TC Electronic G-Major, User Manual

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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on the purchase of your G•Major Effects processor.
If you have never used a multi-effects processor with your guitar rig, you might be wondering at this
point whether you have placed yourself in a position where you have days of work ahead of you,
until your G•Major behaves as you please and adds to your creativity. No need to panic!
With the presets already existing your basic needs are most likely covered and you will be set to go
within minutes.
But chances are that you probably will like to go beyond factory presets and find a more
personalized usage of the G•Major - and that won’t be a hassle either.
Stomp Box Setup
If you are used to working with stomp boxes you might want to use the G•Major for a similar setup
and simply benefit from high quality of effects. With any MIDI pedal sending MIDI Control Change
values the G•Major can be setup and used just as a bunch of regular stomp boxes where you
simply turn effects on and off.
Preset Setup - for ultimate changes in sounds
Another approach would be creating unique presets for each sound accessible via a single press on
a MIDI foot-controller.
Or - you could combine the preset-approach with the on/off-stomp box setup mentioned above.
Channel Switching
Changing your sound from a crisp clean dry rhythm sound to an overdriven lead sound, will often
involve channel switching of your preamp or combo in addition to changing your effects preset. To
be able to switch amp-channels via MIDI the investment of a separate MIDI switching system is
often implied. Not with the G•Major. With the built in Relay Switching on the G•Major you are able to
switch between up to 4 channels on you Preamp/Combo.
Modifiers - Instant parameter control
If utilizing the above still doesn’t give you the sought after flexibility you are looking for, instant
parameter control via the Modifier section of the G•Major is probably the answer. Many algorithm
parameters can be assigned to an external MIDI controller or Expression pedal. The possibilities
here are endless. With an Expression Pedal you can not only control any level of a specific effect,
you could also e.g. change the Panning Speed - or what about using the Expression pedal as a
customized Whammy pedal.