OS-2 series or parallel?

[Ricey]

Does anyone know if the SD-1 and DS-1 like circuits in the OS-2 are wired in series, as if you were chaining separate pedals together with a patch cord, or are they wired parallel; e.g., like with the parallel mode on the JB-2 Angry Driver?

If in series, which one comes first-DS-1 or SD-1 circuit?

I really like the parallel mode on the JB-2. Is there any way to hook up discrete pedals in parallel; e.g., a type of loop switching pedal ? I would love to try that with a TS or Klone in parallel with a Rat, DS-1, Dist+, EH BM, or HM-3.

[chromandre]

parallel! It's a neat pedal it kinda gives you control of mids and dynamics... Also an point of interest the distortion bit of the OS-2 circuit resembles a RAT more than a DS-1

[laurie]

The only real way to do pedals in parallel is to go through a buffer then have a splitter cable on on the output of the buffer goign to the parallel pedals, and a small line mixer on the output of the parallel pedals to mix the outputs together.

[Ricey]

I did not know that the OS-2 was similar to a Rat-most people write about it being a DS-1 circuit? Are the DS-1 and Rat circuits similar to begin with or did Boss just go with something completely different for the OS-2? Does Boss make a dedicated distortion pedal similar to the Rat?

Too bad about all the hoops one would have to jump through to run pedals in parallel!

[Pepe]

At the StompBoxZone forum was a full thread about the RATiness of the OS-2. No, it doesn't share a lot with the DS-1. The tone is pretty close to a RAT if you turn the OD/DS knob to 02:00 h.

This is the SBZ thread and the posting that I had in mind: https://www.stompboxzone.com/forum/view ... =20#p28824

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[Goran]

I'm currently working on saving the most interesting threads as Word documents which will be converted to PDF and then uploaded to my webspace. So some of the useful information won't get lost forever.

That is a great idea!!!!

[Ricey]

So, is the OD side even an SD-1 circuit?

[chromandre]

So, is the OD side even an SD-1 circuit?

yes but with an even boxier midrange, fits right into the mid scoop of the distortion side!