Summer NAMM Show: The Roland RE-201 Space Echo has been reborn as the BOSS RE-20 Twin Pedal. According to BOSS, they’ve recreated every sonic detail and nuance of the original, providing users the warm, unpredictable and highly tweakable retro sounds of the RE-201. Description: The original Roland RE-201, commonly known as the Space Echo, was… Read More BOSS Debuts RE-20 Space Echo Effects Pedal
BOSS has expanded its ME series multi-effects family with the ME-20, a powerful multi-effects unit optimized for live performance. Description: The ME-20 provides overdrive, distortion, delay, chorus, phaser, flanger, tremolo, rotary, and EQ effects, taking BOSS’s performance-based philosophy to a very affordable price point. The ME-20 features a newly designed super-rugged metal chassis complete with… Read More Boss Announces ME-20 Multiple Effects Processor
Musikmesse: This could be incredibly cool if they get it right – one of the most revered effects ever made, the Roland RE-201 Space Echo, has been reborn as the BOSS RE-20 Twin Pedal. Features: Roland and BOSS have recreated the legendary spacious, analog tone of the original Space Echo. Faithful modeling of the RE-201’s… Read More The Space Echo Reincarnated
NAMM Update: A new looping unit from BOSS was turning heads at the recent Winter NAMM Show. BOSS calls it “the most feature-laded looper in the company’s history.” (We’ll take that as feature-laden!) The RC-50 is housed in a seven-footswitch floor unit, and allows three stereo loop tracks to be manipulated simultaneously. Each loop track… Read More NAMM Update: Boss Loop Station
NAMM 2006 Winter Show: BOSS introduced a new Compact Pedal; the AC-3. This new-generation compact pedal employs COSM modeling technology to transform any electric guitar into a variety of acoustic guitar sounds. BOSS’s COSM Acoustic-Modeling technology is showcased in this small but powerful pedal, which simulates an acoustic guitar much more precisely and realistically than… Read More NAMM Update: Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator
BOSS used the 2006 Winter NAMM Show to introduce the BR-600, a streamlined eight-track studio. The BR-600 provides eight simultaneous playback tracks. Each of the eight tracks also contains eight V-Tracks (virtual tracks), which gives users access to 64 tracks of recorded material. Users can record dozens of takes, and choose their favorites for mixdown.… Read More BOSS Intros Portable Digital Recorder
Roland has announced a top-down restructuring of the Los Angeles based organization. Effective immediately BOSS U.S. and Roland U.S. will function as two entirely autonomous companies, complete with separate management and support staff. These recent streamlining measures will allow the two businesses to focus their efforts on Roland and BOSS product sold nationwide. BOSS is… Read More Boss’ Boss Now Really the Boss
At the 2005 Winter NAMM show, Behringer introduced a line of over two dozen inexpensive stomp boxes, many of them modeled on popular Boss pedals. Each of the pedals sport an LED indicator to show if the effect is engaged or the battery is low. They can also be powered by an optional DC power… Read More Behringer Clones Boss Pedal Line
2005 NAMM Show: With a dual COSM effects engine and an expansive I/O section that includes XLR outputs, three sets of send/returns, and a USB port for data exchange and audio flow, the GT-Pro is an ideal front-end for driving a wall of powered cabinets or for direct recording applications. Powered by dual COSM amp-modeling… Read More NAMM 2005: Boss Offers Rackmount GT-PRO Processor
2005 NAMM Show: Boss has released the GT-8 floor-based processor, which features twin COSM modeling, allowing players to layer and manipulate two amp models simultaneously during performance. The Dynamic mode enables two channels to be controlled based on picking strength — transition smoothly from clean to mean by simply picking harder or softer. Step into… Read More Boss GT8 Floor Effects Pedal
