Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer, black, gr55gkbk, with gk. With an abundance of sounds and options available to you, your tonal choices never dry up. Gr floorboard midi editing software for use with the roland gr55 guitar synthesizer, to allow graphical represent. Roland has finally heard their users and given them pretty much complete autonomy on the way their sounds are tweaked, triggered and even the routing paths. Realtime editing and patch data backups, bulk patch editing. Two types of multieffects engines, plus global reverb, chorus, and delay effects, and an onboard looper. It caused gr55 no sound that the gr55 librarian wrote a patch including a drum kit to the gr55s user patch. The gr55 represents rolands latest breakthrough advances in guitar synthesis, offering playability, features, and sound quality that far surpasses the capabilities of. How to rock out with alternate patches roland canada. This is the gr55 driver for microsoft r windows r 7 64bit edition 32bit edition.
Axial is the official roland website that offers free professionally designed patches for your roland synth. This album was recorded with my usual gear at the time. In its simplest usage, the gr55 is a repository of some of boss best guitar effects like reverb, delay and chorus that sound great. Get sounds to the top 25 guitar synth songs for free. When using patches which the pedalgk ctl ctl or exp sw parameter was set to each effect sw, editting the effect onoff parameter was not linked with the status of each effect sw. If you are looking for a patch editor there is a very good free one called the gr55 floorboard. This contains information on the gr55 driver compatible with microsoft windows 10. Download exclusive artist patches and additional genrebased patches for the gr55 guitar synthesizer. Gr55 is a professional audio synthesizer for windows os. Adobe reader available free of charge is required in order to view the online manual. This system program updates your gr 55 to the latest version 1. Rolands gr55 guitar synthesizer is a revolutionary new product combining pcm synthesis with digital instrument modeling derived from the respected vg99 vguitar system. Connect the left and right main outputs of the gr55 to two channels of the amp or pa.
In addition to settings determining the type of sound, a patch also contains effect settings. Press exit several times to return to the main menu. Roland gr55 training guide using the value dial, select the sound source you are connecting the gr55 to. In the future, you can open this library and add or remove patches to keep all of your gr55 patches stored in an order that makes sense to you.
Gr55 librarian is a software that allows you to manage sound patches in the gr55 with your computer. Use the librarian application to load and transfer patches to and from the gr55. This is a file library, use rolands software to use the patches. The patches already built into the gr55 are called preset patches. Axial is the official roland tone library site where you can download new sounds for your roland synthesizer that have been specially designed by top programmers.
Midify your guitar with the roland gk3 pickup then put 900 inspiring and fully editable sounds at your feet with the gr55 guitar synth pedal. Artist and collection patches and librarian gr55 artist and collection patches can be found in the link. Guitar patches to sound like your favourite guitarist. But roland has taken things a lot further with the gr55. All of these may be downloaded at no charge and loaded into the user bank of the gr55 using the roland included gr55 librarian software, or there is an excellent shareware program for programming the gr55. This is the gr 55 driver for microsoft r windows r 7 64bit edition 32bit edition. Here are some sound samples recorded with my roland gr55. Its also the most accurate, thanks to newly developed pitchdetection technology. Roland gr55 artist patches guitar multieffects presets. The roland gr55 is a powerful guitar synthesizer with thousands of synth, guitar, and bass voices in an enormous builtin library, perfect for metal, fusion, and rock. This contains information on the gr 55 driver compatible with microsoft windows 10. One resource for alternate patches or sounds is the gr55 guitar synthesizer artist patches page with many useful sounds designed by great guitarists like eric johnson, rob marcello and slash. This system program updates your gr55 to the latest version 1.
You can also find other commonly requested patches like clean, acoustic and alternate tunings. How to sound like your favourite guitarists roland. If you have a keyboard amp, such as a roland kc350 or other pro quality amp, or a pa. Although roland has tested numerous configurations, and has determined that on average, a computer system similar to that described above will permit normal operation of the gr55 librarian, roland cannot guarantee that a given computer can be used satisfactorily with the. As for sound, the triplecore generator houses a worldclass array of virtual guitars, basses, amps. These are the soudns that did not fall into the lead or rhythm category. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer black with gk3 divided. The librarian download will provide instructions for uploading and offloading patches to and from the gr55. Roland gr55 guitar synthesizer for over 35 years, roland guitar synthesizers have provided guitar and bass players with the means to coax astonishing sounds from their instruments.
Guitar fx patches store guitar fx patchesguitar fx patches. Bass 17 222 esoteric vibe pluckedstroke 321 mallet 152 e. Owners manual, training manual roland gr55 owners manual 96 pages. The roland gr55 is a revolution in guitar synthesis, with features never before available in any guitar processor. This is a driver for using the gr55 on mac os x 10. When you dont have room on stage for a synth, just put it on the floor. This is a file library, use roland s software to use the patches. The gr55 is a guitar synthesizer that includes a wide variety of sounds. Over 900 of rolands latest fully editable pcm sounds, including pianos, organs, strings, vintage synths, and much more. From recreations of vintage analog classics to modern, cuttingedge tones that are perfect for the latest music styles and beyond, axial is your home for an everexpanding selection. This is the gr55 driver for microsoft r windows r 8 8. You can modify edit the settings of a patch, and save it as a user patch. This is the gr 55 driver for microsoft r windows r 8 8. With usb, midi, and editing software, it has never been easier to create, tweak, store, recall and import custom sounds in and out of your.
There are also loads of gr55 patches at the vguitars forum too. You can return patches to the gr55s memory by 1 opening the library 2 copying the desired patches into the main librarian window 3 sending them back to the gr55 using the write all or write. Not only does it feature a good selection of synthesizer sounds, the onboard cosm effect modeling gives it the ability to create some sounds similar to vguitar systems like the vg88, but it isnt a full vguitar system. This tool allows graphical representation of the internal settings and parameters of the gr55. I can create unique sounds now with two synth modeling engines at one time. A vast array of sounds are at the players disposal, with over 900 modifiable sounds consisting of organs, string sections, pianos, and two multieffects engines that run effects such as chorus and reverb. We have 2 roland gr55 manuals available for free pdf download. Gr55 floorboard is a small, easytouse application specially designed to offer you a midi editing tool for use with the roland gr55 guitar synthesizer. Rolands gr55 is the premier pedal for guitar synthesis. A demo of the of the roland gr55 guitar synthesizers other patches built into the unit.