Anyone using a Boss ES-8 with an H90

[jononotbono]

Hey everyone,

So I just bought an upgrade to my pedal board and have bought a Boss ES-8 Effects switcher (upgrading from a Carl Martin Octa Switch mk3) as I really want to be able to control my pedals with Midi and audio (and have the ability to reorder any pedal without needing to rewire anything).  I have a few thoughts about routing stereo pedals and specifically how people using an H90 would plug it into the ES-8?

For Midi pedals I actually have an H90, Strymon Mobius, Timeline and Bigsky and Digitech Whammy and I want to be able to control all of them with the ES-8s midi capabilities. I’m just a bit confused with how I would plug them into the ES* as they are stereo pedals (and I want them to be stereo not mono).  Loop 8 is a Stereo input and Stereo ouput so would daisy chaining the H90 and Strymons into Loop 8 work? Loops 1 – 6 are mono and I will be using them with my mono pedals. Loop 7 is a mono input with stereo output (so I’m wondering how to use this with stereo pedals)

Anyone with experience using an ES-8 with an H90 and willing to explain how they use them would be excellent.

Many thanks

Jono

[Lorpal]

I haven’t used the h90 with my es8 yet but have used it with my h9…

 

I would put all my stereo devices on one loop and let midi commands turn them on and off as necessary.

keep in mind there is an offset to the command numbers from the es8 to the eventide.

you can use the eventide’s routing to further play with loops outside of loop 8 using midi functions also.

[fiddlercrabseason]

I use a [MC8 + ES-8] combo, running everything into a *mono* bass rig.  For my needs, it’s perfect for reordering pedals, calling up presets across multiple pedals, sending exp pedals to multiple destinations, triggering modulation sources, etc..

But for running all your stereo goodness *in stereo*, I’d suggest looking at the Morningstar ML10X switcher with an MC8/6 controller.

[NoneMoreBlack]

I use an ES-5 with an H90 and it works brilliantly. I have patch midi and assigns set up to change settings on the fly. One the things I’m most pleased with is I keep my H90 in perform mode but whenever I use the mute button on the Es-5 I set it to toggle select mode, so I can change patches while it is muted.

There’s so much flexibility with the H90 and Es-5 routing options you can do almost anything. I’ve had about 4-5 totally different ways to integrate it and they’ve all been good tbh. The main issue is too much tweaking and not enough playing!

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