who thinks the tubefex are great and why?

Randy Carson · Post by **Randy Carson** » 7 Apr 2004 4:44 pm

Thinking about buying one with the newman presets can someone fill me in as to why i might get excited about this processor?
Please help me out here fellers.
Randy Carson

Ken Fox · Post by **Ken Fox** » 7 Apr 2004 5:29 pm

If you are just going to use the Newman presets a Profex 2 is all you need. None of the Newman settings use the tube preamp. I have both and like them both. The Tubefex and Transtubefex both use a grounded AC cord, so ground loop hum will be a problem. You will need a "Hum Eliminator" to totally solve the problem. These are available at Musicians Friend. The Tubefex is a 24 bit D/A processor as opposed to the 16 bit in a Profex 2. You can also get a better memory chip installed that will allow getting rid of the internal battery (that is prone to leak and cause damage).
What makes these units great is the amount of effort Jeff Newman and other put into the "Newman settings". They are a great starting point for getting a selection of different settings for youor steel. With other processors this could take days to years to do! You can edit the settings to your liking.
There are settings that were developd by Jeff Peterson that are excellent as well. I have combined the Peterson and Newman settings (having to sacrafice a few of the Newman settings).

jim milewski · Post by **jim milewski** » 8 Apr 2004 6:43 pm

the tubefex is easy to program, to me the presets are no big deal, everything is already there, once you know what your after it's a breeze, multiple eq's, effects, and if you get the transtubefex you have a good headphone out

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 8 Apr 2004 11:22 pm

I got a tubefex for my bass rig so the steel could be optimised.
I then got a Transfex 212 stereo amp with the tube emulator in it, open back just for steel, because I liked the Tubefex enough to have an amp with the same programability.
I think Peavey did a great job emulating the tube sound.

I have kept the Tubefex for my studio rack.
I can plug a guitarist right in to Protools direct and still have a big sound.
Not as post recording flexible like using Line 6 plugins, but still quite usable.

I now have several sounds for each neck in several styles all available from a midi pedal. This is a major plus for me.

The programming is not bad, it seems quite logical, I have one or two minor complaints, but mostly because I think like a recording engineer, and not a normal gigging player when I do my programming.

But all in all I am happy to have 2 units that can have the same power. 1 dedicated to my steel amp, and another for multi use with anything I want.

The Newman presets are as stated above a great place to start. If you don't have the exact amp that the preset was written for, it might need a bit of tweaking, but not much.

Dennis Wood · Post by **Dennis Wood** » 9 Apr 2004 5:53 am

I use my tubefex for recording direct to the board but its pretty handy to have it sitting beside me on the stage. You can adjust eq, change patches, tweke reverb/delay. also has a pretty good tuner built in. I usually just play into an older nash400 but if its a gig where i may play rock or r&r tunes you can bet my tfex comes with me. If you ain't got it, you sure can't use it
dw

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Sierra U-12 Crown Gearless, Peavey Nashville 400,
1971 Fender Twin Reverb,
Peavey Tubefex,
Peavey Stereo 212,
Peavey TT Bandit w/ex speaker. Regal Reso, Tele, Strat, 1970 Les Paul Std.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 9 Apr 2004 1:13 pm

I don't know if a lot of you steelers are aware of it or not, but Peavey makes a mod kit for the Profex. I have one but I haven't got around to putting it in yet.
Erv