I've found the quickest way to set up the string sensitivity is to hand mute 5 strings on the 9th fret and bang pluck the high E as loud as you possibly can yeah give it really hard pluck. if any of the other muted string show any peaking reduce their sensitivity level until there are no signs of those strings picking up the vibration from the very hard pluck off of the first string after that just pluck and adjust the 1st string you'll find very little or even no miss firing ghost notes... this works for the sy-1000 as well
Than you for the helpful tips. I have a Ghost Piezo so Im guessing G. I also have Fishman Influnce PU’s but didn’t see the parameter to pick the electric ones.
I have a Godin nylons n string Multics....great guitar but I never really knew how to get rid ot tons of ghost notes, especially for pianos a vibes..things with sharp attack aspects.I just recently learned on a YT vid to adjust the Low Dynamics Velocity to help rid most of the ghost notes. But my strings sensitivity settings are much higher than yours. This is what’s recommended in the manual I believe and YT vids. I am going to try lower settings....thank you for a great vid.
I set the down/up switch to change the virtual pick ups on virtual guitars on my VG-99. You can assign these to almost any function. It's basically a MIDI controller.
Hi Kennis, great your videos have helped me a lot. I have a problem. When I turn up the volume from my Pieso , the volume of the Patch is almost completely lowered I have to go out and re-enter the Patch to get the Patch volume programmed. thanks and i hope help me.
going to have to have the opt 01 switch as well -will let Richard know that you sent me his way-viewed your video on this as well-thanks again for the videos -Kevin
did not hear back from you -read through the manual-all 96 pages -tried plugging in my gibson nighthawk with the gk-3 pickup -same problem - it would change banks up but not down -so obviously its something internal with the roland gr-55- did a factory reset on the gr-55 now both guitars work fine -now i get to go through the whole set up process again - for both guitars -learn how to back up presets this time around-still a mystery as to what i did to cause this scenario- i can see this is going to be a long slow learning process but the benefits will be pretty cool after i learn how to manipulate it and gain an understanding on how to get the sounds I want out of it-guess i will be eating this elephant one bite at a time- I will be checking out your tutorials on you tube- since you have a leg up by having used this setup for a couple of years-have a great week Kennis
Great vids, really helpful. Having a problem with looping. All vids I see on CZcams with GR 55 Looping are very smooth. When I try the loop will record but has an annoying pause that stops/starts. Any suggestions? Please make a vid on looping. Thanks.
thanks for the reply Russell -I really appreciate it . The switch in question is the switch on the godin xtsa that banks up and down the roland gr-55. I can set the gr-55 to the normal or reverse setting as described in your video-and in either mode it will bank up just fine-the bank changes and the display on the gr-55 changes perfect -the problem is when I toggle the switch the opposite way to bank down -using either one of the modes -normal or reverse -it changes my sound but not the bank or display on the gr-55- when i toggle the switch twice it goes back to the bank that was there before i even touched the switch- so toggle the switch once to bank down -change of sound -no display change on gr-55 -toggle the bank switch twice -goes back to same bank you were on before you opted to bank down- any help would surely be appreciated -thanks again for all your helpful videos -after playing for 45 years and sinking all the money into this gear- i am really looking forward to optimizing its potential-have a great praise and worship today -Many thanks -Kevin
the toggle switch Kennis-it changes the bank up fine but will not change the bank down-the up and down button to togggle through your patches-go to 3:25 on your video- thanks for the reply
Hello Kennis, I have had this pedal before and loved it. I sold it when I no longer needed it. I just purchased it again for a new project that I am starting. Is the latest firmware very good in correcting the ghost notes or do you still recommend getting the sub filter? Also, can you somehow use IR’s with any additional hardware? And finally, does the upgrade have anymore sounds ? Thank you for making all of your helpful videos, I have been watching you for years and love it! My best, Chris
help !!!! I watched this video -I purchased a new godin xsta and roland gr-55 -You show that the s-1 switch banks up one way and banks down the other- I am set to the normal position and it banks up fine -when I try to flip the switch to bank down it changes the sound but does not change the bank or display on the gr-55 -what am I missing here ????? Thanks !!!!
Hi Kennis. I've searched in vain for a video demo on using the GR55 for the guitar effects only. I'm interested to hear the sounds rather than how to set the unit up. Can you (or anyone) help? I currently use the GT100 but if I get the GR55 it would be good to not have to use both at gigs. So before experimenting with synth sounds I'd like to find out how good the straight effects are. Ie the normal guitar pickups through the GR55 effects in to an external amp. The COSM and synth experiments with the additional pickup can come later. Also, I'm assuming that you can take the synth sounds out separately to the PA? Thanks!
Hi! I have t a Goding. When I use the grand piano, plaing it, cut the sound. I don't know how to set it to play the grand piano in continuous way and dont hear those glitch sound 😭
Not sure why there is no setting for PU distance from the bridge for the IN-BRIDGE systems like yours and like the Ghost system. ? The pu is actually THE BRIDGE so this 10 mm and 20 mm is incorrect for those in-bridge systems, yes? So.... I'm very confused at that but also why you chose 20 mm for yours when the pu is actually 0 mm from the bridge. I'm trying to set mine and the tracking honestly sucks. I play very cleanly but also like to do a lot of tapping, hammer-ons and even simple one-note lines are misfiring and playing wrong notes that I didn't even play and I went through all these settings and still the tracking is pretty much lame. I have the GraphTech system installed in my axe. :( Now, I noticed that using a piano sound never seems to track properly but other synth sounds do but why would the sound being spat out have anything to do with tracking? Anyway.. thanks for the vid!
I don't have a problem understanding what the settings should be, my problem is that I don't know how to enter that setting. How do you do the simplest thing like turn the switch on/off. When I know the setting, I can't enter it.
no puns intended i just can't see using this unit on stage playing Country music it may be perfect for some players i don't have time to be dialing in this and that to get what ever tone i want to use on a song for lead guitar playing, i will give you a thumbs up for explaining it
Installed GK3 on my SG, plug it into GR-55......No sound....???? Scratching my head for hours, still trying to figure out why. I realize if I strike strings "hard", I get the high E string to ring. I'm guessing I have to possibly go to sensitivity setting? If I can find it. That's why I'm here watching this.
Velocity - is basically how hard or soft you have to pick to create a change of some sort....... Example ..... With your Roland synth You could use the velocity to change between sounds ....pick light to get a clean tone, or pick hard to get a distorted sound..... or light picking could be a Bass synth and hard picking could trigger Horn sounds. ***So Basically you could control things by how hard or soft you play. *** You could also set it to regulate picking.... In other words no matter how hard or soft you pick chords or notes the volume or dynamics of those only have one level of loudness. I hope this makes sense and is helpful.
Oh, man, I really enjoy your videos apart from one thing; it seems to me that you have forgotten that some of us are extremely rookies what technology concern. So my pray is if you could things a little bit slower. I have problems to follow you. You push a button here and another there and then you turn the wheel and I'm lost...
How can you post a tutorial video on functions of a unit, then go through roughly 50% of them saying "I don't honestly know what these do", and expect anyone to take this seriously??! I watched the vid SPECIFICALLY to gain insight on what those functions do, and was left a bit pissed at the end for wasting my time. Thanks! ;)
Great setup vid Kennis :-) - I am interested in obtaining the OPT-01 subsonic filter board for my GR-55 since I too use a Godin (mine is a LGXT). When I first set it up I was appalled at the horrific response I got & almost took the guitar back until I found THIS www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=3912.0 which provided me with the parameters I am currently using on MY Godin with RMC pickups. :-)
I've found the quickest way to set up the string sensitivity is to hand mute 5 strings on the 9th fret
and bang pluck the high E as loud as you possibly can yeah give it really hard pluck.
if any of the other muted string show any peaking reduce their sensitivity level
until there are no signs of those strings picking up the vibration from the very hard pluck
off of the first string after that just pluck and adjust the 1st string
you'll find very little or even no miss firing ghost notes... this works for the sy-1000 as well
The most comprehensive and complete series on GR55 Thank you
Thank you I miss placed my manual still unboxing from moving into my new place that helped me a lot
The best video I've seen for Godin XTSA and GR55
GREAT Video!! THANKS!!🙏🏼
Awesome videos Kennis. Keep them coming.
video- gr-55 system settings part 1 of 4 gk settings-is the video i was viewing-hope my info was thorough as to my question-thanks again -Kevin
Than you for the helpful tips. I have a Ghost Piezo so Im guessing G. I also have Fishman Influnce PU’s but didn’t see the parameter to pick the electric ones.
Most useful, thanks
I have a Godin nylons n string Multics....great guitar but I never really knew how to get rid ot tons of ghost notes, especially for pianos a vibes..things with sharp attack aspects.I just recently learned on a YT vid to adjust the Low Dynamics Velocity to help rid most of the ghost notes. But my strings sensitivity settings are much higher than yours. This is what’s recommended in the manual I believe and YT vids. I am going to try lower settings....thank you for a great vid.
I set the down/up switch to change the virtual pick ups on virtual guitars on my VG-99. You can assign these to almost any function. It's basically a MIDI controller.
I have a GR55 with a Godin XTSA, but could not get a good acoustic sound. After watching this I have a great acoustic sound. Thanks!!!!
Kennis Russell
Hi Kennis, great your videos have helped me a lot.
I have a problem. When I turn up the volume from my Pieso , the volume of the Patch is almost completely lowered I have to go out and re-enter the Patch to get the Patch volume programmed.
thanks and i hope help me.
going to have to have the opt 01 switch as well -will let Richard know that you sent me his way-viewed your video on this as well-thanks again for the videos -Kevin
did not hear back from you -read through the manual-all 96 pages -tried plugging in my gibson nighthawk with the gk-3 pickup -same problem - it would change banks up but not down -so obviously its something internal with the roland gr-55- did a factory reset on the gr-55 now both guitars work fine -now i get to go through the whole set up process again - for both guitars -learn how to back up presets this time around-still a mystery as to what i did to cause this scenario- i can see this is going to be a long slow learning process but the benefits will be pretty cool after i learn how to manipulate it and gain an understanding on how to get the sounds I want out of it-guess i will be eating this elephant one bite at a time- I will be checking out your tutorials on you tube- since you have a leg up by having used this setup for a couple of years-have a great week Kennis
Great vids, really helpful. Having a problem with looping. All vids I see on CZcams with GR 55 Looping are very smooth. When I try the loop will record but has an annoying pause that stops/starts. Any suggestions? Please make a vid on looping. Thanks.
thanks for the reply Russell -I really appreciate it . The switch in question is the switch on the godin xtsa that banks up and down the roland gr-55. I can set the gr-55 to the normal or reverse setting as described in your video-and in either mode it will bank up just fine-the bank changes and the display on the gr-55 changes perfect -the problem is when I toggle the switch the opposite way to bank down -using either one of the modes -normal or reverse -it changes my sound but not the bank or display on the gr-55- when i toggle the switch twice it goes back to the bank that was there before i even touched the switch- so toggle the switch once to bank down -change of sound -no display change on gr-55 -toggle the bank switch twice -goes back to same bank you were on before you opted to bank down- any help would surely be appreciated -thanks again for all your helpful videos -after playing for 45 years and sinking all the money into this gear- i am really looking forward to optimizing its potential-have a great praise and worship today -Many thanks -Kevin
hi kennis I see you made some new videos....good work my man :)
Please teach me how to get a sound out of a lap steel or pedal steel guitar since you handle the program very well, I would appreciate it.
If you have the OB 1 filter and do a factory reset will it still see the firlter
I got a lgxt and wanted to get an xtsa like yours, but heard that the pick ups are not great, did you change your magnetic pick ups?
the toggle switch Kennis-it changes the bank up fine but will not change the bank down-the up and down button to togggle through your patches-go to 3:25 on your video- thanks for the reply
U really talented regarding explaining things. make more tutorials, maybe on the Boss SY-300 ?
Great man !
Greeting from Israel
Hello Kennis, I have had this pedal before and loved it. I sold it when I no longer needed it. I just purchased it again for a new project that I am starting. Is the latest firmware very good in correcting the ghost notes or do you still recommend getting the sub filter? Also, can you somehow use IR’s with any additional hardware? And finally, does the upgrade have anymore sounds ?
Thank you for making all of your helpful videos, I have been watching you for years and love it!
My best,
Chris
I doubt the firmware fixed ghost notes. I’m not sure about the IR either. I have actually not played mine in a few years, so I am not up to date.
help !!!! I watched this video -I purchased a new godin xsta and roland gr-55 -You show that the s-1 switch banks up one way and banks down the other- I am set to the normal position and it banks up fine -when I try to flip the switch to bank down it changes the sound but does not change the bank or display on the gr-55 -what am I missing here ????? Thanks !!!!
Hi Kennis. I've searched in vain for a video demo on using the GR55 for the guitar effects only. I'm interested to hear the sounds rather than how to set the unit up. Can you (or anyone) help?
I currently use the GT100 but if I get the GR55 it would be good to not have to use both at gigs. So before experimenting with synth sounds I'd like to find out how good the straight effects are. Ie the normal guitar pickups through the GR55 effects in to an external amp. The COSM and synth experiments with the additional pickup can come later. Also, I'm assuming that you can take the synth sounds out separately to the PA?
Thanks!
Hi! I have t a Goding. When I use the grand piano, plaing it, cut the sound. I don't know how to set it to play the grand piano in continuous way and dont hear those glitch sound 😭
Can you play a regular guitar through the Roland or do you need a special set up ? Thanks for your help
Regular..You just have to go into settings and change the pick up option
Shit man! String sensitivity! No wonder mine sounded like crap. These tutorials are great man. Thanks!
Is the 55 better than the 20 for no ghost notes etc
What model Godin guitar are you using? I don't want a wide neck nylon guitar. Is your guitar more like electric?
Not sure why there is no setting for PU distance from the bridge for the IN-BRIDGE systems like yours and like the Ghost system. ? The pu is actually THE BRIDGE so this 10 mm and 20 mm is incorrect for those in-bridge systems, yes? So.... I'm very confused at that but also why you chose 20 mm for yours when the pu is actually 0 mm from the bridge. I'm trying to set mine and the tracking honestly sucks. I play very cleanly but also like to do a lot of tapping, hammer-ons and even simple one-note lines are misfiring and playing wrong notes that I didn't even play and I went through all these settings and still the tracking is pretty much lame. I have the GraphTech system installed in my axe. :( Now, I noticed that using a piano sound never seems to track properly but other synth sounds do but why would the sound being spat out have anything to do with tracking? Anyway.. thanks for the vid!
Sir i have Latency problem with gk 3 and Roland gr55 how to solve it kindly reply sir
I don't have a problem understanding what the settings should be, my problem is that I don't know how to enter that setting. How do you do the simplest thing like turn the switch on/off. When I know the setting, I can't enter it.
Its a pity this guy never replied to a lot of the questions👊🏼😆U must be good now
do you basically just have to get lucky finding a guitar with a built in effects controller? I need those toggles
no puns intended i just can't see using this unit on stage playing Country music it may be perfect for some players i don't have time to be dialing in this and that to get what ever tone i want to use on a song for lead guitar playing, i will give you a thumbs up for explaining it
🤣🤣
@Google Needs TobeBombed why buy MORE equipment😆its all here
Installed GK3 on my SG, plug it into GR-55......No sound....???? Scratching my head for hours, still trying to figure out why. I realize if I strike strings "hard", I get the high E string to ring. I'm guessing I have to possibly go to sensitivity setting? If I can find it. That's why I'm here watching this.
why cant i get any synth sounds to work?
When are you making Guardians of Thy Galaxy 3?
Velocity - is basically how hard or soft you have to pick to create a change of some sort.......
Example ..... With your Roland synth You could use the velocity to change between sounds ....pick light to get a clean tone, or pick hard to get a distorted sound..... or light picking could be a Bass synth and hard picking could trigger Horn sounds.
***So Basically you could control things by how hard or soft you play.
*** You could also set it to regulate picking.... In other words no matter how hard or soft you pick chords or notes the volume or dynamics of those only have one level of loudness.
I hope this makes sense and is helpful.
The user manuel talks about "body" setting. Do you know that ? Where is it ?
Its only on certain patches..Eg: nylon guitar
Oh, man, I really enjoy your videos apart from one thing; it seems to me that you have forgotten that some of us are extremely rookies what technology concern. So my pray is if you could things a little bit slower. I have problems to follow you. You push a button here and another there and then you turn the wheel and I'm lost...
Press pause after each bit. Then continue and repeat..Thatl help ..cheers
why does my post have lines through it ????
How can you post a tutorial video on functions of a unit, then go through roughly 50% of them saying "I don't honestly know what these do", and expect anyone to take this seriously??! I watched the vid SPECIFICALLY to gain insight on what those functions do, and was left a bit pissed at the end for wasting my time. Thanks! ;)
Great setup vid Kennis :-) - I am interested in obtaining the OPT-01 subsonic filter board for my GR-55 since I too use a Godin (mine is a LGXT). When I first set it up I was appalled at the horrific response I got & almost took the guitar back until I found THIS www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=3912.0 which provided me with the parameters I am currently using on MY Godin with RMC pickups. :-)