Nux Cerberus 5-stars Reviews

Brilliant.

I use this for travelling mainly and rehearsals sometimes. Sound men love it, does everything I need and more. Sounds great!

Perfect sound

Used with a couple of drive pedals before and timebased effects in effects loop into marshall Origin 50.

Sound quality is great. Very happy overall.

Only minus points are its a bit tricky to use one of the paired effects. E.G you want reverb but not delay then you want Chorus but not phaser. The far right switch can be set to control the selection of these but only one and then you have to bend down to toggle through to the next one.

Very minor point. The drive and distortion having dedicated switches are perfect. I guess it saves having another two switches………

You could program setting and save but thats time consuming then you are paging through patches…….

But please don't be put off. This is a great, natural sounding pedal. Overall easy to use because of simple rotary controls.

Only use through an amp but fairly confident straight to pa would work well too.

I have a Boss GT1. This is better sounding and easier to use and I love my Boss GT1.

value for money

I have this little beast for several months now and its really practical! You wont get an amzing metal chug BUT the audio that comes out of this thing is superb! Only problem I faced so far is the TAPs accuracy when I try to adjust the bpm. Other than that its so good for its price and a must have!

This is good

The is quite robust considering the price. The feature set is impressive and I really can't find anything I don't like. Well, maybe the distortion, but I am not a really big fan of the Angry Charlie to begin with which I also have. Other than that, this thing rocks whether as a standalone pedal or through 4CM with an amp.

Awesome sound, fits right with my playing style!

Great small multieffect / fly rig

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.

All you ever need!

Before this, I was using a Boss ME80 as a multi-effects unit. Although also offering a multitude of effects, I found it very heavy to carry to band rehearsal. This is where the Cerberus caught my eye.

All effects I ever use in a compact and especially lightweight package was a no doubt choice for me, along with its preset storage capability, a built-in tuner, cab simulation and the ability to both run your OD and DS in front of the amp and the modulation effects through the effects loop, the list goes on and on. It baffles.

Yet to discover any disadvantages, I heartily recommend the Nux Cerberus to any guitarist (and bassist, it works great for bass too) who is looking for a down-to-earth, versatile and lightweight multi-effect.

Solid product

Very good build, knobs work perfecly, solid as a rock. Modulation effects are pretty nice. For me OD and distortion were a bit of a let-down. I needed to crank up the tone to get a non-muffled sound. But that's my taste. other than awesome multi-effects unit.

Great Little Multieffect

I got the Cerberus few weeks back and I must say it's an amazing piece of equipment. I am new to the tube amp world as I have always been playing multieffect processors (the zoom g5) directly plugged in the PA. So I got a H&K Tubemeister but I didn't have any pedals and I couldn't control it with my Zoom G5. So I got the Nux Cerberus.

This little thing can use midi to change the amp watts and switch channels. This allows me to have multieffect experience with patches and banks of sounds, but using the distortion and clean tones of a real amp. The result is amazing.

Pros:

- It's small, well built and made of metal. The knobs are solid and it doesn't look like it's going to fall apart any time soon.

- Tons of options. You have midi control, pedal input, fx loop, headphones output and lots more.

- Can be used as normal pedal board or as a multieffect

- Can be updated with software and the recent update added a Shimmer

- Sounds really good

- It's very cheap

- Software is well made and easy to use

- It's small and lite, so it's easy to transprot

- Has a boost option

Cons:

- You have to get the power supply separately

- Doesn't have included pedal

- Can'y use it as a sound card (The usb is only for tinkering with the effects. You can't record with it)

Basically I'm very happy with this product. It does exactly what I need it to do and considering the price it's just amazing. You can connect other pedals to it and make it the center piece of your rig with ease. It's well made, cheap and easy to navigate. A no brainer piece of gear that will work perfectly.

You can't beat it for the money.

This thing does it all, and it does it very well.

NUX continues to push its boundaries with firmware updates.

Can you ask for more? Yes, it's built like a tank.

Great product!

All in a box

Great pedal(s) the overdrive and distortion are analog with great definition and power, marshal like. The other effects are great, very good delay and reverb. Total programmable to create your own patches. simple practical all in a box with lot os features and power

Best solution for Fly Rig !

As a professional guitarrist for more then 25 years i'm always confronted with the uncertainty of local rentals when i have international gigs. As much as those have improved lately i find that having my own independent solution is the way to go. Enter NUX Cerberus. I've tried similar products in the past, some better then others but always ending up with that "it's not quite this" feeling. All of that disspeared with the NUX Cerberus. This unit gives me everything i need on the fly adn i was really amazed with the sound quality. Both OD/DIST and the MOD/DLY sound great and are fully tweakable to my convinience and needs. The preset mode is perfect for live use since one can save 4 sounds (mixing OD/DIST/MOD/DLY at will) in each banks. The only thing i would like if to be able to use the Tap Tempo button in preset (it becomes bank up). The updatable IR is a great option adn this unot works amazingly straight into my audio IO for studio recording. A great thumbs up for NUX on this one

Awesome product for the money!

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.

Surprisingly Awesome!

I looked everywhere for a multi-function pedal with two distortion settings. I play in a 4 piece 70's cover band so I need a light distortion for rhythm and a heavier one for leads, that's the main reason Why I purchased this. It sounds great!! The only thing I don't like is the tuner, it is so sensitive. It reads flat to sharp with a slight turn of the tuner. Other than that.. I love it and I recommend it.

Great product!

I use it both in front of the amp (4 cables method) and with a mixer and PA.

It works extremely well in both ways.

Simple, sounds good, seems to be built like a tank.

It does not have a lot of features but if you need a solid plug&play thing with realistic sounds and feelings it's awesome. It can handle all your basic needs and even more, with presets you can easily recall your fav sounds in every situation.

Tuner is pretty precise but you only have 3 leds to handle it, it could be better honestly..

Looks cool, sounds good, sets easily, feels great.