Gr 55 librarian is a software that allows you to manage sound patches in the gr 55 with your computer. This assists in making it easy to find the tones that will work best with your music. This channel provides information of the rolands best quality electronic musical instruments. Its easy to use and easy to play with hundreds of great, readytouse sounds for rock or pop guitarists. Herman li of dragonforce talks to roland about his musical beginnings, his influences, and using the gr55 guitar synthesizer live and in the studio. Get new sounds for your roland synth roland australia. Just trying out my new roland gr55 guitar synthesizer. The gr55 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. Here are some sound samples recorded with my roland.
Mar 05, 2011 a demo of the of the roland gr 55 guitar synthesizers other patches built into the unit. Nov 15, 2017 yet, the gr 55 offers instant plugandplay gratification when you want it, while giving you the ability to customize its response and sound to match your specific needs. As if that wasnt enough, the gr55 has a fullblown, onboard, multieffects. 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.
The gr 55 is designed for guitars outfitted with a hexaphonic pickup system, which uses a pin cable to connect the instrument to the pedalboard. In my mind the gr 55 pretty much covers the two of these in one package. Roland gr 55 drivers the gr is equipped with rolands industrystan i create string split patches with bass on the two low strings. The roland gr 55 is a revolution in guitar synthesis, with features never before available in any guitar processor. You can listen to differnet kinds of instruments and sounds. Never apply this update data to any product other than the gr 55. Adobe reader available free of charge is required in order to view the online manual. Get sounds to the top 25 guitar synth songs for free. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer, black, gr55gkbk, with gk. The site also includes demo videos and sounds, so you can check out the patches and examples of their use before downloading. These are the soudns that did not fall into the lead or rhythm category.
Gr 55 is a professional audio synthesizer for windows os. By simply launching the dedicated boss tone studio application and connecting to the internet, you can download any of the free contents from our growing collection. Roland gr 55 as midi input device solved sat mar 23, 20 9. The wide range of sounds available are grouped by instrument and by musical genre, artist or concept. Organelectric piano emulation guitar effects pedal with onboard modulation processing and optional wetdry output. Two types of multieffects engines, plus global reverb, chorus, and delay effects. Roland gr55 gk guitar bass synth plus cosm effector. Currently, rolands flagship guitar synthesizer is the incredible gr 55.
Connect the left and right main outputs of the gr 55 to two channels of the amp or pa. It has a 20 second looper, some aspects of the vg 99 modeler and very good synth sounds. It is also rumored to apparently drive external synths very well. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer robert marcello artist. Midi options for violins have been around for decades, but were only compatible with synthesizers that are now obsole. Jun 17, 20 just trying out my new roland gr 55 guitar synthesizer. Roland cloud is an evolving cloudbased suite of software synthesizers, drum machines, and sampled instruments for modern creators. Axial is the official roland tone library site where you can download new sounds for your roland synthesizer that have been specially designed by top programmers.
Heldensounds fur roland gr55 guitarsynthmodeler bonedo. This is a classic methenyesque gr 300 hornlike sound, although a pale imitation of it. In the end i decided that i dont need to sound like a piano or a saxophone the guitar sounds great and thats why i chose it in the first place. If you have a keyboard amp, such as a roland kc350 or other pro quality amp, or a pa. I have been on the roland v guitar forums discussing this new gr 55 unit. The gr 55 includes two banks of synthesizer voices.
Take an indepth look at the gr55 guitar synthesizer. To access the gr 55 s 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 gr 55 see dropdown menu to the right and select the with pickup option. But trying to play any synth part with reasonably tight timing and accurate dynamics. Sorry, mixed the piano voice too high on the gr55, probably couldve. This album was recorded with my usual gear at the time. Had a gr 55, couldnt bond with it and sold it in a hurry.
May 28, 2018 roland gr 55 patch edit tutorial part 1 pcm synth sounds. With usb, midi, and editing software, it has never been easier to create, tweak, store, recall and import custom sounds in and out of your synthesizer. Honing his craft while playing in manhattan, stevens recorded an unreleased album with his band, fine malibus, and also played as a session guitarist. Anyway, as this is a gr 55 only sound, the axe is only here to provide effects. Pcm tone1 pcm tone2 modeling tone category tone no. Update zeta violins are now compatible with the roland gr 55 using the zeta 8pin to pin midi cable sold separately. This feature effects both the cosm and synth sounds on the gr 55, so that your guitar and synth sounds are not horribly out of tune with each other. Born in brooklyn, new york, on may 5, 1959, steve stevens first picked up the guitar when he was only seven years old. Free sound effects fx library, free download grsites. The gr 55 is equipped with rolands industrystandard pin gk interface.
Get grand piano sounds from soundsnap, the leading sound library for unlimited sfx downloads. The librarian download will provide instructions for uploading and offloading. Roland gr 55 gk guitar bass synth plus cosm effector discussion in effects bg started by. To send midi notes from the gr 55 s usb port or midi output, this switch must be turned on. Artist and collection patches and librarian gr 55 artist and collection patches can be found in the link.
Axe fx 2 with roland gr55, a simple song to understand. Can you stomache or tolerate a delay from playing a note to hearing a sound. A combination of different cutting edge technologies all merging into one unit, the gr 55 is essentially a swiss army knife for guitar. When in bass mode, the gr 55 is set up to track the lower frequencies that come out of bass. You can also blend in your guitars pickups with the modeled cosm sound. Gr 55 wont allow itself to be the sound source for an external controller. Press exit several times to return to the main menu. Having been a synthesizer user for many years, i found the gr pretty tame by comparison. Use the librarian application to load and transfer patches to and from the gr 55.
Axial is the official roland website that offers free professionally designed patches for your roland synth. Unlike the synth sounds, which require the string pitch to be tracked, cosm sounds have no latency or tracking issues, because they work directly on the string sound, but integral pitchshifting means that it is possible to use alternative tunings or to emulate a 12string guitar. I picked up my gr 55 about a week ago, and have been trying to get a handle on its strengths and limitations. Although roland has tested numerous configurations, and has determined that on average, a computer system similar to that described above will permit normal operation of the gr 55 librarian, roland cannot guarantee that a given computer can be used satisfactorily with the gr 55 librarian based solely on the fact that it meets the above. Roland gr33, gr55, gi20 and ext synth, or midi guitar. Its easy to use and easy to play with hundreds of great, readytouse sounds for. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer piano sounds youtube.
To send midi notes from the gr55s usb port or midi output, this switch must be turned on. Roland gr 55 concert grand lead 07 1 gk3 midi guitar pickup. Although roland has tested numerous configurations, and has determined that on average, a computer system similar to that described above will permit normal operation of the gr 55 librarian, roland cannot guarantee that a given computer can be used satisfactorily with the gr 55 librarian based solely on. Take an indepth look at the gr 55 guitar synthesizer. Roland gr55 patch edit tutorial part 1 pcm synth sounds. Gr55 is a professional audio synthesizer for windows os. Piano 5 06 brite piano 07 stage piano 08 honky tonk 09 lofi piano 10 piano 1 11 piano 1 w 12 european pf piano 2 14 piano 2 w 15 honkytonk 16. Press the righthand page button to the select the system tab. Roland gr 55 guitar synthesizer for over 35 years, roland guitar synthesizers have provided guitar and bass players with the means to coax astonishing sounds from their instruments. Stay up to date with roland news, artists, promotions, events, and more.
The gr has an output jack just for the regular guitar pickups and cosm modeled guitar without the synths, effects, or the amp. Use the cursor buttons to highlight midiusb, and then press enter. Its got a solid sound engine, plenty of sounds to choose from, decent internal effects, and of course the cosm modeling of several typical guitars. Grand piano sounds download grand piano sound effects now. By default, the gr 55 s guitarmidi switch is turned off.
Here are some sound samples recorded with my roland gr55. We get lots of calls and emails about midi violins. Download exclusive artist patches and additional genrebased patches for the gr 55 guitar synthesizer. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer black with gk3 divided. This update data may destroy the data or system program of other products. Buy boss gr55gk guitar synthesizer, black at amazon uk. Here are some sound samples recorded with my roland gr 55. Never poweroff your gr 55 while the update is in progress.
When you do this, you have to boot the gr 55 in bass mode you can select from bass or guitar mode in a system parameters page. View and download roland gr55 owners manual online. Roland gr55 to send midi notes from the gr55 sweetcare. Over 900 of rolands latest fully editable pcm sounds, including pianos, organs, strings, vintage synths, and much more. However, the opposite would work so you could drive your keyboard with the midi out of the gr 55. View and download roland gr 20 owners manual online. Axial get new sounds for your roland synth roland australia.
Herman li of dragonforce talks to roland about his musical beginnings, his influences, and using the gr 55 guitar synthesizer live and in the studio. Disappointed in roland gr55 tracking jazz guitar online. Jeff loomis nevermore, sanctuary talks to roland about the gr55 guitar synthesizer. Download and install the gr 55 librarian application. How to sound like your favourite guitarists roland australia. I fill in horns, add synth tones and do effects from samples on a usb stick. The gr 55 is able to account for things like picking dynamics, strumming, finger picking, bends, and all other physical factors, making it far superior than any other midi capability for guitar. Boss tone central is a library service offering additional contents for boss products. This is a driver for using the gr 55 on mac os x v10. Roland gr55 training guide using the value dial, select the sound source you are connecting the gr 55 to. Are you able to trigger the internal sounds of the gr 55.
On a vg99, there is a global sensitivity adjustment to match the response of the system to the pickup on a specific controller instrument. Make sure you download the newest iteration as it sorts out some earlier bugs. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer black with gk3 divided pickup and 1 year free extended warranty boss 6 string gp10, ambidextrous gp10gk boss multiple effects guitar pedal with looper me80. Two types of multieffects engines, plus global reverb, chorus, and delay effects, and an. Click here to download 5,700 background textures and images, 6,800 truetype fonts and 1,980 sound effects for commercial use of the sound effects, select the download with commercial license. Also, even though the guitar models,amps,pedal effects etc are pretty good, they did not. Check out the roland gr 55 specifications page at sweetwater the worlds leading music technology and instrument retailer. Piano, streicher, blaser, flachen, vintagesynths etc. Mar 23, 2011 you can route the outputs of the gr in a number of useful ways, separating synth sounds that usually need a clean power amplifier from guitar sounds that can go to a separate guitar amp. Oct 23, 2012 hi guys, heres a new youtube i made with gr55 through axe fx 2.
And yes, i do have an embedded filter in the gr 55. The gr 55 looks like a typical guitar multieffects pedal, but it is more than that. With an abundance of sounds and options available to you, your tonal choices never dry up. Maybe not quite on par with the axon units, but very close. By default, the gr55s guitarmidi switch is turned off. Are you more into synthesizer sounds or processed guitar. The new gr 55 is supposed to have the fastest tracking of any guitar synth ever but the roland vg99 has synthlike sounds. The gr 55 from roland is the latest 2011 attempt at turning guitarists in pianists, flutists, trumpet players, and so on. Roland gr 55sbk the roland gr 55 is a revolution in guitar synthesis, with features never before available in any guitar processor. The midi pickup sends the string vibration information to the processor, which then converts each string into a pitch and uses the synth you set on the pedal. View and download roland gr 30 owners manual online. Its a single track recorded with my luke bfr gk equiped in logic 9.
Oct 18, 20 the next section of the gr 55 is the synthesizer section. A a download example 1 electric piano synthesizer voice combined with regular pickups and a cosm l4 guitar model playing single notes at a moderately fast tempo. Two types of multieffects engines, plus global reverb, chorus, and delay effects, and an onboard looper. Official gr55 page at roland corporation download the roland gr55. This unassuming piece of gear it only sports a few buttons and five main foot controls, started taking over my life 15 minutes just to test out a new sound design became 2 hours and 15 minutes later.
Guitar to midi connection the best guitar midi controllers. Guitar patches to sound like your favourite guitarist. If a power failure or similar accident occurs during the update process, the gr 55 wont be able to start up in normal operating mode. The gr55 has piano sounds and sax sounds and marimba sounds. Official gr55 page at roland corporation download the roland gr 55. 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 gr 55 is not very good at it, especially with piezoequiped guiitars.
Innovative hybrid cajon with builtin electronic sounds. Roland gr 55 training guide using the value dial, select the sound source you are connecting the gr 55 to. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer, black, gr 55gkbk, with gk pickup midify your guitar with the roland gk3 pickup then put 900 inspiring and fully editable sounds at your feet with the gr 55 guitar synth pedal. This is a file library, use rolands software to use the patches. Please refer to the precautions concerning the update of the system program of the gr 55 to ver.
Boss gt 10b synth effects, sonuus b2m pitchtomidi fast tracking but wayyyyy too. The gr55 features two independent pcm synthesiser sound engines. Realtime editing and patch data backups, bulk patch editing. Hence, the gr 55 patch should be set to trigger one note at a time. I can loop the piano and do the intro to locamotive breadth, looping to ac and flute, and. How well does the gr 55 translate a pickingplucking motion into splitting air in a flute, or hammering strings in a piano. This is a driver for using the gr 55 on mac os x 10. Roland gr55 as midi input device solved logic pro help.
The roland gr55 is a revolution in guitar synthesis, with features never. 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. I literally had to hide my roland gr55 guitar synthesizer under the couch, safe from view. Jeff loomis nevermore, sanctuary talks to roland about the gr 55 guitar synthesizer. Download this app from microsoft store for windows 10, windows 8. Onstage or in the studio, you can instantly access the gr 55 s huge library of readytouse sounds, from pop to rock and beyond, with quickaccess category buttons.