This is probably a dumb question but I am new to the guitar (about a year in to my learnings with a teacher).

I have some pedals but I want to branch out into getting a synth as well to experiment with the sound.

Does there exist a device that I can plug in to my pedal chain so I can drive it with my guitar AND play it on it’s own to create sounds? Also hoping synths have a drum machine because I would like to play with a beat.

I know pedal synths exist but that isn’t really what I am looking for, want a synth on its own that I could also use with the guitar but not only with the guitar if that makes sense.

Am I thinking about this wrong? Does this mythical device exist? If not anyone have some relatively entry level devices I can look at?

  • eezeebeeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    sweet thanks! yeah part of why i was thinking synth is that since I am learning music theory having piano keys to play with might be nice.

    Keys do feel more comfortable than guitar to think about theory imo. And you can play and hear chords without having to click in each note separately.

    So what initially got me down this line of thinking is that I have been playing with guitar drones through my loop pedal with my delay and echo pedals, and was thinking it might be nice to be able to shift the pitch of the drone or try to speed it up or slow it down.

    Definitely something a DAW can do. You can automate pitch, FX parameters, and everything else you can think of.

    I am still trying to figure out what “my sound” is and there is so much stuff that I get lost. Also I really want to find out how to have drums of some sort through my looper p

    You can program drums, or get drum loops and arrange them in the DAW. Not sure how to go about that with a loop pedal. I think DAW would be easier and more flexible, especially for fills and variations.

    I would suggest trying Reaper for a DAW. Guitarists and others I’ve known have spoken highly of it. Free 60 day trial, and it doesn’t even make you pay after that if you don’t want to. Be ready for a steep learning curve with any DAW you may try, there’s a lot at first.