today i got my zoom ms-80ir+ ampsim pedal and i am so far very happy with it :)
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physically speaking, it is just wonderful. it has a very cute form-factor and the beautiful all-metal construction makes me very very very happy
more importantly though: so far it does exactly what i wanted and needed, and it does a good job of it
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i walk into the room, i plug in the usb-c cable to my laptop, it powers up (it has usb bus power!), i plug in the guitar and stomp to activate the tuner, i tune the guitar, i plug in my headphones, i play, i hit record on my laptop (it's a usb audio interface!). peak convenience
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i was worried that the headphone output might not work properly with my earphones, like on my “consumer” audio devices. nope, no problems. no noticeable noise. the digital volume control is sufficiently sensitive to avoid killing my hearing too. excellent!
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because it's in stomp pedal form factor it keeps your hands free and you can do many operations with just your feet, even adjusting the output volume. if you aren't wearing shoes, then the only thing you'd have to actually reach down for is turning the virtual knobs on the amp/fx
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it also HAS A SCREEN so you can SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING and you DO NOT NEED TO USE AN APP
speaking of the screen: contrast is ok, the pixel art for the various amps/fx/ambiences is very cute and the way the backlight changes colour when switching between categories is cute too
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i don't have enough familiarity with guitar amps to tell you if it “sounds good” by guitar amp enthusiast standards, but i will say that i have enjoyed browsing the built-in patches and observing how varied the tones can be. i don't have to worry i've got the wrong amp i suppose
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it has a few dozen ampsims and you can even load IRs but that's not for me. i'm probably gonna pick one favourite out of the built-ins, tweak it how i like it, and use it for everything? variety per se is not why i got it, but i do like that i can choose tone after buying
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with that said the variety in available like, genre, is valuable so i will probably make use of it sometimes if i don't end up sticking to one genre (it is actually very implausible i will stick to one genre no matter how good of an idea that would be for improving skill)
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stereo delay my beloved
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@hikari this rules
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@Tijn ^^
part of me wants to become a bassist clearly
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i love the zoom ms-80ir+ so much… the convenience of being able to, among other things, switch to the tuner, switch back, bypass the “amp” (hear completely clean tones), un-bypass it, bypass the effect, unbypass it, switch patches, adjust output volume… all with just my feet!
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the fact the ms-80ir+ is a usb audio interface is extremely convenient too because i can plug my earphones into it and hear both my guitar playing (as processed by the pedal) and my laptop's audio output simultaneously, both in full stereo and high quality (it's not noisy yaaay)
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this in particular has been such a godsend for me you have no idea. i am usually in the zone and just want to play guitar, but occasionally i need to consult a youtube video, or play back what i just recorded, or i want to listen to music, and i can do this without unplugging
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@hikari does it have a way to disable loopback? i could see (possibly kind of bad) reasons to want to do that in software instead
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@leo i'm not using loopback here, my earphones are connected to the pedal's output and the pedal is receiving audio from my laptop and simultaneously processing guitar input
not sure if it has a loopback function for the audio interface, wouldn't be surprised if it does though
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@hikari the guitar tone rabbit hole is incredibly deep. It just keeps on going, there's no such thing as "the best tone" or "the right tone" or whatever. Anything ca work with anything.
It's also fun to mess with this stuff for a while and then listen for and recognise guitar sounds in other people's music.
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