Description

Boss RV200 200 Series Reverb Pedal

The Boss RV200 200 Series Reverb Pedal is a powerhouse of ambience, offering twelve inspiring reverb effects and expressive performance tools in a versatile 200 series pedal. With its streamlined BOSS 200 series design, the RV-200 delivers everything from subtle spatial colour to complex, dreamy textures for ambient explorations. The reverb types include the newly developed Arpverb, providing a broad spectrum of sound modulation possibilities. The unit’s fast-access interface allows for quick sound dialling, and it offers the ability to save your favourites in up to 127 memories.

This pedal sets a new performance standard with its flexible footswitches, extensive external control support, and innovative creative features like Warp and Twist. It delivers premium BOSS reverb processing in a streamlined, compact design, offering outstanding sound quality thanks to its 32-bit AD/DA, 32-bit floating-point processing, and 96 kHz sampling rate. Additional features include a Density control with six stages, a Param knob for extended functions within each reverb type, and selectable carryover for maintaining reverb trails. With stereo I/O, wet/dry and dry mute output options, two assignable footswitches, and expressive effects like Hold, Warp, and Twist, this pedal is designed for versatile control.

The RV-200 is powered by a formidable reverberation engine that ensures unparalleled sound quality. This is due to the custom BOSS DSP, 32-bit AD/DA, 32-bit floating point processing, and a 96 kHz sampling rate. The unit promises truly studio-grade performance, delivering exceptional detail and definition, from the shortest early reflections to lengthy, enveloping tails that can last several seconds.

Offering a spectrum of reverb types such as Room, Hall, Shimmer, Slowverb, and the novel Arpverb, the RV-200 is designed to cater to every song and style. Each reverb has its own unique characteristics, from simulating a small room’s reverberation or a concert hall’s resonance, to creating dreamy reverberations rich in harmonic content with the Shimmer effect, or evocative pitch-shifted tails with the Arpverb. The Param knob allows users to adjust specific features within each reverb type, offering another level of customization.

The RV-200, much like all 200 series pedals, is engineered for effortless sound creation. It provides a dynamic yet user-friendly panel that simplifies the process of achieving excellent sounds. In addition to basic parameters such as reverb time, effect level, and pre-delay, the unit includes variable high and low filters, a density control to modify the sound’s weight, and a parameter knob that provides access to a host of sound-shaping tools unique to each reverb type.

The RV-200 is equipped with storage for 127 reverb sounds, ensuring your favourite settings are always at your fingertips. The two onboard footswitches offer extensive versatility, with various options to reallocate their targets based on your requirements. You can bypass the effect, navigate through memories, and activate a Hold function to sustain the reverb effect for as long as the switch is pressed. It also allows the assignment of potent performance effects such as Warp, Twist, and Fade.

The RV-200 provides an array of control options to seamlessly integrate the unit into any advanced setup. It supports external control over many parameter targets via footswitches or an expression pedal, and MIDI I/O is provided on space-saving mini TRS jacks. Through MIDI, you can link multiple 200 series pedals and select memories on all of them simultaneously. Additionally, numerous functions can be controlled from external MIDI controllers and devices like the ES-8 and ES-5 effects switchers.

Boss RV200 200 Series Reverb Pedal Features:

• Sampling Frequency: 96 kHz
• AD/DA Conversion: 32 bits
• Processing: 32-bit floating point
• Modes: 12 modes (ROOM, HALL, PLATE, SPRING, SHIMMER, ARPVERB, SLOWVERB, MODULATE, +DELAY, LO-FI, GATE, REVERSE)
• Memory: 127 + Manual
• Nominal Input Level INPUT A/MONO, B: -10 dBu
• Maximum Input Level INPUT A/MONO, B: +7 dBu
• Input Impedance INPUT A/MONO, B: 2 M ohms
• Nominal Output Level OUTPUT A/MONO, B: -10 dBu
• Maximum Output Level OUTPUT A/MONO, B: +7 dBu
• Output Impedance OUTPUT A/MONO, B: 1 k ohm
• Recommended Load Impedance OUTPUT A/MONO, B: 10 k ohms or greater
• Bypass: Buffered bypass
• Controls: ON/OFF switch, MEMORY/HOLD switch MODE knob, TIME knob, PRE-DELAY knob, E. LEVEL knob, PARAM knob, LOW knob, HIGH knob DENSITY button, MEMORY button
• Display: 7 segments, 3 characters (LED)

Connectors:

• INPUT (A/MONO, B) jacks, OUTPUT (A/MONO, B) jacks: 1/4-inch phone type
• CTL 1, 2/EXP jack: 1/4-inch TRS phone type
• MIDI (IN, OUT) jacks: Stereo miniature phone type
• DC IN jack
• USB port: USB2.0 micro B (program update only)

Power Supply:

• Alkaline battery (AA, LR6) x 3
• AC adaptor (sold separately)