The Boss compact pedal is a beautiful design, and they're bulletproof. They nailed it with the design, no reason to ever change that, at least in my opinion.
Cheers, a quick question. Will it make that big of a difference to 'match' the ir's with each cab or will the one ir you use work as good? How do you go about it? thanks
It’s just another dirt box with a fancy gimmick, “yeah it’s, uh IR! That’s it! Yeah the kids love that lingo, slap IR2 on a distortion pedal and call it a day
This looks absolutely killer. As someone who dabbles in modeling, but doesn't want to menu dive, this seems like a perfect solution. Compared to the Iridium, which is what I have, this seems to offer way more amp models and a loop, not to mention having better reverb. All of this for half the price of the Iridium. Boss is killing it.
Exactly how I feel, I have a few but with all the options and menus I lose the will, I just don’t have time. A pedal with a few knobs and instantly good tones is a win!
Very Cool, Thankyou Leon. Awesome Sounding Pedal and Playing as always. I just picked up a Behringer TM300 "Tube Amp Modeler" used this week for $20- bargain, so found this Video very Useful. Finding the TM300 amazing, a lot of Fun, and many Great Tones. Would Prefer The Boss of Course, Maybe oneday. All The Best. Cheers
Another great video buddy!!! I can't help but smile when I think about how SUPER easy it is for kids today to get really great sounds instantly compared to when I was a kid haha
I always wonder what post production is done with these UA-camr videos. There is a video of Fluff playing the same guitar, amp and pedal I have (Marshall SV20h) and it sounds VERY mixed on his video compared to mine with the exact same settings.
@@davidcjuppunless specified, chances are there’s no post processing going on besides just the basic gain staging/mic placement etc. But there’s a big difference between how your amp sounds in the room with you versus how it sounds by the time it gets to your DAW (and a lot of variables along the way that can make those differences more or less apparent).
Oh wow. For a PEDAL to emulate different amplifiers and to come packed with such excellent-sounding IRs is unbelievable. This is a much cheaper alternative to a lot of expensive floor modelers on the market, and it can actually compete with them in sound! Just wow. I am blown away. Not all of the models sound EXACTLY like their respective amps, but for every model, the distortion character sounds very natural, not digital at all. This is extremely useable both on stage and in the studio! Amazing piece of gear.
@@LeonTodd160 mA per Boss's webpage, so you'll get about 1.5-2 hours with a typical Alkaline 9v battery. But you can get a USB to 9v adapter and size a USB bank accordingly. Just beware a typical 9v battery will quickly disappoint.
Man, I might have to make a pedal board amo out of one of these all g with a micro pitch from eventide and a TC electronics ducking delay or something. Had to watch this again. God I love that DGT brother. This is a great review sir.. Thanks. for all the reviews and excellent value you bring to us sir.. Most appreciated my brother. I love how you set it up with the SD1 and the Brig. That would do 99 percent of anything I would need at a gig. ❤ On another note, I'm finally walking although with a noticeable limp, but getting better everyday. ❤ Be well and safe sir.. ❤ Tim...
I’ve been collecting and using Boss pedals since 1989 and I’ve a large collection. I lost interest in most of the stuff they produced from 2000 until the Waza came along in the last decade. It saved the company from going down that digital road to ruin as boutique brands were simply better. It killed their coolness in my mind. As much as I love Boss I never liked their digital stuff because it’s not as good as the analog stuff. Amp simulators are a grey area as there’s some great plug-ins on a Mac or PC. I just bought the BP-1w Booster this week and it’s awesome. I sold an RV-5 digital reverb to fund it!!!
@@alhemmings8554 now that you mention it, I don't care much for it either. Much prefer the sound of the old school script logo MXR, it just needs a level control, not only a speed knob, in my opinion.
Nice! Great demo. This will be a nice christmas present for someone playing guitar. That with a delay will be a nice compact rig. I have the IR-200 as a quick solution for my office guitar. I don't really get along with some of the IRs provided with the unit but with my own IRs and my H9 it's a great little all in one rig and I have a lot of fun.
I don't know if it was the way it was dialed in but those high gain settings sounded terrible. Way too round, loose, and not a lot of clarity. Rectifier setting sounded better of the bunch but not much. All the others sounded pretty good.
Great product and very convincing models. They all, every last one, sound a bit crispy to me, so it may very well be a common speaker IR or your treble setting.
So i ordered this thing and put it in front of my clean Blackstar AMPED-2. 20W go into my isolation box and the mic goes into my mixer. Beautiful sound with the rectifier setting :o
Had to watch this again. I loved the set up with the SD1 and the delay pedal. I could easily gig with that and a FRFR speaker and have no problems at all. ❤. Very cool man . ❤
This is a game changer for gigging players. A perfect piece of kit for smaller venues where your tube amp is a nightmare for the sound guy… great review. I am buying one today.
So.. i just reviewed the features of the Friedman IR-X, BOSS IR-200, Stryman Iridium and Ampero One .. and not only is the IR-2 simpler to use, has more features, AUX in and headphones .. but it also has USB-C (which apparently nobody thought was a good idea for these IR sims until now) .. i think I'm starting to understand why this fucking thing is unbuyable everywhere right now. I can't tell if it hasn't been distributed yet or if its initial shipments sold out completely within days
👍🏿🤘How is the usb used with iOS devices? The manual is too light on to make sense of this and the cables it says you should use to connect a lightening port to a usb-c seemingly can’t be found in the Australian market.
I love the fact that you really don't need a 96 pound amp to gig. I've been gigging with guitar > big pedalboard > Blackstar AMPED1 > whatever cab I want, with an awesome direct out with great cab modeling.
I love that boss takes stuff from really high-end pedals, modelers, and racks and throws it in a stomp box format that legit sounds just as good. Perfect option for a home noodler who wants to sound girthy at home or in practice with regular-person gear.
@@DaPoopIsInDaPuddingYou legit are adding nothing meaningful here and your comment only serves to make you look like a dorky, verly pedantic prick with no friends. Hope that helps!
I'd have to say, as one of those 'apartment guys' I lived with an HD500X for a few years and loved it. Then I picked up a NUX MG300 to build a very small travel rig with some small FRFR monitors. Now it's all I play as the modelling has gotten so much better. You should hear this stupidly cheap thing through some 8" studio monitors. It lacks a little in the FX dept compared to the HD500X, and also I/O, but for a bedroom person it's perfect and needs no other fx pedals/rack/power supply to complement it.
Fantastic. Thanks for the demo. The only thing holding me back is that I'm looking for an in-depth demo of the Diamond (Vox) sim. What I've heard so far sounds a bit loose, but I'm reserving judgment. Everything else is spectacular.
@@rasmuspedersen3563 yep still I hate it. Give me a knob to turn and I’ll always prefer that over digital menus. That’s my preference and I understand that might not be everyone else’s. That’s why there are options in the market. You do you and I do me 😝.
I have the IR 200. I use just the IR section. My favorite is the Tech 21 Oxford in front. Turn the amp Sim on that pedal off and it's a great preamp. Sounds killer with the Celestion IRs
Bro, please, my native language is portuguese so i could lost some parts... I Have an zoom g11 and a FRFR Speaker (Rox Stage cab with Celestion F12x200) active. In my study lessons and other moments, i want a little pedal who is portable. So the Cabinet sounds are good on it to run in a FRFR Speaker?
I do not buy into hype when it comes to gear. I think of it as a tool and something to fill a spot. This seems like a great device for a simple go to setup and genuinely sounds good, would throw one of these in my case for practice
Hey Leon, I have a question I can't find an answer to and hope you may know. I am building a pedal shelf within a rack unit with the aim of having MIDI switchable pedals for routing as a DAW FX insert. I want to install the IR-2 in there as nothing more than a compact FX loop with USB audio link (i.e. no guitar input or output - just using the IR-2's loop to route signal into my modulation pedals and back via USB audio only). So I know I can disable the amp and cab sims in the IR-2. My question is whether I can also route audio through the other modulation pedals in the IR-2 FX loop via only USB audio from the DAW (as a bus). Love the channel, thanks!
Remember wayyyyy back when (about 2000 or so) when Boss made a double sized pedal called the 'Amp Factory'? Talk about a pedal that was, way, way ahead of its time! The IR-2 should be a huge seller.
I might have missed this information in the video, but can anybody confirm if this pedal has any kind of noise gate feature? Is that tweakable in the software or something? I can't find anything when I search on Google...
Are boss using different jacks? I finally have an IR-2 in my hands, but noticed some of the jacks feel loose, like no click/resistance when I plug a cable in. Is this normal? Still working with tones and hoping to integrate in my setup as a preamp.
I loved the reviews as always. Very good and with lots of useful things. I wanted to know between IR-2 and IR-200 which is better? Knowing that it's not a question of money or space on the pedalboard. Just which one is best? Another question is that the IR-2 has 11 amps available and the IR-200 has 8 for guitar (+4 for bass), will the IR-200 be upgraded to the 11 amps of the IR-2? Thanks
Hi. I luv your videis. They are very well done and full of information. I wanted to ask you a question. I noticed that in most of the demos of this pedal that both the A and B output is being used to go to their DAW most likely, even in people not using stereo pedals. My question is, if I plan to go direct to a PA, do both outputs have to be used? Or just use the MONO A output? Does it sound better using both outputs? Also, do you have to change something in the parameters of the pedal when you use both outputs, or just leave it in the default setting? Thanks for the answers I hope to get.
Hey Leon, one of the things I like about this is the fact you can use it as a soundcard back to a DAW. Did you get a chance to test this part of the pedal, and is there any latency? I am really curious about this aspect.
The pedal has its place with the weekend cover band but like all these budget modelers in a standard size enclosure, they sound like someone threw a blanket over your speaker cab. At $200.00 USD we can not expect much. Even though $400 is twice the money it buys the cheaper modelers with more features and sounds and more important sounds with more detail and above all clarity in the upper mids and highs. These days in a band context the difference between some of the $400 units and those 3 to 4 times the price is simply not detectable. Dare I say for $200 you get a $200 sound and $400 gets you a $2000 sound.
I'm with you. I don't really hear something that rivals a mid priced modeler or a high end pedal. I think Boss is great, and I own a few of their pedals, but this sounds thin on its own. Hard pass for me.
This is one of the best reviews i have ever watched. Subscribed of course. I think anyone sitting on the fence just got sold when we went full stereo. Im buying mine tomorrow, cheers legend.
@@LeonTodd hey man. Bought the ir-2, love it. Before i set up a stereo effects loop, could you tell me something. Is that going to work in stereo from just the headphone out of the boss ir-2? I use mainly headphones and will just go mono if not.
Dunno just seems like more hype, who really needs more than one amp and a couple good pedals. Maybe I am just jaded from years of GAS, just finding more and more this stuff gets in the way of playing, actually didn’t even think it sounded that great, even though the playing was awesome. A room full of swaying drunks won’t know nor care which amp you are on is the reality.
horrible cold sound like always just buy tube (preamp) pedals if you want a good sound because only a few pedals sound good without a tube : not this one
Sounds fantastic! I wonder if these are the same amps as in BOSS GT1000? It seems that the sound coming from the pedal is more analogue (less generic I guess) compared to the GT. It's fatter and more pleasing. I wonder why or it's just my ears.
FRIEND I RECOMMEND YOU TO MAKE A VIDEO WITH PEDALS PLUS THE BOS AMP SIMULATOR, AND NOT SO MUCH METAL DONKEY, PROBAMETAL OK BUT ALSO POP JAZZ AND OTHER THINGS, NOT ONLY METAL, THANK YOU
This seems like a home run to me. Gotta hear that Twn model with less gain first before I know for sure. I guess they put more gain on tap if you want it, but not what I think of for that amp. Interestingly Boss’ first USB-C product afaik.
Yeah this is a lot more pedalboard friendly than the IR-200. The gain on every model seems to give you a greater range than the real amps they're based on.
This totally makes sense (in today's digital environment) and Bravo Boss for making it look like the pedals we all know and love.
Exactly!
The Boss compact pedal is a beautiful design, and they're bulletproof. They nailed it with the design, no reason to ever change that, at least in my opinion.
Hi... Wich IR Do you use..?? Greatings from Germany
Cheers, a quick question. Will it make that big of a difference to 'match' the ir's with each cab or will the one ir you use work as good? How do you go about it? thanks
The chugs on a lot of those high gain amps sound totally wrong and weird.
OMFG!!!! This is everything I’ve ever wanted from Boss. WE ARE LIVING IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF GUITARDOM. 16 year old me would be floored by this tech.
It’s just another dirt box with a fancy gimmick, “yeah it’s, uh IR! That’s it! Yeah the kids love that lingo, slap IR2 on a distortion pedal and call it a day
@@toach7141do you even know what an ir is?
@@MsSpicynipplesI'd say no lol
Exactly, and top Tier Celestine IRS so no need to menu dive and tweak with a laptop to get good tones
My 39 year old ass is equally floored by this. It's really a golden era!
This looks absolutely killer. As someone who dabbles in modeling, but doesn't want to menu dive, this seems like a perfect solution. Compared to the Iridium, which is what I have, this seems to offer way more amp models and a loop, not to mention having better reverb. All of this for half the price of the Iridium. Boss is killing it.
And i dont have to bring laptop to every gig anymore! haha
Exactly how I feel, I have a few but with all the options and menus I lose the will, I just don’t have time. A pedal with a few knobs and instantly good tones is a win!
I have just bought a mooer preamp x2 and cab x2 pedals. This boss pedal is a 2 in 1 even though you cannot load amp models.
Menus today are so easy lol...
this is going to be their best seller for quite a while.
Very Cool, Thankyou Leon. Awesome Sounding Pedal and Playing as always. I just picked up a Behringer TM300 "Tube Amp Modeler" used this week for $20- bargain, so found this Video very Useful. Finding the TM300 amazing, a lot of Fun, and many Great Tones. Would Prefer The Boss of Course, Maybe oneday. All The Best. Cheers
Another great video buddy!!!
I can't help but smile when I think about how SUPER easy it is for kids today to get really great sounds instantly compared to when I was a kid haha
Stereo return is something that sets this pedal apart from other similar format. Along with headphone out and c battery powered option.
So, only jc120 in a pedal form with loop and IR loader is missing. Boss, i know you can!
The tones coming out of this unit are surprisingly good
@@george_richman I know right? And that's with the built-in IRs - throw in some YA stuff & this thing's gonna kick some major a$$
I always wonder what post production is done with these UA-camr videos. There is a video of Fluff playing the same guitar, amp and pedal I have (Marshall SV20h) and it sounds VERY mixed on his video compared to mine with the exact same settings.
@@davidcjuppunless specified, chances are there’s no post processing going on besides just the basic gain staging/mic placement etc. But there’s a big difference between how your amp sounds in the room with you versus how it sounds by the time it gets to your DAW (and a lot of variables along the way that can make those differences more or less apparent).
Thanks for the reply man. Yeah the Fluff video just sounded so much less wooly,@@blairmichaelhogan4502
hi， can this pedal be directly connected to a real guitar amplifier? If so, how should I set up my guitar amp settings? Thank you😊
yes, disable the IR's and either run it into a very clean amp or the amp fx return
@@LeonTodd thank you so much 🙏😊
I´ve ordered it. I tried it. I was dissapointed. I´ve send it on the same day back. Now I ordere the ToneX...
Sounds incredibly meh.
This thing is a game changer I think. For those of us looking at getting into IRs for the first time
get mooer, is cheaper and better sound
@@sebastian6121 I have the mooer 014 micro preamp but it only has 1 sound
its better than mooer so far. @@sebastian6121
Oh wow. For a PEDAL to emulate different amplifiers and to come packed with such excellent-sounding IRs is unbelievable. This is a much cheaper alternative to a lot of expensive floor modelers on the market, and it can actually compete with them in sound! Just wow. I am blown away.
Not all of the models sound EXACTLY like their respective amps, but for every model, the distortion character sounds very natural, not digital at all. This is extremely useable both on stage and in the studio! Amazing piece of gear.
Seems like they've packed an awful lot of functionality into that form factor, seriously cool featureset for such a small pedal
Seems like the perfect backup amp. Throw It in the gig bag and forget about until you need it (modeller or amp goes down).
Run it off a battery if needed!
@@LeonTodd160 mA per Boss's webpage, so you'll get about 1.5-2 hours with a typical Alkaline 9v battery. But you can get a USB to 9v adapter and size a USB bank accordingly. Just beware a typical 9v battery will quickly disappoint.
Man, I might have to make a pedal board amo out of one of these all g with a micro pitch from eventide and a TC electronics ducking delay or something. Had to watch this again. God I love that DGT brother.
This is a great review sir.. Thanks. for all the reviews and excellent value you bring to us sir.. Most appreciated my brother. I love how you set it up with the SD1 and the Brig. That would do 99 percent of anything I would need at a gig. ❤
On another note, I'm finally walking although with a noticeable limp, but getting better everyday. ❤
Be well and safe sir.. ❤
Tim...
I’ve been collecting and using Boss pedals since 1989 and I’ve a large collection. I lost interest in most of the stuff they produced from 2000 until the Waza came along in the last decade. It saved the company from going down that digital road to ruin as boutique brands were simply better. It killed their coolness in my mind. As much as I love Boss I never liked their digital stuff because it’s not as good as the analog stuff. Amp simulators are a grey area as there’s some great plug-ins on a Mac or PC.
I just bought the BP-1w Booster this week and it’s awesome. I sold an RV-5 digital reverb to fund it!!!
Has boss ever made a crap
Pedal ? Feel
Like they never get enough love cos they are such a common and staple name and not “boutique” 👊
FACT 👍
They've made some okay stuff but nothing super terrible. They've also made more classics than I can think of!
The PH-3 did nothing for me, but other than that...
@@alhemmings8554 now that you mention it, I don't care much for it either. Much prefer the sound of the old school script logo MXR, it just needs a level control, not only a speed knob, in my opinion.
5:50 that moment when your head starts banging aumatically
Wish they also updated their BR and micro BR lineup with todays technology...
Love you BOSS, you definitely speak our language ❤
Nice! Great demo. This will be a nice christmas present for someone playing guitar. That with a delay will be a nice compact rig. I have the IR-200 as a quick solution for my office guitar. I don't really get along with some of the IRs provided with the unit but with my own IRs and my H9 it's a great little all in one rig and I have a lot of fun.
I'm French, nothing to criticize, I'm devastated 😉
🤣🤣🤣
I don't know if it was the way it was dialed in but those high gain settings sounded terrible. Way too round, loose, and not a lot of clarity. Rectifier setting sounded better of the bunch but not much. All the others sounded pretty good.
IMO there will be no need for EQ pedal since in has a "sort of" parametric EQ but of course limited in certain frequencies/bands.
Great product and very convincing models. They all, every last one, sound a bit crispy to me, so it may very well be a common speaker IR or your treble setting.
I already got an iridium, i don't really NEEEEED anymore sims but DAYUM is it tempting 😂
I can get something with a boost and noise gate in a similar form factor.
Seems to be getting great reviews all around. I want to hear it in the mix with a band.
So i ordered this thing and put it in front of my clean Blackstar AMPED-2. 20W go into my isolation box and the mic goes into my mixer. Beautiful sound with the rectifier setting :o
Line6, we want a pedal like this with the Helix amps, cabs and IR's
Had to watch this again. I loved the set up with the SD1 and the delay pedal. I could easily gig with that and a FRFR speaker and have no problems at all. ❤. Very cool man . ❤
This is a game changer for gigging players. A perfect piece of kit for smaller venues where your tube amp is a nightmare for the sound guy… great review. I am buying one today.
Do you think this would work straight into a PA?
@@TheLochs Yeah I think so. This is made for playing live without an amp.
Sounds nice, but only as good as the final stage amplifiation. Personally I'm just happy to play into a cheapo valve amp.
Would love to hear 2 of them blended together
You mean two amps blended? I'd love for them to have dual amps.
This pedal has less latency than ANY of the other more expensive modeling units. Boss once again is setting the standard.
This is why BOSS IS BOSS
Hey Leon, do you think this IR2 is still a fine solution to go ampless without spending a ton of money and time with apps and computer fiddling?
So.. i just reviewed the features of the Friedman IR-X, BOSS IR-200, Stryman Iridium and Ampero One .. and not only is the IR-2 simpler to use, has more features, AUX in and headphones .. but it also has USB-C (which apparently nobody thought was a good idea for these IR sims until now) .. i think I'm starting to understand why this fucking thing is unbuyable everywhere right now. I can't tell if it hasn't been distributed yet or if its initial shipments sold out completely within days
👍🏿🤘How is the usb used with iOS devices? The manual is too light on to make sense of this and the cables it says you should use to connect a lightening port to a usb-c seemingly can’t be found in the Australian market.
Woah, very very intriguing indeed. BOSS are on a roll lately
How will it sound into an actual amplifier...?
Would love to own one of these. Seems like a great tool to have around the studio ❤🔥
the price is right and features are great.
I am just hearing this thing. This is a really sick pedal from Boss
I love the fact that you really don't need a 96 pound amp to gig. I've been gigging with guitar > big pedalboard > Blackstar AMPED1 > whatever cab I want, with an awesome direct out with great cab modeling.
Didn't get your set up. Ir 2 with Ampd 1 for Poweramp? And if we want 2 amp set ups can we get 2 of these?
@@ajayburra6958 no IR2 (yet). Using a pedalboard with the Blackstar as a head with or without a cab, as the direct out cab models are great.....
I'm just excited you played Molly Hatchet. 🤘
Roundtrip latency please?
Hmm, love it, I’ve been using the ir200 for a year now and it’s great. I can’t keep buying redundant stuff unfortunately.
if I was going for a super light footprint for gigging or maybe just to sit in with some friends I could see this as an option for sure.
Since this is obviously a great christmas stocking filler I wonder if Boss can deliver in time. At Thomann it says for delivery "1-2 weeks".
@@NS-tc9kkHahaha, maybe that was a bit extreme of me. Although I’m sure Boss has timed this release very deliberate.
I love that boss takes stuff from really high-end pedals, modelers, and racks and throws it in a stomp box format that legit sounds just as good. Perfect option for a home noodler who wants to sound girthy at home or in practice with regular-person gear.
Couldn't agree more!
The word legit adds nothing. Overused.
@@DaPoopIsInDaPudding that is legit the truth!
@@DaPoopIsInDaPuddingYou legit are adding nothing meaningful here and your comment only serves to make you look like a dorky, verly pedantic prick with no friends.
Hope that helps!
I'd have to say, as one of those 'apartment guys' I lived with an HD500X for a few years and loved it. Then I picked up a NUX MG300 to build a very small travel rig with some small FRFR monitors. Now it's all I play as the modelling has gotten so much better. You should hear this stupidly cheap thing through some 8" studio monitors. It lacks a little in the FX dept compared to the HD500X, and also I/O, but for a bedroom person it's perfect and needs no other fx pedals/rack/power supply to complement it.
Fantastic. Thanks for the demo. The only thing holding me back is that I'm looking for an in-depth demo of the Diamond (Vox) sim. What I've heard so far sounds a bit loose, but I'm reserving judgment. Everything else is spectacular.
Hey Leon, seems like this setup would be a great candidate for a Criss Oliva esque tone. It seems very versatile.
Criss Oliva RULES.
Amazing pedal. I am one of those guys who hates spending time with menus and this format is great. We need one for bass now Boss!
Menus today are so easy lol...
@@rasmuspedersen3563 yep still I hate it. Give me a knob to turn and I’ll always prefer that over digital menus. That’s my preference and I understand that might not be everyone else’s. That’s why there are options in the market. You do you and I do me 😝.
I have the IR 200. I use just the IR section. My favorite is the Tech 21 Oxford in front. Turn the amp Sim on that pedal off and it's a great preamp. Sounds killer with the Celestion IRs
Amazing...didn't see this coming 25 years ago! Great demo, especially the gig-able configuration at the end.
😂
You didn't see any of the future 25 years ago.
Bro, please, my native language is portuguese so i could lost some parts...
I Have an zoom g11 and a FRFR Speaker (Rox Stage cab with Celestion F12x200) active.
In my study lessons and other moments, i want a little pedal who is portable.
So the Cabinet sounds are good on it to run in a FRFR Speaker?
I do not buy into hype when it comes to gear. I think of it as a tool and something to fill a spot. This seems like a great device for a simple go to setup and genuinely sounds good, would throw one of these in my case for practice
What a supberb, well thought out demo, excellent playing here, clear explanations, no blah-blah..just subscribed Sir.
Impressive for that form factor. If for whatever reason you don't want to go the full modeler route, I'd think this is a great alternative.
Sounds great but what happens when you use the volume knob?
GAS GAS GAS 😂
Its a stripped down version of the IR200 but with a few more amp options.
My only nitpicky personal gripe is that it looks boring... and same color as their older BOSS RV-3 Reverb pedal.
Hey Leon, I have a question I can't find an answer to and hope you may know. I am building a pedal shelf within a rack unit with the aim of having MIDI switchable pedals for routing as a DAW FX insert. I want to install the IR-2 in there as nothing more than a compact FX loop with USB audio link (i.e. no guitar input or output - just using the IR-2's loop to route signal into my modulation pedals and back via USB audio only). So I know I can disable the amp and cab sims in the IR-2. My question is whether I can also route audio through the other modulation pedals in the IR-2 FX loop via only USB audio from the DAW (as a bus). Love the channel, thanks!
Are these the same AIRD models as the me90? I like it but there are too many options with BOSS now. I have to say tho, it sounds great!
Remember wayyyyy back when (about 2000 or so) when Boss made a double sized pedal called the 'Amp Factory'? Talk about a pedal that was, way, way ahead of its time! The IR-2 should be a huge seller.
I've been trying to find one of those to round out my Boss twin pedal collection!
I might have missed this information in the video, but can anybody confirm if this pedal has any kind of noise gate feature? Is that tweakable in the software or something? I can't find anything when I search on Google...
I don't think so
Pelo que vi, não. Só o IR-200, que também tem Reverb, e dois tipos de equalizadores.
Are boss using different jacks? I finally have an IR-2 in my hands, but noticed some of the jacks feel loose, like no click/resistance when I plug a cable in. Is this normal?
Still working with tones and hoping to integrate in my setup as a preamp.
I loved the reviews as always. Very good and with lots of useful things. I wanted to know between IR-2 and IR-200 which is better? Knowing that it's not a question of money or space on the pedalboard. Just which one is best? Another question is that the IR-2 has 11 amps available and the IR-200 has 8 for guitar (+4 for bass), will the IR-200 be upgraded to the 11 amps of the IR-2?
Thanks
That’s a good question actually.
It sounds great, in that classic Boss design.A No Brainer buy ! Thanks
Did I hear Custard Pie?
That rectifier setting is INSANE.
Hi. I luv your videis. They are very well done and full of information. I wanted to ask you a question. I noticed that in most of the demos of this pedal that both the A and B output is being used to go to their DAW most likely, even in people not using stereo pedals. My question is, if I plan to go direct to a PA, do both outputs have to be used? Or just use the MONO A output? Does it sound better using both outputs? Also, do you have to change something in the parameters of the pedal when you use both outputs, or just leave it in the default setting? Thanks for the answers I hope to get.
Seems like a condensed version of a Roland Cube 30x.
Hey Leon, one of the things I like about this is the fact you can use it as a soundcard back to a DAW. Did you get a chance to test this part of the pedal, and is there any latency? I am really curious about this aspect.
a toob amp sounds better wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wahh wahhhhhh
Pretty impressive for 200 bucks.
The pedal has its place with the weekend cover band but like all these budget modelers in a standard size enclosure, they sound like someone threw a blanket over your speaker cab. At $200.00 USD we can not expect much. Even though $400 is twice the money it buys the cheaper modelers with more features and sounds and more important sounds with more detail and above all clarity in the upper mids and highs. These days in a band context the difference between some of the $400 units and those 3 to 4 times the price is simply not detectable. Dare I say for $200 you get a $200 sound and $400 gets you a $2000 sound.
I'm with you. I don't really hear something that rivals a mid priced modeler or a high end pedal. I think Boss is great, and I own a few of their pedals, but this sounds thin on its own. Hard pass for me.
This is one of the best reviews i have ever watched. Subscribed of course. I think anyone sitting on the fence just got sold when we went full stereo. Im buying mine tomorrow, cheers legend.
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@@LeonTodd went from this to searching for a good stereo reverb and guess who just sold me a damn rv6 to go with this… haha
@@LeonTodd hey man. Bought the ir-2, love it. Before i set up a stereo effects loop, could you tell me something. Is that going to work in stereo from just the headphone out of the boss ir-2? I use mainly headphones and will just go mono if not.
Dunno just seems like more hype, who really needs more than one amp and a couple good pedals.
Maybe I am just jaded from years of GAS, just finding more and more this stuff gets in the way of playing, actually didn’t even think it sounded that great, even though the playing was awesome.
A room full of swaying drunks won’t know nor care which amp you are on is the reality.
horrible cold sound like always
just buy tube (preamp) pedals if you want a good sound because only a few pedals sound good without a tube : not this one
Killer playing Leon!
How does this stack up against the Joyo preamp house?
I made a wish for this and here it is !
Sounds fantastic! I wonder if these are the same amps as in BOSS GT1000? It seems that the sound coming from the pedal is more analogue (less generic I guess) compared to the GT. It's fatter and more pleasing. I wonder why or it's just my ears.
Can you put this pedal in front of a clean fender amp.With the Cab simulators off!
Playing smaller gigs you dont want to carry around a backup amp so having one of these could really save the day if your main amp goes down.
I’m not very impressed. Sounds a bit cold and very screechy.
Leon I knew you couldn't wait to get off of the pure clean amp.
🤣 guilty as charged
Dig those tones with a combo of pedals! Very cool!
are both the send and return stereo so youd need a spliter from stereo pedal to boss loop
FRIEND I RECOMMEND YOU TO MAKE A VIDEO WITH PEDALS PLUS THE BOS AMP SIMULATOR, AND NOT SO MUCH METAL DONKEY, PROBAMETAL OK BUT ALSO POP JAZZ AND OTHER THINGS, NOT ONLY METAL, THANK YOU
This is insane and sounds pretty great. Boss always upping the game.
diamond, it represents what?
Vox
Wow! That pedal sounds amazing! No fizz!
eh…
This seems like a home run to me.
Gotta hear that Twn model with less gain first before I know for sure. I guess they put more gain on tap if you want it, but not what I think of for that amp.
Interestingly Boss’ first USB-C product afaik.
Yeah this is a lot more pedalboard friendly than the IR-200. The gain on every model seems to give you a greater range than the real amps they're based on.
The ME-90 has USB-C as well.
exactly, that Plexi sounds way too distorted, too much gain, I know 'cause I have the real thing@@LeonTodd
@@TonyHookedonVanlife oh dang you’re right!
Mate I just got myself a new tele as an early Xmas gift and now I gotta get a new pedal too? 🤣