Korgscrew
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Posted: Oct. 13 2005, 22:40 |
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That would be the Roland GR 20.
It really depends what is meant by making the guitar sound like a violin. Some people talk about that and mean distorting the sound to get a particular soft, singing kind of sound (then optionally using a volume pedal or a gate to add a bowed quality to the notes). A guitar synthesiser wouldn't be the best way of getting that kind of sound. It would however be better at making a sound more like a real violin.You could use the MIDI output of the GR 20 to trigger a high quality sample, which could sound reasonably like an acoustic violin (it of course also has a violin sound built in, but it would depend on how close to the real sound you wanted to get).
The VG-8/VG-88 can do a kind of 'violin' sound too, though again it's not really like an acoustic violin.
I compared one of the Boss ME series (a slightly earlier one than the ME50, I forget which - it wasn't mine) to a load of their individual pedals once, and there was really no comparison at all - the pedals sounded a lot better to my ears, with more depth to the sound and an overall fatter tone. If you like the general sound of certain effects, but don't like the way the particular ones in your MultiFX unit sound, getting individual pedals is a good way to go.
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is there any pedal that will say...make your guitar sound like a violin etc
