Zoom G6 Manual de usuario
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Multi-Effects Processor
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①PLAY MODE selection section
Use this to select the G6 PLAY MODE. (The selected mode lights.)
②Parameter knobs
Use these to adjust effect parameters and to make various settings.
③Touchscreen
Operate the touchscreen to select and set patch memories as well as to make G6 settings, for
example.
④TAP switch
Use this to tap the tempo and to turn the tuner on/off.
⑤Expression pedal
Use this pedal to adjust the volume or a wah effect, for example.
⑥Footswitches and their function indicators
Use these to select patch memories and banks, turn effects on and off, and operate the looper.
The functions that can be controlled by the footswitches light.
■Play mode overview
The G6 has four play modes that can be used as needed while performing.
PLAY MODE Explanation
The looper appears on the touchscreen and can be operated using the footswitches.
Banks and the patch memories in them are shown on the touchscreen, and patch
memories can be selected using footswitches.
Patch memory names are shown with large characters on the touchscreen, and
banks and patch memories can be selected using footswitches.
The effects used in a patch memory are shown on the touchscreen, and each effect
can be turned on/off using footswitches.
Functions of parts
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Making connections
Headphones
ZOOM BTA-1 or other dedicated wireless adapter
This enables wireless control of the G6 using the
iOS/iPadOS Handy Guitar Lab app.
Expression pedal
(ZOOM FP02M)
A pedal can be used to
control effects.
External effect unit
Connect the SEND jack to the
input jack on the effect and
connect the RETURN jack to the
output jack on the effect.
Computer (Mac/Windows)
Connect with a micro USB
cable. The G6 can be used
as an audio interface and
with Guitar Lab.
AC adapter
(ZOOM AD-16)
AmpMonitor speakers
Guitar
Portable music player, etc.
Adjust the volume on the
connected device.
SD card
Use an SD card to save
loops and increase loop
recording time.
USB port (Micro-B)
• The Guitar Lab computer app can be used to manage patch memories and to edit and
add effects. Guitar Lab can be downloaded from the ZOOM website (zoomcorp.com).
• The G6 can be controlled remotely using the Handy Guitar Lab iOS/iPadOS app. Handy
Guitar Lab can be downloaded from the App Store.
HINT
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Patch memories
These store the effects used, their order, on/
off states and parameter setting values. Effects
can be saved and recalled in patch memory
units. 240 patch memories can be stored.
Banks
These are groups of 4 patch memories. 60
banks can be stored.
USB Audio
SEND IN/OUT
G6
AUXIN
INPUT
OUTPUT
Patch memory
Rhythm
Looper
POST
Looper
PRE
Tuner
Effect Effect
Send/
return
USB OUTPUT
DATA
USB
REC DATA
Amp
Speaker
cabinet
Master
EQ
Master
volume
Patch
level
Signal flow
Patch memory 001
Patch memory 002
Patch memory 003
Patch memory 004
Bank A
Memory overview (patch memories/banks)
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Using the touchscreen
All the functions are arranged as icons on the Menu Screen, so each one can easily be
accessed by touch.
■Opening the Menu Screen
Toolbar
When a play mode screen is open
Swipe down from the toolbar.
When a setting screen is open
Touch repeatedly.
■Using the Menu Screen
Current patch memory
Touch an icon to select a function to set or adjust.
Icons can be dragged to reorder them.
The Menu Screen has four pages. This shows
which page is currently open.
Current bank
Swipe left from right
edge to open next page.
Swipe right from left edge
to open previous page.
Swipe up from the bar at the bottom of the Menu
Screen to return to the PLAY MODE screen.
■Using other screens
Touch and drag to operate.
Touch an item to select it. Drag an item to move or adjust it (slide finger left, right, up or down).
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1. Minimize the volume of the amp/monitor speakers.
2. Set to ON.
This turns the G6 power on and opens the Effect Board Screen
on the touchscreen.
3. Raise the volume of the amp/monitor speakers.
By default, ECO mode setting is on, so the power will auto-
matically turn off if no use occurs for 10 hours. ECO mode
can also be turned off.
NOTE
When the G6 power is turned on, the state when the power was last turned off will be
restored.
HINT
Turning the power on
Adjusting the master level and EQ
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Touchscreen
■Adjusting the master level
The volume output from the G6 can be adjusted.
■Adjusting the master EQ
In MEMORY, BANK/PATCH or EFFECT BOARD
mode, turn to open the OUTPUT EQ screen.
Turn a to adjust the quality of the output
sound accordingly.
Touch at the top right of the screen to lock the
settings.
Raise
Lower
Low
frequencies
High
frequencies
Low mid
frequencies
High mid
frequencies
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In EFFECT BOARD mode, the effects and
amp used in the patch memory are shown
on the touchscreen and can be turned on
and off using the footswitches.
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Touchscreen
1. Press repeatedly to select
.
This puts the G6 into EFFECT BOARD mode.
2. Touch an effect to enable turning it on/
off with a footswitch.
The touched effect is assigned to a
footswitch.
When effects are assigned, the color
at the base of the footswitch changes
color according to the category.
3. Press footswitches to turn effects on/
off.
The indicators light when effects are on.
• Regardless of the order that the effects
are touched, they are assigned to the
footswitches from the left.
• After effects have been assigned to all
footswitches, touching other effects will
not assign them.
• Touching a footswitch that has an
effect assigned to it will remove that
assignment.
NOTE
The following operations are also possible
on the touchscreen.
Select the previous
patch memory.
Select the next patch memory.
Open the selected
effect for adjustment.
HINT
Turning effects on and off while playing
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In BANK/PATCH mode, patch memory
names appear large on the touchscreen.
The touchscreen can be swiped to change
the patch memory and the footswitches
can be used to change banks and patch
memories.
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2
Touchscreen
1. Press
repeatedly to select
.
This puts the G6 into BANK/PATCH mode.
2. Swipe up or down on the touchscreen to
select patch memories.
Next patch
memory
Previous patch
memory
The footswitches can also be used to select
banks and patch memories.
Switching banks and patch memories while playing
In MEMORY mode, the current bank and the
four patch memories in it are shown on the
touchscreen, and those patch memories
can be selected with one touch.
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Touchscreen
1. Press repeatedly to select
.
This puts the G6 into MEMORY mode.
2. Select the bank and patch memory.
Select a patch memory by touching it or pressing
its footswitch.
(The selected patch memory is highlighted and
the corresponding indicator lights.)
Select previous
bank
Select next
bank
Current
bank
Switching patch memories in one bank while playing
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Played phrases can be recorded to create stereo loops up to 45 seconds long.
1. Press repeatedly to select .
This puts the G6 into LOOPER mode.
2. Use the looper.
Press when stopped
This starts recording. If a loop has
already been recorded, it starts playing
back.
Press when recording
Recording stops and the loop plays back.
Press when playing back
This starts overdubbing (recording on
top of) the playing loop.
Press when recording
This cancels recording.
Press when playing back
This stops playback.
This erases the last overdub (UNDO).
Press again to restore the erased overdub (REDO).
This deletes the loop.
This shows the looper status.
• READY: No loop recorded yet
• REC: Now recording
• PLAY: Playing back
• STOP: Playback stopped
• CLEAR: Loop cleared
• OVERDUB: Now overdubbing
• UNDO: Last recorded overdub erased
• REDO: Overdub erased by UNDO restored
Touch to open the looper set-
tings screen.
The mono/stereo setting, the
stopping method and the looper
position can be set.
Adjust the looper volume.
Set the recording time.
• MANUAL: Press to stop recording.
• ♩×1–64: Set the recording time in quarter notes.
Using an SD card, loops can be recorded for
longer times and saved. Moreover, loops
on the SD card can be recalled for playback
and overdubbing.
HINT
Using the looper while playing
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2
Touchscreen
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■Turning effects on/off
1. Touch on the Menu
Screen.
This opens the EDIT ALL screen on the
touchscreen.
2. Touch the indicator above an effect to
turn it on/off.
The indicator appears lit red when on and
unlit when off.
■Adjusting effects
1. Touch on the Menu
Screen.
This opens the EDIT EFFECTS screen on the
touchscreen.
2. Touch the effect to adjust.
This opens the parameter editing screen on
the touchscreen.
3. Turn to adjust an effect parame-
ter.
Adjustable parameters and their current settings
• When the AUTOSAVE function is ON,
changes to patch memories will be auto-
matically saved. (This function is ON by
default.)
• Effects that look bigger on the EDIT
EFFECTS screen are called “large
effects” and use two effect spaces.
Large effect
Large effects have more parameters,
so their EDIT EFFECT screens have two
pages. Touch or at the bottom of
the screen to change pages.
NOTE
See Guitar Lab for the explanations of
each effect.
HINT
Turning effects on/off and adjusting them
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