BOSS Bass Synthesizer (SYB-3)

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This is the literal version of a Synth-Bass! This bass-guitar-pedal is a monophonic bass synthesizer with simple controls but a genuine analog synth bass sound. It transforms your bass-guitar's sound into a synth sound, complete with a resonant filter with cutoff, decay control and a hold function.

The SYB-3 has 11 synthesizer modes: 7 Internal Sound Modes in which the bass guitar triggers and controls the built-in oscillator. 2 Wave shape modes that tweak your actual bass sound into something synth-like. And 2 T-Wah modes that give you a wah-wah bass sound. Two outputs facilitate individual synth and direct bass signals.

4 Visitor comments
smoinync
June 22, 2012 @ 5:04 pm
On the review, it mentions that SYB is monophonic bass synth with simple control "but" a genuine analog sound. Which automatically means its sumthing else but analog right?
AnalogLuve
October 18, 2011 @ 8:16 am
I think it is generally wrong to say that it has "a genuine analog synth bass sound" when it is NOT a genuine analog oscillator, the oscillator is digital.
So, you could say that it is a great virtual analog pedal, but it willl never be a 'genuine analog sound'. Also, it doesn't sound like a real analog bass ;)
nate
October 7, 2010 @ 8:42 pm
just grabbed one of these and put it into an effects loop - wow - it fattens up my sound quite a bit.... and got it cheap too. I won't get bored with it anytime soon.
Franco Ferrer
October 27, 2008 @ 9:31 pm
Used by Yûki Kikuzawa from Malice Mizer in a great deal of songs on all the main releases
 
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  • Demos & Media
  • YouTube Thumbnail
    Video 1
    - BOSS SYB-3 BASS SYNTHESIZER DEMO

    Manual - Roland has made manuals for most of their products available as free PDF downloads.

  • Specifications
  • Polyphony - Monophonic
  • Oscillators - Analog Modeled DSP with 1 Osc. (saw, square, PWM, lower octave mode and noise generator mode)
  • LFO - None
  • VCA - None
  • Filter - Lowpass with resonance and cutoff
  • Effects - 2 wave shape and 2 autowah for external sound
  • Keyboard - None
  • Memory - None
  • Control - None
  • Date Produced - 1996
  • Resources & Credits
  • Images from Roland-US.

    Thanks to U-KULTEN for providing some information.

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