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. When you dont have room on stage for a synth, just put it on the floor. This is the gr55 driver for microsoftr windowsr 8 8. 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. Gr 55 librarian is a software that allows you to manage sound patches in the gr 55 with your computer. Most of these are sampled from the original instruments and processed using rolands supernatural sound engine, in order to recreate a tweakable yet playable patch. As for sound, the triplecore generator houses a worldclass array of virtual guitars, basses, amps. Aug 28, 2012 hi friends, i want to inform you about new site for sharing patches. With an abundance of sounds and options available to you, your tonal choices never dry up.
Although guitar modelling is no longer a novelty, we should remember that roland pioneered this important area of guitar processing some 12 years ago with their vg8 system, which modelled not only amplifiers, effects and speakers but also guitar pickups and pickup position. It even tolerated a bit of slurring between notesan impressive and unusual capacity in guitar synths. This is a driver for using the gr 55 on mac os x 10. I played one for about 90 minutes at guitar center on a roland ready strat. In its simplest usage, the gr55 is a repository of some of boss best guitar effects like reverb, delay and chorus that sound great. Im settling in with a new gr55 and dont think ill be using these in the near future. Please check your inbox, and if you cant find it, check your spam folder to make sure it didnt end up there. This is the gr 55 driver for microsoftr windowsr 8 8. It is fantastically powerful the gr 55 is watered down for cosm guitar stuff.
But roland has taken things a lot further with the gr55. But roland has taken things a lot further with the gr 55. The gr 55 represents roland s latest breakthrough advances in guitar synthesis, offering playability, features, and sound quality that far surpasses the capabilities of. There are two popular lines of roland guitar processors that use midi pickups and can be easily found on market today. Realtime editing and patch data backups, bulk patch editing. Sep 26, 2011 tico tico roland vg88 virtual guitar system cover version duration. Vguitar system features the vg88 uses advanced cosm technology to model the most popular guitars and amplifiers in history, as well as produce some very unique guitarmeetssynth sounds of its own. The very cool thing about the gr55s guitar output jack is that on a patch by patch basis, you can reroute and choose the signal type that will emerge from this jack. This is a useful guide covering a lot of information including midi cable routing, initializing, programming midi out parameters, setting the multitimbral parts, recording the multitimbral parts, recording the gr.
This is a very good condition roland vg8 that i purchased new in the mid90s and only used in the studio never gigged. The vg 99 allows you to use two simultaneous modeled guitars, making possible such things as 12 string sims with altered tunings. This tool allows graphical representation of the internal settings and parameters of the gr 55. It is fantastically powerful the gr55 is watered down for cosm guitar stuff. Roland s gr 55 guitar synthesizer is a revolutionary new product combining pcm synthesis with digital instrument modeling derived from the respected vg 99 vguitar system. The latest in roland s pioneering vg range could qualify as the best guitar synth ever made. Amazingly enough, ralph benchetrit created a antastic roland vg 88 editor, available free online.
It has a 20 second looper, some aspects of the vg 99 modeler and very good synth sounds. Roland gr1 info your one stop resource for the roland. Also, the gr55 has builtin synth sounds so you have a lot of capability in one unit but its all watered down. Although guitar modelling is no longer a novelty, we should remember that roland pioneered this important area of guitar processing some 12 years ago with their vg8 system, which modelled not only amplifiers, effects and speakers but also guitar pickups. The gr55 is a guitar synthesizer that includes a wide variety of sounds. View and download roland vg88 instruction manual online.
The vg99 allows you to use two simultaneous modeled guitars, making possible such things as 12 string sims with altered tunings. 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. Also, the gr 55 has builtin synth sounds so you have a lot of capability in one unit but its all watered down. Written and recorded by legendary guitarist steve vai using the roland vg88 vguitar system and gr33 guitar synthesizer. In my mind the gr55 pretty much covers the two of these in one package. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer robert marcello artist patches. Basic idea is to have patches for all guitar and bass processors at one place and to make it systematic, easy to use and very informative. 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. Trying to decide between vg99 and gr55 the gear page. Setting up and understanding the gr55 librarian installing and configuring the librarian 1 the gr55 s librarian software is available on its downloads tab at. Pressing the f5 button gives access to the global settings that apply to all patches.
The gr 55 s cosm guitar modeling section is not nearly as comprehensive as as the vg 99s. Roland gr,vg guitar modules gr30 vg8 vg88 the unofficial. Rolands gr55 guitar synthesizer is a revolutionary new product combining pcm synthesis with digital instrument modeling derived from the respected vg99 vguitar system. Not only does it feature a good selection of synthesizer sounds, the onboard cosm effect modeling gives it the ability to create some sounds similar to vguitar systems like the vg88, but it isnt a full vguitar system. Axial has patches from a number of classic roland synthesizers like the jupiter8, juno106, tb303, sh101, d50, alpha juno, and xv5080. Amazingly enough, ralph benchetrit created a antastic roland vg88 editor, available free online. The unit was upgraded using the s1 software so it has the updated version 2. Tico tico roland vg 88 virtual guitar system cover version duration. Tico tico roland vg88 virtual guitar system cover version duration. Here are some sound samples recorded with my roland gr55.
The roland worldwide social network keeps you connected to the latest products, exciting events, and much more. These patches feature both keyboard and guitar sounds from 25 famous songs. How to sound like your favourite guitarists roland. Rolands gr55 guitar synthesizer, announced at the january 2011 winter namm show in california, is the first product to put both their pcm synthesis and cosm modelling technologies in a single floor unit. The gr55s cosm guitar modeling section is not nearly as comprehensive as as the vg99s. Gr 55 floorboard is a small, easytouse application specially designed to offer you a midi editing tool for use with the roland gr 55 guitar synthesizer.
Hi friends, i want to inform you about new site for sharing patches. How to rock out with alternate patches roland canada. This software requires computer with a usb connector that supports usb specification revision 2. This is a driver for using the gr55 on mac os x 10. New sounds and features include more natural tube and overdriven amp sounds, new polyphonic and guitaroriented effects. Each requires the pin pickup system either built into your guitar or the roland gk. It is also rumored to apparently drive external synths very well. They show off the amazing versatility and wideranging sound capability of the gr55, which provides both synthesizer voices and authentic guitar and amp tones using powerful onboard cosm modeling.
Axial get new sounds for your roland synth roland australia. This tool allows graphical representation of the internal settings and parameters of the gr55. Gr55 librarian is a software that allows you to manage sound patches in the gr55 with your computer. I chose the vg 99 based on my own personal priorities. As with many recent roland products, patch editing on the vg88 can be undertaken at a number of distinct levels. Provides an overview of key features, functions and operational tips.
Roland s gr55 guitar synthesizer, announced at the january 2011 winter namm show in california, is the first product to put both their pcm synthesis and cosm modelling technologies in a single floor unit. Setting up and understanding the gr55 librarian installing and configuring the librarian 1 the gr55s librarian software is available on its downloads tab at. Roland released a detailed guide for the gr1 called midi sequencing with the gr. The latest in rolands pioneering vg range could qualify as the best guitar synth ever made. Maybe not quite on par with the axon units, but very close. This is a driver for using the gr55 on mac os x v10. We have emailed you a verification link to to complete your registration. 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. These include twoband eq, reverb and noisereduction levels, and would be useful in a live context if you were moving the unit between different.
Axial is the official roland website that offers free professionally designed patches for your roland synth. Its also the most accurate, thanks to newly developed pitchdetection technology. The roland gr55 is a revolution in guitar synthesis, with features never before available in any guitar processor. This channel provides information of the rolands best quality electronic musical instruments. I chose the vg99 based on my own personal priorities.
This system program updates your gr55 to the latest version 1. I routinely used this editor for my own vg88, running in the windows xp environment. I think it tracks great but depending on the patch you get some ghost notes. Roland also claim that the gr55 has significantly faster and more accurate pitchtracking than their previous gr synths. This channel provides information of the roland s best quality electronic musical instruments. But the synth tracking on the gr 55 is definitely better if you care about synth stuff. Get sounds to the top 25 guitar synth songs for free. I have been on the roland v guitar forums discussing this new gr55 unit. Now i use two of them vg 99 and gr33, they are very.
I routinely used this editor for my own vg 88, running in the windows xp environment. 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. An archived page that had info and links for the vg88 guitar system. Here are some sound samples recorded with my roland gr 55. After i configured the unit, i called up an electric piano patch. But the synth tracking on the gr55 is definitely better if you care about synth stuff. One place for sharing all patches effects and processors. This allows you to manage numerous user patches efficiently with your computer. The gr55 represents rolands latest breakthrough advances in guitar synthesis, offering playability, features, and sound quality that far surpasses the capabilities of. Save roland vg99 to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Apr 22, 2015 i considered the gr 55, which is a cool unit. Roland gr33, gr55, gi20 and ext synth, or midi guitar. Gr55 floorboard is a small, easytouse application specially designed to offer you a midi editing tool for use with the roland gr55 guitar synthesizer. Organ 91 organ 3 pipe organ 92 grand pipes pipe organ 93 church org 1.
Main difference between this and similar sites is that it is made for all processors and. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer black with gk3 divided. Be sure to refer to the readme document as this download contains two separate updates depending on the current operating system being used. The gr55 tracked my playing very closely, and most impressively, read pick attack very accurately whether i used a pick or played the guitar with my fingers. A version check will be necessary to distinguish which update should be used.