User Manual BOSS GM-800 22 pages

Reference Manual

An overview of the GM-800 .............................2

Sound structure of the GM-800 ...............................2

What is “serial GK”? .........................................2

Panel descriptions ......................................3

Front panel .................................................3

Rear panel (connecting your equipment) ......................4

Getting ready ..........................................6

Getting your guitar/bass ready ...............................6

Connecting the equipment ..................................6

Turning the power on .......................................6

Selecting devices to connect to the output jacks (OUTPUT

SELECT) ....................................................6

Conguring the pickup settings (GK SETTINGS) ................7

Adjusting the volume .......................................8

Using the tuner .............................................8

Playing ................................................9

Select a scene ..............................................9

About the play screen ......................................9

Editing the parts ......................................10

Basic operations for editing a part .......................... 10

Switching the parts on/o ................................ 10

Selecting a tone for a part (TONE SELECT) ................... 10

Adjusting the volume of a part (TONE SELECT) .............. 10

Adjusting the tone of a part (TONE MODIFY) ................ 10

Changing the eect for a part (MFX) ........................ 10

Editing a part’s settings for each string (STRING) ............. 11

Copying the settings of another part (PART COPY) ........... 11

Editing the scenes .....................................12

Conguring the scene parameters (SCENE EDIT) ............. 12

Conguring the control assignments (CONTROL ASSIGN) ..... 12

Setting the functions (CONTROL FUNCTION) ................ 12

Conguring the functions (ASSIGN SETTINGS) ............... 13

Saving a scene (WRITE) ................................... 13

Editing the system settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Basic MENU operations .................................... 14

Assigning the desired parameters to knobs [1]–[4] (KNOB

SETTINGS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Adjusting the contrast (brightness) of the display ............ 14

Restoring the factory settings (factory reset) ................ 15

Turning o the auto o function ........................... 15

Connecting external devices ...........................16

Connecting a computer (USB COMPUTER port) .............. 16

Installing the dedicated driver ............................. 16

Using this unit as an audio interface ........................ 16

Using the GM-800’s dedicated software ..................... 16

Connecting a USB ash drive (USB MEMORY port) ........... 16

Formatting a USB ash drive (FORMAT USB MEMORY) ........ 16

Backing up data to a USB ash drive (BACKUP) ............... 17

Restoring backed-up data (RESTORE) ....................... 17

Importing a tone (IMPORT) ................................ 18

Installing a WAVE EXPANSION (EXPANSION) ................. 18

Connecting with an external MIDI device ................20

Operations from the GM-800 ............................... 20

Operations from an external MIDI device .................... 20

Main specications ....................................21

Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (leaet “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and Quick Start). After

reading, keep the document(s) where it will be available for immediate reference.

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