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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY anufacturer’s Name: DOD Electronics anufacturer’s Address: 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070 eclares that the product: roduct Name: GS30 roduct Options: All (requires a Class II power adapter that conforms to the requirements of EN60065, EN60742, or equivalent). onforms to the following product specifications: afety: EN 60065 (1993) IEC65(1985) with Amendments 1, 2, 3 MC: EN 55013 (1990) EN 55020 (1991) upplementary Information: he product herewith complies w
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Table of Contents fety Information................ I Model............................... 14 eclaration of Conformity.... II Tone/Gate......................... 14 ble of Contents................. III Effect................................ 15 Delay/Reverb.................... 15 ntroduction Parameters....................... 15 ongratulations................... 1 SpkrSim............................ 16 cluded Items................... 1 Store................................. 16 atures................
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ntroduction Congratulations! ou are now the proud owner of the GS30 complete guitar system. The GS30 is an extremely powerful tool capable of producing rtually any sound that you can imagine. It offers Amp/Guitar Modeling, and a host of great sounding digital effects including: ompression, Distortion, Equalization, Noise Gate, Chorus, Flange, Phaser, Tremolo, Pitch Shifter, Detuner, Ring Modulator, xellator, Enveloped Effects, Pitch Bending, Wah, Auto Wah, Tape Delay, Pong Delay, Delay and Rever
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SECTION ONE - Introduction A Guided Tour of the GS30 Front Panel Program Footswitches - These switches provide access to the GS30 user presets. They are also used to bypass the GS30, access the Tuner, and perform various functions for the Learn-A-Lick feature. 2. Bank Footswitches - These two switches are used to advance or reverse the currently selected Bank. The Bank Up switch is also used to access the Learn-A-Lick mode.
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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. The currently selected effect will be represented by a flashing LED. The effect groups include Compression, Wah,
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6. Speaker Simulator - This button is used to engage or disengage the Speaker Simulator. The LED will light when the Speaker Simulator is engaged. 7. Display - The Display serves four functions. In performance mode, the Display will indicate the Bank and Preset that is currently active. In edit mode, the Display will show the status or value of the effect or effect group being edited. In Tuner mode, the display will show the note played. In Learn-A- Lick Mode, the Display will show the status of
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Rear Panel A. Input Jack - Connect your instrument to this jack. B. Jam-A-long/Learn-A-Lick - Connect from the headphone output of your tape or CD player to this jack. This is used for playing along with your tapes and CD’s, or recording material for the Learn-A-Lick function. 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 pow
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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. The User Presets can be verwritten with your sound creations as many times as you choose. Making Connections he GS30 can be run in mono or stereo. The following connections outline the se
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. Connect your instrument to the GS30 input jack. a.(mono) Connect the left output to the input of your amplifier, or line input of a mixing console. b. (stereo) Connect the left and right outputs to the inputs of two amplifiers, or two line inputs of a mixing onsole. . Set the tone controls of the amplifier(s) or mixing console to the flat or 0 position. If you are running stereo into a mixer set the pan controls hard left and hard right. Turn your amplifier or mixer’s volume level down. . Appl
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SECTION TWO - About the GS30 Performance Mode he Performance Mode of the GS30 enables you to use the numbered footswitches or Data Wheel to change from ne Preset to another, the Bank Footswitches to change Banks and the Expression Pedal to vary the amount of the ssigned Parameter. From the Performance mode you may also bypass the effects by pressing the currently elected Footswitch, or access the built-in chromatic tuner by pressing and holding the currently selected ootswitch. Selecting a Prese
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Footswitches he footswitches are also used to select a Preset. The Bank Up and Bank Down footswitches advance or reverse anks, and the 1-3 numbered footswitches select the Preset within the active Bank. Successive presses of the Bank p or Down switches will advance or decrease to the next Bank of Presets. Every time that a new Bank has been elected, the numbered footswitches will flash indicating that you need to select a Preset using these footswitches n order to activate that Bank. If no prese
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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). You can then play any string on your guitar. The display will how the note played, and the Parameter LEDs will light to let you know whether you are sharp or flat. Your note in tune when the In Tune LED is
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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. To use this feature you will need a tape or CD player, a cable with an 1/8” stereo jack on one end nd a connector appropriate for you
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. Press the number 1 footswitch as you start your tape or CD player. The display will show rC indicating that it recording. It will record 16 seconds of incoming material. The Parameter Edit LEDs will light one at a time as our record time is used. OPEN / CLOSE COMPACT SKIP PLAY / PAUSE SKIP DIGITAL AUDIO SEARCH STOP SEARCH . 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 rec
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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. You must start with an existing Preset. It is not possible o start with a blank Preset. Once you have selected a Preset as your starting point, you can select the ef
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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. See page 19 for a complete description of Compression and Wah effects. 2. Expression - This button is used to assign functions to the Expression Pedal. Pressing this bu
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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. Only one type of Effect from this group may be used at a time. The Display will show the
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8. Spkr Sim - This button turns the Speaker Simulator on and off. The status of the Speaker Simulator is ndicated by the LED above this button. 9. Store - This button is used to save changes to Presets. The LED above this button will light whenever a hange has been made to effects or parameters in a preset, indicating that you need to perform the Store function n order to retain your changes. See page 18 for more information on storing procedures. 0. Display - While in editing mode, the Display
