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Haha yes, which guitar synth do you prefer that has great sounds like this but less glitches?

Yes this is because this is a TRS cable. If you look at the tip of the cable you will see a tip a ring and a sleeve In other words two black lines instead of one. All of these cables that you are using for a microphone need to be mono or stereo so you're going to see no black lines or one black line. No headphone microphone combo will work on the pedal. However if you have a headphone microphone combo that splits out into two individual signals that should be fine as long as you plug the headphones into the output and the microphone into the input. That being said I wouldn't recommend that. Just get yourself a cheap condenser mic like an SM-58.

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Unfortunately that isn't the default function of the hold switch. The whole switch by default acts as a freeze. On the previous version of this video you guys had mentioned the same thing and I erroneously thought that a true sustained function did not exist. It does in fact exist however it is hidden beneath menus. Given the nature of my video is typically being sound after sound, I would have to either globally set a sustain function for a control switch or manually set it with each patch. I think either of these options could work. That being said to manually set it on each patch would make editing a nightmare so that's out. As far as setting a global parameter and assigning it to an expression pedal, this would cause the pedal to sound unlike with the average user could get it to sound like. On the custom sounds video I showed how I was able to get unique sounds so maybe I just need to make another custom sounds video related to the sustain function itself. This type of content gets difficult because I'm already inside of a niche when I do synthesizer content let alone doing direct input stereo or specific functionality of the synthesizer itself that is not default and difficult to set up. I'm continually thinking about that sustain switch! You guys are causing it to be a nightmare for me at this point lol. I'll get to it!

Hahah glad you hear it also. It's because of the marimba tone and that nice watery sound

This pedal does not contain any real guitar sounds. For guitar sounds you are going to want the SY1000 which contains guitar modeling. This unit instead contains synthesizer versions of acoustic guitars which sound absolutely terrible. This unit is instead intended to replicate keyboard and real synthesizer sounds, but not real guitars. There is no modeling functionality in this pedal whatsoever and it does not listen to your real guitar tone at all. In fact there is actually no place to plug in your guitar at all in the pedal. It is purely a synth unit. If you want acoustic tones you'll want to get the SY1000 but I'd rather you use the two cable method that I use in this video. ruclips.net/user/liveSY6wI7MpFEM?si=WPjWVtbDgGUTa1ga

You'll be happy to know This is in the top 10 best comments of all time for the channel. I read this comment and thought wow, I must have actually made it on RUclips for somebody this intelligent to spend their time to make such a thoughtful and insightful comment .You're absolutely 100% correct good sir and well said! I actually never thought about the mistakes of this pedal being sought after but you're right. The way that it responds to bending is particularly hilarious and I do actually enjoy what it does most of the time. You're also correct about the evertune system. Not just when it comes to bends but I think when it comes to string noise itself. Your comment alone almost warrants an entire video. I could easily talk about how to reduce string noise in the bridge, near the tuning pegs at the head, and in the springs to help increase note accuracy.

Sadly no this does not have Guitar simulations but I wouldn't recommend it anyways. I think the GM 800 is a better pedal all around and it's also smaller than the GR55 by significant amount with better quality sounds all around outside of Guitar simulations. That being said the guitar simulations in the GR55 are so outdated that you can get a two notes unit to replace that functionality and altogether the GM 800 and the two notes would still be smaller in size than the GR55. Plus the GK 5 pickup is superior technology and has better tracking. I hope that helps. If you do make the purchase please use my links,! I hope I earned your subscription.

Which guitar synthesizer do you prefer that has better overtones that aren't missing?

@@GearSounds not just synthesizers all boss devices i know like gt 1 and gt 1000 too sounds so thin to me. Like whole bunch of sound that is supposed to be there to make it sound full is missing. Lately I have been watching guitar fx review, ampero ii sounded so fuller to me. Boss sound does not even sound acceptable to me. Maybe different people have different ears or maybe taste for sound. Maybe i am just a minority who just cant digest that thin, harsh absent boss sound. Its painful to my ears and difficult for my brain to process that sound. It causes headache to me.

I'm curious which effect you are referring to that sounds thin. I think a lot of the sounds in the boss GT 1000 sound pretty rich especially the delays and the phasers which I use heavily and some of the pre amps are okay too. Yes the distortion sounds like poo but so does the distortion in any multi-effects unit that isn't a dedicated pedal. Do you mean that boss pedals in general sound thin? I think most of their pedals sound pretty good unless you stack too many of them due to the buffer.

@@GearSounds yes i mean boss devices in general not anyone effect. I have heard reviewers calling it highly compressed. But i am not sure if highly compressed sound sounds like that. Many reviewers also like the boss sounds a lot and cant stop praising them. I cant figure out why that peculiar sound of boss devices are not even noticed by many but bothers me so much.

I think what you're hearing is that a lot of boss pedals are not high fidelity but give you great value for the money. Even with these synthesizers I think these are a great value for the money. If they cost a lot more I'm sure they would tell me a lot better but for the money they sound amazing. These are my opinions though but that is what I think people gravitate to boss and EHX. It isn't that they have the best sound quality in the world It's that they are in the top 10 but yet they have medium price ranges

Yes, a cable would not affect the ability for it to track properly. Just remember that you need the GK3 pickup for this and I'd probably recommend a Gm800 with a GK5 pickup instead of a GR55. With the gm800 you can get all of the tones that are in this pedal plus much more high quality tones with better technology for just a few hundred dollars more for a used Gm800. Check out my video on the gm800 so you understand what I mean. ruclips.net/video/bypQcEXoXsA/видео.htmlsi=T9YP1zl_RDxiu1sW

@@GearSounds Do you have any demo video showcasing the tracking with the CAPO on the guitar and does it have any limitations ?

No you can only select one speaker at a time

@@GearSounds damn that’s a shame ,

I agree, I actually returned this pedal as I don't think the technology of cab simulation or impulse responses is quite at the level where I can use it on the channel as a substitute for recording directly from a guitar amp. That being said I think in a few years this technology will get to a place where so many people will be using it that I won't be representing what your pedal will sound like if I don't use it. That time is not now.

@@GearSounds yea I want some sort of pedal like this but not something with loads of options but i defo want to be able to have diffrent cabs left and right , any suggestions ,

I found the one! Walrus audio asc1 !! Perfect!

It has 1200 total sounds, yes there are paid sounds! I hope I earned your subscription

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it and I hope I earned your subscription.

Yup, as with any synth of this nature ghost notes are a part of the game. That being said they are heavily reduced when you setup everything properly and stop all the ambient sounds from the strings and springs as well as noise in the body of the guitar itself in terms of vibrations that aren't wanted. Once that's accounted for it plays great but you still have to play differently

@@GearSounds that makes sense! Thanks for your response!

You're very welcome, I hope I earned your subscription today and I look forward to more questions. I love talking guitar synthesizers!

Yes, I use an expression pedal for volume with every single live stream or "two cable method" that I did.

Hello, no I don't update any pedals that I have as I want everybody to experience the pedal the same way they will out of the box. Most people don't update pedals even those that know how, including myself, so I always keep my pedals stock. That being said, I also wouldn't want to trust something until I see that it actually fixes the issues I'm experiencing.

Yes it does and I'm very thankful to God, and all of my hard work. It has paid off wonderfully so I appreciate your support of my 3D work.

Yes, it's certainly has some juicy tones.

What are closed chord voicings? I could certainly do a video where I tune the guitar to accommodate for these voicings If I know what they are. What tuning would be more suitable for piano style music? I think I do okay on standard tuning all things considered

@@GearSounds Closed voicings essentially means your intervals are right next to each other. Say, if you take a C11 chord (C-D-E-F-Bb). On a piano, you can play all notes of the chord on the same octave. In standard tuning, your hand would have to span about 11-13 frets for that. Frank Gambale has developed a tuning which is designed to sort of reproduce the midrange of the piano (ADGCEA). This tuning is a bit "expensive" to pull off because you need two different string sets to do it. If the gauge you use is 010, you'd take that and discard the low and high E strings. Then you shift them up (A goes on the low E slow, D on the A, etc.) and tune them in fourths as you'd normally do in standard tuning. Then you take the D and G strings from a 009 set and put them where the high B and E would be and tune them one step up from how you'd normally tune them if they were in their correct slots. Initially, the tuning shouldn't represent much of a challenge because it's essentially standard tuning, but the two highest strings being an octave lower can throw you off. One example of the tuning being used in a song, would be Gambale's "Table for One" from his "Raison D'Être" album. I don't know if you can change the tunings on these new GK pickups. If you can, that should be easy.

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Yep, you will always get ghost notes with any synthesizer. Sadly it's a physical impossibility to get perfect synthesis through a guitar

@@GearSounds i will take his ghost notes anyday (pause)

Yes, it's certainly an amazing device. If you do happen to pull the trigger please click on my link before you purchase it. You don't have to directly buy what my link shows but it stays in your browser and helps out the channel but doesn't cost you anything extra. I hope I earn your subscription

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the music and I hope I earned your subscription.

Thank you, I'm glad you noticed I changed my technique to avoid the ghost notes. I worry about doing any update. This is because as a RUclips channel I have to demonstrate the pedal as it comes out of the box, no updates. Otherwise I could misrepresent it. That being said I did quit busking. With the amount of gear I have it just wasn't worth it any longer. Even when I could make two or $300 sometimes I would make absolutely nothing. I have to focus on the channel now. I will still do busking videos but they won't be for me they will be for you guys.

Yes, the reason this lacks ethnic sounds is because of the markets where it is most popular, Japan and the United States. That being said there are additional zeniology packs with more ethnic instruments. I will be covering these once I finish covering every instrument in the pedal.

@@GearSounds Thank you very much my friend. It's very helpful for me be interested to see yours play in oriental style

I would love to play in an oriental style. I do sometimes play ethnic scales and I will be covering every single sound on this pedal so stay tuned. There are some sounds you will enjoy me playing coming up soon. I hope I earned your subscription.

You're very welcome, I'm glad you got so much enjoyment out of it you subscribed. I have new synthesizer videos coming out every week on Sunday morning.

Wow. Thanks very much for your kind words. I'll be focusing on music and this channel. Thanks for your subscription and support.

I don't actually own the SY300 nor am I familiar with its capabilities I know that the SY200 is essentially the SY300 with less functionality. Outside of that though I'm not sure what you mean by adding a simple and slow attack. I know that the attack can be adjusted in the GM 800 but I'm not sure how to do it in the SY300. As far as adding a second voice I don't know that the SY300 can do that. There are so many functions of that pedal though it might be possible. It's been a long time since I used it. Fun fact, the SY300 was the first gear sounds video but it appeared on my music channel. It was more popular than any of my music so I decided to start this channel. That was back in 2017

The tracking won't be affected until you get to very low notes like bass notes. Bass notes are much harder due to the beginning of the note kind of vibrating in terms of its actual note. That being said I can never update my pedal. The reason why is I am a review channel. The moment I update my pedal is the moment I have a thousand angry comments telling me their pedal doesn't track like mine does. I have to keep the pedal the same as you will receive it. Not to mention quite literally nobody updates pedals, I'm talking like 99% of people do not plug in the pedal to the computer. I understand that my viewers are a large part of that 1% but I would say 70 to 80% of my viewers still don't plug the pedals in and for that reason I have to keep it stock. I also don't want to give companies in advantage by allowing them to update a product after it launches. I want to show you what the launch experience is so you know the reputation of the company for real. I hope that helps. I hope you enjoyed the video anyways and I hope I earned your subscription.

@@GearSounds for sure! ruclips.net/video/GEYiA9b6YRg/видео.html

@@atkov5053 So I did check it out and it's extremely inspiring but I am certainly not a fan of the squealing tape deck sound. I do like some of the transient sounds that it creates so I'm certainly inspired to try to create a tone like this. However I think mine would be more clean and less crunchy. This gives me a lot of ideas so thanks for mentioning it.

You're very welcome, I would say it's the best look at this unit since these voices really do show off what it's capable of. Stereo direct is the best way to hear it. I hope I earned your subscription. Today's Equipment: Boss GM-800: amzn.to/3xYMsip​ Boss GK5 Pickup: amzn.to/3Y9Liey​ Boss Serial GK Cable: amzn.to/3W8cRlJ​ Mogami Gold 10' Cable: amzn.to/4bKjwZ7​ WBC Patch Cables: amzn.to/3W7JsZa​ Pedaltrain Classic 2 + Soft Case: amzn.to/4f9ByH7

Haha that's great, that means the music has hit him through the internet. Happy to help!

Nope, I never update firmware on guitar pedals nor do I plug them into the computer. I try to focus on the out-of-box experience.

@GearSounds Interesting. I was hearing some ghost notes and with the latest firmware they improved I guess the tracking and some of the ghosting.

Yeah, and I wish I could update it but my primary concern is that it wouldn't represent the pedal for most people. I would say 95% of people never plug in their pedals into a computer. If I were to update the pedal, the improved tracking when it represent the experience for most people. That is why I never will update pedals for the channel. If I intended to use this more professionally I would certainly have it updated. My intent is to recreate exactly what you will receive if you purchase this. There are still less ghost notes than the previous version but I never allow a company to fix a product after it's sold to the customer. I just don't believe in it. If they sold it with software they created ghost notes, that's what they felt represented the price point. I still find it to be fair.

@GearSounds Maybe have a 2nd one and update that one for yourself. The price point is still the same weather or not they release a good product or a great one. Our phones and computers all need constant updating. I'm running a custom 7 with an Axon AX100 MK-II with ghost hexpander. The Axon isn't produced anymore and for me it's been one the best tracking wise. I have the GM800 coming as well as a GK-5 internal kit for my 7 string since I will be able to take advantage of all 7 strings. Can't do it on a 13 pin unless you have two hexpanders, controllers, cables etc. The Sy-1000 also looks fun and that I can use ghost piezo saddles but no 7 string support. Pretty excited about the GM-800. Great playing and thank you for showing what it can do

What is the ax100 MK2? You're very welcome. I always have a lot of fun doing these demos and I've been playing this type of technology for many years now. I'm glad that came through in the demo. I wish I could afford to have a second unit, I would love to try to combine two units to make an eight voice synthesizer tone with four different types of expression. If you do purchase any other equipment I will hope that you take advantage of my affiliate links if you happen to have the ability to. It won't cost you anything extra and it helps me out a little bit.

Hey that's a great video idea! I can't afford $250 for a smaller video just yet but that's my plan! I'll add this to the list of videos to do when I start making good money. So far the channel has made $5 lol. Thanks for the idea.

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Yes, a lot of people found me from that video. It's been a long six and a half year journey and I'm happy to have you

Thank you very much! I will never stop making gear sounds content.

Thank you very much bar flew, It's been quite a six and a half year journey but I'm ready to step up to the plate and increase the quality for the fans and my own bank account. The 3D printing company helped to ease my stress so I'm excited to help advertise my musical products here on the channel. Stay tuned sir

Thank you very much, it's been nearly seven long years of hard work and I'm excited for the future too. Thanks for being the number one fan.

@@Rockzilla404 Wow, I just watched that video and I was extremely impressed. So it's a modification of an original vintage unit? I would love to have one of those on the channel. He sells them?

@@GearSounds The Italia in the clip is one that he built for me. It's his circuit and inductor in a modern shell. He sells them on Ebay and Reverb. All of his Wah pedals are awesome.. Check out the Oxbow Studio's Picture Wah clone clips on RUclips too. It's great.

I definitely will check those out and now I'm super interested to see if I can get him to send out a unit to the channel

@@GearSounds Good luck with that.. He demos his pedals on his channel.

Yes, I think all guitar pedal companies demo their pedals on their own channel. However they also form relationships with influencers and send out pedals. You think it wouldn't be worth reaching out to him?