The TRUTH About GUITAR Synths: What They Can And Can't Do

Thank you !!!

Four years ago, there might not have been more than sketchy plans for wireless 13-pin connections - but TODAY there is an outfit called BlueCoe in the Netherlands that produces a very robust wireless system - it isn't cheap but it works VERY well.

Seems that the sy-1000 and the more recent gm-800 have broken all those barriers...

It seems like if you have midi out you can run your converted sygnal through any modular synth like say deepmind12D??
Do both the pedals midi out?

What is better roland gr 55 with electro guitar or jamstik studio(or classic) midi guitar?

Poly pick up is a bag of shit and cheap.

Its good if you use a synth activated guitar.

And now I’m funding myself for gm800

Guess you can never had too much guitar synth lol.

Will get it by next month

they have brought out another guitar synthesizer called gm800 in market which they call next generation guitar synthesizer. Can you tell me what is the difference between these and gm800? which one should I buy? gr55 or gm800?

Por fin alguien que explica las cosas como son , Grandioso!!!!

and now we have the SY-1000. Could you compare please? The Sy-1000 costs a few hundred more. TY

Gr55 the Boss 😂

OUTSTANDING!! Thank you

What are the differences between the black and the blue RC-55?

OMG! Thank you! I have been looking at purchasing the Roland Synth pedal for my guitar & bass. After watching your video I think I am going to purchase it!😎

This is easily the best video on the subject I have ever found. Liked and subbed. Could you please do a comparison between the GR 55 & GR 20? I would appreciate it. Thank you!

There is also the Boss GP-10, whose main point is guitar modelling, but it can also do some synth sounds. I own both GR-55 and GP-10 and use them alternatively. However, guitars with different pickups respond in a different way. I have two with built in Hex pickup - Godin xTSA + Godin ACS and a Roland GK-3 mounted on another guitar. So the tracking and modelling may depend also on the guitar you're playing, not just on the synth itself.

Is the gr-55 reliable live?

Hi, i got a gr55, surely Is the best sound sinth but it'a pity i broken my gk3 cause Is too much hard the move with that cable, i Will buy again all, cable Is not good, i Hope Roland think to create an esaphonic for humbucker Place

Thank you for the confirmation that I have of those 2 world of BOSS. I have my GP-10 and VG-8 and GI-10. Cheers! Don't know why there is no Thumb Up icon to click. Strange.

I bought the Boss SY-300. Sold it and went back to the GR-55. That's what I'm sticking with.

I have the SY-300 and it is useful if you think of it as a guitar signal transformer or even shimmer-FX-box but certainly not as a synth-keyboard replacement. Most of the use will come out of slower lead guitar parts morphed into something else. The oscillators have a dirty characteristic to them that must be tamed; sometimes with cab impulses instead of merely slapping on FX. In this signal transforming mindset, some Vangelis/Jarre-style leads can be mimicked, but not as well as the original gear. Do NOT expect it to sound like a Prophet-V or a Roland Jupiter and you might find creative uses for it -- and I mean niche level creativity. It does have a slight bit of latency where it seems to snip off a bit of string-attack, but perfectly serviceable if you play at moderate and lower tempos (most music). Vibrato tracking is superb, so there is plenty of room for expressiveness. There are ADSR envelopes, but they seem to track sluggishly and without snap -- therefore you cannot pretend to play high-tempo eletro-style basslines that require a rapid&steep decay in the envelopes (basically repeating pluck sounding synth patches will NOT be convincing). If you approach it with a spirit of optimism and and your uses avoid its limitations, it can be useful and even inspiring.

That being said, I would not want my guitar to sound like a piano or bell especially with the latency issues (and it looks weird). For those steep-decay tones, just play a keyboard or Yamaha-DX-ish. As for the SY-300', playing guitar through it does not look too unnatural -- it's just technology morphing the sustain of the instrument into the steam of saw/sine/square waves. However, there is an pretty ok synth bell tone in the SY-300 presets -- because it sounds stylistically synthetic, it's still not abnormal looking.

That first mimute of the video: THANK YOU

on a lower level of thought,, being that this thing can imulate a note (kinda' no matter where you play it, if i heard that rite),could it make your guitar sound in tune , even if it isn't , or possibly fix intonation issues , and if so ,why the hell doesn't every guitar player have one?????

Both are beautiful paperweights.

I've got the SY 300
And I recently got a sustainiac equipped guitar
Haven't tried them together though
Is there anyone out there whom has tried anything with this combination?

Excellent comparison dude! I'm recently looking at these synth modules for bass. I know Roland makes one of those MIDI pickups for bass, but can you still use the GR-55?

How can these two devices be compared if there is no 13-pin socket in the sy300?

amazing

get the Roland if you need to sound just like or close to other instruments and get the Boss if you want to create your own synth sounds

Cool video
Should do one on differences between G55 and GP10

It's an old concept that works really well. You could use guitar as an input 'oscillator' for the old modular synths too but I never heard many people doing it.

can we get bagpipes?

Ooooooooo... So the SY-300 CAN do guitar distortion.

Wow

Reall helpful thank you@!

Thanks for the education

Thank you so much for this clip! I'm thinking 'bout buying either of them to have a closer tone of upright bass for my semi-acoustic bass guitar. In this case, which one would be a better choice for me? Probably GR55?

How does the Boss GP-10 compare to these units? I freakin LOVE the GP-10!

Thanks a lot! Question: Can I upload samples on one or both of them?

it's worth noting that Boss and Roland are the same company. the tracking seems faster and cleverer on the sy3000.
and the gr55 requires a special pickup whilst sy3000 does not. I am wondering if the technology could be mixed, so the tracking and string detection is done by a Boss sy circuit, but the sound output is done using the roland gr circuit. so we can do away with hex pickup and all its problems and restrictions.

very good review, it would be great if you could present a video comparing for example the gr55 with the mooer ge300, especially in terms of quality of sounds emulating different instruments, the mooer doesnt require a pick up, but are the sounds ok? and also curious about the virtual "sample modeling" software, any thoughts abut it ? thank you so

Great video buddy! New subscriber ✌🏻 Just fitting the permanent install version of the pick up now so can’t wait to start messing around with the pedal! I feel like a lot of the sounds are a little dated and some a bit gimmicky but the possibilities for layered sound design with the mix of standard pick up and synth pick up are insane!

Is there a floor unit that can produce guitar FX and wind instruments, ALL IN ONE?

I wish they rereleased the GR55.
The Synthy sound of the SY300 doesn’t have that same quality as the modeling/Samples on the Gr55.
I hate that you have to get a pickup for it but hey, it’s worth it I guess.

nice video....bro. ...i have a question..how to connect my distortion pedal to my gr 33 synthesizer....tnx and make some new videos

I've never rated any guitar synth, their just a toy compared to really hardware. The only thing that is good is the midi out to a real instrument. I'd rather have a pick up that had just a midi out to go straight into a synth.

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