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I could spend three pages detailing everything the MS-50G can do; it’s a mono-in/ stereo-out pedal with a new processor engine similar to those in the Zoom G3 and G5 pedalboards. There are 55 algorithms (47 effects and 8 amp models) to choose from and up to six simultaneous effects in a preset effects chain, in any order you wish. There are 30 user presets to get you started, and room for 50 more of your own. There’s a built-in tuner that can operate either muted or with the effects bypassed, and you can set up a Memory List where you can set up a list of patches and cycle through them in order with a press of the switch. The unit can be powered from an optional AC supply, two AA batteries, or the USB jack, which is also used for firmware updates (but not for audio interfacing to your DAW). You can reset the stomp button to control tap tempo rather than the tuner, but I found it easier to set tempo with the front-panel controls. The effects are all of great quality, with some amazing standouts. Zoom’s efforts to continually improve its amp models are clearly audible here in a new tube-modeling process for the amp simulations. The

effects are rich, lush, and powerful; I found one clean chorus preset reminiscent of my beloved old Zoom 505II and spent an hour just jamming on it. If there’s a downside to the MS-50G, it’s that all this power can be a bit tricky to work with in such a small pedal. Zoom deserves huge props for the user interface on this pedal: three push-click encoder dials, four cursor buttons surrounding the stomp button, and a huge backlit LCD with graphic feedback on everything you do. There are great utilities like a “lift and drop” function to move effects around in a chain and a simple way to remove unwanted effects from a chain to save horsepower, but there’s still a lot of push push click click turn turn click to program big chains. Even so, many users will be happy setting up smaller rigs of one or two effects to add to their existing pedalboards, and we can hope for a future graphic editing program to set up the pedal via USB, like that available for Zoom’s other multieffects. I think the MS-50G is a perfect stocking-stuffer for the guitarist who wants the option to have “a little bit of everything” in his pedal chain without a lot of bulk and expense.—MM



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Talkback
Recording’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide
MOTU 4pre Hybrid Audio Interface
iOS Music Tools: Great Gift Ideas For The 2012 Holidays
James A. Abdo’s BrokenWorks Productions
A Time To Give
Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-Z
Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 12: Monitors Part 1
PreSonuSphere 2012
Readers’ Tapes
iOS Music Tools: Bang That Beat!
Plug-in Outlet: Studio Devil Amp Modeler Pro and Virtual Bass Amp Pro
For Your Bookshelf
Advertiser Index
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Recording - December 2012 - A Time To Give
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Recording - December 2012 - Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-Z
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Recording - December 2012 - Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 12: Monitors Part 1
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Recording - December 2012 - PreSonuSphere 2012
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Recording - December 2012 - Readers’ Tapes
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Recording - December 2012 - iOS Music Tools: Bang That Beat!
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Recording - December 2012 - Plug-in Outlet: Studio Devil Amp Modeler Pro and Virtual Bass Amp Pro
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Recording - December 2012 - For Your Bookshelf
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Recording - December 2012 - Advertiser Index
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