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too fiddly - loops are too complicated for an oaf like me and worst of all by far the tuner is crap and even worse than that the pedal switches are at the wrong angle to use with your foot.
Its already boxed up to return. In the cold light of day it's preposterously expensive for what it does
Need to spend a bit of time programming it, so far though I've gone from having to switch 3 pedals and a channel changer to just pressing one switch! For my loop 3 I've sent that to a simple patch box on the side of the board so I can add pedals with out ripping the board to bits.
I really like it.
Just looking this up - interesting that the GT100 launched at around £470 and is around £350 in the shops now. Whilst I like the idea of the MS3 I slightly balk at the idea of spending more just to get the same sounds in a smaller box with slightly better functionality and a slightly crappy looking screen. Although as I haven't got two half pennies to rub together it's pretty academic
Funny how so many people dissed the GT-100 for being "digital", are now praising the MS-3...
Anyhow, got my MS-3 board all sorted - have gone from this:
To this:
Doubtless there will be a few changes to come - I may add an extra FS-7 dual footswitch, and I may add MIDI control of the Zoom MS70-CDR and have it after the MS-3 in the chain, rather than in the 3rd loop. But I'll see how it goes like this for a while.
Return request booked with Thomann yesterday.
Problem one: the loops are fixed together in the signal chain. Yes you can move the relative position of all the loops in that chain but if you want (as I do) to use Loop 1 (POG) at the beginning of a chain, with a gain stage, some modulation then Loop 2 (Ecoplex) at the end, you can't. That is a big oversight and is a deal breaker in itself.
Problem two: the user interface is appalling. The most illogical and uncomfortable way of programming I've seen for years. It's impossible to do in a rehearsal context (arguably where a lot of people generate ideas for patches) - just too long winded. I tried to set up the sounds to fit with the band, I got so frustrated, it got unplugged and I rebuilt my normal pedalboard - that took less time to rebuild than programming. Yes, I'm sure with time it would have got easier/quicker but it's just not good enough.
Shame, I liked the idea but the execution of the concept was bad.
Yes, you can use a laptop but the whole point of this was downsizing, so dragging one along to rehearsals kinda defeats the point. Plus, its not difficult to construct decent operating systems with good GUIs and Boss have been doing this long enough to know the importance of this.
Splitting the loops is essential for me - and IMHO a glaring oversight.
I doubt it, you'd need two more sets of AD/DA converters to achieve this would you not? I think the idea is you plum your drive pedals in these three slots and then have effects pre and post of them, it would work for me any many others like this, but yes is a limitation for others.
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I imagine the loops aren't able to be split to keep the ES-5 and the ES-8 as the ones to buy for that function.
I was going to get one of these but I'm now starting to build around an ES-8.
But the chorus/vibrato are very much in the Boss pedals sonic spectrum. As is the flanger - and that can be a good or bad thing depending on your point of view about Boss flanger...