Zoom B2.1u effect question

GregDunn · #1 05-17-2010, 11:55 AM

OK, so I'm helping a friend set up his rig and he's looking for a "slow gear" or auto volume swell effect to use on a few songs. My ME-50B and Digi BP200 both have variants of this, though they're in different places in the effect sets. I have read in several reviews that the Zoom also has this effect, but from looking at the manual and the front panel, I can't figure out what it's called!

Does the Zoom just not have this, or is it well hidden?

bassbrad · #2 05-17-2010, 01:04 PM

On the Zoom it's called DeFret in the 1st effects bank. Check out the Zoom Cheat sheets, it will help demystify many things.

optikhog · #3 05-17-2010, 01:19 PM

You might be thinking of Zoom's "slow attack" effect, which doesn't exist on the B2. That effect alone is the reason I use a B1 as a backup to my B9.1ut instead of the B2.

GregDunn · #4 05-17-2010, 01:19 PM

Ah, I'll try that. The "fretless" effects on my ME-50B and BP-200 give a very different type of sound from the "slow gear" and "swell" effects, so it didn't occur to me.

Oops, simultaneous posts! I wondered if the reviewers might have confused the B1 and B2...