Re: What is Boyson doing exactly?

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:31 PM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> wrote:
> So first you say you are picking up A GK cable and then off to the studio,
> and can't try out the GR55 till later, next you are answering LD mails...
> stop starring at that computer Boysen and get playing with the f***ing
> guitar synth... some of us wanna know what you think... OK?


Sorry, I'm just slammed with work now and off to Gothenburg (away from HQ) but right now I came in from the last session and will do some more hours with the GR55. Had a quick shot yesterday and posted the message below under the thread "GR-55" but mistakenly sent it only to Paul and not to the full list ;-) 

> Just found a GK cable today so I'm checking out the GR-55 tonight with
> a STick driving the GC mik from the melody side fretboard. I found
> that it's very cool to run the bass side fretboard's magnetic pickup
> output through the GK mik as "Normal Guitar Sound" and use the modeled
> Sitar sound (Cosm) for the GK mik. The Sitar sound is also layered with this
> fretboard's magnetic pickup output. I like the Les Paul cosm too, but the rest doesn't resonate with me. 
>
> Manufactury synth sounds are not very good IMHO... well, actually
> pretty lousy ;-))  But the programming interface is simple so it
> should be easy to make this box sound a lot better. I'm starting with
> the real sounds, the modeled sounds and effects and will see later on
> if the synth tones can be added for any good. I like the box very
> much. Not the amp sims though. But I might be wrong about this because
> I'm not in my studio with full range speakers - have to rely on
> headphones or a crappy home stereo for this first test.

Piz Bozong