Boss IR-2

EricTheWeary

CountryDave said:

Quick question for those more technically aware than me.

For live use, could this output to a splitter box?  One output going to the desk for FOH and the other to a powered FRFR/power amp & speaker?

From a quick look at the manual I can't see a problem with sending both Outs to different places. What I think you can't do is have separate settings (well, it says this in the manual) per Out. So, you couldn't, for example, have amp+IR on one output and amp only on the other. Very happy to be proven wrong though. 

onlyatom

CountryDave said:

Quick question for those more technically aware than me.

For live use, could this output to a splitter box?  One output going to the desk for FOH and the other to a powered FRFR/power amp & speaker?

You can only turn the cab on or off globally, not per output. Therefore your options are:

• Guitar -> Pedals -> IR-2 with amp and cab on
  -> Output L to PA
  -> Output R to FRFR
• Guitar -> Pedals -> IR-2 with amp on, cab off
  -> Output L to something with an IR -> PA
  -> Output R to power amp and guitar cab

Creed_Clicks said:

So should you treat this like an amp, and put effects pedals before it, or in the loop?

Both? Gains and pitch stuff out in front, delay and reverb in the loop. Same as you'd use an amp with an FX Loop.

CountryDave

Thanks @EricTheWeary and @onlyatom ;

The plan isn't to use the two outputs from the pedal, as I understand this is stereo out.

A single output from the pedal into a splitter.  Splitter to PA and then to FRFR.  Amp and cab sim left on.

Likely to be clicking the button on one of these later.

RaymondLin

I've slept on it now and still want it, as it is ACTUALLY useful, and not a pedal / tool that I have.  Something that allow me to use my entire pedalboard through headphones, regular headphones, with cabsim....it unlocks my entire board....plus, FX loop, battery powered !!!!

Yes please, I can just plug and out of my boards of my choosing without having to fiddle with power supply.

I just can't think of a downside...it's affordable, it is useful, it has all the core sets of features i wanted in a pedal, GREAT size, Boss reliability.

ElectricXII

I'm tempted by this for practice, but not for live use. My problem is that I hate wearing headphones.

rze99

Looks like a superb well-thought out tool in an easy to use small format without the need for screwing around with menus and programming. Well done Boss!

It's £179 

I don't need it as I can use my (excellent) Yamaha TH100 HD head for back-pack only events (it's one-finger lift light) and that has better features and the ability to blend two channels which mirrors my two amp set-up.  

RaymondLin

rze99 said:

Looks like a superb well-thought out tool in an easy to use small format without the need for screwing around with menus and programming. Well done Boss!

It's £179 

I don't need it as I can use my (excellent) Yamaha TH100 HD head for back-pack only events (it's one-finger lift light) and that has better features and the ability to blend two channels which mirrors my two amp set-up.  

Technically....I could do the same with my Spark Mini, which is also battery powered, but I just like how this fits on a board...

I think it gives me the impetus to rewire this board now with that at the end. 

Paul_C

I have the Simplifier for making my Katana sound a little more valve ampy (and some amp captures in the Beebo, Swart and Morgan are my favourites ) but might pick one of these up to try too at some point.

Not necessarily because I need one, but because I'm just about out of musical things to buy.

rze99

RaymondLin said:

rze99 said:

Looks like a superb well-thought out tool in an easy to use small format without the need for screwing around with menus and programming. Well done Boss!

It's £179 

I don't need it as I can use my (excellent) Yamaha TH100 HD head for back-pack only events (it's one-finger lift light) and that has better features and the ability to blend two channels which mirrors my two amp set-up.  

Technically....I could do the same with my Spark Mini, which is also battery powered, but I just like how this fits on a board...

I think it gives me the impetus to rewire this board now with that at the end. 

I was initially non-plussed... I saw your pic and was looking at our board thinking that was a small tweed amp with recessed speaker grill. Doh.

MagicPigDetective

Can you use it to record into Reaper, as I do with a HX Stomp? 

vasselmeyer

MagicPigDetective said:

Can you use it to record into Reaper, as I do with a HX Stomp? 

Yes. You can set the USB to act as an audio interface.

sev112

I can’t see these for sale anywhere ?  Any links ?

ElectricXII

RaymondLin said:

rze99 said:

Looks like a superb well-thought out tool in an easy to use small format without the need for screwing around with menus and programming. Well done Boss!

It's £179 

I don't need it as I can use my (excellent) Yamaha TH100 HD head for back-pack only events (it's one-finger lift light) and that has better features and the ability to blend two channels which mirrors my two amp set-up.  

Technically....I could do the same with my Spark Mini, which is also battery powered, but I just like how this fits on a board...

I think it gives me the impetus to rewire this board now with that at the end. 

I love that "if they'd had pedals in 50s, the pedalboards would've looked like this" pedalboard! The relicing is really convincing. DIY or bought at great expense?

RaymondLin

ElectricXII said:

I love that "if they'd had pedals in 50s, the pedalboards would've looked like this" pedalboard! The relicing is really convincing. DIY or bought at great expense?

I got it like 10 years ago from the infamous Salvage Customs (long story short, the owner took on loads of orders than he could handle and didn't keep up with his promised schedule, with delays and some people may have even lost money).  I got lucky and ordered them before he was over his head.  Now and again he makes a one off to sell without Built to Order and this was one of them.  I forgot how much...i think back of my mind it was like £200?

Fortheloveofguitar

sev112 said:

I can’t see these for sale anywhere ?  Any links ?

Pre order only at the moment. 

goldtop

Is it a sub-set of the IR-200? Or does it have something extra?

(I don't need such a small pedal.)

RaymondLin

goldtop said:

Is it a sub-set of the IR-200? Or does it have something extra?

(I don't need such a small pedal.)

USB-C and battery powered…but not sure about sims and stuff.  The IR200 looks like can do more.

but also £140 extra, and for simplicity I love this one, the price is just so attractive.

Jetsam1

RaymondLin said:

goldtop said:

Is it a sub-set of the IR-200? Or does it have something extra?

(I don't need such a small pedal.)

USB-C and battery powered…but not sure about sims and stuff.  The IR200 looks like can do more.

but also £140 extra, and for simplicity I love this one, the price is just so attractive.

I think this is where it wins for me. It is simple. And has twisty dial things and is small and compact. 90% of my electric playing is through headphones and I can set up a little board in a bag and then just pull it out, plug in one plug and away we go. I am really thinking hard of ways to get this (big car related bills coming in) but I have been thinking about a replacement for the Line 6 POD 2 and as I don't need effects and need compact and easy, quick to set up interfaces as I hate messing about with cables and menus this is very likely going to be my new permanent solution.

I hope my Tokai sells fairly quickly.

thomasw88

Pre-ordered it from andertons..

Heartfeltdawn

A question:

-Mono/stereo loop for patching in mod, delay, and reverb effects after the amp emulation


Is this post-cab or pre-cab?

EDIT: Given that it's got Amp & Cabinet on the front of the ruddy pedal, I am going to assume that the effects loop is post-amp and pre-cab