BOSS SY-1 Synthesizer | ALL THE SOUNDS [NO TALK / ONLY TONES] 

Do you think you could pull off baba oriely or won’t get fooled again by the who, in sequence mode???

@@stuartcleary8621 The pedal has some sequences that can'be modified but has a lot of sounds. You should play it on your own and record with a looper or another device.

@@stuartcleary8621 It sure sounded like it!

Can you switch between presets with an (external or internal) footswitch(while playing)?

@@mikesharpsongs you have the possibility to connect an expression pedal or a switch to control the pitch or tempo.

Haha actually some personal view commentation by the reviewer/owner may come in handy... At the END of the video!!!

​@@georgefromgreece4119it's case by case I think. If in the moment the pedal doesn't respond properly but you as the viewer can't tell cause you're not the one holding the guitar I want feedback

Some of those people reviewing these devices absolutely love the sound of their own voice.

That part, but then makes almost the whole "BELL" section have the dry guitar signal be the dominant sound, making it night impossible to hear the attack of the bell sounds... =P

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But not the one we deserved

Well no matter what for the money this pedal is worth it. The pedal would be a absolute killer if it took presets, but then considering everything in it the price would likely increase $100-$150. But still worth it. Live, you would use photos to get a sound right ? not good.

@@johnsmits2494 ...it's more like a creation tool!!...I note my presets down on paper, got to know the beast and getting faster at tweaking it!!...live, you can set up one sound at a time for each song when needed for a particular passage or effect or sound scape!!...but yes, presets would be great if they could be stored in an external module or something!!...maybe someday they will come to it!!...

Exactly. I like the straight to it and not a full 30 minutes of all talking

Thank you very much indeed for your words 🙏

A lot of the bell tones reminded me of Radiohead’s My Iron Lung sound...

Thank you very much!

Hi I wanted to ask if this synth pedal degrades when you play chords or more than one note. My point is to confirm if it is the same as the EHX Mono Synth or it takes gently more than one note. I don't know if i was clear enough😅😅

@@gerardovilcarde7126it is polyphonic, tracks full open chords very well. Certain sounds won’t work well, but that’s because of the nature of those sounds (leads, basses)

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Also 80s, 90s and sixties of course.

Thanks a lot!

True 🔥

Thank you 🙏 yes of course you can play quietly

Yes it's an awesome pedal! Very useful for both ambient and rock or other genres

Just got one today. Awesome 😍. Using an expression pedal with it is fun. Been playing with a keyboard player, we’ve made epic sounds.

I love this pedal

It has great tracking and the latency is better than the vast majority of other synth pedals

No latency

Yes!

My amps are still living after that.

Having one, I can say that some sounds or great on their own and some are better mixed in with the guitar sound!!...but I get what you are saying!!...

@@mainsblanches8793 how is the sound for you? I feel like especially organ is not that high quality, it reminds me of the ehx stuff

@@marcusstrymon693 I personally LOVE the organs. There are some wild ones, but also some simple serviceable ones. The HOLD function allows me to play my guitar with organ as accompaniment. Basically hold on the downbeat of each chord and the Organ just keeps on that chord while your guitar can solo over it or do more interesting rhythmic figures over it. When I record a straight organ part alone I usually use something in Logic via midi controller. But I have used the SY-1 for organ only on a couple recordings.

Make sure the small select slider switch( located on the front of the pedal) is in the Guitar setting and not the Bass setting

Yes you can, the first knob on the left lets you mix the volume of dry guitar and the volume of the effect

@@PerryFrank thank you

I don't think it could be used just as an envelope filter without the synth sound

@@PerryFrank ah damn, thanks

Excellent question!

Glad you've found the mention!

@@PerryFrank "is it me "is the most famous sentence with "he is an underrated musician" lol

At the beginning of the chain: guitar - tuner - sy1 - all the rest of the chain

@@PerryFrank thanks a lot

1) You could connect the Boss to a mixer that lets you pan it. 2a) You might end up using several synths. (Like you may have several guitars, or sets of screwdrivers.) 2b) I had just had another look at the Boss SY range, then discarded all but this SY-1, dropped it too while playing this video, then changed my mind and ordered it (along with an FS-6 double pedal), and resumed listening. But I could also use the synth in my Mooer GE300, apart from my MIDI stuff. 3) I have my one acoustic guitar with piezo and my bass guitars equipped with flatwound strings. Glissando (on organ sounds), here I come!

@@chrislaarman7532 Whats your opinion on the Source audio c4 synth? I am completely blown away by the pedal zones demo of the sy 200. The sounds were all incredibly musically plus the expression you get by morphing between synth pitches is incredible. The sy 200 is defenately the most useful and creative thing i have seen. And his vid wasnt even with reverb and delay pedals after it. The sy series are ambient monsters.

@@marcusstrymon693 I didn't know the C4, so I (partly) watched the demo on their website. Yes, it does appeal. And so do the other SY models. - I think that we (at least Marcus and Chris) should ask ourselves what we'd like to do with a possible addition to our gear. Do we want to use it in our performance or do we want to create great sounds? (Or both, but then we may end up with multiple devices.) Using MIDI with a guitar is an option. The traditional way is through Roland's 13-pin cable and a GR-55 or something compatible. A serious alternative may be the Jamstik Studio guitar, as it has the audio-to-MIDI conversion built in. (I noticed a reviewer complaining about the tracking. It sounds alright with mine, though.) A monophonic option (for even a microphone) may be the Sonuus G2M v3 converter. (I have it ordered.) I'd say that guitarists are not too likely to play long notes (except Carlos Santana), and that consequently complex sounds are likely to pass "unfinished". Whereas pad sounds would have the time to evolve - and you could play these using a MIDI keyboard, even an iPad. (By the way, if you should happen to have an iPad or even iPhone, watch a demo of the GeoShred app. Especially with the pricey in-app purchases.)

@@chrislaarman7532 I have to disagree, guitars with organ like pedals and a lush reverb, and a delay (like harmonizer delay or reverse delay) sounds outrageously good and gives extreme ammounts of sustain. That is a creative use that blown ones mind. Check out perry franks videos about the sy 1 plus strymon nightsky

@@marcusstrymon693 I think we have a misunderstanding. :-) I didn't say that sustained sounds are impossible on a guitar (I did mention Santana...), but I meant that guitarists tend to play shorter ones (on average). And yes, that Nightsky (your product?) does tease to sustain them. :-)

I use it to get bass tones too and it works very well

Di sicuro prima degli effetti d'ambiente (riverberi e delay) e delle distorsioni o booster.

@@PerryFrank in pratica ad inizio catena 😅

@@LonnelCiamara si, più o meno si. Ma dipende dai tuoi gusti musicali

No, with this pedal you can't save presets

@@PerryFrank Double Thanks twice for the answer and for the fast answer. I think all equipment reviews sould be like yours. It would be nice if one could have some few presets (even with some additional equipment), for those who don't have the desire of the full sy-1000 or the willing to carry a laptop

@@basilisarm3972 thank you very much 🙏 I think that's the only lack of this pedal. For the sound quality I think it's almost perfect, almost as much as Meris Enzo.

@@basilisarm3972 o.k oo

Yes I think it's better than the EHX synth9

Easily, but that bar was low tbh. Source Audio C4 Synth is a better comparison; it has editing capabilities w/user preset exchange via your Apple/Android device or computer, and built in effects options. But only the effects are truly polyphonic on the C4. Supposedly, the SY1 is polyphonic🤷🏼‍♂️.

@@mikesharpsongs It is polyphonic, at least 6 notes, for guitar. Also, tracking is as close to real-time as you can get. No lagging!

The SY-1 is way better... The Synth9 is just 9 preset sounds with little to no control... Waste of money, IMO...

@@mikesharpsongs what do you like more? I feel like c4 sounds so good but sy 1 is so musical

Cool you've noticed 🎶🎶

No, there's no midi input or output. You can do it by ear but it will never be accurate

Thank you, yes you can, just set the volume of the synth and dry at half.

@@PerryFrank thanks a lot

No other effects or pedals. Only Boss SY1

No grand piano tones

Agree with you. Saving presets is essential, but all Boss pedals of that series can't save presets.

@@PerryFrank maybe they are working on new multi effects with synth like this sounds without using gk cable and gk pickup

No, it doesn't. I always use it with my own power supply.

@@PerryFrank Cheers🤘

Nope

There's no way to save settings

@@PerryFrank thx. Heard of the Hologram Dream Sequence? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-51wc4BZgrC8.htmlsi=BcYxGAzgiCD46uEE maybe that is better?

Pinnecks Glad you noticed it 🙏🏻

I think that the sy300 version is midi, but it's very expensive...

@@PerryFrank I know, and it also takes a big chunk of pedalboard space. This + a Disaster Area control would've been awesome. Hopefully they'll release a SY-200 sometime, that'd also be killer.

Sy 200

@@DynamoRockMX BOSSTRODAMUS!

@@philfrank5601 HAHAHA indeed!

Because I use it this way

@@PerryFrank Well that explains it. Thanks!

yep, it's polyphonic meaning it can handle more than one string at once. monophonic synths however you can only play on one string at a time, no chords

Yeah g it’s polyphonic. After a while of having though I gotta say this pedal is aight

May you find another one day!

Yes it is

Really ?? I’ve never heard any at least 75% 12 string sound from any synth or pedal. However, I’m sure with a two amp setup with a excellent compressor and a first rate pitch shifter you could get real close, also a EQ pedal to dial in the 2nd doubled string. Gonna try later.

You can get that from any decent octaver. Zoom G1on has one. You can tweak it to sound like the Rickenbacker 12-string.

Possibly single notes, not really chords. Remember that acoustic or electric 12 strings have all kinds of overtones, drones and pedals can’t possibly pickup all the increased harmonic content etc. Although somebody out there may have mixed up a few EQ and chorus and pitch shift pedals. But to throw 4 or 5 pedals in just to POSSIBLY get a 12 string sound, I don’t know.

It's very hard to find it in Italy too

That’s interesting. They look available everywhere to me in the us.

@@LochNessAnthony I think it depends on two main aspects. It has a great demand because of its great sound quality and it costs half than other synth pedals such as Meris Enzo. Here in Italy US pedals they costs even more because of the custom duties (over the 20% of the value)

It's just become available in at least one store in the UK.

Look on sweet water music just ordered one this week plenty of stock

At the beginning

@@PerryFrank I figured. Just got one and wanted to double check before I velcro it in lol

@@PerryFrank thank you!

Bello

Every sound you hear is made with a guitar plugged into the pedal.

@@PerryFrank beautiful! Thank you!

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