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DOD GS30 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 2 These symbols are internationally accepted symbols that warn of potential hazards with electrical products.The lightning flash means that there are dangerous voltages present within the unit.The exclamation point indicates that it is necessary for the user to refer to the owners manual. These symbols warn that there are no user serviceable parts inside the unit.

  • Page 3: Eclaration Of Conformity

    9/336/EEC as amended by directive 93/68/EEC. DOD Electronics President 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070, USA Effective (5/11/99) uropean Contact: Your local DOD Sales and Service or Harman Music Group 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah, USA Tel: (801) 568-7642 Fax: (801) 568-7638...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Preset... ser Interface... Comp/Wah... Expression... Model... Tone/Gate... Effect... Delay/Reverb... Parameters... SpkrSim... Store... Display... Expression Pedal... Storing/Copying... Section Four Effect Definitions... Parameter Definitions... Section Five Creating a Preset... Section Six Resetting the GS30... Pedal Calibration... Maintenance... Section Seven Warranty... Specifications...

  • Page 5: Ntroduction Ongratulations

    Jam-A-Long and Learn-A-Lick function and a built in expression pedal capable of controlling effects in real me. This Owner’s manual is your guide to getting the most out of your GS30. Please read it carefully, to get familiar with the ontrols of the GS30.

  • Page 6: Section One

    A Guided Tour of the GS30 Front Panel Program Footswitches - These switches provide access to the GS30 user presets. They are also 2. Bank Footswitches - These two switches are used to advance or reverse the currently selected Bank.
  • Page 7 3. Edit Section - These columns and buttons are used to select, bypass, and edit each specific effect group. The effects which are currently active within a preset are indicated by a lit LED. The button at the bottom of each column will select the effect group within the indicated column. Successive presses of the same button will advance to the next type of effect within that group.
  • Page 8 0. Expression Pedal - This pedal can be assigned to control one of 9 different Parameters in real time light when the Speaker Simulator is engaged. GS30 to remember the changes that you made. When you change any aspect of a Preset, the Store LED will light indicating that you need to use the Store button to save the change.

  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    B. Jam-A-long/Learn-A-Lick - Connect from the headphone output of your tape or CD player to this C. Headphone - This jack is used for connecting a pair of stereo headphones to the GS30. D. Left Output - Connect from this jack to the input of your amplifier for mono applications, or to the left channel of a stereo power amp for stereo applications.

  • Page 10: Etting Started

    Getting Started he GS30 is ready for you to plug in and play. It already has a variety of sounds programmed into both the 30 ctory and 30 user Presets. You will find that the User Presets are exact duplicates of the Factory Presets. The actory Presets are permanently written into the GS30 and cannot be changed.
  • Page 11 Turn your amplifier or mixer’s volume level down. . Apply power to the GS30 by connecting the PS750 from the power jack to an AC outlet. . Turn the power switch of your amplifier or mixer to the “on” position.

  • Page 12: Section Two

    Display. The Data Wheel will scroll through all of the Presets in the User et, and then scroll through all of the Presets in the Factory set. If you continue to rotate the Data Wheel, the GS30 ill “wrap around”...

  • Page 13: Footswitches

    Preset using these footswitches n order to activate that Bank. If no preset is selected within 5 seconds, the GS30 will revert to the last Bank and reset that had been active.

  • Page 14: Ccessing The Tuner

    Accessing the Tuner he GS30 includes a chromatic Tuner to quickly get your instrument in tune. To access the Tuner, press and hold he numbered footswitch that is currently active (the footswitch with a lit LED above it) until the letters tn ppear in the display (and abreviation for tuner).

  • Page 15: Arn-A-Lick/Jam-A-Long

    Learn-A-Lick/Jam-A-Long he Jam-A-Long feature lets you connect a tape or CD player to the GS30 and mix the music with your guitar gnal. The GS30 also includes a powerful teaching tool called “Learn-A-Lick”. This feature lets you record solos hat are too fast to hear much less learn, and then slow them down to a speed where you can figure out the notes eing played.
  • Page 16 DIGITAL AUDIO . Once the recording is finished the GS30 will start playback automatically. The Parameter Edit LEDs will light one a time to show where you are in the recording. The recorded lick will play through in its entirety, and then start gain automatically.

  • Page 17: Section Three - Edit Mode

    Editing a Preset he GS30 allows you to edit the User Presets to your liking. You can change the effects that are used in the Preset, ter the values of the effect Parameters, or bypass an effect. This is a very simple process and gives you the ability o create custom sounds to suit your application or taste.

  • Page 18: Comp/Wah

    Comp/Wah - This button will access the Compressor and Wah effects. Successive presses of this button ill toggle between the Compressor and the Wah. The selected effect is indicated by the flashing LED. The status f the selected effect can then be changed by rotating the Data Wheel. Compression and Wah can be used multaneously.

  • Page 19: Effect

    5. Effect - This button will access the Modulation and Pitch shifting effects. The currently selected type of fect in this group is indicated by a flashing LED. Successive press of the Effect button will select a different type f effect within this group. The choices include: Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, Ring Modulator, Pixellator, nveloped Flanger, Enveloped Phaser, Pitch Shift, Detune, and Pitch Bend.

  • Page 20: Spkrsim

    Expression Pedal Assignments he GS30 allows you to assign the Expression Pedal to control various Parameters in real time. Only one arameter at a time can be assigned to the Expression Pedal. In order for the Expression Pedal to work, it must be ssigned to the Parameter of an effect currently active in the Preset.
  • Page 21 nce the desired effect or Parameter has been selected, you can set minimum and maximum values for the xpression Pedal. These are stop points which limit the range of variance for the Pedal. . - Press the Expression button a second time to set the toe up value. The Display will alternate between showing tu and the value currently assigned.

  • Page 22: Storing/Copying

    Storing/Copying a Preset nce you have edited a Preset to your liking, you must store the changes in order for the GS30 to remember your ettings. There are three steps to storing a Preset. . Press the Store button once. The Store LED will flash and the User LED lights. The flashing LED is asking “where do you want to store this sound”?

  • Page 23: Section Four

    The regular Wah is controlled by the Expression Pedal. AutoWah is a Wah effect which is utomatically controlled based on how hard you play. The GS30 includes 3 types of Wah (1 - Classic Wah, 2 -...
  • Page 24 If your guitar signal is not strong enough to cross the hreshold, the gate will not open, and no sound will be heard. The gate on the GS30 is also used for volume wells.
  • Page 25 Ring Mod - The ring modulator modulates the guitar’s volume and then takes the sum, and difference of the modulation frequency and instrument frequency, and mixes it with the original signal. The result is a metallic nging sound. Pixellator - A pixellator degrades the signal by undersampling it. The result is an unnatural distortion similar o those used in today’s techno and industrial styles of music.
  • Page 26 Delay - Delay is often referred to as an echo. This is because it will record a short passage of your playing, nd then repeat it a moment later. You can have it repeat the passage once, or several times. The GS30 offers three ifferent types of delay, they are tA (tape delay), dL (delay), and PP (ping pong delay).

  • Page 27: Parameter Definitions

    Parameter Definitions he following is a list of the Parameters available for editing and a description of how each Parameter will affect he sound of the corresponding effects. Speed - The Speed control adjusts how fast the Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Ring Modulator, Tremolo, Detuner, nveloped Phase, or Enveloped Flange will sweep back and forth.

  • Page 28: Section Five

    SECTION FIVE - Tutorial Creating a Preset uppose you want to create a Preset that has medium Compression, the Amp Modeling of a Stack with high Gain nd boosted highs and lows on the EQ, a low Threshold setting on the Noise Gate, a slow medium Chorus, no elay, and a Room Reverb.
  • Page 29 tep 3. Assign the Expression Pedal to Wah - Press the Expression button. The LED next to Expression ssign begins to flash. If the Expression Pedal is currently assigned to a Parameter, the assigned Parameter’s LED ill flash also. Rotate the Data Wheel until the LED next to Wah is flashing with the Expression Assign LED (this hould correspond to a number 2 in the Display).
  • Page 30 tep 6 Select the Chorus Effect - Press the Effect button until the LED next to Chorus is flashing. If the Chorus bypassed (indicated by two dashes -- in the Display), rotate the Data Wheel until the Display shows on. ou will notice that the Parameter LEDs next to the words “Speed,”...
  • Page 31 5 as the Reverb Level. tep 9 Store the Preset - All that is left to do now is to store our new preset, otherwise the GS30 will forget the hanges that we have made. Press the Store button once. The Store LED will begin to flash and the Display shows he Preset used before we edited our effects.

  • Page 32: Section Six - Other Stuff

    The GS30 will ask you to calibrate the Expression Pedal. The Display will read tu. ock the expression pedal back to the toe up position and press the flashing number 1 footswitch. The display ow reads td.

  • Page 33: Maintenance

    Display, an error has occurred in the Pedal Calibration and the GS30 will repeat the alibration prompts asking you to repeat steps 3 and 4.

  • Page 34: Section Seven

    In no event hall DOD or its dealers be liable special or consequential damages or from any delay in the performance of this...

  • Page 35: Specifications

    Specifications nput: 1/4” unbalanced nput Impedance: 500 k ohms Max Input Level: 7.6 dBV utput: 2 - 1/4” unbalanced utput Impedance: 10 ohms Max Output Level: 11 dBV eadphone: 1/8” Stereo TRS eadphone Output Impedance: 10 ohms /D: 64 x oversampling, 24 bit delta sigma SP: 24 bit ower Supply: 10 volts AC, 780 mA (PS750) ower Consumption: 5.5 watts...
  • Page 36 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070 USA PH (801) 568-7642 FAX (801) 568-7638 DOD and GS30 are trade marks of the Harman Music Group Inc. Copyright the Harman Music Group Printed in the USA 05/99 Manufactured in the USA...

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