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Trouble is, you've then only got two loops for external effects, which doesn't seem like a lot when the whole idea of this thing is that it's part GT-x multi-fx and part ES-x loop switcher.
If it still had all the amp sims on board it would be easier to look at it as the brains for some sort of Helix-like FRFR system with the majority of the processing happening "in the box" and the amp as just a "make-louder", but it doesn't. That makes it seem like it's meant to integrate with an amp, and that makes the fact that it doesn't have a way to do 4CM connections without eating up a chunk of it's pedal switching capacity a bit disappointing.
Meh, any time you spend this sort of money on something this complicated it's likely to be to achieve something fairly specific and fairly complex, so if it doesn't do what you have in mind you buy something different.
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Off the top of my head if I put this in my fantasty setup:
- EVH5150III 50-watter, Diezel VH4 or D-Moll in the 1st FX loop
- Strymon Timeline before the MS3 controlled by midi from it too
- Amp controlled by midi from the MS3
- In the case of the 5150III 50-watter, I can bring in a volume attenuator any time I switch to the blue channel to correct the volume jump built into the amp
- My favourite phaser pedal in the 2nd FX loop
- Source Audio Nemesis Delay in the 3rd FX loop controlled by midi too
- Use one of the built in boosts for a solo boost, or to saturate the 2nd channel on the amp a bit more
- External footswitch setup as global tap tempo, which taps the internal effects as well as midi clock to the other delays
- Use a built in reverb so I don't need to have a dedicated reverb pedal
- Presumably you can bypass the Nemesis and Timeline
Basically I see it as you'd end up using the built in effects except in cases where you want something very special. Much like the Helix I suppose. What kind of attracts me to this is the size.
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I was looking to do a similar thing with the GT-100 at one point, but it didn't have enough IO and was too big. This would nail it.
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In light of @digitalscream's comment, I doubt they will. I agree, it makes more sense to see it as a GT-series processor with more I/O rather than an ES-series switcher with effects. Why would you provide a player with a whole bunch of your own effects then give them enough loop switching capacity not to have to use any of them?
Price-wise, the MS-3 is (probably) close to the ES-5 already, so I imagine it as something for a player who doesn't think the ES-5 is quite right for them. Or indeed for someone like @monquixote who wants a smaller GT-100 with more I/Os.
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The MS-3 promises something which I feel could potentially fall short depending on your preferences.
Thats the key point though - everyone's preferences are different. I think Boss are stepping in the right direction for users who want a hybrid approach.
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Line 6 M5 (OK, it isn't that small), or the Zoom MultiStomps can do MIDI-via-USB I think...
FWIW, I don't think the MS-3 has spillover on the external loops, while the ES-5 does.
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The GT-100 had the MDP Adaptive Drive which is actually quite good.
just hope it's not shit!