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G-Force GUIT AR EFFECTS PROCESSOR USER’S MANUAL.
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3 T ABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME FROM THE USERS POINT OF VIEW QUICK REFERENCE THE FRONT P ANEL THE REAR P ANEL THE SIGNAL FLO W HO W T O… SETUPS RECALL ST ORE EFFECTS I/O MENU MODIFIERS UTILITY TEMPO TU.
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Congratulations Congratulations on the purchase of your new G-Force. We hope that you have as much pleasure using it as we had making it. The G-Force is carefully designed to produce the ultimate guitar ef fects. T o achieve this, we supplied you with eight un-compromised, simultaneous ef fects.
FROM A USERS POINT OF VIEW 6 Foreword by Palle Schultz, a guitar player with 10 years experience. F rom a users point of vie w If you ditch your beloved stomp boxes and invest your money in a multi- effect s unit, you'll most likely lose the simplicity and flexibility of your pedal arrangement.
QUICK REFERENCE 7 General Contr ol General control of the G-Force is accomplished by dialing the Parameter wheel to change parameters, and the V alue wheel to change values. In many of the displays you can select different menus by pressing the < > Arrow keys e.
POWER Press and hold the Power switch for about 3 seconds, then release to power off. IN/OUT KNOBS The overall Input level is adjusted via the knob in the upper left corner of the G- Force. The Input should aver- age approx. -3 to -6 dB on the Input meters.
OVERALL BYP ASS The Bypass key in the upper left corner is the overall bypass. With this key you can bypass all effect s in the G-Force simultaneously . Note: If the Killdry function (in the I/O Setup Audio menu) is active, the G-Force will be muted. This means that no sound will pass through.
Main Power Switch Hi-Z Unbalanced Inputs Balanced Outputs Serial no. S/PDIF Digital In/Out MIDI In,Thru,Out External Control Input Notes: The G-Force Input jacks are unbalanced.
Notes regarding the signal flow: Signal is always present at both the Analog and Digital outputs. G-Force is limited to 44.1kHz sample rate at both Analog and Digital inputs. The Input level of the G-Force automatically optimizes the signal to noise ratio via a small relay in the input section.
Ho w to build a User pr eset This is a step by step guide to some of the main functions used when building your own presets. S t art by Recalling factory preset #225 called “Empty Routing”: - Press Recall. - Dial the V alue wheel until you see preset 225.
HO W T O 13 Moving all blocks using the Layout It suddenly comes to my mind that we need a Compressor in front of the Delay and Reverb. Let’s try to move the Delay and Reverb block: - Press the > Arrow right to move to the Layout display . - Dial the V alue wheel to “Move R”.
HO W T O 14 - Change the curve by setting the three input p arameters. If you want the Delay to stay down while you play , Low input should be 100%, and High input should be 0%. Experiment with these values. Press Exit to leave the Link display . If you want remove the link simply press Exit again.
HO W T O 15 - Scroll horizont al until you see Ext1 in the top line of the display , using the V alue wheel. - Scroll vertically using the Parameter wheel until the cursor is placed on the line where Pitch “In level” and “Ext1” meet. - Press Enter to connect the two p arameters.
SETUPS 16 The Stereo Guit ar System In a setup with a couple of Combo amps or a stereo st ack, you get full advantage of the stereo effect s in the G-Force. Place the G-Force after your pre-amp or in the effect loop s. Serial setup This is the ultimate setup for the G-Force.
RECALL 17 The Recall Displa y Select which blocks will be loaded from new preset Preset name ROM/USER/CARD bank selector General Select section Is used to point to a certain block that you want to recall alone. Should be set to “All” when you want to recall a complete preset.
18 Stor e a new User pr eset - Press the S tore key . - Select a location for your new preset. (the G-Force can hold 100 User presets). - Move the cursor to the new name line and dial in the new Preset name (find letter or number with the V alue wheel and confirm with the Enter key).
19 Input meter of each block Double click on the block bypass key of the effect you want to edit Select In and press Enter to edit Noise Gate Set mix in each block Set In Level in each block Selected Select Out and press Enter to edit Speaker filters Dial Parameter wheel to select effect and press Enter to edit right away .
Editing directly from the Routing display If you want to edit an effect right away , press Enter to access the Edit parameter display . Use the Parameter wheel to scroll up and down, and the V alue wheel to change values. Press Exit to leave the Edit parameter display again.
21 Digital clock indicator Kills all dry signal Input signal Input selector The p arameters in the I/O Setup contain setup s of all the G-Force’ s external connections: - MIDI, Pedal, Digit al and Analog Audio. In the I/O Setup display , you can select between MIDI, Control and Audio using the < > Arrow keys.
I/O SETUP 22 not. If your MIDI device or foot controller is capable of using this function, you should select Fine or Coarse. (Please refer to your MIDI device/Foot Controller owners manual to make sure which type the current product is using). If set to “disabled”, the G-Force will act as a standard MIDI product.
23 I/O SETUP Setup bank The G-Force has four banks which you can use for your different setup s. By using the V alue wheel, you can change the active bank from 1 through 4.
I/O SETUP 24 Ho w the Modifiers ar e connected The basic flow of both the internal and external controllers is explained in this chapter . In the G-Force you have a number of external controller inputs. These can be MIDI controllers, MIDI program change, the G- Force Ext.
25 MODIFIER Link When you have two lines connected, (i.e. Ext.1 connected to T remolo speed) it is possible to make a transformation between the two lines. Move the cursor to the dot connecting the two lines and press Enter to enter the Link display .
MODIFIER 26 Modifiers This is the display where you set up the p arameters for the internal modifiers. Use the Parameter wheel to select the modifier you want to edit and press Enter to access the p arameters of the current modifier . Pressing Enter will enable you to enter into the current selected Modifier .
27 ADSR 1&2 ADSR’s are used to play short sequences triggered by the audio input. Y ou set up a number of terms to describe the current sequence, and a trigger level also known as Threshold. Att ack The Attack or rise time of the curve i.e. how long it t akes to go from minimum to maximum level.
28 Out2 phase -An LFO phase change causes a small delay in the second waveform starting point. This means that out 1 and 2 start the current waveform at two dif ferent points. Example: If Out2 phase is set to 180 degrees, Out 1 and 2 will be exactly opposite.
29 UTILITY set by the Mix parameter in each block and “Input/Output” will mute the direct signal at preset change. Extern Modifier Input This function sets how externally controlled p arameters should react at preset change. Reset - Will preset the controlled parameter to the value stored in the preset.
MIDI to User bank Connect the storing device to the G-Force’s MIDI In and press Enter . The G-Force is now ready to receive a MIDI bulk dump containing User preset s. W ARNING: This action will overwrite ALL User presets. Run Message The G-Force contains a global message that can always be shown or used like a screensaver .
31 T empo Set the global tempo by t apping the T empo key . The global tempo can be used as a common tempo guide in all preset s. All Delay algorithms and all algorithms cont aining a speed are able to use the global tempo. T apping a tempo into a Delay All Delay and S peed parameters have links to the Global T empo menu.
The T uner displa y When pressing the T uner key , you access the T uner display . In the T uner display , you have four setup p arameters. Entering the T uner display also activates the T uner guides on both the Billboard and the Gain reduction meters.
Algorithms This chapter will go through all Edit p arameters in the eight blocks and the Input and Output sections. Mute mode The eight effect blocks all have a number of dif ferent Mute modes. They are located as the last p arameter in the Edit list of each block.
Release rate The Release rate sets the speed that the Noise Gate damps with, meaning if the p arameter is set to 100dB pr . second, the Noise Gate will damp very quickly . Level This level control can be used for controlling the In Level of the different preset s.
P arametric Equalizer The parametric EQ cont ains two shelving filters (#1 and #5) and three bell filters (#2, #3, #4). A low shelving filter is a filter that works from a certain target frequency and down, meaning everything below the target frequency will be adjusted.
Out Level Controls the output level of the block. Mute mode See Mute mode in the introduction of this chapter . W ah W ah W AH W AH Freq The frequency of the W ah Wah. Connect this parameter to an LFO, ENV or an expression pedal and you will get Autowah, T ouchwah, or Manual Wah.
Phaser PHASER Speed Controls the speed of the Phaser . T empo The T empo parameter sets the relationship to the global T empo e.g. if you set it to 1/4T you will get quarter note triplets of the t apped tempo.
38 Curve (only in Advanced) Sets the curve of the LFO. Choose between: Square, Sine, or T riangle. The most common LFO curve in T remolo is T riangle. T ry the Square waveform with 100% Depth, to get holes in your guitar sound (called T ransforming).
39 THE BLOCKS Large increments of the Pan Center , in combination with a broad Depth will cause the Panner to pan beyond a normal stereo image. Width (only in Surround Panner) Controls the Width of the Panner . When Width is set to more than 100%, the Panner will pan beyond a normal stereo image.
THE BLOCKS 40 Level 1-2 Sets the level of the two pitch voices. Mix Mix between direct sound and effect. In Level Controls the input level of the block. Out Level Controls the output level of the Intelligent Pitcher block. Mute mode See Mute mode in the introduction of this chapter .
THE BLOCKS 41 Dela y The Delay block has five different sub-algorithms: S tereo, Dual, Dual T wo-tap, One-tap and Quad-tap. Effect S pillover from one preset to another can be obtained by using the same sub-algorithm, and combination of Mute mode = “Fx In” and bypassing the current block.
THE BLOCKS 42 Lowcut Cuts of f frequencies lower than the selected frequency . The slope of the filter is 12dB/octave. Highcut Cuts of f frequencies higher than the selected frequency . So if you feel that there is too much treble in your signal, you remove this by adjusting the highcut filter down.
THE BLOCKS 43 Mute mode See Mute mode in the introduction of this chapter . DUAL TWO T AP DELA Y Dual T w o T ap Dela y The Dual T wo T ap Delay is cap able of performing two delay tap s on each of the two delay lines. The two delay lines have their own Input level, which basically means that they perform much like two individual delay processors.
THE BLOCKS 44 One T ap Dela y Time Sets the delay time. Maximum delay time is 1480 ms. T empo The T empo parameter sets the relationship to the global T empo e.g. if you set it to 1/4T you will get quarter note triplets of the t apped tempo. 1/4 equals the BPM (tapped T empo).
45 THE BLOCKS QUAD T AP DELA Y Quad T ap Dela y T ap 1-4 Sets the delay time of the four t aps. Maximum delay time per tap is 1480 ms. T empo 1-4 The T empo parameter sets the relationship to the global T empo e.g. if you set it to 1/4T you will get quarter note triplets of the t apped tempo.
46 THE BLOCKS Out Drive Outdrive is simulating the kind of distortion that you would get from the output stage of an amplifier . Mix Mix between direct sound and effect. In Level Controls the input level of the block. Out Level Controls the output level of the Drive block.
47 THE BLOCKS the waveform starting point s. This means that left and right outputs st art the current waveform at two different points. Example : If LFO phase is set 180º, left and right will be exactly opposite. LFO PHASE Mix Mix between direct sound and effect.
48 THE BLOCKS Depth Adjusts the depth of the Flanger , also known as Intensity . Feedback Controls the amount of feedback in the Flanger . Note that this parameter can be negative, i.e. feedback in reversed phase. Mix Mix between direct sound and effect.
49 THE BLOCKS The Re verb Block The Reverb in the G-Force is based on the heritage of the M5000 and M2000, and are tuned for guitar use. REVERB The Reverb section of the G-Force can create a variety o.
50 THE BLOCKS High color Sets the treble color of the decay . When Color in the Room section of the algorithm is set to Auto, it also controls the treble factor of the initial room reflections. Wool - W arm - Real - Clear - Bright - Crisp - Glass High factor Emphasizes or reduces the character set by the High color .
51 THE BLOCKS Simple Re verb The Simple Reverb is based on the same algorithm as the Advanced, but the number of parameters are reduced to 5. This makes it possible for you to set up the Reverb easily and quickly T ype Sets the type of the Reverb, meaning the size and relationship between Predelay , Early reflections and Decay automatically .
52 Ho w to enter the Reset pag e Hold the Overall Byp ass key pressed during power-up. Move the marker using teh Parameter wheel and press Enter to select the RESET type you desire. Load User Default s This will reset all system parameters back to a default setup made by you (See S tore User Def).
53 Analog Inputs Connectors: 1/4" phone jack, unbalanced (Ring: grounded) Impedance: 1 MOhm Max. Input Level: +21 dBu Sensitivity: @ 15 dB headroom: -26 dBu to +6 dBu A to D Conversion: 24 bit (1 bit, 128 times oversampling) A to D Delay: 0,9 ms @ 44.
54 TROUBLESHOO TING Y ou are not getting any sound through the G-Force when you bypass it. - Y ou selected Killdry ON, in the I/O Setup, Audio menu. Y ou press Power switch, but there is no reaction. - The power switch on the rear p anel is switched off.
55 MIDI IMPLEMENT A TION CHAR T EFFECTS PROCESSOR G-Force - May 23 th, 1997 V ersion 1.0 Function T ransmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel Default 1 1 Changed 1-16 1-16 Mode Default Messages X X .
56 SELF TEST PRESS THE BYP ASS KEY , WHILE POWERING UP , TO ACCESS THE SELF-TEST AND SELECT »RUN TEST PROGRAM« T urn the Value Wheel to scroll through Self test s Key test Select Key test by pressing Enter . The keys must be pressed in the order they are requested by the G-Force to pass the test.
57 PRESET LIST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 Mono Reverb Mono Cho.
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 11 0 111 11 2 A Little Bit Country.
59 11 3 11 4 11 5 11 6 11 7 11 8 11 9 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 16.
60 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 2.
61 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 Auto Resonance Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Noise Gate Slow Noise Gate Slow Empty Routing Clean / Dirty Clean / Dirty Clean / Dirty Clean / Dirty Clean / Dirty Clean / Dirty Clean / Dirty A single block with an all-purpose Auto-Resonance Filter .
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