Boss is scaring us now: each time we expect they is perhaps winding down on the tour de drive of recent gear releases in 2023 they pull one other one out of the bag. We won’t consider a single model that is had a yr for releases like this. And the most recent is an enormous one, nevertheless it’s additionally small: the IR-2 Amp & Cupboard Pedal packs the options into its compact measurement with amp modellingdirect recording and a headphone out.
The IR-2 is the extra compact different to 2021’s IR-200 and is a showcase for the amp facet of Boss’s modelling that now we have seen in bigger unit just like the GX-100. It options 11 premium guitar amps and cupboard IRs supplied by Celestion Digital. Run right into a PA, FRFR cab, your DAW with USB-C or straight to cans with the headphone out.
At $199 / £179 with these final two options, it is a actually aggressive prospect from a prime model. Certainly even a few of our favorite modellers for tones do not have headphone out or direct USB recording connectivity. It looks like Boss may be very a lot in contact with what gamers anticipate and need from an amp-modelling pedal on this period. You too can add third-party IRs to the pedal too with the IR-2 IR Loader app.
One other pedalboard rig-friendly characteristic is an onboard results loop for including modulation, delay and reverb results into the chain after the pedal’s amp sounds. The TRS return jack additionally helps stereo operation for passing the sound of stereo results to the IR-2’s audio outputs.
Audio high quality is assured too with superior DSP, 32-bit floating level processing, and a 96 kHz sampling charge. We predict Boss doubtlessly has certainly one of its largest winners right here in what has been a classic yr. Think about what 2024 may deliver!
IR-2 Amp & Cupboard Pedal is offered to order now from retailers together with Guitar Middle, Thomann, Andertons and Gear4music
