Open Box NUX NAI-5 Optima Air Acoustic Guitar Simulator Effects Pedal

NUX Optima Air is a dual-switch acoustic guitar simulator with a preamp for acoustic and electric guitar players. It simulates the acoustic guitar profiles with the best-optimized sound depending on your guitar and pickup type.

IR loader combined with a preamp which is equipped with 3-band EQ and Gain controls, plus an additional one-knob-control Reverb effect. If you want to connect any effect pedal you can use the SEND/RETURN effect loop and add the Optima Air into the signal chain.

NUX Optima Air has a unique profile capture function: you can create your own acoustic guitar profile (IR file) by capturing your favorite acoustic guitar's sound.

There is an XLR DI output for direct line/mixer connection, headphones output for silent play, and auxiliary input to connect a music player to play along.

Control Panel

• Reverb: One-knob Reverb control adjusting Dry/Wet and Decay (turn to 0 for OFF)
• IR Level: Adjusts the simulated signal (Impulse Response file) level
• Select (Push to Save): Choose the IR file in manual mode; save your customized preset by pushing the knob
• Gain: Adjusts the signal input gain level
• 3-Band EQ: Bass, Middle and Treble level controls
• IR Footswitch: Engage/disengage the selected IR file (Manual Mode); Bank Down (Preset Mode)
• AMP Footswitch: Activates the pre-amp section (Manual Mode); Bank Up (Preset Mode)

I/O

• Input / Output: 6.35mm (1/4-inch) jacks
• Send/Return: 6.35mm (1/4-inch) effect loop
• Micro B USB Port: connect to computer for the Optima Air editor software and firmware updates
• Power Input: 9V negative-tip power adapter input
• 3.5mm (1/8-inch) Auxiliary Input and Headphones Output
• XLR DI Output: for direct connection to mixer or PA system

Optima Air is loaded with 15 impulse response files, each optimized for guitar type and pickup type. The pre-amp is driven by NUX's white box algorithm (physical modeling) of the Neve 1073, providing USB audio streaming, Reverb, and IR Capture in a compact size. You can load 3rd-party IRs and edit preset names through the editor software, and use Optima Air as a USB recording interface.

• 24-bit, 48-kHz sampling quality
• Acoustic guitar Impulse Response and Pre-Amp controls
• 15 built-in acoustic guitar profiles with IR level control
• 9 Preset Slots
• Reverb effect
• Gain, Bass, Middle and Treble controls
• 6.35mm (1/4-inch) Send/Return effects loop
• 3.5mm (1/8-inch) Auxiliary input and Headphones output
• XLR DI Out
• Micro B USB Port for USB Audio Stream and Edit Software