Re: GR-55 (Re: What is Boyson doing exactly?)

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Since I recently posted that I think "effects are great in the GR-55"
I now need to refurbish that statement a bit. It actually is too good
to be true that this years Roland guitar synth offers twice as much as
last year's and to half the price ;-)

The sad truth is that the delay is buzzing if the exp pedal is used to
simultaneously control Delay Feedback,  Delay Volume and Tone Volume
(like a swell pedal pre delay). You won't notice it if playing with a
distorted sound, but using the GR-55 for delay looping with a clean
sound is not possible. For today's recordings I have to turn off the
delay in the GR-55 and use it only as a volume pedal and the add the
looping delay in Logic as a lame post performance edit. This sucks,
cuz the point in having external effect devices in a studio is being
able to record quickly; dial in a sound, hit record and play.

Oh, and I went through all amp sims yesterday, looking for a funky wha
guitar sound that keeps the dynamics of your playing for the
recording...  Found only one (!) amp sim that sounds ok for this, the
"Jazz Combo". Wonder why Roland calls it so because to me it sounds
more like The Meters than like George Benson. But it sounds great and
it really is a time saver to have a good wha sound instantly available
for plugging in. So my bottom line is more about praising than whining
:-)

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se
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