Boss ME 90 - Taking Tactile Multi FX to a Whole New Level!

[@BOSSinfoglobal]

Thanks Paul and the team at The Studio Rats! Your tones are always absolutely on-point. Enjoy the ME-90.

[@89ji76]

Would love to see that Freeze pedal effects added to the GT-1000 ;)

[@jorgemauriciomercado288]

You are doing a great work, but have to work more on Cab simulation and Amp Sim in thouse products, Gx100, Gt1000 etc !!

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Boss

[@gabrielestriuli6590]

Wow!!! Boss is live!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@BrokenCompassRecords]

@BOSSinfoglobal i offer you a trade my soul for a boss me90 and a dd500

[@paulw2604]

I have an ME70 that Ive gigged quite hard for about 14 years, still as good as new, phenominal build quality. I am seriously tempted by the ME90 with its new sound engine...

[@padawan9127]

Hi Paul, do you mind answering a question, do you go into the front of the amp with the me 70? Thanks

[@sandyturner1911]

@@padawan9127 I had the 70, and currently have the 80..I have always gone into the front. It's recommended. At least back when I looked that up..This unit sounds better than the 80, to me.

[@padawan9127]

@@sandyturner1911 cheers

[@IamMusicNerd]

Refreshing to see a full featured multi-effects with no menus needed.

[@johnzawicki5032]

Full feature?? No XLR stereo output. MAJOR SHORTCOMING

[@ericajohnson7535]

@@johnzawicki5032 easy: buy an adapter, these are balanced 1/4", so same thing as an XLR!

[@johnzawicki5032]

@@ericajohnson7535 umm no thanks. They are very fragile and cumbersome.

[@bubberdy76]

DI box?@@johnzawicki5032

[@JohnMasino]

Fantastic review... as usual! I'm a long time user of the Boss ME50, ME70, ME80, and now the GX-100. So this looks interesting!

[@kcfreakster1]

Paul, you always manage to inspire me and challenge me with your tutorials. Thanks so much for that, I am a very simple minded musician and the simplicity of the ME-90 seems like a great fit for me. I actually still have my ME-5 that was purchased when they first came out. I still love the tone & simplicity of it and have been a Boss fan ever since. Cheers my friend & God bless!

[@TheStudioRats]

Great to hear

[@davidmcquillan4754]

Excellent video as always. For a guy who’s getting on a bit. Having everything in front of you (no sub menus) would make life so much easier. Keep up the good work Paul 🎸🎸

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Dave

[@squirelova1815]

#MeToo: I even get confused by restaurant menus.

[@dianeduffcroop8158]

Hey I just purchased the me 90 and have been looking at KZbin tutorials and I have to say that yours is the best by far! New subscriber and I smashed the hell out of that like button! Great job man!

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers diane

[@ransombaggins9301]

I absolutely LOVE the surface level simplicity of this. It's more then sufficient for 98% of anything I would do and it still has the flexibility to add pedals and IRs if I want to. The fact that I don't have to menu-dive is awesome. Great demo. Thanks!

[@hollywoodactress]

Will watch later but as soon as I saw the notification I said this is the one I be waiting for

[@sandyturner1911]

This machine is great. That guitar is stunning, and sounds fantastic! Great demo! Thanks!

[@nungu60a]

Nice demo. I miss my ME 70..sold it for menu -diving boards. Can’t wait to test it out and get one for church use.

[@DieselWeazel]

I really enjoyed the professionalism of this channel. I’m looking forward to getting some of your Tonex captures.

[@frontcentermusician]

Holy crap. I have every version of this pedal. Actually wore two of the ME 70's out from hard gigging. Got the ME 80 and didn't care for it. But now.. I'm on to the ME90.

[@Steven-u5w]

Wow! Thanks Paul for the demo of boss me 90. This is a huge mega game changer. If I go for this pedal board, my trustworthy line 6 pod XP have done me proud with the floorboard for many years I can't wait for more demos

[@unkleian]

I've had my ME-80 for years and love it it's always used. I also use mine with an effects loop as well as split left and right into two amps through different signal chain into front of those amps and effects loop into another amp. Kinda wish I hadn't seen this video, as looking at these nice subtle improvements makes me want to go out and get one right now. Thanks for the very good demo.... I'm sold.

[@jollyradtv9941]

I have been using my ME-80 for the last 9 years straight and no issues at all. I will get this too!

[@TheStudioRats]

Good choice

[@MOAB-UT]

Awesome mate. Now you just have to learn how to play. There is more to playing that loud, fast power chords and the same tired runs. I thought I was good too. Ran into 3 pro's the other day and we jammed a bit. Wow- I know nothing. They changed scales, and modes in between chord changes- knew all the triads all over the neck and tonal centers. My playing sounded quite vanilla by comparison> Maybe you are better than me- probably but just saying. Many people play songs- not guitar. I can play over 100 songs fairly well but I would not say I play guitar. I am def. not a musician. There is an epic difference. Which are you? Disregard- just saw your playing. You are awesome! Wish I could play like that.

[@davecooper360]

I'm pretty sure this unit is all I'll ever need from now on. I've got mine dialed in great!! And the univibe is incredible!!!!

[@rolandmengedoth2191]

I still got the ME 70 and i am still satisfied with this old device.

[@MOAB-UT]

Aim higher my man. Get a haircut and some new threads while you are at it.

[@lundsweden]

Isn't this pretty new still?😅

[@rolandmengedoth2191]

@lundsweden 16 to 18 years young 😉

[@SomeKindOfMadman]

Awesome demo. The multi unit sounds great.

[@TheStudioRats]

Thanks

Very Nice , Thank You!!!

[@TheStudioRats]

Our pleasure

[@TheDilligan]

It's worth knowing that Boss's AIRD Cabs are way more realistic than an IR is capable of. Unlike an IR, they simulate the push-pull response between the amp and the cab and react dynamically. An IR is a static snapshot of the EQ curve captured from a specific mic placement on a speaker when a flat power amplifier is sending through a signal at fixed volume. So it's not capable or dynamically reacting or distorting. AIRD however is an alternative that does capture those qualities.

[@MOAB-UT]

Good, smart comment. Thanks. What do you play? I had a FM9 T but sold it. Did not like the interface- not for $1845 anyway. I plan to replace it once Fractal updates that dated UI. This UI looks cheap and old too but for the price it look great!

[@Negative.mrb1]

I have an ME50 it can do almost everything and is damm near 20 yrs old great sounds Boss

[@basicforge]

I had a Boss GT3. I loved the way it sounded, but I didn't like to haul it around. Nowadays I don't have a hangup about the size of my gear anymore, so I wish I still had it.

[@squidsleap]

I still miss my old ME50. I sold ot to help fund a GT8 and never got along with the GT8 even though it did sound better for some things. I didn't like the drives on either one, but the ME50 was so easy to use. I went down the board rabbit hole, and now I'm coming back around to a multi unit again. Gas goes in cycles 😂

[@digital-guitars-uk]

Thanks for sharing this with us Paul. I had the ME80 several years ago and thought it was a great product for gigging as well as home use. Well done Boss. All my best wishes from the lake district. 👍👍😎😎🎶🎶

[@TheStudioRats]

Thanks for sharing

[@John-e4p1x]

My buddy works in LA, and in their studio BOSS had sent one of these to John Mayer last week and he was using it- IN STUDIO.

[@TheStudioRats]

Wow.

[@89ji76]

Big if true. If a photo of that comes out, this thing will sell like hotcakes haha

[@Jackhammer69able]

That compressed tone at 07:46 is bloody beautiful.

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Jack

[@89ji76]

I actually just had an encounter with the ME-80 a couple weeks ago. Had never really thought about it until I had to make some patches for a student band. Was surprised at how much I liked the sounds. Cool to see there's an updated version with the new amp models. Even tho I think the COSM amps are a bit underrated and not all that bad, the AIRD models are undeniably more hip sounding.

[@CedricSatterfield]

I loved my ME-80. The tactile nature of the setup makes it easy to learn what settings do what (rather than menu diving for that 1 other setting in a patch to break it down) and easy to teach to others, plus re-creating others patches is a matter of them telling you what knob=what setting. Simple!

[@JE-western-rider]

My ancient ME-80 sounds signifigantly better if I run the ME-80 into the amp's loop return so I'm bypassing the combo amp's preamp.

[@CedricSatterfield]

@@JE-western-rider that's the secret, though you can also run it straight into frfr and stl use the cab sims if you put a dummy 1/8" plug in the headphones. For some reasiny Boss only made the cabs tun on with headphones.

[@DistantSunStudios]

Great video Paul - what a fantastic unit - really well thought out and sounds fantastic. My first ever multi effects board was a Boss BE5 - even then they sounded great and that was in 1996! What a great company Boss is. 👍🎸

[@BOSSinfoglobal]

Thanks for your kind words - it keeps us motivated to keep improving!

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Matt

[@squirelova1815]

"THAT belongs in a Museum!" -Indiana Jones

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Very cool Paul. Great tomes as always. ❤

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Hoos!

[@glassGPT]

Boss is killing it in 2023

[@dianeduffcroop8158]

After watching a ton of videos on the me 90 yours was the one that pushed me off the fence to purchase one! I really love how concise you were in your descriptions on how to use this thing and your sound samples were just stunning as are your chops! I'm a new subscriber and I think I wore out the like button smashing it I also shared this to a few of my guitar playing Buddies great job and you have a new fan!

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Diane.

[@douglaspate9314]

Good one! I have the ME90. Awesome!

[@MartinLutherMcCoy]

Really solid.

[@SanjoyDasGuitar]

I’m a GT3 GT1 & ME user from ME20😊. I have new 90 also , it’s a great demo & your musicianship 🙏 PAUL

[@shane1v]

Really great demo, thanks!

[@johnthies1150]

Wow, great playing.

[@Aleksisguitar]

ME-80 with ability to load IRs and proper outputs instead of just 3.5mm (cabsim out)? Holy cow, this is awesome

[@rinzan28]

Best Boss products review and sounds

[@gertzpalma]

THANKS, PAUL!

[@TheStudioRats]

Anytime.

[@royw65]

Superb video, tempted,had both ME25 and ME80 in the past..

[@TheStudioRats]

Good choice.

[@donnysarian]

I just pre-ordered it from American Musical Supply!

[@toploadtele]

Seems to be floored Katana Artist MKII with Tone Studio knobs. How does it sound compared to an Artist? How does it sound with headphones? Great demo!

[@TheStudioRats]

It’s updated tech compared to the Katana range. Sounds great with headphones

[@coolwaterdvr]

Luv the Pete Thorn Suhr. 😍👍

[@Murphy_R9]

That color is epic looking!🤘 Mirror blue FTW!

[@fadlyhans82]

Was thinking of getting the DM-101. I’m getting on in years with family commitments and no time for jamming anymore. Just playing at home for family gatherings. I’m so getting this! Gonna sell my redundant pedals and guitars. BOSS is really getting innovative and thinks for the elderly as well. Lol😅. We need straight up boards with no touch screen pedals and such.

[@markmccafferty6515]

Excellent, thanks - helped make my mind up to buy one

[@TheStudioRats]

Glad I could help

[@jackloganbill605]

Great review and instruction...Thanks!!!

[@TheStudioRats]

Glad it was helpful

[@thedddemon]

Clean and lead sounds have been done to perfection since the early 90s by multieffects units. There's no challenge there. Demonstrating the crunch and high gain sounds is where the value is. Also I've seen pro players plug this into power amplifiers on stage, so testing this would have been great...

[@grooveu1965]

Thanks for the video Paul. I recently got my ME 90 and am digging into all the great tones. Not sure if you have another video covering this but how did you save the settings you made in manual mode to recall after powering off and on? Are they saved with the Edit/write and stay the same when you go back into Manual Mode. Lastly, is it possible to save multiple patches in manual mode or do you just have the one and change the settings with the knobs? Thanks for any help. Cheers, nj ✌

[@TheBbtlegit]

I'm definitely getting one of these.

[@ToneJones72]

Hi Paul, can you share if the ME-90 will work in 4CM? Cheers

[@IsaacLausell]

I still have an old ME70 which I have not used in a while. I like that this newer version sounds warmer, less bassy and less fizzy. You could also get some crazy sounds from the old unit however it did not have IR capabilities nor an effects loop like this one does. As with the katana I still find disappointing the lack of stereo left and right delays. With the katana at least you can mimic it to an extent by combining a ping pong and a normal delay but only through the usb port. It is crazy that it even the new head does not have a stereo out. All that being said I feel that IR slots and stereo delays by now should be a standard feature as well as with the eq stuff. At minimum you need a parametric eq. I do get that this aimed at the folks that want to be scrolling down menus but if they are a putting an “all in one” product why stop when they are almost already there?

[@Richard_Lush]

Got one a little while ago and just love it. Replaced a bunch of my single effects except my Boss Blues Driver and my Tonebender😄I’m sentimental. Wish the looper had a bit more loop time. Anyway great multi effect modeller. It’s also super sturdy like all Boss effects.

[@dmac3316]

Cool vid, thanks! I definitely want to try one of these out.

[@TheStudioRats]

You should, cheers.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Thank you Paul for the demo.. I'm looking hard at this one because I like Boss stuff and especially their Air thing with the feel you get.. I think it's really close to a real amp feel.. Not perfect, but I've not had a digital effects that is compared to a real tube amp, but that said. I am not allowed to use an amp most places I play. So, I'm looking at this and the Tone X.. The ToneX sounds really really good and small foot print which I love.. I can download as many sounds and tones as I need on their website as well.. No need to sample any amps really.. Then just use it.. Thanks again Paul.. Tim

[@thesoundpurist]

can recall a dude I used to know. He only had an old version of Boss pedal board onto a Mesa SOB and he was set for all venues. Thinking about it, I think it was wise of him.

[@ArvidNielsen]

Phenomenal presentation 👍🏻

[@TheStudioRats]

Thankyou sir

[@vaughnwebbermusic]

Epic tones

[@montyellingsworth4982]

I was going to buy a less expensive ME-80 , however, I have decided the ME-90 is nearly perfect so there is no good reason to hold back. I think if I already had a ME-80 then I would just keep it. I have played a ME 80 and loved the sounds. This is a great value.

[@StratsRUs]

It's great that we can use our own compressor too, now.

[@TheStudioRats]

Yes indeed

[@Driven2Beats]

so does this go in front of the amp or in the FX loop if you are using a real amp and cab i am confused ! Sounds killer the way you demonstrated it though

[@joeywilder9708]

Where has James Ivy been?! The Lord and Master of gear purchases!!

[@Ray-lk7lc]

Morning Champ. Knocking out some malt loaf watching this at work. Have a great day.

[@TheStudioRats]

Food of kings.

[@BOSSinfoglobal]

@@TheStudioRats second that!

[@internetmoney221]

Pinching off a malt loaf in the restroom at work.

[@bikersoncall]

5:40 What is 'X' amps?

[@Tomtoms-tomtoms]

I love that it uses knobs and switches… i hate screens and menus

[@andrewsmall4865]

So much this

[@scourge34]

Same here, which is why I went with the ME-80. Really considering this one too.

[@Sanjiocom]

Cool. How long is the looper recording?

[@frontcentermusician]

38 seconds

[@conartist267]

Love it. I really enjoy watching you play. With the Bluetooth adapter, can you use it to play out to a Bluetooth amplifier or is it only for signals going into the ME90? Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@stevep1941]

I see it as a very handy studio unit, but had an ME80 and hoped the 90 would sound a little better, but sold mine as it just didn't quite get the sound I wanted live which I was hoping it would. BOSS still don't seem to nail the onboard OD/ Distortions. No matter how much I tweaked the settings, I have a BOSS BD-2 Waza which sounds so much bigger in a live situation than the ME90 version, also have an OCD Germanium pedal which sounds so much better than any dirt setting on the 90, and I didn't really want to buy a big Multi FX unit then add seperate pedals. Thanks for your excellent videos.

[@mikegill738]

Have they finally allowed us a fully switchless wah?

[@paulkelly5309]

Nice review! Have you tried this with an acoustic guitar going through an acoustic amp on the delays and other modulations?

[@mikestroud9969]

Great video. I'm going to buy one. Thanks 😎👍💯👋👋🎸🎸

[@TheStudioRats]

Hope you enjoy it!.

[@BerriBerriJam]

So after you've fine tuned your settings and then memorized it, I suppose you can memorize more than 10 "scenes" , but how are they named? Looks like just a 2 digit number? Then how do you recall those "scenes" by a 2 digit number? or you need to scroll up and down the number sequence? This makes Boss Me90 unit only good for impromptu fiddling but not for stage performance.

[@GraemeSPa]

interesting. Knobs get moved in transit so can you save that manual settings as a User Patch ?

[@redrumck81]

thanks for the video. trying to learn this thing. can i ask what you were plugged into? pa? interface?

[@alfredoarredondocastillo7007]

I use my BOSS ME 25, and I fell happy. That’s important

[@TheStudioRats]

Absolutely

[@Zed1984US]

the ME80 bites the dust

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

Only if it stops working.

[@RyanMcQuen]

I love this. There is nothing quite like the ME range. How long is the looper length?

[@BOSSinfoglobal]

Up to 38 seconds of playback!

[@gianthonour]

​@@BOSSinfoglobalis there a tap tempo?

[@RyanMcQuen]

@@BOSSinfoglobal I love it, and I do wish it had 5 minutes of looper length, then I could play solo gigs with it.

[@scke3717]

No doubt lots of folks will be excited to get the upgraded floor unit. For me the AIRD drives (same as on the GX100) were not nearly as good as my drive pedals; the modulations more limited than Line6. So it didnt make sense just to use it for the form-factor. But if you like the individual fx from AIRD or If you currently use several Boss pedals, its a no brainer replacement which is probably easiest multifx to set up.

[@joolz989]

Great demo and looks perfect for a Luddite like me for home use as I gave up on a HX stomp and its myriad of menus and settings but why no Aux in to be able to play backing tracks???

[@TheStudioRats]

That’s what Bluetooth is for.

[@thesoundpurist]

I think this pedal board is way more interesting than Katana amps. This with an amp adapted to modelers and you're in business. Makes me almost swapping my Boss Nextone for this setup. Only because it doesn't have the Nextone tube compression/alike. A bit more, I wouldn't even hesitate. Don't get me wrong, I got boutique gear but the power of this multi effect, damn...

[@tidymilk5162]

Great tones, is there a noticeable amount of latency if any at all?

[@dommitt1]

Great video, Paul, but just one question, please. Why do you use the AIRD AMP when running into a physical amp and a speaker box? I thought you'd just need it DIing into a PA or computer for recording?

[@TheStudioRats]

it is di'ed

[@robertbartilomo845]

Possible to connect a phone or tablet to play along to backing tracks?

[@dannysiacovouguitar]

I like the way you set your tones but I was wondering can you assign two separate footswitches one to go from clean to crunchy rhythm tone and the other footswitch to add a boost or stack another overdrive? without the need to attach an external pedal. Because I set my pedalboard exactly the same as you but I want this to be an all in one throw in the gig bag situation.. I dont want to add external pedals I have my analog rig for that.

[@TheStudioRats]

thats exactly how I do it. cheers

[@wizdeas6064]

Thanks for the review and information. Is there a looper?

[@TheStudioRats]

Yes there is

[@AfrazAhmad01]

As always, you've dialed in awesome tones and your playing is phenomenal. Thank you for putting together another great video! I had one question: does a recorded phrase loop carry over in memory mode if i change from preset 1 to 2 or 3, if all are configured to have a phrase looper?

[@TheStudioRats]

That’s a good question, I don’t know and the me90 is packed away at the moment due to building works in the house. I’ll dig it out when I can and check.

[@AfrazAhmad01]

@TheStudioRats the looper carries over in both the gx100 and the GT1, but it didnt in my me70. Just curious if they've fixed this in the me90 because it is a dealbreaker for anyone who wants to use the onboard looper with presets. Also, the me70 only had a mono looper, while in the GT1 its stereo

[@stonefishter]

Great vid. I have an ME 50 that I use in manual mode when playing live as there is a time lag when switching between memory patches. Has this anomaly been resolved on the ME 90?

[@Prossdog]

I’ve seen other videos where they switch presets and there’s absolutely zero lag whatsoever. It’s very smooth.

[@niccologrfoni]

Complimenti! Una domanda. In questo video stai utilizzando ir oppure i cab associati a ciascun ampli? Grazie

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers, I’m using the built in ir’s

[@niccologrfoni]

@@TheStudioRats thanks

[@niccologrfoni]

@@TheStudioRats thanks

[@niccologrfoni]

@@TheStudioRats grazie !

[@CarlosFerreiraOfficial]

Hi there, great work as always! Is it possible to run the unit with cab sim ON to the PA and with it OFF to the input of a guitar amp on stage at the same time?

[@lailer1975]

Great questions

[@tastysalad114]

Hey, do you think this one has better amp simulation and effects than Hotone ampero?

[@MOAB-UT]

Pretty much anything has better effects than that toy. It has a cool screen at least. I had one. It went back real quick. Rubbish.

[@sabasgonzalez4372]

@TheStudioiRats Hi, Paul. I enjoyed the way you do your reviews. I have a question: is the pedal plastic or metal? As for the rest, I love the ME90. Maybe I can get one. Thank you!

[@TheStudioRats]

It’s actually both, the top part is metal, pedals are plastic. Cheers Paul

[@sabasgonzalez4372]

@@TheStudioRats Ok, thanks! I realized I should have made my question more clear. I was asking about the expression pedal. But I got my answer, it´s plastic. Is it plastic on the ME80 too, if you remember? Thanks so much again!

[@mikeandrulonis6553]

To quote Commissioner Gordon from Batman Begins: "I gotta get me one of those." Thanks to Paul and The Studio Rats for this demo.

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Mike

[@briancoyne6700]

I've owned an ME 80. Loved it--except the digital distortion. So I went and got a Boss BE 5 from the 80s. It's got real analog distortion which sounds amazing. How come we've gone backwards??

[@frontcentermusician]

HA! you and me both. Messed with it for about an hour and now it sits in the closet. Distortion was not good at all.

[@briancoyne6700]

@@frontcentermusician Maybe with this ME 90 a distortion pedal could be inserted in the send and return effectively.

[@squirelova1815]

I wish Boss would have used those beautiful ME type switches on the GX100 too. Oh well, maybe next time.

[@caseykittel]

What is up with these ME spring reverbs?

[@rodericksterling3503]

Awesome! How are you amplifying this?

[@TheStudioRats]

It’s going straight into an interface

[@cliftontorrence839]

Hi Paul, Clifton here. It's been a while since i checked in with you. Have always enjoyed your style and your video content. This video is an easy home run. That Suhr guitar is a lovely stunner, well done. It is almost as tasteful as your playing, thank you, as always. So, here's my thought. Over the years I have accumulated about 80 quality pedals. As my next birthday is #77, and humping gear and gigging is no longer of any interest to me, I think divesting myself of 50- 60 or so and keeping only the very best ones (10-15-20) And then getting a ME-90 would be a good way to scale down and still have some choices. What say you?? would that be a good way to go?

[@TheStudioRats]

Check out the ME80 as well Cliff.

[@gauravlama2079]

I haven’t seen any video of yours using the Line6 Helix. Please make review on Line6 Helix and also compare it to the Axe fx3 regarding Amp Sim, Fx, Dynamic response and lastly your own thoughts on the Helix. 🙌🏻❤️ please

[@TheStudioRats]

I did review the helix years ago for a different channel. The axe fx is a different beast. If you are looking at both get the axe fx.

[@smacker360]

Just curious, are the options on the ME90 basically the same options available in the Boss Katana Tone Studio but on a board?

[@joshuasydnee]

Hi Paul is it midi compatible?

[@onlyshallot]

are these boss katana on board?

[@TheStudioRats]

It’s got an updated processor compared to the Katana

[@vmp0001]

Does it handle dual effects chains as the Boss Katana gen3?