SY-1 Guitar Synthesizer Pedal Review

SY-1 Guitar Synth pedal

Compact. Quick learning curve. Reasonable price point.

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Synth Fun

I liked this pedal so much I bought a second one to really create havoc!

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Guitar or synth ?

Want to take guitar to a whole new level? This is the tool. The SY-1 has multiple sounds, and variations of those sounds for a wide pallet of tones. The controls can also change the effects from bass to treble, fast to slow, and how much mix between the effect and guitar you may have. Add a favorite pedal to the loop and create endless other tones. Nonstop inspiration!

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BOSS SY-1

THIS I AN AWESOME PEDAL ! YOU CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING WITH IT, 121 SOUND VARIANTS ! CHECK IT OUT ONLINE & WATCH THE VIDEO !

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Gives immediate results, flawless tracking, straightforward to use

I've used the SY-1 in my setup for a couple hours, and it is a magical device. One of Boss's best that I've ever seen. Tracks insanely well. The sequencer mode is out of this world. I'm going to be recording a lot of keyboard and organ parts, at long last, without needing a keys player. It's basically a General MIDI synth module in pedal format and a Boss interface for selecting… read more synth patches. Things get real interesting really fast with the sequencer and Bell categories. I've barely dipped into this thing but I'm finding it much more approachable than the Source Audio C4, although it doesn't support presets. Some of the organ parts are pretty shrill, but you can use EQ and the tone knobs on your guitar to take care of that. Its performance is spectacular. The patches I've pulled up that sound good, REALLY sound good. It is hard to get this device to drop a note. I have not managed to do that. True polyphony and it never drops a note on the guitar. It's uncanny. To replicate some of the instruments most effectively, like keys and organ, you will need to change your technique (and be super accurate). Dynamics will change and things you do in normal guitar passages may not be as effective. Spend time exploring the various instrument patches and you will find many that work extremely well. I can't wait to try out the expression pedal with it. Also, pressing the pedal sustains the current tone. Awesome. Using the effects loop is a whole different animal. You can get more of a 'guitar-y' tone doing it this way. It still sounds incredible and can fatten up your sound. The Effect and Direct knobs interact a lot with the effects loop. I also find that using humbuckers gives a more saturated keyboard sound than single-coils. I've already started recording with this, two hours after I set it up on my board. The photo shows my second board hooked up to the SY-1 effects loop. Two big thumbs up from me. Highest recommendation. I waited a long time for this pedal and it was worth the wait. Shipping from Sweetwater could have been better. I think they should use US Postal Service and drop FedEx.

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