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iiiiiiii think i want a zoom ms-80ir+ it is basically exactly the product i was hoping existed

you see, it's not just

• a highly versatile guitar multi-effect pedal
• cute, small, portable

it also

• does amp simulation, with headphone output
• is a usb audio interface

‪in other words it is a single small device that would solve all my problems‬

‪i would also be incredibly dependent on it i guess but it's like… it really would solve So many problems in the most convenient possible way‬

‪oh wtf it actually has an incredibly cut down set of effects compared to the other pedals in the series? now i'm sad, that makes it a lot less interesting‬

it's actually worse than i thought it only has ampsims, room ambience, eqs and delays? i guess that's better than nothing but…

‪the thing is i had been casually considering its siblings, which are versatile multi-effect pedals in the exact same form factor, and this one has the bigger number, which made me just assume it was strictly more capable? gaah‬

‪it really sucks because usb audio is killer for me‬

‪zoom also give it the short description of “multistomp guitar pedal”, which is the exact same description as its normal guitar multi-effect siblings with smaller numbers, rather than as a “multistomp looper pedal” like for the other odd one out. my confusion was reasonable surely‬

‪…i hate that the best alternative solution for my purposes might literally just be to buy the ms-80ir+ together with one of its actually-a-multi-effects-pedal siblings and two patch cables. it just has the Correct form factor, this is a huge selling point to me‬

@hikari may I suggest the zoom h4n. it's a different form factor but it:

* will record stuff for you onto an SD card,
* has a built-in stereo mic + two instrument/line/XLR connectors
* is also a *multi-track* recorder w/ stuff like overdubbing, punch in/out, etc...
* pretty good selection of FX, usable in multi-track mode or when operating as an audio interface
* built-in (mono, bad) speaker, plus headphone out
* also usable as a metronome and tuner
* you can probably find old crusty ones for pretty cheap

but

* takes weirdly long to boot up
* weird UI jank
* kinda battery hungry
* I've never tested the FX when using it as a USB audio interface, or tried to use the FX for anything except recording (in MTR mode). so maybe it won't actually work for this at all
* not sure how deep you can make the effects chain, you may only be able to do 2 at a time