Appmuse

DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT OR DOWNLOAD THIS APP IF YOU INTEND TO USE THIS DEVICE AS A YOUTUBE TEACHING AID AS IT IS MARKETED. Can’t download videos from YouTube into the app. Wrong URL error message every time, even for the BOSS produced videos and videos with identified session markers. This makes the unit completely worthless. Tried factory resetting it, updating firmware twice, running on a laptop and iPhone with all current updates. Nothing works and BOSS has no updates on their FAQ page. What a sad waste to such a promising device and a once reliable company. Show more

This app is awful. The reason why you buy this pocket amp is to practice along with songs but, I am yet ti find a sing on youtube that is nit protected and that I can play with. Apple music does not work either, it only works with songs you own and, since I pay a monthly subscription instead of buying songs, again, I can’t play along with any song. Is it BOSS’s fault? No, not at all. But they should not use that feature as a strong point in their advertisement since you cannot really use it. I have not found a solution for this. Now, the ads advertise a ton of sounds and amps etc. But when you open the app and try to add patches, you only see 3 options. I did find a way around this. I downloaded BTS for the GT1 on my mac and downloaded the patches they have there. Them I exported them to iCloud. Then opened this stupid app and imported them. It worked. Tons of amps, preamps etc. Hope it helps. Show more

I am updating my review. For me, the Pocket GT is for creating great headphone amp sounds for practice and on the fly loop creation to creat quick backing tracks for my solo gigs. The app is the perfect tool for this as it gives access to sound editing on a fairly deep level. As far as the YouTube transport control, I am not at all interested as I have been playing for my whole life. If your goal is sound creation with this tool, the app is awesome. Show more

I just received it today. Very impressed.

I have the Boss Waza Air headphones and they're great. I bought the Pocket GT because both Tom Quayle and Sweetwater made great videos. I figured I could use this instead of the headphones to record ideas into my iPad. Sweetwater shows all the amazing tone packs available in the Tone Central app. I get the device and NONE of those packs are available. All you get is the default pack, then some generic crap called Rock 1 and Rock 2. I'm still within my return window so I'm sending it back. Shame on Boss for apparently giving Sweetwater some beta with far more available, or whatever they did. I've never been more disappointed in a product. The tones that came stock in this unit sound like old Line 6 stuff. If they can fix this, perhaps I change my mind. Otherwise, forget it. I hope you're reading this before you waste your money on the device. There's no way to contact support on the website and they have ignored all my tweets, so...thanks. Show more

Pretty useless as a practice app. Who stands their iPad up in portrait mode to practice guitar? Also, many videos won’t import. I had high hopes. What a disappointment…

Please do some usability testing! Buttons are behind status bar which makes it unable to tap.

You can’t tap the back button on a phone with the edge to edge display and the notch. So basically you can’t really edit any of the tones on any of the newer iPhone. Works great on an iPad... Just some simple usability tweaks keep this from 5 stars. The actual pocket gt and stock sounds are great Show more

How could you possibly design a product that loops markers without the ability to slow down song? Who needs a practice tool to learn songs at full speed? My old Boss Micro BR used to let me slow down all the way to 29% but then newer models limited to 50% for some reason. Also lost the ability to get precise rewind and fast-forward, instead limited to ten second increments - why? Now this can’t slow at all? Even free apps can do this. Infuriating for someone loyal to Boss my whole life - the simple product features are going backwards when there’s so much promise on the new developments I don’t get it! Show more

Roland updated their app. It’s up and running like before.

I haven’t experienced any crashing or functionality issues, and it’s great having a full pedalboard that you can control from your phone. Sounds amazing as well, much better than any practice amp I’ve played. Just to let Roland/ Boss know, there’s a typo on the ‘effect level’ control for od/ds. It says ‘eefect’. Show more

I’m running iOS 14.2 and selecting that midi function hangs and won’t support that function. Roland/Boss is always slow on updating apps.

Crashes every time I try to import a song from my phone into a session and that’s the main reason I got this

Small Background: Played guitar for over 10 years and I also have a degree in instrumental performance. After getting my hands on the device, I see a ton of potential but the current app experience is really buggy. The concept is great to have a quality physical amp/media player that works via Bluetooth via your phone. However, it’s a little too tricky to get things going. You first have to pair your phone’s Bluetooth in IOS settings, then pair it again in the app. This can be quite cumbersome if a user isn’t technically savvy. Then, when I attempted to link an artist official YouTube video to the app, I was denied because “the author didn’t give permissions.” The final setback was that the app keeps crashing whenever I tried to use music from my Apple Music library. So at one point, I was frustrated that I seemingly couldn’t use any music at all. ??‍♂️ One last side caveat is that you can’t slowdown a given song. I was able to finally find a video I liked but basically you're forced to learn at full speed. Unless you’ve got perfect pitch, that’s kinda hard to do. Some Nice Things: the amp settings were solid, so at least you have a quality practice amp that won’t disturb the neighborhood. Also, it’s wonderfully portable and rechargeable. Great for travel and practicing in a hotel room. In Conclusion: to have a quality practice amp and transcriber that works with your phone is a GREAT idea. One that shouldn’t be given-up on. However, if you can’t use your library or YouTube effectively, then what’s the point? You may as well use the Amazing Slow Downer app and your amp for a streamlined learning experience. But, if you’re only looking for a great portable practice amp, then the Pocket GT is still a solid choice. I hope Boss will continue to work on the app and improve the user experience through updates. Show more