Using BOSS TONE STUDIO for ME-25
This document explains operation of BOSS TONE STUDIO for ME-25
(subsequently referred to as “TONE STUDIO”).
Getting Ready to Use TONE STUDIO
Installing TONE STUDIO
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Before you install TONE STUDIO, the USB driver must be installed
in your computer as described in “Installing the USB Driver” (p. 1).
Important terms in TONE STUDIO
Library
This is a storage area inside TONE STUDIO.
Memories (livesets) that you download from BOSS TONE
CENTRAL (p. 10) and memories that you back up from the ME-25
are saved in the library.
Liveset
A liveset is a group of multiple memories.
Memories that you download from BOSS TONE CENTRAL and
memories that you back up from TONE STUDIO are grouped as
a liveset and saved in the library inside TONE STUDIO.
You can also collect your favorite memories to create an
original liveset.
Installing the USB Driver
Before you use TONE STUDIO, the appropriate USB driver for the
product you’re using must be installed on your computer.
1. From the product support page, download the ME-25
Driver.
To obtain the latest USB driver, access the following URL, and
download and install the appropriate driver for the product you’re
using.
Customers using TONE STUDIO v1.0.0
Note when updating TONE STUDIO, and how to
check the version
If you’re using TONE STUDIO version “1.0.0,” you’ll need to
uninstall it before you update to the new version.
Here’s how you can check the version of TONE STUDIO that
you’re using.
1. Start TONE STUDIO (p. 2), and in the lower right of the
screen, click the [SYSTEM] button.
The “SYSTEM” screen appears.
2. Click the [Device] button.
The version of TONE STUDIO that you’re using is displayed.
Uninstalling TONE STUDIO
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Even when you uninstall TONE STUDIO, the livesets saved
in the library will remain.
Windows users
1. Click the Windows [Start] button.
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2. Double-click the downloaded ME-25 Driver.
Installation begins.
Proceed with the installation as directed by the installation screens.
When the screen indicates “Installation has been completed.” click
the [Close] button.
The ME-25 Driver has been installed on your computer.
2. Click to select [Control Panel]–[Uninstall a program]
or [Control Panel]–[Programs and functions].
3. In the list, click “BOSS TONE STUDIO for ME-25” and
then click the [Uninstall] button.
Mac OS users
1. In the Finder, click the “Applications” folder.
2. Drag and drop “BOSS TONE STUDIO for ME-25” into
the trash.
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Windows users
1. Download “BOSS TONE STUDIO for ME-25” from the
product support page.
2. Double-click the downloaded le to decompress it.
3. Inside the folder created by decompressing the le,
double-click “BOSS TONE STUDIO for ME-25. ex e.”
Installation begins.
Proceed with installation as directed by the installation screens.
When the screen indicates “Installation has been completed.” click
the [Close] button.
Mac OS users
1. Download “BOSS TONE STUDIO for ME-25” from the
product support page.
2. Double-click the downloaded le to decompress it.
3. Double-click the decompressed le.
A “BOSS TONE STUDIO for ME-25” icon and “Applications folder” icon
appear.
4. Drag and drop the “BOSS TONE STUDIO for ME-25” icon
onto the “Applications folder” icon.
BOSS TONE STUDIO for ME-25 is added to the applications.
Close the folder that you opened in step 3.
Starting TONE STUDIO
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Operation is described here using the example of the Windows
version of TONE STUDIO.
1. Use a USB cable to connect the ME-25 to your computer,
and then turn on the power of the ME-25.
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You can edit livesets and download livesets from BOSS TONE
CENTRAL even if the ME-25 is not connected to your computer
via a USB cable.
2. Double-click the TONE STUDIO shortcut icon.
The rst time you start up, the dialog box “Choose a device connect
with.” appears.
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On the second and subsequent startups, the device is selected
automatically. Proceed to step 4.
Mac OS users
From the Finder, in the application folder, double-click [BOSS
TONE STUDIO for ME-25].
3. Choose “ME-25,” and click the [OK] button.
TONE STUDIO starts.
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Since data will be loaded from the ME-25, it may take some time
until you can use TONE STUDIO.
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Saving All ME-25 Memories to TONE
STUDIO (Backup)
Here’s how all of the ME-25’s memories or sound libraries can be
saved (backed up) to a TONE STUDIO library. All memories or sound
libraries are saved as a liveset.
1. Select the data (memory or sound library) that you want to
back up.
2. At the top of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the [Backup]
button.
Restoring Backed-Up Liveset to the ME-25
Here’s how a liveset that you saved as a backup can be restored to
the ME-25’s memory or sound library.
1. Select the destination (memory or sound library) to which
the backed-up live set will be restored.
2. Click the liveset that you want to restore.
The “Backup” dialog box appears.
3. Click the [OK] button.
The message “Completed.” appears.
4. Click the [OK] button.
The memories or sound libraries are saved as a liveset in TONE
STUDIO’s library.
3. At the top of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the [Apply
Liveset] button.
The “Apply Liveset” dialog box appears.
4. Click the [OK] button.
The selected liveset is written back into the ME-25.
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Restoring a Memory to the ME-25
Here’s how to select a memory from a liveset that you saved as a
backup, and restore it back to the ME-25.
1. Drag and drop the memory that you want to restore onto
the desired memory number of the ME-25.
NOTE
When you drop a memory, it overwrites the memory of the
selected number; the original settings cannot be recovered.
Select a memory that you don’t mind overwriting.
In this example, drag and drop the memory “01 PunkStrum” onto
“MEMORY 3 SpeedLead.”
Reading a Memory or Sound Library from
the ME-25 into TONE STUDIO
Even if you perform a Write operation on the ME-25 itself, it is not
reected in TONE STUDIO in real time.
The following operation reads the ME-25’s current memories and
sound libraries, and applies them to TONE STUDIO.
1. Click the [ME-25 READ] button.
The ME-25’s memories and sound libraries are read, and appear in
TONE STUDIO.
On the ME-25, select “MEMORY 3” and you’ll be able to use the
restored memory.
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You can also select multiple memories as described in “Selecting
multiple memories” (p. 7).
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Saving a Liveset to a Computer (Export)
A liveset that you backed up can be exported to your computer
(Export).
1. Click the liveset that you want to export to your computer.
2. At the top of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the [Export]
button.
Importing a Liveset from a Computer into
a Library (Import)
A liveset that you exported to a computer can be imported into a
TONE STUDIO library (Import).
1. At the top of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the [Import]
button.
The “Export” dialog box appears.
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The le name will be the name of the liveset, but you can change
this to a dierent le name if you like.
3. Enter a name and save-destination, and click the [Save]
button.
The message “Completed.” appears.
4. Click the [OK] button.
A liveset le (liveset-name.tsl) is created at the save-destination.
The “Import” dialog box appears.
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The name of the liveset is automatically obtained from the le
name. If the le name contains double-byte characters, they will
not be reected in the liveset name.
2. Select the liveset le (extension: .tsl) that you want to
import into the library, and click the [Open] button.
The liveset is imported, and the message “Completed.” appears.
3. Click the [OK] button.
The liveset is imported into the TONE STUDIO library.
Ways to use an exported liveset
5 Use a USB ash drive to copy the liveset to a dierent computer.
5 Sent the liveset via email to another ME-25 user.
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Creating an Original Liveset
You can collect your favorite memories to create an original liveset.
1. At the top of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the [Create
LiveSet] button.
The message “Completed.” appears.
2. Click the [OK] button.
An empty liveset containing no memories is created.
Copying Memories
Here’s how to copy a memory to another liveset or to an ME-25
memory.
1. Click the memory that you want to copy.
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You can also select and copy multiple memories as described in
“Selecting multiple memories” (p. 7).
2. Drag and drop the selected memories onto the desired
copy-destination.
3. From the memory list at the left of the TONE STUDIO
screen, drag and drop your favorite memories into the new
liveset.
The selected memories are registered in the new liveset.
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5 A maximum of 400 memories can be registered in one liveset.
If inserting memories would cause the liveset to exceed 400
memories, the memories that exceed 400 are not inserted (a
message is displayed).
5 Memories that are registered in another liveset can also be
dragged and dropped into the new liveset.
5 You can drag and drop the memories in the liveset to change
their order.
NOTE
When you drop the memories, they are overwritten onto the
memories of the selected red area, and the original settings
cannot be recovered. Select memories that you don’t mind
overwriting.
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5 If you select non-consecutive memories and copy them, they
are copied as successive memories.
5 A maximum of 400 memories can be registered in one liveset.
If inserting memories would cause the liveset to exceed 400
memories, the memories that exceed 400 are not inserted (a
message is displayed).
5 Memories that are registered in a liveset can be copied to your
own liveset or to a new liveset. If you want to copy a memory
to your own liveset, perform the following operation.
Computer used Operation
Windows
Mac OS
While holding down your computer keyboard’s
[Ctrl] key, drag and drop the memory.
While holding down your computer keyboard’s
[option] key, drag and drop the memory.
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Selecting multiple memories
By using your computer’s mouse and keyboard together, you can
select multiple memories.
Selecting a range of memories
Here’s how to select a range of consecutive memories.
1. Click the rst memory that you want to select.
2. While holding down your computer keyboard’s [Shift] key,
click the last memory that you want to select.
The rst through last memories that you click are selected.
Selecting memories individually
Here’s how to select just the individual memories that you click.
1. While holding down your computer keyboard’s [Ctrl] key,
click a memory that you want to select.
The memory you click is selected. The selected memory is
highlighted.
Mac OS users
While holding down your computer keyboard’s [command] key,
click a memory that you want to select.
2. If you want to select other memories, repeat step 1.
If you hold down the [Ctrl] key and click a selected (highlighted)
memory once again, the selection is cleared (that memory is no
longer highlighted).
Moving Memories
Here’s how to move a memory to another liveset or to an ME-25
memory. When you move a memory, it disappears from its previous
location.
1. Click the memory that you want to move.
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You can also select and move multiple memories as described in
“Selecting multiple memories” (p. 7).
2. While holding down your computer keyboard’s [Alt] key,
drag and drop the selected memory to the desired copydestination.
Mac OS users
While holding down your computer keyboard’s [command] key,
drag and drop.
Deleting Memories
Here’s how to delete an unwanted memory.
1. Click the memory that you want to delete.
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You can also select and delete multiple memories as described in
“Selecting multiple memories” (p. 7).
2. Press your computer keyboard’s [Delete] key.
The “Delete patch” message appears.
The dierence between operations when
selecting and copying multiple memories
When you drag and drop the selected memories, the copy
result will dier depending on your mouse operation.
Drag and drop when a red area is shown at the copydestination (overwrite copy)
The memories are copied to the area indicated by the red
color.
Drag and drop between copy-destination memories
(insert)
NOTE
Deleted memories cannot be recovered. If you decide not to
delete, click the [CANCEL] button.
3. Click the [OK] button.
The selected memories are deleted.
The memories are inserted at the position of the red line.
Subsequent memories are moved backward.
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Editing a Liveset
You can assign a
name to a liveset,
and label it with an
icon.
1. Click the liveset that you want to edit.
3. Click the liveset name, and use your computer keyboard to
enter a liveset name.
2. Click the [EDIT] button located at the right of the liveset
name.
The “EDIT LIVESET” dialog box appears.
4. Choose an icon from PRESET IMAGE.
5. Click the [OK] button.
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Using an original image as an icon
You can provide an image of your own and assign it as the icon for a
liveset.
Click the [UPLOAD IMAGE] button and select an image, or drag and
drop the image le into the frame shown in the illustration.
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The graphic used as the icon can be JPG format, GIF format, or
PNG format. The recommended size of the graphic is 100 x 100
pixels, but it is automatically adjusted if the size is dierent.
Showing/Hiding a Liveset’s Memo Information
You can turn on/o the display of the memo information held by
each memory.
If memo information display is turned o, more memories can be
shown in a single screen.
1. Click the [Hide Memo] button to hide the memory memo
information.
More memories can be shown in a single screen.
Now if you click the [Show Memo] button, the memory memo
information is shown again.
Memo display ON Memo display OFF
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Even if memo display is OFF, the memo appears as a popup when
you move the mouse cursor to the memory name.
Rearranging Livesets
Here’s how to rearrange the livesets that are displayed.
1. Click the liveset that you want to rearrange.
2. Drag and drop the liveset name.
The liveset moves to the position indicated by the red line.
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Deleting a Liveset
Here’s how to delete a liveset that you no longer need.
1. Click the liveset that you want to delete.
2. Click the [X] button.
Using the BOSS TONE CENTRAL Library
Downloading Livesets from BOSS TONE
CENTRAL
Livesets that have been published on BOSS TONE CENTRAL can be
downloaded and used on the ME-25.
1. In the lower left of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the
[TONE CENTRAL] button.
The memories published on BOSS TONE CENTRAL are listed together
with explanations of the memories.
2. In KEYWORD TAGS, select a genre; then in LIVESET, select
the liveset that you want to download.
In this example, select “Rafeal Bittencourt Collection.”
The “Delete liveset” message appears.
NOTE
The deleted liveset cannot be recovered. If you decide to cancel
without deleting, click the [CANCEL] button.
3. Click the [OK] button.
The selected liveset is deleted.
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3. At the bottom of the screen, click the [ADD] button.
The liveset is downloaded, and the message “Completed.” appears.
4. Click the [TONE CENTRAL] button again.
Selecting the Device Controlled by TONE
STUDIO
Here’s how to select the device controlled by TONE STUDIO.
1. In the lower right of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the
[SYSTEM] button.
The “SYSTEM” screen appears.
The liveset you downloaded appears.
5. Drag and drop memories from the downloaded liveset into
the desired memory numbers (or sound library numbers)
of the ME-25.
NOTE
When you drop a memory, it overwrites the memory
(or sound library) of the selected number; the original settings
cannot be recovered. Select a memory (or sound library) that you
don’t mind overwriting.
In this example, drag and drop the memory “01 DEDICATE MY SOUL”
onto “MEMORY 2 SuperMetalRi.”
2. Click the [Device] button.
The “Device” screen appears.
3. In the list of displayed devices, click [ME-25].
Select MEMORY “02” on the ME-25 to use the newly added memory.
4. Click the [OK] button.
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Making detailed device settings
You can make detailed settings such as the input/output
destinations for MIDI data and audio signals.
1. After performing steps 1–3 of “Selecting the Device
Controlled by TONE STUDIO” (p. 11), click the [DETAIL]
button.
The “CONNECTION” screen appears.
2. Make settings for MIDI input/output and audio signal
input/output.
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Select the same type for MIDI IN and MIDI OUT. Connection is not
possible if you select dierent settings.
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