Zoom MS-80IR+ MultiStomp Amp & Cabinet Modeler Pedal with 23 Amp Models, 5 Studio Sounds, IR Loader, Noise Gates, EQs, & Delay Stereo Effects, Stompbox, Headphone Output, Tuner, & Battery Powered

Sounds good, it is easy to dial, and could easily be enough as a backup unit or as a versatile do-it-all pedal in any rig. It could also be a portable unit to take anywhere for practice, composing, etc.

Sounds Incredible!!!! Very underrated product for right now on the market. This is an excellent sounding amp simulator pedal. Easy to use and navigate with an iPhone. I understand the app cost 0.99c, but it’s worth it. Once you download the free 17 Jensen IR’s it really shines. Excellent Pedal platform. There needs to be some better YouTube content on this. Maybe I’ll have to do it myself. Highly Recommended.Please remember when connecting DO NOT put in the input of the guitar amp. These are made to go into the guitar Reuturn loop. Just the Out from the pedal into the input of the Return. This bypasses your amplifiers existing preamp section allowing this pedal to sound correctly.You can always get a power amp. This device emulates a amplifier.Will need :Apple Lightning to USB Camera AdapterDownload IR from zoom website for free. Then load onto pedal- need usb to usb c cable.

- VERDICT: compact and (minimally-complete travel solution--you can get some good sounds and put them into your headphones, your computer, your amp/cab, or a PA in stereo. Fair platform for experimenting with custom IR's. But, if you don't need stereo, headphones, USB audio, or custom cabinet simulations (IR's), you might be happier with an MS-50g+.- BIGGEST ASK: Zoom, PLEASE update the firmware so the tap tempo is usable. In version 1.00 of the firmware you can only add tap tempo by removing any delay (which is the only reason to use tap tempo).- FAVORITE PARTS- Compact, rugged, with great power options: USB, 9v supply, and works GREAT with just 2 NiMH rechargeable AA's (so you can love your environment as well as your sound!).- Stability: having used five different Zoom multi-effect pedals, I have never been able to push them into digital distortion or get them to hang or glitch. Every other brand I've tried, including some big names, I've had glitch or hang during performance.- Personally, I love the built in amp and cab sims. I hear audiophiles disdain the Zoom amps and cabs. They're probably right, because I've never spent thousands of dollars on an amp and I've met people with much better ears than I. BUT, but I find them:- Very adequate for performance--you can get responsive edge-of-breakup and other sounds.- An excellent introduction into amps and amp modeling. When you're starting out, the world of amps and cabs is expensive and confusing. This box is an affordable and robust way to begin exploring, and it can grow with you into performance.- 1/4" headphone output. When I first started using Zoom pedals, I was slightly annoyed that I had to buy a 1/4" to 1/8" headphone adapter, but I've grown to love it. The adapters are cheap, and 1/4" sockets are sturdier than the built-in 1/8" headphone sockets most multi-effect pedals come with, and **way** sturdier than a 1/8" to 1/4" headphone socket adapter should you find yourself needing to use a set of studio headphones.- USB audio is very nice, both for recording and if you want to combine this pedal with some laptop-based effects.- You can edit all the params without an app (except for uploading IR's, of course). This may not sound like a big deal, but so many pedals last long after their mobile or PC apps are sunset.- Noise Gate. The *Zoom Noise Reduction* is my absolute favorite hum-buster. Put it after other effects and the hum goes away with very little sustain or signal loss. I think the best use case with other pedals is to put the MS-80ir+ near the end of the chain (so you can get accurate headphone or USB output) with Zoom Noise Reduction -> Amp / Cab -> Studio Effect.- DISAPPOINTING PARTS- "Studio environments" (see Zoom's sites for details) promise to be amazing, but I'm underwhelmed. There may be amazing technology behind them, but for the most part, the seem like fancy reverbs with only one parameter, "ambience." They're not worth requiring an effects slot. Give me a few customizable reverbs instead.- Effectively only one free effect slot per preset. At the time of this writing (firmware 1.00), only three effect slots per preset, but one is dedicated to nn amp+cab and one is dedicated a "studio environment." This leaves only one free slot for noise gate, EQ, delay, or tap tempo (and good luck figuring out any use for the tap tempo because you have to remove your delay to add tap temp).- iOS only preset-editing app. If you want to back up your presets or edit them with an app, you'll need an iPhone or iPad. There are desktop apps for loading impulse-response files (IR's), but not for patch editing.- MIDI: this is a mixed feature. On one hand, it's really nice that this pedal (and other MultiStomp Plus pedals) can receive program change over MIDI. That opens up some amazing synergy with other Zoom pedals. But the pedals don't seem to send any program changes, nor can it send or receive tempo. You'll need a USB-host to make it work. It's almost like Zoom is *trying* to discourage synchronizing their pedals, which is too bad. The MultiStomp Plus series offers some neat synergy.

Works great

The pedal associated control app requires a cabled connection with an OTG (on the go) type USB cable, and the app for control of the pedal costs money. The interface is 'okay' but the orientation of the foot pads makes it easy to hit the wrong pad. Zoom has had a BT-connected pedal in the past and should have carried that over to this unit for remote control. There are no 'cabs' on this pedal- they are baked into the preamp types so you have no ability to mix and match different cabinets to different amp types.