Yeah I agree sometimes for practice less is more.
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I’m using the Fender Mustang Micro with the B2B course. Works great. I couldn’t get the Nux to stream bluetooth from the laptop. I just received the new Mustang Micro Plus with the front screen and the customizable presets, but haven’t hooked it up yet.
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Oooh … tell me more!
- does it support ASIO?
- Can you say something about sample rate & bit depth?
- Is there a dry preset (= no amps, effects etc)?
The micro plus is the same form factor as the original one, but they added a small screen to the front of it so you can better see which patch you are on. Also, they added a tuner into it and with the IOS or android app, you can edit patches with various amps, OD/Distortion stomps, modulation, delay, and reverb. I believe you are limited to one of each, but you can move them around in the signal chain.
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Here’s the link to the specs… I’ve also seen it for sale on Sweetwater.
I’ve been using the Nux Mighty Plug MP-2.
I LOVE the wirelessness of it. I pair it with my phone to manage the tunes I play along to. It’s so easy it’ brainless.
Has a few presets but for practice I usually just stick with one.
I don’t use if to record so any latency is lost for me.
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I’m in the same boat as @sunDOG
I run a usb to 3.5mm converter out of the USB port on the back of my IMac. This would go into my Zoom and there was never any latency.
I now do the same thing but run it into my SGT-DI for headphone practice. Again no latency.
I’m not a computer geek but I don’t understand the latency thing.
I can record into GarageBand using the same method into my Focusrite Solo, again no latency. 
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Latency is the delta between the audio signal being sent (ie played) and the audio signal being received (ie heared).
You play a note … and hear it a little later.
Many factors contribute to latency. For this use case I am talking about the D/A (or A/D) conversion of those little USB devices. While most USB audio devices have no noticeable latency, some do. A (not so) great example is the Spark GO or Spark MINI. Also some cheaper USB adapters have sever latency, especially at higher bit rates. The small/cheap chips simply don’t have the horse power to do a fast & high quality conversion.
Consumers would notice this when playing video, where the audio is not synched.
I notice this when practicing via ToneLib Jam (or Rocksmith) on those high latency devices … the animation is faster than the audio.
More importantly it is noticeable when playing live via DAW.
With audio interfaces, latency is very likely not an issue, as they are made for real time playback.
An easy way to hear the effect of latency is: increase ASIO buffers to a very high value.
My IMac has an audio output but I always found it crackly / noisy.
I bought a cheap USB converter and there’s no latency.
So is it a PC issue?
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I’m not a Mac expert, but most professional video and audio guys & gals use Mac, for good reasons. I cannot imagine that the crackling and noise is a Mac issue persé!?
But: if it works for you, that’s great!
I have two of those USB adapters myself, but only to listen to hires FLAC via USB from my mobile phone on monitoring headphones. Not for playing…
