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GUITAR PERFORMANCE EFFECTOR

GUITAR PERFORMANCE EFFECTOR

OWNER’S MANUAL

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Page 1: ...GUITAR PERFORMANCE EFFECTOR GUITAR PERFORMANCE EFFECTOR OWNER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...and the spirit of the law we want you to be aware of the following Battery Notice This product MAY contain a small non rechargeable battery which if applicabIe is soldered in PIace The average life span of this type of battery is approximately five years When repIacement becomes necessary contact a qualified service representative to perform the replacement This Product may also use household type...

Page 3: ...other important informa tion HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL READ THIS FIRST Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha GW33 Guitar Performance Effector The GW33 is a portable and convenient multi effect device designed especially for guitar The comprehen sive variety of high quality effects and convenient Pedal Switch control functions make the highly portable GW33 ideal for signal processing...

Page 4: ...ues in the Play Mode 19 EFFECTS AND PARAMETERS 20 Compressor Block 20 Distortion Insert Block 21 Equalizer Amp Simulator EQ AMP Block 23 Equalizer 23 Amp Simulator 23 Modulation MOD 1 and 2 Blocks 24 Chorus 24 Flanger 24 Phaser 25 Pitch Shift 25 Detune 25 AURAL EXCITER 26 Touch Wah 26 Pedal Wah 26 Delay Block 27 Reverb Block 28 Noise Gate 29 FOOT CONTROLLER OPERATIONS 30 Setting the Volume Positio...

Page 5: ...R MODIFICATIONS YOURSELF This product contains no user serviceable parts Refer all maintenance to qualified Yamaha service personnel Opening the case and or tampering in any way with the internal circuitry will void the warranty MAKE SURE POWER IS OFF BEFORE MAK ING OR REMOVING CONNECTIONS Always turn the power off prior to connecting or discon necting cables HANDLE ALL CONNECTIONS CAREFULLY Alway...

Page 6: ...6th 7 7th 8 OCTAVE DELAY TIME 10 90 10 90ms 10 81 100 810ms ON OFF 1 EFFECT OFF 2 EFFECT ON 3 SWITCH VOLUME POSITION 1 DIST 2 DELAY 3 REVERB 4 REVERB DISTORTION INSERT 1 OVERDRIVE 2 DISTORTION1 3 DISTORTION2 OD INSERT DS1 INSERT DS2 INSERT INSERT OD INSERT DS1 INSERT DS2 4 OD DIST1 5 OD DIST2 12 INSERT COMPRESSOR DIST INSERT EQ AMP MOD 1 MOD 2 DELAY REVERB TUNER HOLD GUITAR PERFORMANCE EFFECTOR YE...

Page 7: ...ng one of the buttons again returns to normal editing In the Play mode These are used to select the effect block for checking parameter values See page 19 In the Copy Swap and Write operations These are used to execute YES or cancel NO the respective operation u TUNER Button For enabling the Tuner mode from the Play mode See page 34 Pressing the button again returns to the Play mode i Effect Block...

Page 8: ...strument and metro nome sound Connect both of these to the corresponding left and right channels of your stereo amplification system to take full advantage of the stereo effects of the GW33 For mono operation connect your system only to the L MONO jack this provides a mono mix of the instrument sound when the R OUTPUT jack is not connected y PHONES Jack For stereo output of the guitar effect and m...

Page 9: ...f these effects With all these various effects used individually or simul taneously the GW33 has all you need to augment your sound whatever the application Plus flexible effect bypass on off functions give you even more realtime control over the sound A programmable Noise Gate is also included for filtering out hum hiss and other undesir able noise See page 29 The Effects of the GW33 Effect Block...

Page 10: ... Preset programs Programs 11 55 are User programs and your own original settings can be stored to these COMP DIST INSERT EQ AMP DELAY REVERB N GATE UTIL TUNER METRONOME MOD 2 MOD 1 ATTACK PRE DRIVE LOW TIME TIME THRESHOLD SPEED PITCH PITCH L ENHANCE SENSE SENSE DRIVE MID FB TONE VOLUME POSITION BEAT 14 88 1 4 8 8 DEPTH PITCH R FREQUENCY TONE HIGH TONE MIX MIX MINIMUM VOLUME TEMPO 60 86 60 186 TONE...

Page 11: ...ul sound good for rock ballads Overdrive sound for rock leads Mellow round sound Clean sound for rhythmic play Hard distortion sound with enhanced attack for rock leads Distortion sound with detuning for rock backing Dry overdrive Multi purpose program for a wide variety of styles Touch Wah program good for funk jazz blues etc Hard digital analog distortion sound for direct recording Hard distorti...

Page 12: ... IN INPUT SEND RETURN INSERT R OUTPUT L MONO PHONES FOOT CONTROLLER OUT IN DC IN Plug into a suitable AC outlet PA 3 power adaptor Use only this adaptor or another Yamaha recommended adaptor Wrap the adaptor cord around the cable clip to prevent accidintal unplugging Electric guitar Optional FC7 Foot Controller for Volume pedal and Pedal Wah control External effect unit Guitar amplifier left chann...

Page 13: ...sing an optional FC7 Foot Controller with the GW33 connect it to the FOOT CONTROL LER input jack on the rear panel Make sure that the pedal is at or near the maximum position 6 Turn on the power of all the equipment starting with the GW33 and turning on the connected amplifier last 7 Before you turn up the volume and try to play set all the effects to off by using the Bypass function To do this si...

Page 14: ...ough the Effect Programs list on page 9 for more information about the programs and play with a few of them to hear how they sound COMPRESSOR BANK MEMORY HOLD ON OFF While holding this down press one of these to select bank 6 0 6 0 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 ...

Page 15: ...gram will irretrievably erase the effect you ve created For this reason you may want to keep a written record of the settings you make using a copy of the Blank Effect Parameter Chart on page 38 so that you can reprogram the effect later if necessary 2 Next press the e button to enable the Edit mode The EDIT COMPARE lamp lights and the ON OFF lamp above the Bank Pedal Switch flashes BANK MEMORY Pr...

Page 16: ...can also view the original parameter values by selecting the desired effect block with the y or n buttons and turning the Parameter Dials Doing this doesn t change the value it simply displays it so that you can check it against the value you ve edited Each press of the e button switches back and forth between the original program lamp flashes and your new edits lamp lights continuously When you v...

Page 17: ...ram for saving the new program go to the next step NOTE Edited programs can be saved to the User effect programs in banks 1 5 Banks 6 0 are reserved for the Preset effect programs and cannot be used to save edited programs NOTE When you ve edited one of the Preset programs 61 05 and try to save it appears in the BANK MEMORY indicator until you select one of the User program numbers 11 55 2 If desi...

Page 18: ... bank now selected press one of Pedal Switches 1 5 to select the desired program Refer to the Effect Programs list on page 9 for more information on the programs of the GW33 BANK MEMORY DELAY REVERB You can continue to select other programs in the same bank by pressing the other Pedal Switches User programs are in banks 1 5 and Preset programs are in banks 6 0 Each bank contains five programs Pres...

Page 19: ...ld these down for about one second 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 TURNING EFFECT BLOCKS ON AND OFF In the Play or Edit modes any of the main effect blocks can be individually turned on or off with the Pedal Switches Switching of Modulation 1 2 and Delay Reverb is dependent on the ...

Page 20: ...ng block lights NOTE The TUNER METRONOME row cannot be selected in the Edit mode 4 Use the Parameter Dials to adjust the effect param eters Parameter Dial A is used to change the effect type of the selected block B E are used to change the corresponding parameters In the example shown below the EQ AMP block has been selected A B C D E COPY SWAP WRITE MEMORY NO NO YES PARAM CHECK COMP DIST INSERT E...

Page 21: ... active Parameter Check Mode When editing an effect program the Parameter Check mode allows you to view the newly edited parameter values of a selected effect block without changing them To do this select an effect block during editing when the EDIT COMPARE lamp is lit continuously Then simultaneously press the y and n buttons The selected effect block lamp flashes to indicate the Parameter Check ...

Page 22: ...uitable for use with the other effects For this reason compression is effective on guitar in smoothing out the level differences caused by uneven picking technique A No parameter for this Parameter Dial B Attack Range 1 16 Determines the amount of time it takes for compression to begin after an input signal is detected Longer attack times let through more of the natural attack of the input signal ...

Page 23: ...ive 1st distortion circuit 2nd distortion circuit 1 OVERDRIVE Digital Overdrive Analog Overdrive 2 DISTORTION 1 Digital Distortion 1 Analog Distortion 1 3 DISTORTION 2 Digital Distortion 2 Analog Distortion 2 4 OD DIST 1 Analog Overdrive Analog Distortion 1 5 OD DIST 2 Analog Overdrive Analog Distortion 2 Distortion Insert Block Types 6 8 These types have one distortion circuit followed by the Ins...

Page 24: ...not available in Type 12 E Level Range 0 15 Determines the level of the overall Distortion sound This parameter is not available in Type 12 NOTE If the Pre drive and Drive parameters are both set to near the maximum the resulting noise may be so excessive that even the Noise Gate has no effect in cleaning up the signal HINT The Level parameter should be set to an appro priate value to avoid sudden...

Page 25: ...round the maximum HINT 2 The Level parameter of these types should be set to an appropriate value to avoid sudden jumps or drops in level when switching the EQ AMP block on and off Equalizer Amp Simulator EQ AMP Block Types 2 4 Amp Simulator The Amp Simulator effect types realistically reproduce the characteristic sound of a guitar amplifier and provide a natural sound for recording when not using...

Page 26: ...ge 1 16 Determines the depth of the pitch modulation or how widely the pitch is varied The higher the value the greater the pitch depth D Tone Range 7 7 Determines the degree to which high frequencies are cut or boosted Lower values decrease the high frequencies and higher values boost them E On Off Switch 4 Settings 1 3 Determines how Pedal Switch 4 affects on off switching for the Modulation 1 2...

Page 27: ...pen dently for the left and right channels creating three separate pitches including the original direct signal When set to stereo operation Modulation 1 is output from the left channel and Modulation 2 from the right Applications for Pitch Shift include setting the pitch shift to an octave below or above to make a six string guitar sound like a twelve string or setting the pitch to other interval...

Page 28: ...e selected Modulation block See page 24 Type 7 Touch Wah Type 8 Pedal Wah Wah is a filter sweep effect that as its name implies produces a wah type sound Two different Wah effects are available Touch and Pedal Touch lets you vary the sweep of the filter according to the input level how hard or loud you play while Pedal lets you play the Wah effect with a connected Foot Controller NOTE When Touch W...

Page 29: ...ill suddenly jump in level B Time Range 10 90 10 90 msec 10 81 100 810 msec Determines the time between delayed repeats of the main delay Very short delays make it possible to make one instrument sound like two separate instruments Slightly longer delays can be used for creating slap back echo or a reverb type effect Longer times are used for special effects like creating long echoes or steady rhy...

Page 30: ...everb sound from the previous program will be processed with the other effect blocks of the new program For example when changing from program A in which Mix is set to 0 to program B in which Mix is at or near the maximum the Reverb sound will suddenly jump in level Reverb Block A Type Settings 1 4 Determines the type of simulated reverb environment Hall 1 recreates a concert hall sound Room 2 sim...

Page 31: ...eter for this Parameter Dial B Threshold Range 0 15 Determines the sensitivity of the noise gate or how loud an input signal is required to open the gate letting the signal through The higher the Threshold value the louder the signal needs to be to open the gate For optimum operation Threshold should be set just above the level of the noise setting it too high may cause notes to be cut off too abr...

Page 32: ...ge the desired Foot Controller parameter value with the corresponding Parameter Dial C or D Parameter Dial C controls Volume Position and D controls Minimum Volume Parameter Dial B applies only to the Noise Gate effect see page 29 Volume Position Determines the point in the effect chain at which the volume pedal control is placed Settings 1 Before the Distortion Insert block q 2 Before the Delay b...

Page 33: ...1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 OPERATION 1 After making the desired parameter settings to the selected program in the Edit mode see page 18 press the s button The SWAP WRITE lamp lights 2 If desired select the destination User program number 11 55 by using Parameter Dial A If the selected program is in the User banks and you want to replace the original settings with the ones you ve just ma...

Page 34: ...program to be copied 2 Press the c button The COPY lamp lights and the BANK MEMORY indicator flashes 3 Use Parameter Dial A to select the destination program number 4 To actually copy the program to the destination number press the y button To cancel the operation press the n button NOTE User pro grams can only be copied to other User program numbers Preset programs can be copied to any program nu...

Page 35: ...store Do this using Parameter Dial A bringing up the desired number to the BANK MEMORY indicator NOTE Effect programs can be restored to their original program number location 3 Press the y button to restore the selected effect program or press the n button to cancel and return to normal operation 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to restore other programs if desired BANK MEMORY SWAP WRITE A BANK MEMOR...

Page 36: ... The string number and note name appear in the BANK MEMORY indicator Accidentals sharps are indicated by the lit Sharp lamp How close the note is to being in tune is indicated by the five middle Effect Block Tuner lamps as shown below 20 5 5 0 20 Note is in tune Pitch is flat Pitch is sharp NOTE While the Tuner function is on effect pro cessing is muted and all other functions are inactive 2 Play ...

Page 37: ...ut from the rear OUTPUT jacks along with the guitar effect sound The click is also indicated visually with the COPY and SWAP WRITE lamps the COPY lamp flashes on the first beat of a measure and the SWAP WRITE lamp flashes on the other beats 3 To stop the metronome press the p c or s button B No parameter for this Parameter Dial C Beat Settings 1 4 8 4 1 8 8 8 Determines the time signature of the M...

Page 38: ...including the Foot Controller if you are using one Make sure that the Tuner is not active Check the volume controls on your guitar and amplifier Check all connections including your guitar cord amplifier cords and head phones Is the Total Volume set to 0 Is the Foot Controller set to the minimum position If the Compressor Distortion and or EQ AMP blocks are on are any of their Level parameters set...

Page 39: ...n the Edit mode Be careful here though since this calls up the Write operation Make sure that the Play mode is active Make sure that you press both the c and s buttons simulta neously Make sure that the Play mode is turned on There is too much noise in the sound or the sound is unexpect edly distorted The external effect device doesn t work or affect the sound Even though the program is changed th...

Page 40: ...PEED PITCH PITCH L ENHANCE SENSE ON OFF SWITCH 4 TYPE DEPTH PITCH R FREQUENCY TONE FB MIX MIX RANGE SPEED PITCH PITCH L ENHANCE SENSE ON OFF SWITCH 4 TYPE DEPTH PITCH R FREQUENCY TONE FB MIX MIX RANGE TIME FB ON OFF SWITCH 5 MIX TIME TONE ON OFF SWITCH 5 MIX TYPE THRESHOLD VOLUME POSITION TOTAL LEVEL MINIMUM VOLUME BANK BANK 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 BANK BANK 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 BLANK EFFECT PARAMETER ...

Page 41: ...T L MONO R jacks 0 dBm recommended impedance 10 KΩ or greater INSERT SEND jack 0 dBm recommended impedance 10 KΩ or greater PHONES jack 10 mW 33 Ω Other Controls Fittings POWER switch DC IN jack AC adaptor cable clip FOOT CONTROLLER jack ONLY Yamaha FC7 Power Supply PA 3 AC adaptor or another Yamaha recom mended adaptor Never use the PA 3B Dimensions W x D x H 499 x 230 x 56 mm 19 2 3 x 9 1 16 x 2...

Page 42: ...ning on and off 17 Effect Parameter lamps 5 13 19 34 effect parameters editing 13 18 effect programs copying 32 editing 13 18 restoring factory set 33 saving 15 31 selecting 12 16 swapping 33 effect types changing 7 13 18 EQ AMP block 23 Equalizer 23 Exciter 26 F factory set program 33 Flanger 24 FOOT CONTROLLER jack 6 10 11 Foot Controller connecting 10 11 Pedal Wah control 26 30 volume pedal con...

Page 43: ...in the USA 3 NOTE This product has been tested and found to comply with the requirements listed in FCC Regulations Part 15 for Class B digital devices Compliance with these requirements provides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices This equipment generates uses radio frequenc...

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