I currently run a VG99 into the return on my Helix to add acoustic guitars and synthesis to my rig, but the synthesis sounds a bit lumpy and the acoustics grainy, I presume owing to processing limitations. The GP10 has cleaner acoustic guitars than but is effectively half a VG99 - I had considered picking up a pair, racking them and controlling via midi so I could double and detune voices. Was also wondering if 13pin was dead and I should get a SY300.
Well I'm wondering no more ...
Anyone know if Paul has a demo unit yet? When might we expect publication of a review? Can he get Gordon Reid to operate the knobs and give us a real low-down on the synthesis capabilities?
Now I just have to work out what remaining internal organs I can do without. Again ...
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Re: Boss SY1000. Do we know when we'll get a review?
arkieboy wrote:When might we expect publication of a review?
You're right to expect it... and I know the team are already on the case... but I can't say exactly which issue it will be in yet.
H
Excellent! Thanks Hugh!
I'm really quite excited for this one - the VG99 is a wonderful bit of kit and you can fool people into thinking it is a real analogue synthesiser (see the second edition of the one-synth challenge over on keyboards!) but I frequently miss the purity of sound you get from (virtual) electronics, and with the wave synth algorithm - where all the real action lies IMO - I never felt I could really get a handle on the envelope in the way I would have expected from a 'proper' synthesiser. Plus the 'freeze' function isn't integrated into the management of the envelope which isn't good for your creativity and workflow, attaching it to the d-beam was a bit gimmicky, and burying its control by foot pedal deep in the menu system a mistake.
The marketing line is it is six times more powerful than a SY300 - implying it is a SY300 for each string - it will be interesting to see what else they've managed to improve on both units along the way.
...and I managed to snag an SY-1 from Scan late last Friday evening, which arrived Monday afternoon - excellent service, again!
But yeah, they're like the proverbial - I'd been checking websites daily, ever since Stratman57 talked about it, and was amazed when I saw it showing "in stock" at Scan.
