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- Page 1 G-Natural User’s Manual PRELIMINARY VERSION...
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Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to intended to alert the user to the presence of important the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient the literature accompanying the product. -
Page 4: Emc/Emi & Certificate Of Conformity
15 of the FCC rules. Certificate of Conformity These limits are designed to provide reasonable TC Electronic A/S, Sindalsvej 34, 8240 protection against harmful interference in residential Risskov, Denmark, hereby declares on own installations. This equipment generates, uses and can... -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Boost G-Natural – Front ..... . .6 Boost .......23 Functions . -
Page 7: Introduction
With G-Natural you no longer have to put your guitar sound in the hands of the sound engineer or to put up with effects designed for electric guitars to boost your performance. It goes without saying that effects for electric instruments do not take the construction of a hollow body acoustic guitar into account. -
Page 8: G-Natural - Front
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Page 9: Operation
Right - Tuner indication. Assume that you have a very nice preset with a nice combination of compression, EQ, mod and maybe delay Presets - G-Natural has 30 factory presets and 30 user settings. However, you feel that you have edited the locations. - Page 10 2 seconds. In Tuner mode 11 - Comp G-Natural can be set up to mute the outputs for On/off switch for the compressor. convenient quiet tuning. This is setup in the Utility menu via the Output parameter.
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Page 11: G-Natural - Rear
1/4”TRS to XLR adapters. Connect an alternating or a momentary switch e.g. to bypass the EQ WARNING! When connecting the G-Natural Pedal type must be selected via the pedal menu outputs to microphone inputs on a mixing console, Which parameters to control via the connected pedal... - Page 12 G-Natural or the mixing console. WARNING! Please note that using phantom power from both the mixing console and G-Natural simultaneously will result in too much power and possible damage to the microphone.
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Page 13: Guitar With Piezo Pick-Up
• Select active effect pressing the COMP, MOD, DELAY and REVERB switches Connections • Connect your guitar to the G-Natural’s instrument input • Connect L/R outputs to a mixer or to a dedicated acoustic guitar amp When connecting the G-Natural outputs to... -
Page 14: Guitar With Piezo Pick-Up + Microphone
Connect the output of your guitar’s piezo pickup to DELAY and REVERB switches the instrument input of G-Natural • G-Natural features separate EQ and compression • Connect the microphone to the mic input of settings for mic and instrument inputs G-Natural •... -
Page 15: Guitar With Piezo Pick-Up + Vocal Microphone
If a condenser microphone is used you must enable Instrument input of G-Natural the +48V phantom power • Connect the microphone to the mic input of G-Natural • Set input sensitivity via the Levels menu • Connect L/R outputs to a mixer or to a dedicated •... -
Page 16: Routing
Confirm by pressing MENU DELAY • Exit by pressing MENU again G-Natural has three ways of routing the chain of effects: Parallel Serial, Semi parallel and Parallel. Looking at the In the Parallel routing, the same signal is fed to the input... -
Page 17: Pedals
If you are not sure which type to use, you may have to alternating switch to the pedal input on the rear panel. try both types. The G-Natural measures the signal on It is necessary to tell G-Natural which type of pedal you your expression pedals output connector. Therefore only are using. - Page 18 Pedal Master If an expression pedal is connected to the pedal input and a preset is recalled, G-Natural can be set up to respond to either the current position of an expression pedal or to the value stored with the preset.
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Page 19: Midi
MIDI CC. Set the CC This parameter and the Prg. Map parameter concern the value here. This is also the CC values that G-Natural will MIDI program change information sent on MIDI out when send on when you tap the tempo on G-Natural. -
Page 20: Utility
This parameter determines whether the G-Natural Range: On/Off outputs should be muted or not when tuner mode is G-Natural comes with a selection of factory presets to accessed. show the many different sounds and effects you can create with G-Natural. However, as you begin you create... -
Page 21: Levels
MENU - LEVELS Levels menu Dither Range: Off, 20 bit, 16 bit or 8 bit Basics G-Natural operates at a bit depth of 24. If you are • Press LEVELS to access feeding the G-Natural digital outputs to a digital device •... -
Page 22: Boost Function
Semi Parallel Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just hit a single switch and boost the entire signal for a few important phrases? With the G-Natural boost function it is easy. Via the Mic Pre - routing Vocal Levels menu a max boost level is set. Within this limit... -
Page 23: Effects Compression
Press COMP once • Now use encoder A to select whether you want to edit G-Natural offers two types of compression. “Stomp”, that compressor parameters for Mic/Pre input or the offers only a few but effective handles similar to the ones Line/Instrument inputs. -
Page 24: Stomp
G-Natural EQs Release Range: 50 to 2000 ms G-Natural has separate EQs for the Instrument inputs The release time is the time it takes for the compressor and the Mic/Pre input. to release the gain reduction of the signal after the Input signal drops below the threshold point again. -
Page 25: Boost
EFFECTS - BOOST EFFECTS - MOD Boost Detune The boost level can be set for each preset within the The detune effect is – to some extent – similar to a range of the Max Boost parameter. The Max Boost level chorus: The source signal is split and a specified amount is set in the levels menu. -
Page 26: Vibrato
EFFECTS - MOD Vibrato The vibrato effect modulates the pitch of the incoming signal. The result is similar to the vibrato technique used by vocalists. In contrast to a chorus or flanger effect, no direct signal is combined with the pitch-modulated signal. Speed Range: 0.050 Hz to 20 Hz Sets the speed of the effect. -
Page 27: Tremolo
A tremolo is basically a change of the signal level If you set this parameter e.g. to 20% with a type setting controlled by an LFO. The G-Natural offers variations of of hard, the waveform will be on for 80% of one period. -
Page 28: Chorus
Range: 0.050 Hz to 20 Hz Range: Ignore, 2 to 1/32T (T= Triplet & D= Dotted) This parameter sets the speed of the effect. When set to any value between 1 and 1/32T. G-Natural’s Global Tempo is subdivided according to this setting. Tempo When set to “Ignore”, the speed set by the Speed... -
Page 29: Reverb Types
EFFECTS - REVERB Reverb Types Common Reverb Parameters G-Natural features four different reverb classics. All types Decay have identical editable parameters, but the reverbs’ Range: 0.1 to 20 seconds characteristics vary. The Decay parameter determines the length of the reverb diffuse field. The length is defined as the time it... -
Page 30: Delay Types
Global tempo, which can be tied to an incoming MIDI The Single Delay effect is the most simple and basic clock. delay type in G-Natural. It comprises a single delay line Delay Parameters with all the common parameters and it gives a clear reproduction of the source material. - Page 31 EFFECTS - DELAY Range: 0 to 100% This parameter sets the mix between the dry signal and the level of the effect in this effect block. Damp (Dynamic Delay only) Range: 0 to 100 dB The output of the delay repeats is controlled by the input dynamics.
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Page 32: Midi Implementation Chart
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART MIDI Implementation Chart for G-Natural – Version 1.0 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel Default Changed 1 to 16 1 to 16 Mode Default Messages Altered Note Number True Voice Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Touch... -
Page 33: Technical Specifications
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Digital Inputs and Outputs Supplementary Connectors: RCA Phono (S/PDIF) Display: 4 character LED, 24x 2 character LCD Formats: S/PDIF (24 bit), EIAJ CP-340, IEC 958 Dimensions: 11.1" x 10.25" x 3.5" (282 x 260 x 89 mm) Sample Rates: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz Weight: 5.9 lb.
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