Acoustic Expansion The Yamaha Magicstomp Acoustic Guitar Processor gives you superb effects for acoustic instruments. It's great for recording or direct into the PA. Designed especially for acoustic guitarists, Yamaha's Magicstomp Acoustic delivers a wide variety of powerful sounds and effects for studio and stage.
Featuring 99 custom factory and artist presets, an automatic feedback eliminator, and a chromatic tuner, the new Magicstomp Acoustic also boasts microphone and speaker simulations, a headphone jack for private monitoring, and an interactive software based editor. In addition to a load of effects, Magicstomp Acoustic also boasts sounds from Yamaha's award-winning DG, AG, and UD Stomp pedals, as well as their timeless SPX series of professional effects processors-all in a footprint the size of a portable CD player.
Acoustic Control The 99 factory preset sounds can be edited and then stored in any of the 99 user locations, in any order. Any 3 patches can be assigned to the Magicstomp Acoustic's heavy-duty footswitches for instant recall. The editor allows you to allocate any 3 parameter functions to the top-mounted control knobs (delay time, feedback, and mix, for example), facilitating on-the-fly adjustments - made easy on dark stages by the backlit LCD display.
Acoustic Horsepower The key to Magicstomp Acoustic's power lies under the hood: a 24-bit A/D converter keeps your signal pristine, and a 32-bit DSP engine preserves the integrity of multi-effect chains. The Magicstomp Acoustic brings astounding clarity, punch, and definition to your guitar sound. In addition to its built-in programming flexibility, you can easily customize Magicstomp Acoustic by linking it to your computer with the included USB cable. Within seconds of installing the included software on your PC or Mac, you'll be navigating through the Magicstomp Acoustic's editor.
From simple level changes to compressor and EQ tweaking, the intuitive nature of the interface makes it easy to go as deep as your ears and imagination will take you. If you don't have access to a computer, all parameters on the Magicstomp Acoustic are accessible from the control panel of the unit itself. Acoustic Online The Magicstomp Acoustic's power will continue to grow for years to come. You can update and reconfigure your Magicstomp Acoustic via a constantly evolving database of artist and user patches found at www.magicstomp.com. Take advantage of the growing library of presets by artists such as Adrian Legg, Tim Pierce, Michael Herring, Mark Goldenberg, James Harrah, Sandro Albert, George Pajon, Jr., Clint Lowery, Mike O'Neill, Steve Mazur, and more. Got sounds to share? Curious what your neighbors are doing with their Magicstomp Acoustic?
Download great-sounding patches from the Magicstomp community. With Magicstomp Acoustic's award winning effects, powerful mic/amp/speaker simulations, and simple programmability for true acoustic expressive freedom onstage and in the studio, this is the acoustic guitarist's best friend.
Comments about Yamaha Magicstomp Acoustic Guitar Processor: I use the Magic Stomp on very regular basis. I must say that other units I've used in the past have had very cheessy sounds forcing me to try and play around with the eq's and such to get a descent sound. No matter what style of acoustic guitar or what kind of pickup I'm using I always seem to find a high quality sound that doesn't need a lot of 'Tweeking' I've been playing for years and it works awesome for my pro set up, I also recommend it for a beginning or intermediate player not as experienced in finding a professional sound.
I've got one. I find it quite flexible - the effects, the mic modelling, anti-feedback, EQ, etc. Just a little big and heavy that's all. Does come with left/right 1/4 and XLR, so good for stereo FX/chorus. I like the sound, but that's just personal.
U should try it out first. As already mentioned, Yamie's replaced it with the Magic. But from what i've read, it's not as flexible for live gigs (i think only three knobs).
Having said that, i've never tried the Magic before. There are quite a few indepth reviews about the AG on google group - should check 'em out too. Originally posted by 12thfret I've got one.
I find it quite flexible - the effects, the mic modelling, anti-feedback, EQ, etc. Just a little big and heavy that's all. Does come with left/right 1/4 and XLR, so good for stereo FX/chorus. I like the sound, but that's just personal.
U should try it out first. As already mentioned, Yamie's replaced it with the Magic. But from what i've read, it's not as flexible for live gigs (i think only three knobs).
Having said that, i've never tried the Magic before. There are quite a few indepth reviews about the AG on google group - should check 'em out too. Thanks 12thfret. Do you know if the Magic is of the same level of sound quality as the AG Stomp? I was wondering as it goes for about $100 less. My Magic Stomp should arrive here this Friday but I don't have an Acoustic pickup system yet. I will audition electric for now.
I downloaded the Editor and manual and pretty much understand the pros and cons and decided it was worth the $199.00. It is 24 bit DA convertors btw. I've messed with the Dg Stomp some and like they idea of both and electric and acoustic guitar preamp plus great effects. The lack of tap tempo is a real bummer but I have a G-major.
Magicstomp Acoustic Patch List
I feel I can setup with my laptop and choose the three knobs wisely. I have owned a Magicstomp for a few months now and have compared it back to back with the Fishman Aura and the Zoom 504II pedals. I think it sounds way better than my zoom, and I returned the Aura because I didn't think it sounded any better recording; but maybe a tiny bit better live when used with certain guitars. I use the Magicstomp now and have downloaded all the AG Stomp patches and edited them to my liking, but I only use a few of them when I play with a band.
I like the way you can edit things in great detail with the software, so I do that, and then program the three knobs with the main settings I like to tweek the most live such as presence, reverb and delay time, etc. The AG Stomp would be way more tweekable on the fly though, because of all the knobs. You are limited a bit with the Magicstomp. But what you get for the trade-off is alot of other sounds like great choruses and delays from the other Yamaha pedals.
This pedal sounds great, and is like getting 4 of their pedals in one! I use it at church pretty regularly now when I am leading the music, and if I want to play electric, I'll use a 2 in, 1 out box (DOD), and run both the acoustic and my Stratocaster into the box, and then out the box into the Magicstomp. So I have presets setup for acoustic and electric, and because of the modeling and great distortions and choruses and delays, I can run both guitars through the Magiscstomp and get a pretty good electric guitar sound too. The thing is dead quiet.
The Magicstomp also sounds great run through my Tech21 Trademark 60 amp. Compared back to back with my Digitech Genesis 3, it sounds better at everything, but the Genesis has better presets and on the fly tweekability. If you get a Magicstomp and the software, plan on spending some time with your computer making the patches to your liking. I think if you have no problem with that part of it, the pedal is a great deal for the money. Originally posted by vfr754 I have owned a Magicstomp for a few months now and have compared it back to back with the Fishman Aura and the Zoom 504II pedals.
I think it sounds way better than my zoom, and I returned the Aura because I didn't think it sounded any better recording; but maybe a tiny bit better live when used with certain guitars. I use the Magicstomp now and have downloaded all the AG Stomp patches and edited them to my liking, but I only use a few of them when I play with a band. I like the way you can edit things in great detail with the software, so I do that, and then program the three knobs with the main settings I like to tweek the most live such as presence, reverb and delay time, etc. The AG Stomp would be way more tweekable on the fly though, because of all the knobs. You are limited a bit with the Magicstomp. But what you get for the trade-off is alot of other sounds like great choruses and delays from the other Yamaha pedals. This pedal sounds great, and is like getting 4 of their pedals in one!
I use it at church pretty regularly now when I am leading the music, and if I want to play electric, I'll use a 2 in, 1 out box (DOD), and run both the acoustic and my Stratocaster into the box, and then out the box into the Magicstomp. So I have presets setup for acoustic and electric, and because of the modeling and great distortions and choruses and delays, I can run both guitars through the Magiscstomp and get a pretty good electric guitar sound too. The thing is dead quiet. The Magicstomp also sounds great run through my Tech21 Trademark 60 amp. Compared back to back with my Digitech Genesis 3, it sounds better at everything, but the Genesis has better presets and on the fly tweekability.
If you get a Magicstomp and the software, plan on spending some time with your computer making the patches to your liking. I think if you have no problem with that part of it, the pedal is a great deal for the money. Thanks vfr754, I appreciate your very concise answer. I will definitely try to audition one!
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Magicstomp Yamaha's new brain child with mondo musical muscle By Louis Lamphere Building on the best of Yamaha's DG, AG, and UD-Stomp effects; DG amps; and SPX processors, the Magicstomp delivers astoundingly high-quality effects and amp simulations with an interface you can control with one foot. 32-bit DSP combined with a 24-bit A/D converter adds up to breathtaking clarity, punch, and definition while a cross-platform USB-based editor gives you deep control from your computer and lets you download new patches from the Web. Buy this box! I'm sorry but I just can't wait till the end of the review to deliver the punch line—this thing totally ROCKS! I plugged it in with my amp on a clean setting and began to play.
I stepped on the '+' button and was amazed over and over as I clicked through 99 incredibly well-designed presets. Two hours later I was still playing, still spellbound. The Magicstomp is among the best high-end effects boxes I've played and is by far the best multi-effect floor unit. I guessed the cost to be about half a G and decided it was well worth that. Then I got online to check the price and was truly floored. Here's a stomp box that outperforms most of the pro rack units on the market for the price of a boutique single-effect pedal.
Pristine presets Yamaha has clearly grasped the only solid solution for the high-tech vs. Easy operation dilemma—presets. And they don't make you become an engineer to get 'em. The presets right out of the box are obviously created by pro players with golden ears.
In fact, some of the world's hottest guitarists were recruited for the job. We're talking about players like Allan Holdsworth, Michael 'Fish' Herring, Amir Derakh, and Tim Pierce.
Every preset on this unit is quite usable as it is with no tweaking. And there's a preset for just about every sound you could want plus a whole bunch of wild effects you won't believe! The quality of the distortion sounds is truly topnotch with everything from lo-fi stompbox sounds to the full, rich sustain of cascading tubes. The reverbs are definitely studio quality and presented in a wide range of options. The mod and delay effects are brilliantly tweaked and integrated with other effects to make very complete and musical presets. The bread-and-butter effects are as subtle as they should be while the high-tech effects built around the Magicstomp's pitch-shifting, ring mod, and rotary capabilities provide plenty of weird textures for ambient washes and eerie intros. There are also a number of presets designed especially for acoustic-electric guitars.
The nylon string preset gave my steel string acoustic a gorgeous Spanish guitar tone. And many of the reverbs and chorus effects sound great with acoustic guitar. Way-deep editing My appreciation for the presets only expanded when I loaded up the Sound Editor for Magicstomp on my Mac. A simple USB hookup with the included cable gives you realtime control over the unit—a whole LOT of realtime control.
Some of the presets have 8 pages of different effects working simultaneously. Active file recovery serial free download. The super-simple graphic interface lets you control every parameter on each of these pages. And you can create up to eight pages of your own effects settings to be saved as a patch. This is very cool. You just click on a page and a screen full of empty knobs appears.
Pop up a menu of 63 effects types and select one, whereupon the knobs will be assigned to effect parameters. Tweak to your heart's desire and move on. Then save the whole patch and name it whatever you want. You can change three pre-assigned parameters on each effect using the physical knobs on the top of the Magicstomp. The Sound Editor lets you assign these knobs to any parameter you want for changes on the fly. You can also arrange your user presets in any order.
Since the 99 user presets come with the factory presets duped into them, I just picked the ones I knew I would use most and put them together at the front of the list so I could click between them easily. Just using the stomp buttons, you can set the unit up so that each of the three buttons becomes an on/off switch for one of three consecutive effects. You can collect the effects you use in each song into groups of three and switch to a different group for each song.
You can also add different presets from the included patch library. The powerful sound editor doesn't mean you need a computer to edit your presets. The main parameters can be edited and saved with a 'Store' button right on the face of the unit. You can assign your new patch to any position in the patch menu and even change its name. Connectivity and convenience An accurate-but-not-finicky tuner comes up if you hold the 'On/Off' button down for a few seconds. With the Magicstomp's large, brightly lit LCD display, this is a real boon in stage or studio situations. At Yamaha's dedicated Magicstomp Web site, www.magicstomp.com, you can download new patches from an extensive Yamaha patch library, in addition to a load of killer presets by the above-mentioned guitar monsters, plus Adrian Legg, Steve Lukather, Chris Poland, Jason Slater, and more.
Or upload your own patches for trading with other Magicstomp users; the data bank is growing constantly. You'll also find FAQs, advanced user instructions, and necessary drivers.
It's an important resource that means this hot little stomp box is going to keep getting better for years to come. Features & Specs:. Uses the 32-bit brain from the Yamaha DM 2000. 24-bit A/D conversion.
DG, AG, and UD Stomp sounds. DG amp sounds. SPX sounds. 99 factory presets.
Magicstomp Patch List
99 user presets. USB interface with Sound Editor. Ever-expanding patch library online Check Out our Real Audio Sound Bytes.
Overdrive, Distortion 2. Modulation 1 3. Modulation 2 4. Delay, Reverb 5. Special Effects 6. Acoustic, Compressor.
Effects include:. 2 distortion types. amp simulator. speaker simulator.
mic simulator. chorus. symphonic. 2 flanger types. 3 phaser types. tremolo. auto pan.
rotary. ring mod. mod filter. compressor. feedback eliminator.
12 delay types. 5 reverb types.
2 pitch-shift modes. parametric EQ. and many combinations When you buy your Magicstomp from Musician's Friend, you'll enjoy our dual guarantee: the best price you'll find anywhere and full satisfaction or your money back.
Mono/stereo out, line input, USB, AC and headphones connections. The Yamaha Magicstomp's compact dimensions, user-friendly operating system and high-quality sounds have made it a popular buy. Yamaha has now released the Mark 2 range, of which this is the acoustic version. It´s designed primarily for steel string acoustics, but has a smattering of presets suitable for nylon string guitars and Yamaha´s ‘silent´ violin and cello.
The basic layout is exactly the same. Switching the unit on takes you to Up/ Down mode, where the left and right footswitches scroll up and down through the presets and the middle footswitch turns the whole patch on or off.
With the acoustic version, though, there´s a new feature. For patches featuring the ‘AcousticMulti´ effect module, the middle footswitch is used to activate Auto Feedback Reduction (AFR). This is a notch filter, designed to cut the frequency causing feedback (usually in a live situation), and up to five frequency bands can be filtered simultaneously.
As before, holding down the middle footswitch engages the built-in tuner. In Performance mode (engaged by pressing and holding any two switches), the presets are grouped in sets of three, and the outer footswitches scroll up or down, three patches at a time. Whichever mode you´re in, you have instant access to three patch parameters as well as a master level control for the unit as a whole.
There´s also a two-position input gain switch. As with the original Magicstomp, there´s no input gain rotary control, but there is an overall level output control. Deep editing As before, there´s a USB connection, allowing you to connect the Magicstomp to your computer for accessing ‘deep editing´ functions. The Sound Editor software is very easy and enjoyable to use, but you´ll need the right OS. According to the specifications, most flavours of Windows are supported but Mac compatibility is a little less universal: check out Yamaha's for support. If you can make use of the USB connection, though, you´ll be able to download new patches or firmware updates from the aforementioned website, and you could feasibly download the whole collection of acoustic patches and install them on a standard Magicstomp Mark 2.
Not everyone can (or will) hook up to a PC, so the Mark 2 Magicstomps now allow you to sample the delights of deep editing from the unit itself. Hitting the Store/Exit button, followed by the middle footswitch, allows you to use the left/right footswitches to scroll through all available parameters for a patch. You can still only have three on display at once, but it´s a pleasant compromise between the two original editing methods. In use The Magicstomp Acoustic can be run in mono into an acoustic amp or in stereo into a mixer or recording device. With an amp, the results will be less predictable; you´ll hear the effects of the Magicstomp´s digital modelling far more clearly if you go direct into a mixer or recording unit.
Yamaha Magicstomp Patch List
The preset list is clearly divided into sections. First of all, you run through a number of barebones examples emulating the sound of three microphone types: condenser, tube and dynamic.
These three basic types are then explored later on, adding reverb, room, slapback, echo, delay and ambience to each microphone type in turn. Then there are a whole load of presets aimed at different styles of music, and finally a number of settings for other instruments: 12-string, pedal steel, mandolin and nylon string guitar, to name just a few. Going through most of the steelstring presets and recording lots of little snippets with a piezo-equipped Washburn guitar, it's clear that the quality of your guitar´s pickup and preamp obviously plays a major part (as will the acoustic resonances), but we were instantly impressed. Some of the presets are a little bass-heavy, which didn´t help alleviate the natural ‘thump´ of the under-saddle pickup, but most have a very believable ‘mic´d´ sound.
The Vintage setting (designed to emulate a valve mic) was our favourite, especially with a smattering of reverb. Tech Specs Brand Yamaha Country of Origin Japan Bolt-on Neck false Case Included false Cutaway false Fretless false Includes Bag false Left Handed Model Available false Pickguard false On/Off Switch false Batteries Included false Battery/Adaptor Type DC adaptor Features Wide range of effects and amp models, enhanced adjustment via PC software Unit Power Source AC/DC Adapter Mic Pre Amp false Microphone Preamp false No of Patches 198 Presets 99 Rack Mounted false Audio Interface false Built-in Chromatic Tuner false Built-in Drum Machine false Drum Machine false Editable Patches false.