Alesis NanoVerb

It really does not get any easier: no LED readout, no menus, no user manual the size of the Greater New York phone book. Plug it in and go! If running through a mixer, using the Aux send and returns are highly recommended. The manual is easy to use (as easy to use as the unit itself). The wall wart is a pain, as usual. (When are companies going to do away with those things?)

I am using the Nanoverb for vocals mainly, but occassionally keyboard and bass. The real quality of the unit is the reverb (NanoVERB, get it?). The hall, plate and room sounds are wonderful, and the adjust knob allows you to change the effect drastically. The reverbs are lush and sweet. For the price, there is no excuse not to have a reverb unit anymore. The chorus is OK, but the flanger is definitely nothing to write home about. If you have your heart set on a good flanger, look elsewhere. Nevertheless, the reverbs are so good, I can't fault the unit. Maybe they should have just left off the flange and put another room or chorus sound on.

It's a sturdy little metal box. It should hold up about as well as any stomp box.

No experience. Website has all the manuals.

If you want a reverb unit, not a multi-effect processor, but just a good reverb unit... You can't go wrong with this. Many of the other reviewers attest to the same, but I just had to add my 2 cents. I use this unit primarily for practice and live. Nevertheless, the reverbs are highly adjustable, and fit for classical, jazz, and rock. Again, for the price, there is no need to complain that you can't afford a reverb unit. With only four knobs to choose from, you won't spend hours adjusting paramaters. You'll just tweek and play.

This little unit only has 4 knobs - just tweak them until you get the sound you like! There is only one adjustable paameter for each effect.

I use this with a Tascam 424 MKII 4-track as an effects loop. I like it so much that I bought another one. I haven't used the flanger or non-linear stuff at all, but I am very happy with the reverbs, esecially the hall and plate reverbs. I put "Hall 3" on the digital piano and "Hall 1" on the vocals. I use the second processor to put delay on the guitar or chorus on the backup vocals. I am impressed by how quiet this thing is. I produce a solo artist who sings and plays the guitar or piano and am quite happy with the results.

I have had no problems with it so far, and do not expect any! It has been plugged in for several days straight by accident with no adverse effects.

Great performance for the price!

This is about the easiest to use peice of recording gear I own. Everything is clearly labelled and easy to adjust; it's small and fairly rugged.

Soundwise, the NanoVerb is a champ. I tend to muck around with settings when I'm using it (usually running the guitar and vocals through the mixer into the NanoVerb and back out to the MD), so I get some weird feedback loops. The rooms and halls sound wonderful. My one beef is I'd like the chorus to be a bit stronger.

I've never had a problem with it in a home setting. I don't gig with it.

For what I do (home recording with guitar, vocal and a drum machine), the NanoVerb is great for adding depth and spaciousness. It's also small, easy to use (I've looked at the manual all of once since I bought it a few years back) and sounds really good. I'd highly recommend picking one up.

How could this unit get less than 10 for ease of use???? There is nothing to it- simply plug it in, select one of the 16 preset effects, set your input, mix and output levels and you're away!!!! You can't edit and store patches but you have one parameter which can be adjusted for each effect. The manual (like all Alesis manuals) is simply excellent!

I use this through the effects loop of my Soundcraft Spirit Folio mixer, mainly for live stuff but I've also used it in my home studio. It is a very quiet unit for the price and it compared very favourably to my much more expensive Midiverb 4. The reverbs are excellent for the price, I particularly like the plates. The leslie speaker effect is also quite good (I often run my old Korg DW8000 organ patches through this!). The chorus sound nice also, but I don't think much of the flanger preset. The delay is very handy even though it's only mono. You can get over a second of delay out of it but I mainly have used this for slapback echo in a live situation. I like the 2 multi-effects programs also- nice on keyboards. I give it full marks because of the high quality you get for the cheap price!

I've never had a problem with it- touch wood!!!!

The Electric Factory (Alesis' Aussie distributor) have been very good to me in the past.

I'm a music teacher (I teach both Piano and Organ) and also own my own home studio. I have been playing for 20 years. I own alot of Korg and Roland stuff and the mega cool Yamaha O3D mixer. I love the imediacy and simplicity of the unit. I wish it had a couple of stereo delays and at least a couple of more parameters to adjust (but I suppose you can go up the next step and get something like an Alesis Microverb 4 for that). I don't like it's external power supply, but I won't complain too much (just this once!) because it really is such a small unit!!!! I was not initially planning on buying this unit but I got a great deal on both this and a Nanocompressor and bought both at the same time! It does inspire me with my music and I love it's ease of use. I hope Alesis release a few more 'nano' units like a Nanogate, NanoEq (just 2 suggestions!). I highly recommend this unit to anyone whether they are just looking for their 1st effects unit or for someone who needs a high quality effects processor that they can put easily in the gig bag.

Very easy to use; all the programs are straighforward, not too many controls to fiddle with(a plus on stage) The sounds are almost all prime quality effects. I hardly ever used the user's manual, except to figure out the adjustable parameters, but the manual is also very easy to use.

I use an acoustic violin with a single piezo pickup; if that can't milk noise out if a processor, nothing will. It's much quieter than any pedals i've used. The chorus is a bit loud, but only with the balance turned full wet, and the depth up 100%, neither of which i would ever need anyway. All of the reverb settings are great, I use mostly hall 2 and the plates, they sound excellent. It also boosts my level up, which helps when playing behind a lead keyboard, two electric guitars, bass, and a full brass section. I haven't been in need of any other effects since I got the nanoverb(although a wah would be nice...) I personally get a lot of play out of the delay, with a very short setting; gives a good depth to an otherwise dry signal, and sounds awesome on fast fiddling sections. I fell in love with the plate effects on slower, darker tunes.

I've had it for over a year, not alot of traveling, but quite extensive use, and it's still in mint condition. I did almost lose the cap off of one of the knobs, but a little touch of superglue remedied that; otherwise there were no problems, and i don't forsee any

I don't think I'll ever have to find out

I play everything from hymns to rock and country, and it's always been there for me. I don't use any other effects; haven't needed any. I've had it for about a year now, and I use it with a preamp, and not much else. It would be hard to replace with something else for the price and quality, so I'd probably get another nanoverb. There's really nothing not to like on it, as far as i'm concerned. Ever since I got it, I haven't played through a dry signal on one song yet. I might get another one to piggyback on the one i have and maybe overlap effects, like the delay with some plate reverb, or delay on chorus.

Absolutely mindless to use.
Everything is dial style.

I used to think it had a great rotary sound, but it's not all that great. Delay is simple to setup and is very digital sounding so you have to dry it out some.
I only use it for weird delay effects in my effects loop, which is parallel, after I use it I turn a knob on my amp and bring it out of the amp. For the dough it's still a great unit.

I ran it thru the preamp out on a Blues Deluxe and almost fried it.
Apparently the preamp out on the Blues is pretty hot, 4Dbv? Anyway, even with the input turned down the unit really pissed and wailed.
Still worked tho....

I sent a drum machine to them for warranty work, they did a hell of a job. I had to pester them for a month because the repair center had to order some IC's from the factory. They probably spent more time and money hosing this thing than it's worth. I still don't believe they "fixed" it and just didn't send me a new one. (It was displaying strange characters on the LCD). Really screwed up stuff. But they fixed it for free, well I had to pay shipping one way.

It's simple and I use it quite a bit. It does the delay and rotary better than anything in it's price range. I have more expensive rack gear, but this one is the workhorse, it's easy to dail in, no presets, and gets a good sound. Also will do stereo.

Very, very simple. Input/output knobs to hone the instrument/effects volumes just so, and a mix knob to adjust between the two. Switching between effects is very simple-just dial it in. The parameter of each individual effect is controlled by the adjust knob. Overall, you get to feel like you're doing analog, which I love! Granted, no effects mixing or saved patches, but hey...knobs! Come on!

I'd like to say that there is VERY little noise coming out of this unit, it sounds great. Its' best effects are better than most full-blown rackmounts I've heard, and damn near as good as the best, although not all the effects are good.
The halls effects are EXCELLENT. All three of them are distinctively different and poweful, and VERY adjustable. Sampled drums sound real through these. I've used drum machines and the kit on Roland's D-10 keyboard through this thing-all of 'em sound great.
Same for the three rooms effects-very nice. EXCELLENT for piano, by the way!
I didn't get much use out of the plates; they're nice and probably excellent for guitar, but I couldn't really find a use for them.
Non linear is terriffic, especially for vocals and stop-start atmospherics. A great implementation of this effect!
Chorus is ok...perfectly acceptable as a good generic chorus.
The flanger sucks ass. Thin and bland.
The delay is good-don't expect incredible amounts of delay time, but it's extremely accurate.
Both of the chorus/room effects are good-with some tweaking, the second one can be turned into a stranger-sounding delay if the other one doesn't suit your needs!
The rotary just sucks. VERY weak, VERY useless.

Perfect for gigging and home recording, no question. It's made of metal and durable enough to withstand years of lugging around and playing, so long as it doesn't come into contact with any malicious abuse, LOL!
But for studio use, you'd probably want a full-blown rackmount...the effects are top-notch quality, but they simply don't offer enough options for what studio production/recording require.

I can't say; I've never dealt with Alesis. I've heard both horror stories and fairy tales about their customer service, so it's hard even to judge by other people's experiences!

Great little tool, this. I don't even want to see a rackmount outside of a studio...but I don't really care for stompboxes either, so this black box is a blessing. Vocals and keyboards sound great through it, although I wouldn't recommend using it with a bass without a compressor. It usually sounds fine with an instrument plugged right into it...but if you plug it into an effects loop, you can't go wrong!
If Alesis released another version of this model without the flange, rotary, and plates effects, with an on/off switch, and was about $30 cheaper...it really WOULD be perfect for me!

Easy to use. All of the patches are preset with only one "tweak" knob so you can't really screw up.

I am a solo-hungry fretless bassist and wanted something to "dress up" my solos. I really wanted to use the "chorus + reverb" settings but so far have had a tough time getting a nice sound. The single "tweak" knob modifies both effects, and it seems that in order to get a lush chorus, I get way too much reverb. Running the single effects, though, allows decent adjustability and some nice tones.

Only had it for 4 months or so. It's bee fine so far...

If I were to lose this thing, I would get the slightly more expensive ($140) Fostex DE-1 which has TWO independent, mixable channels.

The output/input overall volume is kind of confusing at first, but once you get that very simple. This is basically like an effects pedal, a few knobs to turn. Simple.

I use mostly Evh Wolfgang guitars /w a Crate Gx1200H and Tube Works Tube Driver amps, /w TONS of effects. This unit seems to even things out really well, and give desirable reverbs. It can go from regular reverbs, to insanily spacious reverbs in a second. This unit is also most important because it creates your own original tone. It is an excelent tone shaper and for the cost, it couldnt be any better. My favorite artist are Joe satriani and Neil Zaza...this reverb can do their sound justice and any1 else as well. I use this just for reverb. The delay, flange, and chorus arent that great.

Very reliable so far...it is more of a stuido type reverb effect, but i'd use it without a backup.

Never had to, hope I never do!

I play mostly instrumental rock, but i also like indie rock, neo-classical, and Emo rock. Sometimes metal. I absolutley love this thing, it gives me my own unique tone and is very flexable. You have several reverbs at your fingertips...enuf to do a different reverb for every song on an albumn! get some smooth sustain goin /w this and you'll leave it on always!

I didn't even have to use the manual. Just plug in and screw around with it for a while and find the sounds you want. It only has 4 or 5 knobs anyway.

My set-up is mic -> adaptor -> nanoverb -> mixer -> 4 track. You have to use an XLR adaptor because the ins and outs are only 1/4". my only complaint is that it loses a lot of level through the adaptor. I have to turn the channel up really high. Most of the effects are really good. My favorite is chorus/hall reverb. the flanger sounds not so good. the non linear mode sounds like a drum machine when you clap in the mic. kEwL!!!

solid

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