First Look | Unboxing The Boss Gigcaster8
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2024
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Unboxing
00:57 Input channels and plugs
01:26 Plugged in!
02:49 Vocal FX
03:23 Guitar FX demo
05:03 The sample pads
05:34 Things I wish were included
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I love the way she immersed herself into the item she is talking about. Taking the time to zoom in and even physically point to the part she’s talking about. It’s very intimate. Also, nice to see a chick doing some smooth work in this field of music-tech reviews.
Rock on! Glad you dig 🫶
I have watched a lot of reviews on this bit of kit but this one made me happy........Good job Emily Talent & Tech in perfect harmony.
Oh amazing! Thank you my friend! 🤗
Great review, very fun to watch! 🙂
Oh nice! Thank you so much I’m glad u enjoyed it. This has been a great mobile set up to have!
This is a new way to review products, it’s really fun, good show.
Oh shucks! Thank you so much. :-)
Thanks Em. I have one of these already. They're fantastic for a quick set up go perform, without worrying about all the technical live-streaming stuff. A wonderful video. Thank you [from Australia] 🙏😃👍👍
Right on! I'm excited to do some mobile stuff with it. That's cool you've been using yours!! Any features you've been enjoying especially?
@@EmilyMcVicker Nothing in particular BUT it has pretty good Vocal Presets that are ready to go [on the fly]. These presets add great variety to a somewhat mundane reverb sound AND you can tweak them if needed]. As a lead vocalist I sometimes find myself stuck looking for that different vocal sound. This machine does that for me. Quick, Easy to find and adds some nice variety without going to extreme's. The audio quality is SO GOOD in that, the sound you create [from the machine] is actually the same sound that goes out - LIVE. No tweaking or adjustments needed. Just GO! Boom chuck-a-lucka - boom - chucka-lucka 🤣🤣
@@matstokesmusic111aww love to hear that!
Yes that’s what is for ..
This is the greatest review. And I love the theme song! So many options! You're so funny and charismatic; you make everyone want this piece of equipment!
Aww Jon! You’re so sweet. I really like it! Gotta find a way to add it to my space ship! Or I’ll take it on a field trip and have nice sound anywhere 🤘❤️
Aww shucks Jon thanks for the $10!
Great equipment and I love your style!
Thank you!
lovely review,funny,uplifting with great playing and singing
Thank you!
Love that Fender Acoustic ! You've got great taste !
Thanks! I love it too 🥰🥰🥰
Great 👏
Nice review! You even wrote them a song😂
Ha! Ya well you know how I like custom soundtracks 🤘😆
I bought it as the perfect Jamulus machine for online jamming. (Nearly perfect. A metronome and monitoring button would make it perfect. Non-direct monitoring can be done, but it's a workaround rather than the button/knob/switch it should be.)
Oh! Those are good points! Sounds like you’re figuring it out. I’m sure I’ll think of some more uses for it and also maybe things it needs as I use it.
Wow, great looking product! I will message you with questions! I've been looking at the 5 and the 8
On stream today, I was thinking this might be a good thing for you!
😁 you made my day
Oh awesome! Thanks for checking out my videos. Are you trying to do some live streaming?
@@EmilyMcVicker yes, how can ı connect my camera to get audio for live streaming 🙏🙏
Your comment about needing more xlr inputs is spot on.
I need something like this to gig and livestream my whole band. I really need 21 xlr combo jack channels... but I could make 16 work with a side mixer on drums (which will free up 8 channels.)
Right! You need what I have now which is two scarlet 18i20s. Inputs and options are really important!
I could use this with one other person, tops. And it would be a paired down set up. So maybe good for a few things but not for a long time studio
@@EmilyMcVicker I have an 18i20 3rd gen. I was gonna get a second one, but they told me that I couldnt use two 18i20s simultaneously....
How are you doing it?
I've been tinkering with the footswitch (the FA-GC) and the Gigcaster over the weekend, going into depth with the parameters the footswitch can access and if someone wanted to use this as a 'backing track playback' machine this is what I've learned.
You get a bit more functionality if you don't use the 'PAD LINK' function.
As the footswitch pedals can access many more 'A' functions than 'B-D' functions, what I wanted to do (namely, start tracks with the footswitch and turn the EFX on and off between tracks) can be achieved but with a reduced number of tracks. Since the GA-FC has 6 buttons I can access 32 tracks via 4 buttons and with a simple changeover of parameters can access the other 32 tracks which could be changed between sets. This is fine for what I want.
So by setting the FA-GC to 'PAD LINK' off, you can set the individual GROUPS.
Choose 'PEDAL 1' icon. Then select GROUP 'A' and set the CATEGORY to CH 2 and set the FUNCTION to 'EFFECT ON / OFF'. Then select GROUP 'B' and set the CATEGORY to 'SOUND PAD' and the FUNCTION to 'SOUND PAD 1'. With this setting, when you press PEDAL 1, you either start the track on SOUND PAD 1 and turn the EFX on CH2 ON, or pressing again stops the track and turns the EFX off. You rinse and repeat for the other three PEDALS (2-4) altering just the 'B' Group FUNCTION setting to SOUND PAD 2, SOUND PAD 3, or SOUND PAD 4.
To change the BANKS of SOUNDPADS choose PEDAL 5, GROUP 'A' and set it to 'SOUND BANK UP'. This way, every time you press PEDAL 5 the SOUND PADS ascend to the next bank. A cool trick then is to hold PEDAL 5 down and it ascends to the last BANK (8), from which you can press single presses to access a particular BANK (say 5 presses to go to BANK 5). With a TRACK SHEET laid at the foot of the pedalboard, I can navigate to any of the 32 tracks on BANKS 1-8 on SOUND PADS 1-4. Likewise with a simple tweak (changing the 'B' Group FUNCTION in each PEDAL to SOUND PAD 5-8), the pedalboard can then navigate to the 32 tracks on SOUND PADS 5-8 through the BANKS 1-8.
I've made a tracksheet as follows, where my SOUND PADS in each BANK all correspond to the same colour. PAD 1 = WHITE, PAD 2 = RED, PAD 3 = YELLOW, PAD 4 = GREEN, PAD 5 = ORANGE, PAD 6 = BLUE, PAD 7 = PURPLE, PAD 8 = PINK
The NUMBER at the top is the PEDAL NUMBER and the number at the sides are the BANK:
Changing the FUNCTION to SOUND PAD 5-8 you can then access the other 32 tracks, This suits our setup as I perform original tracks while my wife who is a classically trained soprano, performs covers.
I hope that lot makes sense. I will do a TH-cam video when I get the time...and that's not even mentioning the jaw-dropping EFX on this thing which makes a live sound so easy to achieve.
Oh nice! Sounds like you’re figuring out some tricks. I look forward to the video!
Thank you. I've been messing with this mixer for a month now. Read some bad reviews but everything the bad reviews said I eventually found out easy ways around or fixed. Now you've put more on that list. Soooo thank you so much for taking time to write all that in the comment. Fr. Thank you again
Ansioso pra chegar ao Brasil essa máquina. ❤❤❤❤
I hope you can! Is it not available yet there?
Thanks!
Aww shucks thanks Shuga Skullz!!!!
Golden voice !!
Thank you! You’re very sweet 🫶
Great review and super creative video. You’ve even wrote a song for it 👏. Wondering how this will do live. I’ve been wanting a way to record and live stream at gigs. Ordered one today… 🎸 🕺
Oh man awesome!! I’m gonna take it with me as I travel over the holidays for a mobile live stream rig. And I’m hoping to record some concerts coming up with it. It’s a neat little mixer! Lemme know what you think when it comes!
@@EmilyMcVicker Amazing! Looking forward to your streams. I’ve subscribed here. Are you on instagram? I wanna use it for my solo gigs in the Vancouver area as a live mixer and to stream as well but I also want to grow my online presence with music so I think this will be useful. I also teach online so I can see it’s benefits for that as well. Thanks again for the amount of effort and attention to detail in your videos. Love your playing and sing too, so many talents!
You are a very talented and beautiful artist. I plan to get this mixer soon. As a DJ, I need this device for live broadcasting on video streaming.
Thank you for the compliments! If you’re planning to broadcast your DJ sets, do you plan to stream on a phone or a computer? And how long are your sets usually?
My goodness, you are just bubbly smiley happy goofy wonderful silly adorable talented bundle of fun... love your videos. Looking forward to the live streams.... best wishes
Oh thank you! You’re very kind 🫶 my live streams are in Twitch for now! Sundays/Tuesday/fridays 👍 let me know it’s you and I’ll do a song request for you!
@@EmilyMcVicker ok! Found you on twitch and hit the button over there. Hopefully I get a notification ! 😃👍🏻
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Thanks ❤️☺️
A review with a theme song, that has to be a 1st. That's awesome.
Thanks Raymond! Writing the theme song is my favorite part 🤘😜
Hello, you know what? For how much quality content you have been delivering, there are 100x too few subscribers - if I may say so. Love your work and the power you are delivering. Wishing you all the best!🍀
Aww shucks friend you’re so kind 🫶❤️ working on it! I like the music community of folks on here that I’ve met. Cheers to continuing on! 🤘😜
Boss is nice equipment
I like it even more than I thought I would. Scheming up some new ideas for it 😏😏😏
No it‘s not. Compare the Gigcasters to their counterparts by Rode or Mackie. You‘ll discover a lot of shortcomings. For instance the much too small display, the missing connectivity and remote control possibilities.
@@richardervins I think they're a bit overpriced and the user interface isn't the best, but dang, they are AMAZING for music. Nothing else comes close. You've got all of Boss/Roland's amp modeling, effects, and EQ. And while the podcasting features aren't anything revolutionary, they do have 70dB of gain, so you can get a clean signal with just about any mic. // Richard, have you looked into the Norwegian Mackie DLZ “streaming” mixers?
Does it come with a Talent button?😂.
Emily…You have Talent!
Beautiful voice as always 👏🏻👏🏻
Lmao you’re cute 🥰 thanks!
Be aware this (and all other podcast mixers) are fixed at one sample rate. They don’t automatically switch with you DAW software like an audio interface does when using USB.
Ah thanks you! Lemme look into this. Great point 👍
Yeah so?
Absolutely Great Information! You Are Really Good At Describing Its Features!! I Am A Noble DJ Would You Recommend This As A Good External Mixer To Add To My Set Up I.E. Plugging My Denon Prime Go Or Denon Prime 2 DJ Controller Along With Mics Etc To Get A Cleaner Sound? Please Let Me Know Thanks Again For A GREAT VIDEO!!!
Thanks for checking it out! Hmm hard to say. If you’re doing high end pro stuff this might not be enough for what you’re doing. It’s more for simple live streaming doing music with some vocal and guitar Fx. What would you need it to do for you?
Just received mine! Have you done a tutorial on streaming live with your phone to TikTok? or maybe know of one? Thanks for any help!
I should do that one next!’
@@EmilyMcVicker great! Thanks.
Great skills. Does the mixer have a line input?
Yes it will replace it .. I’m getting one .. lol
Oh snap! Let me know how you like it and if it suits your specific needs! Are you needing it for live streaming or something else?
Hey… thanks for the great review… does it have a noise gate?
Yes! There is controls within each vocal patch. Noise gate or noise surpression is part of the FX chain and you can modify them or re-organize them
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I really don't know which one to get the Gigcaster or the Rodecaster pro 2! I need a balanced option for recording guitars and vocals, and general uses such as Zoom calls, discord, youtube and social media recordings and so on! Tom Buck speaks highly about the RCP2 but he is focusing on vocals more than music, so I would love to hear your opinion! or should I just go for something simpler like the Focusrite 2i2 4th gen?
I have heard great things about both! They both could be great. I haven’t played w the rodecaster myself but everyone that has it seems to love it. The thing I like about Gigcaster that is a little different is the guitar and vocal presets. Makes it a little more tailored to musicians
The point you mentioned about it being tailored to musicians is the main reason why I'm considering it instead of the RCPII! I guess Im gonna start with my pros and cons list to make my final decision, thank you so much Emily for your time and opinion I really appreciate it, and I wish you all the best!@@EmilyMcVicker
Dope is this the video you were talking about and can you put the boss loop with this
I need to do another video about how to use this with a looper 👍 coming soon!
@@EmilyMcVicker I would appreciate that
Hey Em. Hope all is well.
What boo arm did you get.
It looks like an ixtech?
The one I have I don’t like.
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Thank you so much girl.
Like a small er Roland mx 1?
i''m not intimately familiar with that one. i'm looking the mx-1 up now. Is it meant to be an audio interface also?
You're super sweet 5:28 -5:33 thank you thank you thank you ☺️.
Glad you enjoy! Thank you for writing 🫶👍
Which one is better between this gigcaster 8 vs rodecaster pro 2 ?
I need to try out the rodecasrer pro2. It also looks awesome and I know some podcast studios that use it and love it. I wonder if it would be as compatible for music. I dunno if it comes with all the musical components. Might be better for different stuff
That depends if your talking or performing, gigcaster is better for guitar & vocal FX (In my humble opinion).
so that reverb also includes that voice echo>?
Ya the different patches had different variations of the verb and the delay amount
Anyone know why Windows would see this but no audio input is coming in? The mixer sees my voice but windows will not. Driving me nuts. Drivers are up to date. Settings are right...
Sounds frustrating? Are you using it as an audio source in OBS? Lemme ask my computer guy why this might be…
@@EmilyMcVicker I normally do, yes. But, let's pretend I don't and I'm just setting this up for the first time in Windows. The USB setting on your Gigcaster 8, do you have it on "2 Mix" or MTK-Record or MTK- Stream? These are the 3 options jacking me up. When you change these 3 settings on the mixer, it changes the input on Windows. Curious which of these 3 you are rolling with. I'm simply trying to use this as one input and be able to talk, use the effect pads, bring in my guitar, etc. It would help me dwindle down my BS if I knew which of the 3 USB settings you're on... Thank you so much in advance here! You might be my only hope :)
It seems similar to the Zoom L8. But you make everything sound good. Even if it was a piece of crap (which I am not saying it is), but if it was you would make it sound good because of your talent. On the flip side there are good pieces of gear that sound like crap because the artist is playing out of time or singing flat & sharp throughout.
Totally. And there are a few companies that make similar style mixers as this. And they all have their differences, and I might recommend different ones for different purposes. But what I liked about this one, is the size, the ease of use, and the musical effects that are included on the channel strips. But like I say, in the video, if this were my only machine, it would not be enough for me. But since I have one, it’s nice to have on hand, if I do travel. It could be a good starter, live stream mixer for someone, or in my case a great secondary set up
❤ singing an Irish song as Brit Rock May upset a few people, great review apart from that, Ireland is not British hahaha 🤣
Pahaha okay! Thanks for letting me know. Didn’t think about that 😂🤦♀️
Has anybody found a PowerBank that can power the Gigcaster 8 from the USB-C port as claimed by Boss? All the ones I've tried instigate the machine to come up with a 'power insufficient, please use the supplied power adaptor'.
This is a good comment. Lemme do some research 👍
Any power greater than 20 watts. The cable must also support such power.
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Giga expensive too. Pass.
Little pricey. Totally. It only makes sense if you use the features because it can reduce the amount of equipment you need. But as a small mixer it is expensive.
@@EmilyMcVicker Hah, I just found the "RØDE Caster Pro II" and it's basically the same device at the same price and now I don't know what to do. I think I'll just go lock myself in the basement until I stop wanting things. Goodbye surface dwellers!
è che sei troppo convincente .. e non so il perchè
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What are you doing Emily? In comparison to the counterparts by Mackie and Rode, the Boss is inferior, but more costly. Take the tiny display, the missing connectivity, the designated inputs, the meager control possibilities. Especially for musicians, the Gigcaster is not a very good choice, as it is much too limiting.
Roland keeps on relying on their brand name. But it‘s not working for the faithful customers. The least you could do as a responsible reviewer is to be honest to your followers and point out the shortcomings of this piece of gear, that came in too late with too little that works for the hard working musician.
Hey man, this is the only one I’ve played with. Working on getting my hands on Mackie and Rhode versions. But they each have stuff I like and different stuff that I don’t like. I will make videos as I know more. But ur tone is kind of rude. I’m doing my best here, dude. I liked it. This is my honest take 🤷♀️ if you think you can do better, let’s hear it…
@@EmilyMcVicker Sorry, Emmily, there was no intention to be rude.
I‘ve worked for Roland for some time as a keyboard interface and sound designer. (The connection broke, when I started to work for Korg and Yamaha, too. 😁)
From that time I know a little of what is going on in the background. So, I‘m quite sure that not everybody at Roland is really happy with what was to be the Gigcaster Mark I.
It always depends on who has the last word: The designers seldomy do. The financial and the marketing departments mostly have the say. You want another non-dedicated input? Costs $3,95 in development and production? No way you‘ll get that through. That added feature would cost the consumer somewhat around $40 - so there‘s no way.
I‘m quite sure that you would view the Gigcaster a little more critical when you get to know the other solutions, where some departments didn‘t have those tight restraints. 🙂
I‘m looking forward to your reviews! 🎸✌️
I had one for nearly 10 days before decided to sale it... It's not something made for musician. The guitar and bass FX are really really bad, the vocal FX are poor quality... The build quality feel very cheap especially for a product of this price... There is no 'play' button to listen back to your recording you have to enter the 'sd card" menu to do so ... etc.... it's an expensive cheap quality gadet and I would not recomand it to anyone
Ah. Thanks for sharing your experience! Probably not for everybody. And sounds like not the best choice for you! What are you gonna get instead?