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#1,321
Well I just bought the B2 Four, couldn't resist the awesome deal (180$ brand new).
My friend ordered the MS-60B+ so we'll see what's better.
anyway for my needs the B2 Four is going to be more than enough with the effects, IR, audio interface and DI box. you just can't beat that price with what you get from that unit.
 
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ZakutM said:
Well I just bought the B2 Four, couldn't resist the awesome deal (180$ brand new).
My friend ordered the MS-60B+ so we'll see what's better.
anyway for my needs the B2 Four is going to be more than enough with the effects, IR, audio interface and DI box. you just can't beat that price with what you get from that unit.
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IR?
 
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ZakutM said:
Well I just bought the B2 Four, couldn't resist the awesome deal (180$ brand new).
My friend ordered the MS-60B+ so we'll see what's better.
anyway for my needs the B2 Four is going to be more than enough with the effects, IR, audio interface and DI box. you just can't beat that price with what you get from that unit.
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I didn't care for the B2 Four. I sent mine back. The effects sounded great but I found the UI confusing to the point that it was unusable live. Each individual issue was minor, but there were a lot.
 
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on the Zoom MS-60B+, am I the only one that wishes the scroll buttons and memory buttons were flipped?

What I'm really hoping for is that there's a setting I missed in the Zoom pedal manual that lets you flip the function of those switches.

If the buttons more easily accessed via foot control were the ones that scrolled through patch memory it wold be better for me, and, weill everyone in my humble opinion. - I know you can pre-load a patch and toggle to deploy it once you set that up. I just want to be able to roll back and forth between maybe half a dozen patches easily without having to bend down and press the buttons by hand. My size 9's just can't reach those upper switches.
 
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Wfrance3 said:
on the Zoom MS-60B+, am I the only one that wishes the scroll buttons and memory buttons were flipped?
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Nope. That and the removal of the patch presets using the stomp box are the few gripes I have with it. It would be nice if Zoom added a button config (and/or even better, the return of the stomp box-preset feature) in a future firmware update. Luckily I don't plan to use mine as a stand-alone pedal very often so I'll manage.
 
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Wfrance3 said:
on the Zoom MS-60B+, am I the only one that wishes the scroll buttons and memory buttons were flipped?

What I'm really hoping for is that there's a setting I missed in the Zoom pedal manual that lets you flip the function of those switches.

If the buttons more easily accessed via foot control were the ones that scrolled through patch memory it wold be better for me, and, weill everyone in my humble opinion. - I know you can pre-load a patch and toggle to deploy it once you set that up. I just want to be able to roll back and forth between maybe half a dozen patches easily without having to bend down and press the buttons by hand. My size 9's just can't reach those upper switches.
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Get a midi page turner. I have the M-Vave Chocolate and use it to select patches on my MS-60B. Should work on the plus too.



It makes these micro pedals much more functional as multi fx units
 
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topper said:
Get a midi page turner. I have the M-Vave Chocolate and use it to select patches on my MS-60B. Should work on the plus too
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It might, but the entire point was for it to be a all-in-one. Zoom choses to put the emphasis on 'pedal board' mode by putting those pedals below where they can be reached the easiest. I would have preferred the 'patch' mode, aka those 2 on top and the patch switching buttons below.
Oh well. I ordered mine 10 minutes ago. As i said, I don't plan to do much switching on this pedal so I'll probably be fine, but it would be nice to have the choice. Perhaps a firmware update or community hack will let me do this eventually.
But for now, I'm fine =]
 
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I don't know anything about programming, but it feels like something you could do with firmware. Something in the settings that lets you flip the top row of buttons with the bottom row of buttons seems like it should be easy to do for a programmer. Maybe it isn't. If Zooms hesitation involved the labels on the pedal chassis being wrong, I don't think anyone would care about that. For sure I wouldn't...
 
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I received my Zoom B6 today so have been messing around with it tonight. I bought it to replace my Boss GT-1B unit.

So far am really pleased with it and it has exceeded my expectations. I was careful not to accidentally alter things but I think I still made a schoolboy error in not copying the original patches I’ve been modifying to an empty slot, it’s early days with it so I suppose I could do a factory reset and start again?

For the most I’ve been messing around and modding the SVT Drive and SVT Clean patches which seem to be my favourites as a basic sound, on the Clean patch I’ve added Chorus and Reverb. I find the B6 very intuitive and it hasn’t taken a great amount of time to learn how to navigate around the settings etc.

I could tell pretty much right away that it’s definitely a step up from my GT-1B which until now I have always rated fairly highly.

The unit is a bit more robust than I imagined, having read that the housing is basically plastic I was a bit wary but I think it’s fairly strong.

So far I’ve only tried it through headphones which I know to a degree gives a false impression of what it will actually sound like live, and I’m aware that the DI models do colour the sound going to the amp through the 1/4” socket.

No doubt I will need some help at some point, I hope you B6 users will be able to point me in the right direction when the moment comes!
 
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Baker69 said:
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No doubt I will need some help at some point, I hope you B6 users will be able to point me in the right direction when the moment comes!
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Welcome to the club.
You can also check out this thread. One thing you may want to know in advance: for editing patches use the 'edit all' and leave the other edits alone. you won't need them ;)
And if we can, we'll do our best to help you out =]
 
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GotGroove said:
Welcome to the club.
You can also check out this thread. One thing you may want to know in advance: for editing patches use the 'edit all' and leave the other edits alone. you won't need them ;)
And if we can, we'll do our best to help you out =]
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Thanks GotGroove, yes initially I was using the individual edit buttons then I remember seeing a YouTube video where the guy recommended using the ‘Edit All’ function and it is easier as you say.

I seem to have very quickly arrived at 3 or 4 very usable patches which are possibly even giggable at this stage, but I think I’ve only scratched the surface yet on the B6’s capabilities and tone modelling options.

Thanks for the link to the B6 thread, I will need to read through it all!
 
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Alright, my MS60-B+ just arrived. Loving the sounds. But I'm having a problem and I'm hoping this group can help.

On my 60-B, I was able to use a midi page turner (MVave Chocolate) to walk through the pedal's patches. It just worked right out of the box that way with no setup or configuration.

I was hoping the 60-B+ would be the same, but it's not working. Does anyone know if the 60-B+ supports this midi function like the 60-B did?

I've submitted a help request to Zoom. Just hoping someone here already knows the answer.
 

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