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Page 1: ...GENETX GUITAR WORKSTATION TM USER S GUIDE...

Page 2: ...g on the available power source at installation If the attachment plug needs to be changed refer servicing to qualified service personnel who should refer to the table below The green yellow wire shal...

Page 3: ...duct is returned to DigiTech WITH RETURN AUTHORIZATION where all parts and labor will be covered up to a period of one year A Return Authorization number may be obtained from DigiTech by telephone The...

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Page 5: ...cts 23 Chorus 23 Flanger 24 Phaser 24 Triggered Flanger 25 Triggered Phaser 25 Tremolo 25 Panner 25 Vibrato 26 Rotary Speaker 26 AutoYa 26 YaYa 27 SynthTalk 27 Envelope Filter 27 Detune 28 Pitch Shift...

Page 6: ...eamless Loops 58 Using the FS300 for Recorder Functions 58 Recording a Track 59 Playing Back a Recorded Track 59 Recording Multiple Tracks 59 Punching In Punching Out 59 Recording a Loop 60 Recording...

Page 7: ...ntuitive user interface makes programming as simple as turning a knob However your time would be well spent by reading through this User s Guide with your GNX3 in front of you Included Items Please ch...

Page 8: ...level Gradually turn up the GNX3 s OUTPUT level Select an Analog Output Mode 1 Press the UTILITY button 2 Rotate the DATA WHEEL to select an output mode 3 Select one of the following settings mono ste...

Page 9: ...ffects for the selected preset in performance mode or the selected row of effects in edit mode 3 Effect Select Buttons The Effect Select buttons are used together with the Matrix LEDs to choose the ef...

Page 10: ...as follows MODE This button changes the functionality of footswitches 1 5 to toggle individual effects in a selected preset on and off and change amp channels When the Mode button is lit yellow foots...

Page 11: ...er Mode and change playback speed Learn A Lick 11 Expression Pedal The Expression Pedal controls effect parameters in real time Most GNX3 parameters can be assigned to the Expression Pedal Applying ex...

Page 12: ...h the music or record a musical passage 6 Headphone Output Connect stereo headphones to this jack Be sure to set the Target System Setup is to Direct when listening through Headphones see page 65 for...

Page 13: ...s to increase the available recording time 17 Strain Relief This secures the power cord and to help prevent it from disconnecting during a performance Getting Started Making Connections The GNX3 has s...

Page 14: ...ut configuration Direct to a Mixing Console The GNX3 can be connected directly to the inputs of a house PA system or a recording console 1 Connect the guitar to the GNX3 s input 2 Connect the GNX3 s o...

Page 15: ...ect the PSS3 to the power jack on the back of the GNX3 and the other end to an AC outlet Turn the power switch On Turn the power to your amplifier s on Set the amp s to a clean tone and set the tone c...

Page 16: ...s are used to select the 13 User Banks Successive presses of the UP DOWN footswitches advances through all User Factory Banks Pressing and holding a UP DOWN footswitches scrolls through the User Banks...

Page 17: ...Pedal and replace them with the Wah effect See page 61 for more information on assigning the Expression Pedal Bypass The GNX3 presets can be bypassed for a clean unprocessed guitar tone Bypass turns...

Page 18: ...o enter Learn A Lick The display reads Lrn LICK 4 Release the pause button on your playback device and press the number 4 Footswitch The display reads RECORD The red numeric display provides a time el...

Page 19: ...t the Tempo do the following 1 Press the UTILITY Tempo button The display shows the current tempo in beats per minute BPM 2 Rotate the DATA WHEEL to select a new tempo Tempo ranges are from 40 beats p...

Page 20: ...Red and Yellow Warped Amp Channel The Green and Red Amp Channels include individually selectable Amp Models Cabinet Types Gain EQ and Level settings The Speaker Cabinet s resonant frequency can be se...

Page 21: ...1 Press the STATUS button until all horizontal LEDs across the columns light green This indicates that you have accessed the Amp Parameters for the Green Channel 2 Use the Parameter 1 knob to adjust...

Page 22: ...ations If the GNX3 has any unused HyperModel locations available the display reads EMPTY U1 The U1 flashes indicating that this is the first available location for HyperModel to be stored If all 9 Hyp...

Page 23: ...ating you have changed a parameter and need to store the changes Once you have modified the Amp Models Cabinet types and Effect Parameters store it to a User Preset location The following steps outlin...

Page 24: ...again to finish To copy one preset to another preset location begin by selecting the preset you want to copy then follow the steps listed above Press EXIT at any time during the procedure to aborts th...

Page 25: ...ation regarding the V Switch The Pickup Simulator applies the warmth and thickness of a double coil humbucker pickup to a single coil guitar or the unique crisp sound of a single coil pickup to a guit...

Page 26: ...ects can clip if the Compressor Gain too high Ranges from 0 to 20 dB The Parameter 5 knob doesn t function when the Compressor is selected Whammy IPS Talker This module includes four types of pitch al...

Page 27: ...at it shifts the copied signal by less than a semitone resulting in an effect as if two guitars were slightly out of tune and playing in unison Parameter 1 Detune The Parameter 2 knob selects the Amou...

Page 28: ...atone DS 1 Fuzz Face Big Muff RAT Metal Zone TS 9 Sparkle Drive and OD 2 are trademarks of their respective companies and are in no way associated with DigiTech Stomp Box On Off The STATUS button turn...

Page 29: ...ff Gate Type The Parameter 1 knob selects between the Silencer Silencer or Pluck PLUCK type of Noise Gates Gate Threshold The Parameter 2 knob sets the signal strength required to open or close the No...

Page 30: ...to 99 Parameter 2 The Parameter 3 knob adjusts the intensity Depth of the Modulation Ranges from 1 to 99 Parameter 3 The Parameter 4 knob adjusts the amount of feedback Regen added to the Flanger dela...

Page 31: ...se the starting point of the Phaser sweep In a regular Phaser the low frequency oscillator LFO is continually changing the phase of the signal Therefore when you begin to play the phaser may be at any...

Page 32: ...of sound panning from side to side as well as a slight pitch change due to the speed of the sound coming towards and then going away from the listener Parameter 1 The Parameter 2 knob adjusts the rat...

Page 33: ...ynthTalk SynthTalk is another effect exclusive to DigiTech It makes your guitar appear to speak based upon the dynamics of your playing style Parameter 1 The Parameter 2 knob adjusts the Attack attack...

Page 34: ...Parameter 2 The Parameter 3 knob adjusts the left right balance of the shifted pitch Ranges from left 99 mod left 99 to right 99 mod rght 99 Mod Level The Parameter 5 knob controls the level mod levl...

Page 35: ...ll room or the ambience of huge arena Reverb On Off The STATUS button turns the Reverb reverb on and off Reverb Type The Parameter 1 knob selects the type of Reverb or acoustic environment The GNX3 pr...

Page 36: ...el For this example we are going to use a vintage Tweed amp with an American 2x12 Cabinet and warp it with a Rectified Amp using a British 4x12 cabinet 1 Select Preset 40 The GNX3 is ready to select t...

Page 37: ...5 Rotate the Parameter 4 knob to adjust the Tweed Treble 6 Rotate the Parameter 5 knob to adjust the Tweed Level Adjust the Red Channel Parameters Like the Tweed amp in the Green Channel the Rectifie...

Page 38: ...taste we can Warp their characteristics together to create a new HyperModel To warp the green and red amps do the following 1 Press the STATUS button until its LED turns yellow 2 Rotate the Parameter...

Page 39: ...itar simulation and our new HyperModel To do this we need to select the Acoustic model for the Green Channel and Rectweed for the Red Channel of our preset as follows 1 The LED next to the STATUS butt...

Page 40: ...the STATUS button until the red display reads off Of Turn the Whammy IPS Talker Off We don t want Whammy IPS or Talker effects in this preset To turn these effects off do the following 1 Press the EF...

Page 41: ...s EQ adjustments The display briefly reads EQ red and the same knobs adjust the same EQ Parameters for the Green Channel Adjust the Noise Gate For our example we want our Noise Gate to open quickly wi...

Page 42: ...arameter 5 knob to set the Chorus Level to 50 Turn the Delay Off To bypass the Delay do the following 1 Press the EFFECT SELECT DOWN button until the LED in the Delay row lights 2 If the display reads...

Page 43: ...isplay begins to flash Since this is an example preset let s name the preset examplE 2 Rotate the DATA WHEEL until the flashing character in the display is an E 3 Press the RHYTHM button once and the...

Page 44: ...aying back tracks When the REMAIN button is on it also displays the amount of recording time left in memory when the recorder is stopped 2 TRANSPORT BUTTONS The 6 transport buttons just below the disp...

Page 45: ...e GNX3 s recorder By properly setting the Mic Level and using a 1 4 to XLR impedance DI box you can run one side of the stereo signal into the Guitar input and the other side through the XLR Mic input...

Page 46: ...acks back through different amp models effects or entirely new presets This is exactly how professional recording engineers mix down guitar tracks To select the input configuration for recording follo...

Page 47: ...Click Track keeps time when the recorder is recording When Click Track is enabled a metronome is set to the selected songs tempo while recording To setup the Click Track follow these steps 1 Begin wit...

Page 48: ...playing a virtual Drum track Pre Roll Pre Roll is an amount of time you can have the recorder count off before actually beginning to recorder Use Click Track during Pre Roll so that you can then get...

Page 49: ...recorder will now automatically stop at the end of playback of the longest recorded track while recording new tracks To enable the Auto Stop feature follow these steps 1 Press the SETUP button until...

Page 50: ...es the amount of recording time that CD quality offers ECONOMY is the GNX3 s most economical recording quality It has four times the amount of recording time as CD quality but sacrifices frequency res...

Page 51: ...o quickly erase all recorded data from either internal or external memory the GNX3 s setup menu provides an erase function If a memory card is not present in the memory card slot the erase function er...

Page 52: ...Computer File Format Once the card has been properly prepared Preparing Card for Computer for the computer using the card preparation routine in the GNX3 s recorder setup menu you can now use a comput...

Page 53: ...It is possible to have duplicate songs or tracks when renaming them in the computer For instance song01_rock and song01_jazz are really the same name to the GNX3 as are trak01_solo wav and trak01_sol...

Page 54: ...up the recorder is immediately ready to use The Song display reads 1 indicating the first song is selected to record To begin recording a track follow these steps 1 Press the RECORD button The TRACK 1...

Page 55: ...on you want to delete 2 Press the UNDO button again within 3 seconds to delete the track If the UNDO button is not pressed a second time within 3 seconds of the first press the recorder ignores the un...

Page 56: ...want to start playback at the beginning of a track or song but are someplace other than the end of the song follow these steps 1 Begin with the Recorder stopped 2 Press the REWIND button once to move...

Page 57: ...that play along with it Previously recorded track s should already be in play mode and are ready for monitoring while you record your new track To record a new track with a previously recorded track f...

Page 58: ...D button The TRACK button armed for recording lights red and recording begins on this track at this point 4 When you are finished recording press the RECORD button again to disable the track armed for...

Page 59: ...the drums 6 Press the DRUMS track button on the recorder panel once It lights green 7 Press the PLAY button The drum machine begins playing in sync from the beginning of the song at the tempo designa...

Page 60: ...outputs can be configured in a number ways to best utilize the recorder and guitar processor both independently and simultaneously If you plan on using the guitar processing along with playback of the...

Page 61: ...h NOTE You can also use the DOWN and UP footswitches to select songs when Recorder mode is active Using the GNX3 s Footswitches for Recording The GNX3 s footswitches can perform different functions de...

Page 62: ...d and the recorder begins recording on this track from the beginning of the song The TIME display begins counting off the recording time If Autostop is turned on the recorder will automatically stop w...

Page 63: ...e the steps for creating a loop 1 Press the RECORD footswitch The TRACK 1 button automatically lights red indicating it is armed to record and the recorder begins recording on this track The TIME disp...

Page 64: ...timing problems to the nearest eighth note Quantize looks at the point where you pressed the PLAY footswitch in relation to the tempo you are using for your loop Lets say you were recording a four se...

Page 65: ...he previously recorded track s as a monitoring source while recording new tracks To overdub a new track with previously recorded tracks do the following 1 Return the Song to the beginning by pressing...

Page 66: ...his time If you decide you want to add material to track 1 rather than recording on a new track press the RECORD footswitch again to enable recording on this track again The new material will now be a...

Page 67: ...h and make it four seconds To enable the Quantize feature follow these steps 1 Start with the recorder stopped by pressing the STOP button 2 Press the SETUP button until the GNX3 s main display reads...

Page 68: ...ign The display alternates between the Expression Pedal selection and the assigned parameter 3 Rotate the Parameter 1 knob until the parameter appears in the display See the Expression Parameter Assig...

Page 69: ...Yellow Warped Channels 4 Store your Amp Footswitch assignment to your preset See page 17 for more information on the storing Control Footswitch When using the GNX3 in Stompbox mode FOOTSWITCH 5 becom...

Page 70: ...the Compressor s Threshold CMP GAiN Compressor Gain Controls the Compressor s Gain ipsonoff Whammy IPS Talker On Off Turns the Whammy IPS Talker module on and off AMOUNT SHIFT Parameter 1 Controls the...

Page 71: ...of the selected Delay Type DLY BAL Delay Balance Controls the left right balance of the selected Delay Type rvbonoff Reverb On Off Turns the Reverb effect on and off RVB PRE Reverb Predelay Controls...

Page 72: ...Configuration setup menu The display begins flashing between anlg out and the selected output configuration Note stereo is the default set from the factory 3 Use the DATA WHEEL to change the output co...

Page 73: ...vent the pedal s calibration fails or if the pedal does not function properly it can be re calibrated using the Pedal Calibration menu The procedure for Calibrating the Expression Pedal is as follows...

Page 74: ...lity data to a sysex librarian or MIDI recording device This is useful for making a backup copy of all your customized settings The procedure for performing a Bulk Dump is as follows 1 Connect a MIDI...

Page 75: ...at which time the display briefly reads DONE before it displays AMP DuMP 9 Press EXIT to return to the GNX3 presets NOTE The Amp Dump sends information on the MIDI channel defined in the MIDI Channel...

Page 76: ...both analog and digital outputs simultaneously The different digital output configurations are gtr rec both GNX3 guitar processing and recorder output are mixed in stereo gtr dry taps the guitar signa...

Page 77: ...Yes and NO is blinking NOTE This procedure resets ALL user settings Rotate the DATA WHEEL counterclockwise or press EXIT while NO is blinking in the display to abort 4 Press the DRUMS button Yes begin...

Page 78: ...e install instructions that appear on the screen PC If the install instructions do not appear automatically after inserting the CD select RUN from the Start menu and double click SETUP EXE located on...

Page 79: ...25 GRINDER Bank 6 Metal 26 RECTIFY 27 SOLO 28 WHAMMY 29 THE ZONE 30 BIG DUCK Bank 7 Blues 31 BLUE DLY 32 BLUEBALL 33 TEX BLUE 34 GTRORGAN 35 MO SLIDE Bank 8 Rock 36 MO WAH 37 FAZE OUT 38 THICKRER 39...

Page 80: ...CC 36 Red Amp Gain CC 37 Red Amp Level CC 38 Red Cab Type CC 39 Red Cab Tuning CC 40 Red Bass Level CC 43 Red Mid Freq Coarse CC 44 Red Mid Freq Fine CC 45 Red Mid Level CC 46 Red Treble Freq Coarse C...

Page 81: ...width Total Harmonic Distortion Less than 0 05 1kHz Microphone Input Recorder Input set to G MICDRY Frequency Response 20 Hz 20 kHz 0 dB 1 dB S N ratio Analog Outputs 99 dB A weighted ref max signal 2...

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Page 84: ...RKWAY SANDY UTAH 84070 USA PH 801 566 8800 FAX 801 566 7005 DIGITECH GENETX AUDIO DNA AND GNX3 ARE TRADE MARKS OF THE HARMAN MUSIC GROUP INC COPYRIGHT THE HARMAN MUSIC GROUP PRINTED IN THE USA 04 2002...

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