TC Electronic G-System, User Manual

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TYPICAL SETUPS
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Pedals, pre-amp and Amp
PUSH
Preamp
Combo amp
Drive Pedals
TAP TEMPO
EDIT PARAMETER B EDIT PARAMETER C SELECT PAGE EDIT PARAMETER A GAIN ADJUST
HOLD TO STORE HOLD TO STORE HOLD TO STORE HOLD TO STORE HOLD TO STORE
PRESETABLE BOOST LEVEL
LEVEL SET
EDIT A EDIT B EDIT C
GLOBAL TEMPO
FORMANT | WAH | EFFECT FILTERS COMPRESSOR ALGORITHM
MODE MENU WHAMMY | PITCH ALGORITHM CHORUS | FLANGER | TREMOLO
| RETURN ENTER
HI-CLASS | TAPE ECHO | DYNAMIC REVERB ALGORITHM
INPUT DAMP
EDITED
COM FLT PIT DLY REV
E1: E2: E3: E4: E5:
INTEGRATED EFFECTS
+MANAGEMENT
FILTER LOOP LOOP LOOP EDIT 1 2 3 COMP
UP
DOWN
MOD PITCH DELAY REVERB BOOST
ENCODER ENCODER ENCODER ENCODER ENCODER ENCODER
Send R
etur
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Send R
etur
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Send R
etur
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Send R
etur
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Loop 1
Expression
P
edal
Loop 2 Loop 3 Loop 4
Expression/V
olume
P
edal
Input or Effects Return
Out Insert
Guitar Input
Send R
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BOOST ON
vintage pre-drive
BOOST ON
vintage pre-drive
BOOST ON
vintage pre-drive
Connecting
• Connect your guitar to the Instrument Input.
• Connect up to four drive pedals to the loops.
• All pedals connected to the loops must remain
switched on at all times.
The G-System
activates/deactivates the loops – not the pedals!
• Connect expression pedals using a single standard
1/4" jack cable. Depending on the expression pedal
model, the cable must be mono or stereo.
• Connect a pre-amp to the Insert loop. Set the Insert
loop to “on” in the Loop menu.
If you are using a MIDI pre-amp, you must also
connect the G-System’s MIDI Out to your pre-amp's
MIDI In using a standard MIDI cable.
• Connect the G-System’s Out to your amp’s input or to
the effect loop return. Use two amps for stereo
operation.
• Connect expression pedals and calibrate these using
the Pedals menu.
This setup is similar to the one described in the first
example, but we have now added a pre-amp to the Insert
loop. You can decide to have the pre-amp in or out of the
signal chain per preset, but you will probably prefer to
have it “on” at all times. This is configured in the Utility
menu, which you can access in Menu Mode.
With a pre-amp in the signal chain, you can chose to
connect the G-System to the input or the effects return
(“power-amp in”) on the combo amp.
Using the regular input on the combo amp gives you a
“double-pre-amp” setup where you can use the tone
controls on the combo to color your sound. This has
become a popular setup with amplifiers like the Vox AC
30, Fender Bassman etc., but using it introduces more
noise than using the effects loop return connector.