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Roland VG8, case, instrument cable, expression pedal, and 2 cards with additional sounds-traditional (acoustic) and modern. Excellent condition!
The idea behind the VG8 is to collect the raw vibrations from the guitar strings using a Roland GK2A split pickup, then use DSP processing to emulate all the other links in the chain, right through to the recording microphone. This process is known by the catchy name of VGM or Virtual Guitar Modelling, and is based on a system developed by Roland known as COSM (Composite Object Sound Modelling). Using VGM, you can 'virtually' select the type of pickups to use, decide where on the virtual guitar body to put them, choose a type of virtual amp (or even emulate a virtual Boss effects pedal), and then pick from three types of virtual speaker cabinet. You can even pan individual strings.
Once you've done that, you can position a virtual mic at a virtual distance from your virtual speaker cab, and if the engineers back at Roland have got it right, you should end up with much the same sound as if all those individual elements had been the real thing rather than the creations of the DSP chip. In theory, you should be able to recreate the sound of just about any type of guitar plugged into any type of amp and speaker setup, and miked with any one of several mic setups. The VG8 also has a separate pitch shifter for each string, which enables it to imitate 12-string guitars, basses, guitars with alternate tunings and so forth (for live use, the speaker and mic simulators can be switched out). On top of that, you have conventional chorus, delay and reverb effects. But that's not all.
The other metaphorical string to Roland's virtual bow is HRM or Harmonic Restructure Modelling, another facet of COSM. Again, this works on the original string vibrations of the guitar, but this time these are separated into their harmonic components, which are then used as building blocks to create new sounds. Because the harmonic content changes depending how you play the guitar, the sound responds in much the same way as a guitar would -- but the sounds themselves can be very unlike a guitar, falling midway between a guitar and a conventional synth, and retaining characteristics of both. Various synth-like processes help shape the sound, including resonant filters, modulation and pitch-shifting.
And now the bit that really matters: the sounds. The VG8 is really two instruments in one, insofar as it uses VGM to recreate traditional (and some less traditional) electric guitar sounds, and HRM to create guitar/synth hybrid sounds. Many of the VGM preset sounds have thinly-disguised patch names that leave you in no doubt as to what they are supposed to sound like. For example, there's 'Hey Joe', 'PurpHaze', 'D.Purple', 'OldBeck1', 'ALman LP' and '8MilesHi'. This tells us a lot, not least about the type of person who's done the programming. Most of these sounds are classic vintage rock, ranging from the early '70s to the present day, and what's more, most of them sound very much as you'd expect them to. With the VG8 is that you can change from a single-coil guitar to a humbucking guitar, or even to a 12-string or bass, all using the same physical guitar.
On the whole, though, the VRM side of the machine works well, and the range of electric guitar sounds you can get out of the VG8 is almost unbelievably wide -- there's even an E-Bow patch. I also very much like the hex distortion facility (see the 'Creating Guitar Sounds' box), and though it doesn't emulate anything that already exists, it's a very useful sound in its own right. Aside from the pitch-shifting and radical EQ artifacts that are sometimes evident on more extreme settings, there's really no clue as to the fact that you're hearing a digital preamp.
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| Condition | Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.learn more |
| Brand | Roland |
| Model | VG8 |
| Finish | Black |
| Year | 1998 |
| Made In | Japan |
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