Zoom Gfx-8
Guitar effect processor (2000)

 

Guitar effects processor based on VAMS hybrid analog-digital technology. Bread and butter effects with some special functions like sampler and synth processor.

PEDAL Main panel features segment display, 6 footswitches, 9 push buttons, 7 knobs and 3 rotative switches.

Rear panel terminal connectors:
- input
- AUX input
- send/return
- stereo out
- headphones out
- Midi interface
- expression pedal input.

Power supply is an external PSU 12VDC

VOICE based on VAMS Variable Architecture Modeling System at 20 bits resolution 40kHz.
The GFX8 features 3 independent effects modules:
1- drive
2- modulation
3- delay & reverb.
Before, signal can be also pre-routed to 2 dynamic stages:
- amp simulator: manages different models of cabinet emulations like combo, stack, clean and bright.
- ZNR zoom noise Rreduction: eliminates hums and other unwanted noises.

EFFECTS a total of 67 editable effects are split into 3 families:
- drive: distortion, compressor, crunch, fuzz, metal, drive and vintage mode
- mod: phaser, wah, chorus, flanger, tremolo, ring modulation, pitch shifter, slow attack and delay
- dly/rev: delay, stereo chorus, hall and room reverbs.

 

SFX EFFECTS The DLY/REV also offers 5 special SFX* algorithms:
- jammer: 25 second phrase sampler with optional real-time pitch stretch
- gated reverb: reverb with EG envelope
- hps: changes the pitch of a note following following a preset scale
- synth: generates a kind of synthesizer sound with note tracking
- twin pitch: is a double pitch-shifter
EQUALIZER sound gain be defined using the 4-bands EQ.
*the SFX inhibits the MOD section.

MEMORY:
- 160 ROM patches
- 80 RAM patches.

EDIT patch and sounds can be created directly using a dedicated program GFX-8ED still available at Zoom website for free. Designed for windows 95/98, it runs on XP systems.

 

MAINTENANCE some common issues on the footswitches contacts.

AUDIO DEMO

	guitar modulation
	guitar phaser
	guitar ring modulator
	ZOOM demos

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