Nux Cerberus

Virker solidt bygget og lydene er udmærkede til prisen.

Det eneste problem er, at man aktiverer programmerings-mode, hvis man trykker på pad-knappen en ekstra gang. Dette kommer man let til ved et uheld, og desværre kan man kun komme tilbage i usermode, ved at holde en anden knap nede nogle sekunder. Det har man naturligvis ikke tid til, hvis man står på en scene, og skal fyre en solo af. Derfor er den uegnet til professionel brug.

I just got this a few days ago and I normally have an idea of what it is I am buying to better my music. But this one was kind in the dark on several places until I received it.

!!! This thing sounds absolutely beautiful. And yes I am used to good stomp boxes. The drive and distortion are really great and blended so thick and creamy it beats my OCD and Tubescreamer mixed. The digital effects are more than useful. They are better than my former chorus, former univibe, and phaser is the only one I won't say is among the stars. But its useful.

Its very very intuitive and once you understand the difference between edit/preset and manual mode its really fast to use.

There are two downsides which are small, yet irritations that may require an extra midi footswitch.
1) The tap tempo, I would have loved to be able to tap tempo in preset mode.
2) The CTRL button is a great idea, yet I would love to have been able to use this in preset mode as well.

Conclusion! : +
Awesome effects. Analogue drive section rocks! (MAIN REASON TO GET THIS LITTLE BOX).
Intuitive and room for tons of presets.
Great sweet and warm well chosen Digital effects.
Super with Cab and IR output.
Built sturdy (Except for a bit flimsy power button).

Conclusion! -
Preset mode is almost perfect yet missing tap tempo and CTRL usage.

I would definitely recommend this to my best friend.

Thank you again Thomann for great service.

Since I am not a professional or gigging musician, did not want invest a lot in a pedalboard with individual pedals for all the effects I want. On the other hand, most of the multi-effects are rather complicated, with too many options, and when you want to change the parameters you need to enter mutiple menues - and I do not like that. I wanted something simple, with almost all the effects I want/need and with possibility to quickly change parameters in an analog way - via knobs.
And this is it - no-nonsense, easy to use, but again flexible multieffect which includes the most often used effects. You can change parameters of each effect easily, in a matter of seconds, but you can also make and store your own presets (combinations of effects). You have an "extra" footswitch which can be assigned to the effect or can be used as boost. What I really like is the possibility to change the order of overdrive and distortion - you can put drive before or after distortion or in parallel.
Not that I use it, but you can also put time/modulation based effects in effects loop (after the amp - but I just plug Cerberus directly before the amp).
PROs:
- compact size for multi-effect
- analog, easy and quick change/adjustment of parameters
- flexibility (presets or single effects, time based effect before or after the amp, order of overdrive and distortion)
- headphone output with cab simulation
- all the main/most often used effects by guitarists are here
- lots of connection options
CONs
- none really, especially at this price
- but one smaller remark - I really like the overdrive, but distortion sound just a bit muddy for my taste, lacking a bit of mid frequencies - so I often combine it with overdrive and then it just sounds great!

In total, a great buy, definitely a keeper for anyone that wants a simple, but powerful multi-effect.

Super stoked to have that great product in my hands! I play mostly metal with lots of clean guitars, also I like to play fast and riff-based music. So in my case, it's crucial to have the unit which can switch completely my sound by clicking one button. Also love the fact that Cerberus has fully analog distortion/overdrive block. I had the Line 6 HD300 once but the distortion modeling was really weak there, plastic sound and overall digital feel so I choose from the old TC-Electronics Nova System and Mooer Black Truck. I choose Cerberus because it has IR loader, it has MIDI (for future), and it has distortion (unlike the Nova System which has overdrive only and not suitable for metal at all).

As far as the user experience - it's very convenient while playing (no need to dance on the pedals), seems sturdy and robust (metal case), VERY compact - plan to carry it in my small 10 L Quechua backpack with 2 cables and 9v DC power adapter.