SY-200 Guitar Synthesizer Pedal Review

Killer

Let's not get crazy. The pedal is cool. 5 stars.

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Great Synth Pedal With A Ton Of Options

This pedal covers a large variety of different synth sounds in a small compact package. Highly recommend giving this pedal a try it does take awhile though to go through all the variations on the effects but the screen makes it super easy to understand what is going on.

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The perfect tracker! Very impressive!

People who say anything bad about this pedal are dead wrong. This pedal is amazing! This pedal tracks flawless in any type of string instrument. I've used this on guitar, mandolin, bass, violin, it doesn't matter! I have an SY-1 as well that I will be selling soon because this pedal has replaced it. The SY-1 needed presets and this is the answer! The effects loop is very cool and… read more you need to experiment with trying different effects in the loop to be creative and come up with your own sounds. If you give this pedal time, experiment, then this pedal is so worth it! You can also try this pedal in the effects loop of another pedal which works great. For instance you can use this pedal in the effects loop of a Gamechanger Audio Plus pedal to get instant pads and freezes. This pedal has a hold function itself so maybe that is overkill for you, but the sky is the limit with pedal. Use this with it's own effects loop, or put this pedal in the effects loop of another pedals, or both! It's a tracking monster synth pedal!

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It’s seriously THAT cool

I've messed around with guitar synths for a long time - started with the Roland GR-1. That was a great synth, and way ahead of its time in a lot of ways. But, I always hated the glitchiness that came with the Gk pickup systems. Even with a built-in system (I used a Godin with synth access), the processing lag it had to interpret audio to digital was definitely noticeable, and often… read more problematic. In other words, you had to change how you played completely. When the SY-300 came out, it was a massive jump for Boss/Roland - EHX and a few others were venturing into the waters of just using the 1/4" input, but the SY-300 was insanely cool - and… insanely complex. It was too complex for me honestly. Even with a history of using some of the GR stuff, the SY approached synthesis from a different (albeit extremely cool) angle. But, I ended up selling it, in favor of a simpler SY-1. However, that was too simple and I missed having presets and also longed for MIDI control. I sorta feel like Goldilocks here - LoL - the SY-300 was "too big", The SY-1 was "too small" - but now the SY-200 is JUST RIGHT!!! I haven't tried the SY-1000 although I am sure it is very cool (and probably way to confusing for me). The 200 sits perfectly between ease of use and wonderfully complex sounds with tonal options/variety. It's simple to tweak, and easy to store presets. If you use a MIDI controller, the screen gives you a great, easy to see, read out of every parameter. You can change CC with no problems, so customizing is easy. It does use the 1/8" inch MIDI ins/outs, which is a somewhat strange departure from regular DIN, but it's nothing new. I have a MIDI controller with 1/8"inch outs, so it wasn't a problem. As far as sounds go, they are similar to the other SY synths, with that "analog" approach. There are more voices than the SY-1 and tweaking is simpler IMHO. I like the fact that it has an effects loop, which opens up some other cool options. It does not have effects, but I am thankful for that. I prefer to have other effects separate from this unit anyway. It's fun to get into the sounds, but at the same time it's easy to quickly dial in something that is very usable. I like the Metheny sound, which is not really in there (but I am still tweaking and may come up with it) - I also like the Square wave tones you can get. All in all a perfect guitar synth pedal for me. Kudos to Chris in sales as well. Sweetwater has a great team.

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Boss SY-200

This product with a breakthrough in modulation processing. Not only is there no delay in sound transmission, but Full Chords can be processed without latency. This will be a valuable tool with my 4 piece band (no Keyboardist).

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