G11 effects into G1X four

[arekdudys]

I tried to import some effects from G11 into G1X four, some were imported successfully, others were not i.e (see image attached)

• GEMINOS (double tracking kinda TC Electroncis MIMIQ Doubler) - SUCCESSFULLY

• PolyShift (Polyphonic pitch shifter kinda Digitech Drop) - SUCCESSFULLY

• DualComp (compressor with separate settings for lows and highs) - SUCCESSFULLY

• 6 new cabs from g11 - SUCCESSFULLY

• 6 new amps from g11 - UNSUCCESSFULLY

• Ambience Reverb - UNSUCCESSFULLY

Download ZD2 here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XWVQV6xhJB8bJU1Mf0N0Y7sEbzJEBGdO/view?usp=sharing

G11 Effect list : https://zoomcorp.com/media/documents/E_G11_FX-list.pdf

[mungewell]

Thank you for taking the time to collate this information, good to know that some effects work - but not surprised to find out some don't. The belief is that there are better processors in the 'fancy' pedals, and that some effects require more memory or processor.... obviously we can't change that situation.

It might be possible to identify how these requirements are flagged in the '.ZD2' file, but that's probably beyond this project's capabilities.

[mungewell]

One thing to note is that we know that the G1Four only has 1 screen, and uses the right most knob to page through parameters.

Looking at the list of 'Unsuccessful' effects, they all have more that 4 parameters, and presumable use dual screens for presenting. 'Ambience' is the exception, so that might fail for another reason.

[Roseweave]

Surely that doesn't explain why it doesn't even attempt to load them on?

I don't think this is necessarily the reason and it's worth looking at. Try loading on the TapeEcho3. It doesn't work.

[mungewell]

The tools we have are now evolved to the point where we might be able to understand the differences between ZD2 effects file.

The paramaters can be dumped with python3 decode_effect.py -d effect.zd2 and we can also export the actual code of the effect with python2 decode_effect.py -c effect.elf effect.zd2.