Boss ME 90 - Taking Tactile Multi FX to a Whole New Level!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- In today's video, I look at the brand new guitar multi fx from Boss called the ME-90.
Building on the hugely successful ME-80, Boss has completely changed the processing engine to the same engine as their top-of-the-range guitar multi-effects processors called A.I.R.D. This is the same engine as units such as the GT-1000 and GX-100.
Here is what Boss says about the ME-90 Guitar Multi Effects.
EFFORTLESS CREATIVITY AT YOUR FEET
The BOSS ME series has been a favorite of performing guitarists for over three decades, combining multi-effects power with intuitive hands-on control for crafting tones in seconds. The ME-90 is the most advanced ME model to date, offering exceptional audio quality with 24-bit AD/DA and 32-bit floating point processing, flagship-grade AIRD amp models, IR loading, an effects loop, and more. Compact, battery-powered, and filled with premium BOSS tones, this versatile all-in-one processor makes it easy to build customized sound setups for every playing situation.
ME-90 features the latest BOSS audio engine : AIRD, offering responsible amp modelling and a plethora of new inspiring effect algorithms, including a brand new Tune Down effect.
There are 3 custom IR slots for you to load your own mic and cab IR in the unit via its dedicated IR loader.
The new Send/Return enables the use of external amps and effects with ME-90. This can be Pre or Post preamp section.
You can also control the FX loop by foot in Manual mode.
The output is also optimised for the gear connected to it :
• Guitar Amp
• Line (this adds Mic/Speaker emula- tion).
The Studio Rats are core band members Paul Drew on guitar/production/mixing, drummer James Ivey and Dan Hawkins on bass. They collaborate with singers and musicians to produce radio-ready songs.
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Thanks Paul and the team at The Studio Rats! Your tones are always absolutely on-point. Enjoy the ME-90.
Would love to see that Freeze pedal effects added to the GT-1000 ;)
You are doing a great work, but have to work more on Cab simulation and Amp Sim in thouse products, Gx100, Gt1000 etc !!
Cheers Boss
Wow!!! Boss is live!!😂😂😂😂😂
@BOSSinfoglobal i offer you a trade my soul for a boss me90 and a dd500
Refreshing to see a full featured multi-effects with no menus needed.
Full feature?? No XLR stereo output. MAJOR SHORTCOMING
@@johnzawicki5032 easy: buy an adapter, these are balanced 1/4", so same thing as an XLR!
@@ericajohnson7535 umm no thanks. They are very fragile and cumbersome.
DI box?@@johnzawicki5032
I have an ME70 that Ive gigged quite hard for about 14 years, still as good as new, phenominal build quality. I am seriously tempted by the ME90 with its new sound engine...
Hi Paul, do you mind answering a question, do you go into the front of the amp with the me 70? Thanks
@@padawan9127 I had the 70, and currently have the 80..I have always gone into the front. It's recommended. At least back when I looked that up..This unit sounds better than the 80, to me.
@@sandyturner1911 cheers
Wow! Thanks Paul for the demo of boss me 90. This is a huge mega game changer. If I go for this pedal board, my trustworthy line 6 pod XP have done me proud with the floorboard for many years I can't wait for more demos
Excellent video as always. For a guy who’s getting on a bit. Having everything in front of you (no sub menus) would make life so much easier.
Keep up the good work Paul 🎸🎸
Cheers Dave
#MeToo: I even get confused by restaurant menus.
It's worth knowing that Boss's AIRD Cabs are way more realistic than an IR is capable of. Unlike an IR, they simulate the push-pull response between the amp and the cab and react dynamically. An IR is a static snapshot of the EQ curve captured from a specific mic placement on a speaker when a flat power amplifier is sending through a signal at fixed volume. So it's not capable or dynamically reacting or distorting. AIRD however is an alternative that does capture those qualities.
Good, smart comment. Thanks. What do you play? I had a FM9 T but sold it. Did not like the interface- not for $1845 anyway. I plan to replace it once Fractal updates that dated UI. This UI looks cheap and old too but for the price it look great!
Paul, you always manage to inspire me and challenge me with your tutorials. Thanks so much for that, I am a very simple minded musician and the simplicity of the ME-90 seems like a great fit for me. I actually still have my ME-5 that was purchased when they first came out. I still love the tone & simplicity of it and have been a Boss fan ever since. Cheers my friend & God bless!
Great to hear
Nice demo. I miss my ME 70..sold it for menu -diving boards. Can’t wait to test it out and get one for church use.
Holy crap. I have every version of this pedal. Actually wore two of the ME 70's out from hard gigging. Got the ME 80 and didn't care for it. But now.. I'm on to the ME90.
I still got the ME 70 and i am still satisfied with this old device.
Aim higher my man. Get a haircut and some new threads while you are at it.
Will watch later but as soon as I saw the notification I said this is the one I be waiting for
I absolutely LOVE the surface level simplicity of this. It's more then sufficient for 98% of anything I would do and it still has the flexibility to add pedals and IRs if I want to. The fact that I don't have to menu-dive is awesome. Great demo. Thanks!
This machine is great. That guitar is stunning, and sounds fantastic! Great demo! Thanks!
I really enjoyed the professionalism of this channel. I’m looking forward to getting some of your Tonex captures.
I've had my ME-80 for years and love it it's always used. I also use mine with an effects loop as well as split left and right into two amps through different signal chain into front of those amps and effects loop into another amp. Kinda wish I hadn't seen this video, as looking at these nice subtle improvements makes me want to go out and get one right now. Thanks for the very good demo.... I'm sold.
I have an ME50 it can do almost everything and is damm near 20 yrs old great sounds Boss
I had a Boss GT3. I loved the way it sounded, but I didn't like to haul it around. Nowadays I don't have a hangup about the size of my gear anymore, so I wish I still had it.
I still miss my old ME50. I sold ot to help fund a GT8 and never got along with the GT8 even though it did sound better for some things.
I didn't like the drives on either one, but the ME50 was so easy to use.
I went down the board rabbit hole, and now I'm coming back around to a multi unit again. Gas goes in cycles 😂
My buddy works in LA, and in their studio BOSS had sent one of these to John Mayer last week and he was using it- IN STUDIO.
Wow.
Big if true.
If a photo of that comes out, this thing will sell like hotcakes haha
Fantastic review... as usual! I'm a long time user of the Boss ME50, ME70, ME80, and now the GX-100. So this looks interesting!
Awesome demo. The multi unit sounds great.
Thanks
Thanks for sharing this with us Paul. I had the ME80 several years ago and thought it was a great product for gigging as well as home use. Well done Boss. All my best wishes from the lake district. 👍👍😎😎🎶🎶
Thanks for sharing
I actually just had an encounter with the ME-80 a couple weeks ago. Had never really thought about it until I had to make some patches for a student band. Was surprised at how much I liked the sounds. Cool to see there's an updated version with the new amp models. Even tho I think the COSM amps are a bit underrated and not all that bad, the AIRD models are undeniably more hip sounding.
I loved my ME-80. The tactile nature of the setup makes it easy to learn what settings do what (rather than menu diving for that 1 other setting in a patch to break it down) and easy to teach to others, plus re-creating others patches is a matter of them telling you what knob=what setting. Simple!
My ancient ME-80 sounds signifigantly better if I run the ME-80 into the amp's loop return so I'm bypassing the combo amp's preamp.
@@JE-western-rider that's the secret, though you can also run it straight into frfr and stl use the cab sims if you put a dummy 1/8" plug in the headphones. For some reasiny Boss only made the cabs tun on with headphones.
I have been using my ME-80 for the last 9 years straight and no issues at all. I will get this too!
Good choice
Awesome mate. Now you just have to learn how to play. There is more to playing that loud, fast power chords and the same tired runs. I thought I was good too. Ran into 3 pro's the other day and we jammed a bit. Wow- I know nothing. They changed scales, and modes in between chord changes- knew all the triads all over the neck and tonal centers. My playing sounded quite vanilla by comparison> Maybe you are better than me- probably but just saying. Many people play songs- not guitar. I can play over 100 songs fairly well but I would not say I play guitar. I am def. not a musician. There is an epic difference. Which are you?
Disregard- just saw your playing. You are awesome! Wish I could play like that.
I still have an old ME70 which I have not used in a while. I like that this newer version sounds warmer, less bassy and less fizzy. You could also get some crazy sounds from the old unit however it did not have IR capabilities nor an effects loop like this one does.
As with the katana I still find disappointing the lack of stereo left and right delays. With the katana at least you can mimic it to an extent by combining a ping pong and a normal delay but only through the usb port. It is crazy that it even the new head does not have a stereo out.
All that being said I feel that IR slots and stereo delays by now should be a standard feature as well as with the eq stuff. At minimum you need a parametric eq. I do get that this aimed at the folks that want to be scrolling down menus but if they are a putting an “all in one” product why stop when they are almost already there?
Really great demo, thanks!
Very cool Paul. Great tomes as always. ❤
Cheers Hoos!
ME-80 with ability to load IRs and proper outputs instead of just 3.5mm (cabsim out)? Holy cow, this is awesome
Clean and lead sounds have been done to perfection since the early 90s by multieffects units. There's no challenge there. Demonstrating the crunch and high gain sounds is where the value is. Also I've seen pro players plug this into power amplifiers on stage, so testing this would have been great...
I love that it uses knobs and switches… i hate screens and menus
So much this
Same here, which is why I went with the ME-80. Really considering this one too.
Great video Paul - what a fantastic unit - really well thought out and sounds fantastic. My first ever multi effects board was a Boss BE5 - even then they sounded great and that was in 1996! What a great company Boss is. 👍🎸
Thanks for your kind words - it keeps us motivated to keep improving!
Cheers Matt
"THAT belongs in a Museum!" -Indiana Jones
Was thinking of getting the DM-101. I’m getting on in years with family commitments and no time for jamming anymore. Just playing at home for family gatherings. I’m so getting this! Gonna sell my redundant pedals and guitars. BOSS is really getting innovative and thinks for the elderly as well. Lol😅. We need straight up boards with no touch screen pedals and such.
Luv the Pete Thorn Suhr. 😍👍
That color is epic looking!🤘 Mirror blue FTW!
Got one a little while ago and just love it. Replaced a bunch of my single effects except my Boss Blues Driver and my Tonebender😄I’m sentimental. Wish the looper had a bit more loop time. Anyway great multi effect modeller. It’s also super sturdy like all Boss effects.
Wow, great playing.
After watching a ton of videos on the me 90 yours was the one that pushed me off the fence to purchase one! I really love how concise you were in your descriptions on how to use this thing and your sound samples were just stunning as are your chops! I'm a new subscriber and I think I wore out the like button smashing it I also shared this to a few of my guitar playing Buddies great job and you have a new fan!
Cheers Diane.
Boss is killing it in 2023
Hey I just purchased the me 90 and have been looking at TH-cam tutorials and I have to say that yours is the best by far! New subscriber and I smashed the hell out of that like button! Great job man!
Cheers diane
can recall a dude I used to know. He only had an old version of Boss pedal board onto a Mesa SOB and he was set for all venues. Thinking about it, I think it was wise of him.
I think this pedal board is way more interesting than Katana amps. This with an amp adapted to modelers and you're in business. Makes me almost swapping my Boss Nextone for this setup. Only because it doesn't have the Nextone tube compression/alike. A bit more, I wouldn't even hesitate. Don't get me wrong, I got boutique gear but the power of this multi effect, damn...
I was going to buy a less expensive ME-80 , however, I have decided the ME-90 is nearly perfect so there is no good reason to hold back. I think if I already had a ME-80 then I would just keep it. I have played a ME 80 and loved the sounds. This is a great value.
I see it as a very handy studio unit, but had an ME80 and hoped the 90 would sound a little better, but sold mine as it just didn't quite get the sound I wanted live which I was hoping it would. BOSS still don't seem to nail the onboard OD/ Distortions. No matter how much I tweaked the settings, I have a BOSS BD-2 Waza which sounds so much bigger in a live situation than the ME90 version, also have an OCD Germanium pedal which sounds so much better than any dirt setting on the 90, and I didn't really want to buy a big Multi FX unit then add seperate pedals. Thanks for your excellent videos.
No doubt lots of folks will be excited to get the upgraded floor unit. For me the AIRD drives (same as on the GX100) were not nearly as good as my drive pedals; the modulations more limited than Line6. So it didnt make sense just to use it for the form-factor. But if you like the individual fx from AIRD or If you currently use several Boss pedals, its a no brainer replacement which is probably easiest multifx to set up.
Superb video, tempted,had both ME25 and ME80 in the past..
Good choice.
Thank you Paul for the demo.. I'm looking hard at this one because I like Boss stuff and especially their Air thing with the feel you get.. I think it's really close to a real amp feel.. Not perfect, but I've not had a digital effects that is compared to a real tube amp, but that said. I am not allowed to use an amp most places I play. So, I'm looking at this and the Tone X.. The ToneX sounds really really good and small foot print which I love.. I can download as many sounds and tones as I need on their website as well.. No need to sample any amps really.. Then just use it..
Thanks again Paul..
Tim
Excellent, thanks - helped make my mind up to buy one
Glad I could help
To quote Commissioner Gordon from Batman Begins: "I gotta get me one of those." Thanks to Paul and The Studio Rats for this demo.
Cheers Mike
That compressed tone at 07:46 is bloody beautiful.
Cheers Jack
my opinion is a cropped version of the gt-1000, but the effects with effects control are brought to the panel for the convenience of working on stage, the sound is the same, but the possibilities are slightly less than in the gt-1000
It's great that we can use our own compressor too, now.
Yes indeed
Where has James Ivy been?! The Lord and Master of gear purchases!!
I'm definitely getting one of these.
I use my BOSS ME 25, and I fell happy. That’s important
Absolutely
THANKS, PAUL!
Anytime.
Very Nice , Thank You!!!
Our pleasure
I've got a lonely GT-1000 sitting here rarely ever getting used because I don't want to go menu diving. All I want from a multiFX unit are the modulation, time, and expression effects. I suspect I would use the ME 90 more than the GT-1000, since I rarely play the same tone twice. I dial something up, record with it, then never see it again. I kinda wish they had a separate loop just for the expression section.
Easy, get a RC500 loop pedal.
I just pre-ordered it from American Musical Supply!
Thanks for the video Paul. I recently got my ME 90 and am digging into all the great tones. Not sure if you have another video covering this but how did you save the settings you made in manual mode to recall after powering off and on? Are they saved with the Edit/write and stay the same when you go back into Manual Mode. Lastly, is it possible to save multiple patches in manual mode or do you just have the one and change the settings with the knobs? Thanks for any help. Cheers, nj ✌
Epic tones
Seems to be floored Katana Artist MKII with Tone Studio knobs. How does it sound compared to an Artist? How does it sound with headphones? Great demo!
It’s updated tech compared to the Katana range. Sounds great with headphones
Great review and instruction...Thanks!!!
Glad it was helpful
Would've loved to have had either a single XLR Mono out OR at the very least a 1/4 TRS stereo headphone out for FOH.
I wish Boss would have used those beautiful ME type switches on the GX100 too. Oh well, maybe next time.
Great video. I'm going to buy one. Thanks 😎👍💯👋👋🎸🎸
Hope you enjoy it!.
Morning Champ. Knocking out some malt loaf watching this at work. Have a great day.
Food of kings.
@@TheStudioRats second that!
Pinching off a malt loaf in the restroom at work.
My me 80 has been good to me, as a way of controlling two amps and multiple pedals. I rarely use anything but the preamp and compressor (to tame the power of two 100watt amps). It can get loud...
Phenomenal presentation 👍🏻
Thankyou sir
Really solid.
Cool vid, thanks! I definitely want to try one of these out.
You should, cheers.
I've owned an ME 80. Loved it--except the digital distortion. So I went and got a Boss BE 5 from the 80s. It's got real analog distortion which sounds amazing. How come we've gone backwards??
HA! you and me both. Messed with it for about an hour and now it sits in the closet. Distortion was not good at all.
@@frontcentermusician Maybe with this ME 90 a distortion pedal could be inserted in the send and return effectively.
Incredible
So after you've fine tuned your settings and then memorized it, I suppose you can memorize more than 10 "scenes" , but how are they named? Looks like just a 2 digit number? Then how do you recall those "scenes" by a 2 digit number? or you need to scroll up and down the number sequence? This makes Boss Me90 unit only good for impromptu fiddling but not for stage performance.
Love it. I really enjoy watching you play. With the Bluetooth adapter, can you use it to play out to a Bluetooth amplifier or is it only for signals going into the ME90? Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Hi Paul, can you share if the ME-90 will work in 4CM? Cheers
hi Paul, brilliant video, i play in various bands and i use the boss me 80, but now i feel its time to get the 90, I've owned the line 6 and headrush multi fx and i keep going back to the me 80, i recently purchased the apero mini, cant seem to get the right sound and wished id kept the ua fx dream 65 and Woodrow 55, I've also had the new tc electronic amp works pedals, but again i keep going back to the 80, for a working musician like me i need to quickly dial in the tones i need for each session. tone wise i have also been going back to individual pedals but that's sometimes to much faff, with batteries and power supply's and high end patch cables, the me 90 is a no brainer. all the best from Cornwall.
I still have the ME-70 and a Headrush Gigboard. Although all of these multi-effects units sound glorious with headphones or through a DAW, I can never get them to sound convincing going through the front of an amp.
If this ME-90 can pull that off, I might just take the plunge.
Got an ancient ME-80 and it sounds signifigantly better going into the return of my amp loop and totaly bypass the amp preamp.
Hi Paul, Clifton here. It's been a while since i checked in with you. Have always enjoyed your style and your video content. This video is an easy home run. That Suhr guitar is a lovely stunner, well done. It is almost as tasteful as your playing, thank you, as always.
So, here's my thought. Over the years I have accumulated about 80 quality pedals. As my next birthday is #77, and humping gear and gigging is no longer of any interest to me, I think divesting myself of 50- 60 or so and keeping only the very best ones (10-15-20) And then getting a ME-90 would be a good way to scale down and still have some choices. What say you?? would that be a good way to go?
Check out the ME80 as well Cliff.
Have they finally allowed us a fully switchless wah?
Nice review! Have you tried this with an acoustic guitar going through an acoustic amp on the delays and other modulations?
thanks for the video. trying to learn this thing. can i ask what you were plugged into? pa? interface?
the ME80 bites the dust
Only if it stops working.
Great demo and looks perfect for a Luddite like me for home use as I gave up on a HX stomp and its myriad of menus and settings but why no Aux in to be able to play backing tracks???
That’s what Bluetooth is for.
It surprises me that a brand new unit like this doesn't have a better display. Will it be able to overcome this in the marketplace? It looks like really old tech, even if it isn't. They buried this unit away and finally decided to release it years later?
I haven’t seen any video of yours using the Line6 Helix. Please make review on Line6 Helix and also compare it to the Axe fx3 regarding Amp Sim, Fx, Dynamic response and lastly your own thoughts on the Helix. 🙌🏻❤️ please
I did review the helix years ago for a different channel. The axe fx is a different beast. If you are looking at both get the axe fx.
Great video, Paul, but just one question, please. Why do you use the AIRD AMP when running into a physical amp and a speaker box? I thought you'd just need it DIing into a PA or computer for recording?
it is di'ed
You could run the ME-90 into the IR-200...
Inception face.
I was actually pondering on that one myself. I want to downsize my pedalboard, which mainly has boss pedals and some ehx ones. I was looking into the me90, but the mixed feedback about the preamp section throws me off a bit. I was also eyeballing the ir 200 as silent stage solution for my current pedalboard. And then started wondering if the preamp section is not to my taste, then maybe I could pair it with the ir 200. Of course, with the money of the two combined, I could get something totally different, I understand. But I like how tactile the me90 is. When they hit stores here, I'll first try out the preamp section of the me90. 😊
As always, you've dialed in awesome tones and your playing is phenomenal. Thank you for putting together another great video! I had one question: does a recorded phrase loop carry over in memory mode if i change from preset 1 to 2 or 3, if all are configured to have a phrase looper?
That’s a good question, I don’t know and the me90 is packed away at the moment due to building works in the house. I’ll dig it out when I can and check.
@TheStudioRats the looper carries over in both the gx100 and the GT1, but it didnt in my me70. Just curious if they've fixed this in the me90 because it is a dealbreaker for anyone who wants to use the onboard looper with presets. Also, the me70 only had a mono looper, while in the GT1 its stereo
Great vid. I have an ME 50 that I use in manual mode when playing live as there is a time lag when switching between memory patches. Has this anomaly been resolved on the ME 90?
I’ve seen other videos where they switch presets and there’s absolutely zero lag whatsoever. It’s very smooth.
Cool. How long is the looper recording?
38 seconds
nothing has changed since Boss gt 10, basically everything is the same sound, thanks for the video, but this is like something that should be new, but in an old house
So many knobs.. so little time :)
I like the way you set your tones but I was wondering can you assign two separate footswitches one to go from clean to crunchy rhythm tone and the other footswitch to add a boost or stack another overdrive? without the need to attach an external pedal. Because I set my pedalboard exactly the same as you but I want this to be an all in one throw in the gig bag situation.. I dont want to add external pedals I have my analog rig for that.
thats exactly how I do it. cheers
Thanks for the review and information. Is there a looper?
Yes there is
Hey, do you think this one has better amp simulation and effects than Hotone ampero?
Pretty much anything has better effects than that toy. It has a cool screen at least. I had one. It went back real quick. Rubbish.
With builtin battery and WL wireless receiver it would be on top.
It has a wireless receiver- for Bluetooth, at least. Did you mean like the Boss WL-type stuff? Internal-only batteries are a pain, I think. You have to dump the unit, send it somewhere, or hack it to change outthe internal battery. SHURE wireless units at least use a replaceable rechargeable battery that you can buy anywhere for like 25-30 bucks and then your are rolling again. I could see building a removable battery pack of rechargeable AA's, though. I've seen other people do similar.
It has both
@@daveelliott1000 Chargable battery and a WL receiver?
Hey Paul, I'm such a fan of your channel. This is another fantastic video. I do have a question, I hope you'll answer: How did you record these sounds for this video? Did you connect to a computer and used a DAW? did you mic up an amp or a cab in your room? something else? I'm asking to figure out what actually gave us the sound we heard here. I'll much appreciate your answer if you can. Thanks again dude. Incredibly helpful channel.
Hi Shalom, it was plugged into an interface and recorded to a daw
@@TheStudioRats Thanks so much Paul for taking the time to reply to me. This Boss ME-90 looks fantastic. Thanks for the video.
Hi,this me-90 its a massive step up compare to old GT1? I only mean tones and sounds,no matter the rest for me,thanks..
🤔 I’ve been itching for a Boss delay, chorus, reverb, might re think this. I almost purchased a HX stomp but knobs seem easier. I guess the amp sims would sound better than my POD2.0 as well. 349$ !!🤓
Tried the Stomp- was not impressed. Menu confusing too. XL is better but still not epic. For that, see Fractal Audio. FM9
Great tones, is there a noticeable amount of latency if any at all?
Would have been neat to have a cab/IR/cab off knob
It has at the back.
@TheStudioiRats Hi, Paul. I enjoyed the way you do your reviews. I have a question: is the pedal plastic or metal? As for the rest, I love the ME90. Maybe I can get one. Thank you!
It’s actually both, the top part is metal, pedals are plastic. Cheers Paul
@@TheStudioRats Ok, thanks! I realized I should have made my question more clear. I was asking about the expression pedal. But I got my answer, it´s plastic. Is it plastic on the ME80 too, if you remember? Thanks so much again!
I've always liked the ME concept and I seriously favour real knobs over menu's & the ME90 sounds great. But if they were upgrading it, why oh why did Boss not add patch naming??!!?? 'Patch numbers only' went out with the ark - and for a gigging player especially its utterly pointless having 36 factory & 36 user memory preset locations if you can't see what they are!
Even my old tech Vox Tonelab SE and LE from 2004 and 2007 respectively have patch-naming. It means that once again the ME is useless for me for live gigging as its essential I see the patch name when I'm moving around patches at a gig. Which is an absolute criminal shame as with the AIRD & FX loop it would have been perfect for my gigging needs and I'd have been all over it like a rash as I don't want a complex menu driven unit like the Boss GX100. As it stands, I'll have to stick with my old Tonelabs. Boss, you need your asses kicking!!
Naming is important and that is what I miss in my ME 80 too. My old 2009 digitech RP 500 had that!