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Published on 09/14/10 at 05:41The pedal has a large size, with a metal frame that seems indestructible. This results in a high enough weight ...
It has a bunch of buttons and knobs at the top of the pedal for editing and adjusting the sound and 7 switches at the bottom for the selection of banks and patches.
All right pedal, it was an expression pedal that can be assigned to different functions.
The pedal features a 12AX7 tube pre-amp. Otherwise the pedal is 100% digital.
Overall the pedal incorporates virtually all the effects that exist on earth ... (visit zoom for details).
The pedal is editable by computer via MIDI / USB (not included).
The connectors on the back of the foot that are more complete: stereo output jack (for connecting 2 amps), USB output for direct recording, MIDI in / out, ...
Basically, it's hard to find something that this pedal can not do!
UTILIZATION
Let's be clear ... the configuration of the pedal at first is not easy and may completely deter novices. Fortunately, the manual is very well done and very clear. On the other hand, by investing in a MIDI / USB (30 € approximately), you can edit the pedal from a computer and it immediately becomes easier.
However, the use of the pedal itself for the game is very intuitive and does not present difficulties: one chooses either a pre-edited patch is a patch you send personal and sauce ...
It has a total of 4 x 10 banks of sounds: 2 x10 "user" editable and 2 x 10 "factory preprogrammed with sounds. For each type were 10 banks for live (power amp) and 10 banks for saving (connection to a mixer).
Not easy ... but overall it is found mostly use the user banks for live performances (10 banks).
And for each bank of 4 presets are available (or patches) that can still be divided into two modes of pre-amps.
What makes sounds at all ... 320 ...!
For each patch, we can then assign different effect: reverb, compressor, chorus, ... and choose 2 types of pre-amplifiers that can switch to using the button CHANEL A / B (the other effects do not change). This allows for example, for the same patch, having a clear and a crunch sound with the same effect settings, or to have two different gain settings of a single amp modeling.
There is a option to play as a pedal-board where each switch corresponds to an effect that can be activated or not (we can not change on the other hand patch in this mode).
Finally, you can assign almost all parameters of each effect to the expression pedal and up to 4 parameters simultaneously which can afford to do things completely crazy ...!
SOUND QUALITY
It is clear that what follows is a comparison with other similar products ... it is obviously out of question to compare this effect with a multi-amp Mesa to 3 000 € ...!
That said, I find that this multi-effect is very good in terms of sound it delivers.
Overall, we are free to create all the sounds you want ... (you can also find many on the internet).
Personally I plug directly into input 2 amps (to get stereo effects): an old stack tube combo and a fender.
Played with different guitars (strato, LTD EC, Ibanez), the pedal meets every sound and every guitar sounds like it should sound. It also intends to fine the quality difference between the guitars, which proves that the signal of each is respected.
I was amazed by the dynamics of the pedal. One can, on one sound, spending crunch in clear just by playing on Knob volume of the guitar, which allows for more finesse than other multi-effects (it also depends on the amp behind).
Far from being a gimmick, we feel that the light of pre-amp does its job and adjusting the injection rate of the lamp by its completely changes the sound performance of the pedal.
Personally I changed the original lamp with a 12AX7 Mesa which has completely transformed the sound clear, warm, deeper ... beautiful! However the effect on overdrive was more limited ...
In short, for a multi-purpose I repeat, the sound quality is by appointment and with a little practice you are able to achieve all the sounds you can imagine, from simple to more crazy ...!
On this point, it is important to note that it is unnecessary to use any sound modules failing to reach a boiling sound.
Personally, I always start with the clear sound of the amp and then I add to as and when the desired effects while trying not to overload the sound.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this pedal for over a year and I am fully satisfied. Compared to other multi-effects or amp modeling, there's no contest for me. She also buries a lot of setup amp + pedals while being simpler and more reliable (no cables between the pedals so no loss or attenuation of the signal).
Played in groups, she draws beautifully out of the game and his presence is impressive (while being dependent on the amp and settings behind each patch ...).
Only negative point: the loosening of the untimely expression pedal becomes very soft ... A screw at the rear allows to tighten the pedal travel. The problem on my model is that the window for access to this screw is not in front ... which requires disassembly of the entire back panel to adjust (about one 20aine small screws to remove each time c ... ' is painful). However this may be an isolated case, to check when buying.
Coming from a ZOOM G2, I was expecting just an extension of possibilities ... but from the G7 is much more than that ... the sound clearly has nothing to do ... in exchange for greater complexity setting (which is logical given the possibilities of the beast).
The G7.1ut is really a good choice for a multi-effect and a serious alternative to a configuration amps + pedals much more costly and burdensome to achieve the same sound quality.
However this pedal is not suitable for people who do not want to bother to hone their sound ... it is not at all in the style plug and play ...
A pedal that also deserves so ...
It has a bunch of buttons and knobs at the top of the pedal for editing and adjusting the sound and 7 switches at the bottom for the selection of banks and patches.
All right pedal, it was an expression pedal that can be assigned to different functions.
The pedal features a 12AX7 tube pre-amp. Otherwise the pedal is 100% digital.
Overall the pedal incorporates virtually all the effects that exist on earth ... (visit zoom for details).
The pedal is editable by computer via MIDI / USB (not included).
The connectors on the back of the foot that are more complete: stereo output jack (for connecting 2 amps), USB output for direct recording, MIDI in / out, ...
Basically, it's hard to find something that this pedal can not do!
UTILIZATION
Let's be clear ... the configuration of the pedal at first is not easy and may completely deter novices. Fortunately, the manual is very well done and very clear. On the other hand, by investing in a MIDI / USB (30 € approximately), you can edit the pedal from a computer and it immediately becomes easier.
However, the use of the pedal itself for the game is very intuitive and does not present difficulties: one chooses either a pre-edited patch is a patch you send personal and sauce ...
It has a total of 4 x 10 banks of sounds: 2 x10 "user" editable and 2 x 10 "factory preprogrammed with sounds. For each type were 10 banks for live (power amp) and 10 banks for saving (connection to a mixer).
Not easy ... but overall it is found mostly use the user banks for live performances (10 banks).
And for each bank of 4 presets are available (or patches) that can still be divided into two modes of pre-amps.
What makes sounds at all ... 320 ...!
For each patch, we can then assign different effect: reverb, compressor, chorus, ... and choose 2 types of pre-amplifiers that can switch to using the button CHANEL A / B (the other effects do not change). This allows for example, for the same patch, having a clear and a crunch sound with the same effect settings, or to have two different gain settings of a single amp modeling.
There is a option to play as a pedal-board where each switch corresponds to an effect that can be activated or not (we can not change on the other hand patch in this mode).
Finally, you can assign almost all parameters of each effect to the expression pedal and up to 4 parameters simultaneously which can afford to do things completely crazy ...!
SOUND QUALITY
It is clear that what follows is a comparison with other similar products ... it is obviously out of question to compare this effect with a multi-amp Mesa to 3 000 € ...!
That said, I find that this multi-effect is very good in terms of sound it delivers.
Overall, we are free to create all the sounds you want ... (you can also find many on the internet).
Personally I plug directly into input 2 amps (to get stereo effects): an old stack tube combo and a fender.
Played with different guitars (strato, LTD EC, Ibanez), the pedal meets every sound and every guitar sounds like it should sound. It also intends to fine the quality difference between the guitars, which proves that the signal of each is respected.
I was amazed by the dynamics of the pedal. One can, on one sound, spending crunch in clear just by playing on Knob volume of the guitar, which allows for more finesse than other multi-effects (it also depends on the amp behind).
Far from being a gimmick, we feel that the light of pre-amp does its job and adjusting the injection rate of the lamp by its completely changes the sound performance of the pedal.
Personally I changed the original lamp with a 12AX7 Mesa which has completely transformed the sound clear, warm, deeper ... beautiful! However the effect on overdrive was more limited ...
In short, for a multi-purpose I repeat, the sound quality is by appointment and with a little practice you are able to achieve all the sounds you can imagine, from simple to more crazy ...!
On this point, it is important to note that it is unnecessary to use any sound modules failing to reach a boiling sound.
Personally, I always start with the clear sound of the amp and then I add to as and when the desired effects while trying not to overload the sound.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this pedal for over a year and I am fully satisfied. Compared to other multi-effects or amp modeling, there's no contest for me. She also buries a lot of setup amp + pedals while being simpler and more reliable (no cables between the pedals so no loss or attenuation of the signal).
Played in groups, she draws beautifully out of the game and his presence is impressive (while being dependent on the amp and settings behind each patch ...).
Only negative point: the loosening of the untimely expression pedal becomes very soft ... A screw at the rear allows to tighten the pedal travel. The problem on my model is that the window for access to this screw is not in front ... which requires disassembly of the entire back panel to adjust (about one 20aine small screws to remove each time c ... ' is painful). However this may be an isolated case, to check when buying.
Coming from a ZOOM G2, I was expecting just an extension of possibilities ... but from the G7 is much more than that ... the sound clearly has nothing to do ... in exchange for greater complexity setting (which is logical given the possibilities of the beast).
The G7.1ut is really a good choice for a multi-effect and a serious alternative to a configuration amps + pedals much more costly and burdensome to achieve the same sound quality.
However this pedal is not suitable for people who do not want to bother to hone their sound ... it is not at all in the style plug and play ...
A pedal that also deserves so ...