There are pedal demos and then there are Rabea pedal demos! Nobody else goes to these lengths to truly integrate the pedal into the context of a rig/song and this was truly inspiring and ingenious. So much so I'm very tempted to buy one myself just to emulate those sounds you created and even use them in my bands songs. You shed light on a way to use this pedal I hadn't even thought of. I had the SY-1 briefly but you're right that it was dumb not to be able to remotely switch between presets. I also agree that 90% of the sounds on this thing sound dates, cheesy and pretty much unusable and I wish Boss had spent more time creating more modern synth tones. But you managed to create some epic sounds regardless.
THIS is why i always watch Bea for choosing gear ~ mate you use it precisely with the style and spirit that it should be, not with guys who try to cram power chords and blues licks to any pedal...thank you so much Bea 🤗
Your playing is just so inspiring and beautiful . Really it's been years since i follow your differents projects and i'm never bored or dissapointed. My wish is that you will be able to do some Workshop or guitar camp all around Europe to spread your awesome vibes. Cheers Men !
I have the SY-1 on my pedalboard with a similar signalpath. My guitar goes into the input of the SY-1. All pre preamp effects and the preamp stage of my amp are in the FX-Loop of the SY-1 and from the output of the SY-1 I send the signal to delay and reverb into the power amp.
Bea these pedal reviews are so sick from a creative and educational standpoint lately! You just make me want to pick up my guitar, play along and be better every-time... so inspiring to watch bro 🤘🔥
Synth pedals are so consistently underrated, glad to see you embrace them so fully and use them so tastefully. Also re: your wish for low-end independence in your synth patches, you could use a programmable EQ right after the synth sound to manually attenuate everything about a certain frequency band. It's a crude solution, but something that might work, and if it's a MIDI-capable EQ, you could sync it to remove different things for different patches.
This is EXACTLY the kind of thing we're doing in our music right now! Thank you so much for the demo and for showing me that it is possible with this pedal. I would like to know if you can go through a chord progression with the hold/drone feature. Anybody who has the pedal is welcome to answer. Thanks!
Rabea, you really should try and get into some movie soundtracks. Every time I hear your ambient stuff I csn imagine it in the background of a movie. You'd be great at it.
See that Jump riff is why I still love GK-Pickup synth stuff, you can hold the low note and still play the riff with a polyphonic synth sound. I would love an SY pedal for my board though, way less stressful for gigs.
One thing worth mentioning is that there is a switch in the back for bass or guitar, and that will effect the way the unit reacts. Try using the "bass" setting (in the back) when plugging in a guitar when using the "Bass TYPE" on the front of the unit and check out the way it reacts to your playing when switching from "bass" to "guitar" on the switch in the back!!...you will be suprised!!...by using the "bass" setting in the back, the "bass type" will effect less the higher strings, so it helps to separate the low strings from the high strings in certain situations!!...if you want the "bass type" to affect the higher strings of the guitar, then use the "guitar" setting in the back!!...my two cents!!...if that makes sense to you!!...
This is a pedal that grows on you quick! You just keep discovering new ways of using it! it’s like having some kind of robot band mate? that plays along with you, if that makes any sense! It’s great fun and worth getting
It’s like the squeaky bass pedal in led Zeps ‘since I’ve been loving you’ once you hear it that’s all you can hear. I pointed it out to my brother and then he took me off his Christmas card list.
I am watching this currently wearing my own “French lizard tail” or Tiger Camouflage pants. Unfortunately I cannot say I am also playing through the same array of gear and instruments that you have, but at least there’s the similar pants that sound quite good with any parameter setting. Great video.
Great Gods man your playing is just freaking amazing and inspiring. Been eyeballing this pedal since it was announced. I get along alright on the keys but when I want to stay in the zone on my guitar, the last thing I want to do is fart around with Analog Lab for hours. I can see this fitting into my post-rock/shoegaze stuff quite easily.
Bought one and the Exp Pedal after this review. Was however interested in the big brother SY100 and will grab one if i learn and use the SY200 enough. One of my favourite videos for sure
@@TungstenCarlbide There is no question that if I had permission to put him out there, I would 100% do a ft. Rabea Massaad title and a loud shoutout to everyone in my audience asking what's wrong with them if they haven't heard him yet. It would probably step on ol' Rojo a bit, but he'd be overjoyed because he's a fan, too. I bought everything of Rabea's I could find so I can play loud everywhere it everywhere I ever go in my enormous truck. Rabea's a genius, and nobody else sounds like him. Proof that lyrics aren't necessary to speak. I'm losing my mobility with age and that's taken a toll on playing for me... but that only makes me appreciate the time signatures, counts and the tones he develops-even more.
Another brilliant demo video Rabea, here’s the 1 thing I don’t like about this pedal. The voices!!! I have a gr55 with the gk pickup, I have an eventide h9max. Amidst all that I have a plethora of other pedals in my chain plus I run various korg, Casio and Roland synths via the midi from the gr55 and h9. I am synth’d out to the max yet I can hear the sy200 voices calling me. Put me in your signal chain. Put me behind, in front, in series, parallel. Just put me in your signal chain. Put me behind…..it goes on….in a loop. Godamit man, just as well I’m doing overtime at work 😉
Hi Rabea - great demo. I have a question about the effects loop.... Do you still hear the effects loop when the synth is off? E.g if I have a chorus pedal in the loop do I hear the chorussed guitar when the synth is switched off. Then when I switch the synth on do I (depending on D-Level/E-Level mix) hear chorussed guitar and chorussed synth? Or can I set it go get chorussed guitar and "dry" synth? Cheers Jon
I am also curious about what Andrew’s Question. Could someone be so kind to chime in on this question? Thanks: Love your demos bro! I have a question. I use a 10 loop Midi looper (RJM PBC). If I plugged my guitar into the input of the SY, then had the send go to the input of my looper, run all my loops like I normally would, then have the output of the looper go back to the return, would I be able to maintain my normal guitar signal when the SY is bypassed? and then have everything run parallel when the SY is engaged? Thanks! Really enjoy all you do Rebea
Love your demos bro! I have a question. I use a 10 loop Midi looper (RJM PBC). If I plugged my guitar into the input of the SY, then had the send go to the input of my looper, run all my loops like I normally would, then have the output of the looper go back to the return, would I be able to maintain my normal guitar signal when the SY is bypassed? and then have everything run parallel when the SY is engaged? Thanks!
Been a SY1 user for awhile in conjunction with the Helix....one path is dry guitar tone with splash of Helix verb, one is SY1 with Helix effects post split L/R end of that chain & can control both paths with expression pedals it's effin huge!! Might be pulling trigger on SY200 now 🤦🤣👍🏻
I’ve been waiting for you to review this pedal just to see if it’s worth me buying or not, if it’s got Rabea’s approval then it’s going on my pedalboard lol
In a live context, would you run the setup the same? Or, split the signal and send the synth direct to the PA or a dedicated keyboard amp? I f’ing a lot (most all) guitar amps do not do well with the synth signal due to the wide ranging tones and extreme high and low note capability that the synth can put out.
Personally I'd split it and send it to the PA, gives the sound guy control over the level but it will sound better than coming through a guitar amp. However it all depends on the sounds you want. If you like the sound coming through the amp then run it through the amp, if you don't then run it through the PA. Hope this helps
