New Zoom Pedal G9.2tt

guitarraveboy · December 2005

This new pedal from Zoom looks like a pretty good one. It uses 2 real tubes in the signal path providing a Tube Accelerator function that adds a pre-overdrive and natural compression and a Tube Energize function for drive and volume. Which should make some of the closest representations of an actual tube amp. It also packs a Twin Tube Guitar FX Console with 24-bit/96kHz Sampling Rate, USB Interface, and Built-in Drum Machine.
Here's the link for you to check out-- I dont think it is available untill January but you can pre purchase it. Not a bad price either.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/G92TT/

iliace · December 2005

I'm curious about it. Not sure why they went with 96kHz, I hope it's not just a useless cost driver. Most plug-ins work better with 44.1 or a multiple thereof, and there's not much difference at 96kHz at the instrument input (bit rate makes much more dramatic a difference). You almost need specialized equipment to take full advantage of a higher sampling rate. Unless you have additional analog processing stages (compressors, DSP, etc) you don't gain much with the increased accuracy of the D/A stage, either.

Then there's the tube thing, which is the subject of oh-so-many debates nowadays. Is it really worth it, to have a digital modeler and still have to deal with limitations of analog equipment? I've used several of the recent Vox Tube Reactor stuff (including ToneLab) and it just doesn't seem like a worthwhile trade-off between tone and flexibility.

I'm waiting for reviews of the new Zoom processors, though I'm more interested in the higher-capacity CPUs, than in the gimmicks like true-tube pre-amp modeling stages. Maybe Kewlpack will swing for one and add it to his Shootout?

thehootman · December 2005

all those effects pedals with \"real tubes\" inside them still model the amps characteristics digitally anyway. They also do not use the tubes that the amp has in them (ie they dont have EL34s - i think thats the name of em), only mini preamp-style tubes. - its a gimmick: there is no way that you can emulate a tube amp with tubes (ie not digitally) without using the right tubes and amount of power goin thru it

i reckon its funny that when \"vintage\" tube amps were all people had they would have killed for the digital stuff we have now, but now some people would kill for that \"vintage\" stuff

96khz is pointless because when you burn onto a cd its 44.1. all a higher sampling freq does is allow audibility of higher freqs. eg 44.1 allows a maximum audible freq of 22khz which is above our hearing range anyway, so there arent many advantages in using 96khz.

Kewlpack · December 2005

\iliace\ wrote:

Maybe Kewlpack will swing for one and add it to his Shootout?

If I do, you'll know!

We'll have to wait and see.

New Zoom Pedal G9.2tt

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