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USER’S MANUAL
G-Force
GUITAR EFFECTS PROCESSOR
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert is intended to alert the user to the presence of the user to the presence of uninsulated "dan- important operating and maintenance (servicing) gerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may instructions in the literature accompanying the product. be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric sho
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS EMC / EMI. Certificate Of Conformity This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital device, pursuant to part 15 of TC Electronic A/S, Sindalsvej 34, 8240 Risskov, Denmark, the FCC rules. hereby declares on own responsibility that following These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection product: against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio G-Force
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TABLE OF CONTENTS About this Manual WELCOME 5 Foreword by Palle Schultz FROM THE USERS POINT OF VIEW 6 Buttons, Knobs, Controllers and other functions QUICK REFERENCE 7 THE FRONT PANEL 8 Inputs, Outputs THE REAR PANEL 10 THE SIGNAL FLOW 11 build a User Preset, connect the Modifiers, setup an Expression Pedal etc. HOW TO… 12 SETUPS 16 Recalling a Preset, Factory/User presets, Memory card RECALL 17 Store a new preset, The Letterbox STORE 18 EFFECTS 29 I/O, Input selector, Sample Rate, Mix, MIDI
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WELCOME 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 effects. To achieve this, we supplied you with eight un-compromised, simultaneous effects. This means that the G-Force has the power to run all eight effects without losing sound quality. You can route the effect blocks in any combination you like, and the 24 bit resolution converters ma
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FROM A USERS POINT OF VIEW Foreword by Palle Schultz, a guitar player with 10 years experience. From a users point of view If you ditch your beloved stomp boxes and invest your money in a multi- effects unit, you'll most likely lose the simplicity and flexibility of your pedal arrangement. You'll often have to deal with phone book sized manuals and interfaces made by and for computer experts. These circumstances often drive creative people and musicians away from such space-age machinery. I've o
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QUICK REFERENCE General Control General control of the G-Force is accomplished by dialing the Parameter wheel to change parameters, and the Value wheel to change values. In many of the displays you can select different menus by pressing the < > Arrow keys e.g., in the Effects display you can select between Mix, Edit, Routing and Layout. Press Enter to carry out an action (for example, when recalling a preset). Recall Press Recall (if you are not already there). Be sure that the cursor is placed
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THE FRONT PANEL POWER METERS BILLBOARD Press and hold the Power These meters indicate the The Billboard of the G-Force is capable of switch for about 3 seconds, level of Left and Right showing preset number and name, Tempo then release to power off. inputs. and a global message that you can write into the G-Force (refer to Billboard in the IN/OUT KNOBS The Input level of the G- Utility section). Both Tuner and Tempo use The overall Input level is Force automatically opti- the Billboard to displa
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OVERALL BYPASS EFFECT BYPASS ARROW KEYS The Bypass key in the upper The nine effect keys are In many of the displays you can select left corner is the overall dedicated to bypassing different menus by pressing the Arrow bypass. With this key you can any of the eight effects keys, i.e. in the Effects display you can bypass all effects in the and the Noise Gate. select between Mix, Edit, Routing, and G-Force simultaneously. These keys can bypass an Layout. Note: If the Killdry function (in effect
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THE REAR PANEL Main Hi-Z Balanced Serial no. S/PDIF MIDI External Power Unbalanced Outputs Digital In,Thru,Out Control Switch Inputs In/Out Input Notes: The G-Force Input jacks are unbalanced. The Output jacks are balanced. If you are connecting the Outputs via stereo jacks to unbalanced equipment, you must tie ring and sleeve together in the cable ends away from the G-Force. You can always use standard mono guitar cables to connect G-Force. External control input can use momentary, alternating
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THE SIGNAL FLOW Input Input Bypass Output gain selector gain Analog Analog output input (balanced) Digital Digital input output 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. You will see a prompt on the display and may hear a small click when the inp
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HOW TO If you want to Edit another effect you can just How to build a User preset double click the current block bypass key right This is a step by step guide to some of the main functions away, and the G-Force will exit the first and then used when building your own presets. open the second. Start by Recalling factory preset #225 called “Empty How to set the level of a preset: Routing”: There are a couple of different ways to set the level of a - Press Recall. preset, but in any case you should
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HOW TO Moving all blocks using the Layout How to obtain spillover at preset change It suddenly comes to my mind that we need a Compressor Spillover from one preset to another can be obtained by in front of the Delay and Reverb. Let’s try to move the using the same sub-algorithm and the right Mute mode in Delay and Reverb block: two following presets. - Press the > Arrow right to move to the Layout display. - Dial the Value wheel to “Move R”. Example: You want the tail Delay from one preset to ri
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HOW TO - Change the curve by setting the three input parameters. Connecting If you want the Delay to stay down while you play, Low Your Expression pedal can be connected in two ways, input should be 100%, and High input should be 0%. either directly to the “External control” jack on the back Experiment with these values. panel of the G-Force, or via a MIDI board. Press Exit to leave the Link display. If you want remove the How to calibrate and choose Pedal type link simply press Exit again. The
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HOW TO - Scroll horizontal until you see Ext1 in the top line of DMC Ground Control the display, using the Value wheel. Rocktron All Access - Scroll vertically using the Parameter wheel until the Roland FC-200 cursor is placed on the line where Pitch “In level” and Custom Audio Electronics RS-10 “Ext1” meet. TC Electronic G Minor - Press Enter to connect the two parameters. Lexicon MXP R1 You now have your pedal connected to the In level of the If you own one of these boards here is what to do
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SETUPS G-Force Setup The G-Force is carefully designed to perform all the basic effects needed in a guitar setup. Because the G-Force can be used in a number of applications we propose a few different setups. Be sure that your amplifiers are turned off while connecting the G-Force. Turn on the G-Force before your amplifiers. G-Force The Mono Guitar System Insert In a setup with a Combo amp or a mono stack you must use the Left input and output (remember to select L-only, in the I/O Setup Audio d
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RECALL Preserving the tail of Reverbs and Delays at preset The Recall Display change Spillover from one preset to another can be obtained by Select which blocks will be using the same sub-algorithm, and combination of Mute loaded from new preset mode = “Fx In” and bypassing the current block. Example: If you want to leave a Delay tail hanging over a preset change, you must be sure to keep the same sub- algorithm in both presets. In addition to that you should select the “Fx In” Mute mode and ju
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STORE Store a new User preset - Press the Store 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 Value wheel and confirm with the Enter key). - Set Cursor to DONE and press Enter to complete the store operation. Quick Store with the same name If you want to store an edited Factory preset with the same name, simply press Store and Enter. The G-Force will au
