can you profile a synth?

I would love that same thing, but I dont know

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a synthesizer doesn't process a signal like an amp does, it is a sound generator.

some so called guitar synths aren't technically synths, but they process the signal in a way that a synth-like tone is produced.
the Profiler has very powerful sound shaping tools that allow you to bend your guitar signal into something synthlike.

volume envelope driven filters, a ringmodulator, frequency shifter and the Analog Octaver come to mind.
combine this with volume swells, be creative and have fun.

Smart use of one of the harmonizers can also help create a synthy tone.

After years of chasing a synth tone with guitar with everything you can imagine, my 2c:

If you want synths, use a real synth. You'll be much happier you did. Something like the FabFilter Twin 2 costs you less than a synth fx pedal and sounds worlds better.

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After years of chasing a synth tone with guitar with everything you can imagine, my 2c:
If you want synths, use a real synth. You'll be much happier you did. Something like the FabFilter Twin 2 costs you less than a synth fx pedal and sounds worlds better.

Agree with this but would also add you could check out something like the Fishman Triple play 'midi pickup'. I've had some fun playing some of my synth sounds on guitar recently with this.

But be warned... At one point recently I amused myself playing piano sounds on guitar then playing over that with a guitar lead sound on my keyboard. After a few minutes of this malarkey I sat bolt upright, stared straight ahead and said out loud, "What am I doing???" I retreated out of my studio and spoke of this to no one...

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Agree with this but would also add you could check out something like the Fishman Triple play 'midi pickup'. I've had some fun playing some of my synth sounds on guitar recently with this.

there is also this surprisingly good software solution to convert a standard guitar signal into MIDI http://jamorigin.com/products/midi-guitar/

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But be warned... At one point recently I amused myself playing piano sounds on guitar then playing over that with a guitar lead sound on my keyboard. After a few minutes of this malarkey I sat bolt upright, stared straight ahead and said out loud, "What am I doing???" I retreated out of my studio and spoke of this to no one...

haha

since I haven't even profiled anything, i'll see what happens when I profile my synth patch on my pod hd, but i'm pretty sure it isn't even going to make a profile, let alone anything like what the synth patch actually sounds like. if you have heard the profiling test tone, there's no way the pod HD tracks nearly fast enough - i have to play VERY clean and slowly to get it to track my guitar playing!

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a synthesizer doesn't process a signal like an amp does, it is a sound generator.

some so called guitar synths aren't technically synths, but they process the signal in a way that a synth-like tone is produced.
the Profiler has very powerful sound shaping tools that allow you to bend your guitar signal into something synthlike.

volume envelope driven filters, a ringmodulator, frequency shifter and the Analog Octaver come to mind.
combine this with volume swells, be creative and have fun.

+1

Here are some on the Rig Exchange that use the effects for synthy sounds:

Ensemble Synth pault
Muff Moog 2+ paults
TouchLayerSyn 1 paul
BassMoogTouch paults
VowelCelloDooSynth
VoxContinOrg paults
RockBeeThreeSlow pau
RockBeeThreeFast pau

You can hear examples of some of them here:

Soundcloud Playlist

I agree that JamOrigin is awesome.;)

I tried profiling my Pigtronix Mothership yesterday, on vco square wave . Didn't work, the KPA said the amp was too distorted (or whatever that error message says). Would be cool to be able to do this in the future!