EXPLORE NEW DIMENSIONS OF SOUND WITH ANY GUITAR
Grab your favorite axe and dive into an extraordinary world of sound creation with the SY-300 Guitar Synthesizer. The SY-300 can be used with all your guitars right away, with no special pickup required—just plug into the standard 1/4-inch jack and play! Thanks to revolutionary new BOSS technology, you’re able to explore fat, analog-style polyphonic synth sounds with zero latency, seamlessly extending the natural expressiveness and familiar feel of your own instrument. In addition, you can shape your normal guitar with the synth’s filters, amps, and LFOs to create all sorts of cool sounds never heard before. From unique lead textures to rich, evocative soundscapes, the SY-300 brings untapped dimensions of inspiration and creativity to your music.
- Plug into the standard 1/4-inch jack and play rich and expressive polyphonic synth tones with any guitar
- Completely latency-free playing feel directly connects your hands with the sound
- Three simultaneous synth sections and four effects processors enable rich, dynamic, and diverse sound creation
- Shape your normal guitar tone with synth filters, amplifiers, and LFOs to create all-new sounds
- Graphic LCD display, three assignable footswitches, and dedicated on/off footswitch
- 70 ready-to-play preset patches and 99 user patches for storing custom sounds
- Create and archive sounds on your computer with the BOSS Tone Studio editor/librarian and download new sounds at BOSS Tone Central
- Works with bass and other electronic instruments as well
SPECIFICATIONS
Oscillators: Three OSCILLATOR (wave: SIN, SAW, TRI, SQR, PWM, DETUNE SAW, NOISE, INPUT)
Effects: Effect (FX) x 4
Type:CHORUS, COMPRESSOR, DELAY, EQ, FLANGER, ISOLATOR, LIMITER, LO-FI, OD/DS, PAN, PHASER, REVERB, ROTARY, SLICER, SLOW GEAR, TOUCH WAH, TREMOLO, UNI-V, CHORUS+DELAY, CHORUS+REVERB, DELAY+REVERB
Patch Memories User: 99
Preset: 70AD Conversion24 bits + AF method
* AF method (Adaptive Focus method): This is a proprietary method from Roland & BOSS that vastly improves the signal-to-noise (SN) ratio of the AD and DA converters.
DA Conversion: 24 bits
Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz
Nominal Input Level
INPUT: -10 dBu
RETURN: -10 dBu
Input Impedance
INPUT: 2.2 M ohms
RETURN: 220 k ohms
Nominal Output Level
MAIN OUTPUT: -10 dBu
SUB OUTPUT: -10 dBu
Output Impedance
MAIN OUTPUT: 2 k ohms
SUB OUTPUT: 2 k ohms
Recommended Load Impedance
MAIN OUTPUT L/R: 20 k ohms or greater
SUB OUTPUT L/R: 20 k ohms or greater
PHONES: 16 ohms or greater
LCD :
Graphic LCD (132 x 64 dots, backlit LCD )
Connectors:
INPUT jack: 1/4-inch phone type
THRU jack: 1/4-inch phone type
RETURN jack: 1/4-inch phone type
MAIN OUTPUT R (MONO) jack: 1/4-inch phone type
MAIN OUTPUT L (PHONES) jack: 1/4-inch phone type
SUB OUTPUT R (MONO) jack: 1/4-inch phone type
SUB OUTPUT L jack: 1/4-inch phone type
MIDI (IN, OUT/THRU) connectors
EXP/CTL4, 5 jack: 1/4-inch TRS phone type
USB port: USB type B
DC IN jack
Power Supply:
AC adaptor: Current Draw 400 mA
Accessories:
AC adaptor
Owner's manual
Leaflet "USING THE UNIT SAFELY"Options (sold separately)Footswitch: FS-5U, FS-6, FS-7
Expression pedal: Roland EV-5
SIZE AND WEIGHT
Width 255 mm 10-1/16 inches
Depth 191 mm 7-9/16 inches
Height 70 mm 2-13/16 inches
Weight(excluding AC Adaptor)1.75 g 3 lbs 14 oz.
* 0 dBu = 0.775 Vrms
Brand reference number:
SY-300
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