Thanx for this video! With the Stratocasters and Telecasters models you can just hear the resonance of the acoustic guitar. Still better than an acoustic guitar on a modeling amplifier.
How fussy is the tracking if you muff notes? Do you have to play super clean and accurately? Still worth buying in 2024 now that Zencore is in the new guitar synth? Sounds excellent to me! Fantastic demo,
@@sthnones Yes it does. Where I live the blue one is half the price. The black one has newer firmware, that I know but I wonder if there's more different then that?
I heartily thank you for taking the time to share those different tunes with us. You have provided us an opportunity to journey with you through the beautiful sound of the Guitar Synthesizer Roland GR-55. I do own one of them and every time I hear someone else playing with it, it gives me more appreciation for the great capability of the GR-55. Fantastic! Great! Keep up the good work, my friend.
I own a GR55 as well. I love that thing. I gives me the opportunity to play any instrument I want. It's so powerful, I haven't even dialed mine in yet. This guy is good, really good!
Nice work. I used to gig in a covers band with a GR55 so I know how brilliant and powerful the device is and how accurate you have to be to get these results. Sadly the band split and so I sold it as I no longer used it, but I still miss it. One of the best pieces of guitar gear ever and rarely demonstrated as fully as this.
You just encourage me to buy this one im just wondering how to get it works on my live streaming system im using RME TotalMix FX and OBS any idea!? btw great video and much thanks!
I amazed at your playing. Please tell us how you got this GR-55 to play so clean without the ghost notes. I have tried everything I can think of and still get them. And yes I know that technique has a lot to do with it, but nonetheless, I can't seem to overcome those ghost notes. Again, your playing is amazing.
So..., you'll be keeping the unit then? Seriously, thanks for providing examples. Some of the factory patches are a little hard to hear where they might be usable musically.
Never did get one. Does anyone know how good the tracking is? I tried one and there was a noticeable delay between playing a note and hearing it but I don't think it was set up properly
Hi great playing! I also have a GR 55 but have some latency problems. I bought the box that is supposed to help with that and have that connected but I still have issues. What is your secret because I don’t hear any extra notes and issues when you play? Any advice you can give me would be wonderful thanks!
You are like GR55 god, you command GR55 so amazingly, SUBBED your channel. I have been trying to tame my Used GR55 with a "fiddle", I tried to record midi notes in Korg Gadget app but always get ghost notes.
Great piano at the start. Are the guitar effects good enough to make the unit usable stand-alone? I have a GT100 but would rather not have two units set up on stage. Having access to 'other' instrument sounds is appealing. Also - is it easy to send the guitar output to guitar amp and synth sounds to PA?
I was considering purchasing the Boss GM get 800 guitar synth, but after listening to this excellent demo of the GR-55 which I have, I aim to hold off & explore the capabilities of what my GR-55 can do. much thanks for this inspiring demo. I hope that you do a tutorial as to how to use this unit to the fullest.
It's February 2022 as I'm typing this comment. If this Pedal was a Movie .. It could be the Titanic.. its timeless. I have been looking for this pedal... It's hard to find it now. Those who have it are Dearly Holding onto it. ..I have one option which is the Fishman TripleMan Guitar Midi Pickup , which is a wonderful tool.. All I can say the GR55 is the timeless perfect pedal
While struggling with this or the sy1000 I have purchased the gr-55 to go with a godin xtsa. I think I made the right choice for now. The sy1000 may be a nice compliment but certainly not first in the chain of command. I also may opt into the iridium. It's a play and see situation. Will the synth side be optimal or will I just wanna go straight synth on synth? Oh the dilemma... If anyone can help solve this riddle then feel free to add your 2 cents cuz 1 penny doubled daily is over 5 million which has to amount to something right? Even if it's 5 million opinions. Fire away! Let's get this 5 million plus going! What do you say?
I knew immediately that I would need to re think how I played guitar with every instrument, like keys, horns strings, organ, harmonica, various effects. It's a different approach with each one. It would be nice to hear you verbally give tips on how to approach the guitar with each instrument.
Hi! I've just bought gr55 and found when I play a little fast（about 100 bpm） .using the drums tone.the synth sometimes misses a few notes.and also makes some unnecessary sounds.this bothers me a lot .do you know how to solve this problem？ Thanks
Make sure your GK 3 /GR-55 are set up properly, and play accurately. GR-55 Tips, Tricks & Techniquesru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MXjvW6AMIDA.html The processor has a limit on how fast you can play, and important with steady pace and rhythm. It is challenging to play glitch-free PCM tones, and GR-55 must have completely pure notes. Use GK-3 with accurate setup and have always the guitar 100% tuned. The technique is important, and you must play guitar GR-55 piano in a slightly different way, and thinking piano keys on /off with pure tones . Fingerboard pressure and stroke must be precise and accurate, not affect/touch neighboring string. Not have the strings too low on the fingerboard. You can set up the GR-55 after your guitar playing GK Setting....PU type.....string bridge mm....alll 6 strings level sense adjustment measurement...... .. EDIT - GK SETTING - ENTER - PAGE ...Velocity dynamics 5 and Play feel 3 and Low velocity 5. This is settings for my playing style, and adjust to what is best for you. You get also a gradually feeling on what the Gr-55 processor can follow, but GR-55 likes best a steady pace/ liquid rhythm. I use Line out stereo GR-55 plugged directly into Behringer 1622FX mixer with church reverb. Guitars that have a RMC or Ghost pickup (Godin piezo pickup ), you can try mounts noise filter inside GR-55, a easy installation, but no ON/ OFF switch. It is RMC Opt 01 subsonic filter from Richardt McClish ( not necessary With the GK-3 pickup ) which shall fixes the ghost note issues on the GR-55. It helps reduce unwanted notes that you accidentally play. I have not tried this Opt 01, and wondering what happens with warranty from Roland. Another possibility is......but that this is not needed with GK3 ! Subsonic fillter is most noted effect on GR-55 when using Piezo 13-pin guitars. ( Godin Guitars ACS ) Contain specially designed filters to improve PCM/COSM tracking and ghost note immunity as well as lowering noise when palm muting. GKFX-1 : primovasound.com/gkfx_1.html Hope this explanation helps you 🎸Best regards from Norway ! Vis mindre ·
Really enjoying what your doing and have bookmarked your demo. I just picked up a GR-55 and am wondering if your guitar with the GK-3 is essentially a triggering device for the GR-55 and if the sounds are all from the GR-55. I see you are using Line 6 Modeling guitar so I am also wondering if you are using modeling from the guitar along with the GR-55? Thanks for the education.
Thanks so much ! There is some latency on instruments PCM, but not on COSM - Modeling - guitars / bass guitars Recomend you to trying the GR-55 in the music store, so it meets your requirements
Thanks for the demo. Very nice playing! Just some questions. Can GR-55 be used on mandolins or ukuleles? Is short scale length a problem? And if I could use GR-55 on a mandolin or a ukulele, would I be able to keep the tuning as they already are? Or the tuning has to be like it is on a guitar?
To be perfectly honest, I have no knowledge of this with mandolin and ukulele. Ask this musician if he can help you! Looks like he's getting this done. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mYG4BcestZM.html Thanks so much, that you like my video!
@@sthnones Thanks for the reply. I'd already watched him playing the ukulele, using the gr-55, before I asked you my questions. He doesn't seem to be playing other sounds on the gr-55. I'll leave a comment on his channel and ask his opinion about the matter in coming days. Thank you again for the quick reply.
All 6 strings can only have the same sound or instrument/effect. You can only adjust the volume/strength and pitch as Drop D, different tunings individually " Does anyone know how to assign a sound to each string individually?"
@@sthnones Hmmmm, I saw the Steve Oliver demo where you could have the bottom strings as one instrument and the top strings another. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ghSUEeg7KFs.html
Great playing - thanks for sharing! I noticed you included a list of the GR-55 tones - do you also have a list of the pieces you played? I recognize many, but not all.
If you tell in minutes and seconds where you can not find instruments/ pieces you think about. The list is written below, may be missing something. Mush of what I play-pieces- songs I have made myself without any name
it is indeed awesome and this fellow only scratches the surface of its amazing possibilities ... for example it can send midi out to generate CV to control external units ...like ...changing controls to things like laptops ..and actual voltages to simpler things ... thus the one note can change the lighting and command the backing track on the laptop to make a drum fill etc
There is some latency that varies with the frequency, one must get used to it. Be exactly with the settings, and use a GK-3 on the guitar, that is best.
@@sthnones thanks mate. I've played a few effects where latency is different for high and low notes, for me that makes it worse. wish there was a switch that gives you the max latency across the whole range. anyway ta for the reply.
I also use a Godin xtsa with the GR55. I did install the filter. It did help a lot. Still getting some ghost notes but okay...better. Does a heavier string weight help take away ghost notes?
Hello, I have the GR-55. I also have a Godin XTSA. This guitar has it's own piezo 6 transducer pickup built in, but I still get occasional false triggering. I have dedicated a lot of time trying to get the triggering correct, with only some success. I found some information about a small device to be inserted into the GR GR55 made by RMC ,called the "RMC OPT-01 MKII subsonic filter module for Roland GR-55" which is supposed to cut down on false triggering. Are you using this? It used to be incorporated into the earlier Roland guitar synths, then the piece was left out of the GR55. It is $215. I don't know if it is worth it, so I ask if you use this in your GR? Thanks.
