Are mutli-effects fundamentally flawed...?

[G-bitch]

I'd rather spend a little extra and get a rackmount effect and midi foot controller - that said, it makes distortion a little more challenging (would have to be a TC G-Major/Force or something else guitar specific). I've got an old boss VF-1 in a vocal rig which I could quite easily employ as a multi-fx, I shall have to give that a blast some time.

[Cantdosleepy]

I use the line 6 PODxt live, and I have one blank patch in each bank (1C, 2C, 3C, 4C etc) so that it's always a simple tap to bypass.

The tuner is a bit more of a hassle.

[Silent Fly]

[i]Are mutli-effects fundamentally flawed...?[/i]

Not necessarily - it depends what you expect. Some people never bypass and use a preset with just compression that works as "normal/clean" sound. Usually in the multi-fx units I had I always used preset 0 as "clean" (no effects) and preset 99 (or whatever is the last one) as mute (master=0).

In the Zoom B2.1u, if I remember correctly, it is possible to connect an external switch for total bypass.

The AdrenaLinn III that I reviewed [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9116"]here[/url] allow the user to assign the desidered function to the footswitches so for instance, the right switch can be the bypass.

So, providing that lack of direct bypass is a flaw (some would say [i]system feature[/i] ), the answer is "some are, some aren't".

[Dobb0]

I've used an ME50B and the problem you are having has NEVER happened with me tbh. I find it a pretty handy multi-effect.