I've been gigging with this tank for 8 years. Here are some tips: 1 don't use factory presets use manual section and you'll have the entire BOSS pedalboard catalog. 2 don't do the dummy plug in rec out trick, just don't. 3 this is high end gear so pair it with high end gear especially a good amp 4 don't use pre amp section on the board if you're using a real amp. 5 don't drop it on your foot. 6 keep all knops on 12 as the parameters are too wide and the makers of this unit made 12 o'clock the optimal setting. 7 don't lose the adapter 8 if your playing sucks, this unit will make it very apparent. Just like a high end tube amp will. 9think of and use this unit as a bunch of boss stomp boxes. 10 use this for recording into DAW too , the midi out is superb.
I've been a seperate pedal user for years and just bought a used ME-80 for $150. Gotta tell you, your list is right on. The mannual is easy to understand. The unit sounds really good plugged into the loop of a couple of my amps and the effects are great. My biggest problem so far is making patches and keeping volumes between the patches balanced for use.
@@JulietsMan yeah. When I first played it I realized how messy my playing was. It has very nice clarity and separation and forces you to get your technique tight.
Hi! Can I set a bunch of my own presets for my bands setlist and scroll through them on the fly in memory mode? Also, could I plug directly into the desk at a gig if I use a pre-amp setting? Sorry for the questions but I'm trying to simplify my rig for gigging and got rid of all my pedals. Also wanting to gig without an amp if possible and heard this was possible. Thanks. :)
Put a dummy plug in the headphone jack. You'll see the cab sim function then works. Sounds much better as it's designed to be used. It's in the manual and many over look it and send it back. Awesome review. I have one on the way. Gifted from fellow TH-camr. I'm dying to try the freeze.
I can't thank you enough! I used mine gigging for the first time yesterday and have laid down my own uses based on style, and there are many sounds that I'll likely not use, but now I know where to find them. What an effort you put into this! I keep a Steinberger exactly like yours out in my barn studio. I think I'll take it along with my Strat to today's gig. Thank you again! I've learned much.
Thanks. This was the best & easiest tutorial to follow and its great that you show all the times for the different sounds, which means I can refer back very quickly. Will be purchasing some of your music as well.
Cheers mate, just picked up my ME-80 on 05/09/2024 for $185 USD and Im completely in Love. I currently own a slew over 20 Boss Multi effect pedals Starting of with my ME collection ME4,5,6,7,8,10, 20,30 newer ME editions 50,70, just picked up the ME 80 and also i have the ME90 too but Sir i love my ME-80 over my ME-90 use both in conjunction together and wow.. thanks for this Video. It really shows you know this pedal unit like i know my GT series i mastered manually without reading much common sense and all my Boss Multi effect units sound super awesome over my Digitech,Korg ToneWorks ,MyVox and Zooms as well. I own over 93 different Floor and rack Units even including Rocktron TC Electronics etc. Even vitage Roland GP8,and GP16 and the ME 80 and 90 gets used more.
I did buy it back then, but I already got rid of it, but not because I didn't like it. I thought it was really cool, but since then I've built a pedalboard up. My ME-80 was bundled with three guitars in a trade for a different guitar.
Wonderfully displayed its abilities, soon to purchase one and this tutorial did it for me :D also - you're personal preference commentary is hilarious, had some good laughs throughout the video - thank you!
Awesome tutorial wich made me fell in love with my ME-80 again. Was already clode to selling it - but now I have learned far more than from any manual what this beast can deliver! Thanks for saving me 500 bucks!
Thanks for this. It's very informative. I've had my ME-80 for a couple of years now and am still experimenting with it. I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't cover the looper though. Cheers!
I’m still regretting selling my old Boss pedal. It was fantastically easy to use. Now I only use my clean Marshall dual tube combo, with all its Hendrix overdrive possibilities.
Wow, finally, a tutorial for the M80 that isn’t several years old. In case you don’t mind answering two questions… 1. How do you find the quality of sounds to be on this device, esp. when compared to newer units like the GT1, and considering that it’s a 7 year old device (not sure if it gets quality updates via firmware). 2. Does the lack of choices in cabinet sims bother you, esp when you record into a computer, and what’s your workaround - in fact how do you go into a computer.Thats it. Do reply, you would be helping me with a very tough decision. Thanks for posting! Loved the flying Stein.
Hi, yes, the knob per function is really great, saves loads of time, I think the quality is good, I’m also not too bothered about the lack of choice were the cab sims are concerned. It’s also super easy to use, you can pretty much get close to any tone you like with a little effort. I’m not a guitarist, as you can probably tell, I mainly use it for processing synths and keys, so for me it’s perfect. And although the reverb is pretty basic it does sound really good. My only con is that it only has a mono input, not a problem for guitars and mono synths though. It does have stereo out though. To sum up, it has pretty much all the classic boss pedals in one box. Knop per function is awesome, sound is great too. I don’t use the ODs enough to give an honest opinion, but they sound good to me. Combine this with a few other pedals, maybe a better reverb and your golden.
@@TheSoundTestRoom Hey thanks very much for the detailed reply. Yes the knob function makes it seem awesome. Just that I plan to record a lot and hence the cab sims might be necessary. They do have hardware solutions for that though. Anyways, will go and figure it out now. Cheers.
Thanks! I just got a me80 to replace my Yamaha THR as a silent practice amp. For me, any rig requires a computer to operate does not work. Too much trouble to hook up laptop each time to edit patch.
I have an ME-80. Love it for my bass, electric acoustic guitar, eUke, and eKalimba. I just picked up a Moog DFAM/Subharmonicon bundle and I want to use the ME-80 on the DFAM and the Subharmonicon gets the Microcosm
Nice walk through. I really love the Boss ME-80, but I wasn't using it much since I bought it over a year ago. ;-) I needed this kind of quick tutorial to get a nice grasp of what to do. I was just using the factory presets. hahahahaha - Now I can go back to playing with it, tweaking it and setting my own User Presets. ;-) I guess I should have read the manual. ;-)
It has a major drawback compared to truly digital pedals with a graphical depiction: Whatever settings you have in a patch are not reflected in the knob settings on the board itself. So if you want to edit a patch, you have no idea whatever what the knob settings were when it was created. I had this board and got frustrated with it fairly quickly. Then I got a cheap Zoom (the little one with the pedal volume control $100 bucks maybe, new) and it blows the ME-80 out of the water in every way. Super easy to use and great sound. No frustration.
Guys I just bought one ... Where can we save our patches... Is it in the first 9 banks or the last 9 banks... I missed that part completely... I am trying to search for it .. but can't find it...
Hi I just wanted to say Thank You for this more recent review on this unit, You have really helped me decide on which one to get, theres alot more to the ME80 than I realized, also Whatever that unit is setting on is very cool looks like lava lol table or flooring??
And the cool thing is ... The unit is now some 10 yrs old and is still on the BOSS product iffering list. Being clise to perfection improvement is hard. Ive been a fan of the simple stomp box concept since day 1 and Im hoping for the BOSS ME-100 to arrive, along the GT 100 and 1000 tech updates ... Seperate mukti track longer looper, more versatile reverb and more lush Chorus is what Im hoping for. And simply next level digital amp and stomp modelling. The tech is there. Pls come on BOSS!!
Also I can’t figure out how to use the phrase and delay at the same time, I’m not happy with 5e delay that is on the eq section I’d rather loop with the delay from 4, is that possible?
do you mean re-initialize the unit (factory reset)? yes absolutely, there is a PDF called ME-80 Training Guide available on the web, find it and page 10/13 shows you how to it, very easy
It only has a left right output and headphone out along with the USB port for editing and recording you will need to get a gx100 or GT1000 for more connection options like that.
It would be nice when people demo these pedals if they would actually play part of a song and tweak the sounds to try and mimic the recording like the song was originally recorded. That would be a better demo than just making noise on the guitar, it's not a good representation of what this pedal actually can sound like . Otherwise it's a good demo
@@stryctn9yne13 wow I'm so glad you took time to think about my question with such an eloquent answer. Did you stop to think why I'd ask that question? I think probably not. The reason I asked the question was some electronics have to use specific accessories, especially expensive musical equipment.
I've been gigging with this tank for 8 years. Here are some tips:
1 don't use factory presets use manual section and you'll have the entire BOSS pedalboard catalog.
2 don't do the dummy plug in rec out trick, just don't.
3 this is high end gear so pair it with high end gear especially a good amp
4 don't use pre amp section on the board if you're using a real amp.
5 don't drop it on your foot.
6 keep all knops on 12 as the parameters are too wide and the makers of this unit made 12 o'clock the optimal setting.
7 don't lose the adapter
8 if your playing sucks, this unit will make it very apparent. Just like a high end tube amp will.
9think of and use this unit as a bunch of boss stomp boxes.
10 use this for recording into DAW too , the midi out is superb.
I've been a seperate pedal user for years and just bought a used ME-80 for $150. Gotta tell you, your list is right on.
The mannual is easy to understand. The unit sounds really good plugged into the loop of a couple of my amps and the effects are great. My biggest problem so far is making patches and keeping volumes between the patches balanced for use.
@@JE-western-rider you can utilize the EQ section "level" knob to make the patches the same volume.
Yes noticed #8
@@JulietsMan yeah. When I first played it I realized how messy my playing was. It has very nice clarity and separation and forces you to get your technique tight.
Hi! Can I set a bunch of my own presets for my bands setlist and scroll through them on the fly in memory mode? Also, could I plug directly into the desk at a gig if I use a pre-amp setting?
Sorry for the questions but I'm trying to simplify my rig for gigging and got rid of all my pedals. Also wanting to gig without an amp if possible and heard this was possible. Thanks. :)
This is the best tutorial I’ve seen. You literally went over EVERY…..SINGLE….FUNCTION! Thank you
Thank you, that’s great to hear, I tried to go through everything as best as possible, it’s a very capable unit.
@@TheSoundTestRoom it was really helpful. I’m gonna buy one today and I already feel like I’m a pro at it
Put a dummy plug in the headphone jack. You'll see the cab sim function then works. Sounds much better as it's designed to be used. It's in the manual and many over look it and send it back. Awesome review. I have one on the way. Gifted from fellow TH-camr. I'm dying to try the freeze.
Top Tip
That’s for recording, right? You would’nt do that if plugging into the front of an amp?
@@steveduggan599 it's if you're going straight into a pa or frfr speaker, I use 2 headrush frfr 8" powered speakers
Can you use it straight into the effects loop of a tube amp and use it just for modulation effects?
@@rustynales6610 yup
I can't thank you enough! I used mine gigging for the first time yesterday and have laid down my own uses based on style, and there are many sounds that I'll likely not use, but now I know where to find them. What an effort you put into this! I keep a Steinberger exactly like yours out in my barn studio. I think I'll take it along with my Strat to today's gig. Thank you again! I've learned much.
Just bought this. I havent even really scratched the surface in what this can do but I am impressed with it.
You’ll get rid of all your stomp boxes after realizing how Boss nailed it with this pedal.
Thanks. This was the best & easiest tutorial to follow and its great that you show all the times for the different sounds, which means I can refer back very quickly. Will be purchasing some of your music as well.
Thank you, it’s very much appreciated 👍
Cheers mate, just picked up my ME-80 on 05/09/2024 for $185 USD and Im completely in Love. I currently own a slew over 20 Boss Multi effect pedals Starting of with my ME collection ME4,5,6,7,8,10, 20,30 newer ME editions 50,70, just picked up the ME 80 and also i have the ME90 too but Sir i love my ME-80 over my ME-90 use both in conjunction together and wow.. thanks for this Video. It really shows you know this pedal unit like i know my GT series i mastered manually without reading much common sense and all my Boss Multi effect units sound super awesome over my Digitech,Korg ToneWorks ,MyVox and Zooms as well. I own over 93 different Floor and rack Units even including Rocktron TC Electronics etc. Even vitage Roland GP8,and GP16 and the ME 80 and 90 gets used more.
I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation! Helped immensely in getting acquainted with my new toy.
Thank you very much for the tutorial on ME80 ,it helped me a lot and more deeper to understand the effects, you did a great job.
Because of this video, I’ll be buying this unit today. Thank you! Job well done, sir.
Did you buy it? I love my Boss ME-80 - great unit.
I did buy it back then, but I already got rid of it, but not because I didn't like it.
I thought it was really cool, but since then I've built a pedalboard up.
My ME-80 was bundled with three guitars in a trade for a different guitar.
Thanks for your video sir, it really helps a lot.
Wonderfully displayed its abilities, soon to purchase one and this tutorial did it for me :D also - you're personal preference commentary is hilarious, had some good laughs throughout the video - thank you!
Thanks👍😊
Awesome tutorial wich made me fell in love with my ME-80 again. Was already clode to selling it - but now I have learned far more than from any manual what this beast can deliver!
Thanks for saving me 500 bucks!
Thanks man..very entertaining as well informative.
Thanks for this. It's very informative. I've had my ME-80 for a couple of years now and am still experimenting with it. I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't cover the looper though. Cheers!
Hi, thanks, and I made a video just dedicated to the phrase looper, here is the link👍
th-cam.com/video/eVtC7dEDyXI/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for doing this, mate! I got mine just a few weeks ago so this was helpful!
I’m still regretting selling my old Boss pedal. It was fantastically easy to use.
Now I only use my clean Marshall dual tube combo, with all its Hendrix overdrive possibilities.
At last, a proper demo that uses rhythm guitar to demo
Thank you, I'm pleased you liked it.
Wow, finally, a tutorial for the M80 that isn’t several years old. In case you don’t mind answering two questions… 1. How do you find the quality of sounds to be on this device, esp. when compared to newer units like the GT1, and considering that it’s a 7 year old device (not sure if it gets quality updates via firmware). 2. Does the lack of choices in cabinet sims bother you, esp when you record into a computer, and what’s your workaround - in fact how do you go into a computer.Thats it. Do reply, you would be helping me with a very tough decision. Thanks for posting! Loved the flying Stein.
Hi, yes, the knob per function is really great, saves loads of time, I think the quality is good, I’m also not too bothered about the lack of choice were the cab sims are concerned.
It’s also super easy to use, you can pretty much get close to any tone you like with a little effort.
I’m not a guitarist, as you can probably tell, I mainly use it for processing synths and keys, so for me it’s perfect.
And although the reverb is pretty basic it does sound really good.
My only con is that it only has a mono input, not a problem for guitars and mono synths though.
It does have stereo out though.
To sum up, it has pretty much all the classic boss pedals in one box.
Knop per function is awesome, sound is great too.
I don’t use the ODs enough to give an honest opinion, but they sound good to me.
Combine this with a few other pedals, maybe a better reverb and your golden.
@@TheSoundTestRoom Hey thanks very much for the detailed reply. Yes the knob function makes it seem awesome. Just that I plan to record a lot and hence the cab sims might be necessary. They do have hardware solutions for that though. Anyways, will go and figure it out now. Cheers.
Thank you.
Thanks! I just got a me80 to replace my Yamaha THR as a silent practice amp. For me, any rig requires a computer to operate does not work. Too much trouble to hook up laptop each time to edit patch.
The THR has an App
I have an ME-80. Love it for my bass, electric acoustic guitar, eUke, and eKalimba. I just picked up a Moog DFAM/Subharmonicon bundle and I want to use the ME-80 on the DFAM and the Subharmonicon gets the Microcosm
54:02 "I've lost me pick!" instantly notices the orange pick to the left of the Boss.... Mmhmm.. *POINT* :)
Nice walk through. I really love the Boss ME-80, but I wasn't using it much since I bought it over a year ago. ;-) I needed this kind of quick tutorial to get a nice grasp of what to do. I was just using the factory presets. hahahahaha - Now I can go back to playing with it, tweaking it and setting my own User Presets. ;-) I guess I should have read the manual. ;-)
Can you tell me how well the tuner works? I've heard it is not the best. Thank you.
It has a major drawback compared to truly digital pedals with a graphical depiction: Whatever settings you have in a patch are not reflected in the knob settings on the board itself. So if you want to edit a patch, you have no idea whatever what the knob settings were when it was created. I had this board and got frustrated with it fairly quickly. Then I got a cheap Zoom (the little one with the pedal volume control $100 bucks maybe, new) and it blows the ME-80 out of the water in every way. Super easy to use and great sound. No frustration.
Thanks this helps!!!!
What amplifier are you running the FX pedal through?
Does it not have a noise gate? And does it have slow attack effect?
Guys I just bought one ... Where can we save our patches... Is it in the first 9 banks or the last 9 banks... I missed that part completely... I am trying to search for it .. but can't find it...
Can u plz tell me how to adjust patch labels on a particular patch
Hi I just wanted to say Thank You for this more recent review on this unit, You have really helped me decide on which one to get, theres alot more to the ME80 than I realized, also Whatever that unit is setting on is very cool looks like lava lol table or flooring??
Thanks, and the mat is just a large mouse mat from Amazon, they are really cheap too.
Can i go ampless at a gig with this?
And the cool thing is ...
The unit is now some 10 yrs old and is still on the BOSS product iffering list. Being clise to perfection improvement is hard. Ive been a fan of the simple stomp box concept since day 1 and Im hoping for the BOSS ME-100 to arrive, along the GT 100 and 1000 tech updates ...
Seperate mukti track longer looper, more versatile reverb and more lush Chorus is what Im hoping for. And simply next level digital amp and stomp modelling. The tech is there. Pls come on BOSS!!
Also I can’t figure out how to use the phrase and delay at the same time, I’m not happy with 5e delay that is on the eq section I’d rather loop with the delay from 4, is that possible?
thanks what wireless system do you use?
I’m using the Lekato WS-80, I made a video tutorial for it here if you want to check it out.
th-cam.com/video/ZxsKAcDQ1EA/w-d-xo.html
Sounds like you do not use the Cab sim feature, it sounds like 100x better with cab simulation.
Why are the effects duplicated in EQ/FX2 and MOD? why are there so many Delay settings?
So you can stack effects such as flanger & tremolo.
That’s funny I use my ME 80 on that same laptop stand. I got mine from ikea.
How do you change the delay on eq to a delay from 4?
He is boss gt 1 better or me 80 which one has better tone sounds effects overall unit choose only one and reply
I have got latency when plugged with usb to a PC. Not sure how to solve this. I have a UMC 202HD sound card...
Thanks for the last tutorial. I'm using the same board, boss ME80. Please can it be restarted?. If yes, kindly show me how to. Thank you
do you mean re-initialize the unit (factory reset)? yes absolutely, there is a PDF called ME-80 Training Guide available on the web, find it and page 10/13 shows you how to it, very easy
I love my ME 80, but I can’t seem to get rid of this terrible gated sound in Manual Mode. Any tip? I hear it mostly in the cleans.
Can you run a mic through it? Melt my face off distortion hopefully have Marshall halfstack
The Ikea pedalboard is not included.
My like was number 420 ;)
Hi! Can you make a ping pong delay whit a Boss ME80? HOW? Thanks!
Obviously not if it’s not one of the settings
Is this compatible with the most recent macOS? Ventura? And below? And does it have a send return for fox loop?
It only has a left right output and headphone out along with the USB port for editing and recording you will need to get a gx100 or GT1000 for more connection options like that.
Would sound much better with the speaker sym on!
It would be nice when people demo these pedals if they would actually play part of a song and tweak the sounds to try and mimic the recording like the song was originally recorded. That would be a better demo than just making noise on the guitar, it's not a good representation of what this pedal actually can sound like . Otherwise it's a good demo
Can the gk pickup be used with this.
No
Does anyone have one and want to donate it
Can I use a 9 volt wall charger for this unit?
Duh………
@@stryctn9yne13 wow I'm so glad you took time to think about my question with such an eloquent answer. Did you stop to think why I'd ask that question?
I think probably not. The reason I asked the question was some electronics have to use specific accessories, especially expensive musical equipment.
Cooollll.... I came here to hear a bit of the Fuzz's & OctaFuzz's sounds... got 2 quarters of seconds to listen to...
Couldn't figure out how to actually turn the pedal fx on.
Power button has to be pressed for about 3 seconds. This is a safety feature to prevent accidental on/off switching.
@@taab7it didn't work
Holding down the tap is a pain… especially in a live setting when I need a delay to fill space on the fly. Other than that it’s fiye
I agree
hello m8y
Looping need to be define soon. Helpful
I am going to do a looping tutorial very soon, probably this week sometime👍😊
Anybody using an IR pedal along with the unit?
I'm not but some people may be.
Why would you use an IR pedal along with this???? That just defeats the purpose
If every pedal is turned on, are you gonna have a hot mess?
Not if you control the gain & output
@@TheSoundTestRoom Sweet !
@@TheSoundTestRoom Do you know which one and has a long sustain, like Gary Moore sound?
@@clifforddang5947 I find that the compressor effect gives you nice sustain.
@@andyhill5427 Thanks sir !