Last Train Home (Pat Metheny) - covered by Alfredo

[alfstone]

Another one of my musical obsessions... 

Not so simple, but after all Metheny is Metheny...

Enjoy!

 

[Geir]

That's really impressive Alfredo !!

A fantastic cover !!

[dasilvasings]

Great song you chosen! And a what a great way to start my day.
It is really good to hear some jazz on this site!

Your cover is incredible! Well, well done! Thanks for posting!

[Pipes]

Great and my feet are still twitching and tapping

..I like jazz like this..

Great post man..
Nick

[64Guitars]

I don't really know any of Pat Metheny's music but I like this, especially that lead synth. Is that the VG-99 or a GR?

[alfstone]

I don't really know any of Pat Metheny's music but I like this, especially that lead synth. Is that the VG-99 or a GR?

Thanks everybody!

Sessantaquattrochitarre, it's the GR-55.

Alfredo

[Tony W]

This really takes off. That's some amazing work on the GR and Godin. You always manage to cause a major bout of GAS with your posts.

[Facemask93]

Did'nt reallize you were using the GR-55 , i'm having all kinds of problems with mine , you dont seem to get many false notes , are you using the GK3 or a synth guitar , this sounds really good

Rob

[Blooby]

That sounds like his Synclavier tone.  Uncanny.

Nice one!

Blooby

[alfstone]

Did'nt reallize you were using the GR-55 , i'm having all kinds of problems with mine , you dont seem to get many false notes , are you using the GK3 or a synth guitar , this sounds really good

Rob

Rob, it was a sort of challenge to myself!

On the VG forum there are dozens of complaints concerning using GR-55 with piezo PU equipped guitars, and when I first connected my Godin ACS-SA to the GR-55 and tried the GR300 patche (the "Metheny patch"), well, it was terrible.  

So I tried various options, until I found these tips, on SweetWater web site:

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Godin Multiac and GR-55
We've heard a few rumors that Godin Multiac guitars aren't compatible with the Roland GR-55. There is no truth to these rumors - the Multiac works fine with the GR-55.

Setting the sensitivity and velocity properly is critical to getting optimum performance from a Multiac with the GR-55:

1. From the Play screen, press EDIT.
2. Press the PAGE L/R buttons to select the SYSTEM page.
3. Press the CURSOR L/R buttons to select GK SETTING.
4. Press ENTER.
5. Press CURSOR DOWN to select PU TYPE.
6. Turn the DIAL to select PIEZO R (very important!)
7. CURSOR DOWN to select SCALE.
8. Turn the DIAL to select 648mm.
9. Press PAGE R to select SENS.
10. Use the CURSOR UP/DOWN buttons to select each string.
11. Play each open string as hard as it is likely to be played. Use the DIAL to raise or lower sensitivity. Set it to be as high as possible without reaching the full-scale position. (A large square at the end of the scale appears if the sensitivity is too high.)
12. Press PAGE R to select VEL.
13. Press ENTER.

NOTE: VELOCITY is a new set of parameters that no other GR product has had. It is very useful for reducing false triggers and odd notes, especially with a piezo-equipped guitar.

14. Use CURSOR DOWN to select PLAY FEEL.
15. Turn the DIAL to set this to 4 or 5.
16. CURSOR DOWN to select LOW VELOCITY CUT
17. Set this to 8 or 9.
18. Press EXIT to return to the Play screen.

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Re: point 10, the funny thing is that I found that I obtain the best results putting all the strings sens to 0 (zero!  ). And more, I've edited the original patch according to someone else on the VG forum, about cutting the compression or something like that, and...this is the result.

Ciao!
Alfredo

P.S. anyway, here:

http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?board=60.0

you may find lots of interesting threads about GR-55.