But recently, many of these have been really DSP-hungry so a newer version with improved DSP capability may well be in the works.

Then there’s the Defretter, Feedbacker, Harmonist, Humaniser, Overtone, Sitar Sim, Slicer, Slow Gear, Sound Hold and S‑Bend to explore.New Master Delay Types—Five delay algorithms from the historic BOSS/Roland library have been added: SDE-3000, DD-20 Standard and DD-20 Analog, and Warm and Glitch from the DD-8. I bought the full GT-1000 after the Core which I found obviously more flexible with the additional switches, although the DSP and sound is the same. The GRID / FLOW CHART indicates all the elements in place and in play - and for sake of our example here - I've enabled / activated every block in the chain / grid in the above visual.

If you need more switches…add 2 analog switches via the ctrl inputs…or use an expression pedal (I use it for delay lvl)…are add a small midi controller….Course you would, they were one of the first to market and most established in the niche, and at a friendly budget. In patch mode, the GT‑1000’s display has three separate screens showing the current patch’s name and number (either of which can be set to be the largest and most easily visible on screen), its onboard footswitch and expression pedal control assignments, and its amplifier/effects signal chain. I feel the lack of Bluetooth is a big miss here as that would have made everything about controlling this pedal so much easier - in particular all the myriad forthcoming firmware updates that will inevitably happen. You can comfortably tweak the processor from your mobile device without having to bend over and edit with the hardware. You can also use the GT‑1000 AIRD Output Select Library and GT‑1000 IR Loader programs to load two additional output amplifier destinations and four loudspeaker IRs into their respective user slots.

I am running it along my mesa roadster using the 4 cable method and I have an extra loop where my glass nexus will eventually live.The cabinet microphone models and their virtual distances and off‑axis positions can be changed in any of the output modes. My next explorations will rather be more into parallel path experiments - which I'm currently just getting my head around as to how that best works on the CORE.

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. 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.

While you definitely also need a Noise Suppressor, and having a follow-up EQ really helps you to tweak things just right. The GT‑1000 also includes Boss’s Multi‑Dimensional Processing (MDP) effects and algorithms directly ported from the company’s popular DD‑500, MD‑500 and RV‑500 pedals. I had also wanted to produce a patch with each of the 3 Fuzz voicings - 'OCT FUZZ', '60S FUZZ' and 'MUFF FUZ' where I could switch between them using the 3 Stombox Controls.