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Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro Owner's Manual

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OWNER'S MANUAL

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  • Page 1 GROUND CONTROL PRO GRAMMABL E MIDI FO OT CON TROLL ER OWNER’S MANUAL...
  • Page 2 This publication is protected by copyright and all rights are reserved. No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted by any means or in any form without the express prior consent in writing from Digital Music Corporation. Voodoo Lab, Ground Control Pro, System Mix, and GCX are trademarks of Digital Music Corporation. REV. 3 6/07...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....... . .2 CONNECTIONS ........3 Power .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    MIDI continuous controller messages. This gives you access to effects such as wah and volume. If you want to immediately use your Ground Control Pro to change programs on a single MIDI device, read “Quick Start”. To get the maximum use and flexibility from your Ground Control Pro, please take a few minutes and go through the rest of this manual.

  • Page 5: Connections

    Ground Control Pro’s Power Adaptor to the phantom power jack on the device. MIDI Connect a 5-pin MIDI cable from the Ground Control Pro MIDI OUT to the MIDI IN of your first device. If you are using the GCX, it should always be your first device.
  • Page 6 which breaks out a stereo plug to 2 mono plugs. These are often called “insert point” cables. Connect the “ring” end to the volume pedal input (sometimes labeled “instrument”) and the “tip” end to the volume pedal output (sometimes labeled “amp”). To use an expression pedal, you need a stereo ⁄...

  • Page 7: Quick Start

    QUICK START You can use your Ground Control Pro right out of the box to select programs on any MIDI controlled device. To do this, the Ground Control Pro must have its factory settings. If you’re not sure, here’s how to restore them: Enter Setup mode by pressing both [SETUP] buttons (the upper left and right) at the same time.

  • Page 8: Setup Mode

    “EXIT Y/N”. DEVICE NAME/CHANNEL This is where you setup your Ground Control Pro to be able to change programs on your MIDI controlled devices, such as multi-effects processors or a digital modeling amp. The Ground Control Pro is capable of controlling up to eight different MIDI devices at the same time.
  • Page 9 Channel Number The Ground Control Pro can control eight MIDI devices. This number tells you which of the eight devices you are entering. Press [SELECT 1 or 2] to choose a different device location. You can put each device in any of the eight locations. The only difference is that this is the order that they will come up in when you edit your presets.

  • Page 10: Pedal

    Ground Control Pro. You can fix this by telling the Ground Control Pro that it should “start at 0”. Here’s how: Press [SELECT 1 or 2] to choose the device 1-8 that you need to change. Press and hold [CURSOR4] until the channel is flashing. Then press [CURSOR 4] one more time.

  • Page 11: Midi

    CHANNEL- 0 1 This is the MIDI channel that the Ground Control Pro will respond to. In most cases the default value of 1 is just fine. If you need to change it, use the [DATA] buttons to select any channel 1 to 16.

  • Page 12: Instant Access

    Press [+/YES] and you will see the message “SENDING MIDI” while the data is being sent from the MIDI OUT jack. The Ground Control Pro can have its memory loaded, either from a computer or from another Ground Control Pro. To receive memory, enter Setup mode by pressing both [SETUP MODE] buttons at the same time, then select this category by pressing [MIDI].
  • Page 13 1. GCX-1 LOOP1 The first number “1” tells you which instant access button you are setting up. Pressing [BANK 2] will select buttons 1 through 8. GCX Loops Setting an instant access button to control a GCX loop means that you can simply press that button to directly turn the loop on or off.

  • Page 14: Utility

    XMIT W/PRSET. This stands for “Transmit with Preset”. When you call up a preset on the Ground Control Pro, it will send out the current state (on or off) of this instant access button. Of course it turns on and off when you press the button too.

  • Page 15: Special

    “DONE”. SPECIAL Special lets you set up your Ground Control Pro to work with the Line6 POD and Flextone2. If you have one of these products, this is the quickest way to get up and running. You can call up all of the amp models, plus use our 8 instant access buttons to have direct control of their built-in effects.

  • Page 16: Select Preset

    07. RHYTHM The “07” at the beginning indicates that the Ground Control Pro is currently set to bank #0, preset #7. The name of the preset is “RHYTHM”. If your Ground Control Pro is new, the names of all your presets will be “INIT”...

  • Page 17: Presets / Bank With Instant Access

    Buttons [1] to [8] on the upper two rows are your instant access buttons. These are commonly used to make your Ground Control Pro function more like a traditional stompbox pedalboard. They will switch actual pedal effects on or off using our GCX Guitar Audio Switcher, or provide the same function with “virtual”...

  • Page 18: Edit Preset

    #2, and so on. This is the same way that any “dumb” MIDI foot controller works. The real flexibility of the Ground Control Pro is that you can edit the presets to make each one do whatever you want. And you can organize them in whatever order you want. Some players like to put their favorite sounds in the first one or two banks for easy access.

  • Page 19: Assigning Midi Program Changes

    MIDI program specified, it won’t send the program change command again. You can instruct the Ground Control Pro to not send a MIDI Program Change with this preset. How you do this depends on whether your device numbers its programs from 0 to 127, or from 1 to 128 (see “Start Number”...

  • Page 20: Controlling The System Mix Plus Vca

    Before controlling the System Mix Plus VCA, you need to enable the VCA from the Expanders category of Setup mode. For each Ground Control Pro preset, you can assign a specific volume level, or you can control the volume with expression pedals, or do both.

  • Page 21: Controlling The Gcx Guitar Audio Switcher

    CONTROLLING THE GCX GUITAR AUDIO SWITCHER The Ground Control Pro is capable of controlling four GCX Guitar Audio Switchers for up to 32 loops. Before you can control your GCX(s), you must enable them from the Expanders cat- egory of Setup mode.

  • Page 22: Naming Presets

    Ground Control Pro will display: SAVE Y/N Press [+/YES] to save your preset. The Ground Control Pro will display briefly “SAVING TO 01”, before exiting Edit mode. If you press [-/NO] instead, you will exit Edit mode without saving your changes. Your changes will not be lost until you select a new preset.
  • Page 23 Saving to a different location (Copy) Sometimes you may want to save your preset to a new location. This is useful when you want to start with an existing preset and just change one or two things. Also, it allows you to copy presets from one location to another.

  • Page 24: Line6 Pod & Flextone Ii

    First you need to initialize the Ground Control Pro’s memory with our special setup. To do this, enter Setup mode by pressing both [SETUP MODE] buttons at the same time, then press [SPECIAL].
  • Page 25 #2 is the wah. You can use either one or both. Plug expression or volume pedals into the Ground Control Pro according to the instructions in Connections. Then you must enable them in Setup mode. To do this, enter Setup mode by pressing both [SETUP MODE] buttons at the same time, then press [PEDAL].

  • Page 26: About Midi

    MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a universal language that allows electronic devices made by different manufacturers to communicate with one another. Although using your Ground Control Pro doesn’t require a thorough knowledge of MIDI, it is helpful to understand Channels, Program Changes, and Continuous Controllers.

  • Page 27: Warranty

    If the product should become defective within the warranty period, Voodoo Lab will repair it or replace it free of charge, provided it is returned freight prepaid to Voodoo Lab with a valid RMA (return material authorization) number.

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