StanBassMan

Right, when I find some time I'll have to do that. I'd've had the whole of this week if I'd taken some time off sick 'cos I've felt bl00dy rotten since Tuesday. I haven't helped myself by being a martyr to the cause! Ho hum. Cheers. Stan. [quote name='cheddatom' post='152886' date='Mar 7 2008, 09:44 AM']I can help i'm sure! I find the zoom really easy to use. I haven't bothered with the manual. Basically I use the left hand knob to scroll through different settings, and use the other three knobs to mess with these settings. The last position on the left hand knob is the control setting, which is useful for the expression pedal etc. If you can just find an hour to sit and play with it through your rig or headphones, you should be able to come up with some decent patches. I reckon the harmony settings will be in the "synth" section, but i'm not sure. If you just mess about with it, you'll learn more than just copying someone's settings.[/quote]

Thanks for that Nik. I'll have to try that. I simply detest having to go through the manual with a magnifying glass, in an attempt to gain some practical knowledge, but it would appear that there's no quick fix is there? I was hoping that someone who's managed to produce a workable patch, like that which I described, may read my post and reply "Yes, you set that knob to so and so and this knob to whatever and the last one to something else and you should get the effect that you're looking for!". Maybe I should keep waiting or maybe I should've bought a Boss ME50 B unit which, as I understand it, will deliver the goods, with some trial and error. Is there anybody out there? Stan. [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='152773' date='Mar 6 2008, 10:59 PM']Hi Stan, In my experience, the best way around the problem of the bass disappearing as you switch from one patch to another, is to set the volumes for each patch by a process of comparing one against the other until the [i]sound[/i] the same level to your ears. It won't work just by setting the volume for each patch at the same level (e.g. 70) because each sound is different and some seem much louder than others, and vice versa.. It's a slow process but it's either that or use a limiter in your FX chain... Hope that makes sense? Nik[/quote]

Greetings everyone. Having relatively recently joined the Effects Pedal brigade, (it was actually a week after my 50th birthday so, yes, I'm an old git but young at heart) I acquired a B2 1.u to go with my bought-at-the-same-time Schecter Hellraiser 5, the sound of which being enhanced by my Ashdown Electric Blue 180. I know it's generally a good idea to read the [i]"owner's manual"[/i] but we all know it can be extremely tedious having to do that. Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who thinks that [i]"user friendliness"[/i] is NOT one it's best attributes? Some of the sounds are great but I find that switching from one patch to another can create a "where's the bass player disappeared to?" effect, as from a booming bass sound to barely audible. Can anyone give any tips on the subject? Also, when I got the unit, I was hoping, at some point, to try and get Chris Squire's fantastic [i]"harmonised bass"[/i] sound, or something very near, as used so dramatically on Yes' Tormato album. Any ideas on that one, good people? I want to put my fretless through it with that effect active to see what it sounds like. I'm probably getting too old for this malarky! Cheers m' dears. Stan. (Having got the Schecter and the Zoom for a tad over £500, two months later I saw a Line 6 Variax bass for £599. [b]Aaaarrrrrgh.......![/b]) [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='144120' date='Feb 21 2008, 12:40 AM']Hi Folks, After about a year of owning a Zoom B2 and a B2 1.u, I finally managed/bothered to work out how to use the drum machine in it.. So after playing around with the drums for a while, then finding a really cool tube pre-amp tone, a bit of auto-wah and some ping-pong delay, I had a brilliant time jamming and practicing!! Kept me quiet for hours, it did.. It really does amaze me just how good these B2 fx units are for the money! Nik[/quote]