Boss IR-2 - Very compact amp/cab sim pedal

[Desertdweller]

500ms IR length is good and somewhat hard to find in IR loader pedals

There is a difference between 200/500ms IRs and 20ms IRs. I’m glad to see more support for longer IRs.

 

[Whizzinby]

I love that the stomp switches between two channels, not just toggling it off and on. Boss killing it with this thing. Price to feature set is great.

 

[Whizzinby]

$199.99 at Sweetwater. This does everything I bought the Two Notes C.A.B. M+ for at $100 less money. I like it.

That’s a sick price for what it does. Good on Boss.

 

[mbenigni]

(Class compliant or GTFO.)

Extra credit: USB-C bus-powered. I know I'm dreaming now, but if you want to make this viable as an OTG recording solution...

 

[mbenigni]

$199.99 at Sweetwater. This does everything I bought the Two Notes C.A.B. M+ for at $100 less money. I like it.

They priced it directly in the "Why TF did I just buy that Mooer Prime thingy" range.

To be fair, the Mooer thingy is more of a practice solution, with battery power, effects, etc. But the BOSS looks to have the specs to serve as a proper audio interface (in addition to its more obvious application on a pedal board.)

 

[Baba]

I love that the stomp switches between two channels, not just toggling it off and on. Boss killing it with this thing. Price to feature set is great.

This is pretty much the best feature on my Flamma preamp pedal. I enjoy that more than the actual sounds themselves

 

[Enchilada Jones]

I had to jump on it at that price. The Opus is likely going to get flipped. USB audio, stereo loop, stereo out/headphones...yea

 

[Will Chen]

It very certainly can. But as said, it's the same dilemma as with the Amplifirebox, the NUX Amp Academy and what not. Turn a knob and you never know where you are - so you might as well enjoy some brutal parameter jumps.

I see this as a more a set it and forget it type of pedal for those who want an amp in a box on a pedalboard or a backup. Pairing it with a GE-7 would be the perfect "global" EQ to tune it to the room at hand.

 

[mbenigni]

I love that the stomp switches between two channels, not just toggling it off and on.

The external footswitch input almost seems superfluous. Apparently you can configure the pedal's own footswitch to bypass completely, but I'm having a hard time imagining any use for that (unless there's some additional output switching that can be configured?)

 

[paisleywookiee]

So wait, you can fit an effects loop on a compact pedal, and a headphone jack? Does Universal Audio know? Having used the IR-200, I'm sure the UA does a better job modeling, but it'd be lovely if they took a look at what BOSS has done, and made the same changes.

 

[holoholo]

I have thoughts but am about to head into a meeting. Initial litany of grievances. I might be wrong on some of them because I haven't had time to investigate really anything:
1. No gain switch or presence controls. Very "powerful" tone sculpting controls on the Boss amp models. Channel switching is cool I'd say.
2. I assume you can't use it as an IR player because Boss is dumb.
3. These GT-3 era legacy amp models HAVE TO GO. FFS this is the same regurgitated BS they have used forever. Upgrade converters but leave the same shit models in place. The X-series are fine on their own merit.

I'll watch some vids later today and follow back up

Right right. So when does yours arrive in the mail?

 

[holoholo]

So wait, you can fit an effects loop on a compact pedal, and a headphone jack? Does Universal Audio know? Having used the IR-200, I'm sure the UA does a better job modeling, but it'd be lovely if they took a look at what BOSS has done, and made the same changes.

UA: why pay for less for more when you can pay more for less.

 

[paisleywookiee]

UA: why pay for less for more when you can pay more for less.

Thing is, every clip I've heard of their pedals, I've liked. JFC, I have a friggin' ToneX cap of the Ruby that I really dig. They're like......so close to being a badass pedalboard amp platform.

I love what BOSS has done here. I just can't gel with their modeling. I've tried. So hard too.

 

[2112]

BOSS really show their strong suit with stuff like this. Yeah there's stuff that might sound a bit better, but it's way more expensive. Yeah there's stuff that's cheaper, but it's nowhere near as durable or accessible.

 

[Baba]

Lol, of course, I'm trying to shoe-horn this into some kind of small rig or use for me, and nothing is coming to mind

Still very cool though.

 

[Gearzilla]

They priced it directly in the "Why TF did I just buy that Mooer Prime thingy" range.

To be fair, the Mooer thingy is more of a practice solution, with battery power, effects, etc. But the BOSS looks to have the specs to serve as a proper audio interface (in addition to its more obvious application on a pedal board.)

 

[Enchilada Jones]

Lol, of course, I'm trying to shoe-horn this into some kind of small rig or use for me, and nothing is coming to mind

Still very cool though.

I have an Origin Effects Revival Drive Compact that is screaming 'Put me back in the game Coach!'
Slap something like an HX One or an H9 Max on the other end of the board, grab your iPad and hit the road like a modern 'Rolling truck Stones thing'!

 

[FuzzyAce]

BOSS is the king of utilitarian, so no doubt this will find use for lots of players.

 

[dk_ace]

So wait, you can fit an effects loop on a compact pedal, and a headphone jack? Does Universal Audio know? Having used the IR-200, I'm sure the UA does a better job modeling, but it'd be lovely if they took a look at what BOSS has done, and made the same changes.

Yeah, so there’s no good reason why the UA enclosure couldn’t also include that stuff plus midi for presets…

D

 

[dbagchee]

Damn, they really nailed the feature set. This is really a no brainer if you’re good with the amp models.