What Is A Patch; Selecting Patches; How To Switch Patches - Boss GT-6B Owner's Manual

Chapter 1 Playing Sounds

What is a Patch?

When performing on your bass, you may select a variety of
different tones according to what and where you are playing.
The effects you want to use and the parameter settings (knob
positions) will vary depending on the tone.
You can store combinations, or "sets," of volume level and
other of these parameter settings, and by using the pedals to
switch these sets, you can change tones instantly. Each of these
stored sets is called a "patch." The GT-6B can store 80 "User
patches," the content of which you can change as you like,
along with 40 "Preset patches" which cannot be changed or
overwritten. These 120 patches are divided into groups called
"banks," with each bank containing four patches.
Patches within each bank are distinguished by the patch
"number" (1-4).
fig.01-07
Preset Bank 0 (P0)
Preset Bank 1 (P1)
User Bank 20 (u0)
User Bank 1 (U1)
Patch Patch Patch
User Banks (U1–U0, u1–u0)
These are indicated by a "U*" or "u*" appearing in the left display.
fig.01-08
Preset Banks (P1–P0)
These are indicated by a "P*" appearing in the left display.
fig.01-09
* Although you cannot overwrite the Preset patches, you can
change (edit) a Preset patch's settings. You can then save the
resulting changes in the setting as a User patch.
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Patch
Patch
Patch
Patch
Number
Numbers
The number appears at the left side of the right display, and
is indicated by a numeral from "1" through "4."

Selecting Patches

How to Switch Patches

Patches are switched by rotating the PATCH/VALUE dial
while in the "Play screen." You can also switch patches by
pressing the PATCH pedals.
fig.01-10
When you turn the PATCH/VALUE dial to the right
(clockwise) or press the PATCH
numbers are switched in ascending order, i.e., 1
4 (next bank) 1
When you turn the PATCH/VALUE dial to the left
(counterclockwise) or press the PATCH
patch numbers are switched in descending order, i.e., 4
3 2 1 (bank before the current bank) 4
...etc.
* You cannot switch patches unless the Play screen (p. 13) is
displayed. Press [EXIT] (p. 10) to return to the Play screen.
* You cannot switch patches with the PATCH/VALUE dial
when the dial function (p. 62) is set to VALUE only.
pedal, the patch
2 ...etc.
pedal, the
2 3
3