OK, I have posted this today also in the VGuitar Forum:
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=34511.0
but no response until now, well it's only online for one hour. Anyway:
Among the many other things you can do with the SY-1000 I would like to use only the Guitar Modelling of it in connection with the Amps and Effects of the GT-1000.
What is the best way connection wise and settings wise to do this?
I am playing mainly a Strat so in this scenario I just need the GT-1000 to simulate a Humbucker Guitar while I would be using the Amps and Effects of the GT-1000.
I have also a Boss ES5 Switcher. Maybe it would be a good idea to connect the SY-1000 with the Switcher.
So the Input Chain would be like this in my case:
Guitar -> ES5 -> SY-1000 -> GT-1000 Core -> Apollo x8 Audio Interface
After reading a lot of post here I got aware of the fact that the SY-1000 Send and Return FX Loop is only MONO.
I think I could live with that or do I miss a lot of spectacular Sound Effects when I use the SY-1000 only as a MONO Device?
And I am a little bit confused about the FX Loop in the SY-1000 because unter Send Return are three options:
What would be the best option in my use case?
- Normal
- Direct Mix
- Branch out
Explanation from SY-1000 Manual:
1. Normal:
The input to SEND/RETURN within the effect chain will be output to the SEND jack, and the input from the RETURN jack will be output following SEND/ RETURN.
Use this setting if you want to connect an external effects processor in series within the SY-1000’s effect chain.
2. Direct Mix:
The input to SEND/RETURN within the effect chain will be output to the SEND jack, and the input
from the RETURN jack and the input to SEND/ RETURN (the direct sound) will be mixed and output following SEND/RETURN.
Use this when you want to mix the SY-1000’s effects sounds together with the external effects device applied to it.
3. Branch Out
The input to SEND/RETURN within the effect chain will be output to the SEND jack. The input from the RETURN jack will be ignored.
For example, by placing SEND/RETURN in the SY-1000’s effect chain in front of reverb or delay, this allows you to use the SEND jack as a dry out.
(As Guitar Input I am planning to put an internal pickup GK GT3 Kit into a Fender Deluxe Strat.)
Just one more thing:
Can the SY-1000 do a decent Feedback Simulation like or better than the Freqout? Right now I have the GT-1000 Core which has a Feedbacker Effect, but I have given up using it because it produces a lot of noise and hum.
But I have to admit that I didn't spent hours of tweaking with this effect. Maybe it is possible to reach better results if you spent more time with it...?
Final obervation: I don't have the SY-1000 yet, but I will buy it. I still have the VG99, but I haven't used it for a long time. And I have the SIM-1 Pickup Simulation Pedal. I think it will be interesting to compare the Pickup Simulations of the SY-1000 with the SIM-1.
The SIM-1 does a pretty good job in my opinion to simulate a Strat if you are using for example a PRS CE 24 or to simulate a Humbucker when you are using a Strat. Not long ago I was obsessed with the idea to do it all with one guitar and I thought that the PRS CE 24 with the SIM-1 could do it all, but there is one problem: There is a serious loss of signal strength when I use the SIM-1 and it has many great features, but I find the user interface a little bit problematic. Now I am going more in the direction of using a real Strat and simulate a Humbucker sound when needed. I think that is easier to achieve either on the SIM-1 or with the SY-1000.
And as much as I love the AXE FX3 I have to admit that probably for what I need as a bedroom player the combination of GT-1000 with the SY-1000 got me pretty much covered.