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On Dec 24, 2005, at 1:13 PM, mech wrote: > I'm much more interested in twisting sounds sideways with the > Harmonic Restructuring than I am playing traditional synth sounds I certainly hope something big and interesting for 13-pinners is in the pipeline from Roland. But in the meantime, ANYone interested in HRM-COSM or general VG synth-ing should understand how much more versatile the VG-8 is than the 88. It all comes down to this: Per-string pitch-shifting is GLOBAL on the 8, and NOT on the 88. Also, the 8 allows pedal crossfading from shifted tones to unshifted; very musical: feedback fading in, pedal-steel morphs, etc... The significance is that on the 8, ANY tone you come up with, using ANY models, can be retuned/shifted, so a far vaster range of outside- but-still-guitaristic tones is possible than on the otherwise cool 88, which only allows shifting on one or two models, not even including many of its HRM ones; it’s a ridiculous example of the manufacturer not getting the best ideas on its own products, and doesn’t auger well for the next-gen VG-whatever (altho the GT-8 pretty much rectified the dumbing down of the GT series that happened with the GT-6...hope?). Stratospheric or subterranean tones, pitch- gliding, and multi-string/different-interval pedal shifts (just like a pedal steel) are every bit as powerful “synth-ifying” tools as anything in the HRM modelS on either version of the VG. VG-evangelism at your service, 24/7... dc (merry hols, folks!)