Since CW (Roland) are now partnered with Overloud how about licensing the BOSS pedal line?

I think it would be cool to have a dual effort put towards getting all the BOSS effects pedals and units into an expansion pack for TH2. I've always loved BOSS pedals and Overloud seems to do a great job of duplicating hardware. Seems like a no brainer.

Who's with me? Would you guitar guys pay for something like that?

Cheers.

I used MT-2's for years and my current one is a Keeley mod. I had a Blues Driver for a while and sorely miss it. The best hardware tuner I've ever owned is the TU-2 but obviously that's not an effect... but maybe they could do something that too because the TH2 tuner kind of blows.

If I had the money I'd buy one of the GT pedal boards but they be expensive.

Heh... I just replied to that. I haven't played through the 100 but I've played through an older one. They smoke.

Makes me wonder if they sued the companies that were modding the pedals. I can't find Keeley mods anywhere now. When I bought mine they were all over the place.

I was gonna use wiki... :-) but I went with Google:

http://www.robertkeeley.com/products/pedal-mods/

I had a BOSS compressor pedal back when I was 15, before I even knew what the hell a compressor did. All I know is that it made my strumming sound a bit tidier....loved it. Also had a BOSS distortion pedal around '89 or so. They were always top quality, both in build and sound. 

Marcus Curtis

mike_mccue

Beepster


I think it would be cool to have a dual effort put towards getting all the BOSS effects pedals and units into an expansion pack for TH2. I've always loved BOSS pedals and Overloud seems to do a great job of duplicating hardware. Seems like a no brainer.

Who's with me? Would you guitar guys pay for something like that?

Cheers.

Almost all the Boss effects have already been "COSMed" so it should be real easy to do other dsp distribution package formats.


The smart guys in the Boss division may be reluctant to place their proprietary dsp mathematics on computers that are hooked up to the internet.




best regards,
mike

The VS-20 comes with 36 Genuine Boss effects that have COSM modeling already.


http://www.rolandus.com/p...details/1100/496 


Watch the videos it has some kind of GUI that looks like a boss floor board. 


I'm with you beepster. I think it may be available someday. All we can do is ask right? 

I think they keep the actual processing math safe on board the Roland appliance and store the code on the EEPROM. 


The Windows GUI app just sends instructions out to the appliance.



best,
mike

Well well! This status update from Cakewalk just appeared on my Facebook newsfeed: "Which BOSS US pedal could you not live without?"

Coincidence?

Beepin' the beast. ;-)

...and my answer for many years would have been the MT-2. I've tried MANY other high gain/distortion stomp boxes and nothing compared to it.

That's part of the reason I posted this. The TH2 and GR versions... well they just ain't the same.

The Blues Driver however is VERY impressive. It's great for making the gain on a good tube amp sound even sweeter. Awesome solo boost.

Their EQ pedal is another good one and although I'm not much of a phaser guy I used one of those for a while too when doing tribute stuff. They're just phenomenal pedals and I've never had one break on me... and believe me, I played some absolutely psychotic gigs where those pedals got MANGLE by booze spilling on them and mosh pits trampling them. The only times I had to replace them were when they got stolen.

And to take my praise for the Metal Zone even further... even when I had access to high end tube amps like 5150s, Rectifiers, Randalls, etc... I opted for the clean channel(s) with the Metal Zone on it. 

I owned like three DOD death metal pedals over the years and every single one screwed up. The housing is built like a tank but the actually stomp mechanism was cheap plastic and when I pulled them apart to fix them it was one of those crappy pad circuit switches. The internal BOSS switch is plastic but it's housed so well and the spring is heavy duty enough that it didn't matter. 

The only two design flaws I saw with them was that plastic switch post and the skimpy little wires that hook up to the battery... but as I said they were housed so well the only time you could break that stuff was when the pedal was opened up. 

mike_mccue

Marcus Curtis

mike_mccue

Beepster


I think it would be cool to have a dual effort put towards getting all the BOSS effects pedals and units into an expansion pack for TH2. I've always loved BOSS pedals and Overloud seems to do a great job of duplicating hardware. Seems like a no brainer.

Who's with me? Would you guitar guys pay for something like that?

Cheers.

Almost all the Boss effects have already been "COSMed" so it should be real easy to do other dsp distribution package formats.


The smart guys in the Boss division may be reluctant to place their proprietary dsp mathematics on computers that are hooked up to the internet.




best regards,
mike

The VS-20 comes with 36 Genuine Boss effects that have COSM modeling already.


http://www.rolandus.com/p...details/1100/496 


Watch the videos it has some kind of GUI that looks like a boss floor board. 


I'm with you beepster. I think it may be available someday. All we can do is ask right? 

I think they keep the actual processing math safe on board the Roland appliance and store the code on the EEPROM. 


The Windows GUI app just sends instructions out to the appliance.



best,
mike

Your probably right Mike. You would think if some company wanted the proprietary dsp mathematics then it would be pretty easy to reverse engineer. 

I really have been considering getting the GR 55. Really incredible guitar sounds in that unit. I would pay for it in part by selling my GR 33 and GR 20 on craigs list. I am working on a plan to work it into my budget this year. I spent way to much on music gear last year, but half of my new gear I bartered for.

I love the Boss Pedals mabey we will see it in x3


I agree Beepster too bad it is only 44.1 k. It's meant for guitar players who don't like to dither...lol