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Owner’s Manual
Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the BOSS ME-50 Guitar Multiple Effects.
Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (page 2–3) and
“IMPORTANT NOTES” (page 4).
These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to
feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, owner’s manual should
be read in
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USING THE UNIT SAFELY The symbol alerts the user to important instructions Used for instructions intended to alert or warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is the user to the risk of death or severe determined by the design contained within the injury should the unit be used triangle. In the case of the symbol at left, it is used for improperly. general cautions, warnings, or alerts to danger. Used for instructions intended to alert The symbol al
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013 107d • In households with small children, an adult • Never handle the AC adaptor body, or its output should provide supervision until the child is plugs, with wet hands when plugging into, or capable of following all the rules essential for the unplugging from, an outlet or this unit. safe operation of the unit. .......................................................................................................... 108b ........................
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IMPORTANT NOTES 291a In addition to the items listed under “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” on page 2–3, please read and observe the following: Power Supply: Use of Batteries Maintenance 301 401a • Do not use this unit on the same power circuit with any • For everyday cleaning wipe the unit with a soft, dry cloth device that will generate line noise (such as an electric or one that has been slightly dampened with water. To motor or variable lighting sy
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Contents USING THE UNIT SAFELY ................... 2 Saving and Loading the Created Tones (Memory Mode)....... 20 IMPORTANT NOTES .......................... 4 Switching Between Manual and Memory Mode .......20 About the Patch.......................................................20 Playing Sounds ................................ 6 Write Procedure ......................................................21 Installing Batteries .............................
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Playing Sounds Installing Batteries Making the Connections * Batteries are supplied with the unit. The life of these batteries The ME-50 is not equipped with any internal amplifier or may be limited, however, since their primary purpose was to speakers. To listen to sound with the ME-50, connect it to a enable testing. guitar amp, stereo headphones, or other such sound equipment. Insert the included batteries as shown in figure, being careful to orient the batteries co
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Playing Sounds ● Use a special cable (the optional PCS-31) to send output * Raising the MASTER LEVEL knob too much may result in from the LINE/PHONES jack to equipment such as a sound distortion. mixer. Using an ordinary cable will cause only the left- * When the effects are all off, input and output are at the same channel sound to be output. levels as when the MASTER LEVEL knob is at the center fig.0030 position. * The setting of the MASTER LEVEL knob is stored in memory
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Using the Effects When the power is turned on, the ME-50 always switches to Manual mode, and the OVERDRIVE/DISTORTION, MODULATION, and DELAY are switched off. * When the DELAY TYPE is set to HOLD, the DELAY indicator goes on, the DELAY pedal’s indicator flashes at a fixed interval, indicating recording standby is enabled. (p. 17) All product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Those companies are not affiliated with BOSS and have
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Using the Effects TONE MODIFY fig.0090 ACOUSTIC TONE MODIFY Indicator Changes the electric guitar’s tone to that of an acoustic guitar. Switching Tone Modify On and Off with the Foot Switch With a foot switch (the optional FS-5U) connected to the This changes the characteristics of the connected guitar. FOOT SW jack on the rear panel, you can use the foot switch to switch Tone Modify on and off. fig.0100 TYPE knob OFF The sound is bypassed. * When switched OFF, the TONE MODIFY indicator goes
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Using the Effects COMPRESSOR fig.0110 Switching the Compressor On COMPRESSOR Indicator and Off with the Foot Switch With the special cable (the optional PCS-31) used to connect two foot switches (the optional FS-5U) to the FOOT SW jack on the rear panel, you can use one foot switch for Tone Modify ON/OFF, and one to switch the Compressor on and off (p. **). Connect as shown below. fig.0120 This is an effect that produces a long sustain by evening out the volume level of the input signal. Y
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Using the Effects OVERDRIVE/DISTORTION fig.0130 OD/DS pedal OVERDRIVE/DISTORTION Indicator Each time you press the pedal, the effect switches through Overdrive/Distortion ON and OFF. When switched on, the OVERDRIVE/DISTORTION indicator and pedal indicator light up. DRIVE knob Adjusts the amount of distortion. Turning the knob to the right (clockwise) creates a stronger distortion and increases the volume. Turning this all the way to the TURBO range increases the effect even more. BOTTOM kn
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Using the Effects MODULATION fig.0140 DEPTH/HARMONY knob MODULATION Indicator Adjusts the depth of modulation. E.LEVEL/RESONANCE knob Adjusts the volume of the chorus sound. ST CHORUS 1 This is a stereo chorus effect that adds different chorus sounds to L and R. RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the rate of modulation. DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adjusts the depth of modulation. E.LEVEL/RESONANCE knob Pedal Indicator Adjusts the volume of the chorus sound. ST CHORUS 2 MOD Pedal This is a stereo chorus effect produc
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Using the Effects E.LEVEL/RESONANCE knob FLANGER Adjusts the volume balance between the direct sound and Adds a undulation like that of a jet ascending or decending. the harmony sound. RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the rate of flanging effect. TREMOLO Tremolo is an effect that creates a cyclic change in volume. DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adjusts the depth of flanging effect. RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the frequency (speed) of the change. E.LEVEL/RESONANCE knob Adjusts the amount of resonance. DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adj
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Using the Effects ROTARY Adding an Effect Synchronized to Produces the effect of a rotary speaker. the Performance Tempo RATE/KEY knob When any effect other than HARMONIST is selected, you Adjusts the speed of rotation for the speaker. can set the tempo so you get an effect that is synchronized to the performance tempo. DEPTH/HARMONY knob * The allowable rate cycles for the tempo settings range from 62 Adjusts the depth of the rotary effect. ms to 2000 ms. E.LEVEL/RESONANCE knob 1. Hold down
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Using the Effects DELAY fig.0170 0-30 ms DELAY Indicator Delay sound of 0 to 30 ms delay time. 25-125 ms Delay sound of 25 to 125 ms delay time. 100-500 ms Delay sound of 100 to 500 ms delay time. 400-2000 ms Delay sound of 400 to 2000 ms delay time. ANALOG This gives a mild analog delay sound. The delay time can be set within the range of 100 ms to 500 ms. Pedal Indicator SLOW ECHO This produces an effect combining a volume-swell sound DELAY Pedal with delay. The delay time can be set within
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Using the Effects HOLD Adding a Delay Synchronized to Up to 2 seconds of performance content is recorded, then the Performance Tempo played back repeatedly. You can also layer this as you Using tempo input, the delay time can be set within the perform something else, then record these together range of 62 ms to 2000 ms. (overdub). You can set this regardless of whether the effect is on or off. You can keep the recorded content playing continuously as backing and produce other special effec
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Using the Effects Write Procedures (p. 21) When the Tempo Has Using the HOLD Function Been Set 1. Set the TYPE knob to HOLD. The delay time stored in a Patch (p. 20) is determined as The unit goes into recording standby and the pedal’s follows. indicator flashes at a fixed interval. • If it is within the delay time range that can be set for the * After switching to HOLD, wait two seconds before you carry type currently selected, it is stored without change. out the next operation. • If it e
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Using the Effects NS (Noise Suppressor) REVERB fig.0190 fig.0200 NS Indicator REVERB Indicator This effect reduces the noise and hum picked up by guitar This effect adds reverberation to the sound. pickups. Since it suppresses the noise in synchronization Use the knob to switch to any of four different reverb, with the envelope of the guitar sound (the way in which the ROOM, HALL, SPRING, or MOD. You can adjust the guitar sound decays over time), it has very little effect on the amount of e
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Using the Effects You can select one of the following effects with the Pedal expression pedal. fig.0210 PEDAL MODE Indicator WAH The effect will function as a pedal wah. RESONANCE This completely original effect offers enhancements on the characteristic resonances produced by analog synth filters. Using the effect in combination with the OVERDRIVE/ DISTORTION TYPE set to “SQUARE” produces a sound like a synthesizer. You can make the setting that determines whether the ME- And using it togeth
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Saving and Loading the Created Tones (Memory Mode) The ME-50 features a “Memory mode” that allows you to About the Patch store the various settings within the ME-50 itself, and then call up and use the settings. When actually performing on a guitar, a variety of tones are required to suit whatever the situation may be. The effects that you may want to have turned on and parameter settings Switching Between Manual for such effects vary according to the selected tone. With the ME-50, you can
