Roland Competition: Challenge Issued to Roland Guitar Synth Players

Submitted by Jason on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 02:04.

Roland GR-20 Guitar Synth

Roland have launched a Guitar Synth competition with $6,000 worth of Roland BOSS gear in prizes.

To enter you have to record a video of yourself playing your Roland Guitar Synth and then upload the video to YouTube.

Roland will select the winners based on creativity, originality, and WOW factor.

Here are the prizes on offer:

  • Grand Prize: $3,000 of Roland and BOSS gear
  • 2nd Place Prize: $2,000 of Roland and BOSS gear
  • 3rd Place Prize: $1,000 of Roland and BOSS gear

If you're one of the lucky winners you get to chose your own prizes within the price limits above.

The competition closes on December 31st - Click here for the Entry Form and Competition Rules

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Guitar Synthesis

Posted by Timo Laine on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 18:32.

The reason guitar synthesis is been a major challenge for Roland, Axon etc, is because guitar players cannot get used to the delay
from picking the string to synth recognition.
My name is Timo Laine, ( Symphonic Slam) The answer is to blend the correct amount of natural guitar sound with the synth sounds.
On the Roland Challenge, I demonstrated that in my video.
So many of the entries into the Roland challenge only output the synth and buried the guitar sound.
The programs available in the future, need to be planned out so they can be blended to the guitar better.
To excite guitar players, the guitar still has to be in front. The synth run behind, to enhance the guitar.