Roland GR-55S Black

Compré el GR-55S negro porque me gusta ir contra corriente y a mi bola. El azul se vende más y aparece en todos lo tutoriales de You Tube, de acuerdo, pero el modelo negro se ve menos en el escenario, pasa más desapercibido. Eso creo yo, que no deseo que la pedalera destaque. El protagonista ha de ser el sonido, su sonido, del que paso a hablar a continuación.
Para empezar hay que agradecer a Roland el tamaño de la pantalla. Es estupenda. Te permite ver todas las operaciones que realiza con tu sinte, que son numerosísimas. Prueba de ellos son los bancos de sonido: para solista, acompañamiento, personalizado y efectos raros, frikis y sorprendentes. Cada efecto de sonido o Patch, se puede modificar, ya que algunos son la union de varios, como una guitarra LP distorsionada con un órgano de iglesia y sus correspondientes efectos de chorus, flanger, rever, etc. Manejando un cursor puedes hacer y desacer a tu antojo infinitas posiblidades. Es tan fácil como manejar un teléfono móvil e igual de intuitivo. Mediante los pedales pues cambiar de banco de sonidos, sostener un acorde indefinidamente el tiempo que te apetezca, cambiar de efecto, dar paso a pregrabados, que puede integar por un puesto USB, y tienes un pedal móvil, que sube y baja, dotado de sensibilidad y que controla el volumen de la entrada de efectos así como el guagua, etc.
Una verdadera maravilla. La respuesta del midi es casi inmediata. Otra cosa muy positiva. Es cierto que hay sonidos que no están muy logrados. Ya se sabe que los violines no son el fuerte de estos aparatos. Sin embargo hay pianos y sonidos sintetizados que te dejarán obnubilado. ¿Qué quieres componer una banda sonora con tu guitarra? Ahora puedes. ¿Qué quieres componer música ambiente y atmosférica para una pieza teatral? Ahora puedes. A parte de tus composiciones musicales, se te abre todo un mundo de creación que jamás sonaste.

My first effects pedal was a Boss PS-2 Digital Pitch Shifter Delay pedal which I bought in 1987. I also owned a Boss SE50 & SE70 effects units during the 1990's. I loved the range of effects that these units produced but now that I own a Roland-GR55 my playing and sound has been transported to a whole new level way beyond anything I could have possibly imagined!
I am blown away by the seemingly endless variety of effects, models, instruments and combinations that are now at my finger (and toe) tips. It's like a whole new dimension of sound has been revealed to me, I'm in Tech Heaven!
I also purchased a Godin XTSA guitar which is the perfect match for this amazing piece of technology. The sound is immaculate, the response is instant & my adventure into a new world of sound scaping and experimentation has just begun. For me this is the perfect unit for my style of playing and my appetite for experimentation. The unit is extremely well built, strong, a good size for accessibility, easy to navigate and understand, an excellent overall design and has everything I've ever wanted all in one unit. I can't recommend it highly enough!

I have in conjunction with a Godin guitar with Synth access.

There are so many features in this device reading the manual is a must and you have to calibrate the pick up to make it work properly.

The sound shipped are very good and you can make adjustments in order to build your preferred sound, this is based on guitar modelling, synthesized instruments and on the sounds and effects shipped with the unit, it would be amazing if you could create your synth sounds from scratch or load them from your computer, don't get me wrong, you can modify thousands of sounds but I feel they will always have a kind of roland "signature"

In the other hand it can be used as a MIDI interface and there are so many features like phrase looping, playback audio from a USB pen drive, alternative tunings, guitar models to choose from... etc, it is a worthy purchase.

You may need to adjust your technique and execution to get the most of some sounds and this can be a bit weird at first, at some point you may need to change your mind from guitar player to a sythesizer player using a guitar as interface.