kevin_lindsay Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 (edited) I saw this video clip the other day. She used a Zoom B3 for the bass synth sound, and a Boss OC -5 for the octaver sound at the end. I have to say that the bass synth setting sounds fantastic. (So much so, that I bought a ZOOM B3n last night to try out the bass synthetic setting for myself) Edited May 27, 2023 by kevin_lindsay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlefeeder Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 Great chops and a lovely squelchy synth patch. Add to that a stingray through an octave pedal and it's the whole package! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmb Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 8 hours ago, kevin_lindsay said: She used a Zoom B3n and a Boss OC -5 for the synth, and octaves, sounds respectively. She used a Zoom B3. I don't know if this changes something. Fmb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfrasho Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 I think the zoom synth stuff sounds better than the ones in my helix! In fact, If my Helix broke, I would happily go back to a b3n! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagsieblue Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Brilliant - that is one of the best bass synth sounds I can remember hearing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Yeah, Boss and Line 6 should look to Zoom for some synth 'inspiration'. (Or even better, look to Source Audio and Panda Audio). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 (edited) On 22/05/2023 at 13:34, kevin_lindsay said: I saw this video clip the other day. She used a Zoom B3n for the bass synth sound, and a Boss OC -5 for the octaver sound at the end. I have to say that the bass synth setting sounds fantastic. (So much so, that I bought a ZOOM B3n last night to try out the bass synthetic setting for myself) On 22/05/2023 at 22:29, fmb said: She used a Zoom B3. I don't know if this changes something. Fmb It does... The previous generation of effects that the B3 used, which the current production multi stomp boxes, like the MS-70CDR also uses, are way more tweakable than the newer generation effects of the B3n and B1 Four, also in my opinion they actually also sound a lot better than the newer generation of effect models (and I am not alone with that opinion either), and the B3 got a couple more synth models than the newer B3n as well. If you wanted to duplicate the synth sounds of that video, given it was made on a B3 and not a B3n, you should have gotten the MS-70CDR (newest firmware update got all the synth effects from the MS-60B, but allows for a maximum of 6 effects per patch, vs. the just 4 effects of the MS-60B. Also you could just download the 3rd party Firmware hack, the "Zoom Effect Manager" and load whichever collection of the same generation of Zoom effect models, including the amp emulations, to it), or a used B3, B1on or B1Xon. That said you might still be able to do something somewhat similar with the B3n. Though if I was you I would get a used B1Xon or G1Xon and then load whatever effects you want on it via the 3rd party firmware hack app "Zoom Effect Manager", as both the units share the exact same hardware and operating system, also they would allow easier switching between patches than the MS-70CDR, and both features an actually genuinely great build in expression pedal that can be assigned to control any given one parameter of any given effect of each patch, also they are actually a bit smaller than the B3/B3n, despite the build in expression pedal. In my opinion the B1Xon/G1Xon is the best digital multi effect Zoom ever made (especially if making use of the 3rd party firmware hack app). Edited May 27, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 I'll have to dig out my B3 and have a play with it now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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