Snouter
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I got the Boss JS-5 the other day after having sold my Roland R-70. The thing is amazing. It is almost too good at creating songs. It is really not like a drum machine, but an excellent song generator. The guitar input feature seems like an after-thought for the Boss engineers because that line in mono not stereo and can't be processed onece it is in the unit. So I just plug my guitar, G & L S-500 hardtail, through the Digitech RP-7 and into the Fostex X-24 while the JS-5 is also plugged in (submix mode - total of 4 live inputs).
Overall, I think it is a great tool to practice and come up with songs. For example, if you don't like the Em chord with the keyboard, use the toggle and put a Dsus4 using a synth effect and see how that sounds.
A link to my version of a Moody Blues song using the JS-5 is:
http://www.angelfire.com/blues/snouter/nights001.rm
[Edited by Snouter on 08-14-2000 at 20:33]
Overall, I think it is a great tool to practice and come up with songs. For example, if you don't like the Em chord with the keyboard, use the toggle and put a Dsus4 using a synth effect and see how that sounds.
A link to my version of a Moody Blues song using the JS-5 is:
http://www.angelfire.com/blues/snouter/nights001.rm
[Edited by Snouter on 08-14-2000 at 20:33]