All user reviews for the Roland GR-20

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UTILIZATION

config and installation of GK03 can be done quickly to make the system work relatively quickly.
the manual clear and filled info

GETTING STARTED

the device does not require particular implementation except qq basic settings the first time.

The GK03 is mounted in a double-sided first time on my telecaster to try the machine and see a little how it all behaves.

I intend to mount it on my les paul thereafter.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had ... one week!!!
I think it's great!

sounds or piccolo saxophone with guitar ... it's just excellent!!
just for fun device worth (170 € mine with GK03 sensor included!)

actually play other instruments with guitar requires some adaptation but it can be fun quickly!!

I'll try to insert qq sounds of live .. see!

In any case, I do not regret buying the machine.

Has a complete connection and nothing is missing. GK connection my Godin was made for this. Remained just connect to an amp.

UTILIZATION

Configuration and simple manual and portends huge potential. The programming is against a fairly high level while remaining simple.

GETTING STARTED

A simple and all instrumentation twelve o'clock installation is available from a guitar amp ... What happiness!

OVERALL OPINION

Fairly regular use, use more home externally. The choice fell on this product, because at the time, and especially at the meeting, some suggested taking a product-type GK. Despite the lack of choice, this is more appropriate. No regrets except that the lack of choice at the time.

already said ...

UTILIZATION

simply because very few parameters ... too little!

GETTING STARTED

sensor installation is very simple tune-o-matic

OVERALL OPINION

ahh .. sound ..
I would say that it sounds very good, but there is a wide pannel of preconfigured sounds (little changed ..)

but hey, that bends to react properly, control the six-string equivalent of six synths nonophoniques (passk must be independent pitch bend for each string)

accompaniments to play with polyphonic sounds kind piano, organ, se .. or sounds of violins ... it's ok (and brass are also nice)

but the funky lead acid or low, better a Electroharmonix (without sensor but monaural)

The Roland GR 20 is an guitar synthesizer that you must own if you play the electric guitar. it’s a complete system that has a great selection of sounds like strings, organ , synths and many more. Editing everything on the Roland GR 20 couldn’t be easier either with the quick editing knobs like chorus and release / delay. The Roland GR 20 also has some of the newest and latest sounds that come on other Roland products. If you are a Les Paul type guitar player there is an attachment plate for you as well.


UTILIZATION

There was a little learning curve me to get familiar with the unit itself. It wasn’t difficult but I didn’t read any manuals so I just started messing around with it it. Using it is painless but it was one of the first type of pieces of gear like this that I have ever used so it too me a while to really get the feel and flow of how it works and what each knob does and how well it does it. But after a few hours I had no further problems. It was even fun just doing the trial and error method because I was able to create some really neat sounds. It really brought my creativity out.


GETTING STARTED

Sounds are good, it has some sax, flute, and brass just to name a few. Everything seems to sound pretty realistic as well. Most Roland sounds do sound authentic and they have carried that over to the Roland GR 20.


OVERALL OPINION

Overall, if you are in need of a guitar synthesiser then this could be the one you need to get. It cost a little more than what I was expecting and most of Rolands products arent cheap so I do expect it to hold up for me for a long time. Only time will tell how well built it is, I havent dropped it yet so that is a plus. I am looking forwared to some more synths for guitars that roland will come out with in the future.

A few tweaks will be necessary.
GK3 The sensor is installed perfectly on a Les Paul. Everything is provided: bars both sides to stick the sensor (on strato & Co. only), tools for sensor settings, cables ... the same adapter to attach to Les Paul.

Output jack guitar> sensor GK3> GR20> guitar amp & PA

The signal is carried by the guitar cable with GR20 orders noon. This is the GR20 which separates the signals to send only the scratches on his amplifier via mono jack. The midi sounds out of 2 mono jacks (L + R).
Input jack for stereo (2 mono).
I / O noon.

UTILIZATION

Manual very clear. Actually we do not need the manual to begin to use immediately. 2 rotary used to select the sample set MIDI and patch in the bank: simplicity itself.
The manual will be useful to sustain the possibilities, glide and the expression pedal. One can easily get all types of config according to the piece to play.
The little mod to do (attack, release, chorus, reverb / echo) on the south are easily adjusted by rotating 4. For more advanced settings (resonnance, +-2oct, ...) is done in menus-simple, ie there are few parameters with few choices to be so SIMPLE.

GETTING STARTED

Not thru noon, damage.
Cable GK5 not very flexible. It comes folded instead of being wound. Be careful not to step on it! It is more fragile than a jack and much rarer. You can have bad contacts because of this cable (or because of the sensor ...)

Otherwise this unit is made for guitarists. It is not complicated to use! And controls to bring up many possibilities of play

OVERALL OPINION

In service for 4 years without problems, apart from poor contact on the case on this guitar.
I do not regret my purchase. It was the best offer "all inclusive" sensor + Sound Module + foot control.
Moreover, we can always control sounds more pro from noon.
A well-designed solution with a price drop may be with the arrival of new more efficient models in the same brand.

I used the GR-20 be with my with my electric Godins either using an old GK2 provided at the time with the GR-50. The cable is always the same (13 pin). It now exists as the GK3 converter but I've never tried.

UTILIZATION

The manual is clear, the configuration is very simple it's plug and play.

GETTING STARTED

Once connected you must set the sensitivity of the sensor so that the operation is optimal

OVERALL OPINION

J have used this model for 4-5 years, I also have a GR-50. But the quality of samples of GR-20 is really terrible. I sold mine because I make music oriented flamenco, Latin so when I bring my synth repeats they look at me weird. For use can be combined with a synth guitar sound without changing his way of play or only play synth in this case you must not think "game" but guitar synth. If I still had my training in Jazz Rock I will again this choice without prob.

Already said before
Tracking good (not perfect)
Cons by some sounds very spoiled

UTILIZATION

Use at let's say it's a toy!

GETTING STARTED

The hardest part of all this is to properly position the sensor. After everything worked right away!
I was very impressed by the latency: one feels, but it is almost zero!

OVERALL OPINION

Well let's say I bought it was however hier.Cela 5 years I wanted a guitar synthesizer (as the great guitarist Metheny was the first I've heard when I started playing guitar, I'm still a fan ) and that I suck on keyboards (actually I do not want to learn lol) then voila! At least it increases your vision of the game, you can do a whole piece yourself, into several tracks, of course ^ ^ (there is a patch mm battery!)
Too bad the sound editing is more advanced, and that the sounds are very similar!

Used with GK-3B on a 6-string bass frets
(And occasionally trs with the transmitter of origin on a Les Paul copy guitar)
Solid connection, but after a year the connection is showing signs of weakness, sound (clacs breaking sound, repeated and amplified)

UTILIZATION

Super simple, DPIT the patch to download and install that the system works as well with the bass with the guitar (about free patch by Roland on systems older)
The manual is very well built, but the ergonomics of any fawn Systm is very well done, a few rglages for which it is best to understand what is done with the doc everything comes by itself.

GETTING STARTED

Install the kit, download the patch, plug and play ... meaningless

OVERALL OPINION

Used for a little over a year in support to enrich low-chorus, play games or organ / ground, in rock / times. The Systm therefore, outside of my exercises, a trip for a week rptitions, and a few trips a year for gigs.
=> Trs well in chorus from the middle of the handle and the rope, not great below (low E / so bad) because of the latency and Artfact - I prcise the assembly and t have the rglage Verify by professionals ...
So I do not synth bass line because not enough prcis in serious, but for chorus sax, trumpet mouth, Hammond organ (highway star), or duos low distortion + synth-wah lead, has had its effect!
Report quality / price: the product ages, but its ratings decline ... always a good choice I think if you want to start and give an ide.
I would do it again? question of budget. I have not tried other Systm and I did not see how the latency is now gone in frquences serious. I doubt that aa the progress, but 300 EUR, why not?

One last word, combining the GR20 with a looper, you can spend nights entires loop!

*Affordable guitar synthesizer with new sounds, easy interface, and GK-3 pickup

*Easy to use: select a sound category (Strings, Organ, Synth, etc.) and play!

*Quick editing via Attack, Release, Chorus, and Delay/Reverb knobs

*Digital pitch detection for lightning-fast tracking

*Includes Roland's latest sounds like sax, strings, flute, brass, bass and percussion loops

*Includes an adjustable curve design and pickup cable length, plus an attachment plate for Les Paul guitars

*Patch Link enables easy connection with MIDI-capable multi-effects such as the GT-6

*Includes built-in expression pedal

*Built-in effects such as reverb, delay

UTILIZATION

The synth is fairly easy to figure out, but one still needs to have the manual there to figure out all the extra functioning. The digital display only shows patch number information, nothing more, so navigating the deeper functions takes some reading. This is not a bad thing - it is a deep, technologically advanced unit, and should be treated as such. But it's not such a steep learning curve that one couldn't jump right in and make good sounds, provided that they have the proper pickup (GK3 or GK2A) installed properly.

It can be a bit annoying travelling from one patch to another, as you basically have just up or down with the secondary functions of the 2 stomp pedals or using the patch toggle on the GK pickup. One can get around this annoyance by saving useful patches to the User bank, next to each other, or by getting a seperate midi footcontroller to navigate the banks more quickly.

GETTING STARTED

The first thing that needs to be done with this is to install the GK synth pickup on the guitar. The GR-20 will not track notes without one, so proper installation is necessary. It can be a tiny headache figuring it all out, getting the proper spacing to get the pickup height at the right setting, as well as deciding whether or not to mount permanently or use the double-sided tape. But once this minor inconvenience is hurdled, the GR-20 unit provides loads of fun, inspiring sounds.

OVERALL OPINION

The Roland GR-20 used to be one of the top line guitar synth units from Roland. It can be found now on the used market for a song, and provides an excellent variety of quality tones. The organ, synth lead, and pad sounds were the most inspiring to me. The piano sounded a bit tinny, and the brass sounded a bit "80s cheeseball", but the organ, pad, and synth sounds are absolutely enough to get me shredding on this for hours at a time.

One great feature is that one can use a midi out to a sequencer program, and just play the data in - no more tedious programming note by note! That right there is worth the price of admission if one likes to sequence, and the sounds are just the icing on the cake. I like this unit a lot, and I highly recommend checking one out if you can.

I qqs months from the User,

cest top sounds, superior in number and quality GR33, getting started tt and the rest, frankly lensemble ds, we pay for, including sensor

javais else tried roland models, but for the quality and variety of sounds, there's no pictures, even better qd EST

Q / P right

relative to models roland else, this is more quil:

upgraded to version 2 sen serve with LOW! via an additional menu
link function patch very practical and intuitive to call the patches ds lordre quon wants nimporte by external MIDI controller
SETTING resonance for all sounds
edition by faster pots located directly in front
additional functions for the buttons S1 and S2 of the sensor: the two pedals used to increment or decrement the octave sounds, while at the same time having access to other controls (tuner, patch changes, control changes)
Two LEDs present on the two pedals, which hold that the flashing qd is pressed, hyper pratik
dexpression the pedal can be assigned to the cutoff frequency and a four parameter deffet hidden, so additional possibility to vary the sound!
the parameter "envelope follow" directly accessible via the release knob
Sounds more recent (series XV) was breathtaking
6 multitimbral voice to control what external expander nimporte
small, lightweight and super intuitive to conclude
Now, the reason I would add TFW rack yam in the ass, but in fact a good koi ...

UTILIZATION

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GETTING STARTED

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OVERALL OPINION

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Then
here it is a reasonably priced package that includes the pedal and the sensor
found on the order of the sensor always two switches up / down or assignable functions, a knob worthy of the name, and + ieurs accessories to fix the sensor, even on a les paul style skyscraper
Crankset: 2 switches and sustain transposer or assignable functions, a pedal and the minimum edit the sounds directly, attack, release, dosage chorus, delay and reverb mix, depending on whether the patch contains or Mon lautre and patch level
+ Above, switches to the cutoff frequency, resonance, 2 -2 transposition and dynamics.
In summary, if you want to push away said dune pcm, fo go another model many German + expensive (Axon)
In any case here, the sounds are super dune quality, frankly, and ds ttes families dinstrus: piano, organ, bass, gt, etc ... you will find something for everyone

MIDI IN / OUT ..... mix in stereo (for a return of your guitar effect, all will be mixed gk20 ds), gk and obviously in stereo out ....... all is lanalogik jacks

UTILIZATION

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GETTING STARTED

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OVERALL OPINION

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Then
here it is a reasonably priced package that includes the pedal and the sensor
found on the order of the sensor always two switches up / down or assignable functions, a knob worthy of the name, and + ieurs accessories to fix the sensor, even on a les paul style skyscraper
Crankset: 2 switches and sustain transposer or assignable functions, a pedal and the minimum edit the sounds directly, attack, release, dosage chorus, delay and reverb mix, depending on whether the patch contains or Mon lautre and patch level
+ Above, switches to the cutoff frequency, resonance, 2 -2 transposition and dynamics.
In summary, if you want to push away said dune pcm, fo go another model many German + expensive (Axon)
In any case here, the sounds are super quality dune frankly, and ds ttes families dinstrus: piano, organ, bass, gt, etc ... you will find something for everyone

MIDI IN / OUT ..... mix in stereo (to effect a return of your guitar, everything will mix the gk20 ds), gk and obviously in stereo out ....... all is lanalogik jacks

UTILIZATION

Manuel super short, super easy, super concise English ....
edition sounds very simple because the parameters to edit are directly accessible via the pots and functions as "LEDs" it is great guid.
assignable pedal almost wants this quon
grip frankly could not be more simple, cétait wanted
very light and small, no dc transport pbleme

GETTING STARTED

Access to parameters of effects is super fast and easy
filters on the sounds st controllable by the pedal, some random st and frankly gives some great tips. To know that when you choose the "effect" for the assignment of the pedal, you accsa a parameter on the envelope of sound that nest inaccessible on the machine itself, so even more possibilities as you see.

the sensor: Roland tt simplify this machine until the internal multitimbral, head of the guitar's range does quune has its base, then as patches of sajoutent pcm Layes on this sound, we change doctave qd, EST well thought out. desfois can end up with strings, and plays lorsquon loctave upper sajoutent choruses that blend well all ds

ditto for families or ethnic percussions, the low E is launching a rhythm loop quon can sustain, while Quon plays the notes on the rest of the range.

To summarize, share and tones in this machine are similar to other guitars in pdalier synth, but when you find the same multitimbral.

but beware, qd You want to control an external sound module, multitimbral is present in the midi out! up to 6 stamps, Logik, by a rope with midi channels that must follow, eg, from 1 to 6 inclusive, or from 4 to 9.
There are four modes sustain: he who sustain a note and let ns take the other taking care not to replay the first, and 3 vs other combinations that allow a truly free choice according grde lambiance vs that want to apply

OVERALL OPINION

I qqs months from the User,

cest top sounds, superior in numbers and quality to GR33, the grip and the rest tt, ds lensemble frankly, it was worth the money, including sensor

javais essay models roland else, but for the quality and diversity of sounds, there's no pictures, even better qd EST

Q / P right

relative to models roland else, this is more quil:

upgrade to version 2 sen serve with LOW! via an additional menu
link function patch very practical and intuitive to call the patches ds lordre quon wants nimporte by external MIDI controller
SETTING resonance for all sounds
edition by faster pots are in direct faade
additional functions for the buttons S1 and S2 of the sensor: the two pedals used to increment or decrement the octave sounds, while at the same time having access to other controls (tuner, patch changes, control changes)
Two LEDs present on the two pedals, which hold that the flashing qd is pressed, hyper pratik
dexpression the pedal can be assigned to four cutoff frequency and therefore a hidden parameter deffet additional possibility to vary the sound!
the parameter "envelope follow" directly accessible via the release knob
Sounds more recent (series XV) was breathtaking
6 multitimbral voice to control what external expander nimporte
small, lightweight and super intuitive to conclude
Now, the reason I would add TFW rack yam in the ass, but in fact a good koi ...

Here I have the GR20 for 2 weeks, and I am very happy:
for sound is great, except the sounds of guitar, classical, 12 string ...
but for all the rest is really very very cool
for the fawn to play, it is indeed well get used on the other hand, the fact of putting a trumpet by exemlple, make you go naturally into the trip of the instrument, and that's really cool.

the small problem is that the GR20 is not multitimbral, that is to say that when you record multiple MIDI tracks separately, you can not listen to them simultaneously, with each one of its gr20!
you must pass them one by one front audio.

and is not write in the doc!
So I took the lead one week not understand why its not working!

otherwise latent level, y 'no,
sensor mounting much easier than I thought (about 1 hour)) depending on the curvature of the strings of your scratch!

Voil

UTILIZATION

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GETTING STARTED

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OVERALL OPINION

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