Boss DD 200

hotpickups

Has anyone used/tried one yet. Any good? Tried recalling presets via midi yet?

roberty

Yes, yes and yes

It's very nice sounding, I'd prefer deep editing for some of the delay types but the stock sounds are nice and I only use delay for solos really

eg for tape you can choose distortion on or off but not the amount, and there's no warble or crease

I basically needed to switch between reverse and crotchet via midi in a small form factor. The midi behaviour is highly customisable actually so in that respect it is very versatile

hotpickups

roberty said:

Yes, yes and yes

It's very nice sounding, I'd prefer deep editing for some of the delay types but the stock sounds are nice and I only use delay for solos really

eg for tape you can choose distortion on or off but not the amount, and there's no warble or crease

I basically needed to switch between reverse and crotchet via midi in a small form factor. The midi behaviour is highly customisable actually so in that respect it is very versatile

What about selecting the presets via a midi switcher etc. Can that be done?

roberty

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

Yes, yes and yes

It's very nice sounding, I'd prefer deep editing for some of the delay types but the stock sounds are nice and I only use delay for solos really

eg for tape you can choose distortion on or off but not the amount, and there's no warble or crease

I basically needed to switch between reverse and crotchet via midi in a small form factor. The midi behaviour is highly customisable actually so in that respect it is very versatile

What about selecting the presets via a midi switcher etc. Can that be done?

Yep, program change. You can map any PC number to any preset

hotpickups

roberty said:

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

Yes, yes and yes

It's very nice sounding, I'd prefer deep editing for some of the delay types but the stock sounds are nice and I only use delay for solos really

eg for tape you can choose distortion on or off but not the amount, and there's no warble or crease

I basically needed to switch between reverse and crotchet via midi in a small form factor. The midi behaviour is highly customisable actually so in that respect it is very versatile

What about selecting the presets via a midi switcher etc. Can that be done?

Yep, program change. You can map any PC number to any preset

Sounds straight forward enough ?

roberty

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

Yes, yes and yes

It's very nice sounding, I'd prefer deep editing for some of the delay types but the stock sounds are nice and I only use delay for solos really

eg for tape you can choose distortion on or off but not the amount, and there's no warble or crease

I basically needed to switch between reverse and crotchet via midi in a small form factor. The midi behaviour is highly customisable actually so in that respect it is very versatile

What about selecting the presets via a midi switcher etc. Can that be done?

Yep, program change. You can map any PC number to any preset

Sounds straight forward enough ?

Yep it's all in the manual

https://www.boss.info/uk/support/by_product/dd-200/owners_manuals/b8ece50c-638a-41d3-934e-b4be29bb038b/

hotpickups

roberty said:

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

Yes, yes and yes

It's very nice sounding, I'd prefer deep editing for some of the delay types but the stock sounds are nice and I only use delay for solos really

eg for tape you can choose distortion on or off but not the amount, and there's no warble or crease

I basically needed to switch between reverse and crotchet via midi in a small form factor. The midi behaviour is highly customisable actually so in that respect it is very versatile

What about selecting the presets via a midi switcher etc. Can that be done?

Yep, program change. You can map any PC number to any preset

Sounds straight forward enough ?

Yep it's all in the manual

https://www.boss.info/uk/support/by_product/dd-200/owners_manuals/b8ece50c-638a-41d3-934e-b4be29bb038b/

Think I might get one. Seems good value 

roberty

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

Yes, yes and yes

It's very nice sounding, I'd prefer deep editing for some of the delay types but the stock sounds are nice and I only use delay for solos really

eg for tape you can choose distortion on or off but not the amount, and there's no warble or crease

I basically needed to switch between reverse and crotchet via midi in a small form factor. The midi behaviour is highly customisable actually so in that respect it is very versatile

What about selecting the presets via a midi switcher etc. Can that be done?

Yep, program change. You can map any PC number to any preset

Sounds straight forward enough ?

Yep it's all in the manual

https://www.boss.info/uk/support/by_product/dd-200/owners_manuals/b8ece50c-638a-41d3-934e-b4be29bb038b/

Think I might get one. Seems good value 

Deffo hit the sweet spot for me

hotpickups

roberty said:

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

Yes, yes and yes

It's very nice sounding, I'd prefer deep editing for some of the delay types but the stock sounds are nice and I only use delay for solos really

eg for tape you can choose distortion on or off but not the amount, and there's no warble or crease

I basically needed to switch between reverse and crotchet via midi in a small form factor. The midi behaviour is highly customisable actually so in that respect it is very versatile

What about selecting the presets via a midi switcher etc. Can that be done?

Yep, program change. You can map any PC number to any preset

Sounds straight forward enough ?

Yep it's all in the manual

https://www.boss.info/uk/support/by_product/dd-200/owners_manuals/b8ece50c-638a-41d3-934e-b4be29bb038b/

Think I might get one. Seems good value 

Deffo hit the sweet spot for me

I’ll wait till the MD 200 gets released and buy them together. I’ll definitely have to sell both my H9s then 

roberty

One thing to note the midi jacks are on the side so you might not get them flush together if they are both patched for midi

I got a discount from Gak with the Roland midi trs cable and the unit together so it's worth hitting them up on live chat 

hotpickups

roberty said:

One thing to note the midi jacks are on the side so you might not get them flush together if they are both patched for midi

I got a discount from Gak with the Roland midi trs cable and the unit together so it's worth hitting them up on live chat 

Ok great thanks. Yeah sure im used to that with the H9s. You can’t butt them up side by side either when midi jacks are in

roberty

hotpickups said:

roberty said:

One thing to note the midi jacks are on the side so you might not get them flush together if they are both patched for midi

I got a discount from Gak with the Roland midi trs cable and the unit together so it's worth hitting them up on live chat 

Ok great thanks. Yeah sure im used to that with the H9s. You can’t butt them up side by side either when midi jacks are in

And you can chain the two boss units together with standard trs minijack

markr76

I have one and I think it sounds great. I’ve also managed to get the midi working with my gigrig g2 with help from Thorpy. I’m pretty new to midi so I didn’t know where to start.
It was the cable that was the problem to start with. I didn’t realise there’s different midi to trs cables. Type A,B,C. I ended up cutting the cable and re-soldering it so the tip and ring on the trs went to the correct midi pin. It worked fine afterwards.
i love the size of the dd200 too. I thought the dd500, timeline were too big for my needs.

hotpickups

markr76 said:

I have one and I think it sounds great. I’ve also managed to get the midi working with my gigrig g2 with help from Thorpy. I’m pretty new to midi so I didn’t know where to start.
It was the cable that was the problem to start with. I didn’t realise there’s different midi to trs cables. Type A,B,C. I ended up cutting the cable and re-soldering it so the tip and ring on the trs went to the correct midi pin. It worked fine afterwards.
i love the size of the dd200 too. I thought the dd500, timeline were too big for my needs.

Sounds perfect for my needs too I agree about the timeline. Too big and OTT for my use but also I couldn't help feeling a bit embarrased and self indulgent when people saw my pedal board with those sized pedals on it. I'm trying to simplify stuff now

hotpickups

If anyone here has one and uses a switcher like the Boss ES5, a quick video of how to recall the preset would be great. The md 200 is out now so once this hurdle has been jumped for me I might get both 

markr76

Well once I got a midi to trs cable that worked (I had a bit of trouble with mine and Thorpy helped me out. A couple of wires had to be switched round as the tip and ring were going to the wrong midi pins) with my gigrig g2 I was getting nothing happening. Once the cable was sorted the g2 change the pedal from n-1 to n-2 to n-3 etc. 

What I couldn’t do was choose which memory to recall per foot switch on the g2.
How I sorted it was looking at the midi table for the g2 and I noticed that the program change number was the same as the foot switch number on the g2. So bank 1 went from 1- 14 band 2 from 15-24. 

On the dd200 if you press both the tap division and memory button together it takes you to the system settings. Right at the end of the menu you can choose the program change number. 

If you pm me your Phone number I’m happy to give you a bell and talk you through what I did. I’ll have to run through it again myself. But I was pretty easy once I got my head round it.

mark.

hotpickups

markr76 said:

Well once I got a midi to trs cable that worked (I had a bit of trouble with mine and Thorpy helped me out. A couple of wires had to be switched round as the tip and ring were going to the wrong midi pins) with my gigrig g2 I was getting nothing happening. Once the cable was sorted the g2 change the pedal from n-1 to n-2 to n-3 etc. 

What I couldn’t do was choose which memory to recall per foot switch on the g2.
How I sorted it was looking at the midi table for the g2 and I noticed that the program change number was the same as the foot switch number on the g2. So bank 1 went from 1- 14 band 2 from 15-24. 

On the dd200 if you press both the tap division and memory button together it takes you to the system settings. Right at the end of the menu you can choose the program change number. 

If you pm me your Phone number I’m happy to give you a bell and talk you through what I did. I’ll have to run through it again myself. But I was pretty easy once I got my head round it.

mark.

Thanks @markr76 that's very kind of you. However, I haven't actually bought either yet and was hoping to see some videos first on it which I thought Boss would release considering they have the Boss ES8/5 as one of their products etc. When I get either though I'd to take you up on your offer and get in touch if I have a problem etc. Where are you based out of interest?

markr76

hotpickups said:

markr76 said:

Well once I got a midi to trs cable that worked (I had a bit of trouble with mine and Thorpy helped me out. A couple of wires had to be switched round as the tip and ring were going to the wrong midi pins) with my gigrig g2 I was getting nothing happening. Once the cable was sorted the g2 change the pedal from n-1 to n-2 to n-3 etc. 

What I couldn’t do was choose which memory to recall per foot switch on the g2.
How I sorted it was looking at the midi table for the g2 and I noticed that the program change number was the same as the foot switch number on the g2. So bank 1 went from 1- 14 band 2 from 15-24. 

On the dd200 if you press both the tap division and memory button together it takes you to the system settings. Right at the end of the menu you can choose the program change number. 

If you pm me your Phone number I’m happy to give you a bell and talk you through what I did. I’ll have to run through it again myself. But I was pretty easy once I got my head round it.

mark.

Thanks @markr76 that's very kind of you. However, I haven't actually bought either yet and was hoping to see some videos first on it which I thought Boss would release considering they have the Boss ES8/5 as one of their products etc. When I get either though I'd to take you up on your offer and get in touch if I have a problem etc. Where are you based out of interest?

I’m in Brackley, Northamptonshire.

hotpickups

markr76 said:

hotpickups said:

markr76 said:

Well once I got a midi to trs cable that worked (I had a bit of trouble with mine and Thorpy helped me out. A couple of wires had to be switched round as the tip and ring were going to the wrong midi pins) with my gigrig g2 I was getting nothing happening. Once the cable was sorted the g2 change the pedal from n-1 to n-2 to n-3 etc. 

What I couldn’t do was choose which memory to recall per foot switch on the g2.
How I sorted it was looking at the midi table for the g2 and I noticed that the program change number was the same as the foot switch number on the g2. So bank 1 went from 1- 14 band 2 from 15-24. 

On the dd200 if you press both the tap division and memory button together it takes you to the system settings. Right at the end of the menu you can choose the program change number. 

If you pm me your Phone number I’m happy to give you a bell and talk you through what I did. I’ll have to run through it again myself. But I was pretty easy once I got my head round it.

mark.

Thanks @markr76 that's very kind of you. However, I haven't actually bought either yet and was hoping to see some videos first on it which I thought Boss would release considering they have the Boss ES8/5 as one of their products etc. When I get either though I'd to take you up on your offer and get in touch if I have a problem etc. Where are you based out of interest?

I’m in Brackley, Northamptonshire.

Ah right near Thorpy then ?

hotpickups

Just demo’d the dd200 and md200. Really like them. Compact, midi and very good sounds. Only 4/5 presets but I don’t use that many sounds tbh. 

HoraceB

I've got a DD-200,  sounds great, really like the ease of use but the sloping switches and the fact I keep going into looper mode by pressing the two switches by mistake when playing live is becoming bit of an issue for me, I've got a Canyon Delay coming so I expect one of them will be going in the classifieds soon.