Zoom announces MultiStomp MS-200D+ gain pedal at NAMM 2024

January 26, 2024 · 3 sources

Zoom announced the MultiStomp MS-200D+ on January 26, 2024, at NAMM 2024. It is a compact digital stompbox holding 200 drive, distortion and fuzz sounds, 164 of them Zoom originals and 36 emulated from classic units¹².

The pedal is a second-generation MultiStomp, following the MS-50G+ unveiled a couple of months earlier, and shares a similar design¹. It runs up to two effects at once, such as Booster plus Drive, and stores 250 user patches². Drives can run in parallel, be digitally daisy-chained and toggled on the fly, and a boost option is included¹. A 160 x 128 dot-matrix LCD changes color according to the drive sound¹³². Four encoder knobs handle Add, Delete, Library and Menu functions, four Cross Key switches cover Memory and Scroll, and a central footswitch holds the chromatic tuner, which supports standard guitar tunings including open and drop¹². The Handy Guitar Lab iOS app connects over USB-C for patches and deeper edits¹³². Power comes from a 9V DC adapter at 500mA or two AA batteries, with stated maximum battery times of about 14 hours on lithium, 7 on alkaline and 6.5 on NiMH².

Specifications as listed by Guitar Pedal X²:

Pricing differs between the reports. Guitar Pedal X states an RRP/MAP of ¥13,900 or $139². The MS-200D+ is listed among the multi-effects pedals in Zoom's range.