Boss ES-8 Effects Switching System

Best at the market!

This product is for anyone who wants to stop pedal dance and also take advantage of switching modules on his amp at max.

Pros:

+ can set every or neither pedal in FX loop of amp what ever you think is needed.

+ placing pedals in parallel mode

+ when changing preset two pedals can finish their job (e.g. after soloing you can leave delay and reverb pedal to nicely blend in rhythm part).

+ output buffer is adjustable

+ PC app for programing

Cons:

- Connectivity to PC (requires USB-MIDI interface cable)

Fantastic!!!

This is one of the best purchases I have ever made. Fantastic piece of gear that makes gigging a large pedalboard a breeze. Very easy to programme and with new features available via the Mac or PC editor it's an amazing piece of kit..... highly recommended!!

Best thing ever!

With this thing I can control all my pedals and my rack effects at the same time, plus my preamps!

The only thing that I do not like is that when you use the parallel routing feature the signal level drops drastically. The 6dB internal boost is not enough to rise the level back to normal, so I have to use a stereo EQ after the outputs as a booster (switched on by the ES-8 only on the needed patches).

Aside from that, it is a great piece of gear, I only want more stereo loops...