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Zoom b3 patch Ideas

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JACink said:
Thanks @TitaniumRx & @Crystalman85, you guys continue to post some amazing tones and patches!

I spent Saturday evening going through all of the amp & cab sims (through headphones) to see if it would help me towards deciding what cab to buy, but after going through all of them (various times) with my P + flats, and then going through a ton of premade patches by you guys, I realized that my favorite sounds were all patches that didn't include amp or cab sims :confused:.

I need to repeat the process with other basses, and roundwounds, to see the results.
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I think it's because P with flats has à naturally well working tone. Low mids are already naturally very present.
It doesn't sound sophisticated but takes a nice place easily in a mix.
Cab sims tend to cut a good amount of mids, so, where most of the flavour of the flats is.
 
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TitaniumRx said:
The splitter IS a crossover.You can choose the crossover point,and make volume changes up and down of that point with different values.No stereo functions from a mono fx.;)
The most useful function of that fx,is that you can make it a HPF or LPF any time you want.Or better,you can have 2 splitters in line and use them the same time as HPF and LPF (High pass filter,Low pass filter).Only the 3 fx restriction is the bad think about B3.
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Thanks TitaniumRx. It would have been cool to be able to put the splitter last in line, and then split the lows to one output and the highs to the other, but I guess I will keep the crossover in my rig.
 
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TitaniumRx said:
I just found that my patch "P Vin Rat" sounds very close to Brimstone audio pedal tone.
Hear the first 30 seconds of the youtube video of the pedal




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If you change the gain to 20,then i think is close to Idiobox Blower


My patch sounds like this [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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Really nice !! I like these tones :)
 
#1,090
ticol07 said:
Gk sim is not too coloured. Interesting.
I'll check the details this evening.
I am always playing with the dirts and amp sims. Next life I 'll explore all the flangers, phasers, delays,... Days are too short :)
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I use the color knob of the GK :smug:

ticol07 said:
Really nice !! I like these tones :)
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Thank you.I know you also like the original Brimstone.I hope for both of us some day this little beast decorates our peadalboards.
 
#1,095
JACink said:
I think it has something to do with the raw tone of the P w/ flats. Before I had flats on it, I used amp/cab sims all the time, favouring GK and SVT, in fact my main rig is a power amp with PA speakers and sub!

Now, for some reason, I just love the direct tone of the P (with a little effects here and there). Its great that we can store so many patches, that way I can cover every bass and occasion.
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I like the gk and ampeg models too. I also like the hartke amp model. the svt model sounded great with distortion effects. I've been using the svt model with the metal zone model and it gives me a sound that duplicates an ebs metaldrive sound. it's one of the best distortion patches I've ever created.
 
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Thanks Crystalman and OzzyGreg. My head blew last Saturday at a gig and I pulled out the B3, I replaced all the factory presets in the 1st 3 banks with very usable bass sounds pulled from this thread. I have decided no new head for me, I have a few power amps sitting around from my old PA so, it the B3 is my live rig now. Thanks for all the great patches. Keep em coming I still have 70 slots left....
 
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Those of you with expression pedals, what are your go to patches? Really the only practical use I've found, so far, is using it as a Boost pedal for solos and such.

SynthRvibe is the only usable patch I've found that utilizes any of the foot pedal effects on the B3.

I'm looking for something that could be used to cover "Radioactive" (SynthRvibe might do the trick), and then something cleaner that utilizes the Pedal Wah (not the AutoWah).
 
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troy mcclure said:
Thanks Crystalman and OzzyGreg. My head blew last Saturday at a gig and I pulled out the B3, I replaced all the factory presets in the 1st 3 banks with very usable bass sounds pulled from this thread. I have decided no new head for me, I have a few power amps sitting around from my old PA so, it the B3 is my live rig now. Thanks for all the great patches. Keep em coming I still have 70 slots left....
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Anytime, dude...we're glad that our patches helped you out. I normally use my zoom b3 for recordings, but I have used it live before. and it sounded pretty cool. I am considering using my zoom b3 as my ampless rig. I was thinking the next time I do a gig and if my brother and I don't feel like bringing our amps, I would bring along my zoom b3. it has an xlr output so it can be hooked up like a direct box. anywho, if we come up with new patch ideas, we will post them here. and if you have some patch ideas of your own, feel free to post them here.
 
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Crystalman85 said:
Anytime, dude...we're glad that our patches helped you out. I normally use my zoom b3 for recordings, but I have used it live before. and it sounded pretty cool. I am considering using my zoom b3 as my ampless rig. I was thinking the next time I do a gig and if my brother and I don't feel like bringing our amps, I would bring along my zoom b3. it has an xlr output so it can be hooked up like a direct box. anywho, if we come up with new patch ideas, we will post them here. and if you have some patch ideas of your own, feel free to post them here.
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This is my rig.I use two 1200w each Yamaha DXR and my b3 as preamp.The speakers have a High Z input so even the B3 fails i can gig without it.Crystal clear sound and very loud.Versatile,easy to transport.


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Hi All.
I just got a b3. it came with some software in an LE trial version But no activation/serial number ?? Says it will run for 30 days then go to full version free. But it won't run without a code. This widow pops up asking for a serial number....
any ideas?
I've looked for this code in the oaperwork,cd sleeve, and box... don't see it anywhere....
 

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