SONICAKE QME-10 Pocket Master - Portable Multi Effects Pedal 100+ Effects

The Sonicake Pocket Master is an amazing little multi effects processor that sounds absolutely incredible. Don’t let the price fool you, this thing packs a punch. It’s very small. The sounds are amazing. It’s pretty easy to use. There’s an app that’s included so you can tweak the parameters on the effects. These settings can also be saved to create your own custom sounds. There’s a drum machine to jam along with. There’s a 10 second looper. The effects quality is great. Lush reverbs, swirling choruses, massive delays and many distortions and gains to get lost in. USB audio interface. Built in tuner. Headphone out. Built in rechargeable battery. I could go on and on. I’m using it as a home recording/practice tool and it’s great. I’m sure it could also be live on a pedalboard as well. This is my second product I’ve purchased by Sonicake and I’m just going to say that the quality and sound and price point are amazing. I’m very impressed with this company and I highly recommend their products to everyone.

Hands down the best piece of gear I've ever bought. Don't even think about it: At $65 you will never regret this purchase. If you dont like ot just retun it, but I doubt you will. This thing is so freaking cool, they definitely undersold it. Could you go out and spend $100 and get a better (insert effect here) pedal. Absolutely. But this thing has EVERYTHING. If you are a beginner? Buy this and dont even look at the more expensive stuff. Songwriter? Dude, you can control this thing from your phone, finding the perfect sound has LITERALLY never been easier. Something they dont really advertise is the fact that you can import and export presets. So if I'm writing a song and I FINALLY find that perfect tone, I can save it or even upload it wherever my project files are so later I can come back right where I started, no need to spend an hour trying to find that perfect tone again. I cannot begin to explain how cool this thing is.

I needed something small for an out of town gig, and this thing delivered big. The amp modeling effects sound excellent, and with so many amps and cabinet options, you can dial in just about any sound. I found a base amp/cab setup I liked, and then added a noise gate and set EQ. I programmed a chorus effect, distortion, delay, and a boost to be turned on and off with an M-VAVE Chocolate Plus. The result was thousands of dollars in gear and a hundred pounds of weight compacted down to about a pound of gear and less than $100. I felt like I could have played any genre needed. Connectivity to your phone is easy, and the interface from the phone is way easier to use than on the actual pedal itself. Connectivity to the Chocolate Plus was also easy, and there are a ton of YouTube videos that can help with this. It took me maybe 30-40 minutes of watching videos and messing with the pedal before I had the basic setup down, and from there it was just tweaking my sound to what I wanted. I directly connected the Chocolate Plus with a usb-c, but it can be done through Bluetooth as well. I left my stuff plugged in for power, but with no power supply I found that it lasts ~3-4 hours with continuous use. Overall, I think this thing is great. I wish this technology existed when I was struggling to afford gear back in 2003.

First of all, let's make sure we set our perception straight. I am not comparing this against the $1000 pedals, effects racks or anything "pro" level. This is exactly great for what I want to use it for. A portable rig that I can throw in my guitar or bass bag/case and practice, create, jam while hooked to either headphones or a speaker. First, let's address the noise issue. Yes, there is a bit of a noise floor on this effects pedal. It has a built in noise gate that takes care of most of it. But its not so annoying that it drones constantly. The gate can take care of it. You're not going to use this as a primary rig to record or play live though. Maybe if you're first starting out, its a great cheap way to get into it, but it passes for a decent rig. Only taking off 1/2 star for the noise. Second, lets address the effects. Are there a bunch? Yes! Are there some good ones? Yes! Are there some bad ones? Yes! Can you get a usable tone out of this? ABSOLUTELY! Will you be able to get an SLO-100 or a Big Muff, or an Ampeg SVT sound? Absolutely not. Can you get in the ballpark? Maybe. Realize that at this price point, you're not going to get the same as something that's 10X the price. You can load NAM profiles with the new firmware. Can it get you closer? A little. 1/2 star reduction for the effects. Passable, some are good, nothing spectacular, but really good for the price point. Next, lets address the best part and the real reason to find value, is the connectivity and portability! As a practice rig, I can play songs through it via bluetooth. I can clip it onto my guitar or bass strap and plug in my headphones and wander around the house without disturbing anyone. As a creativity rig, whenever it strikes, I can connect it to my PC & DAW via USB or to my phone via USB and record. It's got a rechargeable LiON battery so I don't have to keep switching rechargeable AA's or 9V's. Bottom line, its a surprisingly great value to practice, learn a setlist, test out a few ideas, record stuff on the go and whatever else you want to do with a small portable rig.

I just got it yesterday. I tried out the sounds onboard. For Me there is about 10 stock sounds I will personally use. The sounds are very good in my opinion. The sounds I would not use are not bad sounds just sounds I have no use for. Metal, airy, weird etc. It is very small and does many many things therefore the app is important. It took a while to get it up and running. Windows 11 sometimes doesn't play well with it. It needed the special driver they provide and is the first thing listed on their website downloads. Computer would not recognize it until I got the driver installed. The battery powered function is very important to me. I also am interested in the NAM downloads. Everyone really brags about them online. I haven't gotten far enough too test them yet. I did download some and now need to watch another video to figure out how to load them etc. Like many things in life - Its got all you need built into it but you have to put in the work and learn how to get the goodness out. Sonicake did their work not you do yours

My 5 star rating is because of the cost to performance ratio - I have the whole little ecosystem setup at home with the app, the phone, the PC and the apps. I would also like to say that I use this with headphones since my guitar lab is in our den and my wife is sick of guitar - after 27 years. Lastly, before my comments, while I use this thing, I am sitting right next to a Bogner Twin Jet, a ‘78 Marshall JMP mkii, a Mesa mkiv, Mesa mkv and a Krank Rev. Objectively, I could easily use this thing at rehearsal or gig. I’m not concerned if the models are exact - they are not - but they do relay the character of the amps and once tweaked to taste over time, it feels good enough under the fingers. In fact, some of the presets that I have tweaked a little take the thing completely out of my way and I forget I am playing through a thing I paid $65 for - and to me that is shocking. The convenience is ridiculous and to have a Marshall, Bogner a Vox and a Mesa at my fingertips - that “get the job done” good enough - it is what I look for at this cost. The Bluetooth with app on my phone works great and I enjoy it greatly….the connection to the PC and audio streaming is also flawless so far. My final statement is this: for an old school, guitar volume knob player that does not want to switch between too many presets, you can setup 4 or so presets that will cover an entire 4 set gig as if you had access to a Marshall, Bogner, Vox, Mesa and used different guitars and volume knobs to ride through each preset for a song. I will always lean towards tube amps and always prefer to use a tube amp with a minimal set of pedals, but the state of modeling and capturing is so good now that the convenience and variety of tones is overwhelming- to the point that I can’t deny it any longer.

It's a pretty good product, very convenient and practical. My reason only giving it three stars is I'm having a hard time to find a tone I like for high gain metal stuff. Some of the amps is cloning for the high Gain stuff. Sounds very low resolution if that makes sense.

Acquired this during an Amazon sale, and at the discounted price point, this amp-IR/multi-efx device is a bargain. Really, one of the better features is the relatively limited and straightforward set of choices for configuring each of the effects components. Less is more, in this case. Contains just enough amp and IR models, modulation, delay, reverb, compression, and drive/distortion controls - as well as a noise gate. This is a versatile little device that is not over-burdened with too many options. Some have mentioned the noise floor and the need for a noise gate... well, there is nothing particular unusual about that. I would just say that, per usual, the clean settings are relatively noise free, whereas the high-gain settings introduce noise... esp in combination with the built-in compressor. This is pretty normal. On the plus side, at least there *is* a noise gate option. Perhaps the second best feature of the device is control via the SonicLink app. Makes creating timbres from scratch or from a preset simple. It's easy enough to edit presets on the device; but on an iPad, it's a piece of (sonic) cake. All in all, this is the perfect little device to while away the hours, practicing with headphones. Overall functionality is adequate for doing all you need to craft a particular tone, as long as you are content with the sometimes limited control over individual effects components. Time will tell about long-term build quality. For now, quality seems great. My biggest gripe with many rechargeable battery devices is the inability to replace batteries. And since battery powered use is one of this device's strong points, it's a shame that a battery cannot simply be replaced, rather than the device itself. If I had to pick one particular shortcoming, it would be the quality of reverbs. Am just spoiled by high quality verbs, and those on this device are mundane. There are enough settings and controls to create some variety, with limited control. Also, some may find the overall timbre of this device a bit harsh. Perhaps. But first consider just what you get for such a limited investment: it's a more or less a self-contained practice device. I have many pedals and find myself taking this one out because.... it is easy to use, I *want* to use it, and I find quick satisfaction, when I just want to sit down and play. No greater compliment can be paid to a guitar effects chain + amp. Yes, there is a limited looper (never used it) and no real drums unless you use the app (i.e. not native to the device). Seems rather silly to be upset about those functions being incomplete, considering what you *do* get for your hard-earned money. Recommended, if only to see how far consumer guitar technology has come.

Wrong version sent. Ordered the transparent white, received the purple one. As it's for a special occasion, I don't have time to return it. Good product it seems, but I can only hope my kid won't be disappointed.

Love this wee device, sound is really good, with firmware update it does midi via the usb, battery life is great, small sound is good , NAM support and works with the free NAMs, presets are really good, and they are easily modified, works will with headphones too, so you could basically have this mounted on your belt with belt clip, a wee short cable to the guitar, and a pair of headphones. Does not come with a usb c cable, don't know why, but you need one for power or charging, or using as an audio interface. Can connect via Bluetooth to your phone, phone app is good, and you will need to use Bluetooth if wou want to use the full set of drums rather than just the metronomes. Also allows you to play along with music from phone and properly mixes it. The website has all the firmware updates, software, and drivers for Mac and windows, and the unit also can be used for recording to the pc in DAW or whatever you want. Not really played with the looper that much, but it works, it's only 10 seconds but it you can overdub and pause and restart easily enough. Phone app makes life so much easier when using this. Hold all three buttons to put into firmware update mode of for copying NAM files, can hold 5 NAMs at a time. Loads of good videos on YouTube for demos, and reviews, the best 40 quid I've spent on my guitar for a while, might buy some more for gifts for other people. Buttons are nice and solid so you could use your feet, and belt clip is detachable so you don't scratch wooden flooring. Strong, well made, long battery life, great device.

I don't write a lot of reviews but this unit is a fantastic deal. The quality of the available sounds are unbelievable, at this price point. It's a very compact unit that I highly recommend. It sounds great, it's inexpensive and it runs off a built-in battery! I bought it for travel but I'm actually going to be using it at home a lot and it might end up replacing another unit I have, entirely. The ability to load NAM profiles, at this price point, is a welcome surprise. My main interest with this unit was the ability to load NAM profiles. If that is your main interest, here are the steps I took, with my Apple devices. While these are the steps I took, I still recommend reading the manual, first. These steps should be similar for Windows and Android but your mileage may vary. 1. went to Sonicakes' website and downloaded and installed the pocketMaster software on my Mac computer (NAM profiles were added in a firmware update). I also download the firmware update and the manual. 2. powered up the PocketMaster and hooked it up, by USB, to my Mac. 3. used the software to update the firmware. 4. downloaded the Soniclink app on my iPhone. 5. enabled bluetooth on the PocketMaster and launched the App, pairing my iPhone with the unit. 6. went to the Tone Hunt website and looked for NAM profiles to download to my phone. 7. went to the amp button, in the app. 8. under mode, I clicked on the Clone tab. 9. selected "import clone" and navigated to the unzipped folder and choose the NAM profile to import. 10. selected one of the 5 available slots that said 'empty,' in the app, and pressed "import." 11. tried several NAM profiles in the patch patch I was in to see how they sounded. Final thoughts: I'm blown away by the ease of use, functionality and tones, at this price point. I wasn't keen on some of the presets but every unit I've ever tried was like that. It's a a simple thing to tweak, until they sound good. Frankly, my main purpose was to use NAM profiles with effects and I'm very pleased with how that sounds. The effects are excellent. I wish looper was longer than 10 seconds but the drum patterns and ability to jam along to Youtube Videos on my phone, is all I needed. The PocketMaster is selling out for reason.

Es impresionante que por un oreytan asequible se puedan hacer tantas cosas. Los presets son fabulosos y todos los extras muy útiles: el looper, el afinador, ... Y la posibilidad de conectar unos cascos directamente sin necesidad de pasar por el amplificador u otro elemento externo. Una gozada

Des günstigen Preises wegen war meine Erwartung an das Gerät nicht wirklich hoch, doch dank der Rückgabemöglichkeit bei Amazon und in der Gewissheit, bei dem vergleichsweise geringen Anschaffungspreis nicht wirklich was falsch machen zu können hab ich es mir bestellt. Warum? Seit gut 60 Jahren spiele ich Gitarre, meine Zeit auf den Bühnen ist vorbei aber ohne Mucke geht auch nicht, daher bastele ich nun daheim mit Backingtracks, Looper und ähnlichem Equipment herum. Der kleine Sonicake überraschte mich vom Start weg mit seiner simplen, intuitiven Bedienung. Die 50 Presets bieten genug Auswahl für alle möglichen und unmöglichen Musikstile und wem das Original nicht gefällt der kann jede Menge Parameter bearbeiten und sich seinen passenden Sound zurechtebiegen. Das Teil hat einen Eingang für das Instrument und einen Stereoausgang für was immer man da dranhängen will - Kopfhörer, Aktivboxen, HiFiAnlage oder sonst was, das Ergebnis kann sich in jedem Fall hören lassen ;-)) Zwei USB - Slots (einer zum Datentransfer, einer zum Aufladen) komplettieren das Angebot und mehr brauchts auch nicht. Ein geladener Akku hält so etwa 4 Stunden, die Ladezeit beträgt etwa 2 Stunden. Was soll ich sagen? Gitarre eingestöpselt, mit den Tastern durchs Menü geblättert, es rauscht nix, es brummt nix, der Ton kommt korrekt angeflogen - ich habe Spass!! Fazit: Ich hab im Laufe meines Muckerdaseins eine Menge Gerätschaften durchprobiert, etliche davon waren richtig gut aber auch richtig teuer, und nun kommt dieser unscheinbare Kasten daher und schmeisst mein Weltbild übern Haufen ;-d aber im Ernst, wer nach einem preisgünstigen "Taschenverstärker" sucht, der ist hier genau richtig. Ich geb meinen jedenfalls nicht mehr her!!