Ugly Guitar Truth: NUX Solid Studio I.R. & Power Amp Simulator

So, NUX has a few new pedals that they've announced ahead of NAMM and the Solid Studio IR and Power amp simulator is one of them. This does not appeal to me directly, but there is a trend in guitar where you forgo amps and speaker altogether. On occasion, I've played a gig where I have in-ear monitors and I don't have the benefit on an on-stage amp. So I understand the usefulness of this pedal. However, this pedal is amazingly boring to me. Regardless, here are the details...

NUX Solid Studio was created and designed to address: limited gear availability, and the cumbersome transport reality of physical amp/speaker cabinets.

NUX is proud to introduce the new Verdugo series Solid Studio IR & Power Amp simulator, a pedal version of the most classic amp/cabinet scenarios including microphones and power amp tubes. Over many years of research, Solid Studio was specifically developed to fill the essential needs of discerning musicians and sound technicians, including the art of mic-ing instrument amplifiers on stage or in the studio. Solid Studio provides ease-of-use, reliability, versatility, and, above all, incredible audio quality.

Virtual mic-ing is achieved by choosing 1 cabinet and 1 microphone, and fine-tuning the position of the microphone using the mic position switch.  Plus, you can add the tube sound by engaging the power amp simulation.


What's Inside?
Solid Studio comes with 8 speaker cabinet simulations. All the cabinet models inside the Solid Studio are sounds great as original as the way it feels.
And there are 8 microphone models you can combine with any cabinets. Also, you can adjust microphone position for fine tuning.
Solid Studio Power Amp Simulation produces a warm tube-like sound and you can choose one of three power tubes for your essential sound needs.
Input/Outputs
NUX Solid Studio has 6.35mm mono input with input signal level toggle switch (-10dB / +4dB). And it has 3 outputs; simulation dedicated STEREO OUTPUT and DI OUT, and a bypass "THRU" output.
Connection Tips

Solid Studio offers a variety of connection ways and it can fit any desired spot on your signal chain to use all the cabinet/mic simulations efficient.

Gig Saver

- You can place the Solid Studio at the end of your pedal board, and you can send the simulated sound to the mixer while you can send your original signal to the amp. This connection is very useful if the stage (or studio) and cabinet mic-ing conditions are not good enough.
Advanced Connection

- You can place the Solid Studio between the amp and the cabinet. You can send the loud signal from the amp's cabinet output to the Solid Studio, and you can send the original signal to the cabinet, simulated signal to the mixer/audio interface.

IR file support

You can easily emulate the sound of any guitar cabinet by loading different IRs (Impulse responses) to NUX Solid Studio. The internet is a huge library and you can find many different IR's (both paid and free). And you can add into Solid Studio to use it whenever you want. (Currently, we are developing a software for Solid Studio and there will be more information soon)

Conclusion

This is a tool much more than it is an effect. It could be a great tool. It seems to use the same idea as Kemper where you can use Impulse Responses to model different effects. IR is not something that I know a lot about, but I'm learning. The tech is very interesting and if this unit works, then this could be very useful. Those that like IR and have experience with it may want to check this out. I am skeptical of most everything NUX puts out, so I can't recommend this particular pedal. If you absolutely want this pedal, then let me know if it works.