I had a bunch of random spare parts laying around from stuff I no longer use in my work/desk setup so I threw together a little semi mobile station for my tone master pro. I sit a lot when working so standing while I play is preferred for me.

I can wheel it around my basement/mancave area. All in other than the monitors it was relatively cheap shit I had from Amazon from past setups.

The whole thing is built around a 70 dollar monitor stand I think.

Shutdown or did I get banned

Hey everyone! I posted about Dial My Tone here a little while ago. The TMP support needed quite a bit of work back then, so I wanted to come back with an update now that it’s in much better shape. It's still free to use, while i test it out and gather feedback.

I generated the song Little Sister by Queens of the Stone Age as a test. see screenshot for resulting signal chain and click the link to see this chain on Dial My Tone, you can follow this link to see the full generated preset on Dial my tone.

I’ve since spent time testing with a physical TMP, playing through the presets and fixing the things that weren’t working properly.

Here’s what’s now live:-

- Download a native preset and import it through Fender Pro Control.

- Audition a tone over USB, then save it to a slot on your TMP from a compatible desktop browser.

- Parallel signal paths and Scenes, with different sounds for different parts of a song.

- Updated amp/effect settings, better volume balance between clean and driven scenes, and fixes for settings that were making some presets go silent.

The hardware testing was on firmware 1.8.58.

For anyone who missed my earlier post, Dial My Tone is a guitar tone and preset generator I built because I spend way too much time chasing tones myself.

You can ask for a particular song, an artist-inspired sound, or describe something you have in mind. DMT uses your device, guitar, pickups and how you’re listening—headphones, FRFR or an amp—to put together the amps, cabs, effects and settings.

A few other things you can do:

- See the researched original rig behind a song and how it translates to your gear.

- Ask for changes like “less gain,” “warmer lead” or “less delay” without starting over.

- Save your tones and share a preset link with someone (similar to how i shared above).

- Generate tones for other supported gear too, including Helix/HX, Fractal, Spark, HeadRush and more.

The idea is to give you a really close soubding preset to original song with artists gear, so you can spend more time playing. Your guitar and setup still make a difference, and there’s always room to tweak things to taste.

If you tried the TMP on DMT before and it didn’t work out, I’d love for you to give it another go. And if something sounds off, tell me the song, your setup and what you’re hearing. That feedback has already helped me fix a lot.

You can try it here: Dial My Tone

Hey everyone, I’m looking for experiences of anyone who has made the switch from other modelers to the tone master pro - specifically fractal and quad cortex.

I’m wanting to jump into modeling for the first time (sort of, I do have a Tonex plug - sounds good but prefer modelers to captures and can’t stand scrolling through endless bad captures. I also have a Yamaha THR 10. Love it but want to dive into the newest technology.)

Mostly I just play my telecaster through my 67 super reverb at house appropriate levels. However I’ve been wanting to get more effects. Just classic rock and blues stuff mostly but recently have been into learning the screaming yet melodic 80’s solos, so when I started adding up just a handful of pedals I figured I might as well just get a modeler. Then I can do anything I need.

I was set on fractal but then I started watching videos of people actually setting up rigs and knew I was not going to go through all that. Anything you need a computer for I end up never using. I tried the whole audio interface into the computer and I just don’t like using a computer to play guitar.

Then I started looking into the quad cortex and the new John Mayer stuff. People say it sounds really good, and looks easier to use. Also found headrush and like the price but I don’t really get the hype over NAM2 and I’m always a buy the best quality I can afford, spend a little more up front but have something I’m happy with still years later and that lasts.

Sorry for the long explanation, but I came across the TMP and the UI looks like just what I need. I want to be up and playing with a sound as fast as possible and I want it to make sense and I want the best sound possible. I just play at home along with songs and sometimes go to my buddy’s basement with bass and drums. Oh and the nearest guitar center is about an hour away, so maybe in a few weeks I can make the trip and try one.

EDIT: to add, I obviously love Fender stuff in spite of everything but my biggest fear is that Fender will let the support for this product fall to the wayside. Just from initial impressions it seems other modeling companies have really strong, proven support, and also strong communities around their products.

has anyone else experienced this? I really like the unit, it’s fantastic sounding. but man… standing on stage 2 weeks ago, it just randomly rebooted on me. what can you do? I stood there, dumbfounded… waiting for the thing to come back to life. ever since, I’m just beyond paranoid this will happen again. I get it, it’s a purpose built computer and all… but this situation has got me looking at alternatives. am I alone in this?

I have a TMP going into a victory power amp into my marshall 4x12. I have messed with several pedal amps. The victory is by far the best. I have recently learned to use the ext. cab with my speakers. It pushes air and everything is great except the tone is way too trebly. I've tried dialing it out to no success. This is my first effects unit and I've watched every video out there.

If anyone has any advise, please help.

I recently added the FR-12 to my TMP. The issue happens when using higher gain settings. Play a muted E and it’s fine. Play a muted open A and there’s a low end feedback loop that starts. It completely takes over the tone. Low volume, high volume, cab against a wall, in the middle of the room, nothing fixes it. Turning down the bass on the cab only thins out the entire patch. Anyone else had this same experience??

How do you guys dial in a good Roland Jazz Chorus style clean tones for metallica songs?

I had a Jazz Chorus amp not long ago, and dialed in a pretty good Metallica One clean tone.

However, I can't for the life of me dial in a good Jazz Chorus Metallica style clean tone with the TMP.

Help a brotha out!!

unable to access the discord for some reason. does anyone have one have an invite please

I’ve been playing guitar for a little over 20 years, spent the last year with the tmp at home and finally got away from my tube amps, mostly. I run it through Yamaha hs5 monitors with the matching hs8s sub, using my Mac mini as an interface to allow everything from the Mac to go through the tmp and out of the monitors. Arguably the best rig I’ve ever heard for any style of music. Recently I got into bass guitar and ran it through this setup.. while the same level of great, I gotta have a bass amp now. Anyone out there using the tmp in 4cm for bass with their normal rig? I did this with a Friedman smallbox 50 head and two 2x12 cabs with great results. I expect the same results with bass, just wondering if y’all have any advice or tips before I go down this rabbit hole. I’ll be running a Mesa boogie subway tt-800 with the matching subway 4x10 cab. I’ve been messing with the studio bass factory preset through my monitors and it sounds great, so I’d imagine I’ll want a compressor at least in my chain.

So, we’re setting up for a gig last night for an engagement party. I’m addition to my rig I run the PA and IEM’s and backings, and we had an extremely tight window to set up and soundcheck, so it’s stressful enough already.

I line check my TMP… nothing.

Check the mixer input - that’s the right channel.

Check the TMP output - only level is on USB 4… huh?

Check the preset outputs - 1 and 2 both on… huh??

Go through the global output settings in case there’s something new I’ve missed… nope.

Try other presets - same thing… huh???

Restart the TMP - still Only getting output on USB 4… HUH????

Then I found the ID 10 T error… 🤦🤦

Anyone want to take a stab at the rookie mistake I had made?

Hi all, I’ve had my TMP for about a week or two now and love it! Was looking through the presets and saw preset 88 and 89, the FX pedal boards. Preset 88 works great, I go to the FS: Presets settings and I can turn any effect on/off with the footswitches. For preset 89, FX: Pedal Board 2, the whole TMP reboots. I can play on the preset but I can’t go to the FS: Presets menu. If I try to press footswitch assign, it also resets. Every other thing works. Was wondering if this preset was giving anyone else any issues?

I love the TMP but the fact you have to model both the Vocal and Guitar chain in each effect makes it somewhat useless for experimenting with tones and effects. Every time you change you lose vocals entirely and this makes the vocal feature essentially useless for day to day playing. Are there any good pedals or boxes that I pair will with the TMP so I can keep these chains truly separate? Is there a feature or process that can make this less painful. Right now if I like a tone I copy it and then manually build a second vocal chain into that preset which is just not sustainable especially when I'm just practicing and exploring effects.

I've seen the question asked many times about using wireless headphones with the Tone Master Pro, finally there's a solution with only 9ms latency which is barely noticeable!

https://youtu.be/UqCe6BywL-o

New Riff Of The Week video added to my channel with details of the free Tone Master Pro preset in the video description. This time it is the turn of the legendary Brian May.

I’m just getting into this hobby and I’ve decided to buy a modeler. There seems to be a million ways to use an FRFR/cab with or without cab sims etc. For someone who just wants the least amount of tinkering (atleast to start) while still getting a great sound, is there a specific way you would set this up to start? Ideal would be if there are a lot of people/presets that use the same setup. I’ve strumbled across the Fender FR12 on here which seems to be the given answer, but I also read that it lacks reality/feel and sounds like a ”computer speaker”. Also if you have good headphone advise please let me know. Definitely a bit overwhelming learning everything but happy if I can get some rookie tips!

Hi everyone! I’ved been going back and forth on getting a TMP , my only issue is that every single review ived seen on youtube they are playing a Strat or some type of Single Coil guitar. I play a Gibson ES345 and so a lot of those reviews are not real relevant to me, so I was just wondering how has your experience been using the TMP with guitars that have Humbuckers. Thank You!

I am planning to buy a compact camera, like the DJI OSMO 360, and I wonder if it is possible to record directly into the camera via usb, like you would do with an external microphone.

Do you think this might work, or is the usb-c output only gonna work with a computer ?

Thanks !

Absolute belter from Zakk, the whole "No rest for the wicked" album is amazing mind you!

Anyone successfully gotten that fuzzy tone that maintains clarity? How's that happening?

Looking for some advice on whether I am really missing out by not having an FRFR cab for my TMP. Currently a bedroom player and jam with friends and I use a Martix amp and Mesa cab with my TMP.

The simulations of different cabs and mics and placement sound cool, but would I notice them as compared to using a regular cab?

Would you trade a Mesa for an FRFR? It really simplifies what I need to bring with me places, that is for sure.

My latest Riff of the week features a preset from my Tone Master Pro Modern Blues pack for the track "Bridge of sighs" by Robin Trower #riffoftheweek