The DONNER ARENA | Affordable Multi-Effects

The DONNER ARENA | Affordable Multi-Effects - FULL REVIEW!

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This is the Donner Arena Multi-effects unit and it has so many great features, including 100 effects, 80 amps, 50 cabs, 50 IR slots for your own IR's, 40 drum patterns, a 60 second looper and a whole host of connections including MIDI.
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The Arena multi-effects unit has some great amps and cabs from cleans to overdriven, distortion and metal, ideal for a practice unit, for gigging or silent practice at home and for a beginner who wants to get into the world of effects for guitar it's ideal.
Thanks for watching - Derek
0:00 Intro
0:38 Connections
1:10 Factory patches
3:08 Specification
3:27 Amp models
4:39 Overdrives
5:41 Modulation effects
6:32 Reverbs
7:23 Delays
8:54 Drums
11:18 Software
13:22 Final thoughts
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@garethpoole1645 9 ай бұрын

Hi Derek, I really do like the look of this unit. It appears very well thought and the variety of options seems truly mind blowing. In terms of VFM, this looks like a class leader at any level, 80 amps? I didn't know there were 80 amps in the world which says a lot for this unit and not much for my product knowledge 😉 I'm not really a huge fan of multi's, my venerable Boss GT-8 was capable of some excellent sounds but for me it took too much in a live environment to tweak them but it seems the new generation of multi's are far more 'live performance ' orientated so who knows, maybe it's time to give them a try out and the Donner looks a good place to start. Thanks for another informative and useful presentation 👍👍

@DerekPaulGuitar 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Gareth! I don’t think I could name 80 amps either lol, I reckon I could do 10 :) thanks my friend and stay well :)

@BRLaue Жыл бұрын

That is a pretty nifty unit for under $300. It makes my Fender Floor look like an avocado colored dial phone complete with a party line. (Did they have those in Merry Old?). Using the single coils was great for the demo, I’m sure it would rock even more with hummers. Cheers!

@DerekPaulGuitar Жыл бұрын

Cheers Brad! That made me laugh! And yes they did, multi effects have come a long way indeed! I used to have a plastic Korg unit way back, time they are a changin’ cheers!

@supergoat94 Жыл бұрын

Bought one of these and was impressed but ended up returning it. Slick interface and great customization but just always sounded too thin no matter what amp I used or how I dialed it in. This thing is screaming to have it's own power amp.

@DerekPaulGuitar Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!

@Chip_57 Жыл бұрын

Hey DP. Great review. Guitarists are spoiled these days eh?

@DerekPaulGuitar Жыл бұрын

Hey Chip! they certainly are my friend! good to hear from you.

@davidbergewaytogo Жыл бұрын

Okay… I’ve owned tons of gear and multi effects and now I got this Arena 2000. How do I start with IRs? I never bothered playing with IRs but feel I might be missing out… where do I get those!?

@DerekPaulGuitar Жыл бұрын

Easiest way is to google free IRs, there are plenty out there and then play around with them.

@HumbleHeartMinistry 10 ай бұрын

With the expression pedal can you have it be both a volume pedal and then switch to a wah wah pedal using your foot to go in between the two? Or are they totally separate and have to pick either one or the other?

@DerekPaulGuitar 10 ай бұрын

You can certainly get it to do both, but I’m not sure about switching it during a performance for example!

@leonlr46 Жыл бұрын

hi, ask, there's a hiss in background, i notice especially when you play modulations and reverb/delay, is that hiss from your setup or it comes from the arena?

@DerekPaulGuitar Жыл бұрын

I noticed it too, it’s from my setup, apologies for that, only noticed it when I uploaded the video and listened in headphones!

@leonlr46 Жыл бұрын

@@DerekPaulGuitar thx! Mine is on the way and I was scared because I'm going to use it in the studio too.

@DerekPaulGuitar Жыл бұрын

I have an older Mac and some non apple accessories which I’ll troubleshoot to see what’s going on! Enjoy it!

@leonlr46 Жыл бұрын

@@DerekPaulGuitar thx! New subscriber! nice editing and order of arrangement of the parts, normally videos of this type are very redundant.

@TheRomantika23 6 ай бұрын

can I use it with Donner silent guitar with headphones without amp? thanks

@DerekPaulGuitar 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely! It’ll be perfect for that! Cheers

@TheRomantika23 6 ай бұрын

@@DerekPaulGuitar I tried to connect it but for some reason there’s no sound played :( do you know what can it be?

@thegazwaz640 Жыл бұрын

I bought one of these and it didn't do it for me until I uploaded my own IR's to it. Fek me this thing really sound good with some decent IR's pulling it's insides. The presets are always a bit meh... Honestly IR's are the future.

@Brody-Dolyniuk 6 ай бұрын

I'm trying to install an IR in one of the slots and it says my .wav file isn't a PCM format. Which, of course, it is. What file format IR did were you able to load?

@thegazwaz640 6 ай бұрын

@@Brody-Dolyniuk .wav should work. Make sure the file extension is definitely .wav and not something like .IR.wav. I did find some IR's that wouldn't work but for the most part they worked really well. Persevere with it. I promises you won't be disappointed. Turns this machine into a monster.

@louaguado995 Жыл бұрын

Presets always sound bad on multi-effects units. I've used Zoom, Line 6, Vox, Digitech, DOD, they all needed adjustments. Usually the drastic volume differences between patches, tone controls because some had too much bass while others sound had too much treble, and the effects are always too intense.

@DerekPaulGuitar Жыл бұрын

I find that too, they always need tweaking out of the box!