GtrGeorge!
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anybody compare them? if so, what did you think?
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Rolang VG99 versus MTS
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GtrGeorge!
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Both attempt to do the same thing..just different methods. Watch the videos made by Roland, for example.
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roland = digital grit (good in some cases)
mts = analog tube + compression
mts = analog tube + compression
cold Machine
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I've had both. RM4's, RM20/22 RM100 with various modded modules. I had the VG-8EX back in 1999 and the VG-99 about 2 years ago. For high gain tones you can't beat the modded stuff. What the VG gear does extremely well is clean and acoustic sounds. The simulations are excellent as are the bass sims. The acoustic 12 strings are really wicked.
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thanks cold for weighing in.
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Shinozoku
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I watched a local cover band (Retroville) play and their guitarist used a Roland Synth. I actually really dug his tone with it (he was running a Mahogany Soloist with EMGs too). Got some killer 70's and 80's rock tones, even compared to my SL+. And as cold said, the cleans and acoustic sims rocked socks!
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I watched the demo. It looks very good, and I think it would sound a lot better live than the demo. Why? Notice in the upper right hand corner -- You DO NOT MIC FRFR monitors. This should have gone DI to board instead. Miking FRFR monitors will always sound fizzy in comparison to a guitar cabinet simply because they have a tweeter.
Roland's COSM is a bit out of date. Line 6 is ahead of them here. Plus you need to buy a footswitch for the VG-99 if you want to control it that way.
Personally would rather have the Tyler Variax and the POD HD 500. You can do dual amp set ups like that too.
Since I'm primarily a keyboardist I love this stuff. I'm not a tube purist. Tubes do have their place, but you do have to admit that the sonic palette of traditional guitar amps is quite limited, even the MTS series. These things keep adding to the sonic palette. The more the merrier.
I can get all those sounds on my keyboards. Yes including a very very convincing guitar. Knowing how to play guitar is a plus when doing this.
Roland's COSM is a bit out of date. Line 6 is ahead of them here. Plus you need to buy a footswitch for the VG-99 if you want to control it that way.
Personally would rather have the Tyler Variax and the POD HD 500. You can do dual amp set ups like that too.
Since I'm primarily a keyboardist I love this stuff. I'm not a tube purist. Tubes do have their place, but you do have to admit that the sonic palette of traditional guitar amps is quite limited, even the MTS series. These things keep adding to the sonic palette. The more the merrier.
I can get all those sounds on my keyboards. Yes including a very very convincing guitar. Knowing how to play guitar is a plus when doing this.
