G-Natural User’s Manual
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EMC / EMI & CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY EMC/EMI This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION EFFECTS Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .a EMC/EMI & Certificate of Conformity . . . . . . . .b Table of contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Compression Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Stomp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 OPERATION EQ and Noise Gate EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
INTRODUCTION Congratulations on the purchase of your G-Natural. G-Natural is the world’s first multi-effects processor for the serious acoustic guitar player. 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.
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OPERATION 1 - Effect Edit/Select buttons Press once to enter edit mode for the current effect. Press again to toggle between the different effect types. 2 - Variations For each selected effect type, 4 instant variations can be stored. When creating new presets this function makes is very easy to combine your favorite reverbs with your favorite compression settings etc. Example: - Press COMP edit to enter the compression block. - Edit the compression settings using encoders A-D.
OPERATION same location. “Normal store” is used if you want to change preset location and maybe the name as well. 13 - Delay On/off switch for the delay block. Quick store - press and hold STORE for 2 seconds. The preset is now stored at the current location. 14 - Reverb On/off switch for the reverb block. If you are trying to store a factory preset using “Quick store”, you will automatically be directed to “Normal store” mode.
REAR PANEL VIEW BALANCED INPUTS INSTRUMENT LINE BALANCED OUTPUTS LEFT RIGHT DIGITAL I/O IN MIDI THRU OUT PEDAL IN DI S/PDIF DO MIC PASS THRU MIC INPUT MIC LEVEL CAUTION MIC IN -20dB SELECT LIMITER +48V RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN SERIAL NO. TYPE: TFW001 WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE-NE PAS OUVRIR.
REAR PANEL VIEW 10 - Mic Pass Thru This connects directly to the microphone input and is used to connect directly to a mixing console. When connecting microphones that require phantom power, you have the option of using the phantom power from either 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. 11 - Mic Input Balanced microphone input.
TYPICAL SETUPS Guitar with piezo pick-up MIXER Guitar with an active pick-up system Instrument input LR outputs algorithm select VARIATIONS hold to save studio stomp comp 1 EQ EQ boost boost 2 thicken detune vibrato tremolo chorus flanger mod COMP 3 spring hall room plate reverb 4 clean analog tape dynam reverse p.pong delay factory default 3 + + 3 + preset bank | tune store levels menu Decay PreDly Color MixMM 1.
TYPICAL SETUPS Guitar with piezo pick-up and dynamic microphone MIXER Guitar with an active pick-up system Instrument input Microphone input LR outputs algorithm select VARIATIONS hold to save studio stomp comp 1 EQ EQ boost boost 2 thicken detune vibrato tremolo chorus flanger mod COMP 3 spring hall room plate reverb 4 clean analog tape dynam reverse p.pong delay factory default 3 + + 3 + preset bank | tune store levels menu Decay PreDly Color MixMM 1.
TYPICAL SETUPS Guitar with piezo pick-up + vocal microphone Guitar with an active pick-up system MIXER Instrument input LR outputs Microphone input algorithm select VARIATIONS hold to save studio stomp comp 1 EQ EQ boost boost 2 thicken detune vibrato tremolo chorus flanger mod COMP 3 spring hall room plate reverb 4 clean analog tape dynam reverse p.pong delay factory default preset bank | tune store levels menu Decay PreDly Color MixMM 1.
TYPICAL SETUPS G-Natural with a dedicated acoustic guitar amp Amp for acoustic guitar Guitar with an active pick-up system Instrument input LR outputs algorithm select VARIATIONS hold to save studio stomp comp 1 EQ EQ boost boost 2 thicken detune vibrato tremolo chorus flanger mod COMP 3 spring hall room plate reverb 4 clean analog tape dynam reverse p.pong delay factory default 3 + + 3 + preset bank | tune store levels menu Decay PreDly Color MixMM 1.
TYPICAL SETUPS G-Natural in a studio Audio inteface mic|inst ch1 -30 -10 O/L phan pad|inst +48V ch1/2 mic|inst ch2 -30 -10 O/L line in pad|inst ch1/2 on rear panel +48V ch1/2 max gain trim monitor phones dsp total recall ch.
MENU - ROUTING The following manual section covers the parameters accessed via the MENU key. Routings Basics • Press MENU to access • Select Routing using encoder D • Press MENU to confirm • Set values using encoders A, B and C • Change pages using encoder D • Confirm by pressing MENU • Exit by pressing MENU again Mic Pre - routing Serial The Serial routing connects all effect blocks “in a straight line”. This means that each effect block affects the following effect(s).
MENU - PEDAL Pedal Basics • Press MENU to access • Select Pedal using encoder D • Press MENU to confirm • Set values using encoders A, B and C • Change pages using encoder D • Confirm selection by pressing MENU if
MENU - 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. • Preset: The parameter value stored as part of the preset applies – regardless of the current position of the expression pedal.
MENU - UTILITY Utility Basics • Press MENU to access • Select Utility using encoder D • Press MENU to confirm • Set values using encoders A, B and C • Change pages using encoder D FX Mute The FX Mute parameter determines how the Reverb and Delay effects should act when changing between presets and when bypassing one of these effects. Soft: Delay and Reverbs will “ring out” Hard: Delay and Reverbs will mute.
MENU - LEVELS Levels menu Left/Right Output Sets the output level of left and right channels individually. Basics • Press LEVELS to access • Set values using encoders A, B and C • Change pages using encoder D Where nothing else is stated the range of the level parameters is -100 dB to 0dB. Volume Overall output level control. Line Level Output level control for the Line signal Inst. Level Output level control for the Instrument signal.
MENU - LEVELS Serial Mic Pre - routing In L Mic-Pre/ Line NOISE GATE In R Inst NOISE GATE EQ COMP Vocal Guitar EQ COMP BOOST MOD DELAY REVERB OUT In Serial routing with the Mic Pre parameter set to “Vocal”, the input signal on the Mic Pre connection is routed past the Boost, Mod and Delay blocks to the Reverb.
BOOST FUNCTION Boost 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 Levels menu a max boost level is set. Within this limit you may set up a boost level for individual presets. Essential parameters for the Boost switch: The BOOST switch may be used either as boost on/off or as tap-tempo. This function is set via the Footswitch parameter found in the Utility menu.
THE TUNER Basics • To activate the Tuner, press and hold the footswitch in the lower right corner • Set values using encoders A, B and C • Change pages using encoder D • Press any footswitch to exit. In Tuner mode the following parameters can be set. Too low In perfect pitch Tuner Out Mute: Output is muted when in tuner mode. On: Output is not muted when in tuner mode. Tuner Ref Range: 420 to 460 Hz This parameter sets the general tuner reference. Default setting is 440 Hz.
EFFECTS - COMPRESSOR Compressor G-Natural compressors Introduction A compressor is used to control the dynamic content of a signal. It can be used both for leveling out the signal’s dynamics (thereby letting your guitar sound stand out clearer) and also for more radical, very recognizable effects. G-Natural has separate compressors for the Instrument Inputs and the Mic/Pre input. G-Natural offers two types of compression.
EFFECTS - EQ Release Range: 50 to 2000 ms The release time is the time it takes for the compressor to release the gain reduction of the signal after the Input signal drops below the threshold point again. Level Range: -99 dB to +12 dB Depending on you compression settings you may prefer to lower the output level of the compression block by a few dBs. Use the compressor Level parameter to do so. G-Natural EQs and Noise Gates G-Natural has separate EQs for the Instrument inputs and the Mic/Pre input.
EFFECTS - NOISE GATE & BOOST Noise Gate A Noise Gate is generally used to attenuate the signal when no signal is present and thus attenuate the hiss, hum and other noise you might have on your system. Of course a Noise Gate is not the solution to any noise problem. You should try to avoid the noise in the first place. Problems with noise can be introduced by a number of different things.
EFFECTS - MOD EFFECTS - MOD Detune Vibrato The detune effect is – to some extent – similar to a chorus: The source signal is split and a specified amount of the signal is detuned by an adjustable amount of cents (100 Cent = 1 semitone). The main difference between the detune effect and the chorus effect is that the detune amount does not change: the modulating pitch is specified as an offset to the original pitch. The detune effect comprises two voices.
EFFECTS - MOD Tremolo A tremolo is basically a change of the signal level controlled by an LFO. The G-Natural offers variations of this effect; ranging from soft and smooth to hard and aggressive. Speed Range: 0.050 Hz to 20 Hz This parameter sets the speed of the effect. Tempo Range: Ignore, 2 to 1/32T (T= Triplet & D= Dotted) When set to any value between 1 and 1/32T, the GNatural’s Global Tempo is subdivided according to this setting.
EFFECTS - MOD Chorus Flanger The basic idea of a chorus effect is to split the signal and pitch modulate one of the signals slightly, then mix the two signals again. The Flanger belongs to the same “family” of modulation effects as the Chorus effect. The signal is split, and one of the signals is pitch modulated. The characteristic “flanging” sound occurs when part of the signal is slightly delayed and fed back to the input of the effect algorithm.
EFFECTS - REVERB Reverb Types Common Reverb Parameters G-Natural features four different reverb classics. All types have identical editable parameters, but the reverbs’ characteristics vary. Decay Range: 0.1 to 20 seconds The Decay parameter determines the length of the reverb diffuse field. The length is defined as the time it takes for the diffuse field to decay approximately by 60dB.
EFFECTS - DELAY Tape The Tape Delay simulates historical, tape-based delays, including the clipping sound that occurs when the Feedback parameter is yanked past the 100% point. Try experimenting with a high Feedback level combined with the high-cut filter. Dynamic The Dynamic Delay is a feature that was initially introduced in the world renowned TC 2290. It allows the dynamics of the input level to reduce the delay output level while you play and increase the delay level when you stop playing.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Digital Inputs and Outputs Connectors: Formats: Sample Rates: Frequency Response DIO: Analog Inputs Connectors, balanced: Impedance - (Balanced/Unbalanced) Line Input Level @ 0 dBFS: Line Sensitivity @ 12 dB headroom: Instrument Input Level @ 0 dBFS: Instrument Sensitivity @ 12 dB headroom: Mic. Input Level @ 0 dBFS: (Pad Off/On) Mic. Sensitivity @ 12 dB headroom: (Pad Off/On) Line, Mic. @ Min gain, Dynamic Range: EIN @ Max. mic amp.
