Cube Baby

On my list of things to get, since wife says no more guitars.. lol. So I preform on small stages, as in like 4 feet deep, and a with a full compliment of other instruments i.e. full drum set, two guitarists two vocals, keys, etc. It leaves very little room for a whole pedal board setup with the things this little beast has. I've used it with both an electric guitar as well as an electric bass. Little tweaks in the live setting to get a decent sound for the bass as this wasn't setup for the lower frequency of the bass. None the less, after the tweaks, it sound good. The two stages don't have much room for amps so this is perfect. Key take aways, presets are great buy may not be what your looking for in a specific setting. So go with the live setting and adjust from there. Be aware with the "amp" (tone) know, once you get past the clean channels, it gets very loud quickly. Others are, pay attention when swapping through the a, b, c, foot switches during a set, if you hit two of them just right, it will knock you out of live mode and back into preset modes. Additionally, if you've not pressed any foot switch for a little while (about 20 mins) it will automatically revert back to the presets and just a simple stopping on the b, c, switches brings you right back to the live mode. So recap, portable, sturdy, rechargeable, lightweight, great for small stage setups where you can go into a D.I. box, love how you can "home" jam anywhere with the headphone an tablet/phone/computer interface and jam alone, IR settings are Adjustable through software that's free and readily available. Overall, excellent work. May get one specific for a bass, but this little thing is doing the job nicely for now. UPDATE: 12.12.2023 Ok, so going over questions from others, and thinking it over, I tried and idea. Some users don't have the ability for a 3.5mm headphone jack to use as in input/output. They thought about this when they engineered it. The Bluetooth function can be used for playing tracks. Meaning, since up the cube baby to phone/tablet Bluetooth, connect the 1/4" output to the amp of ur choice, on ur phone/tablet select what you want to play, (YouTube backing tracks etc.) My set up is: cube baby (guitar) synced via Bluetooth for playing backing track output (1/4" instrument cord) to amp, along with cube baby (bass) 1/4" cord out from bass guitar into cube baby (bass) and out of cube baby into amp and able to adjust accordingly. Thought I had to 3.5mm out of laptop/phone/tablet via USB cord into cube baby then out to amp. It will work that way, but the Bluetooth option means I'm not restricted by way shorter 3.5mm cords.

My reason for purchase is/was the ability to load acoustic guitar IR’s and feed resulting signal to Fishman loud box (LBX) instrument input. IR loader being my main reason for purchase and it delivers the goods for me. Although not originally interested in the tone/gain/preamp function I discovered adding some gain to preamp #2 while rolling off tone creates a nice foot switchable acoustic solo boost. Reverb is pretty good and the delay and mod efx will likely come in handy. I normally use a clip on tuner but the built-in tuner is serviceable if rather basic. No chromatic or fine resolution but in a pinch (clip on battery dies) it would be useful. For the money $$$ it’s a super cool durable yet portable efx box and IR loader. Battery life good, computer connectivity (IR loader) all seem to work as intended. Youtube is a good source for user information and the Cuvave website support appears solid. I'll eventually dig into the electric guitar side of things and likely update my comments. But I made a quick test drive of the OEM presets using lap steel through headphones and it seemed very capable as an electric guitar headphone amp and possibly super compact floor rig. Speaking of floors - yes, it will survive!!! Very high marks for overall sturdiness and well designed foot switches. Can't really go wrong with all the VALUE this processor delivers. Update - be aware of input impedance as this device doesn’t have the greatest sensitivity in that regard. Most electric guitars with average or above pickup field strength will work pretty good. However, low output (vintage, nickel strings) magnetic pickups and passive UST acoustic pickups may need preamp help to achieve full timbrel satisfaction. A wireless unit or looper may suffice enough to overcome the low input sensitivity. It’s not a deal breaker for me and honestly not unexpected at this price point you’re simply not gonna find 1M Ohm inputs. But I won’t be able to use it for passive acoustic pickups or very low output vintage magnetics and pure nickel/Monel strings without a buffer/boost. Latency is another compromise IMO. It’s not super bad using cables but add 10ms or more wireless unit and/or Variax guitar modeling, maybe other digital effects and latency delay becomes quite noticeable. There’s a few oddities when using CubeSuite as well. Not all the numbering is accurate to the product info charts. Sometimes 0 will be 1, FYI… But the ability to audition and load IR’s is pretty cool and the effects appear gig worthy. I’ve enjoyed many of the preamps and OD/Dist tones. All good…

Let me first start by saying that I don't use this for guitar. I actually bought this to use with my synth gear. Currently, is hooked up to an Arturia Microfreak, with the audio going through studio speakers. My main purpose in buying this was due to wanting something that provided the most bang for the buck. I wasn't looking for anything equivalent to my DigiTech rp1000, just something basic and cheap. Based on its specs and price, this fit the bill on paper. Upon hooking it up to my gear, I was pleasantly surprised that this unit generally sounds pretty good. It's not as noisy as the processor it is replacing (a knock off of the line 6 POD), and the effects sound a lot better. The small form factor is a plus with one caveat. I do wish the knobs were just slightly bigger. Overall, it seems well built for the price, externally. My biggest gripe is that when in live mode, the active switch indicator lights blink when on. This is super annoying for me, since I don't use the pedal on the floor. It is located on the keyboard stand right behind the synth. If it's on the floor, I can't imagine that this would be an issue. But, since it's not in my case, I find it annoying and wish the lights were just on as a solid lit indicator instead of blinking. In the end, no regrets about the purchase. I might in fact buy another for another piece of gear I have that is sans effects. I believe that this is a solid purchase for under $40. I wasn't expecting much, especially since I was using it on a synthesizer, but so far it's actually working out pretty well.

So I couldn't wait to try this out. And I have a 8" practice amp I like ok just not great for different effects. Adding this to it made my playing sound really good. And I got to play with the three presets. I haven't tried to plug it into my phone to record yet. I will probably do that later this week but damn!!! This is a good effects peddle guys. And it won't break the bank. Functions well, had cool delay effects and the distortion is wild. Like you could play some dark stuff if you so chose and it's tiny and compact

So far I really like this pedal. It’s nothing fancy, but it does what I need and is fun. As others have said, read the manual, it’s not long but there are a lot of features and it can get confusing until you figure it out. I bought this for a unique purpose. I have a pedal board for my guitar and have it set up the way I like for indoor playing. This was not for that. It was for portable playing. I enjoy playing on the porch now and then and I have a very cool little cigar box amplifier with a 3” speaker that I use to plink around outside. I was looking for a multi-effect pedal that was not too expensive that would get me from options from overdrive to distortion with some chorus/ reverb without having to lug a bunch of pedals around or a big, high dollar multi-effect unit. This works awesome. I have to be careful on volume because it doesn’t take much to crackle the 3” speaker. But for the purpose, it is awesome and works better than I imagined. I knew I wouldn’t be able to make all tones work with the speaker (some are too much for the speaker, but that is no fault of the pedal) but this pedal gives you tons of options and adjustment. Controls are logical once you figure them out (doesn’t take long). Very fun, wanted a cheap option that was very portable. I grab my guitar, cigar box amp, cables and put this unit in my pocket. Done. Also like visuals with colors to reinforce which knobs go with which functions/buttons. Neat unit.

I really wanted to like this unit and it really is a great valor the money. However if you are playing through headphones it is just too damn noisy for me. Some players can deal with it but I can't ignore it. The sad part is I was using humbuckers and it was awful. Not the best Humbuckers I may add but still, I did not even bother using one of my single coil guitars as I too afraid to hear the outcome. If they added a built in noise gate it would probably increase the price but for an extra $10.00 it would be worth it. When playing clean it's ok but who the hell buys these units just for clean. If they add a built in noise gate in the future I would definately but it but for now I have to return it.

Honestly one of the best pedals I have. For the cheap price, it's easily the best pedal for when you are on a budget, the distortion is easily the best part of it in my opinion, if you are a beginner guitarist and you don't want to spend Boss money for distortion or multi effects pedals, get this 100%.

First of all, the fact that this thing is under $40 is insane! I wish I had had this when I was learning to play the guitar. This is a blast to use, has great sounds, the quality seems great with a metal housing, and the features it provides is outstanding. The only thing that might possibly be a negative is that it is not exactly intuitive to use, but read and follow the instructions in the manual and you will be fine. I highly recommend this!

It does what it says it does. Functions well for the price.

This is a good product while using portable,