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New Zoom B3 has arrived!!!!

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Gastric, some of your patches are really great. Thanks for posting.

Is anyone else posting their user patches for this unit? I put together a couple and will try and add a page to my blog tonight where people can grab them.
 
Hi B3 owners!

Before I shell out my dosh....

I notice the the sample rate is lower than my B2....

So apart from the flexibility of the three stomp pedals that avoids having to run up and down the patches if one turns a certain effect on and off in a song, what do I get.

I know the usb interface and the Di out. but what else?

Cheers!
 
I'm thinking of ordering one but have a few questions. Can you turn effects on and off during a song? Say I need a little chorus for a into and bridge, can it be turned off for the verses etc? I had a cheap digitech, but you couldn't turn effects off one selected. Also, does it have a fretless bass simulation? Thanks,
 
So did anyone encounter an effect on the B3 that you think is better or as good as their original counterpart?

As good as or better than the original? No... BUT, a lot of the effects are probably close enough to the original to not be noticed as lacking, especially once placed in a mix.

I'm thinking of ordering one but have a few questions. Can you turn effects on and off during a song? Say I need a little chorus for a into and bridge, can it be turned off for the verses etc? I had a cheap digitech, but you couldn't turn effects off one selected. Also, does it have a fretless bass simulation? Thanks,

Yes, each effect in a patch has its own footswitch. My "home" setting on the B3 isn't so much a patch of effects put together to make one sound, but three good individual sounds that fill holes on my pedal board.
 
"I'm thinking of ordering one but have a few questions. Can you turn effects on and off during a song? Say I need a little chorus for a into and bridge, can it be turned off for the verses etc? I had a cheap digitech, but you couldn't turn effects off one selected. Also, does it have a fretless bass simulation? Thanks,"

Most questions can be answered by going to the ZOOM website and downloading the manual. I believe there are at least two Jaco/fretless settings, plus with a fretless effect, yoi can create your own.
 
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