You kick ass. I've been working with one of those for about 10 months and i keep coming back to your demo. I've been trying to use a blend pedal to switch between guitar sound and synth. I'm hoping I can sound like Ritchie Blackmore and John Lord at the same time...
I really enjoyed this demo. Superb playing and the phrasing was spot on for the instruments you were replicating! My favorites were the Doors Organ, the horn that followed, the accordion, and especially the violin at approx. 6:50. What 2 tones are you using for the violin patch at 6:50? Thank you!
Hi, John. the guitar on the video is a Vester from the 90s! I paid only 120€ , then i have mounted a Roland GK-2 Pickup on it , and thats all!! So for maximum 150 - 200 € you have a good Guitar Synth for less money. Thanx for watching!!
Finaly someone is showing a practical demo on the GR-30. All we care about are the endividual sounds it has. Did you do something to make the guitar track so well. Thanks for doing it bro'
Excelente demo! Parabéns Mário. Uma dúvida, ele tem mtos timbres de baixo eletrônico? Estou pensando em pegar um, hj, em 2023 pra usar sons de “ Moog” e outros clássicos usados nos anos 80, 90, etc… obrigado.
Hey Mario, I found this video very helpful. I am a 46 year old guitar player and am considering purchasing my first guitar/synth rig. I have a limited budget, so a GR-30 seems like a good buy being it is older technology and I can get one cheap. Any suggestions rather than dropping a thousand dollars on a Godin guitar? I intend to watch your other videos, I liked your playing on Europa very much. Thanks
Hello Mario...Great Demo!... I've been using a GR-55 for years and haven't heard patches that sound that nice!... Do you share patches?? Posted anywhere like Vguitar forums maybe???
@@Dangelo1809 Well, I used the original sounds on it !! But I sometimes mixed 2 Sounds in a patch and also added Chorus or Reverb on them !! Thats all !! So finally You can easily find what you are looking for , without be a professor of programming ;-)
Unfortunatly I don´t have the GR30 anymore...But You should set up Your GK2 or GK3 as in the user manual of the GR30...the rest is in the play Feel options...Aaaaaaaand, last but not least, You have to change Your guitar playing a bit...As I had too
I have this synth and had used it for years with a gk2/gk3 pickup,tracking was fair but never usable in a live situation.I recently upgraded one of my strats with a graphtech ghost system.What a difference in playability,its like driving a dodge your whole life and then you buy a rolls royce.Yes the tracking is that good!
Just got one based on seeing your vid,, took to it like a fish to water, gotta say, it will improve your skills as a guitarist, specially when you try to imitate phrasing for the dif instruments, for instance a piano sounds best when you pick all notes, you can get smooth sax phasing if you play the notes sweet enough lol,, love mine, used it live only hours after receiving it
Hello Mario! Sounds Great! Could you please tell me what patch number you changed to at the 1:10 min mark in the video, awesome keys\bell sound. Thank you!!
Damn. I REALLY gotta sit down and get mine set up properly. Nofa kin way I can get it to track chords on the piano that well. Are you using the preset or have you tweaked it?
Was hesitant to get a used GR-30, but am not sure what I would need to use it. I have the electric guitar, cables, boss katana amp and isolated power supply. This requires anything else? Seems I'd need a pickup add on from what I could tell.
is the latency acceptable for live performances?? i posted in a local guitar buy and sell page on facebook looking for guitar synths and a guy offered me one for $100 bucks without pickup or 13 pin cable. in your opinion is that a good deal? and do you think ill be happy with the tracking/latency? the latency looks spot on by watching you but..then again i dunno your recording set up.. too much latency really messes with my head lol
ENDVash Hi, Latency is no problem. I used the Roland GR-30 in my cover band . Live. In my Opinion 100$ is a very good price, for a guitar player who becomes 365 Sounds by his hands .... Buy it bro !!!!
Thanks for the quick response man. I've done so many hours of research on all of these synths haha..im just obsessed with Midi and keyboard sounds but i already know how to play guitar. it was honestly between this or the Midi guitar software..but with that i would have to bring a laptop and also buy a low latency audio interface which would jack up the cost and make it much less convenient.
Ohh one more question if i do get it should i just get a gk2? or is the gk3 alot better as far as tracking/latency ect? because the gk2 i might be able to find for around 50 where as the gk3 will be like triple that haha
Hi Luis, all the sounds that you hear are patches made by myself ! You can take 2 Sounds from the presets (389!!!) ,Mix them together and add effects....Really.
Latency is great for that old Synth. I use a Gk-2, that's fast enough. I don't know how the gk-3 works with the GR-30. maybe its a little bit faster....
the song at 8:20, for some reason I remember that from child hood I just can't remember from where, great video man! thoroughly explained, I feel like I've got the full experience of the gr30 , rock on
Why can't all demos be this good? ALL demo, NO talking. Excellent.
Thanks bro!!!
12 years later and this pedal (and the demo) sounds amazing.
@@Stallagmite Thanks. Bro
Comprehensive demo. Thanks for giving us a well rounded tour of all sound effect possibilities.
Also based on your video, I bought a Roland GR-55. He has no regrets. It opened new windows to music for me. thanks
Fantastic demo! What a great pedal. Thank you.
The orchestra sound is awsome
You kick ass. I've been working with one of those for about 10 months and i keep coming back to your demo. I've been trying to use a blend pedal to switch between guitar sound and synth. I'm hoping I can sound like Ritchie Blackmore and John Lord at the same time...
Fabulous Sounds!
Congrats great vídeo. Greetings from Brasil.
That sounds awesome.Nice guitar too.And you know how to make that guitar sing.
thanx !!!
All meat, no filler. My kind of demo
I really enjoyed this demo. Superb playing and the phrasing was spot on for the instruments you were replicating! My favorites were the Doors Organ, the horn that followed, the accordion, and especially the violin at approx. 6:50. What 2 tones are you using for the violin patch at 6:50? Thank you!
AMAZING! 🎸
Wow ... I agree .... Child in Time ... right on!
Hi, John. the guitar on the video is a Vester from the 90s! I paid only 120€ , then i have mounted a Roland GK-2 Pickup on it , and thats all!! So for maximum 150 - 200 € you have a good Guitar Synth for less money. Thanx for watching!!
Thanks, you are a great musician.
Hey Mario. Great patches!! Just bought GR30 could you possibly email your keyboard and organ patches ? Would really appreciate it
Finaly someone is showing a practical demo on the GR-30. All we care about are the endividual sounds it has. Did you do something to make the guitar track so well.
Thanks for doing it bro'
Good job, excellent demo !.
Very nice demo, make me smile :)
Great Demo of the GR30 !
sounds really great mario *Thumbs up*
;)
Excelente demo! Parabéns Mário. Uma dúvida, ele tem mtos timbres de baixo eletrônico? Estou pensando em pegar um, hj, em 2023 pra usar sons de “ Moog” e outros clássicos usados nos anos 80, 90, etc… obrigado.
It has a lot of Bass sounds, YES!!! If You find an affordable GR30, Buy It!!! I play now GR55
Great video! Bravoo!
Hey Mario, I found this video very helpful. I am a 46 year old guitar player and am considering purchasing my first guitar/synth rig. I have a limited budget, so a GR-30 seems like a good buy being it is older technology and I can get one cheap. Any suggestions rather than dropping a thousand dollars on a Godin guitar? I intend to watch your other videos, I liked your playing on Europa very much. Thanks
Great demo!
the Quiet Man. Fabulous
Wow awesome...
Excelente demonstração! Parabéns!!!
cool... congratulations from Brazil
in Future there will be Bands..... only with guitars 8-)
Legendary !!!
Hello Mario...Great Demo!... I've been using a GR-55 for years and haven't heard patches that sound that nice!... Do you share patches?? Posted anywhere like Vguitar forums maybe???
can you achieve a 12 string sound like on a Variax with the GR-30? Liked your vid, btw Mario!
Really good demo. I have one of these and a gr33. How are you changing the modulation (leslie) on the organ sounds?
thomas davis By mixing Two Different Rotary Organs....Or Vibrato speed...
Thanks, great demo and playing. @@MrIbanez1972
Hello, very nice sounds,are this the original settings in the Roland gr 30?
No...My own
@@MrIbanez1972 thats what i thought
@@MrIbanez1972 is it hard to make those settings?
I m searching for nice piano sounds on guitar,thanks
@@Dangelo1809 Well, I used the original sounds on it !! But I sometimes mixed 2 Sounds in a patch and also added Chorus or Reverb on them !! Thats all !! So finally You can easily find what you are looking for , without be a professor of programming ;-)
Great demo thanks
Nice singing (When the Music's Over) :)
dang that acoustic sounds great. Ive never been able to get mine to play without skipping. How do you do it? Can you share your settings??
Unfortunatly I don´t have the GR30 anymore...But You should set up Your GK2 or GK3 as in the user manual of the GR30...the rest is in the play Feel options...Aaaaaaaand, last but not least, You have to change Your guitar playing a bit...As I had too
I have this synth and had used it for years with a gk2/gk3 pickup,tracking was fair but never usable in a live situation.I recently upgraded one of my strats with a graphtech ghost system.What a difference in playability,its like driving a dodge your whole life and then you buy a rolls royce.Yes the tracking is that good!
How much was that system? I just scored on the but have no puckups for it.
...The Ghost system. I just picked up the gr-30.
man im trying to understand if the fc 100 works with the gr30, was you using an external switch?
I used The GK2 Controller knobs S1 and S2 to change patches and an expression pedal do alterate some sounds...like changing Octave or Mix Sound A/B...
I wish I could figure out how to make mine work like this
The secret is is in the settings....Touch, Pick Feel...Just read the manual 😉
Just got one based on seeing your vid,, took to it like a fish to water, gotta say, it will improve your skills as a guitarist, specially when you try to imitate phrasing for the dif instruments, for instance a piano sounds best when you pick all notes, you can get smooth sax phasing if you play the notes sweet enough lol,, love mine, used it live only hours after receiving it
Yeah man ! And all for a small price....i've payed 120.-€ on ebay... ;-)
Hello Mario! Sounds Great! Could you please tell me what patch number you changed to at the 1:10 min mark in the video, awesome keys\bell sound. Thank you!!
It will work perfect ,too. Good luck!!
merci pour la demo .
Damn. I REALLY gotta sit down and get mine set up properly. Nofa kin way I can get it to track chords on the piano that well.
Are you using the preset or have you tweaked it?
This dude rules
Thanx bro ❤️🎸👍
Wow that child in time... so close
Thanx Alex!!!
Why does this sound better than my gr-55? And track way better too??
Tiếng hay quá anh ơi
cool, what is the tracking/latency like for playing lead?...would you recommend the gr30 with a gk2 or gk3?...cheers man.
Do you need to have the special pick up or can you play it on a normal guitar pick up?
Only with Roland GK2 or GK3
Thanks
super
Valeu Caboclo!
Wicked bro🤟
Was hesitant to get a used GR-30, but am not sure what I would need to use it. I have the electric guitar, cables, boss katana amp and isolated power supply. This requires anything else? Seems I'd need a pickup add on from what I could tell.
Get a used GK-2 or a new or used GK-3 Roland divided pickup. The GK-3 is only around $150-$175 new. You can attach it to any guitar.
Does this have sythezier sounds
Of course!!!
Can you add patches or banks? or only those that come from the factory? Greetings from México!
is the latency acceptable for live performances?? i posted in a local guitar buy and sell page on facebook looking for guitar synths and a guy offered me one for $100 bucks without pickup or 13 pin cable. in your opinion is that a good deal? and do you think ill be happy with the tracking/latency?
the latency looks spot on by watching you but..then again i dunno your recording set up.. too much latency really messes with my head lol
ENDVash Hi, Latency is no problem. I used the Roland GR-30 in my cover band . Live. In my Opinion 100$ is a very good price, for a guitar player who becomes 365 Sounds by his hands .... Buy it bro !!!!
Thanks for the quick response man. I've done so many hours of research on all of these synths haha..im just obsessed with Midi and keyboard sounds but i already know how to play guitar. it was honestly between this or the Midi guitar software..but with that i would have to bring a laptop and also buy a low latency audio interface which would jack up the cost and make it much less convenient.
You are welcome :-)
Ohh one more question if i do get it should i just get a gk2? or is the gk3 alot better as far as tracking/latency ect? because the gk2 i might be able to find for around 50 where as the gk3 will be like triple that haha
I used a Gk-2 on that video... The latency...response is pending on the Synth You use... So a Gk-3 is not really faster with the GR-30...Believe me...
Hi Luis, all the sounds that you hear are patches made by myself ! You can take 2 Sounds from the presets (389!!!) ,Mix them together and add effects....Really.
Latency is great for that old Synth. I use a Gk-2, that's fast enough. I don't know how the gk-3 works with the GR-30. maybe its a little bit faster....
Great demo video thanks.
Thanx for your support !
You are most welcome quick question did the Gk 2a cane with the unit or did u have to buy separate?
I've bought all separate.
OK thanks for the info
where did u buy the Roland GK 2A from?
awsm!!!
if i'm using the synth to just be a midi converter, e.g. using external soft synths with it, will it still perform as well..cheers man.
Is there any problem with latency ou low tracking? Have you ever compared this to other GRs such as 20 , 33 or 55?
Jeferson Torres No
great, thanks!
Yes . You can !
Wow☺️👍👍
Good job man.
Yes it is !!
Hi I've been looking for a patch editor for this for ages ,any tipps?
I cant find a fk2 pickup anywhere. Do u know who has the cheaper
what do you think about latency?
Is GK3 compatible for GR30?
Yes !!!!
Thank you Sir
muito bom
ei vc pode tocar desse jeito com os mesmo som na vg 99
por favor
Would you be able to give preset #s as you change? I know, I know WTF...lol
Eric Cortez Yes You can !!
So every time you change a sound, you have to change too at the pickup?
Pastor Juan Rivera Lebron No, I Use the S1 and S2 to Go up or down through the patches
Thank you sir
Before I forget it ! You can also Play drums with it !!! No Joke!!!
great . i write loads of stuff that would sound great on keys
Hi, well, It's just the Roland GK-2A Pickup set right in sensitivity.....Thath's all!
Can i use gr30 Midi with a keyboard?
Yes
@@MrIbanez1972 thanks! I tryed but It didn't work! Do i have to do configurations in the Gr30?
@@cesarvalerio4292 www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/roland-gr-30-gr-30-midi-sound-module/
hmm, alle instrumente spielen ? ;-)
😇
Trp bello
I Think yes....And I've bought the GR-30 in Ebay for 112.-€ !!!!
Tropo forte :)
( orgel ) trp forte :)
Que resfrio...
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devastante
the song at 8:20, for some reason I remember that from child hood I just can't remember from where, great video man! thoroughly explained, I feel like I've got the full experience of the gr30 , rock on
NobiscumDeus That was improvised !!
Excellent demo!