BOSS SY-1 Synth pedal - a practical look

[MarkoDaBassman]

I just received my Boss SY-1 pedal on Dec 13 and have some initial thoughts in regards to playing synth sounds using a bass as a controller. Check out the video.

 

[Krisfield]

I was watching a YT video call Synth Britannia. There's an interview in it where Gary Numan talks about how he came up with Cars. Apparently he nearly got mugged and he was able to escape in his car.

 

[Winky]

I've been tempted by this, but I do love the programmability aspect of the SY-300.

But then I'm also a cheapskate....

 

[MarkoDaBassman]

I was watching a YT video call Synth Britannia. There's an interview in it where Gary Numan talks about how he came up with Cars. Apparently he nearly got mugged and he was able to escape in his car.

Ya, I heard that too. Amazing what you find out about song origins many years later.

 

[MarkoDaBassman]

So I got inspired to recreate Gary Numan's song, Cars using the BOSS SY-1 pedal. In the following track, there are 5 sounds from the SY-1 and 1 dry bass sound. The string lead sound is from Garageband. Unfortunately the SY-1 lacks a warm, dreamy string sound.