TONEX One AI multiFX micro-pedal: Tone Model any electric guitar amp, guitar pedal, distortion pedal, overdrive pedal or other guitar effects

Wow, I could on for quite a while about how much I love Tonex and the impressive technological feat of stuffing that capture technology into a tiny, TINY pedal. For the positives, this little guy has all the sound quality of the Tonex Pedal (about $400) and desktop Tonex MAX software. It plays all the same amp, cab, and effect captures as the other Tonex products, and it sounds great. There's a couple nagging issues that I want to highlight that prevent this from being a 5-star review. First, while I actually think the UI is very clever for giving you this much control with so much real estate, I think there should have been more varied options for how you use captures and change them with the footswitch. At the time of release, you could load up to 20 captures on the device (which is a fair amount), but only given two (foot-switchable) options to change between them. You can play in "Dual Mode" where the footswitch goes back and forth between two captures, or "Stomp" mode, which turns a single capture on and off. These make sense as options, but in Dual Mode, there is no option to bypass (turn off) the pedal. I would much rather be able to switch between OFF - CAPTURE 1 - CAPTURE 2, especially if you are using it as an amp simulation. Also, there is an audition mode that lets you cycle through all 20 captures, but it is clunky, based on LED's (many of which look similar) and can only be controlled by hand. This limits the utility of Tonex ONE. Second, there's seems to be some type of glitch related to the infuriating "auto-save" feature. If you make any change to a capture with the pedal's knobs (perhaps the EQ or adding reverb, etc.), this is automatically saved and you cannot revert back to original unless you re-load the capture on a computer. I do not want this feature. Even worse, some of these changes seem to corrupt the capture altogether. I've played with reverb settings that seem to brick the capture into a 100% wet sound with barely-audible volume, and this cannot be fixed until you re-load the capture. Really, at this time it's a 5* product with 3* reliability and functionality, which is how we arrive at a 4* score. I am hopeful that this issues can be fixed with firmware updates, and then the Tonex ONE could be incredibly useful for portable practice or as a swiss-army knife on a pedalboard. UPDATE (08/21/2025) - I am updating my review and increasing the score to 5 stars. After many months with this product, it has proved far more useful than I even expected when I got it. Some of the problems I pointed out with it were due to user error, some were resolved with software fixes, and there are workarounds that you learn after spending more time with the device. My favorite use of the Tonex ONE is as a super-portable headphone amp or preamp to plug into small FRFR or Bluetooth speaker. Most people consider the unit to play only one or two captures at a time, but there is also the "audition mode" that allows you to scroll through up to 20 captures stored on the device. It's far from perfect, but using new Tonex live editor software, you make adjustments to single captures on the fly with a computer, or scroll through a handful of color-coded captures in audition mode, which you access by holding down the footswitch and modifier switch together for about two seconds. One of the three encoder knobs becomes flashing, and you can turn it to rotate between the 20 stored captures, then back out and continue playing it. The "auto-save" feature I complained heavily about in my review - it can still be annoying, but it's not a dealbreaker. It does not actually corrupt capture files, as I suggested above. I believe that was an error on my part due to using the wrong type of output cable (it sends an amp signal out if you plug a TS cable into it, but assumes you are plugging headphones if a stereo TRS cable is inserted). The other HUGE thing that happened since I wrote my review was that Tonex added additional effects to all their products. In addition to the reverb and compression that were always there, you have a number of delay and modulation options. For a free update, they aren't bad at all! It's not ideal with the limited interface of the Tonex ONE, but you can now "bake in" delays and modulations to specific captures and then footswitch and scroll between a few of them. Given that many guitar players actually just PLAY the instrument without constantly changing settings, this and the new live editor greatly expand the capabilities of the device. One final word: A lot of people have complained about the limitations of this device, particularly the lack of an LED screen and the absence of MIDI. This is a sub-$200 product that gets you access to the full fidelity of thousands of paid and free Tonex amp captures. It fits in the palm of your hand, and can be powered off a 5V USB-C phone charger or battery pack. It's an amazing tool for practice that sounds as good as their more expensive units. If you want the additional features, pay the extra $200 and go get Tonex Pedal. Tonex ONE really is an incredible device, and it would have been unthinkable even 10 or 15 years ago that we would get so much power in such a small and affordable pedal.

The Tonex One is an amazing piece of gear. I am a "sometime" professional musician and I have used many different modelers and guitar effect units over the last many years. I currently have my Tonex One on my small guitar pedalboard with my HX Stomp and a single Keeley D&M drive pedal. After downloading the Tonex Editor software, I downloaded a couple of amp sounds that fit my style. Using the Tonex One for amp emulation allowed me to free up 2 blocks from HX Stomp. I now have a lot more DSP available on my HX Stomp and I really like the amp sounds I found for the Tonex One. The Tonex One is the smallest pedal I have ever used. In a pinch, I could probably do an entire gig with just the pedal. It comes with a built-in tuner and the ability to switch between 2 different presets. Each preset can be an amp and cab emulation and you can add a noise gate, compressor, modulation effect ( chorus, tremolo, phaser, flanger, rotary), delay, and reverb if desired. In my current setup, I have the Tonex One setup with two (2) amp and cab presets. One preset is a pretty clean sound and the other preset is a more driven amp sound. After changing the trim levels a bit, I got the Tonex One to work well in the effects loop of my HX Stomp. The Tonex One is an excellent practice option. You can connect it to a PC or Mac via USB C and play along with recordings. It can also be powered by that same USB C connection. I bought mine from Amazon during a sale but I think its a great value even at the current $169.99 price. The only feature missing from the Tonex One that I would like is to have MIDI support. If you need MIDI support, you can look at the original full sized Tonex pedal which is over twice the cost of the Tonex One.

It really makes a difference when you want to keep it simple, with a great sound, not carrying an amp everywhere. I'm using it with a bass and it's really amazing (and portable), already used it in 2 live shows (with no bass amp).

Great cheap gateway to the tonex world. Pedal is great, although it’s quite fiddly (for sure bookmark the cheat sheet). The software, on the other hand, is clunky and hard to navigate. There are also a lot of both good and bad sounds to be had there.

The pedal sounds amazing. Amp models are every bit as good as the $1500+ offerings. It plays much more like an Amplifier than a multi-effects processor, with great transients and attack. I have not put my guitar down since I got this pedal. The EVH tone packs are beyond extraordinary, it is like playing through a Marshall Super Lead at full volume. This is far and away the best piece of gear I have bought for my guitar,. If there were a 6th star, I would happily click on it.

Nothing wrong with the seller. The pedal looks great and came on time and in great condition. The problem is with IK Multimedia's software having major issues with Windows 11. I expected more from IK. How can it not work with the most up to date Windows release a few years after its release. They have known issues they do nothing to address. I've been talking to their tech support for 4 days. By talking, I mean a chain of one line email suggestions--line by line from a script. I had to ask for a call. I would love to use the pedal, but IK is proving to be absolute junk.

As Described. Small learning curve but great tones.

delivered on time, excelent product