Although soundediting parameters are important, the real key to getting the best out of this kind of unit is to understand the play feel and hold parameters, both. Roland has finally heard their users and given them pretty much complete autonomy on the way their sounds are tweaked, triggered and even the routing paths. Roland gr33, gr55, gi20 and ext synth, or midi guitar ztar thread starter keg8605. Not that it is perfect in every respect, but once you delve into it, youre going to love it imho. The 180 tones 2 megabytes have been handpicked from rolands extensive sample library. I love setting up patches via my laptop and it is so much faster to tweak than having to scroll through menu after menu to. Unlike the jv series, it does not support expansion with a plugin board. This is a driver for using the gr 55 on mac os x 10. Im testing out the gr 33 sound with the gk2a with a soft playfeeling. Does anyone know where i can go to get roland gr33 patch settings. Here are some sound samples recorded with my roland gr55. We will focus on the lead presets or patches, scroll down to all the different sounds and see. Roland gr33 ultimate patches guitar multieffects presets.
Gr33 tracking tips, for those who have problems playing their gr33. The roland gr33 guitar synthesizer brings together an entire battalion of sounds from a company famous for its prowess in synthesis. Optional use of roland fc100 foot pedal controller to change patches, plus adds. Check out the free patches from boss tone central for even more sounds. Roland gr 33 user forum also has a very few patches and some additional resources. Godin xtsa and roland gr33 i finally was able to get a godin which has the midi synth pickup integrated, and unfortunately im not getting much better results. Shop for the roland gr55 guitar synthesizer and receive free shipping on. The a 33 has 32 patches with numerous parameters that can be stored for each patch. The tracking is fairly average with the onboard sounds on the gr33, and when i output midi it is just unusable. Roland gr33 and a godin a4 discussion in effects bg started by landy67, feb 9, 2014. In its simplest usage, the gr55 is a repository of some of boss best guitar effects like reverb, delay and chorus that sound great. There are three ways to restore the gr1 patches back to their original state of factory fresh 1 load a. Dec 31, 2010 improvisation using gr 33 with the following patches. Roland guitar synth group on yahoo another discussion group that covers both the gr30 and 33.
The g 33 has an ash body, rosewood fingerboard and a setin maple neck. Saving patches from the gr33 to sequencers or other midi devices bulk dump. Please refer to the readme file for the update procedure. The gr33 librarian can be used to download, upload, save, and manipulate system and patch data on a roland gr33 guitar synth. This is the latest operating system version for the gr33. One of the advantages of the gr 55 is that when you are playing say an organ sounds, you can use the actual organ synth samples and the cosm harmonics organ sounds at the same time, and process them both via the interal amp sim. Packing 384 instrument samples taken from the roland jv1080 synth module, the gr 33 can go from a metallic fm synthesis to an organic, pulsing analog tone with a little bit of toggling. Greatly expanding the range and quality of sounds currently available to guitar players, the gr 33 employs an upgraded sound engine, new effects, amazing speed, and an enhanced user interface. The roland gr 09 is a guitar synthesizer featuring 180 high quality tones, 128 patches, 2 independent effects processors and roland s exclusive high speed tracking technology. Guitar fx patches store guitar fx patchesguitar fx patches. The gr 33 is an affordable floorbased guitar synth featuring an upgraded sound engine, new effects, improved tracking speed and a streamlined user interface with builtin expression pedal. Roland gr33, gr55, gi20 and ext synth, or midi guitar.
Since i dont really need the guitarcosm tones from the gr55 maybe the gr33 would be better. Greatly expanding the range and quality of sounds currently available to guitar players, the gr33 employs an upgraded sound engine, new effects, amazing speed, and an enhanced user interface. Roland gr1 patches your one stop resource for the roland. The gr33 includes 128 preset patches, 128 user patches and 384 tones. Syx if the battery inside the gr1 is removed, all of the internal sounds will disappear and garbage characters will appear on the lcd display.
In play mode, turn this dial to scroll through the. There is an art to creating patches for the guitar synth and roland has done a good job on the gr33. If you try to use patches on outboard synths without. Its sound source is equivalent to roland s venerable jvseries synth module, capable of producing some of the richest, most interesting instrument sounds. With the included gk3 divided pickup installed, any sixstring electric guitar can play the gr20s amazing collection of synthesizer sounds and sampled realworld instruments. Alex hutchings takes us through his live looping setup using the roland gr55 guitar synthesizer and boss rc300 loop station.
One of the advantages of the gr55 is that when you are playing say an organ sounds, you can use the actual organ synth samples and the cosm harmonics organ sounds at the same time, and process them both via the interal amp sim. Currently, rolands flagship guitar synthesizer is the incredible gr55. You can return patches to the gr55s memory by 1 opening the library 2 copying the desired patches into the main librarian window 3 sending them back to the gr55 using the write all or write. It is meant to be used with a guitar that has a roland gk2a pickup or equivalent and. In the future, you can open this library and add or remove patches to keep all of your gr55 patches stored in an order that makes sense to you. Roland g33 bass guitar synthesizer controller gr33b. It is the followup to the roland gr33 guitar synthesizer. It is not uncommon for players to want to program their own sounds, as the factory presets are suggestions that show extreme uses of the gr55 and. With a sound architecture equivalent to roland s acclaimed jv1080 synthesizer module, this gkready synth is capable of producing some of the richest, most. Saving patches from the gr33 to sequencers or other midi devices bulk dump 37. The roland g 33 bass guitar, and its sibling, the g88 bass guitar were produced by roland from the early to mid 1980s. At first, the indepth editing, with lots of vertical menus to scroll through and. The gr 33 includes 128 preset patches, 128 user patches and 384 tones.
Rather than seeing numbers smoothly scroll from 0 to 64, or 0 to 128, i would only see. Robert marcello is a masterful guitar artist from sweden. Unfollow roland gr 33 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Some of the factory patches are musically unusable and only exist to demonstrate the capabilities of the device. How to rock out with alternate patches roland canada. They are the astounding roland gr55, and the amazingly innovative boss sy300. Roland gr33 ultimate patches guitar multieffects presets ebay. Roland gr33 midi out problem showing 19 of 9 messages. If you send data for a single patch to the gr 33, you will need to perform the patch write operation p. The 180 tones 2 megabytes have been handpicked from roland s extensive sample library. All controls are easy and we manufacture patches with onions if only one takes time to adapt them to his songs. When you dont have room on stage for a synth, just put it on the floor. No i know that roland has offered the gr30 and gr33 that gave you this ability, but that was just one limitation.
View and download roland gr 33 owners manual online. All of these may be downloaded at no charge and loaded into the user bank of the gr55 using the roland included gr55 librarian software, or there is an excellent shareware program for programming the gr55. The gr20 offers lots of ways to make its patches your own. The user patches are fully editable, you can even delete them and start your own patches from scratch. This is a driver for using the gr55 on mac os x 10. There are 270 preset patches organised into lead, rhythm and other sections, each of these is divided into banks with 3 patches per bank. No i know that roland has offered the gr 30 and gr 33 that gave you this ability, but that was just one limitation. The g 33 was packaged with the roland gr 33b bass guitar synthesizer. Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled. Roland gm70 vintage pitch to midi converter wayne scott joness.
The gr33 has a sound set based on the roland jv1080 synthesizer. Used the pm ibanez for the comping and garageband for the bebop drums. View and download roland gr33 owners manual online. Not that it is perfect in every respect, but once you delve into. The a33 has 32 patches with numerous parameters that can be stored for each patch. Alex hutchings demo part 1 alex hutchings demonstrates the gr55 guitar synthesizer part 1 of 2. Gr 33 tracking tips, for those who have problems playing their gr33. The gr33 is an affordable floorbased guitar synth featuring an upgraded sound engine, new effects, improved tracking speed and a streamlined user interface with builtin expression pedal. Rolands gr20 guitar synthesizer opens up spectacular new sonic possibilities for the electric guitarist. Here are some sound samples recorded with my roland gr 55.
Using the unit safely page 23 important notes page 9 these sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Innovative hybrid cajon with builtin electronic sounds. Ludgerhesses page gr 33 patches and an excellent patch editor. Packing 384 instrument samples taken from the roland jv1080 synth module, the gr33 can go from a metallic fm synthesis to an organic, pulsing analog tone with a little bit of toggling. Gr 55 librarian is a software that allows you to manage sound patches in the gr 55 with your computer. Roland guitar synth group on yahoo another discussion group that covers both the gr 30 and 33. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer black with gk3 divided pickup. The roland gr 55 is a powerful guitar synthesizer with thousands of synth, guitar, and bass voices in an enormous builtin library, perfect for metal, fusion, and rock. While i have no previous roland gk experience i do have a fair amount of pitch tracking experience with hardware effects such as boss oc2 analog mono octaver, boss se70 synth effects, boss vf1 synth effects, boss gt10b synth effects, sonuus b2m pitchto. European online musical instrument store specializing in rolandboss gear. The roland gr 33 guitar synthesizer brings together an entire battalion of sounds from a company famous for its prowess in synthesis. Playing with such a request grance machine precision. In play mode, turn this dial to scroll through the different. The roland g33 bass guitar, and its sibling, the g88 bass guitar were produced by roland from the early to mid 1980s the g33 was packaged with the roland gr33b bass guitar synthesizer.
He wants to upgrade to a roland gr55, and give me the handmedown gr33 to use with my godin a4 ultra. The roland gr55 is a powerful guitar synthesizer with thousands of synth, guitar, and bass voices in an enormous builtin library, perfect for metal, fusion, and rock. Roland support in the uk and they couldnt see why anyone should want to feed the midi out from a gr 33 to a sequencer or another synth. The gr55s powerful triplecore engine comprises two pcm synthesizers with over 900 tones powered by the latest roland synthesis technology and cosm guitar modeling, featuring a virtual treasure trove of guitar, bass, amp, and synth models.
Roland gm70 vintage pitchtomidi guitar synth converter for roland g202 g303 g505 g707 g808 or the ibanez img2010 xing, or the gk1. Roland gr33 user forum also has a very few patches and some additional resources. There is then the user section, this comprises of 297 patches, again organised into banks of 3 patches. His skill and stylistic range have made him a soughtafter tour and studio player for such artists as john corabi motley crue, bobby blotzer ratt, mike vescera yngwie malmsteen, tony montana great white, fergie frederiksen toto, george lynch dokken, twisted sister, sebastian bach skid row, stet howland. It is the followup to the roland gr 33 guitar synthesizer. It has no sounds of its own, but can be used to control other sound modules. In my mind the gr 55 pretty much covers the two of these in one package. How to rock out with alternate patches he was interested in buying a gr55 guitar synthesizer but didnt like the factory presets and sent it back to the store hate it when that happens. Guitar patches to sound like your favourite guitarist. With gk2 optional extra and a wellordered guitar or a guitar that already have the sensor from the factory godin, strato.
The gr55 will need setting up for that bass, select the correct pickup. I acquired roland gr 33 guitar synthesiser in march 2001 and since then it has been my favourite toy. Most of these turn out to be pretty selfexplanatory, and it is a tribute to roland that the manual extends to only 33 pages before you hit the patch lists and midi specifications. In my mind the gr55 pretty much covers the two of these in one package. I acquired roland gr33 guitar synthesiser in march 2001 and since then it has been my favourite toy. Gr55 librarian is a software that allows you to manage sound patches in the gr55 with your computer. Its sound source is equivalent to rolands venerable jvseries synth module, capable of producing some of the richest, most interesting instrument sounds. Page 1 owners manual thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the roland gr33 guitar synthesizer. In this booklet, youll learn how to edit gr20 patches, changing the way they sound and the way they behave. Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the roland. What happened to all of the beautiful guitar patches that roland created with the vg8. I can sell my gr33, my axon my vg88 and my gt8 well, no, not my gt8.
For example, the patch comedian is a laughter sample transitioning into applause. How do i audition patches and toneson the roland gr33. Second, im a metheny fan, and wanted to have that gr300 kind of sound without spending a lot more money on a gr55 or vg99. With a sound architecture equivalent to rolands acclaimed jv1080 synthesizer module, this gkready synth is capable of producing some of the richest, most. Improvisation using gr33 with the following patches. Software for roland synthesizers with lyrics facility g800, g600, e68, e96, e500. For synth patches, its easier and more rewarding to learn to play keyboards. Unfortunately, the a33 has no lcd panel nor any graphical display, so this controller is rather difficult to setup, since you need to. They seem to be of the opinion that it shouldnt work gr 30 nearly identical to te gr. I spent one afternoon installing the gk3 pickup on an american elite tele and getting some patches together, and the show went without a hitch. You just scroll thru the sounds, and pick what you want. Demo version can freely be used for viewing lyrics in midifiles. The roland gr09 is a guitar synthesizer featuring 180 high quality tones, 128 patches, 2 independent effects processors and rolands exclusive high speed tracking technology.