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A Studio’s Worth of Bass Sounds ? at Your Feet





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Exemplifying the excellence of BOSS’s ME series at its very best, the ME-90B is an all-in-one bass processor armed with a plethora of studio-grade sounds and effects. This comprehensive multi-effects powerhouse starts with 10 AIRD Preamps and an IR loader to build your base tone, along with 61 superlative effects optimized for low-end performance. In classic ME-series fashion, the ME-90B’s sports eight color-coded footswitches and an onboard expression pedal with integrated toe switch to activate effects and adjust parameters on the fly. Whether you’re destined for the stage or recording tracks in your home studio, the ME-90B’s ample I/O is happy to oblige, including a ground lift-enabled XLR jack and switchable Amp/Line 1/4-inch stereo output that covers both your at-home practice amp and any scaled-back straight-into-PA live rig. You also get a headphone jack for quiet practice, along with a USB-C for easy recording and for jamming along to tracks. Plus, you can even hook up the ME-90B to BOSS’s expansive Tone Exchange software to share presets, access professional sound collections, and much more. Portable, powerful, and professional grade in every aspect, the BOSS ME-90B puts an entire studio’s worth of sounds at your disposal.





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Build your base tone with 10 AIRD preamps





The heart of the BOSS ME-90B lies in its robust selection of preamps, offering 10 different tones from which to concoct your sound. From original BOSS models to classic recreations to even acoustic-focused sounds, the ME-90B’s preamp section delivers stunning tones in spades thanks to its cutting-edge AIRD (Augmented Impulse Response Dynamics) technology. Lastly, the ME-90B’s impressive Preamp section is rounded out by an equally powerful assortment of EQ knobs to twist and tweak your tone to taste.





61 studio-grade effects to explore





Once you’ve dialed in your base tone, it’s time to explore the ME-90 B’s sweeping array of 61 top-class bass effects. Effects are separated into intuitive blocks for effortless navigation, including Modulation, Comp/FX1 (compression and pitch-based effects), Filter/FX2, Drive/Synth, and Delay/Reverb, with each block boasting its own set of parameter control knobs. Furthermore, Sweetwater’s gigging bassists love how the ME-90 B’s onboard expression pedal also features a dedicated set of dynamic effects for in-the-moment experimentation. And to keep your signal clear and defined, the ME-90B offers a global Blend knob that allows you to mix in direct signal with your effect-laden wet tones.





Easy sound creation and flexible real-time control





Thanks to its knob-driven interface and stompbox-style layout, building configurations and tweaking tones with the BOSS ME-90B are a walk in the park. You get all the benefits of a well-appointed pedalboard without worrying about messy connection cables, power distribution, and cumbersome hook-and-loop fasteners. The ME-90B's eight footswitches operate smoothly and quietly, and its built-in expression pedal provides effortless real-time control over your effects. You can use the ME-90B's Memory mode to call up complete patch setups using the footswitches, or you can use Manual for direct control of each effect category within a patch. The footswitches on this guitar multi-effects pedal include colored LEDs for at-a-glance identification. Moreover, you can set the LEDs to light in a fixed color for each mode.





Extended configuration and editing





If you really want to extend the ME-90B's configuration and editing capabilities, fire up BOSS Tone Studio software on your Mac or Windows-based PC. With BOSS Tone Studio, you can edit tones, change out amp and effect types, and a whole lot more. You can also save and organize your patches for different applications, download professionally crafted setups from BOSS Tone Central, and swap patches with the robust ME-90B community on BOSS Tone Exchange.


BOSS ME-90B Bass Multi-effects Processor Features:


Comprehensive all-in-one preamp/IR/effect processor for bassists


10 AIRD bass preamps deliver studio-grade bass sounds to build your tone upon, from tube-style grit to acoustic-electric cleans


Preamp section also boasts a robust set of EQ knobs to shape your sound


61 effects on tap to tweak your tone, all split into intuitive sections for intuitive navigation


8 multifunction footswitches and a built-in expression pedal for in-the-moment control


Manual mode offers traditional pedalboard-style operation, while Memory mode allows you to toggle between full-featured patches


BOSS Tone Studio software provides fast-and-easy parameter editing, preamp and effects configuration, and more


Premium-quality IR loader imports up to three user speaker emulations


Onboard effects loop to integrate your outboard stompboxes


Ground Lift-enabled XLR out and Amp/Line stereo ¼-inch out accommodates everything from standard amp setups to straight-into-PA live rigs


USB-C connectivity for communicating with BOSS Tone Studio and recording/playback to and from your DAW


Download and share ME-90 Livesets at BOSS Tone Exchange


24-bit AD/DA, powerful 32-bit floating-point processing, and a 48kHz sampling rate


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