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Is the USB direct going to compete with the latest from Line 6 / BOSS for PC recording? No.Īctually, for live use, despite what you read online, I’ve all but disregarded using the Preamp section at all.

Is it going to compete with a mic’d up cranked valve amp + pedals for recording? No. The bottom line is I can get to the live sound I need with a clean amp (The BOSS Katana 50 in my case), the BOSS ME-80 and 2 leads. We’re talking valve-amps, separate pedals, a variety of Mult-FX, 2-cable, 4-cable method, just about everything you can imagine. I’ve gigged with a variety of gear, a lot of it documented on the Blogging Musician. Are the sounds of the BOSS ME-80 good enough to gig with?

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Another scenario would be using a Chorus from the EQ/FX1 block to free up the Modulation block for a Flanger etc. The advantage of this is using two separate foot-switchable delays, one from the Delay block and one from the Modulation block if you need a subtle short delay and a dramatic long delay in the same song for example. You can’t for example setup CTRL to switch between the T-SCREAM and OVERDRIVE types of the OD/DS block.īOSS has also designed the FX blocks to give you access to the same effect from two different places. The only limitations are your imagination and the inability to change between FX types of the block in question. Sure you could also use the SOLO option of the Comp/FX1 block, but you get the idea. The icing on the cake is the CTRL switch, which allows you to set up a parameter change (or range of changes) and assign it to the CTRL footswitch.Ī classic example would be increasing the gain and volume of the OD/OS block while adding a touch more MIDS in the EQ/FX2 block to give a foot-switchable lead boost for that particular preset. Where the ME-80 shines, is in its ability to foot-switch between the two, with no sonic delay, giving you the best of both worlds. Do you prefer to craft a specific tone per set/song? Use the PRESET mode.

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Do you want to keep it simple? Use MANUAL mode. The way the BOSS ME-80 combines ease of use with versatility is a master-stroke. The surprising versatility of the BOSS ME-80 It just doesn’t present the end-user with any issues, which can’t be said for a lot of Multi-FX. It’s quiet, there’s no switching lag in any of the modes. Lastly, what’s really great about the BOSS ME-80 are the things you don’t notice. They look far too close, but in practice, they’re designed so that it’s very difficult to hit the wrong one. However, in a year’s gigging with my size 12’s, not once have an accidentally selected the wrong switch. It’s a newer designed where they are sort of ‘stacked’ one on top of the other. When I first saw the BOSS ME-80, I was a little concerned about the closeness of the footswitches. If you prefer to use tones per song, this mode has you covered. Switch to PRESET mode (with your foot) and the bottom row of switches become your patches 1-4, with the top 3 becoming bank up, bank down and the intriguing CTRL switch (more on that later). But what happens if you need a wildly different tone? That’s what PRESET Mode is for. The above configuration covers 99% of my set and allows me to simply engage/disengage the FX I need when I need them.

The Analog Delay type of the Delay Block.

Which allows me to switch independently between Chorus, Flanger or both.

The Flanger type of the Modulation block.

The Solo type of the Comp/FX1 block which gives me a handy volume AND gain boost for soloing.

The Turbo OD type of the OD/DS block for an overdriven rhythm sound, which becomes clean when switched off.