Press exit several times to return to the main menu. A complete newbies question about roland gr55 the gear page. Have about 20 go to user programmed voice patches, but have used more in the past. Gr55 guitar out to pod input, the gr55 gives you options of modelled, normal, or both guitars per patch, or as a global setting. Guitar effect patches for zoom, digitech, korg, tcelectronic, boss. If you have a keyboard amp, such as a roland kc350 or other pro quality amp, or a pa. This is a compilation of patches made with the roland gr 55 guitar processor designed to elevate your creativity and playing experience. Artist and collection patches and librarian gr 55 artist and collection patches can be found in the link. Herman li of dragonforce talks to roland about his musical beginnings, his influences, and using the gr55 guitar synthesizer live and in the studio. This comprises a 6 channel pickup one for each string and a selector unit which can change volume, select patches, either the guitar original pickups, the gk3 pickup or both. Pod hd500 as gr55 midi foot controller pod hd line 6.
Use the librarian application to load and transfer patches to and from the gr 55. The gk pickup requirement is a drag but there really is no practical way to pull off what theyre doing any other way. The patches already built into the gr 55 are called preset patches. I have them connected via midi cable both set to midi channel 2. 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. Gr 55 librarian is a software that allows you to manage sound patches in the gr 55 with your computer. See more of roland gr55 guitar synth users page on facebook. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer robert marcello artist patches. Gr 55 requires an interface mounted on the guitar called a gk3. Jeff loomis nevermore, sanctuary talks to roland about the gr55 guitar synthesizer. In addition to settings determining the type of sound, a patch also contains effect settings.
Legends of rock, where his performance was motion captured to record his movements for the game. This allows the gr 55 to be a powerful audio processor and connects to the guitar using a pin midi cable. Kraft music roland gr55 guitar synth demo with gundy. You can modify edit the settings of a patch, and save it as a user patch. Honing his craft while playing in manhattan, stevens recorded an unreleased album with his band, fine malibus, and also played as a session guitarist. I was one of the first people to own the roland gr 55 guitar.
Robert marcello demonstrates his collection of custom gr55 patches. Help me decide pod hd500 or roland gr55 the gear page. Here you can uploaddownload great sounding guitar effect patches. Hop over to the vguitar forums to chat about the gr 55, access other user patches, get tips and help, and more. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer the roland gr 55 is a revolution in guitar synthesis, with features never before available in any guitar processor. I have recently decided that ill just use the delays on the gr 55 with my patches. Download exclusive artist patches and additional genrebased patches for the gr 55 guitar synthesizer. Pink floyd time guitar solo in hd, pod xt david gilmour patches. First backup your own patches and settings in the gr55 data stored on the usb stick 1. Guitar effect patches for zoom, digitech, korg, tc. Hi friends, i want to inform you about new site for sharing patches. Its also the most accurate, thanks to newly developed pitchdetection technology. The triplecore sound generator houses an array of virtual guitars, basses, amps, and synthesizer voices, enabling a.
It caused gr 55 no sound that the gr 55 librarian wrote a patch including a drum kit to the gr 55 s user patch. Titanic guitar cover with gr 55 guitar synth duration. Any product name or trademarks used by the users to describe their patches are the sole property of their respective owners. What happened to all of the beautiful guitar patches that roland created with the. We will try to constantly put up more effect units. How to sound like your favourite guitarists roland. Guitar fx patches store guitar fx patchesguitar fx patches. Innovative hybrid cajon with builtin electronic sounds.
The gr 55 s 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. The guitar tone isnt horrible, typical boss cosm amp modelling. The gr55 is an impressive guitar synth and guitar preamp, but its ui leaves much to be desired, and roland has stated that they will not be releasing a pcbased editor for it. Dial in to some of the biggest tones in rock with this ultimate collection of simulated artist tones and effects. Its 100% free and you only have to register if you want to rate or request patches. Line 6 helix roland gr55 guitar synth synthesizer brian moore pin pin vg99 gr33. Showcases the gr 55 tracking setup using a bass guitar strung piccolo in gr 55 guitar mode. The gr 55 is a guitar synthesizer that includes a wide variety of sounds. My guitar is a variax 500 with an additional gk3 pickup attached for the gr55. Hi all, i have a pod hd500 and roland gr 55 synth and trying to understand how to change patches on the gr 55 from my pod hd500. I bought the helix rack mount and was really looking for a studio guitar rock sound for. The gr55 is equipped with rolands industrystandard pin gk interface. This is a compilation of patches made for the roland gr55 guitar processor designed to elevate your creativity and playing experience.
There is no flash card memory on the unit though it does accept usb sticks, check for the spec on the roland site. A complete newbies question about roland gr 55 discussion in. The gr 55 is the best tracking midi guitar module for internal sounds that. One place for sharing all patches effects and processors. 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 gr 55 and. The librarian download will provide instructions for uploading and offloading patches to and from the gr 55. Shop for the roland gr55 guitar synthesizer and receive free shipping on. Connect the left and right main outputs of the gr 55 to two channels of the amp or pa. When using patches which the pedalgk ctl ctl or exp sw parameter was set to each effect sw, editting the effect onoff parameter was not linked with the status of each effect sw. Here are some sound samples recorded with my roland gr 55. However if you load a drum kit preset on the gr55, the lowe. Controlling midi patch changes on the roland gr55 from. 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. One of the best solos you can learn, smooth and sweet.
Keep in mind that any effects you have patched in here will be heard in the signal chain before the rest of the internal gr55 effects. This is a file library, use rolands software to use the patches. You can also find other commonly requested patches like clean, acoustic and alternate tunings. With the gr 55s map select parameter set to fix, the gr 55 changes patches in sequence with the pods. Roland guitar specialist gundy keller demonstrates the roland gr55 guitar synthesizer at the 2011 winter namm show in anaheim, ca. Born in brooklyn, new york, on may 5, 1959, steve stevens first picked up the guitar when he was only seven years old. There is also a third party gr 55 patch editor that works well, allowing you to program patches in real time from your pc, laptop or mac.
What a value for my pod hd 500x your work is impressive. One resource for alternate patches or sounds is the gr55 guitar synthesizer artist patches page with many useful sounds designed by great guitarists like eric johnson, rob marcello and slash. The roland gr 55 is a revolution in guitar synthesis, with features never before available in any guitar processor. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer robert marcello artist. Roland gr 55 artist patches guitar multieffects presets. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer black with gk3 divided pickup. Roland gr55 training guide using the value dial, select the sound source you are connecting the gr 55 to. This album was recorded with my usual gear at the time. 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 v guitar systems like the vg88, but it isnt a full v guitar system. Here is a list of all the available effect unitsamplifiers on the site. Take an indepth look at the gr55 guitar synthesizer.
However it is quite noisy, and when you run it into a high gain amp on the pod, it generates noise and. This is a driver for using the gr 55 on mac os x 10. Shame that i havent even started to programme my line 6 pod 500 hd yet. How to rock out with alternate patches he was interested in buying a gr 55 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. Realtime editing and patch data backups, bulk patch editing. In the 7 plus years ive owned the gr55 i have discovered a number of frustrating design flaws in the unit. The gr 55 from roland is a fast reacting and accurate guitar synthesizer for use with a gk3 pickup attached to any type of guitar gk3 not included. The acoustic steel string guitar model is not very good, not a patch on the godin. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer, black, gr55gkbk, with gk. The roland gr55 is a revolution in guitar synthesis, with features never before available in any guitar processor. Before roland released the gr55 i had been getting by with a 1997. Essentially youre tricking the gr55 into thinking that its own modeling signal is coming from your regular guitar pickups. How to rock out with alternate patches roland canada.
Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer black with gk3 divided. Dial in to some of the biggest tones in rock with this ultimate collection of simulated artist tones. Glenn delaune premium patches for line 6, fractal audio, bossroland, kemper, mooer. The gr55 allows you to have multiple guitar profiles so you can easily switch the gr55 to react to the acoustic differently than the electric. To get the gr 55 guitar models into the pod, the gr 55 has a guitar out which, as the name suggests, only carries a guitar signal. Its also the most accurate, thanks to recently developed pitchdetection technology. A true guitar hero in every sense, hes even a playable avatar in the wildly successful video game guitar hero iii. Rolands gr55 guitar synth powers unlocked with touchosc. I will post some better helix video in the near future. How to connect your guitar to roland gr 55 without gk3. To access the gr55s enormous palette of sounds, guitarists must use an instrument equipped with a gkcompatible pickup such as rolands gk3 divided pickup, which is available with the gr55 see dropdown menu to the right and select the with pickup option. With this layout, an osc interface, and of course a copy of touchosc, the user can easily and intuitively edit patches, or modify gr55 settings in realtime during performance. Roland gr55 artist patches guitar multieffects presets. Function improvements added new preset patches added new 90 guitar and 18 bass patches as preset patch.
My hd500 could be regarded as my master controller, as it controls all the presets in the variax as well as take care of changing the presets in the gr55. Gr 55 librarian is a software that allows you to manage sound patches in the gr 55. If you have any technical problems on the site, please contact me so i can improve the site and make it even better. Main difference between this and similar sites is that it is made for all processors and.
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