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Roland GR-20

Audio/MIDI Converter from Roland belonging to the GR series

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Published on 03/06/06 at 08:38
Well, I do not return the above, everyone knows what it's all about ...

UTILIZATION

Gnrale configuration is very simple. Be a sound vritable a breeze, and it is in part to the fact that the edition is sound Reduces its simplest form.
The manual could not be clearer, it will pass, except for two three manipulations. Former users of the GR33 will not be lost!

GETTING STARTED

The effects are still Reduces. The synth sounds are against trs trs of good quality and Roland was quite a leap forward in apprciable Contents of sounds from the sounds of the GR33. The sounds are different trs, rpart in ten banks. It includes most of the usual sounds. Compared my personal choices in terms of sound, I quite apprci all rhodes / hammond organ and various. Among the big improvement on the GR33, I find that the pianos and some winds have largely amliors t (those familiar with the sax patches based GR33 understand ...). All the orchestral sounds are good and synthtisation my ear also, but APRS, I'm not a studio rat, so ...

OVERALL OPINION

So it's a music store who graciously prt me for a few days so that I do notice, and frankly, I am ordering the version m'apprte GR20. I have used for 5 days, which can go around because I RPET, capabilities edition of the GR20 is much less than the shoots GR33. An effect module, but is extremely Reduces Submitted. Other features found on the GR33 and not on the GR20 Submitted: arpgiateur is lost, the harmonizer, which taient for me to fawn all quite unnecessary The effect module on much INTERESTED GR33. Other loss, size, the possibility of layer two sounds (with the GR20, the sounds are superposs figs, you can not stack two sounds to choose from. Too bad. In return, we therefore sounds dj Lays, however, quite well chosen).
Otherwise, the GR20 keeps most of the functions Hold and Glide pedals.
Note that I used with a particular instrument trs, a Chapman Stick (stringed instrument in tapping jou only) and a quip GK2A changed. And no surprises, the GR20 rpond the finger and the eye, much better than the GR33 my opinion. So good trs.
Another thing that struck me: I feel that the output level of the GR-20 Has revised upwards from that of the GR-33, which is a big big plus for me and the fact that I use (it comes in in my prampli Expand In Rane).
The report qualitprix is ​​pretty average against, given the abandonment of many of the features on the GR33 Submitted. Fortunately, the sounds are much more crdibles (rrrahlala, the jazz organs, terrible ...). Berf, for me, the GR20 is a kind of plug and play extremely easy to use, good for musicians who do not want to take the cabbage (I am). This approach allows Premire synthse sounds from a skyscraper. In my case, I will use it to grow its my sessions with a drummer (a small mat or organs derrire the main sound of the strings). For cons, I can not tell you how he Ragit in the context of computer music, since I do not practice ...
Go, ciao, I go buy me one, because I could not compare with the Terratec Axon. Frankly, do not deprive yourself, it's still enjoyable enough to play in front of the world, especially when people are desperate dsesprement claviriste the gaze in the room ... ;-)