Harmonist - Boss GT-10 Owner's Manual

Chapter 8 Parameters Guide

HARMONIST

Harmonist is an effect where the amount of shifting is adjusted
according to an analysis of the guitar input, allowing you to
create harmonics based on diatonic scales.
• Because of the need to analyze the pitch, chords (two or more sounds
played simultaneously) cannot be played.
• You cannot use the Harmonist effect with audio input via USB.
Parameter/ Explanation
Range
Voice
Selects the number of voices for the pitch shift sound.
One-voice pitch-shifted sound output in
1-Voice
monaural.
Two-voice pitch-shifted sound (HR1,
2-Mono
HR2) output in monaural.
Two-voice pitch-shifted sound (HR1,
2-Stereo HR2) output through left and right chan-
nels.
HR1/HR2 *1
Harm (Harmony) *1
This determines the pitch of the sound added to the input sound,
when you are making a harmony.
It allows you to set it by up to 2 octaves
higher or lower than the input sound.
-2oct–+2oct, User
When the scale is set to USER, this param-
eter sets the user scale number to be used.
PreDl (Pre Delay) *1
Adjusts the time from when the direct
0ms–300ms,
sound is heard until the harmonist
sounds are heard. Normally you can
BPM –BPM
leave this set at 0ms.
When set to BPM, the value of each parameter will be set accord-
ing to the value of the "Master BPM" (p. 122) specified for each
patch. This makes it easier to achieve effect sound settings that
match the tempo of the song.
* If, due to the tempo, the time is longer than the range of allowable
settings, it is then synchronized to a period either 1/2 or 1/4 of that
time.
Fbk (Feedback)
Adjusts the feedback amount of the har-
0–100
monist sound.
Level *1
Adjusts the volume of the harmony
0–100
sound.
Master Key
C (Am)–B (G#m) This sets the key for the HARMONIST.
110
Parameter/ Explanation
Range
The key setting corresponds to the key of the song (#, b) as follows.
DirectLev (Direct Level)
0–100 Adjusts the volume of the direct sound.
Parameter Range
UserScale
UserScale 1–12 *2
C – ▼C – C – ▲C –
C
D – ▼D – D – ▲D –
D
D – ▼D – D – ▲D –
D
E E – ▼E – E – ▲E –
E – ▼E – E – ▲E –
E
F – ▼F – F – ▲F –
F
F – ▼F – F – ▲F –
F
G – ▼G – G – ▲G –
G
A A – ▼A – A – ▲A –
A – ▼A – A – ▲A –
A
B B – ▼B – B – ▲B –
B – ▼B – B – ▲B –
B
Specify the note name of the output sound.
plus (+) symbols indicate sounds above or below the set note
name.
Triangles next to the note names indicate octaves.
One downward-pointing triangle indicates a note one octave be-
low the note displayed; two triangles indicates a two-octave drop.
One upward-pointing triangle indicates a note one octave above
the note displayed; two triangles indicates a two-octave rise.
Note Detect
When this is set to "On," then after the in-
put sound is recognized, the cursor auto-
matically moves to the right (the next
Off, On
sound).
Pressing [CATEGORY/ENTER] switches
On and Off the Note Detect function.
*1 HR1 and HR2 are set individually.
*2 Effective with User selected for Harm parameter.
C
D
D
E
E
F
F
G
A
A
B
B
The minus (-) and