A NUX NAI-5 Optima Air Acoustic Simulator & IR Loader from The Acoustic Shoppe sits by its black box with an orange logo on a black trunk, set against a blurred wooden background.
A black NUX NAI-5 Optima Air Acoustic Simulator & IR Loader with multiple knobs, buttons, two footswitches, and water droplets on its surface, featuring The Acoustic Shoppe logo in the bottom right corner.
A black box with an orange circle and wave design reads Optima Air and Verdugo Series at top right. Ideal as an IR loader or preamp, the NUX NAI-5 Optima Air Acoustic Simulator & IR Loader features The Acoustic Shoppe logo on bottom right.
A close-up of the NUX NAI-5 Optima Air Acoustic Simulator & IR Loader shows four ports (Input, Output, Send, Return), a USB port, DC 9V power input, and The Acoustic Shoppe logo in the bottom right. Functions as an acoustic simulator/preamp.
The NUX NAI-5 Optima Air Acoustic Simulator & IR Loader, a black pedal with control knobs, footswitch, and I/O ports, sits on a dark textured surface. The Acoustic Shoppe logo appears in the bottom right corner.
A black NUX NAI-5 Optima Air Acoustic Simulator & IR Loader by The Acoustic Shoppe, featuring six control knobs, two footswitches, a display screen, and labeled jacks, is shown on a white background.

NUX NAI-5 Optima Air Acoustic Simulator & IR Loader

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Description

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. And there is 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 ad auxiliary input to connect a music player to play along.

Reverb: One Knob Reverb effect control. It adjusts the Dry/Wet and Decay parameters. Or you can turn it OFF by tweaking to 0

IR Level: Adjusts the simulated signal (Impulse Response file) LEVEL

Select (Push to Save): In manual mode, you can choose the IR file. And you can save your customized preset by pushing the knob

Gain: Adjusts the signal input Gain level

3-Band EQ:<

Specifications

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