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Re: GR55 tip for USB digital line-in on Mac without sacrificing fidelity

Hey Per, what do you think of the GR55 for voice to MIDI or controlling 
its synth with voice?

Peace and Adventure,
Michael Carlson

On Apr 3, 2012, at 7:37 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is a tip for those using a Roland GR55 guitar synth and a Apple
> computer for amplification/recording. The tip is that you can pipe the
> GR55 into the Mac digitally through a USB cable without having to set
> up the GR55 as the external audio interface for the Mac. Many good
> audio interfaces sound better then the GR55, both on the input side
> for digitizing the guitar's analog pickup outputs and on the output
> side when sending the mix to monitoring or PA. By going digitally
> through USB we are sidestepping the lousy AD/DA conversion of the GR55
> so you get the GR55 synths as digital line-in and still can plug your
> guitar etc into the better audio interface you hopefully have. This
> means the GR55 is active as an audio interface together with your
> normal interface and on a Mac and you can make this routing possible
> by creating an Aggregate Device in the Audio MIDI Setup Utility (look
> for it in "Applications/Utilities"). Under the audio tab you click the
> little plus signe down left and create your own Aggregate Device where
> you can combine many physical interfaces. In my case over here I'm
> combining my RME Fireface400 with the GR55. Now, when launching an
> audio application (like Mobius standalone, Logic, Live...) you open
> its preferences and select your new Aggregate Device as its audio
> interface. In my case what happens then is that the audio application
> detects 20 incoming channels instead of the usual 18 of the RME box.
> Channel 1 - 18 are the usual RME channels while channel 19-20 is the
> USB stereo feed from the GR55. The sound is much better compared to
> when I used analog guitar cables from the two GR55 outputs into a
> stereo input of the RME. And less to schlepp around.
> 
> Greetings from Sweden
> 
> Per Boysen
> www.perboysen.com
> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
> 
>