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 THE ADVANCED SWITCHING SYSTEM

   

THE GIGRIG G3 USER MANUAL 

8.

 

TECH SPECS 

Physical size: 44cm x 13cm x 7.8cm / 17.3" x 5.1" x 3.07" 
Screen size: Approximately 5 x 3.8cm / 1.96"x 1.5" 
Weight: 2.4 kgs / 5.29 lbs 
Power Requirements: 9V DC (2.1mm centre neg) @ 650mA.We recommend the use of The GigRig Generator 
power supply supplied with The G3 Switching System. (Strymon Zuma, True Tone 1-Spot and Voodoo Labs 
Pedal Power 2 have been tested to power G3 sufficiently). 
Input impedance 1M Ohm  
Out 1 - Signal path with input and output amps OFF 

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 True Bypass  

Out 1 is earthed and must always be connected to ground.  
Out 2 - Signal path with input and output amps OFF 

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 Buffered and Isolated  

Out 2 is transformer isolated and phase reversible. 
 
Input signal handling Maximum = 16.5V dBV peak to peak in true bypass. 
 
Signal Bandwidth = 4Hz to 150KHz  
 
Pre Gain/Buffer and Post Gain Stereo VCA Output Amplifier/Buffer  
Minimum gain -30dBu 
Maximum Gain +8dBu 
Bandwidth at 1V = 4Hz to 150KHz.  
Buffer output impedance 1K Ohms 
Noise. 4.7nV per root Hz  
This specification is subject to change without notice. Consult our Web site for amendments.  

www.thegigrig.com 

 

 

Summary of Contents for G3

Page 1: ...THE ADVANCED SWITCHING SYSTEM USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...8 3 2 TUNER AUX OUT 8 3 3 EFFECTS LOOPS 8 3 4 OUTPUTS 8 3 5 REMOTE SWITCHES 8 3 6 BANK REMOTE SWITCH 8 3 7 MIDI IN OUT 8 3 8 POWER 8 3 9 EXPRESSION PEDALS 8 3 10 CONNECTION EXAMPLES 9 4 BASIC PROGRAMMING 11 4 1 PRESET PROGRAMMING 11 4 2 STOMP BOX MODE 11 4 3 CHANGING BANKS 13 5 DEEP EDIT 14 5 1 DEEP EDIT FUNCTIONS 14 5 2 NAVIGATING DEEP EDIT 14 5 2 1 NAME 15 5 2 2 MIDI 15 EXPRESSION PEDAL MIDI 16 ...

Page 3: ...LOBAL SETUP 23 SONG BANK 23 NUMBER OF BANKS 23 BANK EXT SWITCH 23 BANK PRESET 23 BLUETOOTH 23 UPDATE 23 HIDDEN PRESET 23 STEREO PAIRS 23 GLOBAL PHASE 23 BACKLIGHT 23 STATUS BAR 23 BANK RESET 24 FACTORY RESET 24 VERSION 24 7 THE G3 iOS APP AND BLUETOOTH 25 7 1 SOFTWARE UPDATE 25 7 2 SONG LIST 26 7 3 BACKUP 26 7 4 RESTORE 26 8 TECH SPECS 27 9 WARRANTY 28 ...

Page 4: ... an expression of our passion we compromised on nothing After years of design and testing G3 with every scenario imaginable I can honestly say I m so excited for you to dive in and explore its possibilities Using a mix of the fully movable loops phase reversible parallel blend programable stereo output voltage controlled amplifiers and stereo trails I ve been achieving some of the most inspiration...

Page 5: ...onnect your amp s PLEASE NOTE if you are only using one amplifier DAW you MUST use OUT1 as this is your earth ground Connect to your second amplifier or channel DAW using OUT2 as this is isolated and phase reversible 4 Connect your tuner to the TUNER AUX output 5 Connect any MIDI enabled pedals using the MIDI INPUT OUTPUT 6 Connect your Remote Switch controllable devices i e Amp channel Remote Loo...

Page 6: ... standard PRESET This gives you the ability to create and build sounds on the fly without being tied to traditional presets 1 Choose the PRESET you want to turn into a STOMPBOX Mode preset eg using PRESET 10 2 Select the LOOP s you want to turn on In this example below I want to add a delay that is in LOOP 9 3 Now make sure everything else is turned off including OUTPUTS and PHASE OUT2 4 Now press...

Page 7: ...Edit Menu use footswitches 1 2 3 4 which correspond to Up Down Back Scroll Enter respectively Editing menu options include MIDI PARALLEL WET DRY SIGNAL PATHS DELAY REVERB TRAILS PRESET NAMES BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE UPDATES STOMPBOX MODES PRESET BANK COPY PASTE SCREEN BRIGHTNESS etc The Editing menu in G3 has been designed to be as intuitive as possible but for additional guidance please refer to the fu...

Page 8: ...te switch sockets which are programmable via the push buttons on G3 s centre panel These can be used to change channels in your amplifier Tap Tempo control to control a Remote Loopy in fact they can be used for anything that uses isolated latching or momentary switches 3 6 BANK REMOTE SWITCH Simply connect a momentary switch into the BANK input and you will be able to control your G3 banks remotel...

Page 9: ...ereo effects with G3 you can pair two mono loops together into a single stereo loop G3 s loops are paired as follows Loop 1 2 Loop 3 4 etc Of course you can use a combination of mono and stereo loops To pair loops together a Enter the DEEP EDIT menu then select GLOBAL b Select STEREO PAIRS c Select the loops you want to pair The red LED indicates two loops are paired in stereo d Select the stereo ...

Page 10: ...reamp and power amp a First select a G3 loop to connect with your amps FX loop In the diagram above loops 1 4 are placed before the pre amp loop 5 contains the pre amp and loops 6 12 are placed inside the FX loop note any loop can be selected b Connect the SEND from the chosen G3 effects loop to the input of the amplifier The connections needed to achieve this are c G3 Loop 5 SEND to AMP INPUT d A...

Page 11: ... G3 i e Output 1 2 FX loops 1 12 Your preset is now stored c Repeat for each footswitch as necessary d You can now switch between your programmed presets There are 14 standard presets plus 14 hidden presets in each of G3 s 99 banks 4 2 STOMP BOX MODE STOMPBOX MODE allows you to add any function or loop s on top of a G3 preset In DEEP EDIT mode you can choose between 3 different types of STOMPBOX M...

Page 12: ...ndard Sticky and Flash Standard is the default setting to select either of the other two modes you will need to enter the DEEP EDIT MENU scroll down to STOMPBOX and select the Stompbox Mode you want BEFORE you create your Stompbox Mode preset A normal preset will clear any standard Stompbox Mode presets Sticky Stomp Once you turn on a Sticky Stomp preset it will NOT be cleared by pressing a normal...

Page 13: ...ig Bank Manager or any momentary switch to the back panel bank socket to access G3 banks this needs to be activated in the Deep Edit Menu under Global Settings Again press the Bank switch once to go up press and hold to go down 3 Footswitch Assign assign your bank control to a G3 footswitch In the Deep Edit Menu in Global Settings you have the option to assign the Bank Select switch to a G3 footsw...

Page 14: ...the button footswitch 2 to access more of the Deep Edit Menu including the following sub menus 1 NAME This is where we edit the name of the preset 2 MIDI This is where we edit G3 s MIDI functionality 3 EXPRESSION Assign your Expression Pedal parameters here 4 LOOP ORDER Change the order of your effect s loops 5 STOMPBOX Determine if Stompbox Mode on this preset is Standard Sticky or Flash 6 TRAILS...

Page 15: ...t These can be PC Programme Change CC Control Change or EXP Expression Pedal MIDI messages G3 also has a MIDI Clock and a separate MIDI Tap Tempo feature MIDI Menu screen to edit scroll down to each of the 15 available MIDI messages Scroll right to edit the selected MIDI command Scroll right again to select between PC Programme Change CC Control Change or EXP Expression pedal Scroll right again to...

Page 16: ... command in this example MIDI command 2 is selected b Scroll right to set Type to CC c Scroll right again to set VALUE and NUMBER EXPRESSION PEDAL MIDI This is the same procedure as above Select Expression Pedal from the MIDI Type list Choose the CHANNEL number and the CONTROL number Scroll right and choose the HEEL down position number and the TOE down position number There are two expression ped...

Page 17: ...ion to set up the Expression Pedals to control the PRE and POST GAIN in G3 for example as a volume control using the PRE GAIN to control the levels going into your effects or using the POST GAIN as a master volume control a Select EXPRESSION from the Main Menu b Scroll to select either PRE GAIN or POST GAIN c Select your Heel and Toe values Your expression pedal will now control Pre and or Post Ga...

Page 18: ...te TRAILS on a preset a Select the preset you want your Reverb and Delay Trails to spill over onto b Go to TRAILS in the menu c Scroll right and turn on TRAILS for the preset d Select the loop s that contain Delay and or Reverb to enable the spill over function for these pedals Remember you set up Trails on the preset you are going to not the preset that you have come from ...

Page 19: ...lume An example of this would be setting up a parallel signal path with no effects selected and then flipping the phase in G3 You would hear a complete cancellation of your guitar signal SETTING UP PARALLEL a In the Deep Edit Menu scroll down to PARALLEL b Scroll right to turn on PARALLEL ENABLE c Use PARALLEL START to select where the signal path splits i e before Loop 1 d Use PARALLEL END to sel...

Page 20: ...uld set up this signal path a Enter Deep Edit Menu and scroll down to Parallel b Select Parallel Enable then Parallel Start and set to after Loop 1 c Now select Parallel End then select before Loop 7 d Select Parallel Loops then engage Loop 2 e Now use the Phase setting to correct any phase cancellation issue between loop 2 and loop 3 ...

Page 21: ...t up this Wet Dry signal path a Scroll down to Parallel and select Parallel Enable b Select Parallel Start and select after Loop 3 c Select Parallel End and Select NO JOIN d Select parallel Loops and select Loops 7 and 11 EXAMPLE 3 PARALLEL WITH STEREO This is basically the same as your Wet Dry rig where you do not have a join after you split the signal Any stereo effects that you add from this wi...

Page 22: ...t PLEASE NOTE If you choose CC for Tap Tempo this will happen alongside any other MIDI commands sent at the same time from the MIDI menu The difference here is that your Tap Tempo information is sent every time you press the preset whereas the MIDI information from the preset is sent with the FIRST PRESS ONLY 5 2 9 HIDDEN PRESET How it works G3 enables you to have a secondary preset for every stan...

Page 23: ... your iOS device it will turn off after 2 minutes to ensure no unwanted connectivity UPDATE in conjunction with the G3 iOS app Update enables you to update to the latest G3 software HIDDEN PRESET This is a master Hidden Preset button If you turn this off it will disable all your hidden presets This feature must be turned on to use hidden presets STEREO PAIRS G3 has 12 x mono loops which you can pa...

Page 24: ...Here you can restore an entire bank of presets back to factory settings FACTORY RESET This will wipe everything in your G3 and restore factory settings Please note there is no way to recover your old settings unless you have backed up using the G3 app VERSION Here you can see your software version number and your G3 serial number This makes it easy to check that you have the latest version of soft...

Page 25: ... back to the main menu Press UPDATE which will take you to the UPDATE page on the G3 app i Make sure you have the correct software update selected j Press TRANSMIT The file will start to download You will see the packet number rise on the G3 screen as the file is transferred k Once finished the G3 screen will display The Check Sum e3de45af DOWNLOADED and your total of packets downloaded Then press...

Page 26: ...glist file When its finished it will say Press Preset 4 to save g Then it will say Stored press deep edit to exit h Now you can switch between Bank Mode and song mode in the global menu 7 3 BACKUP a Select Backup from the G3 app menu You need to have your app open to connect to G3 b To back up your G3 Open global setup in G3s Menu select Bluetooth then Save Backup c You ll see Connect with Bluetoo...

Page 27: ...mpedance 1M Ohm Out 1 Signal path with input and output amps OFF True Bypass Out 1 is earthed and must always be connected to ground Out 2 Signal path with input and output amps OFF Buffered and Isolated Out 2 is transformer isolated and phase reversible Input signal handling Maximum 16 5V dBV peak to peak in true bypass Signal Bandwidth 4Hz to 150KHz Pre Gain Buffer and Post Gain Stereo VCA Outpu...

Page 28: ... lost savings damage to other equipment and incidental or consequential damages arising from the use or inability to use this product In no event will The GigRig be liable for more than the amount of the purchase price not to exceed the current retail price of the product The GigRig disclaims any other warranties express or implied By using the product the user accepts all terms herein Disposal Th...

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