Hi All, perhaps you guys could help a lad in a wee pickle.
I’m greatly enjoying the effects of my Zoom B1 Four. In particular, for an aspiring basement bassist (yours truly), the various tone modalities, compressors and cabinet simulators are a great way to explore the possibilities of our axe of choice.
However, I wanted to connect it to Tonelib to install a Steve Harris simulator patch, but Tonelib refuses to connect to it on either one of my two computers (2011 Mac Pro, El Crapitan and 2020 Mac Air, Mojave). Has anyone run into this problem? How did you solve it?
@howard, so I’ve been dickering with it, and I turned on GuitarLab (Zoom’s own app) and it discovered the B1 just fine. So then, I turned on on ToneLib and it discovered the B1 as well. I shut off guitar lab, and then relaunched ToneLib, and it also caught the stomp box.
I backtracked to see what was the matter, and the only thing that I can think of is the USB cable I used was the wrong kind (apparently it was one with only the power, but not the data leads. The new wire seems to work great.
Not silly, I would have never guessed it either! In my book a USB cable is a USB cable. I know that less quality cables can affect Apple products but never heard of anything else.
Power-only USB cables actually exist for security reasons. They allow you to plug in your device to a “public” USB port (at an airport, for instance) without running the risk of acquiring an interesting piece of malware.
@Mike_NL, yes. This one was actually the charger cable off of my daughter’s Sphero. I may be ignorant, but I do make up for it by having huge quantities of stupidity
I’ve been trying to simulate a Tech21 SH1 stomp box on the Zoom B1 four.
There are a couple of Steve Harris patches available, but they’re not doing it for me. I will eventually likely get the SH1, but for now the Missus would likely throttle me with my own amp cord if I did. So, I’m trying to get something put together on the Zoom.
In particular, I’m having trouble finding an effect that would simulate the “bite” setting on the SH1. Any ideas?
I’m trying to find already worked-out patches for my Zoom B1X Four as I usually feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of effects you can try out when seeking to simulate any given specific sound, and I haven’t come across that many sites where I can find them, one of them being the YouTube channel called AMP (How To Sound Like...Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath - YouTube)
I’d like to ask you if you’re already using these type of “turnkey solution” patches to please detail where you buy/download, etc. them for the Zoom B1.
Hi @AngelC . I sold my zoom box about a year ago, and I bought the Harris SH1.
The Zoom forum and Tonelib forum both have patch download sections, if that helps. You can also find some on talkbass. That’s where I found the SH one.
I’m digging into my B1 Four. I’m working on creating my own patches. It’s easy once you get the hang of it. Check out YouTube vids. There are some really informative ones that explain the interface.
Hey hey, I’m eyeballing the Zoom B1 four for my first pedal (I like to just dive in!). The only thing keeping me from taking the plunge is I don’t have a personal computer. I work for a bank so my work laptop has a bunch of security/firewalls & can’t be used for personal stuff like this).
I’ve been unable to find if you can use a phone/app with Zoom instead of a pc/Mac, I’m assuming no. If that’s the case, is it even worth it to buy this w/o a computer to hook it up to?
In case it matters, I’m still very new to bass and am not looking for something to record with/etc. simply to play around and have fun with effects/be creative.
I know that less quality cables can affect Apple products but never heard of anything else.
