Boss GM-800 and GK-5

[TJontheRoad]

Editing (basic) can be done via the Tone Studio app now available

 

[JiveTurkey]

Sounds are super hifi. I do dig that. No saxophones yet though

 

[BROCKSTAR]

Ok so i signed up for the roland cloud manager app and basically anything under the guitar & bass section for the gm-800 will only work for the gm-800, but all the other stuff under the other categories won't i believe, right?

 

[JiveTurkey]

The Zenology marketplace is a concept I am not sure on. If you can hear examples; that would be great. But pay to hear would be not so exciting in my POV.

 

[TJontheRoad]

Ok so i signed up for the roland cloud manager app and basically anything under the guitar & bass section for the gm-800 will only work for the gm-800, but all the other stuff under the other categories won't i believe, right?

Anything that is ZenCore based should work. Looking now the GM-800 page is mostly paid stuff for now. All those same sound packs are there for Roland's other synths. Except Fantom users get them for free.

 

[mbenigni]

That I believe the GK-5 pass through. No 13 pin pass through that would allow me to use the GM-800 and SY-1000 together with a single GK-3 pickup and the GKC-AD converter.

Yeah, this would have been nice. I could see pairing the GM-800 with a GP-10 so as to cover guitar tones via the hex cable. But unless they make a TRS-to-pin converter (more $$$), that's not feasible.

 

[BROCKSTAR]

The Zenology marketplace is a concept I am not sure on. If you can hear examples; that would be great. But pay to hear would be not so exciting in my POV.

When you download the roland cloud manager and browse under the gm-800 they have wave expansions and packs for money and you get sound examples right there or click on more info and it'll take you to a webpage with more sound examples on most.. However most are $5 to $20 right now and no free ones yet for gm-800.

 

[BROCKSTAR]

Anything that is ZenCore based should work. Looking now the GM-800 page is mostly paid stuff for now. All those same sound packs are there for Roland's other synths. Except Fantom users get them for free.

Hmm I'm not sure on that. I think the only things that work for gm-800 will be under the gm-800 tab. I don't believe the other sound packs under the other synth tabs would work if it's not under the gm-800?

 

[TJontheRoad]

Yeah, this would have been nice. I could see pairing the GM-800 with a GP-10 so as to cover guitar tones via the hex cable. But unless they make a TRS-to-pin converter (more $$$), that's not feasible.

You'd need to buy or build a 13 pin break out box and split the 13 pin cable before the GKC-AD converter. I'd want to use the GM-800 with the SY-1000 this way.

Hmm I'm not sure on that. I think the only things that work for gm-800 will be under the gm-800 tab. I don't believe the other sound packs under the other synth tabs would work if it's not under the gm-800?

There are ways to move the sounds over using Zenology lite or Pro. It's cumbersome though because it involves copying them onto a thumbdrive. I do this with my AE-30 wind synth.

 

[JiveTurkey]

They have 2 converters. One for each instance. It would be cool if they combined both of the converter boxes into a single box for every situation?

 

[BROCKSTAR]

13 wave expansions right now which cost $20 a piece
and then there's 129 sound packs right now which range from $5 to $10 a piece.
No free right now under the GM-800 tab.

 

[mbenigni]

You'd need to buy or build a 13 pin break out box and split the 13 pin cable before the GKC-AD converter. I'd want to use the GM-800 with the SY-1000 this way.

Sorry, what's a GKC-AD converter? There's no 13-pin input on the GM-800, so I'm not seeing any obvious way to get TRS serial hex to the GM800 and 13-pin hex to whatever else.

(I'm also running on 4 hours of sleep and I'm about 24 hours into a server migration gone completely sideways, so it's possible I'm being a little thick.)

 

[BROCKSTAR]

Sorry, what's a GKC-AD converter? There's no 13-pin input on the GM-800, so I'm not seeing any obvious way to get TRS serial hex to the GM800 and 13-pin hex to whatever else.

(I'm also running on 4 hours of sleep and I'm about 24 hours into a server migration gone completely sideways, so it's possible I'm being a little thick.)

BOSS - GKC-AD | GK Converter

GKC-AD: GK Converter - Drive the Next-Generation Serial GK Interface from a Roland GK-3 or GK-3B Divided Pickup

www.boss.info

 

[mbenigni]

BOSS - GKC-AD | GK Converter

GKC-AD: GK Converter - Drive the Next-Generation Serial GK Interface from a Roland GK-3 or GK-3B Divided Pickup

www.boss.info

Oh cool! That's exactly what I was speculating they might do in my previous post. I won't even ask what it cost because I'm sure someone's already said, and I missed that, too...

 

[yeky83]

Yeah, this would have been nice. I could see pairing the GM-800 with a GP-10 so as to cover guitar tones via the hex cable. But unless they make a TRS-to-pin converter (more $$$), that's not feasible.

The GKC-DA?
GK-5 -> GM-800 -> GKC-DA -> GP-10 should work, no?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Oh cool! That's exactly what I was speculating they might do in my previous post. I won't even ask what it cost because I'm sure someone's already said, and I missed that, too...

I think it's the same price as the GK5?

 

[yeky83]

Oh cool! That's exactly what I was speculating they might do in my previous post. I won't even ask what it cost because I'm sure someone's already said, and I missed that, too...

Yeah for the scenario you're thinking of you want the GKC-DA. $200.

 

[mbenigni]

I think it's the same price as the GK5?

That's $500 worth of "Cool they finally serialized GK, but now I'll need to de-serialize my GK." Where did I put my hat?

 

[BROCKSTAR]

Oh cool! That's exactly what I was speculating they might do in my previous post. I won't even ask what it cost because I'm sure someone's already said, and I missed that, too...

$199 each, and the pickup i think is $250

 

[mbenigni]

$199 each, and the pickup i think is $250

So... the accessories are up around what I was hoping to pay for the bundle.

Half-serious.