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Published on 11/07/12 at 09:20Two foot switches, a screen to show the banks (A to F) and effects (number 1 to 4 of each bank, 24 programs in total).
Edit button to program, store to store, the + / - keys to navigate.
Point.
Back: Instrument Input, Line Out, Headphone out, Alim, and an inscription "Made in Japan" that inspires confidence. Below: Cover for a 9V battery. The hull is made of plastic but the bottom is metal. Finally we have an expression pedal input, but drop is for the Wah Wah and sucks like ... I finally see it below.
UTILIZATION
Ultra simple!
You press the pedal, you change effect. You can block a bank or not, change silent or not to go forward or backward bypass.
The concept: each sound suite is composed of fixed effects, each effect is set at different levels:
1 - compressseur / limit / wah
2 - distortion
3 - gain
4 - amp simulator
5 - equalizer / phaser
6 - chorus / flanger / synth / octaver
7 - delay / reverb
8 - output level
In the genus easy to use, seriously I have rarely seen so enjoyable. The manual is read in 5 minutes and you quickly realize this is very well explained and illustrated.
Simply press the Edit button and voila, you enter the programming mode. Then, one by one, adjusting the intensity of the effect (it flashes when it is selected, you can not go wrong, and the screen afiche the effect sizes), and although it was impossible combinations, which is a shame, there is something fun.
Then you press twice Store, it is stored.
SOUND QUALITY
- How it sounds, Chapter 1 of the stew.
When it was released in 1996, I did not like. Zoom does not play in the big leagues. And then I was looking for a bass synth, the 506 is the ... how to say? ... to die of laughter? ... Yes, that's exactly it! This is not a synth, it's a big filter saturated well below the Digitech Bass Synth Wah or Ibanez SB-7.
Second effect Kiss Cool: The autowah sucks. Not powerful and it was nice to grind, it is unusable. I had a Wah George Denis, a Boss FW-3, and I autowah my Boss SYB-3 Bass Synthesizer, they are light years above that of the 506.
Finally, the simulation models are not convincing. Set as yours.
- How does that sound, Chapter 2: not bad.
Remains: the compressor, octaver, chorus, the delays, the distos, flanger, phaser, EQ.
And then we can do something good this 506, but you must enter in and tweak.
First, these effects are quite bloody, and at each level of control means substantially different sound.
The distos, it is the slight saturation adjustment bluesy "toutafon" a beefy amp, through the 70's fuzz effect.
For the modulation of sound, it's all good: the chorus are clear and precise, flanger works perfectly, phaser too, and EQ is subtle but it can boost the effect, correct, according the bass is quite effective.
We have three types of delay / reverb (delay, hall, room).
The octaver to inflate slightly the sound of the bass or double it outright.
When the compressor is simple, I put on all my donf personal settings, and that it Rabotte attack nickel.
Three characters sound: as a result, compressor + eq. + + Fuzz light delay / compressor + eq. + + Octaver hall reverb / delay + compressor.
http://dl.dropbox.co...872/Zoom506.m4a
OVERALL OPINION
For the first time I needed a multi-effects, and I wanted something small, convenient and cheap. I was surprised by the possibilities of this craft which at the time I had not won because I was looking for bass-synth sounds only.
+ Zoom 506 fits in the pocket of the case of low
+ Is reliable and robust
+ The look rock-industrial anthracite and orange is tasteful
+ It is super fast to take charge
- on the other hand it is limited by the number of widgets we wanted to keep it
- And not to the height of the individual effects of quality
But this is not his goal he must be back in order to extract the best and it is so easy to program as it makes a small Swiss Army knife very useful.
Edit button to program, store to store, the + / - keys to navigate.
Point.
Back: Instrument Input, Line Out, Headphone out, Alim, and an inscription "Made in Japan" that inspires confidence. Below: Cover for a 9V battery. The hull is made of plastic but the bottom is metal. Finally we have an expression pedal input, but drop is for the Wah Wah and sucks like ... I finally see it below.
UTILIZATION
Ultra simple!
You press the pedal, you change effect. You can block a bank or not, change silent or not to go forward or backward bypass.
The concept: each sound suite is composed of fixed effects, each effect is set at different levels:
1 - compressseur / limit / wah
2 - distortion
3 - gain
4 - amp simulator
5 - equalizer / phaser
6 - chorus / flanger / synth / octaver
7 - delay / reverb
8 - output level
In the genus easy to use, seriously I have rarely seen so enjoyable. The manual is read in 5 minutes and you quickly realize this is very well explained and illustrated.
Simply press the Edit button and voila, you enter the programming mode. Then, one by one, adjusting the intensity of the effect (it flashes when it is selected, you can not go wrong, and the screen afiche the effect sizes), and although it was impossible combinations, which is a shame, there is something fun.
Then you press twice Store, it is stored.
SOUND QUALITY
- How it sounds, Chapter 1 of the stew.
When it was released in 1996, I did not like. Zoom does not play in the big leagues. And then I was looking for a bass synth, the 506 is the ... how to say? ... to die of laughter? ... Yes, that's exactly it! This is not a synth, it's a big filter saturated well below the Digitech Bass Synth Wah or Ibanez SB-7.
Second effect Kiss Cool: The autowah sucks. Not powerful and it was nice to grind, it is unusable. I had a Wah George Denis, a Boss FW-3, and I autowah my Boss SYB-3 Bass Synthesizer, they are light years above that of the 506.
Finally, the simulation models are not convincing. Set as yours.
- How does that sound, Chapter 2: not bad.
Remains: the compressor, octaver, chorus, the delays, the distos, flanger, phaser, EQ.
And then we can do something good this 506, but you must enter in and tweak.
First, these effects are quite bloody, and at each level of control means substantially different sound.
The distos, it is the slight saturation adjustment bluesy "toutafon" a beefy amp, through the 70's fuzz effect.
For the modulation of sound, it's all good: the chorus are clear and precise, flanger works perfectly, phaser too, and EQ is subtle but it can boost the effect, correct, according the bass is quite effective.
We have three types of delay / reverb (delay, hall, room).
The octaver to inflate slightly the sound of the bass or double it outright.
When the compressor is simple, I put on all my donf personal settings, and that it Rabotte attack nickel.
Three characters sound: as a result, compressor + eq. + + Fuzz light delay / compressor + eq. + + Octaver hall reverb / delay + compressor.
http://dl.dropbox.co...872/Zoom506.m4a
OVERALL OPINION
For the first time I needed a multi-effects, and I wanted something small, convenient and cheap. I was surprised by the possibilities of this craft which at the time I had not won because I was looking for bass-synth sounds only.
+ Zoom 506 fits in the pocket of the case of low
+ Is reliable and robust
+ The look rock-industrial anthracite and orange is tasteful
+ It is super fast to take charge
- on the other hand it is limited by the number of widgets we wanted to keep it
- And not to the height of the individual effects of quality
But this is not his goal he must be back in order to extract the best and it is so easy to program as it makes a small Swiss Army knife very useful.