Re: [LOOP] Re: Roland VG8

[burnett@pobox.com]

On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Luis Angulo wrote:

> what i am really curious about is the tracking and
> sound of the bass patches vs the GR--33,anyone?

Luis:

I have a Chapman Stick and a 6-string fretless bass, both with GK 
pickups, a GR-30, and a Roland V-Bass.

The GR-30 and GR-33 take the signal from the GK pickup, convert to MIDI, 
then use that MIDI information to trigger the patches.

The VG-8, VG-88, and V-Bass take the signal from the GK pickup and act as 
a large digital modeling stompbox. There's no MIDI involved in the VG-8, 
so no tracking issues.

I can't speak as to the relative sound of the bass patches on the GR-33 
versus the VG-8, as I haven't spent much time with them, and that not 
recently so I honestly don't remember if I liked the GR-33 sound or not.

I hope this helps.

best,
Steve B
http://www.subscapeannex.com/about_steve.html

> --- RPGfreak@web.de wrote:
>
>> Anyone know this VG8? I'm interested in a device
>> that can create synthetic tones but keeps the
>> expressiveness of the guitar playing, something
>> which I missed when trying Roland GR synthesizer
>> series.
>>
>> - Simon