The Zoom G11 is a comprehensive all-in-one solution for professional musicians on stage and in the studio. The combination of amp simulation with a wide range of simulated cabinets and IRs and a tremendously versatile effects section skilfully replaces expensive boutique amps and extensive pedalboard setups, providing premium sounds for recording and live performance. Intuitive controls, including a touch screen and a variety of assignable slots, allow you to access entire rigs at the touch of a button, while integrated rhythm patterns and a built-in stereo looper even replace accompaniment for solo performances. Furthermore the Zoom G11 offers a wide range of connection options for mixing consoles, FOH and insertable effect pedals via two FX loops, as well as the possibility to connect the Zoom G11 to your own DAW via USB.
To help you create your own sounds, Zoom offers a selection of authentically modelled amp simulations. From replicas of classic vintage amplifiers of the sixties to Eighties high-gain sounds to representatives of modern metal and djent, the Zoom G11 covers a wide range of sounds. The G11 also features specially optimized sounds for extended range guitars with seven or eight strings. All amplifier simulations can be combined with the 22 cabinet emulations of famous speakers plus 70 pre-installed impulse responses for different speaker characteristics, microphone types and positions. Those who do not want to do without their own sound character and additional tonal colours can import up to 130 additional IR creations from third-party suppliers into the G11 and call them up on stage in seconds.
Of course, the Zoom G11 is packed with a huge number of useful effects and faithfully emulated stompboxes. The Razor Drive and Wave Shaper use Zoom's newly developed distortion algorithms to create tube-like distortion sounds rich in overtones. In the area of modulation, the Poly Shift Pitch Shifter with a range of two octaves and the SwellVibe Vibrato for spatial ambient pads join in. Each patch of the Zoom G11 offers the possibility to store up to 9 different effects per patch and an integrated expression pedal for real-time control of effect parameters. If you don't want to do without analogue pedals and are looking for additional sound shaping options, you can easily integrate and use additional effect units in the setup of the G11 via two front side FX loops.
As a professional setup platform, the Zoom G11 offers extremely versatile connectivity options for almost all possible connections. Thanks to outputs in mono or stereo format, the G11 offers playback via classic amplifiers as well as monitor speakers in a stereo arrangement, while the additional headphone jack allows for silent practice via the G11. Control of the G11 and externally connected effects devices in two FX loops can also be controlled via the front panel MIDI Out/In jacks, while the Aux In in 3.5mm stereo jack format allows playback of backing tracks and playalongs. To connect to DAWs as an audio interface, there is a USB Type C connector, while the additional USB port allows Zoom G11 firmware updates via flash drives.