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Zoom Owners' Club!

#1,241
B3 kicks butt

Love the Monotone amp with fretless

USB connectivity is more stable than the B1- Four

Software is pretty nice

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Zoot H Rollo said:
with my PC system, i can't have both connected via USB and use the editing software simultaneously.
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As far as I can work out the Zoom software products take exclusive control of the MIDI subsystem, so with one Zoom unit connected you can't do anything else that involves MIDI, such as a run a DAW or softsynth. Likewise, if anything MIDI is already running the Zoom software products will not boot correctly and/or won't detect connected hardware. I suspect that makes them non-compliant as far as the general MIDI specification is concerned.
 
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SteveCS said:
As far as I can work out the Zoom software products take exclusive control of the MIDI subsystem, so with one Zoom unit connected you can't do anything else that involves MIDI, such as a run a DAW or softsynth. Likewise, if anything MIDI is already running the Zoom software products will not boot correctly and/or won't detect connected hardware. I suspect that makes them non-compliant as far as the general MIDI specification is concerned.
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i can run my DAW and instrument VSTs while running the B3 Edit/Share software without issue.

just not simultaneously with the B1-Four connected using ToneLib or Guitar Lab.

Also, i can run the NU>X MG-30 editor with all this happening.

I have the B3 in the EFFECTS LOOP of the MG-30.

great combo.
 
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I have a B3N and a B6. Both are excellent practice tools and both are completely usable in any live situation. However, in terms of current modeling capabilities, both are toys. They lack the responsiveness and “feel” of my HX Stomp. I’m not knocking them, though. As I have said, both my Zooms are completely usable in any situation. The nuances I notice don’t translate to the audience.

They do run out of DSP processing awfully fast, though. It wouldn’t hurt to have just a bit more horsepower.
 
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wvbass said:
I have a B3N and a B6. Both are excellent practice tools and both are completely usable in any live situation. However, in terms of current modeling capabilities, both are toys. They lack the responsiveness and “feel” of my HX Stomp. I’m not knocking them, though. As I have said, both my Zooms are completely usable in any situation. The nuances I notice don’t translate to the audience.

They do run out of DSP processing awfully fast, though. It wouldn’t hurt to have just a bit more horsepower.
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I have Helix Native and can't get decent bass tones from it no matter what try.

I had the B2-Four and B6 for a while.

I agree, the buffer underruns were extremely frustrating.

I returned both units and went with the B1-Four.

And now, the B3.

I think the amps, preamps, and drives are excellent in the Zoom units.

The Helix bass amps are awful, in my opinion, of course. They have none of the character of the amps they are modeled after.

ToneX would be a better option for bass than a Stomp in that price range.
 
#1,250
Jett Litt said:
MS-200D+
Looks like this pedal could possibly do Parallel distortion/OD/Fuzz with Low - High pass filters or Parametric EQ for each channel.
If it works well this could be an excellent choice for dirt.
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stubbsonic said:
I wish Zoom had put all three bands into one module and put one pre and a whole nother one post.
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Not sure it will do any of this. In fact I'm not sure I see the point of this pedal having all those models and 'tools' since it only allows 2 per chain!!
 

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