Table Of Contents - Boss GT-5 Owner's Manual

Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY ............... esee 3
Main Features... users 4
IMPORTANT NOTES ..........zursnssnsensnsnesenanennorenenenaonnonnarnne 6
How to Use This Manual ................... esee 7
Panel Descriptions .................... esee 8
Section 1 Try out the GT-5....................... 10
Connections... acea serere reser ed eden dee tenes o agn 10
Power-on and Standby ...........................eeessuuuus 11
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Adjusting the Input Level... 11
Adjusting the Output Level... 12
Settings for connected equipment ....................... 12
Selecting an Effect Sound ......................... eee 12
How to select a Patch on the GT-5 .... nenne 13
About the Screen Display... 14
About the indication of the Effect Select Buttons ..... 14
Tuner/Bypass Function .......................... eese 15
Changing to the Tuner/Bypass Mode ....................... 15
About the Display During Tuning „een 15
Tuning Procedure ................ sese 16
Tuner Settings... dsse territi iet 16
Section 2 Modifying Various Settings .... 18
Before You Begin Creating Sounds .......................... 18
Copying a Patch ................... eere 19
Effect Sound Settings ......................... eese 19
Sound Creation using the Effect Settings (Quick Setting) ... 19
Sound Creation by Editing each Effect (Parameter) .. 21
Effect On/Off Settings... 21
Setting the Effect Unit Connection Order ........... 21
Settings for Each Effects Processor ...................... 22
Setting the Expression Pedal / Control Pedal ........ 23
Sound Creation by using Pedal Settings (Quick Setting) .. 23
When you do not wish to use the Quick Setting ..... 23
Control Assign Settings ........................ eene 24
About the Internal Pedal System ................. sss 27
Modifying the Patch Name ................... see 28
Canceling Changes ................... esee 28
Storing the Modified Settings (The Write Operation) ...29
Using the Manual Mode ......................... eee 29
Changing to the Manual Mode... 29
Using the Manual Mode .............sssssseeeeeee 30
Setting the Manual Mode .............. sss 30
Utility Function Settings ....................... eese 30
Utility Function Parameters .......neenenener 31
Section 3 Effect Guide ............................ 36
FEEDBACKER / SLOW GEAR ............ceecereeeee 36
COMPRESSOR / LIMITER
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OVERDRIVE / DISTORTION... 40
PREAMP ..........cscccececosssccssccecsccrsscoscesssseasesssesesecseseseesees 41
CHORUS... eniti
TREMOLO / PAN
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Section 4 Using MIDI ............................... 57
How MIDI Can Be Used .................... sese 57
Operation from the GT-5 „nennen: 57
Operations from External MIDI Devices .................. 58
MIDI Utility Function Settings ............................. 58
Utility Parameters related with MIDI ....................... 59
Transmitting / Receiving Data Via MIDI ................. 60
Data that can be transmitted ...............ssesssees 60
Transmitting Data (Bulk Dump)................. eee 61
Receiving Data (Bulk Load) .....................ssssnse 62
Program Change Map Settings ............................... 62
Program Change Map Parameters ..................ssss 63
Section 5 Appendix ................................ 64
About MIDI... ener tnnt uscii tan 64
1. How MIDI messages are transmitted and received ..... 64
2. Main types of MIDI message used by the GT-5 ... 65
About the MIDI Implementation... 65
Changing Patches using Bank Select Messages ...... 66
Changing Patch Numbers on an external MIDI device from the GT-5 ..... 66
Changing Patch Numbers on the GT-5 using the Bank Select messages
sent from an external MIDI device .............. een 67
Factory Settings ..................... esee 69
Restoring the Factory Settings (Initialization)......... 70
Troubleshooting .................. esee
MIDI implementation Chart
Specifications ......uueeneesnesnnnenerornenensensnennneonesnenanennnn
Index ----Ó--
Patch Name Table .................... sess