Roland GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer : Acoustic Sounds Demo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- A demo of the of the Roland GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer's "Acoustic Sounds". I go through each of the acoustic guitar models; Martin D-28, Martin 000-28, Gibson J-45, Gibson B-25 and Guild D-40. Each of these models can be turned into 12 string guitars. I also highlight models such as Nylon String Guitar, Sitar, Banjo and Dobro, as well as show some of the parameters in which you can adjust in order to tailor the tone to your liking. Such as Reverb, Delay, Chorus and EQ.
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So glad to have found this. I have this sitting in the corner collecting dust for a decade. I suddenly remember it just when I'm looking for a 12 string acoustic - and I really don't want to buy another guitar just for the sake of one song in a new band.
Brilliant demo, no gimmicks, just really usable settings that can inspire song dynamics, many thanks. That Guild 6 string has character
Kennis, this is a great and useful demo of what guitarists like myself really want to know; how the acoustic models sound. While no model of an acoustic will ever match the real thing, this is probably the most realistic sounding unit Roland has produced to date. Thanks for not wasting time and getting to the heart of the matter. I wish more people had your instincts for producing review videos.
Thank you Kennis for your quick reply! I am a long time guitarist in New Zealand who has owned a Roland GP 100 I purchased when they first came out and have never had to replace. It was the first unit with COSM and has never faltered for me ever and was used extensively.
A gr55 came up on our version of your eBay. The listing was 5min from closing when your reply came through.
I made an offer and have purchased. It has cost me under half the price of a new unit and also comes with the GK3 pickup although I may not be able to use this as i use left handed guitars.
Again thanks, will be now studying your videos now to master this unit.
The GP 100 has midi also as is a rack unit controlled by a midi foot controller so should be midi compatible. Can't wait!
Thank You SOOOO much for these excellent tutorials on the GR-55! They are by far the best on youtube!!! Your explanations are detailed which is exactly what we all needed. The GR-55 is awesome, but very involved. I'd be lost without your help! Keep up the good work!!
Kennis, this is valuable even today. Thanks a lot!
@mathiasjohannesson9833 How are you getting on with yours? I'm looking forward to trying out the GR55
I appreciate that you played the same music with each change so I could concentrate on the equipment changes without trying to deal with totally different riffs as well. I recently acquired a GR55 based in large part to your tutorials...also acquired Godin guitars for the same reason. You do a great job of focusing the attention on the equipment instead of trying to impress us with your obviously serious musical skills.
Firstly, thank you for these very detailed videos! I was interested in hearing the banjo modelling to see if it was any better than the vg-99.
Overall, I'm a bit underwhelmed by both. I get the impression the guys at Roland assigned to the banjo modelling didn't have an actual banjo to play around with as it sounds more like they modeled a GM banjo patch.
The acoustic guitars sound awesome, its just as a banjo player I was hoping to be able to use this in place of my acoustic when gigging
Reso is Resonator Guitar like a dobro etc.
Thanks for your reply-I looked again and found what we were discussing,-I bought this amazing unit today after watching it being put through it's paces in my local Music Store,and that did it for me, -now for some guitar fun!
Reso is for resonator guitar! Much used in country music!
Hi thanks for your reply, though don-t know what Graph Tech ghost system is, but I already spoke with the company seller in my country "Costa Rica" and I will for sure review it with him. I will continue learning from you. Blessings
Now THIS is how you make a review! It´s great to able to hear clearly all the types of guitar, I´m really sold with the acoustic models except for the 12 string effect, other than that it´s an awesome pedal, and of course your review was awesome, thanks!
@kennisrussell I'm glad for the help.I'll go easy when adjusting the sensitivity of the p.ups.I'll probably buy the GR-55
with the GK(it's woth the xtra $100)and i'll put it on a backup guitar.I'm waiting on delivery of a Carvin AllanHoldsworth
Signature Series HFS2 Fatboy with GraphTech piezo&Synth access.Living in Montreal Quebec I could've easily got a Godin.But my gut said go with Carvin-so i figure my intuition's steering me well.Thanks again and God bless;Glenn
Thank you for posting these demos. Very helpful. Also, if anyone hasn't said it in the last 5 years, I think "Reso," is Resonator Guitar.
haha sorry. I figured it had been. After I posted that, I thought, "dude wtf? There's no way it would have gon unmentioned in this amount of time." Damn OCD. Oh well. :)
I've had a GR-55 for a long time but never really delved into editing it. I'm triggering mine with a Godin spectrum acoustic model. I have to say that the modeled guitars sound better than the on board piezo system in the Godin and I feel the Godin is VERY good. So I feed the Godin to some effects while sending the model essentialy clean with EQ. I would HIGHLY recommend though sending the model to the full range AMP effect, dial in some mic settings and also to the Chorus effect (2nd one in the effects list) use Stereo 2 at very low rate and depth settings but it will amazingly split your guitar left and right. Add your on board pickup in the middle to your own preferred mix level. Program the CTL switch to turn on and off an additional chorus (6th one on the effects list) if you want extra, I use mono chorus here, high depth low effect level. You will have a sparkly beautiful acoustic guitar patch. Of course you can add compression if you play hard or want that sound. Also play with ALL the settings and compare to dry signal often as you're programming. It takes time but is well worth it. These videos are a great start. Thanks to Kennis for all his hard work.
THIS MACHINE IS VERY WELL WORTH GETTING. I used to not like it because didn't put in the time necessary.
Hi sorry to bother you but you say "I have to say that the modeled guitars sound better than the on board piezo system in the Godin " which precise model do you have ? I am very interested in getting a good acoustic sound from a solid body and i do not know if to add a piezo bridge or go for a synth .... Thanks a lot, gino
gino I have the Godin SPECTRUM model. It is no longer in production. It is a steel string electric with an additional Lipstick magnetic pickup. I don’t use the mag pickup when I am doing the acoustic guitar sound but it is nice to have it to blend in or do other type sounds such as jazz guitar.
I would think any of there acoustics with the synth system would work equally as well. I’m not sure of what other brands of acoustics are available with the synth set up.
@@jeffd8597 hi thanks for the kind and valuable reply. My aim is to get decent acoustic guitar sound but using a solid body guitar. I play electric 80% of the time.
I understand that if the guitar does not have a piezo pickup the only way is to use a synth like the GR-55. Have you tried it also with a 100% solid body guitar like Gibson or Fender ? as i said i would like to use a solid body guitar. The other option would be to try to install a piezo bridge. I am confused about which way to go. Thanks again, gino
gino you will absolutely need to have the Godin Piezo system or the Roland GK3 add on magnetic pick up with the 13 pin cable in order to utilize the GR 55 models.
@@jeffd8597 Hi again thank you very much indeed because this is really the advice i was looking for. And that is that in order to get a decent acoustic sound a piezo pickup is needed, synth or not synth. As i said before i love the idea of an universal guitar good for almost any kind of music. And the GR 55 is the ice on the cake i guess. Thanks a lot again. Kind regards, gino
Thanks. BTW Reso is Resonant guitar. Big metal disc on the front. normally used by slide players.
Gibson J-45 and the Guild were the best sounding 12 strings. Neat machine, would help a lot of café players with cheap equipment.
I also own a GR-20. The piano and string patches are devolving with each new iteration,
I too just want to thank you for putting out this video. The GR-55 is one heck of a 'deep' piece of equipment, and your hand-holding is very appreciated!
Thanks again.
I have to say that Line6 has it over Roland with acoustic guitars. I struggle to come up with anything usable with my GR-55 and my VG-88 for acoustic sounds. Guys at my church all play the Line6 Variax. The acoustic guitar emulations are gorgeous. The Strat clean sounds on the Roland are just amazing though. I am currently using mine for a high school musical in place of a mandolin. I play a REAL mandolin in the show but use the GR when I don't have time to switch from guitar.
Excellent job! You clearly understand what people need to see and hear from a review. Thank you.
A trick : you can watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching lots of of movies lately.
@Darren Alexis Definitely, I've been using Flixzone} for since november myself :D
I just bought a GR55 and your videos are helping me alot.
Thank you very much.
Thanks I have been checking the GR55 out and I am selling my VG99 to get it only because I travel and its more convenient to have a smaller yet extremely powerful ubit in the GR55 than VG99 with FC300 controller when flying Internationally. I will make come compromises in some respect with things I can do but gain in many other ways. I am very impressed with the acoustic sounds and the Reso sounds for the Dobro will come in handy for slide guitar in my country and blues show. I'm still exploring
Can you put the GR 55 directly to the P. A., withoutt using a Guitar Amplifier?
Reso is short for Resonator, which is a bit like a Dobro. It's to do with the direction the cone goes in.
Awesome, Kennis! Keep the demos coming. This is what at least I, and by judging from your rave comments, also others want to hear. Man, am I glad I found your channel!
Reso refers to resophonic , an entry point to resonator and steel body and others.
Thanks for doing these. This has been such a frustrating apparatus. At first all I could do was noodle with the different pre-set patches, as the manual didn't seem helpful. With the videos, you can start to get access to the features of this sophisticated instrument.
Hey Thank's for all the tutorial type video's you have been doing on the GR 55. I am an intermediate player who is interested in writing my own song's, not so much covering other's music and this machine, so far with your help, is allowing me to have the ability to create all sort's of musical styles even though I have yet to make any serious progress with it so far, but that is because of my time constraint's ,not the machine's ability. So far the drum and percussion portion's of the patches, I, even with your help, have gotten nowhere, they are pretty confusing to a person who is a new guitar synth user basically, and have NO drum experience period. I now however, have gained a whole lot of good understanding about the acoustic guitar's and body styles and how to adjust them to get the sound I am looking for, I really love the flute and cello patches to go along with acoustic guitar and the rain effect. With the looper you can really create some great soundscape's . I'm happy I invested into this piece of equipment and thank you for helping me navigate it.
thank's
digital distortion tends to sound compressed. Analog is a way better alternative for a transparent distortion.
Another excellent video! I'm very interested in the rhythhm sounds! Also curious about possible percussion stuff. Glad that you're doing these vids. Very informative! Cheers!
You have the best demo videos ever. I want you to know the Vforum really appreciates and have great comments to say about you. If your not a member you should join and become on of our go to guys for questions and what not. Love the video!
RESO is a resonator guitar, like a Dobro or a national guitar. Great overviews of the GR-55.
Here is your well deserved LIKE sir ,you are a great instructor thank you for making this video because I didn't know what I was doing before I watched your videos thank you and God bless you
I think reso is based on like a Gretch resonator.
Very helpful Kennis. Thanks for taking the time to do all this..
Love my GR-55 and Godin xtsa and hollow body nylon string model aswell.
Great series of videos Kennis: I think it's real strength is the guitar and amp modelling as well as alt tuning. It must be a Godsend for live work.
Great stuff, Kennis. I appreciate the hard work you've put into these. I play lead in our church praise team and am thinking about getting one. By the way, "reso" probably means "resonator" or "resophonic" both terns are used to describe Dobro (a Brand name) and other resonator guitars, which have an aluminum resonator cone that's attached to the bridge.
Extremely useful thanks!
I have now been able to set up banks with different guitars..... and even make a D-28 sound like it should (with a decent pickup) by tweaking a few settings rather than just accepting the default. Excellent! :)
@kennisrussell
I am mainly concerned with the piano, pad and organ, sounds. I would want to edit the pads as they sound kind of cheesy to my ear. I just hope it tracks better in synth mode than the 10 which is fairly unusable for what I do. Sorry I ever bought it..
I agree with Lion,,,,excellent. thanks for taking the time to put this together for us.
Not actually the sound of the guitar being modelled, but to be fair with this gear, it actually sounds very nice.
Excellent demo, can you do some more like this... it was very clear , if only all demos were like this!
Hey man, very useful video, really helped me to make an accoustic guitar patch.... its my request to you if you can post a video showing what parameters should I use to make a Chorus tone, distortion power chord tone and a lead part playing tone.Thanks in advance.
I should mention that for the show I just mentioned, I am using a Godin steel string acoustic that has a 13 pin output built in. So I am using a real acoustic guitar and trying to emulate an acoustic guitar from it. Normally I am using a telecaster with a GK-3 mounted on it.
'Reso' is for resonator guitars
Sir How to setup expression pedal for equal volume for every patch
I just ordered the RMC opt-1 subsonic filter for my gr55, cause I'm using a Godin XTSA. if this works out the way I think it will, I'll probably retire my individual pedals.
They need to design a separate RF module attachment to the guitar so you can visually look down see your parameters on the foot-pad display so you can scroll while playing. I am an engineer what would I know.
Great job on this, very helpful as I wait for my GR-55! I can't wait to dig into the acoustic stuff.
THANK YOU for the demo. I am interested in hearing how a guitar sounds when modeling Bass Guitar sounds with the GR-55. It's pure HECK waiting for my GR-55 to ship.
I simply want to use my MIDI controller to play really good acoustic sounds. Base on THIS video, this seems like the device for me to get.
What other MIDI synthesizers might I consider for that one simple function of playing acoustic guitar sounds? The BOSS SY1000? What is the most affordable MIDI synth that can play really good acoustic guitar sounds?
Reso= resonator guitar.As in National resophonic, tricone resonater etc. Those steel or brass bodied guitars with the big cone on the front...(0:
Hey, thank you for showing us these demo/reviews. Can you please show us some Violin, Fute, Orchestral sounds? I want to use this unit to make orchestral songs
I watched numerous videos demo-ing this unit,but none of them display or mention the alternate-tuning mode of the Roland?
Very good demos. Can you tell me how to make the accordian patch sound like more an accordian or melodian
Thanks for another great video. I know this post was years ago but I've just ordered a GR55. I'm assuming that there will be no latency or tracking issues on modelled acoustic (or electric) and amp sounds as you are not using the synth part of the GR55. Is that right?
Sound pretty decent
Alot of high end though, I would say it sound more like a hybrid Electro accoustic with a little dry microphone signal in there.
Very helpful video .Thank you for posting these demos.
@kennisrussell Sorry, but I'm not sure that I understand your answer. Are you saying that the sound we're hearing is the gk-3 pickup through the gr 55 only?
excellent. thanks for taking the time to put this together for us.
btw reso = it is a slide delta blues sorta acoustic sound real metallic sounds
I´m looking for good nylon guitar and orchestral for years and i simply dont find.
Kennis, your denominations are extremely helpful. I am having a areal problem making the acoustics sound like yours. Yours sound great...all of mine sound like a classical. I am using a Godin Multiac nylon string. Can you give me some help here?
I can get the guitar selections to work. But the 12 string ON/OFF makes no difference.
Godin ACS SA.
What am I missing?
Reso stands for resonator guitar
Thank you for the helpful video! Can you connect an acoustic guitar to GR 55?
I am not getting the acoustic sounds from my guitar. Sound more like an electric guitar than a Acoustic. I have a Stagg 9 gauge strings. I followed the video, but am not getting the sound. What am I doing wrong? Selected 11 AC Steel GB45 but do not get the sound.
Great demo
hi. i use a gr55 with my godin multiac nylon. and the steelstring acoutsticguitar simulation tones terrible. it seems like im hearing my nylon sound with bad eq. only bass and no trebles.
i dont her the high end of a steel string. the corious thing ist that die strat simulation tunes like the acoustic. very bad.
do i do something wrong?
Or are the Nylon strings of the godin not supported to simulate.
Great videos. I'm afraid to put mine on the floor and step on the plastic pedals. Has anyone has an issue with durability? I was thinking of putting skateboard tape on the pedals to lesson the wear and make them more grippy.
Man I can't get an acoustic sound like yours in gr-55. Why ??
WOW! Talk about an impeccably informatiive set of tutorial videos ! If you have not recieved some sort of award for your vids then someone @Roland needs to be made aware of your contribution to thier sales .I had to mess around for about an hour just to get my u tube acount established so i could respond / subscribe .Well worth it ? You betcha,your chanel rocks ! First post. THANX A LOT ! jason D
Hi there, very nice video. What about the sound if i use with PA system? Cause i'm playin every night and don't wanna carry amp with me.
Hey man, thanx for these videos. Will you do some with the bass guitar. Especially COSM stuff as well as synth and tracking issues like eliminating unintentional ghost notes. I've been using guitar synth for years (GR-33), but for bass only a few years. Currently using the Roland GI-20 midi interface with the Roland XV-2020 synth for my bass, (that has Piezo pickups). I'm checking out your vids while waiting for my GR-55 to be shipped. Thanx
@kennisrussell Are the acoustic sounds processing your guitar signal to sound like an acoustic, or is it a completely new synthetic sound?
I'm very impressed !I want one.
could you please do a reiew of the roland rg-20. its an awsome pedal i want to buy it but i dont know it good.
i've only heard a couple sounds of it.
HI Kennis. I really like the way you explain the GR55. I am thinking about getting one myself. I lead worship at my church also and think this could be a great tool to use! So when you play at your church are you going direct to the board and using a keyboard amp as your monitor ? Or just direct to the board ? Keep ROCKING FOR JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!
great video, I also do praise and worship.can you create your own dedicated patches ? like lets say user patch 1 is the effects for mighty to save ,and user patch 2 is for hosana ,can you make a set list with the gr 55 instead of scrolling throu all the banks ? i orderd a godin also with help from your informative video, you probably have the most informative videos ,really helpful, thanks blessings Brother ,from Airdrie Alberta Canada
These videos are great! Thanks, Kennis!
@kennisrussell Hey Kennis, thanks for this and the other demos.It really helped me make a decision about purchasing the GR-55 over the VG-99.It has more of what i'm looking for in sound application, and I've already ordered a guitar with Synth access built in.Do you think it makes any difference over using a GK pickup?
Hey, Help ok on this acoustic sounds demo are you on a acoustic guitar or electric ?? Would you need the gk 3 pick up on your acoustic guitar ?? this is good stuff ..thanks
Dude Reso means it's an Resonator guitar sim.
You don't know what a resonator guitar is?
Otherwise excellent review!
can you set the tempo's delay, does this thing have a phaser, tremolo, chorus, etc?
Hi got another question can you play your guitar in a alternate tuning like DADGAD or open E would the gr-55 play in that ?? or does the gr-55 have any settings in it ..? Thank's again
Thanks for your reviews, top notch stuff.
This is a really useful demo, thanks.
Hi how did you get that Accoustic demo patch
Great videos Kennis, you do the GR community a great service!
I have a question, and that is could you do a video demonstrating how to use the expression pedal on the GR-55 to achieve a Digitech Whammy-esque pitch shift effect? I've heard on VGuitarForums that it's possible, but I do not yet have a GR-55 to test it myself.
Thankyou :)
Can anyone answer me
why it has some noise when I switch to the acoustic mode
Thanks man for the great DEMO; you must work in Roland jeje; you help me to decide to buy one!
I need please to know what version is the firmware of you GR55; 1.02?
Thanks again!
Alex (Colombia)
Reso ...is Resonator guitar
regards
I would like to ask you if the r gr55 can work with an instrument other than the guitar that has a microphone. for example a bandit with a microphone. A bandola is an instrument similar to a banjo or an electrically amplified mandolin.
I Kennis, Remember me, The worship leader from France.
Get a GR55 two days ago, And get pretty lost.
I'm looking for preset for praise and worship for the GR 55 until I can create my own. Do you have any ?
Thank's
Mikaël
Are you using the GK pickup ? my GR-55 doesn't sound as good as yours? I have put a video on my channel, please advice
Great job man. I think it sounds great. It mocks well. Appreciate the look see.
i just bought a gr 55. i've noticed a few things. 1 the acoustic distorts. I can hear yours distorting even on this recording. Anyway to fix that? 2nd. all of the electric presets sound very compressed to me. they are noisey. anyway to fix that? it has a cheesy sound...i don't know how elsed to describe it. and my last question is this. is there a way to change from one effect to another without it abrubtly cutting off the current and then making a skipping sound to the next???