Boss Audio Systems GT-10B User's Manual
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1. D BOSS C5 T O BASS EFFECTS PROCESSOR TurboStart Welcome Congratulations on the purchase of your Boss GT 10B Bass Effects Processor This TurboStart contains step by step instructions that will quickly introduce you to many of the GT 10B s features Making Connections To protect your equipment and your ears start out with the GT 10B s upper left OUTPUT knob turned down and turn down the gear into which you re plugging your GT 10B 1 Connect an instrument cable from a bass guitar to the INPUT jack on your GT 10B 2 Plug headphones into the GT 10B s PHONES jack or connect its OUTPUT jack s to e abass amp set to a clean sound e aline level input such as a mixer PA recorder or suitable power amp Note If you re using one bass amp or one line input use only the GT 10B s L MONO output If you re connecting to two amps or a stereo pair of line ins use both GT 10B OUTPUT jacks Tip If you re connecting the GT 10B in stereo you can take advantage of its stereo only features such as having Dual L R amp models or different effects on each side Optimizing the GT 10B s Outputs for the Best Tone 1 Just below the main OUTPUT LEVEL knob press the OUTPUT SELECT button 2 Turn the big dial to select a value that matches the device you re connected to 3 Press the GT 10B s EXIT button when your re finished 4 Raise the GT 10B s OUTPUT LEVEL knob 5 Raise the volume of your amp or mixer to the desire2. on either side of the big dial to select the CATG you wish 4 When you find a category to explore for example METAL use the big dial to move up and down through the patch list to try out different patches 5 When you ve found the patch you want press EXIT to return to the Play screen Use EZ TONE to Create a Custom Bass Tone 1 Press the EZ TONE CREATE button to the left of the GT 10B 2 Turn the knobs below the display to select the basic tone and variation you want Tip It s a good idea to play your bass and listen to it throughout this process 3 Using the gt button cursor to the DRIVE grid and then use the a and knobs to dial in the drive you want 4 Press the WRITE button 5 Turn the big dial to select a User patch location from U01 1 to U50 4 6 Press the WRITE button again your patch is now saved 2008 Roland Corporation U S www BOSSUS com TBS262 mo IO BOSS C5 T 1 O C3 BASS EFFECTS PROCESSOR Within a GT 10B patch any effect and or amp model can be easily edited or tweaked to sound exactly the way you want In the example below we ll turn on and adjust the delay but you can use the same procedure for reverb chorus preamp FX 1 FX 2 and so on 1 Select a patch you want to edit 2 Press the DELAY button until it lights up and delay parameters appear in the display If the delay button is already lit you only need to press DELAY once 3 There are two editing views available in the G
3. T 10B Knob view and List view Press the DISPLAY MODE button to toggle between the two Let s select the Knob view because knobs are easy and intuitive to work with Tip There are some parameters that are only available in the List view When you re in Knob view use the DISPLAY MODE button to toggle in and out of List view 4 Use the real knobs under the virtual knobs in the display to change your delay settings as desired Tip The 4 buttons on either side of the big dial may reveal additional editing pages 5 Press the WRITE button 6 Turn the big dial to select a user patch location from U01 1 to U50 4 7 Press the WRITE button again to finish saving your patch Using the GT 10B s Onboard Phrase Looper 1 Select the patch you want to use as you record your loop 2 Press both BANK and BANK a pedals simultaneously to turn the looper on the REC DUB LED lights up red and flashes to show you re ready to record 3 To begin recording press the left BANK pedal The red LED glows solidly and the GT 10B immediately starts recording whatever you play You can record for up to 38 seconds 4 When your re finished recording press BANK again This sets the end point of your loop and the GT 10B immediately begins looping what you just played The LED glows green 5 You may play over your loop as much as you want www BOSSUS com TurboStart 6 When your re ready to overdub press the same BANK w pedal again the LED
4. d level The GT 10B s Play Screen The GT 10B s main display is the Play screen To show its eight different views 1 Press EXIT a couple of times to make sure the display is showing the Play Screen 2 Press the DISPLAY MODE button to cycle through the different Play Screens For simplicity you may want select Screen 1 this is the knob based Play Screen Selecting Patches A patch is a group of effect combinations Patches are stored in groups of four each of which is a bank There are 200 permanent factory Preset patches and 200 memory locations in which you can store your own User patches On the red numerical display Preset patch names start with a P while User patches begin with U Note Straight out of the box the User banks contain the same patches as the Preset banks so feel free to replace the User patches with your own you won t lose anything To select a patch return to the Play screen as described above and then e Turn the big dial to go through all of the GT 10B s patches or e Use the BANK and BANK foot pedals to select the desired bank and then Pedals 1 2 3 or 4 to choose the patch you want in the selected bank Use CATEGORY Search to Check Out Some Patches 1 If necessary press EXIT a few times to return to the Play Screen 2 Press the CATEGORY ENTER button notice that the category or CATG is displayed in the upper left corner of the display 3 Press the 4 buttons
5. turns red once more as you overdub on top of your loop 7 Press the BANK a pedal again to stop overdubbing You can repeat the overdubbing process as many times as you wish 8 To stop and clear your loop press the BANK a pedal 9 Now the Phrase Looper is ready to record a new loop If you re finished looping press both BANK w and BANK a pedals simultaneously to turn the Phrase Looper off Note Creating loops with the GT 10B requires that you start and end recording in rhythm to make your loop sound even It s often best to start recording your loop at exactly Beat 1 of the measure and stop recording exactly at Beat 1 of a later measure This may take some practice Remember that the GT 10B s loop points are set exactly at the point you press the pedal Tip While you re recording and overdubbing with the Phase Looper you can change patches You may even want to create a bank of patches designed for looping e a 2008 Roland Corporation U S N TBS262
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