BOSS Announced Two New Effect Pedals: RV-500 Reverb And MD-500 Modulation

BOSS, a sub-company from Roland announced an expansion of their popular 500 series with two new high-quality effect pedals. The DD-500 Digital Delay pedal was for the company such a big success that they took the decision to create two additional pedals with the same philosophy. The RV-500 Reverb is a new pedal that comes with 21 different reverb types including a great Shimmer effect. Compared to the RV-500 is the MD-500 a modulation power-horse with 12 different modes and 28 mod effects.

For better and easier design your effect patches, the new 500 series includes a free editor software where you can organise your patches on a PC or Mac. I can imagine that these new pedals are also excellent for using them with any other audio source like Synthesizers or Drum Machines.

The RV-500 features 12 modes and 21 reverb types, and all include sound-shaping parameters like modulation, ducking, and EQ. On tap is everything from standard reverbs to shimmer, non-linear, fast decay, SFX, and more, plus recreations of the classic Roland SRV-2000 and RE-201 Space Echo. Thanks to powerful DSP, players can access a full-featured digital delay with modulation along with every reverb, and even use two patches at once with Simul mode.

Features

Studio-level sound with first-in-class 32-bit AD/DA, 32-bit floating point processing, and 96 kHz sampling rate
12 modes with 21 reverb types, all with deep editing parameters
Includes a wide range of reverb types from standard to advanced, plus Roland classics such as the SRV-2000 Reverb and RE-201 Space Echo
A/B Simul mode allows you to use two reverb patches at once
Selectable carryover function allows reverb tails to continue with patch change or effect bypass
Powerful DSP provides independent digital delay with modulation along with each reverb patch
Graphic LCD and intensive real-time control options
297 onboard patch memories and hands-on controls
Selectable buffered-bypass or true-bypass operation
MIDI I/O for interfacing with MIDI control devices
USB-MIDI for connecting to the RV-500 Editor/Librarian or a DAW (to be available in early July 2017)
Runs on four AA-size batteries or PSA-series AC adapter

The versatile MD-500 provides 12 modes and 28 different mod effects. Included are BOSS’s famous chorus and Roland’s legendary Dimension D, plus flanger, tremolo, phaser, vibe, slicer, ring mod, and more. Many effect modes include advanced Prime variations newly developed for the MD-500. Simul mode enables using two patches at once, while the Insert Loop function lets the user position mod effects around external pedals for the best sound.

Features:

Studio-level sound with first-in-class 32-bit AD/DA, 32-bit floating point processing, and 96 kHz sampling rate
12 modes and 28 modulation types, all with deep editing parameters
Classic mod effects and BOSS originals, newly enhanced with cutting-edge technology
A/B Simul mode for using two patches at once, with your choice of series/parallel connection and mixed or split A/B output
Insert Loop function allows you to use mod effects before, after, or around drive pedals
Graphic LCD and intensive real-time control options
297 onboard patch memories and hands-on controls
Selectable buffered-bypass or true-bypass operation
MIDI I/O for interfacing with MIDI control devices
USB-MIDI for connecting to the MD-500 Editor/Librarian or a DAW (to be available in early July 2017)
Runs on four AA-size batteries or PSA-series AC adapter