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Roland GR-20

Audio/MIDI Converter from Roland belonging to the GR series

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alak alak
Published on 02/01/10 at 20:32
Interface Guitar Synthesizer purchased in early 2009 with the GK3 sensor provided in the pack at 500 euros
Well designed, 2 MIDI (in / out), 2 inputs for MP3, effects etc. ... ("Mix in"), and 2Quit plus an output for sending the guitar signal to an external device (effects, amps etc. ...)
The housing plastoc, compact enough not to impede on stage (next to a G71UT ZOOM), seems solid.
An expression pedal (volume, bend, filter cutoff frequency synthesizer)
2 buttons to sustain and pitch bend.

UTILIZATION

Use = very simple: you select a category of sound, then with the dial or buttons on the sensor itself, navigating through the sounds of the bank.
The sensor is very easy to use
The manual, well done, is virtually useless.

facility = hex micro sensor easy to install with adhesive pasta shape
Start over
GK 3 module installed without drilling life of the tie strap it siffer = screw it qqs turn or replace the screw with a screw longer than 3 mmm

GETTING STARTED

Implementation
with an average of 40 sounds per bank and 10 banks, there are ways to find the sound you seek! some are beautiful = love the sax sounds "ethnic" to create environments Eastern, Celtic, Indian, etc ... HUGE improvement over my old GR50!
The electric piano are convaicants if you do not play too fast, acoustic pianos can not play fast without "pick up" (ditto for the drums, Because the latency - very low indeed, an improvement over previous models, but still noticeable).
Patterns already programmed (Going it alone on a string) are very funny.

OVERALL OPINION

Global Reviews
Latency, much better than on older models, remains a small problem, but they have to do with = it is inherent to the very principle of conversion!
and it's so funny to release a chorus sax on stage with a guitar!
Overall a good product, a bit expensive, but very useful for recording on cubase midi sequences to double a solo, creating an atmosphere on stage if the band has no keyboard, etc. ...