Boss GM-800 Reference Manual

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
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Boss GM-800 Specifications

General

Power Supply	AC Adapter
Sound Generator	ZEN-Core
Effects	Multi-effects, EQ, Delay, Reverb
Display	128 x 64 dots LCD
Connectivity	MIDI, USB
Weight	1.2 kg