Audio Sprockets launches redesigned ToneDexter II preamp

January 1, 2024 · 2 sources

Audio Sprockets launched the redesigned ToneDexter II in January 2024, the Nevada City, CA company said. The first two production batches sold out instantly¹. The maker said it completely redesigned the original ToneDexter because of COVID supply issues².

The pedal is a preamp for piezo pickups. Audio Sprockets says it learns the difference between how an instrument sounds through a microphone and how it sounds through its pickup, then corrects the pickup using its WaveMap technology so that it sounds like the mic¹². The maker lists a new color screen, USB web browser connectivity for naming and managing WaveMaps, additional routing options, a configurable FX loop, faster and more accurate training, an enhanced tuner, graphical EQ, improved anti-feedback algorithms and more options for external foot-pedal and MIDI control¹². The maker says it applies to acoustic guitar, violin, cello, upright bass, mandolin and banjo, and to electric guitars fitted with a piezo pickup alongside magnetic coil pickups¹.

ToneDexter II is available for US$599 direct from Audio Sprockets and from a select group of instrument stores in the USA and internationally¹². The maker also launched TapDexter, a dual momentary foot-switch that scrolls up and down through WaveMap presets or duplicates the Mute and Boost functions so the pedal can sit away from the stage floor. It is US$79 direct from Audio Sprockets and from select dealers¹. Audio Sprockets said it had announced two major software updates for ToneDexter II¹.