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Hi there, The VG8 doesn't "track", like say, the GRs from the GR700 onwards. It applies processing to the sound of your strings picked up by the GK pickup. So, if you pick the string nearer the bridge, the tone produced by the VG8 changes to match, for example. This also means no 20+ms delays on the bottom string waiting for it to cycle twice to accurately determine the pitch. Playing bass patches with the VG8 is quite strange; there are no delays between picking and sound, but it doesn't quite "feel" right. You can't really play a guitar like a bass - the lightness of the strings changes things too much - so I tend to play a short scale bass I've got to remind my fingers what a bass feels like to play, so that I play bass, not just downtuned guitar. I suppose it's like trying to cover an absent bass player by playing your guitar through an octaver/octivider. (Damn, typing about "feel" of instruments is weird.) There are some nice bass sounds on the stock VG8EX - a nice clanky Rickenbacker and a nice fat distorted bass, plus the predictable squelchy synth basses (most of which have the filter opened or closed depending on picking strength, which is quite fun to play). There are also lots of good patches at the VG8 wiki I mentioned in another post (http://vg-8.com/wiki). Hope that helps, - Tony Luis Angulo <labalou2000@yahoo.com> wrote: >what i am really curious about is the tracking and >sound of the bass patches vs the GR--33,anyone? > >--- 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 >> >______________________________________________________________ >> Verschicken Sie romantische, coole und witzige >> Bilder per SMS! >> Jetzt bei WEB.DE FreeMail: >> http://f.web.de/?mc=021193 >> >> > > >www.luis-angulo.com > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp