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ZOOM CORPORATION

NOAH Bldg., 2-10-2, Miyanishi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-0022, Japan

PHONE: +81-42-369-7116 FAX: +81-42-369-7115

Web Site:  http://www.zoom.co.jp

FIRE-30- 5000-1

Patch List 

BANK

PATCH

PATCH NAME

DRIVE TYPE

COMMENT

U

0

Fire Drive

PVY

Powerful drive sound with huge and full sonic impact.

1

Pop Chorus

J CLEAN

Deformed combo amp sound with characteristic chorus.

2

Delayed OD

VINTAGE OD

Overdrive sound with delay suitable for melody and lead.

3

Metal 7

MT 7

Metal sound for 7-string guitar.

4

Beat Crunch

MS OLD

Standard crunch sound for useful from rhythm to lead.

5

Phaser Cut

EFFECT IN (St)

Phaser sound for cutting.

6

Z-Box

9002

Deformation of the vintage original ZOOM sound.

7

Pitched DRV

BG OLD

Standard pitch sound added downer 1-octave.

8

Strum Arp

AC STANDARD

Acoustic sound for stroke and arpeggio.

9

Jet Drive

MP 1

Crispy, useful jet sound.

A

0

PV-Hard

PVY

Simulation of the drive feeling of the high gain amp sound.

1

Clear Chorus

EFFECT IN (St)

Clear, transparent clean chorus sound. 

2

Z-Power

Z POWER

Power lead sound of the ZOOM original.

3

M-Stack

MS DRIVE

Simulation of the standard stack amp sound.

4

Combo Drive

BG OLD

Light drive combo amp sound.

5

FDR-Clean

FDR CLEAN

Standard amp sound for studio recording.

6

X-Distortion

TB DIST

Simulation of stomp box distortion.

7

BG-Stack

BG DRIVE

Simulation of the BG stack amp sound.

8

MP-Power

MP 1

Amp sound that has hard distortion and quick response.

9

Match Box

MATCH

High quality crunch sound simulating the combo amp.

b

0

Wild Fuzz

WILD FUZZ

Powerful fuzz sound use for backing and lead

1

Clean Lead

EFFECT IN (Vin)

Chorus & Delay sound for clean lead.

2

Fat Tweed

FDR BLUES

Fat sound attached weight to the mid range.

3

Outline Dist

TB DIST

Sound of the accentuating outline with short delay.

4

Mystic Chord

J CLEAN

Fantastic pitch sound use for chord arpeggio.

5

Old Stack

MS OLD

Simulation of the typical old stack amp sound.

6

Silver Panel

FDR CLEAN

Simulation of the combo amp sound that has characteristic 
tremolo and reverb.

7

Wah Useful

PVY

Almighty auto-wah sound.

8

UK Box

MATCH

Mersey beat type combo amp sound

9

Neo Fuzz

FUZZ

Fuzzy sound that studio musician uses habitually.

Summary of Contents for FIRE-30

Page 1: ...FETY PRECAUTIONS 2 Features 4 Controls and Functions 5 Input preamplifier section 5 Effect section 6 Patch section 7 Output control section 8 Connections 9 Using the FIRE 30 10 Basic operation 10 Using effects 11 Loading and storing patches 12 Loading a patch 12 Storing a patch 14 Using the built in tuner 15 Switching the mode with the foot switch 16 Returning the FIRE 30 to the factory default se...

Page 2: ...RE 30 Power requirements Connect only to AC power outlets rated 100 120 V or 220 240 V 50 60Hz depending on the voltage range of the unit refer to the back panel When not using the unit for an extended time disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet Environment Avoid using your FIRE 30 in environments where it will be exposed to Extreme temperatures High humidity or moisture Excessive dust or sa...

Page 3: ...external interference However equipment that is very susceptible to interference or that emits powerful electromagnetic waves should not be placed near the FIRE 30 as the possibility of interference cannot be ruled out entirely With any type of digital control device the FIRE 30 included electromagnetic interference can cause malfunctioning and can corrupt or destroy data Care should be taken to m...

Page 4: ...cts Store amp settings as patches Multiple amplifier and effect settings can be easily stored as user patches This allows you to instantly call up a desired combination of settings and effects using the keys on the panel of the unit or using an optional foot switch A number of preset patches with recommended settings are also available POWER DAMP SWITCH With the FIRE 30 you can lower the volume wi...

Page 5: ...tortion drive type The DRIVE TYPE knob gives access to 11 types and the VARIATION key provides further variations vintage standard The LED for the currently selected variation lights up 4 GAIN knob Adjusts the input gain Turning this knob up increases distortion depth 5 BASS MIDDLE TREBLE knobs This is a 3 band equalizer that allows boost cut in the low medium and high frequency range 1 3 2 4 5 6 ...

Page 6: ...rols the built in digital effects The FIRE 30 provides modulation effects and delay reverb effects 1 TYPE key MODULATION Selects the effect type to be used for the modulation effect The key also turns the modulation effect on or off 2 VALUE knob MODULATION Serves to change the effect parameter effect intensity of the currently selected modulation effect 3 TYPE TIME knob DELAY REVERB Selects the ef...

Page 7: ...lected When the PROGRAM BANK key is ON LED lit the program mode is selected The default setting at power on is manual mode 3 Display Shows the number of the currently selected patch or the value of setting parameters of the FIRE 30 4 Q W keys Serve to switch between patches and to adjust ZNR ZOOM Noise Reduction 5 STORE key Stores the current settings as a user patch 6 EXIT key Cancels an operatio...

Page 8: ...wer amp 2 MASTER knob Adjusts the volume 3 POWER switch Controls the power on off status 4 FOOT SW jack A separately available foot switch ZOOM FS 01 can be connected here allowing you to toggle between manual mode and program mode with your foot 5 AUX IN jack This is a stereo input that accepts the signal from a CD player or MD player 6 RECORDING PHONES jack This is a stereo output that can be us...

Page 9: ...jack The signal input here is mixed internally with the guitar signal To monitor the output of the FIRE 15 with headphones connect the headphone plug to the RECORDING PHONES jack When a plug is inserted in this jack the speaker output is automatically turned off To record the output of the FIRE 30 connect the recording device such as the ZOOM MRS 1266 to the RECORDING PHONES jack To toggle between...

Page 10: ... with the GAIN knob and LEVEL knob while playing your guitar Normally you will use the GAIN knob to adjust distortion depth and the LEVEL knob to adjust the level for a particular patch The MASTER knob controls the overall volume common to all patches 4 Use the BASS MIDDLE TREBLE knobs to adjust the tone You can also use the BOOST SUSTAIN EDGE and BOTTOM keys to increase the sound pressure prolong...

Page 11: ...ALUE knob the setting value changes in the range from C1 to C9 with the effect intensity in this example the chorus modulation rate changing accordingly For details regarding effect types and setting values see pages 19 22 HINT You can use only one type of modulation effect at a time Also if the effect type and setting value are not currently shown on the display the setting value of the currently...

Page 12: ... clockwise increases the depth of the delay reverb effect Turning the knob fully counterclockwise turns the delay reverb effect off HINT You can change the effect settings of patches in the same way in program mode Loading and storing patches The FIRE 30 offers a bank of ten read write user patches U and a bank of ten read only preset patches A b Patches in each bank are numbered 0 9 This section ...

Page 13: ...nd the effect section as required to adjust the distortion tone volume effect type and intensity etc It is also possible to modify a patch after it was loaded When a knob or key was operated a dot appears at the bottom right of the display This indicates that the contents of the patch have changed When you return to the original settings the dot disappears HINT You can store the contents of a chan...

Page 14: ... patch number 0 9 are shown on the display In this condition storing the settings as a user patch is possible 3 Use the Q W keys to select the desired user patch U0 U9 The preset patches A0 A9 b0 b9 are read only and cannot be selected as store targets 4 To store the patch press the STORE key once more The store process is carried out and the unit goes into program mode To cancel the process and r...

Page 15: ...y when the display indication shows Mt 2 Play the open string you want to tune The left side of the display shows the note which is closest to the current pitch The right side of the display shows how far the pitch is off Adjust the pitch while observing the display 3 To change the tuner reference pitch press one of the Q W keys The current reference pitch is shown for two seconds The default sett...

Page 16: ...ode and program mode during play 1 Turn off power to the FIRE 30 and connect the foot switch FS 01 available separately to the FOOT SW jack NOTE Please do not connect or disconnect the foot switch while power is turned on 2 Turn power to the FIRE 30 on The FIRE 30 is in manual mode 3 Press the foot switch while you are playing your instrument When you push the foot switch the FIRE 30 switches to p...

Page 17: ...as shipped This function is called all initialize NOTE When you carry out this function any settings that you have stored in user patches will be lost Proceed with care 1 Hold down the STORE key while turning power to the unit on The indication AL appears on the display 2 To execute the all initialize function press the STORE key once more All user patches are returned to the factory default condi...

Page 18: ...AGE BG OLD Sound of an old style tube combo amp with gutsy midrange STANDARD BG DRIVE Drive sound of a tube stack amp with gutsy midrange HI GAIN VINTAGE MP 1 Sound of a high gain tube preamplifier STANDARD PVY Tube stack amp drive sound in the heavy metal style ZOOM VINTAGE 9002 ZOOM original 9002 sound STANDARD Z POWER ZOOM original powerful amp sound OD DIST VINTAGE VINTAGE OD Sound of dry over...

Page 19: ...at of an acoustic guitar STANDARD AC STANDARD The DRIVE VARIATION key switches the style between fat and standard EFFECT IN VINTAGE VINTAGE Clean guitar amp sound great for direct input to a ZOOM multi effect processor STANDARD STANDARD The VINTAGE setting produces an even tighter sound Setting value Description ZNR Higher settings result in more effective noise reduction Set the value as high as ...

Page 20: ... connection of doubling and chorus Higher setting values result in stronger doubling action Chorus depth is fixed TREMOLO This effect varies the volume periodically Higher setting values result in faster tremolo TREMOLO CHORUS Serial connection of tremolo and chorus Higher setting values result in faster tremolo Chorus depth is fixed AUTO WAH This is an effect that automatically adds wah depending...

Page 21: ...d and a sound component shifted one octave down Mixes the original sound and a sound component shifted a perfect fifth down Adds a chorus effect to the P2 setting Mixes the original sound and a sound component shifted a perfect fourth down Adds a chorus effect to the P4 setting Mixes the original sound and a sound component shifted one octave up Mixes the original sound and a sound component shift...

Page 22: ...quency Chorus depth is fixed Effect type Setting value Description DELAY This is a conventional digital delay effect Higher setting values result in longer delay time The feedback amount is set to an optimum value ECHO This delay effect recreates the warm sound of a tape echo Higher setting values result in longer delay time The feedback amount is set to an optimum value ROOM This effect simulates...

Page 23: ...es oversampling Control Connector FOOT SW FS01 Display 2 position 7 segment LED Dimension 485 mm W x 240 mm D x 410 mm H Weight 12 kg Included Items Power Cord 0 dBm 0 775 Vrms Design and specifications subject to change without notice Power does not come on Is power cord correctly plugged into AC outlet Is POWER switch set to ON No sound or low volume Is the guitar correctly connected to the FIRE...

Page 24: ...t clean chorus sound 2 Z Power Z POWER Power lead sound of the ZOOM original 3 M Stack MS DRIVE Simulation of the standard stack amp sound 4 Combo Drive BG OLD Light drive combo amp sound 5 FDR Clean FDR CLEAN Standard amp sound for studio recording 6 X Distortion TB DIST Simulation of stomp box distortion 7 BG Stack BG DRIVE Simulation of the BG stack amp sound 8 MP Power MP 1 Amp sound that has ...

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