And with MIDI I/O on space-saving TRS jacks, GT-1000CORE can control—or be controlled by—other MIDI devices in your rig. Mastering FX—Eleven different Mastering FX allow you to shape the overall sound at the line output for different styles and playing situations. I hear a firmware update is coming for the GT-1000, which I would also speculate being the last one for it, and possibly the GT line.

At its core, the GT-1000 harnesses BOSS’s breakthrough AIRD technology for previously unattained musical power.This is one of those articles that’s been a long-time coming, and where I needed to spend a rather large chunk of time getting fully under the skin of the pedal in question - the really quite superb, but also somewhat slightly flawed Boss GT-1000 CORE Guitar Effects Processor. With a huge range of BOSS original amps at your disposal - covering all styles, from super-clean to ultra-heavy - along with a host of classic valve amps from accross the decades, the GT-1000 is the ultimate in pedalboard amp-modelling. In contrast to traditional modeling methods, AIRD reproduces the complex internal component interactions of tube amps in every way, from guitar input to speaker output and everything in-between. I've stated many times that I have a somewhat innate knowledge of Boss algorithms - I know how they sound and how best to tune them - and I've always had an affinity for Boss Effects - right across the board.

I obviously suffered a few 'teething troubles' early days with this device - which caused me some consternation for the first 3 or 4 days - before I properly got into the swing of things.I ended up getting a full sized GT-1000, which has a built in expression pedal, and 10 fully programmable foot-switches, which is good enough for me. The high watermarks at the moment are held by the Chase Bliss Automatone Format and Neural DSP Quad C The BOSS Tone Studio app is compatible for both iOS and Android platforms, and allows you to connect your mobile device directly to your GT-1000 via Bluetooth.

GT-1000CORE fits into any pedalboard setup and works equally well as a standalone processor for playing live and in the studio. There has actually been a lot of speculation about a new Helix, but it's mitigated to some extent by the fact that Line6 are pretty on the ball when it comes to updates, with new amps and effects being added every six months or so.

Editing the patch amp/effect configuration is accessed via the Effect button, which brings up a graphic of the chain of pedals, amplifier and cabs. Delivering unmatched sound quality and musical expression, the GT-1000 ushers in a new era of performance in amp/effects processors for guitar and bass. For example, 24 distortion pedal models, each with the same nine editable parameters, can be loaded into the two distortion slots: 14 Boss originals (three with MDP processing), four classic Boss pedals plus models of an Ibanez TS‑808, ProCo Rat, Marshall Guvnor, MXR Distortion+, a Fuzzface and an Electro‑Harmonix Big Muff Pi. Most of that can be easily remedied with Software and Firmware Updates - while it will probably take a while before we see substantive interface changes. Please give us the reason for your assessment in the following text box and – if possible – your e-mail address for further questions.

I was aware of the High Fidelity 32 Bit processing power and 24 Simultaneous effects ability, but for some reason, I had not clocked that the CORE came without the GT-1000’s Bluetooth App Connectivity, and that it contained just 2 of the 1000’s 3 Control Modes - Memory and Manual, while it was missing the ’Pedalboard’ option. The latter are used to edit patches (Boss’s term for preset combinations of amp, cab and effects emulations) and their contents. In the factory looper presets, CTL1 can control all the available functionality (record, play, overdub, stop and clear), although CTL2 will stop playback or recording with a single tap (CTL1 needs two taps) and one tap on CTL3 will clear the loop (CTL1 requires a two‑second hold). I have owned a number of digital effect boards in the past (Vox's, the G-System, Firehawk HD, Helix). Independent ground-lift functions are also available to tackle hum issues when connecting external devices.

Quote from: Boisdelac on May 23, 2022, 01:07:19 AM The Helix series is from 2015, still selling and much older than the Boss GT1000 series. The Core and Full fat 1000 UI's main crime seems to be that it's not HX/Line 6 and that they don't release Updates every 10 mins.