[Musician Evaluation]Touch and evolve! BOSS GX-100 Unboxing | Musician’s Nest YSOLIFE

For many musicians, BOSS is a classic single-effects brand, and its representative appearance has even become the representative totem of the effector, but when it comes to the development history of the effector, BOSS is also the first to invest in floor-type comprehensive effects. One of the manufacturers of musical instruments, from the early BE-5, ME series to GT series, has witnessed BOSS’s pioneering and observance of the contemporary use of musicians.

Today I am going to unpack the latest product of BOSS, the GX-100. The price of the GX-100 is between the GT-1000 and the GT-1000CORE. It has the number of control pedals and the freedom of setting the flagship multi-effects. The buttons can set the corresponding effect switch, switch Preset, long press, short press different functions; the part of the external jack supports a set of Effect Loop, two-channel output and external expression pedal, speaker control function and MIDI, with quite comprehensive expansion.

▲Dual-channel output, groundable Effect Loop and MIDI functions allow the GX-100 to have good expandability and sound performance.

The operability of the color touch screen and the traditional operation method

The BOSS design is generally maintained on the body interface. The screen corresponds to four control knobs and the main selection (Select) function. For friends who are used to BOSS effects, they can be connected painlessly, but the biggest breakthrough of BOSS GX-100 should be the new color. Touch screen; the common inconvenience of modern multi-effects is that the menu is buried too deep. In the past, during performances and rehearsals, it took more time to dig into the menu options than a single one. The touch screen is greatly reduced one by one. The trouble of turning the knob, adding or reducing the effector is just a simple drag and drop. It also improves the efficiency of adjusting parameters in a large range. Long live the touch screen!

▲The full-color touch screen greatly improves the operation and display capabilities.

In addition, the colorization of the screen is also an important innovation. Due to the large number of speakers and effects, the advantage of the color screen is that it can classify various types of equipment by color, and the pedals can also correspond to different colors. tone used.

▲The traditional operation method is still retained, so that both old and new BOSS friends can quickly get started.

AIRD greatly improves sound quality

There is no doubt that BOSS is a very sound brand, but from our experience of testing the BOSS DD-3 to the latest DD-8 in the past, BOSS is constantly evolving the sound to suit the modern music and instrument market, and we are also on the GX-100 get the same feeling.

The advancement of digital computing capabilities allows the system to reflect more sound details. BOSS’s AIRD technology has allowed the BOSS GT-1000 to take a big step in the evolution of the sound from the GT-100. Now the GX-100 also has the same ability. It has a more natural and transparent sound performance, but still retains the obvious mid-range characteristics of BOSS. After a long-term test, the feeling of the ear is still comfortable. The Direct Mix mixed with Clean Tone added to many broken sounds makes the sound particles more obvious. Very useful enhancement.

Overall, the BOSS GX-100 has entered a new era in the control interface. Although there is only one set of Effect Loops, it has better control and performance convenience. The tone also retains the characteristics of BOSS and increases the naturalness. An eye-catching, outstanding effect that showcases the ever-evolving BOSS.

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