Boss GT-1000 (and possibly other things Boss...)

Sascha Franck said:
I would never carry such a PSU around. And my multiout Harley Benton one does the job just great at not much >€100.
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Hehe, good low ripple pulse PSU (for medical purposes but everyone can buy it) cost 150€ piece 😁
But again, final ripple depends of the load. Classic linear psu is much heavy, sure, less efficient, but on low powers (≤100W) noone care about bit heating.
And the parts are cost (without transformer) less than 10€ per PSU. I will make one on that transformer and one on toroid after.
 

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Once plugged GT1000 Core require ~380mA, depends of setup. Having HM2 enabled in "death by hm2" adds 26mA more :)

Ripple now less, but as is charger is a crap. Will replace it asap (on photos we zoom in).
 

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Am I stupid or can you not assign the glitch delay trigger to a CTL pedal? I saved a preset with it set to ON and then a momentary CTL for the Master Delay On/Off but when I save the preset the trigger defaults back to off so turning it off and on effectively does nothing.
 
ian_dissonance said:
Am I stupid or can you not assign the glitch delay trigger to a CTL pedal? I saved a preset with it set to ON and then a momentary CTL for the Master Delay On/Off but when I save the preset the trigger defaults back to off so turning it off and on effectively does nothing.
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It's meant to be a momentary function, so it doesn't get triggered all the time.
 
Sascha Franck said:
It's meant to be a momentary function, so it doesn't get triggered all the time.
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Right, so you’d think you’d turn the effect on, then assign the trigger to a footswitch like the S-bend trigger, but at least from the assigns menu i can’t find that trigger parameter to assign it. Gonna try the quick assign option form the effect menu on the hardware.
 
ian_dissonance said:
Right, so you’d think you’d turn the effect on, then assign the trigger to a footswitch like the S-bend trigger, but at least from the assigns menu i can’t find that trigger parameter to assign it. Gonna try the quick assign option form the effect menu on the hardware.
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Ok, so I figured it out it’s just dumb. You have to assign the WARP TWIST TRIGGER to use the GLITCH TRIGGER. Why didn’t I think of that right away?
 
Just something I’m thinking about, won’t be able to test until rehearsal tonight. But if I want to use the thing for 5 presets plus CTRL, is there any way to see the footswitch lights for all 5 presets? Right now if I’m on 1, only one is lit, switch to 3, then three is lit. If I set it to manual mode and “lock” 1-5 to presets for the system will I be able to see all the lights? Having the colors for different tones helps a bunch on dark stages.
 
After using few days GT1000 Core i find it really-really awesome!

The only weird moments are:
  • IR profile names are truncated in UI and you can't list them
  • When you factory restore a user preset it wipes all your IRs (so go in P and write to U)
  • If you upload an IR and then cancel it and them start again IR will be screwed (it can cost you huge dB shock depends how it's screwed, device volume doesn't matter btw)
Also UI as is if pretty good, just read twice the PDF guide:
And also: you can MOVE any element & groups.

Compared to NAM stuff just in case of amps & cabs here you have real damn amps & cabs where you can setup 15+ params and cabs where you can setup models, mikes & bunch of settings how you wanna record it. Sadly i understood it too late (lucky me i didn't paid for nam!), but purpose of NAM is to copy the sound of someone else and slightly adjust it (or copy your own HW stuff), while on this Boss you can copy sound of someone (as i did w/ Slayer 🤘 ) and also change it the way you want to make your own truly unique sound! Compared w/ NAM stuff in case of the rest (effects, chains...) - incomparable :)

Also an important moment of finding your sound: place the looper in front of all, record your sound, play the looper, make it sounds the way you want. Easy way to tune it using knobs or the app. Btw i ordered midi-bt dongles from china for 15 bucks (M-VAVE MS1) so will test it once it's here for BT connections w/ the mobile app.
I'm pretty sure you know it all already, some more, some less, so just my 2 cents. Sound quality is really amazing!
 
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Sascha Franck said:
You possibly can't be serious. Compared to pretty much anything else, the UI is quite horrible.
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Honestly UI is quite compact & handy. Blocks have the icons (like looper or amp) and labels (FX1, DL2 etc). So it's easy to ID it visually. When you press SELECT knob you can move elements or entire blocks (the dividers) while you rotate it. You can move and get 6 levels (3 dividers each 2 levels so you insert 3->2->1 ! ). All is moving smooth but rendering aren't fine (when it reach the edge of the screen).
1st impression was "ohh fuu too many little icons, too many features", but i tried and i liked it. You change params when you turn knobs & use < > arrows to navigate between the pages.
The only thing which bother me is truncated IR names (which i imported).

Spaced Out Ace said:
We get it, you hate the GT-1000.
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It could be some kind of more complicated feeling.
 
Honestly, the only hindrance I’m finding in the UI is that things aren’t always labeled as you expect and some of the documentation is uh, sparse, but it’s not taking too long to figure out. I got the GT1K last week and used it at rehearsal last night for the first time without an issue. Being able to have amps and EQs as stomp boxes that carry changes across presets is ACE and for the tones I’m after I was able to quickly get something I like with everything onboard. The X-Titan model into stock mix A cabinet is so close to the tone I labored over in Helix and it sounds great in the band mix. I’m still weary of the PSU just because it feels so cheap, but no noise issues even my highly electrically polluted rehearsal space. I just need to figure out how to get better lighting on the switches, on a dark stage I need ALL of my preset switches visible.
 
ian_dissonance said:
I’m still weary of the PSU just because it feels so cheap, but no noise issues even my highly electrically polluted rehearsal space.
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It's not only a noise (which you insert into your preamp from you & your guitar as a huge antenna):

Ripple (electrical) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

Within digital circuits, it reduces the threshold, as does any form of supply rail noise, at which logic circuits give incorrect outputs and data is corrupted.
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Whole device is emulated digitally, so.. power input ripple can screw the output in some way and give you incorrect results. Amps sounds aren't suppose to be, cabs via AIRD.. etc etc.

I temporary made a cheap filter from used parts (under the PCB there are alu & ceramic caps are added too). It lowered ripple from original PSU x3 times under load and also changed the shape.
My temp solution untill my linear PSU will be ready :banana

You can buy any good PSU on a market which is build to power such digital devices like we use. Or buy a linear PSU w/ filters inside, it will be heavier, but will give the best to your device. Utra low ripple pulse PSU cost 150+€. Also you need a ferrite choke on your power connector (like original do), it will remove radio noise from your current. Also PSU must be shielded (in a metal box so).

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nikitasius said:
Honestly UI is quite compact & handy. Blocks have the icons (like looper or amp) and labels (FX1, DL2 etc). So it's easy to ID it visually. When you press SELECT knob you can move elements or entire blocks (the dividers) while you rotate it. You can move and get 6 levels (3 dividers each 2 levels so you insert 3->2->1 ! ). All is moving smooth but rendering aren't fine (when it reach the edge of the screen).
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You don't need to explain the unit to me. I know it inside out.
But apparently you have never been using, say, a Helix Floor. Or a Quad Cortex. Or even just a simple Ampero. Otherwise you'd see just how bad the GT's UI is in comparison.
 
And fwiw, the Mac editor is a piece of buggy shit. Doesn't properly show the actual encoder assignments anymore but those I used months ago.
 
JiveTurkey said:
This Is Sascha Liking It™
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I actually am.
In fact, while setting up and adjusting things is incredibly awkward, I sort of feel like rewarded.
I mean, while the Uis on any platform are horrible in comparison to pretty much any competitor, I'm able to customize it much more than any other modeler in this kinda class (ok, there's scenes/snapshots missing, but you can achieve similar things).
In the end, the combination of gapless switching, reverb/delay trails, global blocks, super low latency, pretty much any routing and modulation/modification imaginable allow me to almost create my dream setup. This is especially true as - because my core sounds are pretty much entirely covered by external units and some things controlled by global blocks - I will pretty soon reach a point when I will hardly ever have to deal with any editing again (apart from exchanging some single FX, which isn't much of a hassle).
Even now (and I'm still checking some things out), in terms of live usage this is the most seviceable rig I ever used, seriously. And there's nothing else that could actually replace it while delivering the same functionality.
It's even so good that I think about building a dedicated new board/case combo around it (but then, it already does fine on my old board), and that should tell quite something as I never considered anything like that in over 2 decades (the board/case I have is pretty much perfect and super high quality).
 
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