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Appendix – Tone creation reference

TASCAM  GA-100CD

 

Name

Description

Preamp

Knob

 1

Knob

 2

Knob

 3

FX

Reverb

 

Channel

GAIN

BASS

MID

TREBLE

SENSE

Q

LEVEL

OUTPUT

LEVEL

SOURCE

OUTPUT

Factory 

preset

AUTO

 W

AH

Clean

 

Clean

 auto-wah

 for

 rhythm

 guitar

C

4

6

5

7

4

5

10

MAIN

1

EFFECT

SUB

Crunch

Crunchy

 auto-wah

 good

 for

 humbucking

 pickups

C

7

10

9

7

4

8

10

MAIN

0

EFFECT

SUB

C4

Drive

Crunchy

 wah

 sound

 that

 uses

 overdrive

 

D

4

8

7

3

5

8

10

MAIN

0

EFFECT

SUB

Solo

Auto-wah

 that

 uses

 overdrive

 for

 lead

 guitar

 

D

10

10

5

5

4

8

10

MAIN

1

EFFECT

BOTH

PITCH

FINE

LEVEL

PITCH SHIFTER

Pitch

 Chorus

Natural

 chorus

 sound

 that

 uses

 FINE

 for

 

arpeggios

 and

 chord

 strums

C

3

7

7

7

5

6.5

10

SUB

5

DIRECT

SUB

C3

Plus

 1

 octave

O

ct

av

er

 e

ff

ec

t f

or

 lo

w

 c

ho

rd

 s

tr

um

an

ar

pe

gg

io

s

C

3

5

2

9

10

5

4

SUB

6

EFFECT

SUB

Double

 

Chorus

Doubling

 and

 chorus

 with

 a

 natural

 sound

 using

 

the

 pitch

 shifter

 for

 lead

 guitar

D

5

2

6.5

5

5

3.5

7

SUB

1

EFFECT

BOTH

Hell

 Low

Makes

 heavy

 sounds

 even

 heavier

 by

 doubling

 an

 

octave

 below

D

8

6

1

10

0

5

8

SUB

1

BOTH

BOTH

DELA

Y

 

TIME

F/B

 

LEVEL

LEVEL

DELAY

V

ery

 Short

V

ery

 short

 delay

 pans

 left

 and

 right

 to

 add

 width

 

to

 arpeggios

 and

 rhythm

 guitar

C

4

10

10

7

2

2

7

SUB

1

BOTH

BOTH

Backing

Delay

 sound

 with

 lots

 of

 feedback

 to

 thicken

 

backing

 parts

C

7

10

7

7

1

9

8

BOTH

0

BOTH

BOTH

Short

Short

 delay

 sound

 adds

 thickness

 to

 any

 part

D

10

10

6

7

2

8

7

SUB

1

EFFECT

SUB

D1

Solo

R

el

at

iv

el

lo

ng

 d

el

ay

 th

at

 u

se

lo

ng

 to

ne

fo

bo

th

 

backing

 and

 lead

 guitar

 parts

 

D

10

10

7

4

6

3

4

SUB

2

BOTH

BOTH

DELA

Y

 

TIME

F/B

 

LEVEL

LEVEL

PANNING

 DELA

Y

Clean

 Pan

Panning

 delay

 that

 sends

 a

 clean

 sound

 left

 and

 

right

 for

 added

 presence

C

4

8

8

8

3

3

3

SUB

4

EFFECT

SUB

C2

Long

 Clean

Clean,

 rhythmical

 long

 panning

 delay

 good

 for

 

live

 performance

C

7

8

5

6

7

9

4

BOTH

4

EFFECT

BOTH

Drive

 Pan

Panning

 delay

 for

 both

 lead

 and

 backing

 guitar

 

D

8

10

7

7

4

3

4

SUB

2

EFFECT

SUB

D5

Stereo

 Delay

R

ic

st

er

eo

 p

an

ni

ng

 d

el

ay

 w

ith

 d

ee

re

pe

tit

io

fo

lead

 guitar

D

5

6

5

3

3

9

5

SUB

1

EFFECT

SUB

MAIN

 

MASTER

 

VOLUME

 and 

SUB

 

MASTER

 

VOLUME

 are both set at 5 (center) 

All values are on a 0 –10 scale

C = Clean   D = Overdrive

Summary of Contents for GA-100CD

Page 1: ...GA 100CD Instrument Amplifier D00907100A OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...un environnement domestique cet appareil peut provoquer des interf rences radio dans ce cas l utilisateur peut tre amen prendre des mesures appropri es F r Kunden in Europa Warnung Dies ist eine Einr...

Page 3: ...ied by the manufacturer 12 Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus...

Page 4: ...bel required in this regulation is shown at 1 CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE HOUSING USING A SCREWDRIVER USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HE...

Page 5: ...tory effect presets 16 Effect controls 16 Choosing the output 17 Reverb 17 Effect banks 17 Changing banks 17 Changing banks with a footswitch 17 6 Using the CD trainer 18 Playing CDs 18 Adjusting the...

Page 6: ...tions to press and hold the key or for example press and hold OSC refer to long presses The CD Trainer Control LCD usually shows the elapsed track time remaining track time or total remaining CD time...

Page 7: ...e CD specifica tions the GA 100CD may not be able to play them After opening the CD player cover if the CD is still spinning wait until it has stopped before removing it CAUTION Using commercially ava...

Page 8: ...ut jack Clean channel section These preamp controls function when the green CLEAN light in the CLEAN OVERDRIVE key section is on 3 GAIN knob Change the amount of distortion by adjusting the input gain...

Page 9: ...d character q BASS knob Adjust low frequencies w MIDDLE knob Adjust mid range frequencies e TREBLE knob Adjust high frequencies Master section r MAIN MASTER VOLUME Adjust the volume of the total outpu...

Page 10: ...y reverb to the dry guitar signal and the effect output g OUTPUT key Press OUTPUT to choose the reverb signal output destination the main speaker the sub speaker pair or all three speakers One or both...

Page 11: ...the pitch or shift the stereo position to the left NORMAL CENTER Restore the default value cancel pitch changes or reset the stereo position to the center UP RIGHT Increase values sharpen the pitch o...

Page 12: ...ls EFFECT SEND and RETURN jacks Use these to send the guitar signal to an external effect loop after it has passed through the GA 100CD s preamp LINE IN L R jacks Connect an external line level 10 dBV...

Page 13: ...is ON See Adjusting the key on page 19 T CD EFF indicator Blinks when the Guitar Cancel menu is active and lights when Guitar Cancel is ON See Canceling guitar sounds on page 19 Y SET UP indicator Bli...

Page 14: ...The HIGH jack is 6 8 M and the LOW jack is 68 k When directly connecting electric guitars with passive pickups we recommend that you use the HIGH jack since such guitars usually have high output imped...

Page 15: ...n and adjust the GAIN knob until you achieve the amount that you desire Choose the clean channel and set the GAIN knob low for an undistorted sound Adjust the overall volume with the VOLUME knob and t...

Page 16: ...NSE Set Auto Wah sensitivity Q Set filter characteristic Set higher to increase the effect LEVEL Set effect amount PITCH SHIFTER PITCH Set pitch shift amount up to 1 octave The center position is 0 FI...

Page 17: ...SUB indicators light according to the setting Reverb Effect banks The GA 100CD has 10 banks to store effects and reverb settings C1 C5 are for clean channel settings and D1 D5 are for overdrive chann...

Page 18: ...the time display mode Press TIME ESC to cycle through the three time display modes to the right Elapsed time no indicator Remaining track time REMAIN indicator Remaining disc time T REMAIN indicator R...

Page 19: ...playback again Setting the Guitar Cancel function Turning key adjustment ON and OFF Press KEY to turn key adjustment ON and OFF The key setting value is retained even when turned OFF When key adjustm...

Page 20: ...he and keys to choose the string 1E 2B 3G 4D 5A or 6E you want to tune 3 Tune the string until only the large dot at the center of the meter lights 4 When finished tuning press TIME ESC to return to t...

Page 21: ...ootswitch with the CD EFFECT footswitch jack When using a dual footswitch BANK and BANK reverse which switch increases and which decreases the active bank number Footswitch settings Use the TMOD item...

Page 22: ...mum output 14 dBu Output impedance 470 LINE OUT Unbalanced 1 4 jack Standard output level 10 dBV Maximum output 6 dBV Output impedance 470 HEADPHONES 1 4 stereo phone jack Output 30 mW into 39 Built i...

Page 23: ...N SP 12 inch MAIN MASTER SUB SP L 5 inch SUB SP R 5 inch Power AMP Power AMP LINE IN LINE OUT R L R L SUB MASTER PHONES DAC CD Signal Processing CD MECHA EFFECT Tuner In REVERB DAC FOOT SWITCHES GUITA...

Page 24: ...EED DEPTH LEVEL CHORUS Super Clean Makes clean sounds cleaner and brighter C 4 8 5 10 6 5 10 10 SUB 3 BOTH BOTH C1 Dirty Dirty chorus sound for blues lead guitar C 7 10 9 10 6 5 6 5 10 MAIN 2 5 DIRECT...

Page 25: ...unds even heavier by doubling an octave below D 8 6 1 10 0 5 8 SUB 1 BOTH BOTH DELAY TIME F B LEVEL LEVEL DELAY Very Short Very short delay pans left and right to add width to arpeggios and rhythm gui...

Page 26: ...Knob 2 Knob 3 FX Reverb Channel GAIN BASS MID TREBLE SPEED DEPTH F B LEVEL OUTPUT LEVEL SOURCE OUTPUT Preset FLANGER SPEED RES LEVEL PHASER SPEED DEPTH LEVEL CHORUS SPEED WAVE TYPE DEPTH TREMOLO Use o...

Page 27: ...0CD 27 Name Description Preamp Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 FX Reverb Channel GAIN BASS MID TREBLE SPEED DEPTH F B LEVEL OUTPUT LEVEL SOURCE OUTPUT Preset AUTO WAH SPEED RES LEVEL PITCH SHIFTER SPEED DEPTH LE...

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