Synth sound on Zoom B3n Pedal?

[Lobstrosity]

I got a Zoom B3n about a year ago, and it has lots of fun effects and presets. I haven't found a combination of settings to make a good synth sound yet. The pre-set patch doesn't sound great!

Can anyone suggest what settings to use for a good synth sound? 

[Elfrasho]

I didn't find any usable synth sounds from my B3n. I loved mine too, but for synths, not much use. To be fair, my HX stomp is pretty useless for synths too.

[Al Krow]

22 minutes ago, Elfrasho said:

I didn't find any usable synth sounds from my B3n. I loved mine too, but for synths, not much use. To be fair, my HX stomp is pretty useless for synths too.

 

+1^^

 

Not yet come across a multifx that does synth sounds well, despite having owned and gigged quite a few! 

 

Dedicated synth pedals definitely seem to do the job better.

[JohnDaBass]

3 hours ago, Al Krow said:

 

+1^^

 

Not yet come across a multifx that does synth sounds well, despite having owned and gigged quite a few! 

 

Dedicated synth pedals definitely seem to do the job better.

So , what's your shortlist of recommendations @Al Krow ?

[ardi100]

I can get a few usable synth patches from my Boss GT1-B, but it's hampered by the number of effects you can use in any one patch.

 

I imagine it's much easier to build your own synth patches with fewer restrictions on the number of blocks of effects you can use?

[BigRedX]

16 hours ago, Al Krow said:

Not yet come across a multifx that does synth sounds well, despite having owned and gigged quite a few! 

 

Dedicated synth pedals definitely seem to do the job better.

And an actual keyboard synth will do the job even better.

[Al Krow]

3 hours ago, BigRedX said:

And an actual keyboard synth will do the job even better.

 

And a motorbike goes faster than a push-bike. But not everyone wants a motorbike?

Some of us are very content with "just" being bass players!

 

16 hours ago, JohnDaBass said:

So , what's your shortlist of recommendations @Al Krow ?

 

John - you've got me thinking! I'm going to pull together a pros / cons summary of some of the current "best of the bunch" synth pedals which may be of interest to you and a few others.

[Elfrasho]

I had the C4 and that was great. Although I've heard nothing but good things about the newer MXR Bass synth. pricey though.

[SumOne]

It kind of depends on what type of synth sound you want.

 

One way of doing it is Octaver and fuzz, and I seem to remember getting some quite good ambient pad type sounds with the B3N mucking about stacking drive, modulation, reverb, delays.  Add the slicer for some interesting sounds.

Generally, envelope filters can be great for it (but the filters in the B3N aren't up to much). 

 

For the sort of mono Bass synth bassline sounds you are probably after though: Future Impact, C4, or the MXR are probably the top choices.