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user manual
InspIred Instruments Inc.
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control panel
gaMe:
press to enter Game mode.
tap:
enables tap
mode. no
strumming or
picking required.
open:
turns on and
adjusts open tun-
ings.
gUitar:
hold to access
GuItar layer
sounds for the
current preset.
MUsic:
press to enter
musIc mode.
blinks to indicate
unsaved preset
modifications.
record:
starts and stops on-board
recorder.
used also in conjunction with
the musIc button to save
changes to presets.
play:
starts and stops
backing tracks
and user record-
ed play back.
Midi:
turns the guitar into a mIdI
controller for digital audio
workstations.
Up/down:
used for naviga-
tion.
synth:
hold to access the synth
layer sounds for the current
preset.
yoU rock:
turns on you rock mode to
automatically play in the same
key as the current backing
track.
slide:
switches between hammer-
on and bending.
led display:
displays general information.
track:
hold to select
backing tracks.
led display:
displays the current patch number, menu, submenu, or parameter
values during editing.
tap Mode:
With tap enabled, you don’t the need to strum or pick the strings to
trigger notes. tap velocity can be adjusted via the volume knob. to
do so, simply hold down the tap button and scroll through the volume
settings (1-12) with the volume knob. setting 12 will cause the loud-
est triggers.
slide Mode:
With slide mode enabled, while sliding up or down the neck, the pitch
of new notes are changed without re-triggering the attack. the slide
range can be adjusted (see: adjusting slide range in submenu 4).
Midi bUtton:
the mIdI button is used to activate the mIdI controller function of
the yrG. When enabled the yrG can be used to control features
on a daW or other applications like ableton live!™. mIdI controller
features are implemented as an array of switches that are superim-
posed on the guitar fingerboard. see: advanced features/mIdI sur-
face controller.
setUp
attaching the neck:
•
make sure your you rock Guitar is powered down.
•
slide the neck into the grooves at the top of the guitar body until
the neck snaps into the locked position.
reMoving the neck:
•
make sure your you rock Guitar is powered down.
•
release the latch at the base of the neck.
•
pull the neck out of the body.
