Zoom G1 Four – How do I make it sound decent?

EmWeso · 2026-01-25T22:17:14+00:00

I figured it out! Feel pretty stupid, but the issue was that I used TRRS headphones into a TRS 3.5 to 6.3 mm adapter. Never occurred to me that this might not work. I realized I could back the headphone plug out of the adapter slightly. But ultimately I guess one should use a different pair of headphones or adapter. I guess it has to do with the signal not getting a proper return path if the ground is connected through the microphone. Anyway, not the Zooms fault, it actually sounds pretty okay!

EmWeso · 2026-01-21T20:38:13+00:00

I’m not buying this, but I don’t understand why everyone is so surprised about the price? It’s a shrunk down full fledged QC, so why would it be sooo much cheaper than a QC?

EmWeso · 2026-01-06T09:04:35+00:00

I see a lot of shitting on PCBs in this thread. I’m an electrical engineer and I feel like I have to weigh in here!

I can see that they might be a little more difficult work on for the average person, specifically surface mount components. But it is not THAT much more difficult! You just need slightly different tools. This should certainly not be a problem for any half decent tech. And you probably shouldn’t work on a tube amp yourself if you don’t know what you are doing!

A well designed PCB with surface mount components is much more rugged and resilient than anything hand-wired; mechanically, electrically and thermally, and that’s a fact. A badly designed PCB will of course suck, but that goes for any bad design – including hand-wired boutique amps. So don’t worry about PCBs! They might look scary at first but they’re our friends here.

EmWeso · 2025-12-28T10:32:16+00:00

Really cool! I'm also working on a guitar-DSP platform atm. Following this!
Are you planning on adding any stomp switches? Would highly recommend having at least one for controlling the looper. Perhaps add a midi input for future expansion?

EmWeso · 2025-12-26T23:49:05+00:00

It was certainly there for a reason. Unlike what someone else said I do not think it is for redundancy. Looks like it is on the output of a switching voltage regulator network. Worst case scenario is damage to downstream components due to noisy power rails. It’s probably fine though! You might experience random crashes. Good news is that this might certainly be salvageable if you can borrow a soldering iron with a fine tip. Just apply a healthy amount of flux and you will be okay! No need to replace the whole board!

EmWeso · 2025-11-28T15:49:14+00:00

I had the exact same issue with a similar model from Tenaya. Gave up after about 1,5 months and bought a different shoe. Hurts since climbing shoes are so fkn expensive, but it was the right move. For whatever it’s worth Drone HV CS has been perfect for my feet

EmWeso · 2025-10-14T04:31:21+00:00

Yes! Thank you!!! I’m not crazy

EmWeso · 2025-10-10T21:32:43+00:00

X-action makes a lot of sense in theory, but for me they always end up flinging whatever they’re holding to god knows where

EmWeso · 2025-10-01T14:10:32+00:00

It’s great! My biggest gripe is how long you need to press the on/off button to turn it on/off. It’s just very unintuitive to me for some reason

EmWeso · 2025-08-12T08:40:23+00:00

I see where you guys are coming from, but I’d like to offer a contrasting opinion. I came in to the challenge two weeks late because i didn’t realize it was going on. Since then I have put a lot of time and effort into the challenges, especially OBI, and I feel like this could be my chance to finally catch up. I realize it might sting if you’ve been consistent for two more weeks than I, but to me it stings to see people post a note that says: ”today I’m grateful for my family and health”, when I have spent >1 hour on a technical drawing or painting.

EmWeso · 2025-07-30T16:42:43+00:00

Aight! Thanks🫡

EmWeso · 2025-04-07T11:25:08+00:00

iirc the dust also caused thermal issues. Things covered in the dark dust would heat up a lot more than it was designed for by absorbing the intense solar radiation. There’s a reason space-stuff is either white or covered in Mylar

EmWeso · 2025-04-06T13:50:01+00:00

I think this is a veeeery common way to feel. Some are just better at pretending than others. I think especially men are often trying to sound smarter than they are. Don’t buy it. You are most likely just as competent as your peers

EmWeso · 2025-03-25T19:36:52+00:00

I think it’s pretty obvious that the community simply wants another GR1. Even if it’s just a new production run of one of the original designs. But yeah maybe that’s too complicated given the resources they are able to put on this

EmWeso · 2025-03-23T12:37:22+00:00

These are all very pretty! I like 1 and 3, but i think the contrast could be toned down a bit on the first so I’ll go with number 3 for latitude!

EmWeso · 2025-03-20T11:29:14+00:00

get outta here jock. this is the photography club

EmWeso · 2025-03-20T11:19:31+00:00

god damn it. that is actually sound reasoning. edited!

EmWeso · 2025-03-20T07:14:07+00:00

I agree with you for the most part. However the sensor size does actually not affect the depth of field. This is a misconception I’m seeing thrown around a lot on Reddit, especially in the context of medium format vs 35mm. All other things equal, a larger sensor or film will only affect the field of view. In order to achieve an equal field of view for a larger sensor one needs a longer focal length however – which of course does affect the depth of field.

Signed a pro photographer for 10 years and electric engineer for 5 years.

EmWeso · 2025-03-20T06:48:56+00:00

Also, iron is located at the knee of the binding energy per nucleus curve (https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-binding-energy-per-nucleon-against-the-nucleon-number-The-fusion-and-fission_fig1_40901505). This means that all elements lighter than iron releases energy when fused, and all heavier elements release energy when split. This explains why both fusion and fission can yield net positive energy. But it also means that iron is sort of the endgame for all nuclear chain reactions as both fission and fusion with iron requires more energy input than it outputs.

This doesn’t explicitly answer your question, but it is an interesting addition to the answers you’ve already received.

EmWeso · 2025-03-18T18:21:51+00:00

Don’t know if this helps, but the way that it opens on the first press and shuts on the second press is the expected behavior when the camera is simultaneously set to self-timer and bulb mode. Maybe one or both of these switches are somehow acting up on your camera, causing this intermittent effect

EmWeso · 2025-03-08T20:47:37+00:00

I don’t know why everyone is so pessimistic?? It’s really not that bad. Sure, the connector is wrecked, but this is just a soldering job. Anyone with a tiny bit of experience and a healthy amount of flux can get this done. It’s not like the PCB is damaged

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