Outputting Sound; Turning The Power On/Off; Turning The Power On; Turning The Power Off - Boss ME-90 Reference Manual

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Outputting sound

Turning the power on/off

Turning the power on

* Once everything is properly connected (p. 3), be sure to
follow the procedure below to turn on their power. If you turn on
equipment in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction or
equipment failure.
* Before turning the unit on/off, always be sure to turn the volume
down. Even with the volume turned down, you might hear some
sound when switching the unit on/off. However, this is normal
and does not indicate a malfunction.
1 .
Press the ME-90's [POWER] switch to turn on the
power.
2 .
Turn on your guitar amp that's connected.

Turning the power off

1 .
Check the following before turning the power off.
¹ Is the volume turned down to minimum on all connected devices?
¹ Have you saved any patches that you've edited? (p. 6)
2 .
Turn off your guitar amp and other devices
connected to this unit.
3 .
Press the ME-90's [POWER] switch to turn off the
power.
NOTE
¹ When the power is turned off, any settings you were editing will
be lost. You must save settings that you want to keep.
¹ When you want to turn the power back on, press the power
button.

Setting the connected device type

Set the Gtr. AMP/LINE switch according to the device you're using.
Setting
Explanation
When connecting a mixer, powered speakers or
LINE
headphones
Gt. AMP
When connecting a guitar amp

Selecting a guitar amp type (output select)

1 .
Press the [MEMORY/MANUAL] pedal to switch to
manual mode.
2 .
Press the [EDIT] button.
Use the [BANK É] [BANK Ç] pedals to select the
3 .
type of amp (1–12).
* For details on the amp types, refer to the "ME-90 Parameter Guide"
(Roland website).
4 .
Press the [WRITE] button.
The settings are saved.
4

Adjusting the volume (output level)

1 .
Use the [OUTPUT LEVEL] knob to adjust the overall
volume.

Tuning your guitar (tuner)

1 .
Hold down the [MEMORY/MANUAL] pedal for at
least two seconds.
This turns the tuner on. The MEMORY/MANUAL indicator lights up
yellow.
2 .
Adjust the reference pitch if necessary.
The reference pitch is shown when you press the [EDIT] button.
The pitch increases each time you press the button, from 435 Hz
to 445 Hz. If the pitch is already 445 Hz and you press the button,
the pitch returns to 435 Hz. If you don't press the [EDIT] button
within two seconds, the unit returns to regular tuner mode.
Display
Pitch
435–445 (Hz)
35–45
MEMO
¹ The reference pitch is shown for a certain amount of time in the
display.
¹ The reference pitch is saved, so you don't need to set it each time
you tune your guitar.
¹ This is set to "40" (440 Hz) when using the factory settings.
3 .
Play a single note on the open string you want to
tune.
The name of the pitch that's closest to the string you played is
shown in the display.
(C)
(´ symbol)
(F)
(G)
4 .
Adjust the tuning of each guitar string so that both
tuning guides are illuminated.
Pitch is flat
(blinks quickly)
5 .
To turn the tuner off, press any pedal switch.
Output settings when using the tuner
When the tuner is on, you can set whether to output the audio
from the OUTPUT and PHONES jacks or not. When the audio
output is on, you can use the expression pedal to adjust the
volume. For details, refer to "Configuring the device overall
(system settings)" (p. 16).
(D)
(E)
(A)
(B)
In tune
Pitch is sharp
(blinks quickly)

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