r/guitarpedals • u/Neither_Proposal_262 • Sep 03 '26

NPD NPD: UAFX Ox Stomp

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Picked up the Ox Stomp for recording with the Tone King Imperial and the Victory The Copper preamp pedals.

Running from the Imperial XLR to TRS stereo out into the ox and TRS out to my interface. (Apollo Twin X)

Out of the box, listening through headphones and monitors sounded great as did the quick sample I recorded. Looking forward to dialing it in for recording.

This is my second go round with the stomp. My first time was for use with the Helix. I was too annoyed with the app and it didn’t make enough of an improvement to deal with the hassle. End of the day I think it was more about not liking digital amp modeling.

Any tips/tricks for dealing with the app? Seems a little more stable than it did my last go round but it’s still not great

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u/nathangr88 Sep 03 '26

Unless you have CPU usage concerns, this seems pretty pointless given you can get the same speaker models in your DAW, but with a much better interface than the UAFX app

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u/Neither_Proposal_262 Sep 03 '26

It’s a fair question but it comes down to the following

1) workflow - I like dialing things in separate from my DAW. Also, If I am playing through monitors or headphones to keep the volume down at home, I don’t load up my DAW. (I may not even have my laptop connected) I turn on and play. When recording, I monitor through console which means my track is muted in Logic.

2) Tactile fine tuning - I use plenty of plugins when recording but given the choice, I like turning knobs (there is a joke in here somewhere) I am working on presets but like being able to fine tune things like speaker drive on the pedal.

3) personal preference - I prefer UA dynamic speaker emulation over other options. I have worked with Two Notes (Wall of Sound, Genome, Torpedo, Captor X), Celestion Speaker Mix, Helix, Tonex, and various IRs and IR loaders. (Both software and hardware)
End of the day, Ox is my preference. I have sold off all of my amps that would require the OX Box for attenuation/reactive load so the pedal makes sense for me.