Members Unalaska Posted September 7, 2010 Members Share Posted September 7, 2010 I'd like to use it for recording keyboard parts since I can't play keys real well. Looking to fit it to a mexi-strat, run to a PC. How are they? Are the GR09's too outdated soundwise? I'd love to try it on bass too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maxnew40 Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 I use a GR-33 for some parts live. The thing is that you can't really play like a piano because of the way the fretboard is laid out. You can make the sounds but you can't play it like a keyboard. Playing horn parts is much more natural becasue you can't play chords on the horn. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VanR Posted September 9, 2010 Members Share Posted September 9, 2010 I had a GR20. It was cool to play with, but in the end an expensive toy. Tried to use it with the band and the latency made it useless. I sold it and the Godin Freeway SA I bought to play it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted September 9, 2010 Members Share Posted September 9, 2010 A guy gave me a GR-09 a couple of years ago. I recently put the pickup on a strat so I could use the whammy bar and I run MIDI from it into my Mac and it works great with s/w synths. It is very simple to use and can be setup so that each string is on it's own MIDI channel. It also tracks very well and does not require changing guitar technique like the early Roland units. If it is setup so the pitch bend on the unit is the same as the pitch bend on the synth you are using, you can do extreme bends and whammy stuff - this works best with each string on it's own MIDI channel and synth module (for example IK Multimedia's Sample Tank with six channels of the same or different patches loaded). The sounds on the GR-09 itself are somewhat useful. The original owner expanded the ROM and the expanded sounds are much better. The manual states that the expanded sounds are "composed of sound wave data that is nearly twice as large as the data used to provide the unit's onboard tones. As a result, you can enjoy using a much larger variety of synthesized guitar sounds that are of even higher quality" The expansion kit is a GR9E-1. I recommend the GR-09 either by itself or in combination with s/w synths. I've seen them listed in the range of $250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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