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Show your Zoom B2 settings!
- Thread starter bassbengoa
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Turn on ZNR and set it to 8-9. If you still get the breathing then something else is going on besides the Zoom unit.
Actually it is the SWR mode and it doesn't happing when I use headphones but it does happen in through ny amo and IEM.
how bizarre how bizarre.
CP
how bizarre how bizarre.
CP
-------------have you tried hearing the difference from battery operation from one with the adaptor?
-------------generic adaptors tend to bring some hiss
hi.. just made this patch today
uhhm makes your bass growl in the mix and a little spot for some slapping ^^
comments, feedback and critics are welcomed xD
-----------------Knobs
--------Effects---1---2---3
Drive----bM------1---6---78
ZNR-----nr-------oF--28--96
LoEq----LP-------1---25---6
HiEq----HE-------4---6---9
Reverb--rM-------8---6---42
I don't have one, but give kadian some love! The zoom seems cool from what I've read.
I have a Digitec BP50 that did something like this. It's been mothballing since I started to collect pedals.
I have a Digitec BP50 that did something like this. It's been mothballing since I started to collect pedals.
Haven't tried Kadian's exact patch, but I do like the Fuzz Face effect in the Zoom. I'm not a big fan of germanium fuzzes, but that patch seems to work out pretty well for me.
I'm replacing the patches I use most in the Zoom with pedals ATM, but for $100, it's a darn tough unit to beat. Except for the synths' poor tracking, it's got very usable sounds. Not the best, but by far not the worst.
I'm replacing the patches I use most in the Zoom with pedals ATM, but for $100, it's a darn tough unit to beat. Except for the synths' poor tracking, it's got very usable sounds. Not the best, but by far not the worst.
my zoom B2.1u is one of the most functional pieces of bass gear I've ever purchased...
I use it as an amp sim, for effects, as a DI, recording, silent practice (.mp3's through laptop through USB, try it).
I use it for my guitar, as well...does great clean sounds, and I throw a behringer TO800 in front for tubescreamer-like drive (try these, they're a great bargain)...
I use it as an amp sim, for effects, as a DI, recording, silent practice (.mp3's through laptop through USB, try it).
I use it for my guitar, as well...does great clean sounds, and I throw a behringer TO800 in front for tubescreamer-like drive (try these, they're a great bargain)...
We interrupt this thread for an idiot question from a non-technical bass player. 
With the Zoom B2, is it possible to spontaneously switch from one combination of effects to another, ON THE FLY? That is, without having to sit there and *program* patches which combine more than one effect? I'm imagining using one of these live, where I might want to change combinations on the spur of the moment.
Sample scenario: I'm the house bassist at an open mic or blues jam, and have the Sansamp modeling and the "defret" effect going. In the middle of some guitarist's solo, he gets heavier, and, for first the time ever, I want to spontaneously add some "Dark side/Octave" Fuzz Face & octave doubling on top of what I've already got. Possible? Without having to have a custom patch for *that combination* already programmed at my house the previous evening?
Or am I better off simply having a chain of pedals on the floor?
Thanks!
With the Zoom B2, is it possible to spontaneously switch from one combination of effects to another, ON THE FLY? That is, without having to sit there and *program* patches which combine more than one effect? I'm imagining using one of these live, where I might want to change combinations on the spur of the moment.
Sample scenario: I'm the house bassist at an open mic or blues jam, and have the Sansamp modeling and the "defret" effect going. In the middle of some guitarist's solo, he gets heavier, and, for first the time ever, I want to spontaneously add some "Dark side/Octave" Fuzz Face & octave doubling on top of what I've already got. Possible? Without having to have a custom patch for *that combination* already programmed at my house the previous evening?
Or am I better off simply having a chain of pedals on the floor?
Thanks!
We interrupt this thread for an idiot question from a non-technical bass player.
With the Zoom B2, is it possible to spontaneously switch from one combination of effects to another, ON THE FLY? That is, without having to sit there and *program* patches which combine more than one effect? I'm imagining using one of these live, where I might want to change combinations on the spur of the moment.
With the B2, the answer is "not really". You'd need to have programmed that setting in beforehand and swap to it using presets in the unit. Or, you can go into edit mode within a patch and click back/forth on the switches to turn a specific effect on/off. When I was using my B2 live, I found the overall tone I wanted and then programmed that sound with additional effects into the presets above and below the "reference" tone (e.g. B1 is my tone for pick playing, B2 adds a pitch shifter, B3 changes to a chorus.)
I've since moved up to the B9.1ut which allows you to turn specific effects on and off with just a tap of a footswitch and couldn't be happier. I have my X-phaser, pitch shifter, chorus and reverse delay settings instantly available and simply move down a preset if I want something else (slow motion, autowah, etc.).
has anyone noticed that the octavers is Rubbish when you go up the neck, but great down?
Which is strange because mormally Octave pedals are the opposite..
Which is strange because mormally Octave pedals are the opposite..
I use my Zoom B2 mainly as a home practice amp... I just plug in a set of headphones and jam out with a clean, basic set up. I'm looking into purchasing a distortion/overdrive pedal, though, and am wondering if I should just use the Zoom B2 instead. The reason I haven't so far is that I can't find a decent setting for the overdrive/crunch that I'm looking for.
My question is: does anyone have a good setting for producing a nice, bassy crunch, similar to what the dirty channel on Gallien Krueger heads put out?
My question is: does anyone have a good setting for producing a nice, bassy crunch, similar to what the dirty channel on Gallien Krueger heads put out?
I had pretty good luck with the Marshall Superbass patch + some low end EQ. However, I've yet to find an OD/dist. setting in it that sounds as good as my VT or Rat. Then again, since each of those pedals were more expensive than the Zoom, they darn sure better sound better!
Multis are what they are...a good way to have decent effect sounds in a small package and a small budget. But they're all fraught with compromises. The Zoom's compromises are having to step through patches, not being able to combine certain effects because they're on the same bank, and not getting the quality of sound that a dedicated pedal will give you. OTOH, for $100, it's really hard to beat the Zoom. Has a lot of effects, most of which sound very good...just not great.
Cool man, I'll use the Marshall patch as a starting point and tweak from there. When I bought the pedal, I was looking at tuner pedals, and it came down between this and the Boss TU-2... and I thought, hmm, for about the same price I can just get a tuner, or a tuner and a whole little effects unit all in one, so I went with this. Overall I'm really happy with it.
