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The MD-500 is a greatest hits collection of Boss modulation effects, collated in a compact 6.75" x 5" enclosure. It’s a stereo digital device that sounds convincingly analog, thanks in part to 32-bit, 96 kHz convertors—impressive in this price range. It reprises sounds from Boss’s early years, adds cool new ones, and provides sufficient control and connectivity to suit the most ambitious MIDI-controlled pedalboards.

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The MD-500’s editing options can get deep, but they don’t necessarily have to. You can access the basic sounds via a set of intuitive stompbox-style knobs.

The tones are excellent, but you probably knew that already. Many of these have been stompbox staples for decades, and all are true to the originals. Additionally, the effect categories have multiple modes.

The chorus setting, for example, offers four flavors: a clone of the classic CE-1 (the first-ever Boss effect), CE-1’s vibrato effect, a clone of the Dytronics Tri-Stereo Chorus (an ’80s session-cat sound), and a brand-new chorus algorithm. There are far more colors here than the 12-position knob might suggest.

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