Korg 411fx Super Multi FX

It's real easy to use, but you need the manual to do anything. I can't see how it could be much easier.

I played bass on it, until I sold it. I thought it was really bad for sound quality. It produced tons of noise (you know, static hissing sound). You can only get one modulation effect at a time, and you can't get reverb and any modualation effect at the same time, but the worst part is it has only one settings knob for every effect, that makes the flanger useless, as well as many others.

It's made out of solid metal, looks pretty sturdy. I could imagine the switches breaking, though. I think the boss style swithes look sturdiest.

donno

I really didn't like this pedal. It's got a lot of distortions though. I don't use them though.

User manual incredibly poorly written. Very easy patch copying, editing and no problems in getting a good sound from the unit. Program footswitch allows selection of only two programs before bending over and turning the effects knob is required. Most presets have too much gain.

I felt that the sound quality was quite good on all the effects and the noise gate worked very well with single pickup guitars into a tube amp. The chorus, auto rotary and auto wah sounded especially good. Limited parametric adjustment of effects.

Bypass on first unit failed in two weeks. A second unit had an incredibly loud buzzing sound. I decided to buy a different unit.

Didn't deal with Korg. Guitar Center accepted defective units back without hassle.

If your 411fx works properly this is a good sounding unit with limited flexibility but a reasonable price. After my experience I would recommend that if you decide to buy this unit that you purchase it from a retailer with a liberal return policy. I have now bought a considerably more expensive Digitech RP7. In contrast to the 411fx I appreciate the user manual, incredible programming flexibility, ability to switch programs and turn multiple effects on/off within a program easily with footswitches. I have played for over 30 years and suspect that in the long haul I will find the extra bucks for the RP7 worth it.

I found this unit easy to program. I recently read a review in guitar player (I think) where the reviewer spent half a lifetime trying to get this thing programmed. He was a MO-RON. This unit is positively simple to operate and set up-MUCH easier than the Korg AX30G which after 2 years, I still cant make heads or tails out of.

I have been playing for 35 years and at this point I feel like I know good sound. Korg has always made a high quality product and this unit is no exception. Dont expect $2000 sound from this thing-for the money I paid its a serviceable little box with lots of versatility. I originally bought it for use with headphones but now I gig with it. The unit is quiet, has noise suppression, good compression, very good thick chorus, nice EQ, and good-sounding delay and reverb but modification of these effects is limited. I found the overdrive distortion to be the only one I really like, the others sound too fuzzy and muddled. I play a custom Lipman guitar and a Fernandez sustainer axe through a Fender Blues de Ville. The flanger on this unit is not acceptable-too much whoosh. I use an MXR flange, a Mesa V-twin and a Morley volume pedal to control the whole mess.

My experince with Korg is limited. The AX30G has never needed servicing despite several beers being spilled directly onto the pedalboard.

I play blues based rock and for the money this box cant be beat. I especially like the pitch shift turned down to double low octave with a bit of distortion and a hint of echo. Its a fun box with much better sound than Pandora, or other comparably priced units. for $99 I would definitely replace the unit if lost or stolen. Dont bother with ZOOM products- the 505 doesnt come close.

This unit provides quite a bit of options, especially for the size (a little smaller than a Big Muff). In return many of the knobs are dual function when it comes to editiing and saving settings. I give it an 8 because it took me at least 10 minutes to program my first setting, including manual reading time.

I play a Std. Stratocastor through a Fender 1x12" 25 watt solid state. I have found that many of the "factory presets" are suited to gainiacs, which I am not. But those are factory presets and it takes a bit of adjusting to get everything just so. Once everything is right the sound is great. All of the effects are great. That's right all of the effects. At least great for my tastes. Many have said they dislike or seldom use the pitch shifter. I will speak the postive side. I have found that with overdrive, the pitch shifter gives a sound that is not unlike the droning guitars of 93' era Stereolab. Or with a little less drive it sounds like Josie and the Pussycats on heroin. Completely a matter of taste, but I just don't hear the "Chinese music" thing myself. My favorite artists are NYC based bands circa 64-73(VU) and British bands circa 76-whenever (Wire-MBV) with a sprinkling of Dayton, Ohio thrown in (GBV, Brainiac). I am confident that with this unit I could play most with most of the effects any of these guys might use, with exception to Brainiac, I don't have a clue what they did in the studio. As I said earlier all of the effects are good, but you can't adjust everything, but I feel you can adjust enough to get a good sound. Even behind a Big Muff the presence of these effects is not diminished.

This unit appears to be built fairly well. I definitely won't expose this to the abuse that I have unleashed on some of my other pedals, though. I would use this without a backup, unless I bought another one of these, it is pretty unique so if it did go out trouble would surely ensue.

I play the never popular, but not dead style of shoegazer inspired "rock/postrock". Think GBV doing Spiritualized covers, or Spacemen 3 doing Echo and the Bunnymen covers, er, whatever. Anyway, this unit provides an excellent companion. This pedal boosts my creativity, and that is enough to keep me happy for now, if I ever could drop $1000 on a rack mount processor, I would look at what Korg has to offer first. Last word, I have played since I was a junior in high school, which makes it seven years now. In the beginning I was a stomp box champion, beliving that palying through ten boxes was supreme, but now being a little less DIY and a little more concerned with quality, I think this unit replaces nine of those boxes (the Big Muff stays), and for the cost I can only say I wish I had found this sooner.

just have to read book, also get the person at the guitar shop to explain, if you do this you are 99% there. the only thing left to do is twaek and play and wonder where the hours went.

very wide selection of tones and toys. its just a litlle hummy(is that a word?). not bad enough to be a problem

so far so good

never needed (knock on strat)

very well made . i almost spent twice as much for same thing.

Read the manual, er whatever it was and seemed to be pretty straight forward. Once that was over there was nothing of use except for the table describing the effect values. Quickly made a copy and posted it on my amp.. Very simple to operate... I give it a 9 and not a 10 only because the table should also be printed on the back or something small on the font of the box...

Scrap the preset user patches, tweak to your liking and GO. WOW! The distortion is very nice and very tweakable because of the super EQ control. I had a ZOOM 505 for 4 months and while it was decent, it emitted a horrible hissing sound and rendered by dirty channel useless because of the noise. I couln't even use it in bypass mode it was so bad... Sold it off and bought this jem. No noise at all and I can use all of my amp. Contrary to the entry before me, I can get some pretty awesome overdrive and great distortion on both channels.

Very nice casing.... looks very sturdy, must better than plastic

Not yet warranted...

I play everything from the blues to decent rock... I am very happy with this and would definitely buy it again. Although you can't use as many patches at one time as with the ZOOM, the sound quality is better. I am using an AM Strat with a Hot Rod Deluxe and now my little korgy... Sold the ZOOM, DS-1, NS-2... This is all I need for what I need it for... Especially since Guitar Center had them on sale for $99. Shit, I should go buy another...

The things pretty easy to use. The instruction book is really of no use except for the table that explains each sound and it's setting. I gave it an eight. If your not a complete idiot...you can figure it out.

Really good sound quality if you use it right. I play an American Stnd Strat through a Peavy 5150. If you use the pedals distortion along with the amps distortion you have yourself some bonafide crap. Waaay To much gain, but if you're gonna use your distortion don't use the pedals. Pretty simple huh? The effects are a little limited but if you're giggin' not recordin' it'll do just fine.

It hasn't failed me yet.

Haven't need 'em.

I gave it a nine because it's perfect for what I do. I play progessive and 80's type metal so the phaser and flanger are really cool. The Auto wah was a nice touch too. I've been playing for about six years and if it were stolen I'd buy a new one or track the SOB down. I love it's ease of use I hate that to change sound you have a knob not a clicker button or something. Not very good if you need to go from say #2 to #7 in a hurry. I had an Ibanez Virtual Amp and this is just more convienient. I wish it had an expression pedal that would make it a lot easier. I find it a big help not a henderance.

Once you get used to this unit, it's simple. But for the first week, you'll find yourself scratching your head about how to edit programs. No problems once you get the hang of it, though.
Only complaint is that there are only 10 user program banks, and that you have to set up things carefully if you want to switch sounds mid-song in a live performance.

I have used this with a Peavy strat-clone, a Hohner les paul-clone, and a Fender acoustic. I run this through a 15 watt Peavy practice amp. Even with these humble set ups, the sounds are fabulous. My favorite thing to do is combine chorus, compression, and delay to create a U2ish, Policeish sound. Delay is amazing, chorus is beautiful, flanger and fazer are groovy. Only effect I didn't like was the pitch shifting, because it sounds like chinese music. I don't know, maybe that's what it's supposed to sound like, I've never really used pitch shift. Oh yeah, and the distortions will rip you another hole. Rock on!!

Never failed me yet. Batteries last a while if you get the good kind (Energizer). Even better if you buy an adapter (not included). Sturdy metal case. No backups needed for gigging.

No problems yet, don't know.

This is a great, inexpensive multi-effects processor. No matter what style of music you play, if you need effects, this baby is for you. Keep in mind that switching between programs mid-song has to be set up before hand, because you can switch between two effects with your foot, but if you want the others you've got to twirl a knob. Other than that, this is a sweet machine. I bought a DOD tec8 for like $220 and the Korg made the DOD look like a kid's toy. Don't buy the tec8, the distortions suck and so does the delay.
Anyway, overall, this machine kicks more butt than Chuck Norris and Mr. T combined.

I actually exchanged a Korg Classic Overdrive (105d) pedal for this unit. This is certainly not a plug and play device. It took me at least 5 minutes of reading the manual to figure out how to program the unit and change the sounds. However, once you get the hang of it, it's a breeze. You definitely need the manual to know what the settings are since they aren't labeled on the unit. The manual is minimal, but to the point. It actually took me about half an hour to get a sound that I was satisfied with, but once I found it, I was in tone heaven.

I'm using an Am Std with a DiMarzio Fast Track 2 in the bridge position -> Korg 411fx -> low input of a Marshall JCM800 2204. The distortion possibilities of this unit are so flexible. You can get just about any sound using the eq, which includes a quasi-parametric mid. This unit can do both the Korg Classic Overdrive (105d) and the Korg Hyper Distortion (104d) and a whole lot more. The 411fx distortions range from Tubscreamer to the Metal Zone/Big Muff -- very versatile! For 20 bucks extra, its definitely worth it. I tried both 105d & 104d and they are both one trick ponies. The 411fx is definitely much more versatile. Although the effects aren't quite as flexible as rack units or even most floor multi-effect units (the delays have preset times), they sound pretty good. I'd say it's pretty damn good for cramming so much into a little pedal. The only glitch is that the modulation effects (chorus/flange/phaser/pitch shifter) don't work when the reverb is turned on. However, this doesn't really bother me since I rarely use these effects. The noise gate is great too. The only thing this needs is a built in tuner and you'd have just about everything you need!

So far so good, but I've only had it for a day. Seems sturdy. It's made of sheet metal with heavy duty footswitches. I'll hold off on this until I can give it the true road test this summer.

I never dealt directly with the company, but the place I bought it from, Guitar Center, was very helpful and didn't give me any trouble when I wanted to exchange my 105d, which I had bought about a week earlier, for the 411fx.

I play mostly distorted pop in the vein of the Ramones and Descendents. This unit does it well, but is also capable of many other styles of music. If it had a built-in tuner, then I wouldn't have to leave my Boss TU-12H in line. Oh well, nothings absolutely perfect, but this comes close!

Very simple to use - The editing system in particular is extremely intuitive - select the effect type, and then use the 2 knobs to modify the effect parameters. The manual explains it well, but I didn't really need it once I'd figured out how to save a patch.

I've been using this with a Marshall 8080V Combo and a Fender Telecaster Special. I intended to use this to replace a Zoom 505 which I use in the FX loop of the amp - I use the amps channels for clean and crunch sounds, and then the Zoom to add a little overdrive & extra volume for solos. I found that the Korg isn't really suited to this - When I try to add OD with it in the FX loop I get uncontrollable feedback (this wasn't a problem with the Zoom). I've tried altering the loop level and the input but this didn't make any difference.
I then tried going from the guitar straight into the 411 and then into the amp. At home I wasn't too impressed with the sound but I tried it out at a rehearsal and was pleasantly surprised. The modulation sounds are on the whole pretty good - I particularly like the Auto-Rotary sounds and the Chorus. Delay is good, but the Reverb is a bit grainy (For #99 can you expect anything else?). Compressor is very good (unlike the one on the Zoom which didn't seem to actually *do* anything). Heavy distortions are excellent, but the unit is slightly let down by the overdrive - the crunch-type sounds are a bit too middly for my liking. Even using the parametric mid in the EQ section didn't help that much. Having said that, the EQ section is very good compared to the Zoom - Seperate knobs for Bass, Treble and a sweepable mid control. Noise reduction seems OK, but haven't really needed to use it much - the unit is pretty quiet. If it wasn't for the effects loop limitation I would've given this at least a nine, but for now it'll have to be....

Seems fairly sturdy - sheet metal construction and big chunky footswitches. I'll feel pretty secure with this under my feet. Haven't used it live just yert (next gig isn;t for another months) so.....

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing for 16 years now (ouch! - didn't realise it was that long) and I've tried lots of different effects options - pedals, a Quadraverb rack, back to pedals again, the Zoom, and now the Korg. Where this really scores for me is simplicity; I sing while I play, and don't want to have too many pedals under my feet to worry about. This unit combines the simplicity of an old fashioned stomp-box with the versatility of a Multi-FX, managing to get the best features of both. I think I'd buy it again if it was lost/stolen.