's also easy to accidentally step on the CTRL button when I've got the stage boots on and I've got a small foot. Size 7 boot. It's only happened a couple of times, but it has happened. BUT, the expression pedal output can be setup to use an external switch, so that's what I do. I already had a spare switch pedal for my Boss DD7 so problem solved.- Tuner. The onboard tuner is a nice feature. However, it's triggered by holding the CTRL button down which will trigger whatever the CTRL button is assigned to it first. So if I'm on boost it's a bit loud until the thing engages and then mutes. Workaround is turn down the vol. on the guitar first, but I'm just used to how my tuner pedal works and I keep that on my board anyway, so I only use the onboard tuner when I pull this thing off my board for home practice.Overall: I love it. I had been using a little multi effect pedal and it didn't have any where near the options/features as the Cerberus for basically the same effects albeit at a much lower price. I'm not too picky when it comes to tone. I know the overall sounds I'm after and this thing hits them and does so better than I was expecting. If you're in the market for something with more bells/whistles like a Helix or something similar, this might not be for you. If you're looking to simplify your board or have an option for travelling/gigging with a smaller footprint but with better features than some of the less featured multi fx pedals, this thing is perfect.

I had high hopes for this unit but was greatly disappointed. The time based effects are really muddy - tried to run them through my effects loop but the level switch was defective so I could not get it to switch to +4dB - instead it popped really loud and I thought it messed up my speaker, but thankfully not. The level stayed the same no matter what position I put the switch in. Returned it.