5. Deep Edit 5.1 Introduction into the Deep Edit Functions 5.2 Navigating Deep Edit 5.3 Naming Presets 5.4 MIDI 5.5 Set Up Control Change (Cc) Messages 5.6 Expression Pedal MIDI 5.7 Tap Tempo 5.8 Expression Pedal PRE/POST Gain 5.9 Loop Order 5.10 Stompbox 5.11 Trails 5.12 Parallel...
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10. INTRODUCTION On behalf of myself and my team, thank you for buying Atom/S. When we launched Atom/S in 2020 we introduced the world to a new level of control over effects pedals. We started from scratch and designed Atom/S from the ground up, obsessively testing and retesting every aspect of its design to ensure we delivered the most robust, fully featured, tonally transparent switching system in the world.
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TRS Return, so effectively you can use it as another effects loop. 2.3. EFFECTS LOOPS - There are 6 effects loops in G3 Atom/S. Each has the capacity to be a stereo loop by using a TRS connector, you can also connect them to your amplifier’s preamp (four cable method), connect your volume pedal, basically anything that you would use in an effects loop gets connected here.
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2.7. MIDI IN & OUT - This is where you connect your midi in and midi out cables from G3 Atom/S to control your midi effects. The connection here is a standard five pin DIN. 2.8. POWER - 9V DC - G3 Atom/S uses a standard centre negative a -9 V DC input connection and operates around 650 mA.
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CONNECTING STEREO EFFECTS To use stereo effects with Atom/S, simply use TRS cables with G3 Atom/S effects loops. Each of Atom/S loops has the capacity to do this so you can literally have up to 6 stereo effects. Once you have connected your stereo effects with a TRS connector, simply go into the menu, then to GLOBAL.
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FX LOOP sits, between the preamp and power amp. - First, workout which G3 Atom/S loop you want to use to connect to your amps’ FX LOOP. Any Atom/S effects loops BEFORE the loop you connect to your amplifier will effectively be BEFORE the amps’...
4.1 Pre-Set Programming Pre-sets are at the heart of the Atom/S functionality. Whether you are controlling MIDI or adding Stomp Box mode it all happens within a pre-set. Starting with a simple pre-set. Select the pre-set that you want a programme using the footswitches on Atom/S.
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Back Panel Bank Remote - Use the remote bank switch on the back of Atom/ S. Here you can connect the GigRig Bank Manager or any momentary switch to control access to your Atom/ S banks. Again, press the bank switch once to go up, press and hold to go down Footswitch Assign - Assign your bank control to a Atom/ S foot switch.
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5.2 Navigating Deep Edit Next to footswitches 1,2,3 and 4 you will see these symbols You will use these footswitches to navigate around the Deep Edit menu On pressing the button, the LCD screen will display the following. Use the button (footswitch 2) to scroll down through the Deep Edit menu.
5.3 Naming Presets With this highlighted in the menu, press and you will see the cursor. Move the cursor across using buttons and scroll up and down through the character set using Once you are done, either use to get back to the main menu or press to exit.
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5.5 Set Up Control Change (Cc) Messages Set up your first CC message: . Use footswitch 4 to scroll through the options. . Turn the available MIDI message to on . Scroll right and select the MIDI channel you want to send it on .
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5.8 Expression via MIDI On top of the MIDI functionality that is available with the expression pedals, you also have the option to set up the expression pedals to control the pre and post gain in Atom/ S. A really great way to use the expression pedal is as a volume control, using the Pre Gain to control the levels going into your effects or using the post gain as a master volume control.
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Once you've done that and have exited the deep edit menu you will still need to turn on the effects loops on the preset but they will be in the order that you have determined in the loop order function. 5.10 STOMPBOX One of our favourite features of G2 was stomp box mode, so we have expanded on this in G3/S to make it even more powerful.
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The Stompbox modes are as follows: 'Normal' - Meaning the Stompbox mode enabled footswitch is latching and can be added onto of other stompbox mode enabled footswitches as well as 'regular' (no orange light) footswitches, when you press a regular footswitch any 'normal' stompbox mode enabled footswitches will be bypassed. Sticky - Same function as normal, except footswitches in the 'sticky' mode will only dis-engage when it's footswitch is pressed a second time (it will remain on regardless of regular or stompbox enabled footswitch presses)
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5.11 Trails Because of Atom/S new stereo voltage-controlled amplifiers on the output, we are delighted to be able to offer you true Stereo Trails/Spill-over. Select the preset you want your reverb and delay trails to spill-over onto Go to trails in the menu scroll right and turn on trails for the preset. Select the loop or loops that feature delay and reverb that you would like to spill-over onto on top of my rhythm sound.
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5.12 Parallel The parallel features in Atom/S is the key to setting up effects in parallel, wet dry, even sending different effects to different amplifiers. The idea behind parallel is simple, it means that at some point in your signal path you split your signal and you send that signal to different effects then either join that signal path again or continue with the split signal being sent to different outputs.
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5.13 Setting Up Parallel Go to menu, scroll down to parallel and then scroll to the right to turn on a parallel signal path. Now we are going to select where we split our signal. If you want to split the signal at the input simply choose before loop 1, or if you want to split the signal before your Overdrive in loop 3 simply choose before loop 3.
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5.14 Examples Of Parallel EXAMPLE 1 - PUTTING AN OVERDRIVE AND DISTORTION IN PARALLEL This is a really great way to explore some creative and unique gain tones. It is very different from connecting them in series. Say your OverDrive is in loop 2 and our Distortion is in loop 3. You want to put your Distortion in parallel without Overdrive, so you split before loop 2 and re-join after loop 3.
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I've always loved the sound of a wet dry rig where you have all of your gain tones going to both amplifiers but your delays and reverbs only being sent to 1 amplifier, it sounds massive To achieve this, we split our signal after our gain tones. For instance, you split the signal before loop 4 and select no re-join.
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Lots of people have asked for this feature. We wanted to be able to set up a Tap Tempo within the preset that you are on. Please note turning on Tap Tempo will turn off any hidden preset. You can either set up your Tap Tempo on a separate footswitch in STOMPBOX FLASH mode or set it up on the preset where you are using your Delay and use the same preset for Tap Tempo.
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Bank Ext Switch - This turns on the bank external switch located on the back panel of Atom/S allowing you to use any momentary switch plugged into here as your bank select Bank Preset - Atom/S gives you the option of selecting a foot switch to use as your bank select button. You can select any of the footswitches or you can use the external bank select located on the rear panel of Atom/S.
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7. The G3 App and Bluetooth Atom/S is equipped with BLUETOOTH to enable you to connect it to an iOS device and utilise all the features of the Atom/S app. These include BACKUP, RESTORE, SONGLIST, and SOFTWARE UPDATE. There are more details in the Atom/S APP manual but let’s have a look at how we update our software: Download and install the Atom/S App on to your iOS device via the APP Store.
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Screen size: Approximately 5 x 3.8cm / 1.96"x 1.5" Weight: 2.4 kgs / 5.29 lbs Power Requirements: 9V DC (2.1mm centre neg) @ 650mA.We recommend the use of The GigRig Generator or Gen0X power supply. Please note that (Strymon Zuma, True Tone 1-Spot and Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 have been tested to power G3 sufficiently.
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June 2024 TheGigRig Ltd Atom & AtomS Manual, June 2024...
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