Re: Roland GR55 - First Impressions review

[Simeon Harris <simeonharris40@googlemail.com>]

to be honest, if you want great amp tones and incredible effects, then
the axe fx is really the way to go. lots of ultras on the market at
the moment, as many people are upgrading to the 2. if you want synth
sounds as well, there is some nice monophonic stuff to be had from the
ultra (check out the fractal audio media page and you can hear lots of
examples that i made), but pick up a roland gi-10 or gi-20 of ebay for
a few quid and you've got yourself access to a bazillion synths, both
as hardware and software. the axe fx editor makes it a breeze to
create new patches and you can have loads of fun patching modifiers
like lfo's, sequencers, adsr's etc etc to almost any parameter in any
block. it'll sync delays and modifiers to midi clock too, so really,
the sky's the limit.
roland. they just don't seem to have a clue sometimes. i wonder if
they actually have any musicians working for them....

just my tuppence

sim

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:06 PM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> 
wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> Recent sales of neglected gear have resulted in two purchases. The Korg
> Electribe ESX (As suggested by Philip I believe) and the much lauded 
> Roland
> GR55 Guitar synth.
> Lets take that one now, and the drum-machine later.
> I have had the GR55 for about a month now, and due to work and family
> commitments, I cant really say that I've delved very deep with it, but 
> here
> goes.