Table Of Contents - Boss GT-PRO Owner's Manual

Contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ....... 2
USING THE UNIT SAFELY ........................ 3
IMPORTANT NOTES................................ 5
Main Features ..................................... 10
Names of Things and What They Do .... 11
Front Panel....................................................................11
Rear panel .....................................................................13
Signal Flow ...................................................................14
Chapter 1
Playing Sounds ................................... 15
Making the Connections..............................................15
Turning on the Power ..................................................16
Adjusting the Input Level ............................................17
Adjusting the Output Level .........................................17
Adjusting the SUB OUT Output Level ............................. 17
Selecting the MAIN OUT
Output Device (Amp) (Main Output Select)................17
Selecting the SUB OUT
Output Device (Amp) (Sub Output Select) ...................... 18
Turning Off the Power..................................................18
Chapter 2
Creating Your Own Favorite Tones (Patches) .. 19
What is a Patch?...........................................................19
How to Switch Patches (Patch Change).....................19
Adjusting the Tones with the Knobs ..........................20
Turning the Effect On and Off .....................................20
Setting the Effects Simply (QUICK FX) ......................21
Calling Up Existing Patch Settings.............................21
Making More Precise Effect Settings .........................22
Changing the
Connection Order of Effects (Effect Chain) ...............22
Naming Patches (Patch Name) ...................................23
Chapter 3
Saving the Tones You Have Created .... 24
Storing Patches (Patch Write).....................................24
Copying Patches (Patch Copy) ...................................24
Exchanging Patches (Patch Exchange) .....................25
Initializing Patches .......................................................25
Initializing Patches with a Tone Similar to What You
Have in Mind .................................................................26
Storing Settings by Effect (User Quick Settings)...... 26
Copying the
PREAMP/SPEAKER Settings to Another Channel .... 27
Chapter 4
Introduction to Effects and Parameters..28
PREAMP/SPEAKER (Preamp/Speaker Simulator) .... 28
OVERDRIVE/DISTORTION........................................... 31
DELAY ........................................................................... 32
Using the HOLD (Hold Delay) .......................................... 34
CHORUS........................................................................ 34
REVERB ........................................................................ 35
COMP (Compressor).................................................... 35
WAH............................................................................... 36
FX-1/FX-2....................................................................... 36
ACS (Advanced Compressor) ............................................ 37
LM (Limiter).......................................................................... 37
TW (Touch Wah) .................................................................. 37
AW (Auto Wah).................................................................... 38
TM (Tone Modify)................................................................ 38
GS (Guitar Simulator).......................................................... 38
TR (Tremolo)......................................................................... 39
PH (Phaser) ........................................................................... 39
FL (Flanger)........................................................................... 40
PAN........................................................................................ 40
VB (Vibrato) .......................................................................... 40
UV (Uni-V) ............................................................................ 41
RM (Ring Modulator) .......................................................... 41
SG (Slow Gear) ..................................................................... 41
DF (Defretter)........................................................................ 41
STR (Sitar Simulator) ........................................................... 42
FB (Feedbacker) .................................................................... 42
AFB (Anti-feedback) ............................................................ 43
HU (Humanizer) .................................................................. 43
SL (Slicer)............................................................................... 43
WSY (Wave Synth)............................................................... 44
SEQ (Sub Equalizer)............................................................. 44
FX-2 ............................................................................... 45
HR (Harmonist).................................................................... 45
Creating Harmonist Scales (User Scale)............................ 46
PS (Pitch Shifter)................................................................... 46
PB (Pedal Bend) .................................................................... 47
OC (Octave)........................................................................... 47
RT (Rotary)............................................................................ 47
2CE (2 x 2 Chorus)................................................................ 48
AR (Auto Riff)....................................................................... 48
Creating Original Phrases (User Phrase) .......................... 49
SYN (Guitar Synth) .............................................................. 49
AC (Acoustic Processor)...................................................... 50
SH (Sound Hold) .................................................................. 51
SDD (Sub Delay)................................................................... 51
EQ (Equalizer)............................................................... 51
LOOP (External Effects Loop) 1/2............................... 52
PRE LOOP..................................................................... 53
AMP CTL (Amp Control) 1/2 ........................................ 54
MASTER ........................................................................ 54
NS (Noise Suppressor) ........................................................ 54
Patch Level ............................................................................ 55
Output.................................................................................... 55
Master BPM........................................................................... 55
FV (Foot Volume)................................................................. 55
FX CHAIN (Effect Chain).............................................. 56
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