Tonelib has something similar; a place where users have uploaded all of their patches, and a backup set of all the default ones.
But there is no place to download, say, the B1on patches to a B1four.
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Ok, ty for clarifications
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I feel like I should know this, but…
Is there a way to delete patches? There are so many that I know I’ll never use and would like to clean up the library on my B3n.
I’ve looked around in the ToneLib and Zoom Guitar Lab apps, but can’t find a way.
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Yep, you can delete them on the device (manual will show how) or in Tonelib (maybe a trash can icon? I forget).
Also, on the B3n, there’s (IIRC) 150 patch slots, and the last 75 are empty. I just went to the end and started working backwards, without deleting anything 
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There’s no mention of deleting patches in the manual, and I haven’t seen a trash can icon or anything about deleting in the interactive menus. 
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Hmm, now that I think about it it might be that on device you can only delete effects in a patch (though I swear I thought I remembered the ability to delete patches too.) If that’s the case, deleting all the effects in a patch automatically makes it a bypass (i.e. empty). Then you can rename it something like “empty.”
In Tonelib, check the icons above the patch list, I thought one of them deleted patches but I could be wrong.
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@howard it worked. I deleted the effects and it automagically renamed the patch “Empty”. Thanks!
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… actually, I just found a way to delete them… in ToneLib, next to the patch name, is 3 vertical dots which opens a menu. On the bottom of that menu “Clear Current Patch”. That works.
I’m rearranging patches so my personal patches are at the top of the list, and all the others are on the bottom.
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Somehow in all my looking at Zoom units I never saw this video, which is super ironic, as it starts out with the Darkglass model going into the SVT model 
The Darkglass model sounds like a darkglass, not any specific one, just that style - just like its SVT model sounds like a generic Ampeg but not any specific SVT 
If you get bored with the metal intro he goes Blues at about 1:40, including the using the Defretter effect to sound like a fretless.
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I think that’s the best Zoom video I’ve seen. 
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Nice little boxes with tons of bang for the buck
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Thanks for posting that video @howard, very informative. Now, I’ll go mess around with my B3n again and see what I can come up with.
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I have been using the TS Drive effect (Ibanez TS808 sim) on my Zoom B3n and really like what it does. I started thinking about forking out the $100 to buy the actual pedal (now Ibanez TS9) and in my research I came across this interesting comparison between the two. I listened to it with headphones, and really don’t hear enough of a difference to compel me to add another $100 pedal to my board. I’m interested to hear what you lot think.
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Pardon my ignorance @PamPurrs but is that a Tube Screamer ?
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Yes it is and it sounds great!
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Cool . Thank you .
Been seeing them crop up on eBay and wondered what they were.
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The Zoom does a REALLY good job of making models of the real pedals, there is no question about it.
@PamPurrs. I tested the Corona Chorus from the Zoom effects next to the identical pedal from TC Electronics, the Corona Chorus pedal.
When I set up the levels of the simulated pedal in the Zoom the same as the levels on the real pedal, I could not tell the difference, side by side comparison, I would say that ZOOM NAILED IT. They got it dead accurate.
So, here is the difference to me.
1 - I am a tech junky, I like pedals, I like multi effects processors, I like Basses, I want them all
2 - see #1
3 - I like having the actual pedals, I like setting them up in real time, I like chaining them on the board, I like getting new ones, I like comparing 2 pedals of the same type side by side, I like to change more then one effect at the same time. If I have my noise gate, compressor, overdrive, octave, and chorus pedal all on at the same time, and I want to dial in a sound, I like to be able to change any one, two or 4 of them at the same time, it is much easier for me to adjust my sound in and get exactly what I want, with little if any compromises.
When I do it as a patch in the Zoom, I have to keep going back and forth and remembering what was set like what, and going into one, changing it, playing something, trying to recall how I had another patch set when I liked it, etc… FOR ME, IMO and IME, I like how I can work with real pedals better then I can work with them linked in a patch in zoom. BUT, it does not mean that the model of the pedals in the zoom are not as good as the real pedals, or close enough for my ears liking.
4 - because I am happier with the results of real pedals, that is the right choice for me. if anybody, you included is happier keeping your money, and liking what you get out of the Zoom, that is what is right for them / you.
5 - see #1 and #2
6 - because of #1, #2 and #5, I also have and use my Zoom effects, alone and with my pedalboard. I have a B1-four, B1x-four and MS-60b
@Mac, the Tube Screamer is a great pedal, and it is copied all the time. some copies are as good, in fact a lot of them are, and some are even a little better, or not better, just more versatile.
My Earthquaker Labs PLUMES, is built on the same circuit as the Tube Screamer (whatever that means, I am just repeating what reviewer have said on you tube) but it has a toggle switch that changes the “clipping” method, so you have the regular Tube Screamer (most people refer to is at the TS) clipping and two other clipping options that change the signal shape a little. plus it has a tone that changes the sound color a little different then the TS.
all in all, my PLUMES is a TS copy, with a little more versatility then the real thing. Being that it is $99, if the TS is the same price at $100, it doesn’t matter what way you go.
If you look at overdrive pedals on Amazon or Ebay, etc… if you read the reviews, and see people saying it is a TS copy, if it’s $40, and you want a TS to play with, heck, buy it for $40.
Also @Mac. if you have not already, and you want to play with a TS, play with it in your Zoom first, you can get a feel for it.
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Me too. However I am restricted by:
(a) budget
(b) space
Therefore: I carefully decide if it is worth the investment of (a) and (b) to satisfy #1 and #2, or just make use of my existing inventory of (a) and (b).
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Yeah, I am starting to have to factor those two things into the mix.
I have been fortunate to have the time, space and budget to get this far.
I still have the time, but the Space is going to change, and I don’t know how or where yet. The budget is going to get tight after Oct 15th, so I am starting to plan a little.
Amazon Prime is wonderful, as you know Pam, for checking out electronics as tho they are library cards.
I buy and return pedals all the time, I have been floating around with about a $300 credit that I keep going with. anytime I keep a pedal, I just have to cover what was spent to keep the cycle going. right now My credit is about up to $400, and I am pretty sure that I am going to return the $149 Boss reverb pedal and try something else, but I am going to buy that something else first and listen to them side by side. I have about 20 more days to decide. If I don’t find another reverb pedal I like better, I still might return the Boss RV-6 and live off what is in the Zoom’s
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I’m also a gear junkie @T_dub and like the look of seperate pedals even though the Zoom will do a lot of it.
I’m learning to talk sense into myself when it comes to basses so once I think I’vee got enough pedals imho I’ll hopefully then move onto the next bit of kit lol.
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