Woodinblack

If he doesn't want it I would!

This indeed does *for the synth generated waveforms from the 13 pin interface*, but you won't get those from the SY part, so you won't gain that. Or at least I don't see how. This is two parallel paths. The SY path is the same as all other SY paths. The waveform comes in and is used as the oscilator base for further processing. The Synth section converts the pitch of each string to a 'voltage' (this is an analogue of the process, it almost certainly is never a voltage, it is a number to a DCO, but its easier to think of it this way), then that makes an oscilator make a waveform of your choice at a frequency relating to that value. Althought maybe it is smarter than that and now every input from the GK goes through its own SY process, although from the comments above, that doesn't seem likely how it works. No, what it is is up to 6 C4s, one on each note with a shared back end. But without the GK interface, it is an SY and an multi effects pedal.

No, you went down the synth pedal rabbit hole. This is the synth rabbit hole - it is much more expensive! Effectively it would be more like the SY1 and GT1000, as most of the functionality of the 300 is duplicated in the 1000. And you already have a SY1. I guess you get the convenience of it in one box, but I can't see it is going to give you more than just buying a GT1000 would considering. I haven't seen any demos of the SY1000 used without the 13 pin system. Maybe it would add something, but seems a bit of a waste.

Without the pitch to midi parts, this won't offer anything over the SY300.

So roland have made the tracking worse than the system they used 12 years ago? Really? that is a bit unforgivable. Although I thought the VB99 only did pitch to midi for output, and the processing was just individual string processing (which would obviously not have any tracking requirements)

Well, that depends if you want to go down the synth rabbit hole! I did enjoy playing with the synths, even though I find that on bass they are a lot slower to react then on guitars obviously. However, with the SY stuff in there, maybe they have cracked that.

This is the new GR with the SY bits thrown in which will help correct issues with the GR range concerning latency etc and add more features. So it is logically a replacement for the GR55 (which is a bit old now). As such, the 13 pin GK interface is vital for its use. If you have no plans to use the 13 pin interface (which you can actually do on this, unlike previous ones) then this isn't a box that is worth your time or money, it would just be like an SY-1/300 with a bigger footprint. This is a synthesiser, not a 'synth pedal' as such, as such it produces midi, can be chained to other synthesizers, and I suspect contains the latest itteration of whatever rolands mainstream synth engine is. The 24 pin interface you are talking about up there is dead tech that was abandoned by Roland a long time ago. If people want to fiddle around with the old guitars they have to change the interface between what they have and the 13 pin, it is nothing that Roland will ever deal with again. Agreed, once you have slapped a GK3b on (or used your GK capable bass if you have one), you are good to go, and it probably won't get better than this for a good while yet. No, had the same problem with my Stick, Stick enterprises provide a GK pickup at a slight markup of £OMFG or the other option is making it yourself, both which aren't totally apealing. Actually easy enough to make yourself complexity wise, just the time it takes to do it I know I would never get round to it (and I klnow this as I have a GK3 pickup just there -> waiting for me to do it which I got last year)

Like this thread? Its not a synth pedal, it is a synth. Its the update of the GR (10/20/33) range combined with the SY-1/300 technology, so it does both the 13 pin GR stuff (needing a GK pickup) as well as the SY-1 stuff. As such it is pretty impressive, and if I had the room / bass with the gk3 still on / money, I would have one right now! Not sure what you mean about 24 to 13 pin converter? This is a standard 13 pin GK interface isn't it?

Yes, I mean the spectradrive! I haven't had a chance to really play with the drive. it didn't seem inspiring by default (I dont' know what the default is).

TBH: any time I have been in a hospital waiting room I would have welcomed the diversion!

Was it you or someone else that said about noise on the B1-four? Got the spectracomp today, plugged it in, thought 'god thats loud noisy', then bypassed, and it sounded teh same, so put the lead round the back instead and it still was. I guess I had turned the level up somehow! With levels where they should be, its fine, just got to find some drive toneprint that I like

Thats what I had from bax, they lost the bass. And once advised of a refund, that took a while too. Would expect a bit better of bass direct, but then I have never exactly had good service from them either.

Althought that isn't to knock some of their other lyrics, such as "The flowers in your kitchen, they weep for you"

And me

Ok, so are there a lot of people ready to switch from the helix because it hasn't got enough effects?

Agreed.

Just bought a SpectraDrive today

Fine here on Firefox, says that the certificate is invalid but doesn't stop me going there. Mind you, that is because I am going to http://www.sfxsound.com/home . If I went to the https site it wouldn't work as the certficate is invalid https://www.sfxsound.com/home/ I have the same issue on my site, with chrome it will default to going to an https site if you don't tell iit.

My maruszczyk has a flame maple neck, its pretty solid and only adjusted it when I put tapewounds on it once.

Not sure if it is doing something wrong or just the settings on my iPad, but when I plug the red lead in the headphone I just get the sound from the microphones on the iPad, so as a result it doesn't work. Seems like logically it should, and maybe it is my hardware. oh hang on, I have an older iPad, I wonder what it does with that? Nope, that doesn't work either.

ok, didn't think of that, I will give it a try. Oh, presumably a iOS device with a headphone

I have the SC01, so no idea about the XLR (although it seems like it should, the manual is downloadable). The batteries last for ages. I use rechargeables as I have loads of them around. you can plug an iPhone in the aux in (or the link) but obviously if you wanted to 'use it as an effector' you would have to take the output from the iPhone, so the bass would have to go into the iPhone rather than the input. So I am not sure what they are getting at there.

Well, Van Halen weren't VH without the original lineup. Everyone knows that!

Jesters tear is pretty much my favourite. After that it all went downhill!

He did, then Geddy Lee sung it. He is such a copycat, must be irritating.