Boss AD-10 User Manual

Copyright © 2017 ROLAND CORPORATION
Owner’s Manual
The AD-10 is designed for the acoustic guitarist who performs live; in a single unit, it combines a preamp, eects, looper, and
direct box.
Contents
Getting Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connecting the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connecting a Footswitch or an Expression Pedal . . . . 3
Turning On/O the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Adjusting the Input Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Switching Between GUITAR IN 1/2 and
Adjusting the Balance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Tuning the Guitar (Tuner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Manual/Memory Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Memory Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Saving a Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Initializing Memory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Editing the Eects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
EQ (Equalizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
BOOST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FX LOOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ANTI-FEEDBACK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ACOUSTIC RESONANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
COMP (Compressor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
DELAY/CHORUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
AMBIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sub-Parameter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Looper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Output Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ambience Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Stomp Pedal Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Making Independent EQ Settings for GUITAR
IN 1 and 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Assigning the Functions of the Pedals. . . . . . . . . . 12
Other Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset) . . . . . . 13
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Main Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (the leaet “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and the Owner’s
Manual p. 14)). After reading, keep the document(s) where it will be available for immediate reference.

Boss AD-10 Specifications

General

DC-in jack	Yes
USB version	2.0
USB connector type	USB Type-B
USB ports quantity	1
Best uses	Acoustic guitar
Reverberation effects quantity	3
Display type	LED
Battery type	AA
Power source type	AC, Battery
Number of batteries supported	6

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	161 mm
Width	217 mm
Height	65 mm
Weight	1300 g