Blues Jam with the Roland GR-20

[bruno]

Drum machine and just guitars, not even a bass - see what you think......

New toy

B

[Hook]

Very cool bruno. I guess the challenge is learning to play guitar like the instrument your emulating and you seem to be up to it. I love that piano and the sax is rockin' too!
Rock On!

[bruno]

Absolutely Hook. Its really quite strange playing a guitar with a sax sound - definite case of less is more. Roland have done their homework with this tool - some of the sounds don't sound great on their own, but in a mix....

I'm stunned how good this unit sounds - and the sax sound is so real (to my ears anyway!)

Lovin it :-)

B.

[Vaisvil]

I *love* my GR-20 - which can be re-tuned on the fly if you are interested.

http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=154

two different tunings at once and tutorial http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=139

two different tunings - retuned and captured midi data in Sonar http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=404



your piece is great and yeah the sax on the GR-20 is just incredible. They must of had a top sound designer do most if not all of the sounds on the unit.

[Redler]

Cool blues stuff, bruno!! Sax and piano sounds great! This kind of posts may cause GAS . Well done!

Kari

[andy casson]

Blimey, that sax sounds awesome mr B! Some nice solo's going on as well btw

andy

[bruno]

Thanks guys -
Chris - thanks for the heads up with the tunings - that's really interesting. I've only had the unit for a few days, so still fining my way around it.

The unit works with bends and vibratro, so really can sound realistic. The dynamics aren't brilliant, but okay - but its really very useable. I think its a great tool, and bound to get better in time!
B.

[Hilary]

Oh very, very cool Mr B 

[The Gobi Desert Canoe Club]

Hi, that sounds like it could open up a whole new world of sound for you. Looking forward to hearing more...........Willie

[launched]

I love the concept of a GR-20. I'll never be talented enough rastle one of those things, but I am sure enjoying the listen!

Great stuff, bluesy and bold!!