Zoom Multistopm MS - 60B

[jkastelo]

Hi all, i have a Zoom MS - 60B, is it possible to apply the firmware of MS-50G ando or import the patches?
Can it be reversed again if Firmware update?

Many thanks Cheers

[shooking]

No - but it is possible to sort of do it - but as your own risk.
On my page, https://github.com/shooking/ZoomPedalFun, I have links to many Zoom related stuff I find (if you find more that I dont have then hit me up in the issues)

these two might be of interest to you:

(B1ON) zoom Effect Manager: https://www.reddit.com/r/zoommultistomp/comments/jcjk04/new_zoom_effect_manager_111/

Barsik-Barbosik Zoom Firmware Editor: https://github.com/Barsik-Barbosik/Zoom-Firmware-Editor

The first runs on Windows, the 2nd is Jar file so should be able to run on anything.

These allow ZDL FX's to be loaded, via firmware, into your pedal.
From there you would have to recreate the patches based on their FX.
I can sort of see how this could be semi-automated (tricky because you would not know which FX a user has on the pedal and each pedal can support different FX).

I am adding software to allow setting of FX/values. Clearly g200kg's is much better for most users - although with these older pedals UNLESS we read the firmware (which I can do) and assume that the user has successfully installed it I dont see how we can know what is on the actual pedal.
On the modern pedals we can know exactly what is there.

[andresitodemarco]

It is possible now since Zoom Effect Manager version 2 onwards. I did it with my MS-60B and it works great. It's definitely not done via a standard Zoom firmware updater as before, somehow it works around the "Illegal device connected" messages. Also ZEM has "compressed" versions of effects (apparently some debug data removed) which makes them take up some 20% less memory. My MS-60B is now an MS-50G with 176 effects inside.

https://zoomeffectmanager.com/

Also, you can go back to the original firmware anytime you want to.

Found this post accidentally, looking for why the MS-utility won't read (or read the wrong effects) in my hacked MultiStomps (an assortment of bass and guitar effects from many models).