Thank you for creating this comprehensive set of video's of the SY-1000. I have had practically all the Roland and Boss V guitar gear. I was just about to push the button and buy the SY-1000. I am a freelance musician and composer and have just lost all my gigs and composition jobs due to Covid 19. Watching your videos has made want one even more, just gonna have to wait a lot longer. Keep up the great work!
I've already indicated at vguitarforums my interest in this device (and I already own the VG-99 and the GP-10) but this video (and the first part) have really added to my interest. I've played live with hex guitar setups for over ten years now live gigging around my area and this will add to my tonal palette. Definitely one of the attractions is the improved modeled guitar sounds not just the synth stuff. I noticed the multi-channel re-amping wasn't discussed at all here that's a whole different feature that first showed up on the Boss GP-10.
Bought one of these things last spring and it's not too far-fetched to say it revolutionized my playing. I play in the worship group at church, and our synth player had the temerity to graduate and move away, so I've been doing a lot of stuff that required a very non-guitar tonal palette. The GP-10 was close, but the capabilities of the SY-1000 have completely shoved the little yellow box off the map. :)
The pedal and the review was AWESOME!!!!........I just bought a Strandberg Bodin from Sweetwater yesterday...I live near them.....per our Rep - Josh...they are closing down business effective asap cuz of the spread of the virus here in the states, in Indiana and Chicago......they don't Kno for how long - but theyr shutting down bizness and maken sure so their employees self contain themselves at home asap.......just thought u should know - seeing u link them from your site ...... remember when u had the bad sickness right after Namm , and I had it from 12/29 -1/07 , there is a possibility we had a strain related to the pandemic virus ..I had had fever and felt like someone was sitting on my chest the entire time - but it also turned to major plumbing problems.....I kno u were in pretty bad sale too when u got back to Germany at the last 5-10days of January.....I hope ur safe n well my friend!!!.....sorry about Sweetwater - Josh told me my guitar was the last thing shipping out FedEx ...I get it on Tuesday or Wednesday here in Chicago!.....gonna write some new Instrumental songs .....be well everyone!!!.....watch out for each other !!!....
This demo was wonderful! Very kind of you sir to go through the sounds. They are brilliant and full of definition. I will really have to consider getting something like this to record my demos for a feedback free sound no matter the realism. Also limiting the number of instruments needed for creativity! If only inspiration could be just that simple. Thank you! P.S that control button rocks!
Busting out mediterranean sundance??? 13:00 you the man! Im finally done collecting guitars after getting my carvin dc400...now im after this gem of a pedalboard!
The main differences as it appears to the SY-300 are astonishingly in the clean sounds, especially the string seperation of the SY-1000 with the ability to create different tunings and multistring effects. I play a SY-300 and (for me), in creating fancy blade runner plus arpeggiated, sequenced and all the string like van halen:jump sounds, the SY-300 simply does the same job. The SY-300 has 3 osillators and the ability to mix these with 4 - 6 effects at once in one patch (od, ch, li, rev, del,.. ). What I find a real drag is the fact, that the SY-1000 seemingly cannot play samples (Henning mentioned that more than once). For €999.- plus ~€300.- for the GK3 pickup and cables this should be the all in one solution for MIDI guitar. I love my SY-300 and the thing I miss would be the ability to play natural instrument samples (piano and so on). So if you'd buy a SY-300 and a GR-55GK you'd pay the same or less (pickup and cable included) and it plays samples (included and no laptop needed) on top.
wow this thing is really out there in a great way now this could inspire anyone that has a idea I wonder what Jimmy Hendrix would have done if he had this to play with god bless his soul, great presets in so many types of music
I'm just watching because I'm super duper curious about the SY1000. You have to know your shit if you wanna use it to gig and compose. Sehr gut gemacht, Henning
Best preset : "Mediterranean Sundance" ! Not the pseudo nylon guitar sound but the try from Henning. Kudos,i probably wouldn't dare even if i could. The rest sound like poor 80's synth. I know it's only factory presets and you surely can make some killer sounds with that...if you spend the rest of your life trying to figure how it works.
Hi squid skunk, did you end up buying the unit? I can't believe no one tried to answer the most important question related to this video. I'm just really curious as well.
Good Review, I am looking for the GR55 replacement and this is not it, I was hoping it was, cheers anyway, Do you know if they are going to release a GR ?? to replace the GR55?
here the same. just too many effects that i dont need. i would love a good sax or piano or a cello - not all these crazy space sounds. i would love if you could have 6 pianos, 6 guitars, 6violins, 6saxophones and so on to chose from - but it looks u have too search very long to find something usable. i dont want to try signal chains for hours.
Cara são duas propostas diferentes, o gr ele imita sons Midi, flauta, bateria, trompete com alguns efeitos de sintetizadores dinâmicos etc... o sy1000 é puramente sintetizador e não imita sons, portanto não tem delay de resposta mas também não tem esses sons, a não ser que você crie eles (é uma ferramenta muito completa e complexa, a maioria vai mais brincar com os presets)
Hello, is there any difference in "AMP modeling" sound quality when output of standard pickups goes through GK-3 system + 13 pin “MIDI” cable (Roland GKC) to “GK in” input of Boss SY-1000 and when output of standard pickups goes direct to “Guitar input” of Boss SY-1000? Thank you very much.
a wonderful review as always! No pedal is a big setback! I love my GR55..sadly this would be the 1st hex modeler I probably won't buy just because of the sheer absence of the most important feature-PEDAL!!
thanks for this! I had a VG99 for many years that i used live a lot for two 12 strings together and bass sounds... of course i sold it a couple of years ago and now i've joined a band where i really need those 12 strings... found the patch there :) are the 'normal' guitar sounds through the gk OK for gigging do you think? I used to use the guitar out on the vg99 to my amp for straight sounds and the vg to the PA, but there was a bit of the old background noise!
Nice piece of kit. Not much use in a live band situation, but as there won't be any places to play live for quite some time, due to the current situation, it could be just the thing to keep players occupied while stuck at home. Not.cheap, so financial constraints could be a huge problem in purchasing the item. For all those that can, many hours of happy twiddling.
Now you mentioned latency but Austin from Boss said there is no latency in this technology. A few other demonstrators for this type of modeling have said the same thing. There is no midi conversion so is it possible that you are hearing something else?
a computer has to process the sound... this takes time, so there has to be latency! It’s not bad at all, but there is a disconnect between you and the sound in a way that isn’t there when you use the built in modeler with the normal cable.
There are functions in this unit that dont have latency (like multi fx stuff), and other things (synth sounds) have a small delay. Dont have the unit, but from what i've been hearing is that the delay is super small.
Hello, I want to make video game music such as chrono trigger, final fantasy, megaman x. Does this have piano, flute, cello ?? I can't seem to find it and if it doesn't, can we some how add then through some software or something? Thanks
Thank you very much for all the videos :) I'm really considering upgrading my GR55 since I only use the analog instruments on it (the Modeling Tones) and dont care about the samples that much, and this looks like the perfect candidate. What do you think about the tracking though? It looks good, but it seems to skip notes easily, like in 2:41 or 5:06. I would really apreciate your opinon. Thanks again! :)
Nicely done. The tracking seems spot on. Installing and adjusting the pickup can be a tricky process. What amp are you going through? I stopped using my GR55 through a guitar amp. I use only the effected signal through a keyboard amp.
Fab demo series especially given the high investment involved. Does the sy1000 functionality & Sound offer the same as that provided by all previous Roland & Boss guitar synths? For example I’d like to be confident that I could emulate sounds made by Andy Summers & Robert Fripp when they used Roland synths in the 80s. Does Sy1000 provide this and more? Or should I look for something allowing more customised sounds?
Hey Henning! I've had a guitar with a Graphtech 13 pin output for 11 years now ...maybe I've finally found a use for it in the SY1000!? I bought the guitar w/ the GraphTech because of the piezo output w/ 3 band para eq as one of the 3 outputs. It's a Holdsworth Fatboy HF2S by Carvin. I've thought of picking up a used VG-99 because I like it way more than the GR55, but heard that it doesn't work well with the Graphtech. I dunno what to do...? aaargh! Anglo Montrealer in need of direction!!! I'm gonna go over all of these videos again. Benn Jordan isn't very keen on the SY-1000; but he's a total midi guitar freak with different needs than most guitar players.... gawd I'm confused!!!!
@@javiceres i think this is much better than roland gr55, haha i have gr55 i can't use the synths because it can detect some unwanted notes haha, i need to buy something and the price is $125 to use the synths
@@DrRussPhd Have a vb 99 and a vg 99. They are both excellent. They lack nothing. But you do need a keyboard amp or wide range powered speakers for them.
Henning, could you please keep the sound levels of intro music and spoken parts the same? Your levels vary quite often and nearly blow my IEMs out :) Thanks
Great, comprehensive demo. You know what? Most effects I can't wait to turn off because there's just something "wrong " about what they do to the sound. But this? Never felt ear fatigue. The soundscape is just deeper, cleaner and dare I say it "warmer " than most digital or even most analog circuits. It just sounds silky.
Best demo so far of making it sound 'all right'. It isn't great sounding! Yamaha SY77/99's sounded better in the 90's! I'll watch your next one that i hope shows up.
It's a pity that you can't play proper tunes for particular sounds which makes them sound useless, cheap and uninteresting!! Not really a good demo for a fantastic unit I would say, sorry!!
@@EytschPi42 absolutely not, but you can't strum a piano sound like a guitar!! Say, if you play piano sound be a pianist, if you play a trumpet sound be a trumpet player. If you're not capable of doing that you shouldn't demonstrate a synth guitar because you're just spoiling the versatility of the unit!! That's all what I want to say.
You are wearing blinkers my friend. For some one that is a guitarist but not much of a keyboard player this is a fantastic piece of kit for recording especially for my genre ie prog rock.
Gr55 has PCM sounds. This does not. GR55 has two engines. This has three. SY1000 has a virtual analog synth engine. SY1000 has new guitar models. SY1000 has new effect models. SY1000 has a vastly greater amount of control
I don't like competition from Hindus from india who have 3 or 4 arms; I have to use my foot to puts the synthesize's settings. They need to stick to their sitars
Thank you for creating this comprehensive set of video's of the SY-1000. I have had practically all the Roland and Boss V guitar gear. I was just about to push the button and buy the SY-1000. I am a freelance musician and composer and have just lost all my gigs and composition jobs due to Covid 19. Watching your videos has made want one even more, just gonna have to wait a lot longer. Keep up the great work!
Boss was boutique before boutique was in. This thing is great. Paraglider is my favorite. Nice demonstration.
I've already indicated at vguitarforums my interest in this device (and I already own the VG-99 and the GP-10) but this video (and the first part) have really added to my interest. I've played live with hex guitar setups for over ten years now live gigging around my area and this will add to my tonal palette. Definitely one of the attractions is the improved modeled guitar sounds not just the synth stuff. I noticed the multi-channel re-amping wasn't discussed at all here that's a whole different feature that first showed up on the Boss GP-10.
What do you mean multi channel re-amping? Like using GP-10 and say Helix together
Bought one of these things last spring and it's not too far-fetched to say it revolutionized my playing. I play in the worship group at church, and our synth player had the temerity to graduate and move away, so I've been doing a lot of stuff that required a very non-guitar tonal palette. The GP-10 was close, but the capabilities of the SY-1000 have completely shoved the little yellow box off the map. :)
That's also my reason for wanting this
The pedal and the review was AWESOME!!!!........I just bought a Strandberg Bodin from Sweetwater yesterday...I live near them.....per our Rep - Josh...they are closing down business effective asap cuz of the spread of the virus here in the states, in Indiana and Chicago......they don't Kno for how long - but theyr shutting down bizness and maken sure so their employees self contain themselves at home asap.......just thought u should know - seeing u link them from your site ...... remember when u had the bad sickness right after Namm , and I had it from 12/29 -1/07 , there is a possibility we had a strain related to the pandemic virus ..I had had fever and felt like someone was sitting on my chest the entire time - but it also turned to major plumbing problems.....I kno u were in pretty bad sale too when u got back to Germany at the last 5-10days of January.....I hope ur safe n well my friend!!!.....sorry about Sweetwater - Josh told me my guitar was the last thing shipping out FedEx ...I get it on Tuesday or Wednesday here in Chicago!.....gonna write some new Instrumental songs .....be well everyone!!!.....watch out for each other !!!....
This demo was wonderful! Very kind of you sir to go through the sounds. They are brilliant and full of definition. I will really have to consider getting something like this to record my demos for a feedback free sound no matter the realism. Also limiting the number of instruments needed for creativity! If only inspiration could be just that simple.
Thank you! P.S that control button rocks!
Busting out mediterranean sundance??? 13:00 you the man! Im finally done collecting guitars after getting my carvin dc400...now im after this gem of a pedalboard!
Fantastic vid! Great job covering this!
The main differences as it appears to the SY-300 are astonishingly in the clean sounds, especially the string seperation of the SY-1000 with the ability to create different tunings and multistring effects. I play a SY-300 and (for me), in creating fancy blade runner plus arpeggiated, sequenced and all the string like van halen:jump sounds, the SY-300 simply does the same job. The SY-300 has 3 osillators and the ability to mix these with 4 - 6 effects at once in one patch (od, ch, li, rev, del,.. ). What I find a real drag is the fact, that the SY-1000 seemingly cannot play samples (Henning mentioned that more than once). For €999.- plus ~€300.- for the GK3 pickup and cables this should be the all in one solution for MIDI guitar. I love my SY-300 and the thing I miss would be the ability to play natural instrument samples (piano and so on). So if you'd buy a SY-300 and a GR-55GK you'd pay the same or less (pickup and cable included) and it plays samples (included and no laptop needed) on top.
Late to the SY1000 game but thing is "mind blowing"! Thanks for this and Ive subbed (and should have long ago).
Wow!.. Sounds like tons of fun 😁
wow this thing is really out there in a great way now this could inspire anyone that has a idea I wonder what Jimmy Hendrix would have done if he had this to play with god bless his soul, great presets in so many types of music
I'm just watching because I'm super duper curious about the SY1000.
You have to know your shit if you wanna use it to gig and compose.
Sehr gut gemacht, Henning
Great series!
Best preset : "Mediterranean Sundance" ! Not the pseudo nylon guitar sound but the try from Henning.
Kudos,i probably wouldn't dare even if i could.
The rest sound like poor 80's synth.
I know it's only factory presets and you surely can make some killer sounds with that...if you spend the rest of your life trying to figure how it works.
will the SY1000 convert the playing into midi notes that can be recorded into a daw or notation software..?
Hi squid skunk, did you end up buying the unit? I can't believe no one tried to answer the most important question related to this video. I'm just really curious as well.
Good Review, I am looking for the GR55 replacement and this is not it, I was hoping it was, cheers anyway, Do you know if they are going to release a GR ?? to replace the GR55?
here the same. just too many effects that i dont need. i would love a good sax or piano or a cello - not all these crazy space sounds. i would love if you could have 6 pianos, 6 guitars, 6violins, 6saxophones and so on to chose from - but it looks u have too search very long to find something usable. i dont want to try signal chains for hours.
Me too im lookinh effect that have regular piano sound hahaha any recommendation?
@@theamazingofhumanbody3847 no sorry still using the GR55
gr55 still better than this.
I still can’t get over hearing some Al Di Meloa in there :)
Only just noticed the short Al Di Meola thingie with "Rich Nylon".. memories
Awesome unit man.
8-4 wasn’t that the opener to beyond 2000? I loved that Show
that 18 in life riff 😍
Does guitar quality matter when using an SY-1000? I'm not sure whether I should use this on my main guitar or a cheaper guitar...
It doesn't matter THAT much....
Hi Pi42... nice video !
btw, this sy1000 is better than GR-55 ?
hugs from brazil
Cara são duas propostas diferentes, o gr ele imita sons Midi, flauta, bateria, trompete com alguns efeitos de sintetizadores dinâmicos etc... o sy1000 é puramente sintetizador e não imita sons, portanto não tem delay de resposta mas também não tem esses sons, a não ser que você crie eles (é uma ferramenta muito completa e complexa, a maioria vai mais brincar com os presets)
The sounds awesome, I want one
Hello,
is there any difference in "AMP modeling" sound quality when output of standard pickups goes through GK-3 system + 13 pin “MIDI” cable (Roland GKC) to “GK in” input of Boss SY-1000 and when output of standard pickups goes direct to “Guitar input” of Boss SY-1000?
Thank you very much.
Love the Friday Night in San Fran!!!!
a wonderful review as always!
No pedal is a big setback! I love my GR55..sadly this would be the 1st hex modeler I probably won't buy just because of the sheer absence of the most important feature-PEDAL!!
How realistic are les paul models and how realistic are 12 string electric guitar models? Good enough for pro recording studio?
no
thanks for this! I had a VG99 for many years that i used live a lot for two 12 strings together and bass sounds... of course i sold it a couple of years ago and now i've joined a band where i really need those 12 strings... found the patch there :) are the 'normal' guitar sounds through the gk OK for gigging do you think? I used to use the guitar out on the vg99 to my amp for straight sounds and the vg to the PA, but there was a bit of the old background noise!
i was impressed that you played some Al Di Meola
Nice piece of kit. Not much use in a live band situation, but as there won't be any places to play live for quite some time, due to the current situation, it could be just the thing to keep players occupied while stuck at home. Not.cheap, so financial constraints could be a huge problem in purchasing the item. For all those that can, many hours of happy twiddling.
Now you mentioned latency but Austin from Boss said there is no latency in this technology. A few other demonstrators for this type of modeling have said the same thing. There is no midi conversion so is it possible that you are hearing something else?
a computer has to process the sound... this takes time, so there has to be latency! It’s not bad at all, but there is a disconnect between you and the sound in a way that isn’t there when you use the built in modeler with the normal cable.
There are functions in this unit that dont have latency (like multi fx stuff), and other things (synth sounds) have a small delay. Dont have the unit, but from what i've been hearing is that the delay is super small.
Tracking seems to be good 🤔
Hello, I want to make video game music such as chrono trigger, final fantasy, megaman x.
Does this have piano, flute, cello ?? I can't seem to find it and if it doesn't, can we some how add then through some software or something? Thanks
Ive got a Loop Station RC-505 and want to connect both to Loop the effects on my 505. what cables do I need ?
Does this allow for changing the guitar tuning in the pedal like the GR55 does?
Thank you very much for all the videos :)
I'm really considering upgrading my GR55 since I only use the analog instruments on it (the Modeling Tones) and dont care about the samples that much, and this looks like the perfect candidate.
What do you think about the tracking though? It looks good, but it seems to skip notes easily, like in 2:41 or 5:06.
I would really apreciate your opinon.
Thanks again! :)
Nicely done. The tracking seems spot on. Installing and adjusting the pickup can be a tricky process. What amp are you going through? I stopped using my GR55 through a guitar amp. I use only the effected signal through a keyboard amp.
He’s probably recording it direct through the built in USB interface.
Fab demo series especially given the high investment involved. Does the sy1000 functionality & Sound offer the same as that provided by all previous Roland & Boss guitar synths? For example I’d like to be confident that I could emulate sounds made by Andy Summers & Robert Fripp when they used Roland synths in the 80s. Does Sy1000 provide this and more? Or should I look for something allowing more customised sounds?
Hey Henning! I've had a guitar with a Graphtech 13 pin output for 11 years now ...maybe I've finally found a use for it in the SY1000!? I bought the guitar w/ the GraphTech because of the piezo output w/ 3 band para eq as one of the 3 outputs. It's a Holdsworth Fatboy HF2S by Carvin. I've thought of picking up a used VG-99 because I like it way more than the GR55, but heard that it doesn't work well with the Graphtech. I dunno what to do...? aaargh! Anglo Montrealer in need of direction!!! I'm gonna go over all of these videos again. Benn Jordan isn't very keen on the SY-1000; but he's a total midi guitar freak with different needs than most guitar players.... gawd I'm confused!!!!
I dream of having this machine
Can I upload the tones I wrote on the gt'100 to the sy 1000 model?
Can this do a clean tone with a synth like strings background sounds?
Of course
@@javiceres i think this is much better than roland gr55, haha i have gr55 i can't use the synths because it can detect some unwanted notes haha, i need to buy something and the price is $125 to use the synths
@@Fghjk-hs9zd :)
If Roland still had a midi pedal to attach to this Then maybe. But I have only one of those pedals. I will stick to vg 99 and gr 55 combo.
How is that VG99 holding up after all these years? Was always thinking of buying one of them but they are . . what . .15 years old if not older?
@@DrRussPhd Have a vb 99 and a vg 99. They are both excellent. They lack nothing. But you do need a keyboard amp or wide range powered speakers for them.
Does it work with nylon strings ? Or just steels ?
I have a Godin Grand Concert and the SY1000 works fine with nylon strings.
The sy1 is more in my budget. Probably going with that.
Is there any grand piano kind of sound in this pedal?
That 03-1 is so Pat Metheny! Brilliant
Fuck!!!!! Making that video must have taken literally for eveeerrrrrrrrrr!!!!! Fair play Henning!!
Henning, could you please keep the sound levels of intro music and spoken parts the same? Your levels vary quite often and nearly blow my IEMs out :) Thanks
there is no sax, flute, piano and so on. But guitar sound is pretty good compared to my gr55
No sax, flute or piano and it cost so much leaving out the 3 main instruments damnit
Great, comprehensive demo. You know what? Most effects I can't wait to turn off because there's just something "wrong " about what they do to the sound. But this? Never felt ear fatigue. The soundscape is just deeper, cleaner and dare I say it "warmer " than most digital or even most analog circuits. It just sounds silky.
They should have called it "The Trevor Rabin" from Boss!
With midi out, how well does it perform driving an additional synth?
I'm interesterd too
01-2 was pure JM Jarre.
My brother has just worked for him in Saudi Arabia. He put the stage up.
Fuck... das teil ist genial!!!!! Danke für die Videos!
Ser gute!
Play this song with the pedal : instagram.com/tv/B9cFi6aH321
¡Aahh...!
Diego Ugalde -the one I know???
Don't want something like that, fun for an hour and... keep my old essential pedalboard !
My GR55 sounds similar
Great demo! like listening to a Mike Oldfield album
Best demo so far of making it sound 'all right'. It isn't great sounding! Yamaha SY77/99's sounded better in the 90's! I'll watch your next one that i hope shows up.
It kinda sounds like playing 5 secs samples of all Ayreon songs ;)
It's a pity that you can't play proper tunes for particular sounds which makes them sound useless, cheap and uninteresting!! Not really a good demo for a fantastic unit I would say, sorry!!
so you wanted me to learn a song for every sound that fits the sound? Do you think this is feasable within the budget of a video like that?
@@EytschPi42 absolutely not, but you can't strum a piano sound like a guitar!! Say, if you play piano sound be a pianist, if you play a trumpet sound be a trumpet player. If you're not capable of doing that you shouldn't demonstrate a synth guitar because you're just spoiling the versatility of the unit!! That's all what I want to say.
The pedal for people that secretly just want a keytar.
very well presented..........but no thanks. not for me.
I own synths and guitars. This guitar synth sounds terrible.
The presets are garbage and the software very unfriendly, but it has potential if you really dig into it.
Just a toy. I can't see any reason to own it, but to play with.
You are wearing blinkers my friend. For some one that is a guitarist but not much of a keyboard player this is a fantastic piece of kit for recording especially for my genre ie prog rock.
Its a gr55 n sy300 in one housing. End of video
Really? : / I think not!
Gr55 has PCM sounds. This does not. GR55 has two engines. This has three. SY1000 has a virtual analog synth engine. SY1000 has new guitar models. SY1000 has new effect models. SY1000 has a vastly greater amount of control
It’s not. You couldn’t be more wrong
I don't like competition from Hindus from india who have 3 or 4 arms; I have to use my foot to puts the synthesize's settings. They need to stick to their sitars