Oldish thread, but I just got a B1Xon after getting a B1on and missing the XP pedal. Anyone interested in a B1on? PM me; you can have it for the cost of shipping to your location.
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Zoom B1Xon Settings Thread...... OMG
- Thread starter gregmon79
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I just got a used b1on. How do you bypass it live? Sorry if it's been addressed but I searched the thread and came up empty.
Hit both footswitches. There is a setting to choose if this goes mute or not...
already said above, you can set when both footswitches are pressed together as bypass (as well as tuner), but it's not that practical for live situation, especially when you need to switch them quickly. So, I put my B1Xon in one of Boss LS-2 loops.
When I plug headphones in with an adapter the unit is at a good practice volume
Seems about the same as unity gain on my sansamp clone
But yes there is headroom to turn up quite a bit
I saw in another forum a guy uses a B3 as a preamp into a power amp, wonder if the B1on has the same output.
It does. It's more than enough to drive the powered PA speakers I use.
It'll drive a Behringer iNuke series PA as well. My B1 is my backup pre, should my VT-RM ever pack it in. It'll be a bit of a drastic shift in tone though, I've gotten the pedal as close to my usual setup as possible, but it's not perfect by a long shot...
There are guys like Keeley and sfx who could/would probably do it...for a price of course.
OTH, these are cheap, thus somewhat disposable, and if you take care of them they do last. My original Zoom 506 only bit the dust a year ago.
I take the Carol Kaye, Chuck Berry attitude toward gear: its just tools. I buy what I like and can afford and take as good a care of it as I can, but when it wears out, there's always something else that can do the job.
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I was looking for a way to be able to maximize the usefulness of the B1xon, and decided on this layout for some experimentation.
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What are you trying to accomplish with all of this? The B1XOn can be a DI and preamp. You just need a splitter adapter and an XLR adapter. Obviously the XLR goes to the board and the other side to your poweramp. The B1Xon has a compressor/limiter function and I don't get the G1xon, unless you use this setup for both bass and guitar, which would make it easier to switch.
Honestly, at this point the G1on is only there for goofing around. For the most part, it stays bypassed.
I have found that a few of my patches on the B1xon take up enough processing power that the particle reverb is unavailable. This removes that issue completely, because I can run the reverb on the G1on.
But yeah, it's a goofy setup and totally redundant in many ways.
I have found that a few of my patches on the B1xon take up enough processing power that the particle reverb is unavailable. This removes that issue completely, because I can run the reverb on the G1on.
But yeah, it's a goofy setup and totally redundant in many ways.
Weird. You've done the firmware upgrade, right?
I have literally never had that happen. Would you be willing to describe a patch that takes up too much processing? For the most part, I just use a few amps/distortions, compressor/limiter, tuner, and some modulation.
BTW, I had that MXR Bass DI for awhile, until I discovered the 1/4" TRS stereo splitter and XLR adapter work around. MXR is long gone
Would you happen to have a link to the splitter you're talking about? Not entirely sure which type you mean.
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Thanks for the link. I was thinking that's what you meant. I was considering doing pretty much the same thing, though my thought was to add a second DI for the other channel. This is MUCH cheaper.
Yep. Learning how to get the most out of your gear is always cheaper and ultimately frees you to become the best musician you can be. Or rather: "It is a poor carpenter who blames his tools."
You don't need a DI at all. The Zoom IS the DI.
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I have a G as well as the B. Different sounds and lots of them. Useful on my piccolo. I just dislike programming them, though I am used to it.
I don't mind programming on the b/g1on, thankfully. With both pedals running in series, that's a LOT of menus to scroll!! I've spent literally HOURS over the weekend setting up a bank of effects for live use on each pedal, and making sure they all work together peacefully.
There are definitely some effects that are repeated, but most are slightly different for their bass/guitar counterparts. For instance, only the bass version has a chorus with a low cut feature.
I gotta admit, I was ready to give up on using both processors in my effects chain. It was a bit overwhelming at first, setting the gain structures of each pedal and trying to stay at least close to unity gain.
For my setup, that's where the TC Spectracomp comes into play. I use the compressors on both Zoom pedals in my patches, but I run the Spectracomp after both -1on pedals to even out any nasty peaks or volume jumps between patches.
The chain (for anyone interested) is bass->B1xon->G1on->TC Spectracomp->MXR Bass DI+-> FOH/IEM.
I don't think the MXR is going anywhere anytime soon, unless I decide to upgrade to a B3. I prefer having a DI with the functionality of the M80, and I also dig the distortion sound.
I've got a gig next Saturday. Gonna try it all out then.
There are definitely some effects that are repeated, but most are slightly different for their bass/guitar counterparts. For instance, only the bass version has a chorus with a low cut feature.
I gotta admit, I was ready to give up on using both processors in my effects chain. It was a bit overwhelming at first, setting the gain structures of each pedal and trying to stay at least close to unity gain.
For my setup, that's where the TC Spectracomp comes into play. I use the compressors on both Zoom pedals in my patches, but I run the Spectracomp after both -1on pedals to even out any nasty peaks or volume jumps between patches.
The chain (for anyone interested) is bass->B1xon->G1on->TC Spectracomp->MXR Bass DI+-> FOH/IEM.
I don't think the MXR is going anywhere anytime soon, unless I decide to upgrade to a B3. I prefer having a DI with the functionality of the M80, and I also dig the distortion sound.
I've got a gig next Saturday. Gonna try it all out then.
