THE BOSS OF SYNTH PEDALS? | Boss SY-1 Synthesizer
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
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What can’t this pedal do?! From singing synth leads, to dirty bass synth and arpeggiators, the SY-1 is the all in one answer to synth like guitar tones!
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Hey guys, I’m Rabea. I'm the lead guitarist in Toska, Frog Leap & Dorje where I write music, make songs and have a great time with my mates. I also have my own line of guitars with Chapman Guitars, and I’ve designed numerous products with some really cool companies, such as the Victory Amps VX Kraken. Anyway, i hope you enjoy my videos, thank you for watching!
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I love that you can't tell if a Boss pedal came out yesterday or back in 1982 by just looking at its design.
To be fair it would sound shit if it was released in 82.
It's a classic 70s design.
Never fuck around with perfection ;)
new boss pedals have a plastic knob/screw at the bottom, real vintage ones have a metal screw.
@@markthorne6073 not shit. "a rich, warm, analogue vintage sound" haha
I have absolutely no need for this pedal, and if I get it I’ll probably be screwing around with synth sounds for hours instead of doing the practice I should be doing. I’ll probably buy it as soon as it’s available.
Same here !
@@MrMorse99 Yep!
Lmao couldn’t agree more! Still buying it lol
I’ll stick with Microkorg XL.
There is absolutely no need for this pedal for almos everybody, it is exactly the same thing as the pitch shifter, the tracking sound as delayed and the sound as synthetic. Well at least they try...
I can't believe I sat here for over 30 minutes listening to this!!! Like the other guy said, I have no use for this...but I can see myself sitting around for endless hours driving my wife and kids insane!!!!👍🏼😂
Don't need to drive them crazy. In case you are not aware of there is one thing called headphones.
Full circle, the synthesizer was designed to imitate other instruments now you can make your guitar sound like one. It does produce some blade runner like inspiring sounds.
I was thinking of Vangelis and Queen (Flash Gordon)
😍
The synthesizer was never designed to imitate anything. The synthesizer was designed to produce sounds never heard before.
Andrew Piatek
you work in a factory, and never heard anything.
vibrational keys forbidden planet . Sampled synthesis in the 80’s was imitative
It goes to 11.
...Times 11
These go to 11...
apparently 11 times 2 is 21, since he keeps saying types with two notches have 21 variations....maybe go back to school
I wish Boss or EHX would make a pedal to turn your guitar into a Cowbell.
Behind the nut
CaptPostmod with a triangle feature
No pedal needed. Push your 1st string up and over the 2nd so that they are crossed. Play.
MOAR C O W B E L L
Mooer cowbell? 🤣
If I get this pedal and plug an actual synthesizer in, will it create a black hole in my living room?
The PedalZone did that!
MSH68 yes
Yes!
That's how it all started in that movie The Gate.
Wow. Such a high level intelligence
This is the pedal I dreamed off! To put just some light blend of a synth-y tone to make the tone stand out a bit more on leads.
Aaaaaargh GAS.
LOVE THIS.
Dude, thank you for watching. You’re a hugely inspirational player to me! Keep doing great things! Much love
Sold. I've always loved 80's synth sounds especially behind a good groove. I can't play keyboard so this is the next best thing. 16:05 single notes sound like chords+bass
I sense a great disturbance in the force, as if a million 2nd hand Electro Harmonix 9 pedals just went up for sale on Ebay...
Nailed it lol
now that tickled me
I sold mine!
Nah I love my b9
Mel9 is a beast
Can't wait for the Bea vaporwave EP :D
I'd buy it, day one.
@@ERWebster i'm tempted as well tbh !
I second this!
we need this!
R A B E A E S T H E T I C
As a guy who's been using guitar synths since the late 80's I've never had an issue with just buying a synth rack and just getting the authentic sounds I needed. I understand the ease of incorporating it on your pedal board but it still sounds simulated. It sounds good but It's a fun box and I prefer the real deal.
Still buying one... for medicinal purposes you understand.
That’s it’ , a fun box. Like buying a $250 Casio synth/ keyboard, cool diversion, but the simulations don’t always hit 80-90% of the original sound. Also why does Boss always in these types of pedals have so many hi-fi sounds???
With all respect, saying that a 1980s guitar synth rack is better than a 2020s synth pedal is like trying to compare an IBM card computer with a modern PC (and say that the old IBM is better). It can only be a joke. I understand anyone who have spent thousands of dollars in expensive equipment can get mad when they release a small box that does exactly the same thing for less than $200 and that yet can be used with a $100 guitar, but it's Life. Finally, I can ensure that anyone who tells can spot if the sound is coming from a Roland rack or from a Boss pedal when everything is all mixed down into a song, is lying. Anyway, the _only_ reason why in the 1980s they used hexaphonic pickups, racks and all that sh*t is because there wasn't available technology at the time to do it with a pedal. Otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation.
My ambient heart says : "I NEEEEEED THIS !"
I love the way you can't help but smile when you know you've stumbled upon something cool. That's the biggest endorsement a pedal can get.
A Midi version to organize your sounds would of been a good idea. Blending in and out was killer! Using it live would be a pain to recall sounds ahead or time.
That's what this unit's big brother, the SY-300, would be for. Got MIDI In/Out/Through and a bunch of other stuff, like LFOs and effects, as well.
@@EversonBernardes I wasn't aware of that model when, I posted this. I still think that, would be cutting edge to have a small Boss sized pedal with MIDI capabilities!
Man, people are going to start thinking, “I’m sorry, Electro-WHO?” This kills most of the 9 series - ALL AT ONCE!
That's what I was thinking!
and it's only $200.
On the contrary. I was hoping Boss would make just as good or better sounds&selections than the ElectroHarmonix do but its just not as good. They seem to duplicate from the same selection which are in their other pedals such as GR55. Thats dissappointing so hopefully they can let the user download his preferences from a growing selection down to the pedal. Presets would be good also so there wouldn't have to be a lot of crawling on the floor for each song.
The 'freeze' mode on it sounds like something I want to test though.
What would really set them apart would be to incorporate that one could choose and set from which pitch upwards/downwards the tracking will react ie. playing bass strings-> activating bass synth or playing any high fret activating X synth.
@@trollslandan I own an EHX mono bass synth and love the sounds but the latency is something to be desired unfortunately. This one seems to track flawlesslly.
In this video: Sound Like Daft Punk Without Busting The Bank
Work it
Make it
Do it
Makes us
The follow up: SY- 1000. sound like Daft Punk BY busting the bank
This is the best demonstration of this pedal that I've seen. Thanks for making it! It was helpful!
You need a solo album. Called "Pedal Demo"
P.S. Thank you for keeping it clean so the pedal is easier to get a feeling for!
I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
He has two solo albums from gear demos -- see his Band Camp and look for Grinding Gears 1 and 2
@@PureJadeKid Those a good but it is apparently only heavy metal style. I'd love for him to release something where he shows off his amazing versatility more.
for a guitarist like me who doesn't know to play piano well, this pedal is a life saver, it is a must...
19:04 I caught that DOOM
i just spent a month building an Ableton rack to do all this and Boss just drop a pedal wtf :)
I would love to hear Chris Poland playing one of these.
Chris Poland is god
What about Chris Finland?
Yes
Such an underrated player. Jeff Young too.
I love octavers and mad sounds, so this is quiet interesting. Thanks for the review, Bea!
Grrr! I've just finished putting together a very well planned and long awaited pedal board...and now I 'need' another pedal!
Thanks Rabea, as always I enjoyed hearing you play.
Psh, you'll learn. That's gonna be a life long problem.
Neverending story
It seems more listenable than other synth pedals I've heard. A lot of them never let you forget that it's a synth effect and it's distracting somehow. Like the uncanny valley or something. This one is more like, just a cool sound that you can imagine fitting in a mix and using it for a song.
Finally, a pedal whose attitude matches Rabea's hair.
Shots fired at EHX 9 series. This thing seems legit. I sold my synth a while back because I am not super comfortable with keys. But this thing gives access to heaps of tones and keeps me in familiar territory on a fretboard. Great video keep up the great work.
I can already tell it tracks wayyyy better than the 9 series. That has always been the thing keeping me from buying one. The Pog2 is great though.
I can hear some creative songs being created with this.
Creatively.
@@O_Towne_Bear you know what’s up
I encountered this pedal for the first time today at my local music store, and was overwhelmed by the variety of tones and colours. I like what you said about this being a music creating tool. Your video was so helpful in delineating what types of sounds you can make with it. I was mostly focusing on the organ tones, but your vid totally expanded the possibilities. I've been a Boss user since the 1980s. Thank you! Subscribed!
All these synth pedals, but all we really want is a pedal that turns guitar sound into the sound of a saxophone 🎷
That might be saxy!
You're welcome. ruclips.net/video/z-UC3BDsJIQ/видео.html
Yuck
@@frankmartinrocks HOLY CRAP WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THAT
I want one that sounds like drums
Obviously every demo of this pedal is going to play that baseball chanty thing.
Charge!
What are you even talking about
sphinct Tear 20:56
11:47 Did anyone else hear the intro sound to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”? 😂🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾
I'm gonna buy this just so I can play the Stranger Things intro
I was thinking the exact same thing lmfao
Id love to see a video on that ngl
Second video I've seen on this pedal. On my wish list when available. Opens lots of possibilities. Thanks, Rabea and great playing.
Seems like you could spend a lifetime going through the myriad variations and connotations available with this pedal. I wonder what Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and John Carpenter would've done with this in the seventies!
Finaly I can play metropolis pt1
the in the name of god solo!
sadly, I still won't be able to haha
You could definitely have a go @dereksherinian‘s intro to LitS
Bea is having so much fun in this. I love watching him just geek out. And now I want this pedal. Hahaha
The face you made when you switched to the sound effects and hit that chord.. Lol. You inspire me with your playing and afro bro.. Definitely getting this synth pedal for my gt1.
You gotta give it to this guy, he can riff with the best of them. Tasty licks.
He is one of the best in the world imho
@@danepresley7851 SRSLY? Like Eric Johnson and Steve Vai? I mean he's good, but that's quite the ballsy assessment.
@@Tictac-s2e you're talking about relics. Obviously you could bring up any name in the book that's been around for ages but I say this only because I have seen him play on RUclips a lot and he deserves the credit because I think he really is that good
Tons of live applications for this one in all genres across the board. My wallet is crying already, haha. Great demonstration and production, Rabea!
I basically don't need a keyboard player for my band now. Thanks pedal. haha
Juventud2222 Exactly! I don‘t like every option this pedal offers, But there is still plenty to have a huge impact on your live sound. Greetings!
I have only one ultimate desire in my guitar-playing life, and that's to eventually get a pure Megaman/Megaman X lead sound out of my guitar. This is by far the closest I've ever seen to it in a pedal.
Yeah I was thinking about this for VGM cover band
the new studio looks ace! great video, like always. the insights are always great, thanks Rabea!
Yay! You're getting a grip on your room as it seems. Voice sounds much better. Almost soothing. Can you read us bedtime stories? ;)
Always wanted to play the Stranger Things intro on my Wolfgang and 100 watt tube amp #yeahbaby
This is fantastic! (Also, you too dude!) this pedal in a live gig should not be used on the floor or in a rack, should have a custom lectern to play with. The amount of possibilities are extraordinary with this pedal. I am speechless...
Time to do a “sounds like Jamiroquai”... this thing looks awesome!!!
Dude, you really do have the best gear reviews/demos. Thoroughly appreciate the dialog with the walkthrough of the functions. It makes all the difference.
John Carpenter could have made a thousand soundtracks with this pedal back in ‘82. Just ordered one thanks!!
wonderful review of an extraordinary Boss pedal, thx a lot, enjoyed it very much.
I love that while other pedal producers (DOD for instance) modernized their look, and some pedal manufacturers constantly change the look of their pedals, Boss pedals have looked the same for 40 years. I do however miss when you could find all sort of Boss pedals in used pedal bins for 10 quid, including flangers and phasers and analog delays, all vintage now and 100 easy
I wish they would return to the plastic knobs, is my only complaint, lol. The chrome ones look so plain jane, and aren't the same cool color. I like that their octave pedals are in fecal brown, lol. That low sound does bring to mind being constipated, lol. In a good way, of course, lol.
Mine came today and it is the best waste of money I've ever encountered. Just spent an hour making some of the weirdest, worst and incredible noises ever.
I play mostly blues/punk/dad rock and this thing can really pull some great noises when you want to emphasize some notes in a solo.
Hopefully the novelty doesn't wear off too quickly!
Leo H still hold up?
Hi Leo,
How are doing with your Sy1.
Do you know if can do a 2 or 3pc brass or piano accordion sound on single strings?
I’m trying to do some Mavericks stuff and just need a sound for to fill in the bits we can’t do without a horn section.
Thanks.
Whatever you do don't buy an Eventude Pitchfactor.
For me, the value of something is its usefulness and while I wouldn't use that pedal for most things, it might inspire me to do other things besides just SRV/Clapton stuff that I usually do.
It sounds like a Super Nintendo trying to make guitar noises. I need it.
I gave up after months of watching this pedal on videos and pulled the trigger on one this morning!
Now we just need a BOSS SY-1 vs Electro Harmonix Synth 9 head to head shootout!
Already have the order in and trading my Synth9 and C9 Organ Machine straight trade for one of these.
From the demos I've seen it's MUCH better than my SYNTH9. Hope the output level is higher than the Synth9
But Meris Enzo takes the medal 🎸
@@John_Francis_Vey Love EHX,and my bass mono synth has terrific sounds .Unfortunately tracking is another story.I will be pre ordering the Boss and my beloved EHX will be on eBay.
this is awesome!
I wonder if one could learn keyboard solos *cough please play roundabout cough*
Surprisingly good tracking on this one. I'll be getting it just to mess around.
Makes me wonder if a decent midi out pedal could be made now.
Doug B yeah, a guitar pedal with just polyphonic tracking software and midi out would offer truly massive possibilities... paired with hardware and software synthesizers. 😅
I've messed around with guitar synths for years. I tried the Roland 707 just after it came out, buying the GR-20, eventually the GR-55. All suffered from poor tracking to some degree but the major problem for me is the strange whistles and monkey noises it puts out if you miss hit a note or it doesn't recognize it. Pity, I really wanted to love them. This looks like its solved their faults pretty well. maybe it'll signal the start of the guitar synth age!
you should record !!! it reminds me of like YES or King Crimson
Love the fact boss hasn't changed the design of their pedals in 250 years. If it ain't broke....good job boss.
Yeah, but I prefer the brass clockwork circuitry they used back in 1669 ~
@@DarkRenaissance2012😛
Just listening to you jam and come up with stuff off the top of your head gives me so much inspiration bro
I’m not even past the intro and this thing sounds amazing.
Hey Bea, this might be a bit of a faux pas, but I wanted to recommend you check out The Pedal Zone. He does this sort of synthy ambient stuff, and I think you would really dig it.
With respect to Bea, Stefan's review is the best out there. A tour de force.
I think this pedal is kinda a game changer. I’m sold and can’t even imagine all the cool shit I’m going to do with it. Boss straight killing it. Sorry other pedal makers who did a synth type pedal this year, you just got beat. Haha, great demo!
I love this pedal, sounds so cool and reminds me of old school rock song intros.
Wow! That tracks incredibly well! Thanks for reviewing with such an extensive demo. Just ordered one!
reminds me of my boss GT3 from back in the day haha they've improved a lot since then.
SY-1 synth sounds start at 6:11
The new studio looks AMAZING
That grin on your face! It's better than any cartoon! Jokes aside it's quite clear when something sounds good to you. I'm sold, probably will buy when available. Great!
A couple of those settings are vaguely reminiscent of a Korg Miku, only far more practical!
Edit:
24:52 = Male version of Miku!
"From analog to digital and everything in between"
Wait, what's in between that?
Digilogue?
Miku is what's in between.... Lol
Hybrid? 😋
Analigital
Your imagination
Instead of an expression pedal, you can use a dual momentary switch (fs-7) to tap tempo the sequencer sounds, freeze pads, whammy an octave up and other stuff
Now THAT is a killer tip
I love my BOSS pedals. Now I have to get another.
the sound from 9:52-10:00 sounds like something i've heard on a Pat Metheny album. way cool :)
It's a pity he does not play longer with this preset to hear if it really sounds like PM !
this is the kind of pedal you have a chance of missing out on. look at the Space Station to see what I mean.
Fektthis - as in buy it before it’s discontinued?
@@thomasrobertson4213 pretty much. if you're on the fence you just gotta realize, sometimes great pedals don't get long production runs. this is new so you got some time but it's not infinite.
Fektthis I got theEX7 out of curiosity about the Space station, but the pedal on the EX7 was horrid.
@@thomasrobertson4213 yeah, it was a lot cheaper made and not nearly as good a pedal.
Glad I'm not alone in the "bought the EX-7 for shimmer reverb because the Space Station was impossible to find" department.
Thank you for the intro to this pedal. Seems like a great tool for some really nice effects. Keep up the great work as usual.
Recently saw Buckethead and he used an old neon green BOSS Bass Synth throughout the entire show. I forget the exact model, but it was beat to hell and still worked and sounded great. BOSS rulez!
This would match perfect with a sustaniac
This is gonna sell like hotcakes .200 bucks to eliminate the keyboardist. What an absolutely killer pedal, and really glad Rabea got one of the first demos. Talk about making great first impressions.
It's not like keyboard players should get paid anyway ;)
HEY!!!
Whudduya have against da boardz!?!
@@tarkenton3895 Y'all are funny. Like we'd double-track what the guitar is doing all the time, anyway... (I play both on stage, btw; sometimes in the same song). I don't think my bandmates would like it if I got replaced. I'm actually considering buying this for the extra tones I could get during the songs where I switch to guitar. I'm very impressed with the polyphonic tracking. I remember the early days of having to have the special pickup installed on the guitar just to get the multi-string tracking. This is like easy-mode now! The only thing missing is a MIDI port to be able to control external synths or for DAW recording.
@@stevenposey no YOU'RE funny bb
That's a Pink Floyd pedal for sure, love it.
I guess mainly with chords this apparatus can be Evaluated on how good are the effects that it does. Really nice demo. Congrats. As always boss is innovating or reinnovating its products,
So does this use the same hardware and DSP as the SY-300 or is this a different beast altogether? Love the idea of the 300 but £500 is too rich for me so this little guy at £179 is looking like a great bet!
I heard on another review that it does
Wow. Boss made a synth pedal with actual usable sounds. It's a miracle!
They all have "useable" sounds. Guitarists on the whole just know jack about synthesis & sound design.
@@vubear I'm mostly a synth player, dude. Moogs & Rolands. The Boss synth pedals to date have all sucked. But at least your shitty thoughts about guitarists are now public.
@@paulthegeek Instead of getting butthurt on other people's behalf, frankly on a subject most guitar synth players agree with me on, get your ass over to vguitar forum & see what guys who know how to program this stuff can do. Like this ruclips.net/video/wBYkMkdhDwg/видео.html. If you judge this stuff by the presets you'll be disappointed.
Shitty thoughts, haha. Guitarists, as a rule, have no idea about synthesis. Nothing shitty or controversial about that, snowflake.
Really like your fearless approach to Demos Rabea, especially something like this. A very funky pedal for sure. Reminds me of Richie Blackmore's Rainbow keyboards/Synth and much more.A great pedal for stepping out of ones self or comfort zone and even if you don't apply to live or studio, you can muck around for hours just experimenting which is a reason most of us started playing in the first place, for fun. The String and steam organ sports themes were hilarious and awesome at the same time. Some very usable sounds.Thank you ! Peace-
One of these, a drum machine, and a looper. One man dance party.
I already do that without this and have a lot of synthy preset in my multieffect, now I think I really need one to go full orchestra mode :)
So, you spend a couple of hours trying out all the different sounds, great fun, then you scratch your head, put it in a cupboard and say to yourself, "Must try to find some use for it!"
Sounds a bit like guitar pro.
Hahahaha best comment hands down! 😂😂😂
I bought this pedal and left it collecting dust for a couple years. I'm currently enjoying it very much 😅
The pad sounds with the expression pedal 🤤🤤
I want one!
No doubt that Andertons will crucify this pedal like they have done to every other recent synth pedal.
I think it's really just the Captain. I hate it when he does this, especially with BOSS
Lee seems to hate anything synthy. Guess that comes with the territory of "vintage looking gear and tube amps only"
@@tarkenton3895 lee can't play shit outside of his blues licks, nothing bad with it but he handles it badly.
@@valebliz he has been learning and adapting a few nice licks recently but I'd say the disdain for modern gear is the bit that annoys me, especially considering he owns a store that has possibly the most popular modern gear reviewing channel there is.
@@tarkenton3895 yeah i'm not saying he's a bad player per se, i'm no virtuoso either tbh, it's the close minded wannabe feely guitarist attitude that's a bit out of place in someone that runs a music store that sell everything.
Very inspiring. I don't need it. But I feel I have to buy it.
The look on your face as you discover new sounds says it all. Great demo. I have some other gear I need to get before I think about picking the SY-1 up, but it's going on my wish list.
I wonder how a Bass guitar would sound?
Bass notes of a synth.
I guess he wouldn't overdrive.
get this in the hands of Paul Gilbert. He always stated how he wanted to play piano/keyboard chords on guitar. well Paul, here it is!
That has nothing to do with sound. Playing piano/keyboard like chords on the guitar has to do with fingerings, you need to strech a lot, Listen/look at Allan Holdsworth.
André Orsel has everything to do with sound. The man also has big hands, that should help
@@thunderstruckpiper, why should a sound help to play a certain chord voicing? If you can't play certain voicings no sound in the world will fix that.
😊Excellent presentation - thank you!😊
I mean if you have the SY-1 and the PH-3 side by side, not only do you have a sexy color scheme on your board, but you are going to open doors to realms unlike any man has ever known. Black holes will collapse, the space time continuum will shatter, dimensions will fuse, the planets will align, and we shall ascend to new awakenings lolol. This thing's awesome!