I had my unit now for over 6 months .. playing pedal steel for me is not just the standards but to use every sound that fits! and the gt 1000 core works!
My rig also uses boss' sy 200 and the eq -200 ..memory eq for dobro.
Love these units!

I have been deep diving into this unit now for a month. I gotta say, not a useable live modeler. I hear the processor working overtime. It has some latency that I can live with for recording but NO WAY live. Maybe some people won't notice but I do. It can be glitchy as well when you are using the heavily processed effects patches, not cool. Now I know why the Fractal 9 is so expensive. I am not going to return it, I will use it for recording because it is a studio in a box. I do appreciate how good some of the BOSS effects are emulated but not in any way real BOSS stomp boxes. Too bad. I am now going to have to save for a Fractal, , so expensive but worth it, I hope.

Absolutely Great !!!

Being a musician and a producer nowadays require high class equipment and this GT Core its definitely it! GAME CHANGER.

Having lots of fun with this pedal.

It's clear to me that this Boss Gt-1000core allows me to hear more fully than other multi-effects processors that I have used: things that were only a blanket of sound, now are the sheets, the pillow, the blanket and the comforter. I'm able to hear what the guitar is sounding much more clearly. Now, there is really no difficulty in programing the Gt-1000core: if you take the time to learn the steps. I have not used the software -- that in my understanding, also, allows you to control features, but for me, the screen and the the layout is a plus. Once you start to think of the layout as a pedal-board, with an amp, and then, even the use of effects after the amp, which is unheard of, in my experience, on the ground setups but is most useful; you can work to create a sound. This is where the fun begins: will we ever get the sound we are hearing in our heads and get it into a recording! As I said previously, you can hear much more and that includes mistakes, but at least when you hear a mistake, you can work to correct it, hopefully. In times past, I have gone through a complete recording and have not heard mistakes, until I listened to that recording on a completely different sound system, which is like okay: I didn't hear that before.... I'm hearing things in my playing, making adjustments and working to correct them. One thing I wonder: when you record a speaker from the amp, you don't get some of the unwanted sounds, string noise, that come from playing through an effect processor to the DAW. Now the unwanted noises would be picked up by a microphone, but that easy to fix by recording a separate audio; however, I am hopeful that with work I be able to record a recording that I am happy with, which is something to this point in my life I have never done. Love my songs, but that doesn't mean love the recordings.

Full disclosure, I didn't get my GT1K Core from Sweetwater, but this is my review.

First of all, is solid. Period. The knobs have a really good feel to them, the switches don't, "click". They're momentary contact switches. I use mine with the Boss FS-7 footswitch and the Boss expression pedal, which I use for volume virtually all of the time.

I play in a contemporary worshhip group and use about 5 patches with variations tied to my FS-7. There is a ton of info I could write on this unit but I'll highlight the key points:

1) Use the "Recording" output option if you want to emulate cabinets/mics when running direct into a PA.
2) Download a "pink noise" MP3 so you can balance the levels across all patches using your ear.
3) Put it on a Gator Cases small pedalboard so you can use the FS-7 footswitch as well as the Boss expression pedal for much more versatility!
4) Make absolutely certain you adjust the input level from your guitar. Each guitar has different levels of output. You'll want to save one for each guitar. It drastically changes how the device responds and how the patches sound.
5) Don't expect patches you made for your Strat to sound good with your HB/HB; they won't sound the same.
6) Lastly, use the "stompbox" option. What this does is lets you save a delay that you like, or a chorus that you like, or a distortion pedal that you like, as a "stompbox"! Every patch I design gets my Delay and Reverb stompbox inserted into the chain. No tweaking for every patch.

One last thing, I use the Master Delay as my main delay. I also use CTL1 switch as a global tap-tempo. This way you don't have to mess with assigning a tap-tempo to every patch.

Soundwise, it's as good as the person programming it. You can have up to 4 EQ's as I recall so you can really nail down your EQ. Also, the dynamic feature will let you have a clean sound when you're picking lightly and automatically switch to the other signal pathe when you start digging in! No need to hit a pedal switch.

Yes, it's a pricey unit but worth every nickel and you won't need to replace it ever, unless you dump a beer in it.
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The BOSS GT-1000Core is effectively the GT-1000 in a smaller box. You lose the built-in expression pedal and some of the built in foot-switches, but all the important stuff is in there. The same tone engine, the same amp and effects models, the same capabilities to configure patches and signal chains... it's all there.

There are some patches that sound awesome right out of the box, although with 250 patches there are plenty that are more like examples of what can be done than they are usable tones. But it's so configurable, it's like getting a whole guitar store's worth of amps and effects pedals to mix and match, tweak, and chain together however you'd like. Personally I recommend you download the free BOSS Tone Studio to edit patches. You can do it directly on the unit, but the software makes it a lot more intuitive. The software is not "amazing", but it's definitely usable. It also makes it a lot easier to manage and switch between different sets of patches.

I'm a person that really likes effects and amp modeling processors. I know some people really want tubes and giant pedal board and they'll tell you they can hear the different in the sound. I'm not that guy. I like the range and flexibility, affordability and portability this unit give me. Most importantly, I love the sound that comes out. I'm really pleased with the 1000Core.

I love this thing! Bought it to replace some modulation effects and reduce board size. I use it with my Boss ES-8 and its a perfect combo. Midi control is simple, Boss tone app is easy to use. I have it setup where I use the GT-1000 returns as separate loops for the ES-8, which basically gives me 3 GT-1000 pedals! With midi control, I dont need the up/down buttons on the GT, so I programmed them to be divider/channel selectors. So those 3 separate effects each have an A/B option. I play through tube amps but am able to use the GT as an amp backup. I have duplicates of all my GT patches where I add amp and cabinet emulation. If my tube amp dies, I switch patches and unmute my DI box and I'm going to front of house. I wish I would have bought this thing sooner! As far as downsides... There are not many. I have never found a digital system that had a good wha. Its ok, but not the real thing. The pitch shifting is not poly, so for down tuning DigiTech is much better. However, its good enough to use for whammy down or up effects (RAGE, etc).

I bought this because I'm a long time fan of boss/Roland; all the way back to the Juno 106… if you know you know. The boss modeler works much better with my Les Paul than the helix floor. Line six is a bit easier to navigate but the 1000core really hasn't needed a lot of tweaking. I'm sure I could do a deep dive but I don't need to, it's satisfying right out of the box. I had the boss gt pocket thingie and already was hearing better sounds without the jump up in power.

The interface could be better, the fact that it doesn't all fit on the screen and can't be reduced to fit other windows is a bit annoying. I like to practice along with and while listening to podcasts and the software doesn't seem very well made for this kind of application.

I have yet to try other guitars but if my strat sounds good I may be getting rid of the helix or just putting it away. Haven't played anything other than my new Gibson , haven't wanted to so maybe my wife is right you can only play one at a time

Here is what I have to say about the GT-1000core as an experienced and devoted user of Boss and Roland products ever since they first introduced what has now become an industry standard for effect pedals. But first a simple history of my use experience so I can make sense of the real technical advantages (which are considerable) of this unit as well as the problems and potentially disappointing limitations of this amazing unit (if you are looking to create stomp box effect chains that perform a musical magic show on stage or in the studio).

1. I bought the Boss pedals the first month they hit the market - which were the yellow OD1, the green Phase Shifter, the blue Compressor/Sustainer, and the EQ pedal. At that time there was no digital delay pedal, so I used an Echoplex. I used a stereo signal path through a Morely Stereo Volume pedal and the equivalent of 3 Marshall full stacks.

2. When Roland made a rackmount unit (the GP-8) that contained the primary Boss pedals I used (the unit and foot controller and expression pedal was near 2 thousand bucks) - I bought it thinking I would get more quality and functionality. Wrong. The phase shifter had been upgraded to sound unmusical and obnoxious and there was no possible way to organize the fixed effect chain (it was mono apart from the final output of a stereo chorus) and worst of all the horrible phase shifter (my first Boss Phaser was fantastic) was placed in the worst possible location in the effect chain. Fortunately, the GP-8 had a return loop on the unit, so I solved most of my problems by splitting the signal and using a rackmount tube unit for my main distortion.

3. Over the years after experimenting with guitar synthesizers blended with processed guitar - I finally gave up (tracking and pitch glitches with horrible dead non-expressive tones) and returned to using exclusively guitar and made some exotic rack systems and eventually was excited about what breakthroughs Boss offered and what convinced me was the GT-10 (somebody must have actually talked to a guitar player and so they made the unit with a stereo effect chain and you could place the effects in the order you choose without having any absurd limitation given to you by some non-musical engineer who has no idea of actual music performance) which I thought was amazing apart from the fact that the modeling still was not up to the level of sounding correct and I solved that problem by using another company and when you listen to either companies version of any model - there was some kind of digital quality unique to each company so that you could tell it was a Boss GT-10 sound or a Digitech digital model or a Line 6 model - but when any combination of the same model was done with 2 or more units - wow! - the combination created a far more realistic tone and the digital sound that made it obvious which company was the author - just evaporated when any two of the same models were combined by any company - but despite all that - it was clear to me if I was only using one - the Boss sounded far better to me than any other. As far as I am concerned when it comes to quality and technical innovation - BOSS/ROLAND was - is - (and I think) will always be - TOP SHELF.

4. Later in an effort to overcome the processing power limits of the GT-10 (I still love the sounds to this day) I got a GT-100, a GP-10, a GX-100, (all from SWEETWATER) and when I discovered the vast effect block capability of the GT-1000; and then saw they had shrunk all that processing power into a unit not much bigger than 2 packs of cigarettes - well - I flipped out and thought this was the answer so that I could finally have a practical and portable set up (instead of a room full of interconnected refrigerator size racks) to create the stereo effect chains I wanted to sound unique instead of being a poor copy as I believe (especially for musicians) - IT IS BETTER TO BE A UNIQUE ORIGINAL THAN A POOR COPY.

So now the pros:
Between the AIRD and "X" technology pedals - the modeling and sound possibilities are at an all-time high and can no longer be dismissed as a "poor man's solution" for not spending 20 thousand bucks on a load of tube amplifier heads (one University actually spent over 20 grand for an antique Marshall Plexi style head) and the GT-1000 can duplicate that sound with no noise and no defective instability problems (like when tube amps change tone because of temperature and power supply problems). So if you are looking for the absolute top of state of the art amplifier modeling and enough parameters of tone adjustments that go far beyond the original head (the GT-1000core offers far more detailed eq than any vintage head) there is enough inside to create a stereo amplifier set up that will easily outperform the real thing that costs thousands of dollars - without the issue of tube replacement and other tonal instability issues. So as an amp modeler - this is it! You cannot go wrong for the price, the quality, and the amazing mind-blowing flood of endless features for tweaking and controlling the sound with expression pedals and footswitch midi control messages - and your rig (as far as controlling amp sound) can grow beyond anything that NASA had when they sent the first man to the moon - for less money than a bottle of fancy wine.

Now the cons:
It seems to me that whoever thinks of the technology behind this unit might be one of the world's most brilliant engineers but has an intermediate knowledge of music at best or needs a vacation and some recovery time. When it comes to what I expected from the initial impression generated by advertising - I failed to read the "fine print". The GT-1000 and GT-1000core really only have 50% more power as far as effect chains than the original GT-10. On the GT-10 all the exotic and fantastic effects are listed under the limitation of "FX-1" and "FX-2" - and with the GT1000 series when you try to build even the most simple possible effect chain that includes a whammy pedal, stereo harmonizer (so the tones sound far better when each pitch has its own dedicated channel) and then stereo Uni-vibe (for a slightly different depth and vibrato on each side of the stereo field) - WELL - FORGET IT. Two GT-10 units can do this (barely) but the GT-1000 craps out. You only get 3 effects! What? That's right - only 3 effects from the list of the good effects that enable fantastic and exotic tone crafting. I have a list of over 100 different effect chains that use a minimum of 4 expression pedals: 1. Master stereo volume, 2. Master stereo whammy pedal, 3. Master stereo vibrato speed and depth (different for each channel), and most critical: 4. Master solo/backing stereo tone morphing pedal (so I can go from Pantera/Meshuggah metal backing and baritone riffing to Angus Young/Robin Trower/Jimi Hendrix ("Machine Gun") solo feedback bends and bluesy slightly overdriven articulate licks. THE GT-1000 series is not even close to doing my most basic patch setups and 2 GT-10's can do the job (barely) for about half of them.

I made a mistake buying this unit as far as creative editing of patches. The GX-100 is far superior, and it would take 3 GT-1000 units to do the same patch I do in the GX-100. I do not regret buying this unit. For the price it is unbeatable as the ultimate compact stereo amp modeler. But the name is mis-leading. The GT-1000 series should be called "ULTIMATE STATE OF THE ART AMP MODELER featuring additional stomp box effects" and I would call the GX-100: "ULTIMATE STATE OF THE ART STOMPBOX EFFECT MODELER featuring top of the line amp modeling". Despite how good the GX-100 is for freedom of creative stereo effect chain creation - it is inferior to the GT-1000 when it comes to the processing power that is dedicated to amp modeling because there are more parameters that can be activated that has to do with amplifiers. An amplifier typically has gain, volume, tone controls, ambience (like reverb), and then there is cabinet type, speaker type, and mic type and placement - AND AS FAR AS TWEAKING ALL THESE AMPLIFER MODELING RELATED PARAMETERS - the GT1000core beats everything on the planet for number of features, quality of construction, ease of use, and pure processing power - for the price - but only if you think of it as an amp modeler. As far as effect chains - if you want to be a unique original (instead of a poor copy) do not waste your money on the GT-1000core or GT1000. Get a GX-100. As far as creating your own sound - if I were only to be allowed to have one effect unit - the GX-100 is what I consider to be the most amazing and cost effective super high quality miracle box ever made up to this point in history - unless you consider some absurd gadgets made during R&D in some lab somewhere that goes for 50 thousand bucks or more.

I tried to avoid getting technical but wanted to give you a very clear picture of what is good and bad about this unit. If you are seeking a certain amplifier sound - I think Boss has finally solved the modeling problem so that you could have "fake" amplifier head shells on stage for looks and then just use the GT-1000core to replace them all (as the sound source). If you want exotic stacks of amplifiers - 4 GT-1000core units can give you 8 final processed outputs all controlled by your own custom crafted midi control parameter and expression pedal editing - and guess what? Here is the miracle - you could fit all of those plus 2 Boss expression pedals and a Tech 21 (Midi Mongoose) 5-button midi foot controller (it has connections for the 2 expression pedals) on the smallest 3-tier pedal board made by Temple Audio (the Trio 21) which measures only 21 inches wide by 16.5 inches deep and with all that (4 GT-1000core processors connected to work as one giant unit) - well - that gives you a dozen total effects of your choice through about ten thousand different amp set ups. And understand - all that costs less than one fancy tube head.

My favorite feature of this unit is the size and the fact you are not wasting any money on exotic control interfaces so that you can use your own custom midi control foot controller and expression pedal set up - and because this unit is so well made for size and interconnectivity - you can make a rig with 4 of these units that fits on a very small pedal board (I use normally at least two pedal boards and one of them (the small one) is 43 x 16.5 inches with 6 expression pedals and an FC-200 midi foot controller. Now I can reduce the size and just carry one pedal board - a rackmount power amp - and at most only 2 4x12 cabs and 2 1 x 18 cabs - to sound better and louder than when I started years ago with having to haul around a truck load of gear.

It comes down to this: apart from the most fantastic selection of pedal effects under FX1, FX2, and FX3 - which limits you to using at most 3 of the amazing arsenal of what is at the core - the essential "paint brush" to make your own unique custom trademark sound - the GT1000core features plenty of generic effects that everyone uses like compression, noise gates, distortions, equalizers, reverberation, exotic delays - but the real fun is limited to a maximum of 3 of the only effects that really can make a difference to an audience to remember your sound as different from other players. If the GT-1000core enabled free selection of any combinations of this up to processing limits capacity (like the GX-100) - this would be (in my opinion) the most price effective - beyond belief - gadget ever conceived - as power to size ratio is mind-blowing. But it isn't because like the guy who told me (when I made my first computer an put a 40-megabyte hard drive in it (standard at the time was only 20 megabytes) - "You are crazy! You will never have any use for more than 20 megabytes! Well - what do you think of the guy that says: "Hey - you're a guitar player! You will never need more than 3 of these amazing effects!" Really?

I have had this piece of gear for a solid year now. I record a lot of guitar and a fair amount of bass. This unit can handle both with no issues. In a recording environment it has been a godsend for me. I'm rather old-school and have to have knobs to fiddle with. I can set it up to be very analog that way. You just have to go through the proper menus to set it to your personal configuration.

With that said, I do not use this even 20% to what this unit is capable of doing. One year and I have barely scratched the surface of what this piece of equipment can do.

I had the opportunity to use this piece of equipment on an outside gig for a gentleman I did some recording with. I had used both electric guitar and bass guitar plugged directly into the unit. From there straight into the main board. Besides the regular monitors I had one set up just for my sound. Pretty much straight ahead amp simulations.... For bass guitar it was ampeg with an 810 speaker cab simulation and for guitar it was basically a reverb master and one I had tweaked to sound as close as possible to my Traynor 410.

Yeah, there will always be somebody who says they can tell a difference between a simulation and a real thing. Personally I don't think the listing audience really cares that much, but what do I know..... I can tell you this. I would much rather lug a tiny little metal box than over 500 lb of amplifiers to a gig. And in my opinion, the difference in sound is very negligible. Realistically at that point, you are pretty much at the mercy of your sound engineer...

Sounds great but having a terrible time getting it to sync with my laptop so I can use Boss Tone Central.
I need some way to save all the patches I've set up.

After going back and forth comparing the Quad Cortex with the GT 1000 core, I settled on going with Boss. This pedal meets all expectations for those whose top priority is tone quality. The feel is fantastic as there is minimal latency. And the ability to shape your tone is essentially endless with 4 EQ blocks, several compressor options, and now a master mix block with the latest update. There is definitely a learning curve with this pedal. If an easy user interface experience is what is most important to you, or if you are not interested in reading manuals, then this is not your pedal. It does take time to understand how to use this pedal correctly. But the good news is that there are plenty of great Youtube tutorials on how to get started. So, if your priority is quality sound, then this pedal competes with the best modelers out there. The touch screen and large graphics will not be there for you. But if you want a genuine tube amp feel with all the great classic Boss effects, then this is a great pedal.

Pros.
1. Sounds better than I expected.
2. Build quality.
3. DSP power.

Cons.
1. No power switch.
2. No balanced outputs.
3. Micro B-type USB.
4. It says 24 fx blocks but actually, it's not. It's kinda pre-fixed. (There are 5 delay blocks, 2 noise supressor,
4 equalizers, etc.)
5. Signal chain divider works more like A/B channel switch, not for parallel signal chains.

Bought this for my nephew who just thumbed his nose at it. So I adopted it. It sounds excellent all the effects you could ever need .Another great Roland product

I love BOSS pedals, their sound and their durability. Love the anolog stuff for modding, but the original sound was never bad, which is why modding them was great. Now I have all the stock versions of the pedals I own or would want to own and they sound amazing. Stock it does sound a bit brighter but reading reviews and watching videos I found that the low cut at 40 and the high cut at 6.3k sounds exactly the same as it did before adding this unit. Its nice to have the ability to have that sound though.

I ended up returning this unit for the full board version for a couple reasons. I don't trust micro USB with something this cool to hook up to the PC and mess with. Updates are one thing, but to use the software to modify the effects chain is just so much nicer on the PC. If you plan to use the onboard setup to modify everything, no big deal. No bluetooth. After seeing the ipad software that can't rotate the screen, not that important. The full board has a pedal that is volume, and then wah/pitch shift after pressing forward. I really wanted that because 2 pedals means no additional ctrl inputs. 1 pedal, 1 FS-7 would suffice, but im a brat. Also 10 buttons is hard to say no to and I can add more FS-7 and expression pedals if I lose my mind.

If you have a day to invest in learning the layout tool and the menu options (input levels, output types when using amp sims, etc), this thing is amazing, especially for its size.

A great addition to my pedal board! Between the sends/returns and the variety of FX options I was easily able to integrate it into my board and get the sounds I want! Thank you Sweetwater and Boss!

I was dissapointed with this processor.To me there are only a handfull of patches that are useable.I ended up making three of my own to use.I found out more about the unit on you tube than what the manual gives you.I can tell you to that getting in touch with Boss or Roland is hard,nobody returned my call.The unit has a lot of excess noise also.I thought I had watched enough videos where I was making the right choice but I was wrong again.

I've had the full sized GT-1000 for several years and recently bought the CORE for its reduced footprint and portability. Boss packed nearly all of the functionality and all the great sound quality into a smaller package.

The CORE's effects blocks are flexible, powerful, and sound great. The distortion blocks stack well to provide clean, edge, grit, and crunch (I don't djent). All of the distortion blocks let you blend a direct signal with the effect, so a stacked distortion can layer with a previous distortion rather than wiping out its tone. The solo function on the amp and distortion blocks combine a boost and EQ focus to stand out in the mix.

The assigns are where the magic happens. They let you choose a "target" (internal/external switch, expression pedal, or MIDI CC), to control any parameter ("source") in any effects block. For example, I use an assign to pair a level boost (via an EQ block) with the tremolo. I use another to toggle the tremolo rate. Other targets let you assign an LFO (they call it a "wave pedal") to any parameter, which is fun to vary a phaser/chorus modulation rate control or add some motion to an otherwise static parameter. The "internal pedal" target is a ramp function, so you can use a foot switch to perform a pitch dive with a hard-tail guitar, ramp up delay feedback, or whatever while you are holding the switch down. You can use the assigns to cross-fade gain and level with an expression pedal. Amazing flexibility. The learning curve has a huge payoff.

The CORE lets you have several signal paths in a single preset. It is great for parallel effects and switching chained effects in and out. I use one path in the CORE as the front-end to my amp - a Quilter Aviator Mach 3 combo - via the main outs. I put the CORE's AIRD amp and speaker blocks in a split path routed to the CORE's sub outs to run to the PA. This setup is great for recording, providing two amp sounds to select from or blend. I'm partial to the CORE's Fender Deluxe and Twin AIRD amps.

My entire floor rig is now the CORE and two boss FS-7 dual switches mounted to a very small pedalboard (Dingbat Tiny), which does not require any power other than the CORE's own supply (tucked away under the board). One FS-7 is assigned to patch up/down so I can use the three buttons on the CORE to select effects 3 blocks (5 using manual mode) with the CORE's LEDs indicating their status. The second FS-7 is for preset specific assigns. Since getting the GT-1000 (and now the CORE), my rig has gotten smaller and my tone pallet has gotten larger - without all the boxes, patch cables, power supplies, and tap dancing lessons.

While this is a deep device, you can start simple and then go nuts as you get the hang of it. Great sound quality, a huge array of useful effects, and powerful, well thought-out controls. Boss has a winner here.

I own various Boss multi fx units, Headrush and the Kemper Floor.
I recently added the GT1000.
At first, I was frustrated with connecting it to Tone Studio on PC (still can't get it to connect) but found using my iPad and phone for editing to be more convenient anyhow.
After watching lots of YouTube videos (who reads manuals

Boss has crammed a ton of functionality into this very compact but powerful pedal. I'm a digital multi-effects sort of guitarist and was looking for an upgrade from my old faithful Boss ME-70, and am extremely pleased with this unit. Everything I have to say about it now having used it live for a bit is positive: The unit is sturdy and up to live gigs, the amp sims sound great, the individual effects sound great, I've never encountered any sort of CPU limit, and the graceful transition between patches that preserve delay and reverb tails is delightful.

I absolutely love how small and compact this pedal is, it is easy to throw onto a larger pedalboard and combine with other analog or unique pedals in a hybrid setup. I think this is where this pedal really shines, acting as a solid foundation that supports other pedals in your chain to form a compact but complete rig.

I'm actually impressed how easy it is to create patches directly on the unit itself once you get the hang of it, despite such a small screen, which is what I usually do. You can also use the software over USB, but I found the software to be slightly clunky and slow and so not obviously better than editing on the unit. It isn't too hard to rearrange pedals in the signal chain, set up splits and joins, and edit parameters. Visualizing the entire chain isn't the easiest, but it hasn't ever caused me any difficulty when making or editing a patch.

If I had one complaint about the patch editing, it is that all the effects blocks are fixed, so you can't "remove" blocks from your chain to make it cleaner to visualize even if you have them disabled. I get why they did it this way, but I wish it was possible. The new GX-100 allows you to do this, for example, but that's because it has a much larger screen that makes that sort of thing possible.

The fixed nature of the effects blocks also means that you can't stack a bunch of the same effect to one patch, even if it were theoretically within the capability of the processor. You can only use as many copies of the same effect that Boss pre-created for you. Usually this isn't a problem since many effects have 3 or 4 blocks available, except for reverb (understandable since reverb is a computationally expensive effect).

The quality of most of the effects are very good; there are many of your typical Boss and Roland algorithms for overdrive, chorus, and delay present here, many of which sound reasonably close to the original pedals they might be emulating. I wasn't overwhelmed by the quality and selection of reverbs, though the ones available aren't bad at all and get the job done without issue. To be fair I'm kind of obsessed with reverb though and expecting something super fancy out of a multi-effects unit isn't really fair, since it needs to support processing many other effects at the same time.

Another critique I might offer is that the available effects isn't all that diverse. The effects blocks primarily consist of your bread-and-butter effects, such as compressors, overdrive, delay, reverb, tremolo, etc. These are of course essential effects, and there's lots of nice variation and tweakable parameters for these, but there's a distinctive lack of "boutique effects" that some other multi-effects might also offer as a sort of bonus, such as filters, synths, polyphonic harmony, etc. It would also be nice to see something like a mod matrix in a multi-effects pedal, but that might be too much to ask. Most of this is a minor issue, since you're probably getting this to replace a handful of bread-and-butter dedicated pedals anyway, and the small size of this unit allows you to add more exotic effects to your pedalboard as separate pedals. By the way, you can run said external pedals through the stereo FX loop. Nice!

Some things to note: I have not used the looper on here as I have a dedicated looper for that, though I was generally not impressed as I usually am with loopers on most multi-effects units which tend to be tied to a patch and very limited. I also primarily use it in patch mode ("memory mode") since that suits my workflow of preparing specific patches ahead of time, so I can't speak to how well the pedalboard mode works. I imagine having only three stompswitches would be a bit limiting for this purpose, and the bigger GT-1000 unit would likely be better if you want to use it this way.

All these minor critiques are more of suggestions on how an already awesome pedal could've been a legendary one, and don't really affect my positive experience. Overall I am extremely pleased with this awesome bit of gear, and expect to see it remain on my pedalboard for many years to come.

This little unit packs a lot of punch however, there are some caveats! First of all, if you're running through an amp, plug into the Return! The front end on most amps will color the sound and it will be nothing like what the model should be. I ran into this with my Orange Crush Pro 60 watt. I was having issues finding tone settings on the amp that worked and it was just not happening. Once I plugged into the Return, it came alive! The models, AIRD and controls came alive.

Also, by doing this, you'll have a better idea of what it will sound like when plugging into a board.

This unit has such deep editing, you will want to use the Tone Studio app. That being said, with a little practice, you can definitely make edits directly on the unit and save/store them. It requires some studying/practice.

There are three documents available for this unit; the main manual, the patch list/description and the Parameter list. The parameter list is just that, it lists every parameter for every possible patch/effect/amp so you know exactly what it does.


The unit is all steel, the knobs have a great feel to them, the display is easily readable and there are plenty of inputs/outputs, 2 separate loops, jacks for ext. switches/expression pedals as well as MIDI I/O. I can't say enough about this unit. It fits in my small bag that I use for carrying my goodies like cords, straps, tablet, etc. It would probably fit in a regular gig bag if it had a big enough pocket.

The existing 3 switches are configurable to do whatever you want them to do...switch amps, switch effects on/off, step through patches, enable solo mode, etc. I ordered the Boss dual footswitch just to add some versatility but with some planning, you can get by with just the 3 existing switches.

The tones are what you would expect for presents but I have to say, they're not over-exaggerated like many presets, that is as long as you use the return on your amp. If you plug into the front end, then the preamp will definitely color your sound and it's going to vary greatly depending on your amp.

I got a floor model and it came to me in perfect condition, with all packaging, manuals, etc.

If you're looking for something that's compact yet still packs the power and great tones of larger modern units, you can't go wrong.

For all the things you CAN do with this pedal (if you're already a pedal techno-geek, or once you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to make sense of this thing), the things you most WANT to do, like manage the contents of the sets you create, or easily move things around, or even getting the darn thing up and running out-of-the-box (which I had to be on the phone with a support person to accomplish), are hair-pullingly complex, if not impossible. There are comically few amp models to choose from (when compared to pedals costing a quarter of the price). Even switching from one tone to the next is hampered by the fact that each one takes at least a few seconds to fully load, so good luck using this on the fly in a live setting. If you intend to use this for anything other than home recording, it is not nearly worth the cost, when there are more than a few pedals out there that cost far less, perform far better, are way more intuitive, and don't make you want to scream when you try to do the simplest things.

I purchased this to be used mostly as an FX processor in my rack. I have a Marshall JMP-1 preamp and was looking for something to add FX in the loop. I also have a Boss MS-3 that I use in front and I really like it. I could have done the 4 cable method with the MS-3 but personally I just don't like running that many cables at that distance and give up one of the loops. So, I saw this unit and thought, well, for the price it could also double as a spare preamp or entire rig into a PA if needed.

For comparisons, I use to own a Kemper and currently own a Fractal Axe FX III.

I'm not a huge time based FX user so the Boss FX work for me. The MS-3 is mainly used for it's loops to add my boost or OD pedals in the front. The acoustic sim on the MS-3 is pretty cool and I occasionally use it along with the Octave but mainly as just a loop switcher.

So, I was intrigued to find out how the GT1000 Core would work as a preamp or rig. I'm generally a Marshall guy and most of my tones live in that realm. So, as an entire rig.....it does ok. Adding my own IR really improved the tone, IMHO. I was able to get a convincing Marshall type tone. As a preamp it was about the same....I could get a convincing tone. If I had a failure during a gig and would have to use it as a preamp or entire rig it would do the job. I wouldn't say I look forward to that happening but I would feel covered.

Compare it to an Axe FX, NO! The Fractal at 4 times the cost should sound much better and it does, no question.
As for programming, the Boss stuff is a bit awkward to me. I find the Fractal much easier and intuitive. After some time the awkwardness lightens but to me it was a bit of a learning curve at the start. TBH, it's not fair to compare the GT1000 Core to the Fractal. They are just in different leagues.

Compare it to the Kemper? Sure, I would choose the GT1000 Core over the Kemper. The Kemper sounds good on paper but after using it a while you realize that you will find yourself in situations where you need to grab a knob on that amp....but that Kemper knob is not realistic to the amp. I sold my Kemper the day after I got the Fractal. If I would have gotten the Boss before the Fractal, I would have sold the Kemper as well. I have realized that I prefer modeling over capturing.

I would assume the GT1000's biggest competitor would be the Line 6 stuff but I can't offer anything about that. I have tried some Line 6 stuff out in stores and even their Native Helix VST but just wasn't impressed.

For the price and what it claims to do, the GT1000 Core is a very nice and capable unit. I think maybe Boss could benefit by doing what Fractal does and possibly offer a foot controller the same size with maybe 6 switches on it???
At the end of a really long day, I probably should have just gotten a Fractal FM3. Although then I would have to get a Fractal FC-6 and spend a lot more $$$. I may wait until the FM9 units start shipping again and just pick up a used Fractal FM3 to do the job that I intended this Boss GT1000 Core to accomplish. I would still keep this unit because it would be useful to have around for a spare and some of the FX that the Fractal doesn't offer currently (mainly that Acoustic sim).

Some of you might wonder why I just don't use my AF3? Well, for now, that bad boy stays at home in my little home studio until I would trust bringing it to less than ideal situations where theft and/or suspect power is around.

I wanted to scale down from a massive ambient pedalboard. I shopped all the small modelers, and of course all of them make compromises. But the Boss GT Core really has a lot packed into it. The amps are very useful, the input/output options are handy, it has USB audio and midi, very configurable controls, and studio-grade AD/DA converters and effects. With the newest 1.10 firmware, it adds some fantastic delay types and even studio mastering effects (eq/multiband comp). Since it has stereo ins and outs and a stereo FX loop, it pulls duty as a studio outboard unit as well. This little box replaced 15+ pedals on my board- this is all I use now.

Is it perfect? No, nothing is. But for the money, it more than does what I need it to.

I was mulling this unit for quite some time, and with Sweetwater Mike's assistance and information, I finally purchased it, and I can't be happier. This little device sounds full and vibrant through my flat response PA and through my audio interface into that PA. The effects are rich and varied and the possibilities for fine tuning the unit for my aural needs are immense. The BOSS Tone studio software works perfectly and before long I was building patches that suit a variety of my styles, that include my acoustic guitar and my bass guitar. Tweaking patches on the unit itself is not that difficult - very intuitive. The fact that that I can use all my guitars - electric, acoustic-electric and bass - with the GT-1000Core and enhance and enrich all of them with my idea of fine sound is a huge huge plus. A wonderful addition to my rig. Small footprint in the my home practice space/studio, gigantic musical possibilities. Big upgrade from the BOSS GT-10 I had been using for the past several years.

This is the perfect partner for a keyboard looking for a long chain of quality FX, while still leaving room for expression pedal, sustain pedal, etc. It's midi-controllable, has lots of assignments and over 20 FX blocks that are switchable (by MIDI, footswitch) with parameters that are controllable (by internal LFO "wave pedal", expression pedal, or MIDI CC). It has Stereo In, Out, Send, and Return. The quality of FX are top-notch recreations of most mainstream pedals on the market, and there are a good amount of parameters to change for each one. I've found that these multi-FX pedals commonly don't match 1-for-1 to an analog pedal, but you can very closely match their tone by tweaking parameters or adding another virtual FX in-line (such as EQ, compressor, filter, etc.). If there's just a handful of FX you always use and its portable enough, stick with those. If you want to have a near end-less array of options for tweaking sounds per-song, or if you want the effects switched on/off with your patching, this is a fantastic all-in-one unit. This pedal will work equally well on a guitar pedalboard, with its small formfactor fitting with your other pedals & allowing some extra delays/reverbs/modulations/eqs/compressors or Gain/Amp options. I like this unit's sound quality a lot better than I liked the Line6 HX Effects, it seems to breathe more & more realistic in my opinion.
If you buy this pedal, buy an FS-7 (or two) to add more control switches. The Boss EV-30 expression pedal works well with it also.
My only minor complaint is that the USB is still USB Micro, instead of USB-C (which is more durable). Roland also changed its 3.5mm MIDI connector wiring standard to be different from other manufacturers, so you buy the special Roland 3.5mm MIDI cable. Bummer, but still worth it!

After 50 years of pedalboards and heavy tube amps, I am now saisfied with this one pedal. It is that good. You owe it to yourself to try it for recording and even playing out live direct to the board! After several terrible sounding modelers years ago, I gave this a shot and I'm sold on the sounds. It's inexpensive, fits in my case, and does the job better than my modeling tube amp. Try it, you will be. Impressed!

I went from being a tube amp snob to swearing by this device! I had originally got it to use the effects with a Morningstar MC8 to control the presets into a tube amp. I started messing around with the preamp tones and wow! Its great. I use it with the cab sims off, into a Seymour Duncan Powerstage 200, then into a 2x12 cab (sometimes 2 2x12s stacked). I will say the difference between Boss GT-1000 and the more expensive modelers like Axe Fx and Kemper that I noticed, are that they seem to be easier to get show quality tones. Versus on the GT-1000 it took me a couple hours of tweaking to get a tone that matched dead on to the Tubemeister 36 that I generally use live. I still love and use tube amps but at the end of the day your average listener can't tell the difference and thats what really matters.

I'd like to start this review off by saying the stock presets in this unit are good, & I can't say that of every preamp/processor out there; very useable. I do withthiswas a 19" rack unit, but I just bought a sliding shelf for it. I like how you can add pedals to the signal chain; very intuitive. This makes a great mobile rig or recording solution. 32-bit effects are a nice improvement from 24-bit. Solid choice for anyone looking for an all-around solution or to supercharge their effects section of a setup.

The Boss GT 1000 core was a pleasant surprise - very much so - when I first used it. I bought it strictly for the presets (LOTS of them) because my programming skills are rather limited. I've had other modelers from different manufacturers. They each had a small selection of usable presets, a lot of useless ones and didn't sound all that great. This unit has MANY useful presets that, straight through my studio console, flat EQ with no additional processing, sound very good. On top of that, Boss managed to keep the noise threshold remarkably low on even the most heavily-driven patches. I'm convinced that I can now ditch the microphones for almost all guitar tracks which will be a blessing. I know it has deep programming and editing capabilities that I'll likely never use. Miles ahead of any other modelers I've tried or owned and definitely worth the investment.

My name is Isaac Lausell and I am an associate professor of music at Southern Illinois University. I actively travel to perform, record and teach so my review comes from the perspective of a professional musician rather than a hobbyist. What I like about this unit is its tone, that it can be used as a standalone unit or easily integrated into a pedal board.

Above all IT IS PORTABLE!!! The reason I have held on jumping on some of the other common modelers is that when you are touring they are not practical. I usually travel with at least two guitars plus my pedalboard, laptop, ipad and merch. It is already enough of a fight to bring a guitar as a carry on to add a giant pedal board. The entire industry does not get this and still continue to push this 1970's mind set that of "if you want the one with all the features get the big unit". Professional musicians do not want to carry more things nor want to carry big and heavy gear.


At times the amp you are provided at the venue is not the right one, or it may be busted so having the option to turn your pedal board into something that can go straight into the P.A. is also practical. This unit can work as a standalone which quite often is the more practical approach. If I am teaching a master class I don't have and hour plug two amps, do four cable and a sound check. With this send two quarter inch chords to the board and you are good to go in 5 minutes.

How does it sound? What is the good and what is the bad? The effects are top notch as you would expect from Boss/Roland. I do find it disappointing that it does not include a synth module like the Boss Katana does. Considering that the Boss Katana amp is in the $ range and this is $ it is too expensive to not get this right.

What about the amps? No, it does not have a million amps and in all honesty no one actually needs it too however that being said several of these amps are very fizzy. The Natural, Twin, Deluxe, JC120, Transparent, X Crunch and a couple more of the X series "gainy" amps are really good specially the X Crunch which is my favorite to boost for leads. It does not have any of the fizz and it is very dynamic, with a nice attack. The ones I did not like suffer of the same issue that plagues many other Roland products, they are naturally eq too bright. The guitar is a mid range instrument, that is where its natural voice resides. All being said rest assured that you can big warm leads, nice fat crunch sounds and even a really nice chug and yes it can compete with everything out there in the market. Use your ears not your eyes. That being said if you are bringing in an amp model into a unit like this it should be right.

Small things to improve? Balanced outputs!!! We need this, why is it not obvious? At least an additional loop would be cool. For instance if you want to do 4 cable with an amp you can but you are only left with one loop which is not ideal specially if you are integrating external midi effects like an Eventide unit which require stereo connectivity. I can work around this but I rather not have to choose and comprise what I can have in the loop. Event having two stereo sets of loops would solve the issue since one can piggy back more than one unit per loop.

As far as operating the unit I am not sure that I dig that the path of effects is already dictated. You can move things around and set up dividers to process two chains independently however it is cumbersome to have certain effect chains dictated. For instance there is only one reverb block and there are four delay blocks that can only do one type of delay and that's it. When you consider the alternatives in the better blocks like master delay and master reverb some alternatives can be improved. What creates the width we associate with some classic units such as the Eventide's MicroPitch algorhythm is the possibility of choosing the value of detune on each side of the stereo spectrum. Of course I could do this with the pitch shifter however manipulating the modulation on the time based effects rather than on the base signal renders a more elegant result.

All of that being said the quality of these time based effects is phenomenal. I love even the idea of having a block that allows you to run two reverbs (left and right) as well as the dual delay function. To me the stereo spectrum is where the modern guitar in general shines. I would not even look at rigs that do not provide these options.

All things considered I stand by my decision of purchasing this product as well of the Katana amp I got years ago which many don't know but by learning to work the graphic and parametric EQs it can render top notch professional results. I also like that Boss brought everything from their large unit into this one with out its bulky size.

I cannot stress this enough, we want small, flexible units with as little compromises as possible. The way I see it Boss/Roland have taken a huge step in the right direction. The rest of the companies would be wise in doing so as well.

I've been looking to downsize my peddle board, and gear, and the GT-1000 core gave me that opportunity. This device does more than I thought it would. I play electric and acoustic guitar and run them both through this device. The electric guitar goes to my amp, and my acoustic guitar goes to the PA. No more A/B/Y box or cable switching. The sounds are rich and full, and you can probably dial in any tone you want. There's a bit of a learning curve to really understand what this thing can do, but that's because you can do just about anything. This thing fits well on my peddle board, and looks great.

I bought the GT1000 core from Sweetwater, I love the sound, but the software and OS are terrible, I tried to edit with their software on a MAC pro with 128gb ram, 12 core machine, and I'll I get is the spinning beach ball of death untill it decides to boot and load, I reached out to Boss, but they do not respond, I have tried various USB cables, ports, made sure I had the lastest frimware, etc, but nothing works, I've reset the GT1000, and nothing, re installed all software, nothing works, I own a Helix HX stomp, and it is great, the software works, easy to edit, etc, so my experiance has been nothing but bad with this box, I edit from the unit itself because the software is lousy, buyer beware, you will get no support from Boss, as I said the GT1000 core sound great but it's a pain in the butt to use, I tried to return the GT1000 to Sweetwater, but my sales rep never got back before my 30 days expired so I'm stuck with a brick
Specs_Mac Pro, 12 core, 128GB ram, Mac OS X 10.15.7

My previous effects board was the GT1B and it was/is a fantastic piece for the price. Usable for studio or gigging. When the core came out I wondered if it was worth the extra money to upgrade. ABSODAGGONELUTELY! there's a ton of videos and articles about so I won't bore you here. But I will tell you that if you can't get what you want out of this gear 99% of the problem will be user error.
Beyond performance the versatility is top notch. I use it as the heart of my pedal board, I use it to practice around the house, I travel with everything I need to play within a gig bag with room to spare.

I play bass. I bought this last Christmas to be my one-stop-shop for amp simulation and a couple of effects here and there. I also used this extensively for quiet, headphone-only practicing and noodling. I admit that I'm disappointed it only has 3 amp sims for bass, but it has the basics covered: Ampeg-ish, Fender-ish, and a plain jane clean tone. Had I the luxury of more time, I could've dialed in plenty of patches that emulates different bass amps + effects, but I only managed 4 or so.

If I used this for guitar it would have been a completely different story but it is pretty underwhelming for bass. It does make a good pedalboard addition if you just want to dabble into unorthodox effects every now and then.

I had no intention of buying the Boss GT1000. I have gigged with the Boss GT100 for about 9 years and have been happy with it. But, when I saw the reduced size (and price) of the Boss GT1000 Core (same size as my DD-5000), I saw lots of possibilities. Now, I put the GT on my pedalboard, instead of as a separate entity (fewer cables, less set up time).

But, this thing provides more flexibility. I can gig in Memory mode, or manual mode. The tones are better, as the sampling frequency is increased. With more effect blocks available, I'm making greater use of setting up two preamps in the same preset, each with separate distortion and effects. I click the CTL button and I get on with the 2nd part of a song. (Can also change amp channels from the pedal.) I bought an extra FS-7 footswitch, enabling me to get up to 5 footswitches available in manual mode, but I'm not going to need it.

Had the "core" not come to market, I would not have upgraded, but with the smaller size and greater flexibility, it is a winner for me. If you programmed the parameters in the GT100, it's about the same in GT1000.

I'm giving it only 4.5 stars simply because the display is king of outdated (gray and black). The competition has better display. But, I'm old school, so it will work for me.

I came to the Boss GT1000 Core from the 11 Rack. I was considering the HX Stomp initially but chose the Boss unit as it seemed more powerful with more blocks for amps and effects. Some reviews have mentioned that this is marketing and that is true to an extent. Creating a signal chain with 27 of the same effects is not possible but the signal chain is reasonable.
There is a learning curve to the unit and software. The software allows you to use without the being connected to the GT1000 Core but does not allow changes to be saved. This is very useful for exploring the software and learning how to set up various signals. There are also a number of videos online.

Generally, I play alone at low volume with headphones, a small practice amp or a Vox AC15CH that has a built in attenuator. I loved the tones with headphones and also the small practice amp but the tones through the Vox are amazing. I can't really comment about metal tones but they are certainly there. My favorite sounds are the ones that are just on the verge of break up or just a clean and glassy sound through a delay. The Boss GT1000 Core I really liked and I will be selling the 11 Rack soon. The amps are based on some real world amps but do they sound like the real thing? Maybe maybe not. I find that sort of thing to be very subjective. Do the amps sound great? Hell yes they do and if you like a deep dive into EQ settings there are lots of ways to adjust the EQ and gain of each amplifier.

I've always been a BOSS fan and now even more so. Not sure what else to add on this review. But I'll say this. It may not have as many amp modeling as the HX Stomp but what is does have is very real like in sound and feel. Great quality sounds. I personnaly only use three amp sounds. Fenders, Boogie, and Marshall, maybe a Vox. I'd rather have quality than quantites. Not saying the HX Stomp is bad. I hust think BOSS is at another level. The GT1000 does it well. The effects.... are awesome!!!
Taking the effects from the 500 series and putting it into the GT1000 reminds me of what EVENTIDE has done with the H9. BOSS is not skimpy in processing power. There is alot of power in the GT1000. I'd gettit. Don't be afraid. Doubt you'll regret the purchase.

After I spent some time learning the unit I ended up sending it back, was not for me. I got some decent tones out of it but really hated 95% of the effects. I also just hate the Helix and the L6 their whole "effect" thing. The programming and name ability on the Helix is superb but that does not save the unit for me. Digital mimics of cheesy effects, spare me. The Boss Core is just not for me, I think it's better than most I have tried. Digital just does not cut it for most effects, analog pedals are better, how can you beat an amp system like Synergy with real tubes and all analog? Delays and reverbs live in the digital realm but everything else, not so much. Strymon manages it pretty well but everything else, not really. My modeling adventures are over, I have tried,, really, really tried, learned the programming and tricks on several units trying to make them have that amp feel and tone. You can get some workable tones with most of them but something is just not right with most of them, I have just decided to abandon the modeler thing. Best of luck with all those who dig them but I am done and really along with several pedal lines like L6 I am done with Boss as well, just hate EXH, won't have one. I like the Boss OC-5 Octave and it is an improvement BUT why they didn't didn't let the Waza team do the OC5 is a huge disappointment.

Boss has taken multi amp /effects modeling to a new level with the GT-1000 core. All the processing power of the GT-1000 in less than half the size, and 30% cheaper! The amp tones are few compared to the Helix, but very high quality. And i am referring to the AIRD original amp settings that include the preamp, power amp, and cab combinations. AIRD is the best low cost amp model i have played. The guitar feel and tone are very close to real amp performance....much closer than Line 6 Helix (yes...i own the Helix Rack to compare with). No fizzy top end that jumps out at you when you boost the signal...more natural pinch harmonics, and dynamics in both playing feel and tone. Just an amazing piece of gear for the price....i think people at Fractal must be a little worried...the GT-1000 amp models are not that far behind them. Now the effects are also good, but more like what you expect from modeled effects which i do not have a preference for. I use my offboard effects loop that i have built over time that is comprised of a stellar lineup of effects including the boss DD, MD, and RV 500's. But you can certainly get some really good effects from the GT-1000 for sure and having preset ability / portability for live playing is the best reason to go this route. Love this unit....great buy!

I really think this unit is much better than a lot of the videos you will see. First off as one knows, factory presets are really just an example of how some chains and pathways can be created for you to tweak them to suit your tastes. Personally I don't use any of them I prefer to create my own. Unlike L6 units and others you will not run out of DSP when creating dual amp lines and multiple effect chains. You have 3 divider blocks you can split and run parallel processing to your hearts content. While there is a whole lot of stuff in here there are certain "captive" effect blocks, as 4 digital delay blocks and the master delay block making 5 separate and independent delays should you be inclined to use them all. The master delay block has various special modeled delays and rather cool stuff. The Reverb and delays are all top shelf and will do anything you might need. The Terra Echo in the REv block is very cool. Infinite adjustments in here to be sure a tweaker heaven. I am super critical of amp modelers and I find this one superior to others i have owned and used. The X series of AIRD and MDP processing make for some really great sounding amps that have a genuine "feel" to them. I am not much of a fan of many modeler effects myself and I prefer my fav drive pedals to the internals, which is not to say they do not do the deal or sound good, it's a matter of personal taste. I always find several "effects" not useful at all and just don't cut the curve for me. Just about anything is in here and you have a dedicated Chorus block and Compressor as well as 3 FX blocks with multiple options of effects. When I have something I really like I prefer to use a pedal and just pipe it in. There are two effects loops or you can link them to stereo you can place them anywhere in the chain as well as moving any effect or amp anywhere you might conceive of an idea to put something. I added two dual Boss foot switches for an additional 4 switches plus the three on the unit arr assignable all either by patch or system all. I have my Voodoo Lab 8 switch block in loop one which has all my drives and boosts without an undo chain of loading. Marvelous tones, better I think than most have demo'ed it. YOu get in there and design something, a beautiful dual amp multi path complex chain and you are going to love how it sounds. Big recommend from me. Best modeler unti I have used and I have had a lot of them. I have not used traditional guitar amps or a std rig in a long time and this unit allows me to continue that experiment with utterly amazing amps and that often hard to get mid break up amp tone that most modelers struggle to produce. They do super clean or super gain but the in between is where it is at for me and this AIRD MDP modeling does it and does it well. Unbelievable small unit packed with more DSP power and quality amps/effects than you will ever expect it to have. Also load your own IRs while the ones in the unit are amazing. I use two 4x12 cabs so I do not use the IRs and I could not be more pleased with the headroom/fidelity and all around quality of this very cool little box. Kicks L6 to the curb and its modeling gives Fractal and Kemper a run for the finish line.

It's all there. Tone shaping for days for any style of music. My favorite is how I can tone shape my overdrives, distortions and still get the feel of sound coming out of my speakers. Love the size of the unit on my pedal board. Not difficult to figure out. Plenty of effects. Five delay(s) that is great. Plus many other effects to play with. Very powerful. You can get deep into editing if you so desire for complex sounds with the divisions. Looks so cool on the board.

Just got this, no editor hooked up yet, no real grasping of how to set up a chain, just hacking around: immediately taken how real and lifelike the amp tones are. I hate to say it but even my Strymon does not match these amps. The clean stuff is just delicious, thick, rich, sounds and "feels" like a really great amp; the higher gains do not have that overt dist pedal filter matrix thing other modelers have. The basic Twin blew my mind. They sound like real amps, great sounding amps, and I can see it is what you choose to do with them that makes the day. And I think this is what they intended, here's some fantastic real sounding amps and a million effect possibilities for them, what can you create??

It is exactly what I was looking for, realistic feeling and sounding amps with just enormous, to terribly understate it, ability to add and control effects. I am configuring my VoodooLab 8 pedal loop switcher into the loop for all my fav drive and OD pedals, while I have not really been able to test the internals there are just some things I will not toss aside.

I think it's all in here, just a matter of figuring it out and of course you need the editor software to really see what you are doing or plan out really complex split chains and whatnot. It seems pretty infinite in scope and ability and I like that a lot. It is not simple to plug and play, although you could just load in someones patches and do that, so if that is your thing probably not the unit for you. A bit of a waste of a mega creative tool.
If you want to get in there and develop complex and superior wide ranging tones this is a jewel. The effects at first glance impressed me how they can lay back in the mix sounding more natural and not so overt pedal sounding, although you can certainly get that if you want. The reverbs and delays from what I heard are just marvelous deep, rich and sound very natural, if that makes since.
i just order this puppies own permanent PC as it is just a must. Barely scratched the surface but I can see already this is the modeler I was hoping for, and why I let my other ones go. The amount of DSP power in here is worth the price alone. You can simply build massive multiple chains and tons of effects (amazing quality bandwidth) without running out of DSP, it is quite something really. You run a dual amp chain in a Helix, you can have maybe a couple low use effects, here there is NO limit!
A real win here from Boss, I cannot wait to get a couple months into this puppy and see what I am able to build. Everything I was hoping for and much more, it is such a pleasure to get a piece of gear that ranges beyond your abilities which opens the door to amazing creativity. WOW!!!! More to follow....