Boss Plugout PX-1 vs DS-1 technical shootout

​The Boss Plugout FX (PX-1) is essentially a chameleon that can digitally emulate a DS-1 (and other classic Boss pedals). The original DS-1 is one of Boss's oldest real, dedicated analog pedals used by many famous guitarists, including Kurt Cobain, John Frusciante, and Steve Vai. Introduced in 1978, Boss's first distortion pedal defined a bold new sound, based on a diode based hard clipping schematic, high gain pre-amp and mid scooped EQ. In 2025, 46 years later, the PlugOut FX PX-1 was introduced, built on the lastest digital signal processing technology and techniques. So how do they compare? 00:00 Introduction 00:21 DS-1 overview 01:25 PX-1 overview 02:00 Tone comparison 03:58 Time domain analysis 07:32 Frequency domain, harmonic analysis 09:01 Harmonics with a boost 10:24 Tone comparison with boost 12:20 Conclusion Contact https://calsonics.us/ Boss DS-1 https://www.boss.info/us/products/ds-1/ Boss PX-1 https://www.boss.info/us/products/px-1/ Electrosmash https://www.electrosmash.com/boss-ds1...