SY-300 - SloOctsChorus: One of my all-time favorites

[Rhcole]

This is not a new patch, it's one I have refined and changed here and there over the last 2 1/2 years. It features chorused octaves above and below your guitar that have slow attack transients. It is a wonderful blend patch for thickening a sound and is very musical for solo guitar, jazz, fingerpicking, accompaniment, and the like. I performed solo  with this and had people come up to me to tell me how great my guitar tone was. When I asked them what they liked, they couldn't describe it - "your guitar just sounded really good".

How often do you have people go out of their way to tell you YOUR guitar tone is awesome? Well before this for me the answer was "Never"!

This is one of my favorites, hope you like it too.

[ElliotG]

Very nice, slow-swelling octaves under clear guitar.  The exp pedal controls the balance of the guitar to synth.  I have the synth turned up past what I felt was the sweet spot to better show off the patch.  A more subtle approach sounded very good.  If you don't have the expression pedal, dial in your own balance with the Synth level in the output mixer.

The attack transients on the synth are a great example of what the AMP control can achieve.  It is worth noting that the Slow-Gear effect is NOT used on the patch.

[Nicolher]

VERY nice sound !
Thanks

[PopeLando]

I really like this one. Quick question: what are your input settings, and what kind of pickup are you using when you make these?

[ElliotG]

I have a some guitars with humbuckers and some single coil guitars.  I set the input levels to get a strong signal with no clipping.  I usually do not use the compressor on the input.  I've not had a need to spend a lot of time fiddling with the input levels.

Based on the sound of the guitar, that was a strat used in the recording.

[Brak(E)man]

I have a some guitars with humbuckers and some single coil guitars.  I set the input levels to get a strong signal with no clipping.  I usually do not use the compressor on the input.  I've not had a need to spend a lot of time fiddling with the input levels.

Based on the sound of the guitar, that was a strat used in the recording.

I'm not speaking about this patch but in general terms.
I do agree that fiddling with the input settings is not necessary to get a good/decent sound.
However I think it's the key element to this box.
Much more so than The VGs GP-10 etc even though they benefit a lot from different input settings as well.

[ElliotG]

Perhaps I should have stated more accurately, that the input settings have been a set and forget setting for me.  I dialed in a strong setting short of clipping, and have not felt a  need to touch it.  I do have different settings for guitars with humbuckers and my guitars with single coils.

[Brak(E)man]

Perhaps I should have stated more accurately, that the input settings have been a set and forget setting for me.  I dialed in a strong setting short of clipping, and have not felt a  need to touch it.  I do have different settings for guitars with humbuckers and my guitars with single coils.

I hear you and in many ways I agree.
But I did have problems with this unit,( apart from the lack of real polyphony) , the
sounds where hard to get a grip on , until I started changing the input settings.
Too me when creating or tweaking a patch , the input section is crucial.
Imho it's the game changer to make this box more than only functional.
The input section changes the sound drastically compared to most of the other boxes.

[Firstpoet]

Thanks for sharing!