Boss MS-3 User Manual

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Contents
Getting Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Rear Panel
(Connecting Your Equipment) . . . . . . . . 3
Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Screen Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operation of the [1]–[3] Knobs . . . . . . . 7
Switching Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Turning On/O the Power . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Tuning the Guitar (TUNER) . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Patch Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Switching Between Memory and
Manual Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Switching Banks/Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About the Play Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Editing the Settings of a Patch . . . . . . . 11
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Changing the Eect Connection
Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Changing the CTL/ASSIGN/MIDI
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Saving a Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Exchanging Patches . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Initializing a Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System Settings (MENU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting the Display Contrast . . . . . . . 15
Enabling/Disabling the Auto-O
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Restoring the Factory Default Settings
(Factory Reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using a Computer to Edit/Back up
Patches
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing the USB Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing the Dedicated Software . . . . 17
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Attaching the Rubber Feet . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Main Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The power to this unit will be turned o automatically after a predetermined amount of time has passed since it
was last used for playing music, or its buttons or controls were operated (Auto O function).
If you do not want the power to be turned o automatically, disengage the Auto O function (p. 16).
NOTE
5 Any settings that you are in the process of editing will be lost when the power is turned o. If you have any
settings that you want to keep, you should save them beforehand.
5 To restore power, turn the power on again (p. 8).

Boss MS-3 Specifications

General

Bit rate	24 bit
Product color	Black
Sound effects	Delay, Looper
Sound effects quantity	112
AC adapter included	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Connectivity technology	Wired
6.35 mm (1⁄4-inch) output	1
Display type	LCD
Power source type	DC

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	97 mm
Width	275 mm
Height	68 mm
Weight	1100 g