Roland GP-8
Multi Effects

About

Roland GP-8 Guitar Effects Processor is one of the earliest multi-effector with 8 effect blocks, serially chained.
The effects are: Dynamic Filter, Compressor, Over Drive, Distortion, Phaser, Equalizer, Digital Delay and Digital Chorus. The digital delay and chorus are both 12-bit.
MIDI SysEx editing and Foot Pedal modulation is supported.

Roland GP-8
Roland GP-8 (1987)

Sound Examples

Here are .mp3 sound examples of GP-8.
The dried sounds are shown at the left, and GP-8 effected sounds at the right.

The source sound is played by CASIO VZ-8M and processed by GP-8. No other equipments are used.

Sine EP Effected (568KB)
Sync Effected (473KB)
Sine Pad Flange (1.1MB)
Pitch EG Effected (415KB)
Pluck EP Effected (603KB)
Gong Flange (306KB)
Pluck Effected (732KB)
Pad Chorus (425KB)
Wire Chorus (335KB)
Wire Phase (336KB)
Wire Wah (336KB)

Here are examples made with Technics SX-AX7 and GP-8. No other equipments are used.
Wavetable Effected (272KB)
Africa Effected (301KB)
Guitar Effected (592KB)
Brass Steam Effected (615KB)
Xmod Effected (446KB)
FM Effected (553KB)
Gong Effected (482KB)
Bell Effected (525KB)
Piano Effected (541KB)
Pad Organ Effected (574KB)
Pluck Effected (552KB)
Tremolo Effected (317KB)
Brass Vocal Effected (289KB)
Pad HPF Effected (489KB)
Lip Wind Effected (338KB)
Chorus Effected (591KB)
Ready Effected (285KB)
  Disco Drums (793KB)

Links

Roland US .pdf Manuals



Deep Synthesis: Home

1. 9. 2007
5. 11. 2007 SX-AX7 .mp3s added