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MF blurb says 10 assignable footswitches - which could be good news. Though why then print the bank / ctr stuff
External PSU? Urgh.
Oh hey, it even says it on the spec list on the Boss website:
The manual should be along shortly, which will answer a lot of questions...
I was all set to defend this by saying that if you're actually using this with other effects in the loops that need their own PSU anyway, then it makes some sort of sense to have an external PSU so you can run it from the same supply as the other pedals.
Only trouble is, this thing needs a 1.2A AC supply, so scratch that.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
Enough to put me off it
I wonder if there's an option to bypass the amp sims on it and just use the effects into a tube amp.
The external PSU really misses the point, doesn't it.
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
I agree, doesn't look bad at all. If it turns out to be as flexible as the Helix, considering with the Katana how much their amp sim technology has evolved, and that it includes algorithms from the -500 pedals, this could be really good.
Can I ask what the issue is with an external PSU?
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
The external PSU doesn't even phase me one bit. It's a bit like games consoles - smaller console, external PSU, larger console, internal. Doesn't bother me one bit.
It's worth considering that Boss are really on top of their game recently, and they cannot afford to release an average version of a Helix. We need to see exactly what is does and what is sounds like.
We'll all be guessing and reading between the lines for a while, I think.
Re Power Supply - the pic of the rear of the unit clearly has "DC In" printed above what looks like a standard Boss power socket. The supplied spec says it runs on DC (doesn't say what voltage), but that the Adapter is a 1.2A AC adapter. Who knows? The photos may be from an early mockup rather than a real unit. The spec may be badly written.
Re 4CM - there are two sets of send/return sockets. I'd assume that means two moveable S/R points in the signal chain (the GT-100 has one). That's good for people who want other pedals in front of the preamp and still want to use 4CM.
Will it displace Helix, FX8 and Kemper users? Probably not, but it might give Boss fans an upgrade path that stays with Boss.
What looks dated about it? Externally it looks good and I'm not going to say the screen is dated based on a couple of pictures. If that looks dated, then the Fractal approach looks positively neanderthal.
dindude said: Yet we accept it with laptops with no problem. Personally I'd rather have a wallwart supply. If it fucks up, it's a damn sight easier to replace that an internal PSU.
I was't that impressed when I first saw it, but I've just booted up my old Windows 95 machine and it looks great on that.
these days i'm happy with a 2nd hand digitech distortion, delay, wah and reverb pedal and it will probably sound just as good as anything else at a gig,
THIS is the killer feature for me, and it's the one thing I've been wanting in a MFX since I first got the GT-5. If they've nailed GLOBAL effects settings that can be synced between multiple instances in patches then this could finally be the answer to all my previous MFX gripes and could allow me to ditch separate stomps. This is the one missing feature that has prevented me from trying Helix, Ax8, Fx8, Headrush, all of them.
Fingers crossed...
Trading feedback here
Not cheap though
https://www.andertons.co.uk/boss-gt-1000-guitar-effects-processor-gt-1000
The GT-100 lets me store several "favourite" versions of a pedal and it's settings - which is great. When you decide to load one into a patch it becomes 'frozen' within that patch. If I then go back to the favourite and change it slightly (maybe at a gig it isn't cutting through and I need to add some extra mids) I'll then need to go to every patch that uses it and reload the favourite setting back into those patches. Which is still better than having to adjust every every instance of that effect in every patch that uses it, but...
If I could have the patches dynamically load the latest version of my favourite so I only have to change it in one place, one time and every patch would now be able to see that I'd changed the mid setting - that would be excellent.
I think the Fractal lineup of products will go down in history as proof planned obsolescence can actually be a good thing. The UI on the hardware does look dated, however it is entirely functional. If it was designed today it'd likely look different.
Tonally the Fractal stuff is arguably the best, if people care to argue. And yes I own the Helix Native plugin so I can compare side by side, for guitar amps there's plenty in it for me. For bass I think the Helix is better, that's why I bought the plugin. For delays I'd use either, in fact I probably use the Helix delays more because I can apply them post recording more easily.
Realistically this Boss design is actually more my preference even over the Helix. If you're playing with a band you don't want to spend long looking down at your effects, you just want to hit a nice clearly labelled button and have a big screen to tell you what patch you're on... this nails that for me from the looks of things.
A fair point regarding the external PSU, and not one I'd considered. The added benefit is this seems to be a lighter and smaller unit than it's competitors, which is something many have asked for. That and the reverb/delay patch spillover.
£879 at PMT
https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/boss-gt-1000-multi-effects-processor
And yet decades of guitar pedalboards use similar connectors.