uncle psychosis Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Mine has FINALLY arrived. Looking forward to trying it out tomorrow... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 9 hours ago, Woodinblack said: Keep up - we did that one on page 3 last month! Ooops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 10 hours ago, Al Krow said: Don't get rid of your synth pedal any time soon though! 😅 I'm not sure how good that review was tbh, felt like it was doing quite a few things "adequately" and not necessarily showing off its potential? If you have a set of individual pedals you were 90% happy with, that's a pretty decent outcome! Genuinely looking forward to hearing if it ends up cutting the mustard for you, or if you decide to stick to your existing board? But nothing ventured, nothing gained! I definitely think there are some that I will "miss". I've got two Darkglass pedals that are absolutely phenomenal, for instance. But, there are two things colliding: the need for simplicity and frankly the need for cash. I will, though, do a proper video review thingy with it because as was said earlier these product demos just scrape the surface. Of course, none of them ever say "hmmm, that sounds sh!t" on the synths for example! But, it does look like you could do a better version by combining chorus, Octave and fuzz... So we will see! Mine won't arrive until some point in July. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwillett Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Like the idea of a video and audio review, go for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Was playing aroudn with mine yesterday practicing some songs and setting up some patches. I like the octave (the mono one), I also like the drop thing (where you set a place, press the button and it dive bombs down/up and back up/down), and the pitch change is fine for the occasional one off trip to a different key in a band setting (would do it in a recording). I thought it was odd that you had different things in different places, ie, you have a whole compressor section, then you have a compressor in the chorus section, but then realised playing with it that the pitch effects are also in the compressor section, so if you set it to that you lose the compressor, apart from the one in the chorus section. I was going to play with more settings, but I got kind of stuck in the amp models, and ended up actually practicing, and also playing along with things that were in e flat, with the drop pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I've only spent half an hour with it, but I'm very chuffed indeed. I basically want(ed) it to replace the entirety of my current rig --- which is a preamp pedal into a powered speaker, then separate other pedals. For bass I never want to do anything complicated, I want a decent "amp" sound, I want some basic overdrive, some chorus, and then because I like to tinker I want the ability to do additionally silly things every now and again. I will probably live in manual mode 100% of the time. Thirty minutes with it tells me that it will absolutely cover my current standalone rig --- the basic amp, chorus, and overdrive sounds are absolutely spot on. The other effects will need me to do some tweaking to work out what I like but there do seem to be enough decent sounds in there to have fun. I do still have questions about how manual mode interacts with the "replaceable" effects (the ones that are accessible via the tone studio). I do hope that these are available in manual mode once you have set it up in tone studio. Anyone know? One final comment --- if, like me, you intend to live in manual mode then there's a setting you need to be aware of. Its called "Switching to Manual Mode" and page 16 of the Reference Manual tells you how to change it: With the default factory setting of "N1" then when you turn on Manual Mode the sound retains the settings from Memory Mode, which means the knobs are not WYSIWIG. This confused the hell out of me until I found how to change it! (However I can also see there are occasions when you'd want this behaviour so good to have it both ways). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 1 hour ago, uncle psychosis said: I do still have questions about how manual mode interacts with the "replaceable" effects (the ones that are accessible via the tone studio). I do hope that these are available in manual mode once you have set it up in tone studio. Anyone know? Yes, these are genuine replacements, so if you don't like effect A, you can swap it for effect B, then any time you select the effect on the panel, or manual or preset, you will be selecting effect B as that is what is there now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Has anyone got there's in some kind of hard case? My old GT10-B was in a flight case and I want to do something similar for when my ME90B eventually arrives towards the end of July but finding it a bit of a minefield to buy the right thing. Ideally I want a hard case where I can mount the pedalboard in the thin "base" and cut out foam in the "lid" to keep it snug when cased but ready to go quickly once placed on the floor and the top taken off. I don't know if that makes any sense at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 2 hours ago, uk_lefty said: Has anyone got there's in some kind of hard case? My old GT10-B was in a flight case and I want to do something similar for when my ME90B eventually arrives towards the end of July but finding it a bit of a minefield to buy the right thing. I don't. I am in the position where currently for live work I am putting it on my pedalboard as I also have a vocal effect pedal on there I need, but in practice I have nothing to carry it in. I am sure I could find something on ebay / aliexpress if I searched, but it is hard to search for a size on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Having said that, I ddid a google for me90 case, and this came back: https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/tourtech-ttc-up500-effector-case-pedalboard-hard-case and measuring it, it is 500 x 255, the ME90B is 443 by 220, so should fit and you could do the cut out on the top (in fact I think that is what it is supposed to be like) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Low End Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 1 hour ago, Woodinblack said: Having said that, I ddid a google for me90 case, and this came back: https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/tourtech-ttc-up500-effector-case-pedalboard-hard-case and measuring it, it is 500 x 255, the ME90B is 443 by 220, so should fit and you could do the cut out on the top (in fact I think that is what it is supposed to be like) I’ve had exactly one of these - very flimsy but you can’t tell from the picture. Not recommended I’m sorry to say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 I figured if it was £33 it couldn't be that good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Low End Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Just now, Woodinblack said: I figured if it was £33 it couldn't be that good! Yes it looks the business in the pictures but it’s a sheep in wolf’s clothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 9 hours ago, uk_lefty said: Has anyone got there's in some kind of hard case? My old GT10-B was in a flight case and I want to do something similar for when my ME90B eventually arrives towards the end of July but finding it a bit of a minefield to buy the right thing. Ideally I want a hard case where I can mount the pedalboard in the thin "base" and cut out foam in the "lid" to keep it snug when cased but ready to go quickly once placed on the floor and the top taken off. I don't know if that makes any sense at all. It isn't cheap, but the Thon ME90 case should fit as it's the same size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Spent a bit of time with this pedal over the last couple of days. The more I learn about it the better it gets. Discovered the slicer and the whammy and got them to nail the start of Fox On The Run for my glam band! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 2 hours ago, stewblack said: Discovered the slicer and the whammy and got them to nail the start of Fox On The Run for my glam band! I love the slicer. I have no use for it, but I love it anyway! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 3 hours ago, Woodinblack said: I love the slicer. I have no use for it, but I love it anyway! I was wrestling with trying to learn sequencer - it's not my first language - but the slicer and whammy came up trumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 I have owened 2 stand alone slicers. I had to sell them as never raced or rallied. But the fun factor is just superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassmoon Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 Hi All, So, my journey back to this pedal continues... but one question... perhaps a silly one... we so (for our sins) Ice Ice Baby, and I'm flipping between clean and a mix of octave and drive (for that synth vibe). I use a Zoom MS60B, and it has the line selector function which allows me to put the "synth" after the LS and flip flop between the 2 sounds... (a) does the ME90 have this kind of capability (I'm 99% sure it does, but I ask still) (b) does it do scenes/patches a la GT-10B or Stomp or whateveritscalledthisweek My thanks in advance - saves me trolling for answers LOL Julian aka Glassmoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydoug Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 You can save a patch with the clean sound and then set the ctrl button to toggle various effects (such as your octave and drive) on/ off at the same time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassmoon Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 13 hours ago, funkydoug said: You can save a patch with the clean sound and then set the ctrl button to toggle various effects (such as your octave and drive) on/ off at the same time. Ah, so a similar thing to the 10B back in the day... do you perchance know if it's only one effect that can be toggled on/off by the CTRL pedal, or 2 or more? Or, can you set up scenes/patches and just flip between them? And sorry for the "oh great, it's that Herbert again" questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 My ME90B arrived on Thursday last week. I moved house on Friday so today was the only time I've managed to sneak half an hour with it. Of course, I haven't read the manual... Initial impressions are good. There is everything you could want in one box. Yes, the Fuzz isn't as good as my old Darkglass, the distortion not as good as another old Darkglass... Etc. etc. But there is sufficient quality and control. I haven't bothered with the presets yet, though I remember from my old Boss GT10-B their presets were generally very good so I look forward to playing with that. I've tried quite a few of the different effects and so far I'm very happy. No more patch cables that can slip, no velcro coming unstuck, far less weight, able to save settings... It's just so sensible and practical, which Volvo driving man that I am means it's perfect for me. I need to get used to which effects are on which pedal and really get in to twiddling but with all parameters at noon I am satisfied I've got good quality sounds that I can click on and out easily and that I've got rid of the problems separate pedals unfortunately bring (noise, more points of failure, not playing nicely together...). More detailed review to come soon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 On 23/04/2024 at 08:29, BigRedX said: And no MIDI. It should be compulsory for programmable musical devices ti have MIDI - and proper MIDI on 5-pin din connectors. Yes ! I looked at various clips on YouTube , and tbh and imho my old Boss Me8- B sounds better . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Something I can't find in the manual but would like to do... If I'm using a delay/ reverb or modulation type effect I'd like the sound of this to continue to tail off rather than abruptly halt when I deselect the effect. Example: playing some kind of atmospheric echo-ey phrase and then wanting to kick in with a distorted but not modulated baseline. Having an abrupt stop to the echo ruins it, but I don't want that echo on the distorted baseline... Is there a way to do this? I know there is in the HX Stomp (trails or something?) but couldn't find this in the Boss manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Odd experience with this pedal. It just went silent a few songs into its first gig last night. There were all sorts of tech issues going on so I just went bass straight into amp via cable only to the end. Tested the boss this morning and odd behaviours continued. It worked in manual mode so I tinkered around changing effects and stuff just to see if any problems flared up. Then the compressor wouldn't switch on, but the light above the description part was on, when I pressed the foot switch the light only came on until I released the switch. Odd. I changed the compressor type and it was fine, then changed back to the one I wanted, fine again. Very odd. I haven't had this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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