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Roland GR-1 Owner's Manual page 178

Guitar synthesizer
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Point 1 - Combination with the Guitar
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The key feature of the guitar synthesizer is that it brings syathesized sounds and the sounds of various acoustic instruments to the guitar
—1echnology which was previously only available to keyboard players.
But the electric or acoustic guitar has its own unique abilities, like using the nuances of string routing and sound effects which incorporate
the picking sound of guitars. The sound of the guitar is still, to many guitarists, however, the most
important sound of all
nthesized sounds to your straight guitar sound. The key to using
H your guitar is fitted with the GK - 2. then you can use the GR - 1 io add
sounds with the synthesized sounds.
the guitar synthesizer is to effectively combine conventional gi
Some practical examples are given below.
[l1Switching
between
guitar and
synthesized
sounds
sound and gui
The selection switch on the GK - 2 can be used to simply switch between sy
sound, You could use the straight guitar sound for chords, and then use a synthesizer sound (lead or
brass for example} for the solo. Or, if you like. you could use a synthesized sound for an entre song
Synthesizer sound only
|
Guitar sound only
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