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Section 17
Slow Gear
we can 'play' the slow gear—pick quietly on a run and no
slow gear—same run pick loudly—slow geared!
Problems
I'm afraid that there are one or two more problems
associated with attack-delay units:
It is possible to have the unit double-triggering
from a single strike. Set the sensitivity to 70 and
rise time to 60 play a loud chord and you will
probably be able to get it to double-trigger. In fact
chords generate double trigger more than anything
else. This is due to the complex nature of a chord.
As you pick new notes during a rise re-triggering
should occur. Sometimes however, it can be
fooled—but this is mainly when given a more
constant volume level as input.
Sometimes, using a compressor in front of the slow gear
may help stop the dynamics from causing the false re-
triggering.
OK, now we need to look at a GT-3/5 specific problem.
When there is no rise active the gain across the slow gear
runs at 1:1. When you strike a note/chord the unit must
recognise this react and reduce the volume to zero before
starting the rise. The GT-3/5 takes a little time to react and
doesn't drop the volume down as fast as is desirable, thus
you can hear the initial strike. This 'breakthrough' is more
noticeable on chords, and well-spaced apart notes. Careful
picking/strumming technique can help reduce the noticeable
this is.
Presets
The Slow Gear appears to be quite popular with the techies
at Boss. Looking at the preset patches we find the following
settings are used:
Patch
38-4 ARPEGIATOR
70-1 ORGAN TONE
71-1 SPACE ECHO
71-2 FANTASY
74-1 RING TRIP
74-3 RING ECHO
77-3 PAD GUITAR
81-3 DIMINISHED
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Sens
Rise
Quick Setting
Time
50
60
SLOW GEAR 2
50
0
50
60
SLOW GEAR 2
50
60
SLOW GEAR 2
73
77
50
60
SLOW GEAR 2
50
90
SLOW GEAR 3
50
30
SLOW GEAR 1
Patch
P3-4-4 SLOW ATTACK
P4-2-1 DIMINISHED
P4-4-2 CRYING CAT
P5-1-2 PHASE ECHO
P5-3-4 RING ECHO
P5-4-4 RING TRIP
P6-2-1 FANTASY
P6-2-2 TRIP PHASE
P6-2-4 SPACE ECHO
P6-3-2 FLASHBACK
P6-3-4 MOD ECHO
P6-3-5 ORGAN TONE
P6-4-4 NOISESTORM
As you can see, most of the patches set the sensitivity at 50,
which incidentally all the Quick Settings use as well. One
final thing before we go I must make an additional mention
of the preset patch 'FANTASY'. This is a great patch that
shows the Slow Gear in action. This patch has real
potential.
A similar effect to Slow Gear is possible by using the foot
volume, your guitar's volume control or the control assigns.
These are examined in the appropriate sections.
Sens
Rise
Note
Time
50
50
50
30
[CTL] ON
50
60
50
60
[CTL] OFF
50
60
73
77
50
60
50
60
[CTL] ON
50
60
50
77
[CTL] OFF
50
60
[CTL] ON
50
0
50
60
[CTL] ON
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