ZOOM MRS802
Never before has such an awesome array of studio recording tools been fit into such an
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affordable package. The Zoom MRS802 contains eight mono tracks, plus a stereo master track and independent stereo drum track. A fully-programmable Zoom 16 bit drum m...
Advantages: Compact, cheap as chips, huge editability, great sound Disadvantages: Not for the professional gigging guitarist
...Its always good to review something cheap, but even better when you're reviewing a gift! As it happens, I'm cheating because although this was a Christmas gift from my wife, I did actually buy it myself!
This is the revised Zoom 505II guitar effects pedal. The major difference from the original Zoom 505 is that it starts you off with 36 effects patches instead of the original's 24.
Its a very small pedal, just 14x12 centimetres, but it packs a great punch. My version is the sleek silver one, but the design is the same, which ever colour you buy. The essence of the device is that it allowes the guitarist to utilise up to 36 patch effects, up to 9 variations being available for use at the same time, and then to edit those patches and save the variations you design. There are even sites on the internet where you can download...
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Advantages: Lots of sounds, smartmedia Disadvantages: made entirely of plastic, complicated interface
...I recently purchased this for £99 including p&p as I have been wanting a new pedal for ages, and rather than getting one which could only do one thing I decided to get one which could do a lot.
A picture of the unit can be found at this site: http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/
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So far I have been very happy with the unit which has a great range of features:
74 different effects including: distortion, modulation (e.g. chorus and flanger), reverb and delay effects, cabinet simulator, acoustic simulator.
60 built in 'patches' and the ability to program 60 of your own. These are combinations of the effects listed above.
Runs for 11 hours on one set of AA batteries, or can be run from the main with an adaptor (which is rather annoyingly not included as standard).
Using a 16MB SmartMedia card (sold...
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Advantages: Lots of sounds in one package. Disadvantages: Not mighty valve produced analogue ones.
...The Zoom GFX-707 is a guitar effects pedal.
It has a large range of sounds made up of thirty factory preset ones and thirty user programmable ones.
There is a built in tuner, a built in drum machine, and a large integrated foot-pedal for those squawky wah-wah moments.
What does all this mean in real life?
Well, costs vary. I've seen it for £129.95 at musicianshop.com, £119.00 at regentguitars.co.uk, and a there's a multi-effects version called a GFX-707 II which is available at electrohill.co.uk for £119.95.
Years ago, that sort of money used to buy one Boss effects pedal with, say, distortion on it. Then if you wanted other pedals like reverb, delay, chorus and flange, these would have to be daisy-chained together with lots of little cables - a messy solution with lots of things to go wrong.
This one pedal can...
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Production Year: 2003 - Drama - Director: Robert Allan Ackerman - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez, Anne Bancroft, Brian Dennehy
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