Synth Bass

[gumtown]

I have a GR-55 (for 2 yrs) and i find it totally awesum, the mentioned latency is only on the midi/PCM synth side of things, the modeling part is latency free, plus the multi effects.
With the gR-55 you get two PCM synths (910 tones each), the modeling (guitars, basses, acoustics, etc), plus your normal pickup. When these four tone sources are all mixed into a composite tone, the synth latency is barely noticeable.

I would not recommend the Roland G-77B, that is 1984 technology, things have come aloooong way since then.

 

[Wally Malone]

I have the Roland V-Bass and GK3B pickup on a Fender American Standard jazz and really enjoying it. I'm looking at trying the GR-55 down the road. I would imagine there are more modeling options than the V-Bass?

Wally

 

[fokof]

The COSM section in the GR55 is half of what's in the V-Bass (VB99)

There is a PCM section in the GR55 that isn't in the VB99 but latency is bad with bass.
I tried a GR55 when it got out but stuck with my VB99.

 

[Wally Malone]

I have the original V-Bass unit and have not tried the VB99. Is there much difference in the two?

Wally

 

[gastric]

I have a variety of synth bass gear reviews, sound samples, and patches on my page (see sig below).

 

[Wally Malone]

Thanks gastric, took a listen at some last night and want to go back for more!

Wally

 

[droo46]

Here's a cover I did of a song that's normally played on a keyboard synth:

I'm a fan of the octave/fuzz solution for synth sounds. A chorus over the top of that is icing on the cake IMO.

 

[guyzo]

I recently picked up the Sonuus B2M a analog to midi converter and after just a week of playing around with it I must say i like it. I am running the neck pickup of my alembic series I through the unit into a Triton while putting the treble pickp through a different signal chain. The B2M has a line out jack for straight bass signal processing as well. By using the bass's pickup selector switch i can chose between synth tones, bass tone, or both. The latency is not as horrible as i feared it would be, it actually does a fair job as long as you play precisely and not too fast and it does have some trouble with slapping technique but with clean finger style it works surprisingly well. And for a mere hundred bucks, its a steal!