I think it's fair to say that Ikutaro Kakehashi, born in 1930, changed the world of music. The founder of Ace Tone, Roland and ATV, co-creator of MIDI and owner of more than 50 patents, Kakehashi was fascinated by radio and electrical engineering as a child and started his own radio repair business shortly after the end of the Second World War. Kakehashi quickly realised that in order to be successful, his creations had to be cheap, small and easy to understand and use by both amateurs and professional musicians. These experiences eventually flowed into the Boss compact pedals.
Since the 1980s, we have had the option of getting our effect sounds not only from single pedals, but also from multi-effect units. These have evolved in terms of sonic possibilities and features over time, but often require setting up effects in countless menus and submenus on a screen that often deserves to be called „Mäusekino“.
Boss‘ idea with the present ME-50B was to give us woofers a multi-effects unit that can be easily adjusted like a series of individual pedals, as there are dedicated controls for all parameters. With 23 different effects, divided into the areas of filter/tone, drive/synth and delay/modulation, an expression pedal, integrated tuner and DSP modelling based on 24-bit A/D and D/A conversion with 44.1 KHz sampling frequency, the ME-50B, in conjunction with the stable and absolutely road-ready metal housing typical of Boss, proves to be a professional and easy-to-use multi-effects unit for the bass.
- Mode: digital
- Mono/ Stereo: Stereo
- Controls: Compressor/ Limiter (Type; Threshold/ Sustain; Level); Master (Low; Mid; Mid Frequency; High; Level); Filter/ Tone (Type; Sensitivity/ Bottom; Depth/ Tone; Resonance/ Effect level); Drive/ Synth (Type; Drive/ Sensitivity; Tone/ Cutoff; Direct level/ Resonance; Effect level); Delay/ Modulation (Type; Time/ Rate; Feedback/ Depth; Effect level/ Resonance); Pedal Mode
- Switches: Edit/ Exit; Write; Tuner Pitch Bank up; Tuner Pitch Bank down;
- Effects: Various compressors, wahs, octavers, preset EQ curves, overdrives, synth sounds, delays, plus limiter, swell, defreter, enhancer, phaser, flanger, chorus, reverb, noise gate, sound hold, kick drum
- Inputs: Instrument (6.3 mm jack); Aux-In (3.5 mm jack);
- Outputs: 2x amplifier output (L, R; 6.3 mm jack); 1x headphone output (6.3 mm jack); 1x foot switch (6.3 mm jack)
- Power supply: 9 V DC power supply (coaxial connector, negative pole inside, not included)
- Power consumption: 140 mA
- Battery operation: possible
- Bypass: true bypass
- Dimensions: 384 x 225 x 78 mm
- Weight: 3.2 kg
- Signs of wear
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Bass Multi-Effect
