GR-55 - U2 With or Without you

[Sakke]

Can someone make patch to U2 With or witouth you, to roland gr 55. please.

[Brent Flash]

Welcome to the group Sakke! 

[Jeremy Hall]

Hi Sakke,

Here's my attempt at the main guitar sound in WOWY.

If I get time I would like to make it a two-in-one patch with the initial guitar sound as well (the high pitched one with slow attack at the start of the track). I thought there was a "swell" effect (like a reverse or auto-volume effect) on the GR-55 but I cannot find one other than for synth tones (can any GR-55 experts please advise?).  Anyway, I suspect Edge is using a Fernandez sustainer pickup or something similar for this sound (I can get pretty close with my Sustainer equipped Burny Les Paul).

Enjoy,
Jez

[Sakke]

Thanks, this is very good patch 

[thisisjust9]

I have installed and tried this patch (* with or without.g5l) in my GR 55. Weirdly, it comes out with synth-brass sound, not guitar? any explanation of this? any one? thank you.

[gumtown]

This is what I see when opened:

Mon Oct 2 07:55:16 2023
ROLAND GR-55 Complete Patch Summary
a list of all parameters with-in this patch.

Patch name = With or without

Patch Mode = Guitar

Structure Type = [2]

Pre Amp***********
[PreAmp Sw] = On
[Type] = Tweed
[Gain] = 53
[Level] = 63
[Gain Sw] = Middle
[Solo Sw] = Off
[Solo Level] = 50
[Bass] = 50
[Middle] = 50
[Treble] = 50
[Presence] = 0
[Bright Sw] = Off
[Speaker Type] = ORIGINAL
[Mic Type] = DYN421
[Mic Dis.] = On Mic
[Mic Pos.] = 5 cm
[Mic Level] = 100

Noise Suppressor***********
[NS Switch] = On
[NS Threshold] = 40
[NS Release] = 30

Delay***********
[Delay Switch] = On
[Delay Type] = Single
[Delay Time] = 1
[Delay FeedBack] = 9
[Delay Level] = 82

Reverb***********
[Reverb Switch] = On
[Reverb Type] = Plate
[Reverb Time] = 3.5s
[Reverb High Cut] = 4.0k
[Reverb Level] = 59

Equalizer***********
[EQ: Switch] = On
[EQ: Lo Cut] = 340Hz
[EQ: Low Gain] = 5 dB
[EQ: Lo Mid Freq] = 400Hz
[EQ: Lo Mid Q] = 0.5
[EQ: Low Mid Gain] = -9dB
[EQ: Hi Mid Freq] = 400Hz
[EQ: Hi Mid Q] = 0.5
[EQ: Hi Mid Gain] = 8dB
[EQ: High Cut] = FLAT
[EQ: High Gain] = 11dB
[EQ: Level] = 0dB
[EQ: Character] = -3

PCM Synth A***********
[Synth Tone] = 884 Ride Cymbal
[Tone Sw] = Off
[Tone Level] = 35
[Octave] = 0
[Chromatic] = On
[Legato] = Off
[Nuance Sw] = On
[Pan] = center
[Pitch Shift] = 0
[Pitch Fine] = 0
[Portamento Switch] = Tone
[Portamento Time] = 1
[TVA Release Mode] = 1
[String level [H] String 1] = 80
[String level String 2] = 80
[String level String 3] = 90
[String level String 4] = 90
[String level String 5] = 100
[String level String 6 [L]] = 100
[Line Route] = MFX
[Filter Filter Type] = Tone

PCM Synth B***********
[Synth Tone] = 212 AcousticBs 3
[Tone Sw] = Off
[Tone Level] = 45
[Octave] = 0
[Chromatic] = Off
[Legato] = Off
[Nuance Sw] = On
[Pan] = center
[Pitch Shift] = 0
[Pitch Fine] = 0
[Portamento Switch] = Tone
[Portamento Time] = 1
[TVA Release Mode] = 1
[String level [H] String 1] = 0
[String level String 2] = 0
[String level String 3] = 0
[String level String 4] = 60
[String level String 5] = 100
[String level String 6 [L]] = 100
[Line Route] = ByPass

Guitar Mode Modeling***********
[Tone Tone Level] = 100
[Tone Tone Sw] = On
[String Level [H] String 1] = 100
[String Level String 2] = 100
[String Level String 3] = 100
[String Level String 4] = 100
[String Level String 5] = 100
[String Level String 6 [L]] = 100
[NS On/Off] = On
[NS Threshold] = 15
[NS Release] = 20
[Guitar Mode Category] = Electric Guitar
[Guitar Mode E.Guitar] = E.Guitar-Telecaster
[03-04-05-07 PU select] = R + F
[01-02 PU select] = Rear
[06 PU select] = Rear
[01-02-03-04-05 Volume] = 100
[01-02 Tone] = 100
[steel PU select] = MA-28
[steel Body] = 80
[steel Tone] = 0
[Nylon Body] = 50
[Nylon Attack] = 50
[Nylon Tone] = 0

MOD***********
[Effect] = Off
[MOD: Type] = Octave
[Pan] = center

MFX***********
[Switch Effect] = Off
[MFX: Type] = Hexa-Chorus
[Pan Pan] = center
[Hexa-Chorus PreDelay] = 4.0 ms
[Hexa-Chorus Rate Type] = Time
[Hexa-Chorus Time Rate] = 40
[Hexa-Chorus BPM Rate] = whole note
[Hexa-Chorus Depth] = 50
[Hexa-Chorus PreDly Dev] = 0.0 ms
[Hexa-Chorus Depth Dev] = 5
[Hexa-Chorus Pan Dev] = 20
[Hexa-Chorus Balance] = 50W
[Hexa-Chorus Level] = 100

Master***********
[GK SELECT GK Set Select] = System
[GUITAR OUT Guitar Out] = Normal PU
[EXP EXP] = Bright
[EXP ON EXP ON] = Play Speed
[GK VOL GK VOL] = OFF
[STRUCTURE Structure] = Structure 2
[Line Route] = Amp/MOD
[PATCH LEVEL Level] = 11
[Tone Sw] = Off
[Tone Level] = 50
[Switch for ALT Tuning] = Off
[ALT TUNING Type] = -2 Step
[User Shift H [H] String 1] = 0
[User Shift 1 String 2] = 0
[User Shift 2 String 3] = 0
[User Shift 3 String 4] = 0
[User Shift 4 String 5] = 0
[User Shift L String 6 [L]] = 0
[PATCH TEMPO Tempo] = 7
[PATCH TEMPO Tempo] = 8
[Chorus ByPass] = 100
[Delay ByPass] = 100
[Reverb ByPass] = 20
[EXP PEDAL Modulation MIN] = 0
[EXP PEDAL Modulation MAX] = 100
[EXP PEDAL ON Modulation MIN] = 0
[EXP PEDAL ON Modulation MAX] = 100
[GK VOLUME Modulation MIN] = 0
[GK VOLUME Modulation MAX] = 100