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Do you ever feel like there's a barrier to practicing?
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Like when you have a busy week and you don't have much time to practice?
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If you're like me and you have too much gear, you might think, I don't feel like getting all this stuff set up just so I can practice for a few minutes.
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Especially when it's late and my kids are already asleep.
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I usually just end up sitting down on my couch and practicing with just my guitar.
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Well what if I could practice just like that but with all of my Tonex captures?
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What's up everyone?
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Welcome back to Sunday Tone.
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Today I have something brand new from IK Multimedia and this is their Tonex plug.
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The Tonex plug is a headphone amplifier
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that allows you to plug in either your guitar or your bass
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and plug some headphones into it and right away be able to play through your Tonex captures and your Tonex presets.
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So this allows you to go anywhere you want with your guitar and this little device, plug in and practice.
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So today I'm gonna tell you some of the features that it has and I'm gonna show you how to use it.
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And I'm also gonna give you some of my first impressions after using this for a couple of days.
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So let's get into it.
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So taking a look at the unit itself, the Tonex plug is a tiny headphone amp that you just plug straight into your guitar.
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It's battery powered and you plug your headphones in and you're off and running.
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You can play your Tonex captures, you can practice anywhere you go.
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So this is a great tool to just have in your gig bag wherever you go.
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On the front here, you have some LEDs that are used to move through the banks of presets that you have.
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So there are 10 banks of presets, each with an A, B, and C preset.
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So in total, you can load up to 30 presets on here,
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and you use a little button on the side to be able to go up and down through those presets.
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And you also have a volume up and down button on the side, as well as a power button.
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Using the buttons on the side, you can also go into a tuner mode, and you can also use those for Bluetooth pairing.
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The next big feature of the Tonex plug is actually how you control it, and you can do that using the new Tonex Control app.
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This app, you download and connect over Bluetooth to the Tonex plug, and you're able to completely manage
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and edit parameters of all of your presets on there
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and you have an entire signal chain that you can scroll through and edit with effects,
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with your cab, with your tone model and you can edit all the parameters there.
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And you can connect to ToneX, download other presets, other captures and load them right up into the headphone amp from there.
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So it's a really nice way to quickly edit parameters, switch out things without having to get a computer out and connect to a computer.
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So another really nice feature that it has is that you can connect Bluetooth audio to it,
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whether it be through your phone or a computer to stream Spotify or Apple Music Planning Center, whatever it is you're trying to learn.
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You can play the song through there, play along with your guitar, and you can practice wherever you're at just with your phone, the Tonex plug in your guitar.
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So the kind of last big feature of this
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that I really like is it has a USB audio interface built into it.
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So wherever you're at, you can plug this in your computer, USB-C, and record an idea,
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record a demo, whether it be at church or you're at a gig or at your at home,
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wherever you are, you can just record really quickly with this using your tone models that you already have loaded in here.
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All right, so I have a preset pulled up here
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that is using some delay and reverb that's all running off the Tonex plug, and I have like a Stratty sound pulled up, and this is what it sounds like.
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I'm sorry.
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So let's take a quick look at the Tonex control app
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because this is the main way that you'll We'll be controlling the Tonex plug.
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I have it connected right now over Bluetooth to the Tonex plug
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and on the first tab here in the editor you can see I have an AC30 tone model pulled up
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and if I scroll across here you can see the cab you can see some of these effects
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and I have a reverb here that is turned on
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and you you can get to all the controls in the signal chain, turn them on and off just like that.
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You can change the algorithm and you can come in here and turn on individual things.
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You can come in and edit the cab, whether you want to use the built-in tone model cab or you have an IR that you want to use.
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You can come here and you can come in and actually change the tone model.
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So So you can download tone models from ToneNet and replace them there.
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And you can directly load them in here.
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You can get to all of the advanced parameters if you want to check the presence control or the depth, kind of change some of those type of things,
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you can do that there.
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And then if we move over to the next tab, you can see all of the different slots that are loaded with presets on the ToneX plug.
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And then if I go over here, these are things that I've downloaded here and
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that I can choose to then move over and load into one of the preset slots.
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And I can also just directly switch between presets here and just kind of demo different sounds that I have loaded.
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And so the next tab is the ToneNet tab where you can log into your account
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and you can search for presets for tone models.
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Right here I have searched for my Sunday Tone Deluxe Reverb model.
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and you can see some of the options there.
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And I can directly click on one of those and load it directly into my Tonex plug.
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Next, you have the tools tab where you have a tuner that you can use.
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You also have a metronome that you can use
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if you're trying to practice or learn a part by slowing it down and speeding it up.
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And then the last tab there you have is a menu where you can get to your account info.
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You can get to the user manual for the Tonex plug.
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You can get to settings for the Tonex plug where you can connect and disconnect from Bluetooth.
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You can access the input trim.
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So if you have tone models that you like to set at a certain setting, you can get to that there and a couple of other settings for the actual unit.
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So over the last couple of days, I've been playing around with this, using it to practice, bringing along with me wherever I go in my guitar case.
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And honestly, I can't imagine not having it now
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and I don't know how it's taken me this long to get a device like this.
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I know there's a couple of other out there headphone amps like this that allow you to do this,
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but honestly, none of those ecosystems have ever been something that I've used.
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But being able to use my Tonex captures in the same sounds
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that I use on a Sunday at a gig wherever I play with Tonex, being able to quickly just copy those over to this
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and practice on the couch or wherever I'm at is super convenient and it works really well.
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So just having this in my case is just a tool
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that I think everyone should have if you are a Tonex user.
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And if you're not, you should really check it out
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because Tonex is my favorite amp modeling platform that there is out there
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and I use it for everything over the last couple of years.
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Another thing I've been curious about with this
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that I tested out was plugging it into my pedal board
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to see can I run my pedal board into it
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and get sounds just like I would with the Tone X1 or the Tone X pedal.
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And I've done that and it works great, sounds great, and it's just another way to be able to kind of test out your sounds,
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whether you show up to rehearsal early and the sound system isn't on yet, but you wanna be able to quickly just plug in and play along with some of the stuff that you're working on.
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I actually right here have the Chroma console hooked up right into this
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and it's just a cool way while you're practicing to just demo different sounds in a pedal that you're working with.
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And it's just been really fun to play around with this and have it with me wherever I go.
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Let me know in the comments below what questions do you have about this.
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Just seeing the signal chain in the app
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and how you can quickly move through things
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and edit things just makes me curious about the future with Tonex
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and if they're going to release a larger unit that kind of utilizes this signal chain with more effects,
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more algorithms, something along the lines of a Helix Stadium or a Quad Cortex because I love the Tonex ecosystem.
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So if they did something like that, I think it would be really awesome to have an all-in-one unit that has these sounds in it.
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Let me know what you think about a full-on Tonex all-in-one unit.
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And if you haven't checked out a device like this, it's a really good idea to have something like this in your gig bag along with your gear,
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no matter where you go to be able to just plug in and practice just off of a battery.
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It's pretty cool.
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Let me know what you think in the comments and I will see you all in the next one.

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這段影片共有 109 個句子、1760 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 10:42。 說話人語速自然,每分鐘約 164 個詞,接近日常對話。 82% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞,其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中 15 個不太常見的單詞,附發音和釋義:

  • plug /plʌɡ/ (名詞) — 插頭 /插頭. A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
  • tone /ˈtəʊn/ (名詞) — 全音. A specific pitch.
  • wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ — 無論何處 /無論何處. Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
  • guitar /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ (名詞) — 吉他, 六絃琴. A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
  • connect /kəˈnɛkt/ (動詞) — 連線 /連線. To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
  • edit /ˈɛdɪt/ (動詞) — 編輯 /編輯. To change a text, or a document.
  • capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ (動詞) — 捕獲 /捕獲, 佔領 /佔領. To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
  • pedal /ˈpɛdəl/ (名詞) — 踏板, 腳蹬子 /腳蹬子. A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
  • parameter /pəˈɹæm.ə.tɚ/ (名詞) — 引數 /引數, 參量 /參量. A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
  • demo /ˈdɛm.oʊ/ (名詞) — 示範 /示範. A demonstration or visual explanation.
  • audio /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/ (形容詞) — 音訊 /音訊, 伴音. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
  • curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ (形容詞) — 好奇, 有好奇心. Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
  • couch /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/ (名詞) — 沙發 /沙發, 長沙發椅 /長沙發椅. An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
  • algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/ (名詞) — 演算法, 演算法. A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input…
  • headphones /ˈhɛdfoʊnz/ (名詞) — 耳機 /耳機, 耳筒. A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.

影片中出現的短語動詞

  • look at (動詞) — 觀察 /觀察, 看. To observe or watch.
  • turn on (動詞) — 開啟 /開啟, 開 /開. To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
  • check out (動詞) — 退房. To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
  • end up (動詞) — 到達. To bring to a conclusion.
  • go up (動詞) — 上昇 /上升, 上去. To move upwards.
  • play with (動詞) — 玩. To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 35 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 you're, I'm, I've。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/
  • 長單詞——注意重音位置: parameter /pəˈɹæm.ə.tɚ/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/, amplifier /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ə/

如何用這段影片練習

  1. 先完整聽一遍影片,不要開口,記下不認識的單詞。
  2. 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀,熟練之後再回到正常速度。
  3. 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比,特別注意 plug, tone, wherever 這類單詞。

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構,並附上影片中的原話:

結構影片中的用法
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事have loaded · I've downloaded · have searched
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的is turned · are loaded

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