Zoom G11 operation manual

Multi-Effects Processor

Quick Guide

You must read the Usage and Safety Precautions before use.

The Operation Manual can be downloaded from the ZOOM website (www.zoom.jp/docs/g11).

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Functions of parts

① Touchscreen

This shows the G11 functions as icons. While looking at the screen, touch it to select patch mem­ories and banks or make settings, for example.

② Amplier section

Use the dedicated knobs and the touchscreen to make adjustments as on a real amp.

③ Expression pedal

Use this pedal to adjust the volume or a wah effect, for example.

④ Effects section

Turn effects on and off and adjust them like using stomp boxes.

⑤ Footswitches

Use these to select patch memories and banks and to turn the tuner on and off.

• Patch memories

These store the effects used, their order, on/off states
and parameter setting values. Effects are saved and
recalled in patch memory units.

Banks

•

These are groups of 4 patch memories.

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Bank A

Patch memory 001

Patch memory 002

Patch memory 003

Patch memory 004

Making connections

External effects (2 loops)

Connect the SEND 1/2 jack to the
input jack on the effect and connect
the RETURN 1/2 jack to the output
jack on the effect.

External MIDI device

Connect MIDI cables here.

can be used in coordination

The

G11

with an external MIDI device.

ZOOM BTA-1 or other
dedicated wireless adapter

This enables wireless control of
the

G11

Guitar Lab app.

using the iOS/iPadOS

USB ash drive
(USB 2.0/3.0)

Use to import IR data and

update the rmware.

Portable music

player, etc.

Adjust the volume on the
connected device.

Guitar

AmpMonitor speakers

Expression pedal

(ZOOM FP02M)

A pedal can be used to
control effects.

Computer (Mac/Windows)

Connect a USB cable (Type-C).
The
interface and with Guitar Lab.

Headphones

can be used as an audio

G11

HINT

The computer or iOS/iPadOS Guitar Lab app can be used to manage patch memories and
to edit and add effects. Guitar Lab can be downloaded from the ZOOM website (www.zoom.
co.jp).

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AC adapter

(ZOOM AD-19)

Turning the power on

Minimize the volume of the amp/monitor speakers.

1.

Set to ON.

2.

This turns the

on the touchscreen.

Raise the volume of the amp/monitor speakers.

3.

NOTE

By default, ECO mode setting is ON, so the power will automatically turn off if no use occurs
for 10 hours. ECO mode can also be turned OFF.

power on and opens the Home Screen

G11

Touchscreen

2

Adjusting the master level

The volume output from the G11 can be adjusted.

Lower

4

Raise

Using the touchscreen

Home Screen overview

■

This is the screen that appears on the touchscreen when the G11 power is turned on. All the
functions are arranged as icons, so each one can easily be accessed by touch.

Current bank

The Home Screen has four pages. This shows which page is currently open.

Current patch memory

Touch an icon to
select a function to
set or adjust.

To open the next page, swipe
left from the right edge.

Using the screens

■

To open the previous page, swipe
right from the left edge.

Touch and drag to operate.

Touch an item to select it.

Drag an item to move or adjust it (slide nger any direction while touching).

HINT

Icons on the Home Screen can be dragged to reorder them.

Returning to the Home Screen

■

To return to the Home Screen from a function
screen, swipe down from the toolbar at the top
edge of the touchscreen.

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Toolbar

Showing the patch memory name while performing

The name of the selected patch memory can be shown in large letters for easy conrmation.

Touch

Selecting patch memories with the touchscreen

■

Swipe down to select the previous patch memory.

•

Swipe up to select the next patch memory.

•

on the Home Screen.

Showing the entire effects chain while performing

The touchscreen allows all the effects and the amp being used in the patch memory to be
seen at a glance.

Touch

When six or more effects are being used, press

or to change the effects that are shown and can

be operated in the effects section.

The G11 comes with patch memories prepared to enable quick experimentation with a
variety of guitar sounds. Patch memories are organized in banks of four. Choose a patch
memory that you like and try playing guitar with it.

on the Home Screen.

Effects shown in the effects section

Press or .

1.

Select banks.

Press or .

2.

Select patch memories.

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Adjusting the amp

Use the amp section to adjust the amp selected with the patch memory.

Press .

1.

This turns the amp ON/OFF. (It lights when ON.)

The name of the selected amp is shown on the
AMPLIFIER section display.

Turn .

2.

These knobs adjust, from the left, the gain, bass
frequencies, middle frequencies, treble frequen­cies, presence and volume.

When adjusting the amp, parameter values are
shown on the AMPLIFIER section display.

HINT

When the AUTO SAVE function is ON, changes to patch memories will be automatically
saved. (This function is ON by default.)

1 21, 2

Adjusting the amp with the touchscreen

■

Touch on the Home Screen.

Amp name

Drag a knob up and down
to adjust it.

The parameters that can be adjusted and set depend on the amp type. (Some parameters can

•

only be adjusted and set using the touchscreen.)
Adjustments to the values of settings made in the AMPLIFIER section are reected on the touch-

•

screen.

Touch a switch to change
its setting.

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Turning effects ON/OFF and adjusting them

Use the effects section to turn ON/OFF and adjust the individual effects used in a patch
memory.

Category Effect type

Press .

1.

This turns the effect ON/OFF.

The effect indicator lights when it is ON.

Turn to adjust an effect parameter.

2.

The knob adjusts the parameter shown above it on the
display.

Parameters that can
be adjusted and their
current settings

Changing the effect order

■

2

1
1

Touch on the Home Screen.

1.

This opens the effect reordering screen on the touchscreen.

Drag an effect you want to move.

2.

This moves the effect.

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Adding effects

■

Touch on the Home

1.

Screen.

This opens the effect addition screen on the
touchscreen.

Drag to the position where you

2.

want to add the effect.

Touch an effect type to select it. Then,

5.

touch OK.

This adds the effect.

Touch .

3.

Touch a category to select it.

4.

HINT

Drag the scrollbar on the right edge to
scroll the list.

Deleting effects

■

Touch on the Home

1.

Screen.

This opens the effect deletion screen on the
touchscreen.

Touch the for the effect that you

2.

want to delete.

That effect will be deleted.

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Changing effects

■

Touch on the Home

1.

Screen.

This opens the amp/effect changing screen
on the touchscreen.

Touch the effect that you want to

2.

change.

HINT

To change to an effect in another category, touch BACK, select the category and then

•

select the effect.
See Guitar Lab for the explanations of each effect.

•

Touch an effect type to select it. Then,

3.

touch OK.

That effect will be changed.

Using the pedal

If an effect in the PEDAL category is selected in a patch
memory, the amount of the effect can be controlled with
the expression pedal.
Pressing the front of the pedal turns the pedal effect ON/
OFF. (When ON, the pedal indicator lights.)

Check the effects section for the effect that can be
adjusted with the pedal.

HINT

When an external pedal is connected, two effects from the PEDAL category can be used.

The PEDAL category contains pedal effects.

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Expression pedal

Pedal indicator

Using the tuner

Use this to tune the connected guitar.

Touch on the Home

1.

Screen or press and hold .

This opens the tuner on the touchscreen.

Play the open string that you want to tune and

2.

adjust its pitch.

Touch to mute the sound.

This shows the tuner type and standard pitch.
Touch this to open the SET TUNER screen.
(See below.)

• The nearest note name and pitch detuning will be shown.

• When the pitch is accurate, the left and right indicators will become green.

• Different tuner types can be shown by swiping right and left.

2

1

Making specic tuner settings

■

Touch to return to the USE TUNER screen.

Touch to select

the tuner type.

Touch to use

at tuning.

•

Touch

on the Home Screen to open the SET TUNER screen.

Drag to change the stan­dard pitch.

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Using rhythms

You can play along with built-in rhythms.

Touch on the Home Screen.

1.

This opens the rhythm control screen on the touchscreen.

Make rhythm settings on the rhythm control screen.

2.

Use to adjust the
rhythm tempo.

Use to select the

rhythm pattern.

Use to turn the count ON/OFF
when recording with the looper.

Start/stop rhythm playback.

3.

Use to adjust the
rhythm volume.

• Start playback: Press

• Stop playback: Press

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3

Rhythm patterns

■

No. Name Time Sig. No. Name Time Sig. No. Name Time Sig. No. Name Time Sig.

1 GUIDE 4/4 18 Emo 4/4 35 NewWave 4/4 52 Bossa2 4/4
2 8Beats1 4/4 19 TomTomBt 4/4 36 OneDrop 4/4 53 Samba1 4/4
3 8Beats2 4/4 20 Funk1 4/4 37 Steppers 4/4 54 Samba2 4/4
4 8Beats3 4/4 21 Funk2 4/4 38 Rockers 4/4 55 Breaks1 4/4
5 16Beats1 4/4 22 FunkRock 4/4 39 Ska 4/4 56 Breaks2 4/4
6 16Beats2 4/4 23 JazzFunk 4/4 40 2nd Line 4/4 57 Breaks3 4/4
7 16Beats3 4/4 24 R&B1 4/4 41 Country 4/4 58 12/8 Grv 12/8
8 Rock1 4/4 25 R&B2 4/4 42 Shuffle1 4/4 59 Waltz 3/4

9 Rock2 4/4 26 70's Soul 4/4 43 Shuffle2 4/4 60 JzWaltz1 3/4
10 Rock3 4/4 27 90's Soul 4/4 44 Blues1 4/4 61 JzWaltz2 3/4
11 ROCKABLY 4/4 28 Motown 4/4 45 Blues2 4/4 62 CtWaltz1 3/4
12 R'n'R 4/4 29 HipHop 4/4 46 Jazz1 4/4 63 CtWaltz2 3/4
13 HardRock 4/4 30 Disco 4/4 47 Jazz2 4/4 64 5/4 Grv 5/4
14 HeavyMtl 4/4 31 Pop 4/4 48 Fusion 4/4 65 Metro3 3/4
15 MtlCore 4/4 32 PopRock 4/4 49 Swing1 4/4 66 Metro4 4/4
16 Punk 4/4 33 IndiePop 4/4 50 Swing2 4/4 67 Metro5 5/4
17 FastPunk 4/4 34 EuroPop 4/4 51 Bossa1 4/4 68 Metro

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Using the looper

You can record your playing and create stereo loop phrases that are up to 5 minutes long.

Touch on the Home Screen.

1.

This opens the looper control screen on the touch­screen.

Use the looper.

2.

Press when stopped

This starts recording. If a loop has
already been recorded, it starts play­ing back.

Press when recording

Recording stops and the loop plays
back.

Press when playing back

This starts overdubbing the playing loop.

Press twice when playing back

This erases the last overdub (UNDO).
Press twice again to restore the erased overdub (REDO).

Press when recording

This cancels recording.

Press when playing back

This stops playback.

Press and hold when stopped

This deletes the loop.

1, 2

2

This shows the looper status.

• READY: No loop recorded yet

• RECORD: Now recording

• PLAY: Playing back

• STOPPED: Playback stopped

• UNDO: Erase last recorded
overdub

• REDO: Restore overdub erased
by UNDO

Touch to open the looper set­tings screen.
The UNDO function can be
turned ON/OFF and the stop­ping method and the looper
position can be set

Used to adjust the looper
volume.

This sets the recording time.

• MANUAL: Press

• ♩× 1–64: Set the recording time in quarter notes.

to stop recording.

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Setting list

This is a list of the functions shown when icons on the Home Screen are touched.

Icon Explanation

PLAY by PATCH MEMORY

PLAY by EFFECT BOARD

PLAY by BANK Use the footswitches to select the four patch memories in the bank.

PLAY with RHYTHM Use the rhythm function.

PLAY with LOOPER Use the looper.

USE TUNER Use the tuner.

CREATE PATCH MEMORY Create patch memories.

CHANGE EFFECT ORDER Change the order of effects in patch memories.

CHANGE AMP/EFFECT Change amps and effects in patch memories.

ADD EFFECTS Add effects to patch memories.

DELETE EFFECTS Remove effects from patch memories.

EDIT PATCH SETTINGS Set patch memory names, patch levels and MIDI OUT settings.

EDIT AMP Adjust the amp.

USE SEND/RETURN Makes send/return settings.

USE IR Use impulse responses (IR).

SET MIDI OUT Make patch memory MIDI output settings.

EDIT ALL Edit all patch memory settings.

IMPORT IR Load impulse response (IR) data.

CREATE BANK Create banks.

CHANGE BANK ORDER Change the order of banks.

CHANGE PATCH MEMORY ORDER

DELETE BANK Delete banks.

DELETE PATCH MEMORY Delete patch memories.

SAVE PATCH MEMORY Save patch memories.

SET OUTPUT Set the output level to INST or LINE.

SET TEMPO Set the tempo used for the effects, rhythms and looper.

SET TUNER Make specic tuner settings.

SET USB AUDIO Make USB audio settings.

SET MIDI Make MIDI settings.

SET PEDAL Make specic pedal settings.

SET SYSTEM SETTINGS Change and check system settings.

SET AUTO SAVE Turn the automatic saving function ON/OFF.

SET POWER DISPLAY

Show large patch memory names on the touchscreen for selection.

Show the effects used in the patch memory on the touchscreen.

Change the order of patch memories.

Adjust the brightness and contrast of each screen and turn eco mode ON/OFF.

HINT

See the Operation Manual for detailed information about all the functions.

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Specications

Maximum number of
simultaneous effects

User patches 240

Sampling frequency 44.1 kHz

A/D conversion 24-bit 128× oversampling

D/A conversion 24-bit 128× oversampling

Signal processing 32-bit

Frequency characteristics 20 Hz – 20 kHz (+1 dB/−2 dB) (10kΩ load)

Displays 5" TFT color LCD (800×480)

Inputs INPUT Standard mono phone jack

RETURN Standard mono phone jacks (2)

AUX IN Stereo mini jack

Outputs Left/Right Standard mono phone jack

PHONES Standard stereo phone jack

SEND Standard mono phone jacks (2)

Input S/N 123 dB

Noise oor
(residual noise)

MIDI IN/OUT 5-pin DIN jacks

Control input FP02M input

Power AC adapter: 12V DC, center plus, 2000 mA (ZOOM AD-19)

USB DEVICE Connector: USB2.0 Type-C / Supported cable: Type-C cable

USB HOST Connector: USB2.0 Type-A / Standard: USB 2.0 High Speed

REMOTE ZOOM BTA-1 or other dedicated wireless adapter

External dimensions 253 mm (D) × 495 mm (W) × 64 mm (H)

Weight 2.8 kg

• 0 dBu = 0.775 V

Left/Right INST/LINE −99.5 dBu/−92.5 dBu

SEND -99.0 dBu

Amplier + 9 effects

Dot-matrix LCDs (128×32) (6)

Rated input level: -20 dBu
 Input impedance (line): 500 kΩ

Rated input level: -20 dBu
 Input impedance (line): 1 MΩ

Rated input level: -10 dBu
 Input impedance (line): 10 kΩ

 Maximum output level:

INST/LINE +11.4 dBu/+19 dBu (when output impedance 10 kΩ or higher)

Maximum output level:
 Line +11.4 dBu (when output impedance 10 kΩ or higher)
 Headphones 24 mW + 24 mW (at 32Ω load)

Maximum output level:
 Line +11.4 dBu (when output impedance 10 kΩ or higher)

GuitarLab: USB1.1 Full Speed

Audio Interface: USB2.0 High Speed, 44.1 kHz/32-bit 4in 4out

• Use cables for data transfer. USB bus power notsupported.

• Use a USB thumb drive.

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