DigiTech GNX1 User Manual

DigiTech GNX1 User Manual

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  • Page 1 UITAR ROCESSOR SER’S UIDE...
  • Page 2 Warning For your protection, please read the following: Water and Moisture: Appliances should not be used near water (e.g. near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, etc.) Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings.
  • Page 3: Declaration Of Conformity

    7.The foregoing is in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and Digitech neither assumes nor authorizes any person to assume any obligation or liability in connection with the sale of this product. In no event shall Digitech or its dealers be liable for special or consequential damages or from any delay in the performance of this warranty due to causes beyond their control.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Included Items ..................1 Choose a Preset ..................25 Quick Start ....................2 Create a HyperModel™ ..............25 A Guided Tour of the GNX1 ..............3 Select the Green Channel Amp and Cabinet ......25 The Front Panel ..................3 Select the Red Channel Amp and Cabinet ........25 The Rear Panel ..................5...
  • Page 7: Section One - Introduction

    However, if you find that anything is missing, contact the factory at once. Please take a moment to fill out the Warranty Card. It is your safeguard in the unlikely event that the GNX1 devel- ops a problem.
  • Page 8: Quick Start

    Turn the Output Knob on the rear panel of the GNX1 all the way down (fully counter clockwise). Connect the plug of the PS0913B power supply to the Power jack on the GNX1. Connect the other end of the PS0913B power supply to an AC outlet and turn the GNX1 Power Switch to the on position.
  • Page 9: A Guided Tour Of The Gnx1

    ECTION NTRODUCTION A Guided Tour of the GNX1 The Front Panel 1.1-3 Footswitches - Depending on the currently selected mode, these 3 footswitches are used to select Presets, access the Tuner, turn individual effects on and off, change Amp Channels, select functions in Learn-A-Lick mode, or bypass the GNX1.
  • Page 10 8. Mode Buttons - These 6 buttons are used to select various modes in which the GNX1 will function.The Exit button performs a single function while the other 5 buttons perform dual functions based upon the current operation of the GNX1.The buttons are labeled as follows:...
  • Page 11: The Rear Panel

    MIDI out of a computer, sequencer, MIDI controller, or MIDI storage device. 10. MIDI Out/Thru - This jack is used for all MIDI data being sent out of the GNX1. Connect from this jack to the MIDI in of a computer, or external MIDI recording device.When enabled, the MIDI Thru function of this jack sends out the same information that is received at the MIDI In of the GNX1.
  • Page 12: Getting Started

    For stereo operation connect the guitar to the input of the GNX1. Connect from the GNX1’s Left output to the input of one amplifier or channel of a power amp. Connect from the Right output of the GNX1 to a second amplifier, or to a second channel of a power amp.
  • Page 13: Direct To A Mixing Console

    GNX1. Connect from the outputs of the GNX1 to the channel inputs of the mixing console. If the GNX1 is to be used in Stereo mode, set the pan controls of the mixer hard left and right, and select stereo as the output mode in the GNX1’s Utility menu.
  • Page 14: Performance Mode

    Performance Mode When you first apply power to the GNX1, it will power up in Performance mode.This is the top level mode and the mode used while you are performing.While in Performance mode, the Display will show the currently selected Preset’s name and number.
  • Page 15: The Footswitches

    Tuner Mode The Tuner in the GNX1 allows you to quickly tune or check the tuning on your guitar. Enter Tuner mode by pressing and holding Footswitches 1 and 2 simultaneously.The Display will briefly show TUNER indicating that you are in Tuner mode.To begin tuning, play a note on your guitar (a harmonic at the 12th fret usually works best).The red numeric...
  • Page 16: Jam-A-Long

    GNX1. To use the Jam-A-Long feature, connect the headphone output of your Tape, CD, or MP3 player to the Jam-A- Long Input on the rear panel of the GNX1 using an 1/8” stereo cable.Then press play on your Tape, CD, or MP3 play-...
  • Page 17: Rhythm Trainer

    Rhythm Trainer The Rhythm Trainer in the GNX1 is a great tool for developing a great sense of timing, rehearsing different musical styles, or just jamming.The Rhythm Trainer plays sampled drum beats in an infinite loop allowing you to select from a variety of patterns, change the tempo, and adjust the volume level.When the Rhythm Trainer is activated, the drum sam-...
  • Page 18: Section Two - Editing Functions

    Editing Amp Models and Cabinet Types Each Preset in the GNX1 is equipped with a Green, Red, and Yellow (Warped) Amp Channel.The Green and Red Amp Channels include individually assignable Amp Models, Cabinet Types, Gain, EQ, and Level settings.The Speaker Cabinet can also be tuned meaning that you can select the Cabinet’s resonant frequency.
  • Page 19: Selecting Amp/Cabinet Models

    The first step to editing an Amp Model, Cabinet Type, or creating your own HyperModel™ is to select the Amp and Cabinet types for the Green and Red Amp channels in your Preset.To do this, the GNX1 must be in the Performance mode which is indicated by the LED next to the Status button lighting yellow.
  • Page 20: Cabinet Tuning

    Warping the Green and Red Amps together is as follows: 1.With the GNX1 in Performance mode (indicated by a yellow Status LED), rotate the Parameter 3 knob to Warp the Green and Red Amps and Cabinets together. Rotating counterclockwise will add more of the Green Channel characteristics, and clockwise will add more of the Red Channel characteristics.
  • Page 21 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the desired HyperModel™ name is shown in the Display. 5. Press the Amp Save button again to select one of the 9 User HyperModel™ locations. If the GNX1 has any unused HyperModel™ locations available, the Display will read EMPTY U1.The U1 will be flashing indicating that this is the first available location for your new creation to be stored.
  • Page 22: Editing The Effects

    UNCTIONS Editing the Effects The GNX1 contains a comprehensive library of fully programmable, studio quality Effects. The Effects section is accessed with the Effect Select Up/Down buttons.The Matrix LEDs will light one at a time to indicate the selected Effect row.When you have selected the desired effect row, you have up to 5 Parameters which can be edited. Each effect row has been divided into 6 columns of Parameters.The first column is the on/off control for the selected effect.
  • Page 23: Storing/Copying A Preset

    User Preset location.The following steps outline the procedure for storing a Preset: 1. Press the Store button once and the GNX1 will enter a naming mode.The first letter of the currently loaded Preset name will begin to flash.
  • Page 24: Section Three - Effects And Parameters

    GNX1 has the Effects connected in the most logical, and best sounding order.The following diagram shows the signal path through the...
  • Page 25: Whammy/Ips

    Compressor in order to achieve unity gain. It is possible to clip other effects in the GNX1 by setting the Compressor Gain too high. Ranges from 0 to 20 (dB). The Number 5 knob has no function when the Compressor is selected.
  • Page 26: Noise Gate

    Equalization is an extremely useful tool used to further shape the tonal response of your guitar signal.The EQ in the GNX1 is similar to the tone knobs on an amplifier with the exception that the GNX1 allows you to choose the center frequency for the Mid Range and Treble adjustments.
  • Page 27: Chorus/Mod Effects

    ECTION HREE FFECTS AND ARAMETERS Chorus/Mod Effects The Modulation Effects row is a multi-function module allowing you to select effects such as; Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Triggered Flanger,Triggered Phaser,Tremolo, Panner,Vibrato, Rotary Speaker, AutoYa™, YaYa™, SynthTalk™, Envelope Filter (auto wah), Detune, and Pitch Shift. Only one of the effects in this row can be used at a time.When the Chorus/Mod row is selected, the Status button is used to turn the Effect module on (EFF ON) and off (EFFOFF).The Number 1 Knob is used select the type of Effect to be used.
  • Page 28: Triggered Phaser

    ECTION HREE FFECTS AND ARAMETERS Triggered Phaser (TRGPHA) A Triggered Phaser is the same sound as a regular Phaser but allows you to choose the starting point of the Phaser sweep. In a regular Phaser, the low frequency oscillator (LFO) is continually changing the phase of the signal. This means that when you begin to play, the phaser may be at the any random point of the phase.With a Triggered Phaser, every time the signal exceeds the Sensitivity level setting, the Phaser will begin at the point of phasing that you designate with the value of the LFO Start Parameter.
  • Page 29: Autoya

    Mod Mix - The Number 5 Knob controls the mix of wet and dry signal. Ranges from 0 (all dry) to 99 (all wet). SynthTalk™ (syNtLK) SynthTalk™ is an effect exclusive to DigiTech. It makes your guitar seem to speak based upon the dynamics of your playing style.
  • Page 30: Pitch Shifting

    (which turns the input to the Delay off and allows you to play over the top of a passage in the Delay loop). The Delay in the GNX1 also includes a Ducker Threshold which allows you to set the signal strength required before the Delay will record.This feature allows you to control the...
  • Page 31: Section Four - Tutorial

    For this example, we are going to use a vintage Tweed amp with an American 2x12 Cabinet, and warp it with a Recitified Amp using a British 4x12 cabinet. After selecting Preset 40, the GNX1 will be ready to select the Amp Models (indicated by the yellow Status button LED).
  • Page 32: Adjust The Green Channel Parameters

    ECTION UTORIAL Adjust the Green Channel Parameters The Tweed amp that we selected for our Green Channel assignment will initialize with factory default settings for the Gain, EQ, and Level Parameters.These settings may not necessarily suit your personal taste and require some fine tuning.To access these Green Channel Parameters, press the Status button once.
  • Page 33: Warp The Green And Red Channels Together

    When we have the Amps and Cabinets in our Green and Red Channels dialed in to suit our taste, we can Warp them together to create our new HyperModel™. Make sure your GNX1 is in yellow mode (indicated by the Status LED lighting yellow).
  • Page 34: Edit The Preset

    ECTION UTORIAL Edit the Preset The next step to creating our example Preset is to enter the Preset Edit mode.To do this, press the Effect Select Down button once. At this point the Matrix LED in the Wah-Pickup row should light.The Display will briefly show EDIT and then cycle between showing the status of the Wah and Pickup simulator Effects.
  • Page 35: Adjust The Eq

    Effect Select Down button again and the LED on the Equalizer row will light. The GNX1 will default to the EQ adjustments for the Red Channel and the Display will briefly read EQ RED (EQ Red).
  • Page 36: Select And Adjust The Chorus

    ECTION UTORIAL Select and Adjust the Chorus Next we wanted to thicken up the sound in our Preset by adding a subtle Chorus effect. Press the Effect Select Down button again and the LED in the Chorus/Mod row will light. If the Display indicates that this module is off (EFFOFF), press the Status button until the Display reads EFF ON (Effect On).Then rotate the Number 1 Knob until the Display shows CHORUS (Chorus) as the effect type.
  • Page 37: Store The Preset

    Store the Preset The last step that we need to do is to store our changes to a User Preset. If we changed Presets or turned the GNX1 off without storing these settings, it would forget what we had done and revert back to the original Preset. Press the Store button once.The first letter in the Display begins to flash which is asking us to rename the Preset.
  • Page 38: Section Five - Other Functions

    Expression Pedal The Expression Pedal on the GNX1 can be assigned to control up to 3 Parameters in real time including the Volume, Whammy™,Ya Ya™, or just about any other parameter.. When a parameter has been assigned to the Expression Pedal, the minimum and maximum values the assigned Parameter will reach can also be programmed.The GNX1’s Expression...
  • Page 39: Amp Footswitch

    UNCTIONS Amp Footswitch From the factory, the Amp Footswitch changes between the Green and the Red Amp Channels. However, the GNX1 allows you to select the function of the Amp Footswitch.The procedure for assigning the function of the Amp Footswitch is as follows: 1.
  • Page 40: Utilities

    Mono/Stereo Output The GNX1 needs to be told whether you wish to use it in a stereo or mono mode. In Stereo mode, the GNX1 will produce a wide stereo image when the Right and Left Outputs are connected to two different amplifiers. In Mono mode, the same signal will appear at the Left and Right Outputs.The procedure for selecting the output mode in the...
  • Page 41: Volume Pedal Update

    4. Press the Exit button to return to the GNX1 Presets. Expression Pedal Calibration The Expression Pedal on the GNX1 needs to be recalibrated for use after a factory reset has been performed.This calibration procedure is automatically entered after a factory reset procedure. In the event the Pedal’s calibration fails, or if the Pedal does not function properly, it can be re-calibrated using the Pedal Calibration menu.The proce-...
  • Page 42: Bank Names

    Presets, or loading your Presets into another GNX1.The procedure for performing a Sysex Preset Dump is as follows: 1. Connect a MIDI cable from the GNX1 MIDI Out to the the MIDI In of a MIDI recording device or the MIDI in of another GNX1.
  • Page 43: User Amp Dump

    HyperModels™ into another GNX1.The procedure for performing a Sysex Preset Dump is as follows: 1. Connect a MIDI cable from the GNX1 MIDI Out to the the MIDI In of a MIDI recording device or the MIDI in of another GNX1.
  • Page 44: Midi Merge

    MIDI Merge The MIDI Merge function is used to echo the incoming MIDI data to the MIDI Out port of the GNX1.This is useful when multiple MIDI devices are chained together, and you wish to pass the incoming MIDI Data on to MIDI devices downstream from the GNX1.The procedure for enabling or disabling the MIDI Merge function is as follows:...
  • Page 45: Section Six - Appendix

    ECTION PPENDIX Section Six - Appendix Preset List Bank 1 (SHOCAS) Bank 9 (METAL) 1. HYBRID 25. RECTFY 2. CLNCHO 26. SOLO 3. 2CHUNK 27.WHAMMY Bank 2 (GENETX) Bank 10 (STUDIO) 4.WARPME 28. STACKD 5. BLKBAS 29.VOLSWL 6. MEAT2X 30. BIGDUK Bank 3 (STARS) Bank 11 (JAZZ) 7.
  • Page 46: Midi Cc List

    ECTION PPENDIX MIDI CC List Parameter Parameter Pickup Type/Off CC 1 Amp Morph CC 79 Cabinet Morph CC 80 Wah On/Off CC 2 Amp/Cabinet Morph CC 81 Wah Type CC 3 Wah Minimum CC 4 Gate On/Off CC 50 Wah Maximum CC 5 Gate Type CC 51...
  • Page 47: Midi Implementation

    ECTION PPENDIX MIDI Implementation Specifications A/D Converter: 24 bit D/A Converter: 24 bit Sampling Frequency: 44.1 kHz DSP Section: Dual Audio DNA™ DSP architecture Connections: Guitar Input and Outputs: 1/4" TS Jam-A-Long/Learn-A-Lick: 1/8" Stereo TRS Headphone: 1/4" Stereo TRS MIDI: In and Out/Thru General: Frequency Response:...
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