How I MultiStomp: My tips and tricks for getting the most out of yr Zoom MultiStomp 

Oh dang thank you so so much for this breakdown! I'm sure this will be super helpful for people who prefer to just get the tips and go and for folx who learn better by reading instead of listening. Pinning it to the top!

@@PedalFriends I think it's very valuable to listen to it once in its entirety, but when you go back it might be nice to just go to the part that they want to focus upon. Great video, sir!

Thanks for your kind words and you are quite welcome! Hope the deep dive unearths new and inspiring sounds for you. Don't forget to check the subreddit for some awesome settings and answers to tons of questions: reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp

Thanks for making such a useful resources yrself and for being so great

Pedal Friends Man I'm so rubbish at replying on here! Ha ha! Thanks, bud. You're great, too. We're both just incredibly awesome! 😂 Yes, I absolutely will do. I bought a second MultiStomp today and I'm already imagining all the craziness I can create...

Blair Hogan thanks for the kind words! They’re amazing pedals and I can only imagine how amazing 3 of them sound together! Stack 18 digital delays in slowly descending time orders and I’m sure a hole into the sun will open up.

Thanks so much! And yeah, the digital thing is not a bad thing. I kind of follow this Brian Eno quote (to an extent): "Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them." People rad on digital pedals and digital effects but eventually the digital quality is what will come to DEFINE an entire sound, I bet. The MultiStomp fits this philosophy almost perfectly since it's trying to be a million other things and falls short; that falling short is what makes it UNIQUE and entirely its own.

Thank you! It will probably do AWESOME things with a sax so I'm excited for you =D

Still appreciating this in 2024 ! I spent about three hours last night reinventing and exploring, still a killer pedal!

@@GS-uy4xoreally happy to hear the video continues to help you and others! Hope you found some awesome new sounds.

You're very welcome and thanks for saying thanks! Hope it was insightful =)

Neat! I'll have to watch your video. The Sound Sprite one sounds neat but I really don't notice any problems with my bypass signal and I use a true bypass switch regardless so I "bypass" the problem entirely =D

Steve Bennett thanks! ❤️

Thanks for watching

Thanks so much for watching and enjoying! I feel like it would be a perfect pair with the Microcosm they're both insanely versatile and expansive tools. And YES, play with pitch delays! It's my favorite guitar effect overall.

Thanks so much my gosh this is extremely high praise! I'm happy you found yr way to my vid and enjoyed it =D hope the 70 and that AC-15 treat you well, my friend.

So pumped that yr enjoying it! The bit crusher is the best, right?? If you haven't checked out my first video feel free to jump to that and steal some patches from there =D ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LlVa5V8E7-s.html

Yeah, considering how much it'd cost to get a dedicated bit crusher pedal, this thing is a god send! I'm slowly waking up to not listening to the pedal snobs out there, if it keeps you creative, and you like the sound, then it's good!! All the best dude!

Jonny Hall mine is coming for my synths today!

Oh man so happy you ended up getting one and are enjoying it! I originally got this one for my synths but found too many uses down on the board. Now I've got ZOIA for synths and gosh it's AMAZING.

Hell yeah I heard nothing but good things about ZOIA!🎧💫👌 one of the things I love about the CDR is it stereo ins and out.

Damn I just got the last one at my local shop for my volcas. Holy hell is it awesome.

@@dudleyhughbanks9287 That's what it gets used on with me to! My "volcas" and my "monologue".

Yr very welcome and thank you for yr comment!

WOAH I'm gonna have to check out all yr vids to hear that in action. Thanks for watching =)

@@PedalFriends I will make more for sure,not enough violin/cello demos with pedals :(

@@JansonHarris be the change you wish to see in the world =D

Thanks for saying thanks and you're entirely welcome! I've never played a DD-3 but my best guess would be the regular "Delay" since that one is just a digital delay with no mod options like the DD-3. You can use the HiDMP to tailor the repeats tonal quality to match which may take some work but could provide great results. You may also try the DualDigiD which is based on the Eventide TimeFactor but generally will provide you with "pristine" and clear repeats like Digital Delays are known for (just remember to set the modulation all the way down since I don't think the DD-3 has modulation on the repeats). You can also always stack effects like EQs and whatnot to try to change the sound of yr patches but remember that it will then effect yr entire signal too.

So I power is with a TrueTone CS7 on the 500mA output chain and it is not daisy chained to anything else. I've had some troubles with noise when daisychaining in the past because as you push the DSP, it seems to take more power and therefore potentially hum a bit more when daisychained. I'd suggest keeping it on its own line from an isolated power supply (generally speaking I love isolated power supplies for boards larger than about 4-5 pedals). Hope that helps!

This comment somehow eluded me! The MultiStomp brings up whichever patch you were using when you last turned it off upon boot. So if you were on Patch #23, it loads up Patch #23 on startup. You have to go into the patch list and hit the stomp switch in order to use the "Preset Scroll" mode which has to be pre-assigned as well. Hope that makes sense and sorry for the extreme delay in responding!!!

Hey! Sorry for the delay. My other MultiStomp video features a number of presets I use regularly including the Lo-Fi Junky. Here's that video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LlVa5V8E7-s.html

@@PedalFriends Thanks. Much appreciated! 😊

So far as I know it only goes forward through the alphabet so my solution for going back to a patch I need again is just to duplicate it and put it down the line aka A is my lofi vibrato, B is clean, C is gated reverb, D is lofi vibrato again. I also know nothing about external footswitches so sadly I can't help you there. Hope this helps!

Hiya! There is not a simple answer to this question and ultimately I think you'd want to try to listen to as many demos of the reverb sounds themselves and compare across to the other pedals you mentioned since all of this is so subjective in the long run and my idea of comparable may be different from yrs. That being said: I have an RV-5 and a MultiStomp on my board right now so I can compare those in my own experience pretty well but I've not technically played any of the others you've mentioned. Overall, I find the reverb sounds on the MultiStomp to be really great and ultra useful even if they are not always the most pristine or perfect examples of any given reverb sound you may be looking for. The Spring sounds in the RV-5 are definitely better than the MultiStomp and I'd say every setting in the RV-5 is slightly "better" and more "realistic" or at the very least more representative of what they say on the box, if that makes sense. The Plate sounds like a Plate and has a little more definition than the MultiStomp but you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart in a mix and I'd say that's basically true for every other sound. The RV-5 has the interface advantage: the knobs are right there and you can easily change the sound without even thinking about it for more than a second which may be what you need. BUT the MultiStomp has to win for sheer versatility IF you don't need the traditional interface of any of the other pedals you mentioned. It would be absolutely silly to compare a pedal that can stack up to 6 unique effects on top of one another to one that can only play one at a time and the ability to stack reverb on reverb on ANYTHING with nearly unlimited variety within those categories makes the MultiStomp entirely singular and ultra-personal. Is the Shimmer setting as perfect and beautiful as one in an Empress Reverb or an Eventide or Strymon pedal? No, probably not. But can those pedals do a shimmer with an Auto-Swell before it into a chorus then into a slow filter for an even more gorgeous synth like sound? Not exactly. That's why the MultiStomp is either "better" or at the very least an entirely different category of pedal than those other ones. To directly answer your question: I think the reverb effects available in the MultiStomp are wonderful and many of them have become staples for me when playing (GateRev, ModReverb, Cave, ParticleRev, LoFi) even with two other reverb pedals currently on my board (RV-6 and the EAE Hypersleep) simply because the MultiStomp ones sound good enough and I find them to be really well crafted and versatile in functionality. I will also say: I'm the type of musician/pedal-user who relishes the differences between different pedals rather than tries to decide which is "best" and I think every single effect has its own uses. I don't use my RV-5 the same way I use my MultiStomp or the same way I use my Hypersleep or any other device I may have. If I had every single pedal you listed I would probably find something great or at least usable about each one and they'd all justify each other automatically because that's how I approach things. None of this is meant to put you off any of the devices mentioned. I just wanted to explain my approach since that will directly effect my response. I hope you find the reverb that works best for you and that sounds most best to you. What sounds good to you is far more important than what is "best". Happy to answer any more specific questions you may have and feel free to further pick my brain about anything you'd like!

@@PedalFriends many thanks for your long reply!! :)

Helping you achieve the sound dreams you didn't know you had since whenever I posted this video =D

Hey! I got real tap-happy with it and was just kinda jamming it with my foot on and off then all of a sudden something (I think like a little plastic circle around the footswitch) broke and the button itself and the spring under it shot out onto my floor. You may have some luck asking over in the subreddit for help with this sort of idea; someone may have already tried it.

This all sounds smart to me! Let it grow with you and see where it fits best with how you do things. Enjoy once you have it, my friend.

i just found out my Lopper Output Impedance is 510 Ohms .....that will drive a passive splitter box, Hey ?@@PedalFriends

Everyone's gotta take almost everything a bit less seriously so SPINNY KNOB FOREVER

silverpairaducks agreed! It is amazing what these pedals can do.

which version is it currently in now? I perhaps updated once or twice before. can't remember the version it's in.

Aizat mohd razali just looked it up and they’re still on 2.0 which is what I was running when I filmed this!

I'll start my reply at the end of yours: I have no idea about other pedals that allow you to hit all 11 semitones but this is just further proof to me about how insanely versatile this pedal is to accomplish any of the most ridiculous things you could ever possibly think of. The bit crusher is definitely pretty heavy on the high frequencies in general; the "CrushyVerb" setting I show off here is one I use only when I don't plan on adding many other layers because it tends to absolutely DOMINATE a mix and drown out all other frequencies. I haven't spent too much time trying to fix that because sometimes I want to destroy a mix entirely and maybe there's somewhat of a difference in the effect on the G1on. Overall tho, HOW AMAZING IS THE G1on?? I have the G1Xon that I have on permanent loan to my bandmate as his headphone amp/sometimes looper but I absolutely LOVE that pedal as well. I haven't ever taken the time to compare them 100% side by side but I probably should because how different could the algorithms be?? I love these pedals just so so so much. These pedals have built a curiosity in me to explore all types of multieffects from the past because there just have to be amazing sounds hidden inside them. There's a Digitech RP3 floating around my local Craigslist for not much that may need the Pedal Friends treatment =D

@@PedalFriends g1on is basically the same as g1xon, except for the expression pedal, I guess even algorithms are the same as all multistomp pedals, differencce is the number of effects in the patch and overall list of effect (e.g. I don't have some of the effects you show on my g1on, but most of them are the same).

Thanks for the compliment on the video! I've shared a bunch of my patches from this and my other Zoom videos on the MultiStomp subreddit (reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp) but hadn't heard of the ToneLib. Looks neat!

Oof, I'm not too sure! Are you using a Line Selector at the beginning of the chain? The Line Selector allows you turn turn on and off an entire chain of effects placed AFTER it. So yr chain would need to be Line Selector > effect > effect and you'd have the Line Selector up on the screen for it to turn on and off the entire chain. If you place anything BEFORE the Line Selector, those won't go on and off with the Line Selector. If there's something wrong with your footswitch, I unfortunately have no way to assist you. What does your chain currently look like?

1 billion percent agree! One of the weirdest but best effects to put literally anywhere in a chain.

@@PedalFriends I used to wonder what pedal it was based upon because I would buy that in a heartbeat. But it looks like it's a Zoom original. Great work, Zoom!

Hiya! I believe there are ways to "hack" your MultiStomp to get the bass patches but I don't actually know how to do that myself. I'd check on the MultiStomp subreddit: reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp In particular, this thread seems to answer a lot of your questions: www.reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp/comments/j9d0gc/turn_your_zoom_ms50g_into_a_ms60b_or_basically/

I can't help ya here but maybe someone else can! I suggest using the built-in ABC mode but you do you.

I sadly have almost no thoughts on the g3n cuz I've never played it and cannot attest to the sound, functionality, or versatility of the pedal. I can, however, comment on those aspects of the MultiStomp (in short, very good sound, very good functionality if you take the time to learn and know the pedal, and near-unmatched versatility). I used to own a G1X0n and really loved that one but I definitely think the effects sound a little better in the MultiStomps. I can't prove that they are any different but my ears like how the MultiStomp sounds more and I like the interface better. Sorry I can't be of more help! Try asking in/searching through the multistomp subreddit for any insight they may have! reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp

@@PedalFriends thanks for the well thought out response! appreciated!

@@mwood487 i dont think it has all the effects but is probably somehow possible to hack with the software?

No such thing as a bother; I'm a reference librarian by day so I delight in answering people's questions about anything and love even more answering them about things I love! Factory reset will do exactly as it states: completely wipe the device of everything in it. If you don't like anything you hear in the pedal, just do that and start fresh and build your own patches. If you like some of them but dislike others, you can delete specific pages from the "patch selection" screen. Here's a link to the Zoom software and documents page: zoomcorp.com/en/us/multi-effects/multistomp-pedals/ms-70cdr/ms-70cdr-support/ I would highly suggest updating the software on the pedal first so you have everything as up to date internally as possible. The manual, I find, is really well written and offers a ton of "hints" that I actually used in this video. It can show you how to delete effects chains and, ultimately, my number one piece of advice is to just twiddle the knobs on any given effect to see what sounds you can find. If it's not a "useful" or pleasing sound to you, it doesn't matter since you can always just delete it and start over. Nothing is set in stone.

Isn't that vinyl crackle the coolest?? I actually shared some patches from my first video on the MultiStomp last year so I'll link that for right now: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LlVa5V8E7-s.html Here's the Megathread where I posted most of those patches (use control-+f and search for "bryantheyounger"): www.reddit.com/r/guitarpedals/comments/7pxym3/zoom_multistomp_settings_and_discussion_thread/ I haven't jotted the ones in this video down quite yet but will tomorrow and reply back, okay?

@@PedalFriends thats super cool, I actually already have some of your patches, since your first vídeo was the last straw for me buying this pedal! (ive used Filter pad in a lot of my songs!)

@@luisluzia3539 so happy to hear that =D I promise I'll reply once I post these patches too.

Wait, there’s a warped vinyl preset? Like the chase bliss pedal?

@@Donato8nacho yes and no. There's a "vinyl crackle" option on the Lo-Fi Delay effect built into the pedal itself. I use a Lo-Fi Junky patch (designed by someone on reddit) that is built of a compressor effect and a vibrato effect to simulate the ZVex pedal of the same name (which is coincidentally a predecessor of the Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl and was also designed by Joel Korte AKA Mr. Chase Bliss themself). So the Zoom doesn't have a specifically built "Warped Vinyl" preset built into it but you can use the individual effects in the pedal to build something that sounds pretty similar to that pedal. Note also that the Zoom does NOT feature any ramping options like the Chase Bliss pedals do. All settings you set are "static" and stay the same and cannot be manipulated by an expression pedal or automated in any way. The Vibrato effect on the Zoom does not feature any control of the waveform like the Chase Bliss pedal does either, meaning you cannot get a hard chopping vibrato effect that the Warped Vinyl so excels at. I hope this answers yr questions and clears some things up for you and please feel free to ask more questions if you have any.

I regret to tell you I have no idea. I've only played the G1X0n and those ones are the same from what my ears and eyes can tell. Maybe someone else will hop in here and let you know.

No, unfortunately not. The MultiStomp does not have the ability to create parallel loops internally and you can only run effects inside the device in series.

@@PedalFriends thankyou for your answer. that's a shame, nevertheless I'm still thinking of buying the Zoom MS 70 CDR. I've recently found out there's a download hack thing one can do which enables one to get all the types effects patches available across the devices of the MS range and the G1on and G3 of the same generation! I'm not generally into multi effects -- I typically prefer separate effects -- but this thing seems like a no-brainer, even if only one effect is used at a time. I might use it in an amp's fx loop and primarily just for all the reverbs. It'd be nice to have all the unusual reverb effects it has. I also could use the stereo out to create a dual amp set up to an amp/cab sim. I also have Line 6 M5.

These are all great ideas to me and I'm certain you'd have a great time with the pedal! I find it infinitely useful and fun and I'm certain anyone who approached it with patience and an open-mind would find the same thing.

@@PedalFriends many thanks for your reply

Your comment is the hammer hitting the proverbial nail on the head. The MultiStomp, to me, is the perfect "I'm not sure about *insert effect here*". That being said, I've also had the MultiStomp knock other pedals off my board for being able to capture the same or similar sounds and it has prevented me from buying so many pedals because I know I can get close enough for my own taste OR I can manipulate other effects to be more to my liking using it. Long story short: it's an amazing pedal and I think anyone would love using it if they give the interface some time.

Generally speaking, yep! I've run mine on a OneSpot and off an isolated OneSpot CS7.

I don't think so but I think it's important to remember that two of these could result in 12 effects stacked simultaneously so yr tone will be noticeably different just by proxy, yaknow? I had two of them at one point and never noticed any tone suck but I also almost never notice "tone suck" with anything? I'm the wrong person to ask this sort of question because I am not very picky about my tone in general and tend to make do with whatever I've got in front of me.

Thanks so much! I keep forgetting to upload these ones anywhere (the ones from my first video are over on reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp for the record) but I will do my best to remember and upload them there later on. Remind me in a few days if I forget (I will probably forget and I am sorry about that hahaha).

Finally got around to it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--h7BuBloMMI.html

@@PedalFriends Thank you very much!

Your reasoning is sound to me! I love this pedal and I highly suggest it to anyone willing to put in a little work to create their own new sounds.

The built-in footswitch on the MultiStomp or my external one? External one is a no. Here's how to do it using the built-in footswitch: www.manualslib.com/manual/500495/Zoom-Multistomp-Ms-50g.html#page=16

Yaknow, I don't know and I'm away from my board so I can't check! I would guess that it does since yr switching things entirely but I'm happy to test this once I get home later on. Comment back in a few days in case I forget but I'm happy to look into this for you. Also, someone may have answered this on the subreddit if you wanna dig for an answer: reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp

@@PedalFriends obliged

@@tom-dahl1598 Just looked it up and unfortunately no , the pedal does not retain trails when switching between patches. Bummer!

@@PedalFriends i thought that might be the case. i believe it does retain tails though when switching fx on and off within a patch.

@@tom-dahl1598 It does indeed but only for the effects that have a trails switch listed. Most of the delay and reverb have it but some do not; I'd check the manual.

I use my Squier VM Mustang with upgraded Dominger pickups; I'm pretty sure I had it set here for both pickups in phase. This goes into a Digitech Cab DryVR (input 1, C6 with Size set just past noon). I usually have this noted in the description and will always have that info in the About section of my page from here on out

That's HUGS! It's a custom Belton brick reverb running into an analog octave up that is separately activated. Wild pedal for wild wild sounds; I'll do a video of it soon =D and thanks

@@PedalFriends wow sounds pretty cool! i Just grab a Zoom ms50g, lots o lofi-psychedelic vibes with it, Lone Wolf inspire me to try it ;)

@@HuesoColorado Ah! Happy to hear it, friend. Many fun and wild and engaging sounds are to be found in these pedals.

Hey there! I know nothing about this, unfortunately. I’d guess it may have something to do with the option to “hack” the devices which is something you can find info about on the subreddit or in other videos on RU-vid. Either that or I wonder if you can maybe tap in the slowest possible tempo and set it to the largest possible stomp division? But I dunno!

@@PedalFriends Thanks for your reply! I've tried every possible setting with tempo variations, and I can't figure out how to get past 4 secs max :D It's not a "hack" afaik....I'll let you know if I find out!

Not intentional but I'll take it! I don't even watch that show hahaha

Thanks for watching, friend!

Does bringing up the tuner bypass the entire signal? That's a neat workaround! I like(d) the extra footswitch cuz sometimes I needed rapid changes turning things on and off between verses and whatnot and trying to time the second long hold to get the tuner to come up would be almost impossible for me. To each their own.

@@PedalFriends It should do, the pedal isn't true bypass though

@@jobbo89 i dont think its even analogue buffer. Those are fine but id rather not send whole signal thru cheap digital converter, especially before dirt.

It's a OneSpot CS7!

Hey! Not sure I understand the question; the Line Selector is an effect listed in the MultiStomp. If yours for some reason doesn't have one, you may want to use the Zoom software to add it back on there. If you want a comparable pedal, I believe it's based on the Boss LS-2. Hope this helps.

@@PedalFriends sorry the external II it you use to choose between line A and B. Or maybe I mean your bypass pedal?

@@dotsunmoon OH the external bypass pedal is just a standard Saturnworks build: saturnworkspedals.com/product/true-bypass-looper/ I had them leave it blank so I could add my own little piece of art to it.

@@PedalFriends oh it’s a looper? Correct link or were you looping? Maybe I should watch the video more closely. 😂😉

@@dotsunmoon in this context, a "looper" doesn't mean looping SOUND, it more means "creating a closed loop of signal" AKA whatever is "in the loop" is bypassed or not using the footswitch. So when I hit the footswitch on the Saturnworks pedal, anything "inside the loop" is ACTIVE (in this case my MultiStomp). When I hit the footswitch again, anything inside the loop is INACTIVE and the signal passes through WITHOUT hitting the MultiStomp. I hope this makes sense; I haven't watched this video in a while or owned either of these devices in a while but I think I explain it in the video as well.

Hello! I’m not totally sure what you’re asking but I’ll do my best. I made this demo before I knew you could add effects onto the MultiStomp from other versions so I actually don’t have the overdrive/distortion effects from the MS-50G on this device in this demo. If you’re wondering about how to create pseudo-overdrive/distortion sounds from this pedal without “hacking” in the effects from other devices, I’d suggest using the Drive Echo with a really short delay time and higher mix. You can do a similar thing with the Lo-Fi Delay/Reverb or even using the Bit Crusher or Ring Mod. Won’t be perfect approximations of OD/Distortion sounds but it’ll be interesting for sure. Hope this answers your question.

Yep just unplug it- there is no power switch.

Dat Hombre thanks

Dat Hombre got yr answer but just so you know: I also worried about this and was super confused when I first got the pedal =)

@@PedalFriends Yeah it is confusing. Thanks for your reply. Now I don’t feel that I am only the one🙂

Hiya! I would be happy to do that, though admittedly it's not a sound/setting I use very much. The simplest way to do it is by choosing any given delay effect (let's say you're using the standard Delay one), then scroll all the way right on the Time knob. It goes up to 4,000 on that patch then after that it starts displaying musical notes instead of numbers. Choose the note corresponding to a dotted eighth (looks like this: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Dotted_eighth_note_stem_up.svg) then you can use the left most knob to "Tap" in your tempo. The bypass light will blink in time with your tapped-in tempo and your repeats will come out as dotted eighths since that's what you set the time to. Page 17 of the user manual also talks about this process for setting the tempo (www.zoom-na.com/sites/default/files/products/downloads/pdfs/MS-70CDR_operationManual_English.pdf). I'm still happy to make a quick demo of this process and other lesser-known operations of the pedal if you/others would be interested!

Thank you so much for your help

Oh super neat! I kinda like the creative limitation of NO TRAILS AT ALL but I can see how having that flexibility would be really useful. Thanks for the tip, friend

Hello! So the MS-100 is the "bluetooth" version of the MultiStomp that originally had a few more patches that were not available on the other devices. At this point in time (August 2021), the MS-70 has the ability to use patches from all the other devices in the MultiStomp series EXCEPT for the dirt and amp options, though there are ways around that you can find by searching through the MultiStomp subreddit (reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp). The 70 and 100 are technically and technologically basically exactly the same and the quality of the sounds/effects themselves are 100% identical across the entire line. The Particle Verb in the 70 is the same as the Particle verb in the 100 is the same as the Particle Verb in the 50G; it's just a digital emulation and the actual stuff making the sounds is exactly the same. The 70 is very well-loved among many folx, I think, because it has the stereo ins and outs whereas the lower numbered devices in the series only have mono in with stereo out. The 100 also has stereo ins and outs, for the record. As for the "plastic" quality of the pedal, it is EXTREMELY robust and I believe the case is made of metal but I don't really know. I broke the footswitch on my old MS-70 because I was silly and stomped on it too heavily but that's not a common issue. More common is knocking off the encoder knobs but you can still use them so long as the little shafts stick out. Ultimately I find the quality to be fine and the sounds are magnificent for the price/board space the pedal takes up. It may not sound 100% as good as something like a Strymon or an Empress pedal but it costs 20-50% less than those pedals so you're getting a ton of value for what it is. The community is very helpful and responsive and there are so so so many amazing patches you can download online without even having to edit them to get great sounds PLUS you can build super intricate things if you give yrself the time and patience to do so. I've responded to a whole bunch of questions like this in this comments section and on my other MultiStomp videos so feel free to scroll down/check out my other videos on this pedal and see what else I have to say about the pedal there. In short: the pedal is well-built and still entirely unique for what it offers and for the price, you'd be hard pressed to find something as versatile, useful, and fun to play through. Please feel free to ask me any more questions you may have, okay? =)

@@PedalFriends Man, thanks, my only concern was that I wanted something with better quality, I have a gt10 so I cant speak much about good quality, but it would be bad if I went straight to buy something I know it has too low quality sound. Still I freakin love everything I hear from this pedal.. I dont like the sounds like the amps or distortions, but the reverb - delays are so cool.. they are exactly what I need. The format (as everybody says) is not the best one, it breaks and you cannot operate it with your feet, you can only turn on or off. Otherwise you will have to keep it close to your hand.. Still, there might be other pedals that can do all of it.. I cant find it though. Somebody else said that no other pedal has all the variety of delays and reverbs. Empress Zoia (if that is the one you are talking about) is cool, but I guess that it costs like a gt1000. Then other pedals tend to be based on knobs and not on presets. I wouldnt go changing the knobs everytime like a classic pedal.. I had the doubt because I saw ms100 and ms70 almost at the same price! the problem is that it is cheap, so you know something is not right. Honestly it costs half of a gt10 or a me80, so that is not a good sign. I would love to get some more money and get something of more quality. If I could just improve the quality of ms70, I love it just like it is. In some channels like Shoegazer they say that the quality is not the best.. they said something like "dont confuse me, this is not a helix", or something like that.

I think yr letting yr wallet inform yr ears rather than letting yr ears do the work: if you like the sounds you hear from something, who cares if it's inexpensive or whether or not someone else says it's "quality". So long as you don't strap cement to yr feet and slam it down on the pedal or act silly in general, this pedal will treat you well and I, among many others, have had mine work for me for years. I don't have any answer for you about what will work best or sound best because I don't have your wallet or your ears but if it sounds good then it sounds good and that's what counts.

I do not! I don't play live anymore so I don't really need the ability to rapidly change anything and I never really found it too difficult to change presets when using the ABC mode when I did.

Hi there, Yves! I honestly don't really know if you can view the name instead of the first pedal in your selected chain in A/B/C mode. I know that when switch between A to B to C it displays the name for a few seconds but I'm honestly not sure if there's a way to make it continuously display that name. I'm not near my pedal right now to check but I imagine it'd be in the settings on the pedal itself; I'll look through the manual real quick online but no guarantees I'll be able to help ya entirely.

Hate to say it, but the manual does not indicate that this is possible in any way. I'll still check on my pedal itself when I get home but I don't think this is something it can do, sadly. May just have to memorize what patches you assign to the A/B/C etc. spots; that's what I did when I was gigging regularly with it.

@@PedalFriends thanks for the reply ;-) I found it! You have to assign a/b mode then press the main switch to get to the tuner mode. When you press again to get back to the FX mode, the pedal will show the patch name. Result!

Yay! Happy to hear you found a solution that works for you. I love the MultiStomp (clearly haha) and it makes me super happy when others enjoy it =D

@@PedalFriends I use 2 of these.. Its all over my albums. They sound fab!

OMG HELLO!!!! Do you have anymore??? Can I have them if you do???? I love and miss you!

Sorry for how long it took me to see this comment! I did end up making a video of some of these presets: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--h7BuBloMMI.html

I'm not sure exactly what you mean since this video is really supposed to be suggestions and ideas for how to try new things with your MultiStomp. I'm using a Squier Mustang and the Digitech CabDryVR as my guitar and "amp" and otherwise I allude to everything I'm using in the video itself. Was there something specific you were curious about?

I did! In the second comment on this video I shared the link to my most recent video with some of the presets from this video and the subreddit is linked in the description. Here's the newer video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--h7BuBloMMI.html And here's the subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp/

As Homer says: "D'oh!"

@DeArmond Geezer nah. A perfect fourth down IS perfect fifth minus an octave. The harmonic relation thats relative to most people. Oh and thats actually how it can be derived when inventing the scales of music, using a 3rd harmonic up or down

Ah! So sorry. At which point? Someone was kind enough to write down what all my tips were and it is the pinned comment. I will paste that below: Tip 1. Line Selector is your friend - you can punch in and out using this inside the pedal or use an A/B or true by-pass loop (also see 4a below). 1:54 Tip 2. Hold the up button to access effect categories instead of clicking forever (example pitch effect in lofi reverb) 3:25 Tip 3. All time parameters (mS, bpm) are consistent if you use the same effect more than once 3:51 Tip 3a. Spin knobs quickly makes them jump values quicker 4:25 Tip 4. Click middle knob to exit effect editing and the right to go to first page 5:40 Tip 4a. If you want to punch out the effect completely, use the true-bypass loop pedal (or A/B switch) 7:02 5. Holding left or right adds effect to the left or right of your current chain position 7:15 6. ABC mode - Click middle knob to go to memory list of patches you have set up for various songs and song parts (chorus, verse, break, etc.). Use the right knob to assign patch order, like: A-B-C...W-X-Y-Z 7:25. 7. Arrange them in set list sequence INCLUDING DRY SOUNDS with no effects to make it easier to scroll through your set list (50 memory positions). 8:00 8.Experiment with different effects, different orders, move in and out, e.g. dirt boxes before and after delays/reverbs, emulate other signal chains of your favorite artists, etc. 9:08 9. Then just do stuff the wrong way and see what happens, e.g. bit crusher after reverb. Bit crush everything (amazing) 9:24 10. Mess around with the harmonic pitch shifter, near perfect monophonically (even with digital artifacts) 10:17 10a. Put HPS after pitch delay gets kooky 11:27 11. Shoegaze patch uses MojoRoller at end of an ambient patch (2 delays into big reverb?) for delayed vibrato, then into a dirt box after the MS-70CDR 11:52 12. Try different patches you find and string them together e.g. his 5 Down patch - pitch shifts down a 5th + LofiJunky patch (compressor into vibrato) that gives you enough creative juice to build a song around it 12:52 13. Try BendChorus (Thacknin patch) starting with low settings across the board, then adjust to taste 13:51. 13a. Dynamic Flanger, MojoRoller, reverse reverb, end with dirt (Shoglazer patch) 14:33 14. Trigger Hold Delay into pitch delay into THD into analog delay (put THD everywhere = Hold5Maths patch) 15:39 15. Set things wrong for delays (Drunky patch) 16:33 16. Pitch delay, down a fifth, baritone guitar like, then into big reverb (Down5Smear patch) 17:19 17. Go to www.reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp

Thanks for the compliment on the explanations! Sadly I don't even own this device anymore so I'm unable to redo the video. I made it full-screen on my desktop monitor and I was sort of able to make out each setting but that's obviously not an ideal solution to this issue. I'd also definitely suggest scrolling to the pinned comment as someone was kind enough to write out what all the tips were and time-stamp them; I didn't intend on this video being one where you'd get actual patches/settings from it and instead intended it as more of a "here's a quick idea!" type video to help folx familiarize themselves with the device and then implement the tips on their own. Is there a specific setting you're looking for? I can try and scrub through and read the patch from the screen if there's something you wanted.

​@@PedalFriendsHello there, just curious, but why did you get rid of this pedal? You did say in the vid that you couldn't seem to get rid of it. What did you find to replace it? I have an MS-50G myself, and I love it, but it is my 2nd one. Did return the 1st one, because I realised, that I wanted to spend that bit of my money on something else at the time 😊 Oh, and that barritone sounds great! Which model is it? 😄

@@nym053 You got part of your answer elsewhere BUT: I got an MS-50G and got rid of the 70 cuz the broken switch was simply too annoying to use live anymore. I use the 50 as a compressor and tuner in my current setup and the semi-broken footswitch was super annoying for bringing up the tuner. Baritone? I was just using my Mustang in this video. I'm watching it back now and it's just my Squier VM Mustang. I didn't own a baritone guitar till like 2023 and have never made a video with one.

My bad! Wish I could fix this at this point but I no longer have the files. Thanks for letting me know and I have hopefully adjusted since I filmed this =)

I mean this one still works so I can't really complain! Until it's dead-dead, I'll keep running with this one.

Sorry about that! I was only ever slightly good at making videos in general and it shows here. If there's any section you'd like a transcript of I'd be happy to rewatch this and write it out for you.