Zoom G3 question

smudge_lad

Hi guys,

Wondering if the G3 has the "line selector" pedal that appears in the multi-stop pedal, to allow you to turn on/off the whole chain with one stomp?

Lev

No it doesn't. I guess you could create a patch with nothing in it and switch to it whenever you want everything off. 

smudge_lad

ok man, cheers! was hoping i'd be able to switch everything on together too!

ICBM

Use the tuner… hold down the middle button. Then press it to bring everything back on.

Unlike the B3, the G3 has the very stupid oversight that holding it down for longer doesn't go to Mute - which is what you really want for tuning - it stays on Bypass, but for what you want that's ideal because there's no chance of accidentally muting it!

spacecadet

You could just stick it in a single tb loop. That would do the trick.

smudge_lad

yeah, was planning on putting it in my FX Loop, I was just over-thinking everything, as usual, lol!

p90fool

ICBM said:

Use the tuner… hold down the middle button. Then press it to bring everything back on.

Unlike the B3, the G3 has the very stupid oversight that holding it down for longer doesn't go to Mute - which is what you really want for tuning - it stays on Bypass, but for what you want that's ideal because there's no chance of accidentally muting it!

My G3 tuner mutes, just hold the middle button for about a second longer than bypass.

ICBM

p90fool said:

My G3 tuner mutes, just hold the middle button for about a second longer than bypass.

Mine doesn't. Trust me, I've tried holding it down for about a minute, let alone a second longer . Is it part of the firmware update package?

Lev

Hold down the middle button to activate the tuner, once in the tuner screen the first LCD will say 'Bypass' by default. Turn knob '1' under that LCD to toggle between 'Bypass' and 'Mute'.

I just discovered this now..... I'm on FW ver2.0, not sure if it this was always there with the older firmware and I just didn't notice.

ICBM

Lev said:

Hold down the middle button to activate the tune, once in the tuner screen the first LCD will say 'Bypass' by default. Turn knob '1' under that LCD to toggle between 'Bypass' and 'Mute'.

I just discovered this now..... I'm on FW ver2.0, not sure if it this was always there with the older firmware and I just didn't notice.

Brilliant! Thank you. I love this place. You answer one question and get a better answer to a different one back .

Mine is also an older version which has been later updated to V2.0. The original manual says hold for one second for bypass and two seconds for mute - which is how the B3 works, since it's never had an upgrade released.

monquixote

The lack of patch or bypass switching is the reason mine isn't on my board any more. 

Great units though.

p90fool

ICBM said:

p90fool said:

My G3 tuner mutes, just hold the middle button for about a second longer than bypass.

Mine doesn't. Trust me, I've tried holding it down for about a minute, let alone a second longer . Is it part of the firmware update package?

No mine's an old one I've never updated, but I seem to remember it was something I had to select in a menu rather than a default, probably the same thing that Lev is referring to

ICBM

Sounds like '1 for bypass, 2 for mute' is the original function - same as the B3, which comes standard like that. My G3 definitely been updated and now it's *either* bypass *or* mute, not one followed by the other. I can now use the tuner silently - although with the loss of the 'tuner as bypass' function, which makes it less useful to smudge_lad if he wants to use the tuner.

Slightly frustrating in some ways! To be honest I haven't quite bonded with the G3 as much as the B3 - it doesn't sound quite as good to me, and some of the functionality seems less well-thought out, like this.

p90fool

Oh well, I'm glad I never updated mine! I was too scared to anyway to be honest, after spending weeks of rehearsals finetuning my patches I didn't dare lose them. I do everything on Linux these days, which doesn't support Zoom's editing software.

wave100

You can also use an external footswitch connected to the control input to bypass the unit.