Boss GT-X - Presets

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Section18Tremolo/Pan
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©Copyright2000-2002BarryS.Pearceetal.  89
rightchannelisat100thentheleftchannelisat0.100in
ourcasehereisequivalenttounitygain,asthetremolo/pan
doesnothavealevelcontrolandthemaximumgainis1:1.
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Lookingatrate,afastratewillcreateadetunedwarbling
effect witha square wave and a more shimmering sound
withatriangularwave,whereasaslowratewithatriangular
waveproducesasubtleeffectandwithasquarewaveyou
stand a chance of sounding like a police car if you don't
watchit.
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Onegoodeffectthatcanbecreatedwiththepanistousea
slow rate with a square wave and depth 100. and then
combineitwithasingledelaywithreasonablefeedbackso
thatthetimingsofthepanningmatch.Theeffectyougetis
echoleftechorightandsoon.
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OK.Nowforacoupleofpanpatches.Letuscreate'C.Twin
Pan'Copy'JC-120Trem'andchangethepreamptoClean
TWIN.Turnonthetremolo,modepan,[GT-3]waveshape
=0/[GT-5]modulation wave=Triangle, rate=10 and
depth=80 and again GT-5 owners set the balance to
L50:50R.Thiscreatesaslowmeanderingpanasyouplay
never quite emptying out one channel but definitely
switchingprominencebetweenthetwo.Andohyes-itisa
stereoeffect!Rightthennowforsomethingmoreextreme,
again a Slicer type thing for the distortion patch but this
time panning from side to side. So copy 'Metal Dist*'to
'Metal Pan', turn on the tremolo, mode=pan, [GT-3]wave
shape=70/[GT-5]modulation wave=square, rate=50,
depth=80, and yet again GT-5 owners set the balance to
L50:50R. By strikinga chord ononesideof thepan and
stoppingitontheotheryougetobtainaneffectthatmakes
itfeellikethechorditselfistravelling.
Presets
AndfinallyjustbeforeweleavetheTremolo/Panlet’stake
a quick look at some of the presets that use this effect.
Phew.ThetechiesatRolandreallylikedthisone!
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Patch
Type Wave
Shape
Rate Depth
52-1CRUNCHTR (CTL) Trem 75 90 70
55-1VOXYDRIVE [CTL] Trem 75 85 70
59-1'60sCRUNCH [CTL] Trem 75 90 60
64-4COUNTRYTW [CTL] Trem 75 90 70
65-1CLEANTWIN [CTL] Trem 75 80 70
68-1PANNEDJC Pan 0 21 50
68-3BLACKPANEL [CTL] Trem 75 90 70
70-2MODECHO Pan 75 15 100
70-3TELEPHONE Trem 75 92 50
71-3GATESYNTH Trem 75 85 90
78-1RINGPAN Pan 0 20 100
78-2STEPPHASER Trem 0 100 100
79-4VOXYTREM Trem 75 85 70
81-4PANNINGSL Pan 0
BPM/4
100
82-1HUMANGATE Trem 50
4*BPM
100
82-2ROTARY Pan 75 85 40
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Patch
Type Wave
Shape
Rate Depth
82-3TRIPPHASE Pan 75 20 100
82-4PrePHDrive (CTL) Trem 60 60-94 100
83-2MIDCUTTR Trem 80 80 60
83-3REBELROUSER Trem 65 88 60
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Thosepatchesmarked(CTL)onlyinducetheTRwhenthe
CTLpedalishelddown.Thosemarked[CTL]arethesame
except the CTL is used in a toggle mode. On all other
patchestheTRisonpermanently.
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Iwouldliketomakeoneortwocommentsaboutwhatisan
otherwise rather boring and monotonous use of the
tremolo/pan.
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68-1PANNEDJC
Usesthepansothesoundwandersgentlyfromone
channeltotheother.Thisisanicesubtleeffect.
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70-2MODECHO,&82-3TRIPPHASE
These show a more imaginative use of the pan,
withaslightlyfullerpanthanPANNEDJC.
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71-3GATESYNTH,78-2STEPPHASER,&
82-1HUMANGATE
Great use of the tremolo that really makes these
soundskick. Without it the sounds are just plain
andboring!
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79-4VOXYTREM
Ithinkthisisagoodsoundingexamplethatcould
beusedforgoodrhythmiceffect.
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81-4PANNINGSL
Wahey! OK, not brilliant but it shows a good
rhythmiceffectofthepancombinedwithaSlicer.
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82-2ROTARY
Whatagreatpatch.Thisreallyshowsthetremolo
warbleeffect.Itremindsmeoftwinpeaks!!
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82-4PrePHDrive
Hold the CTL PEDAL down and here the cut
speed up!!! This is a square wave trem—
effectivelyaSlicer,whichspeedsup.Nexttimewe
willbeexaminingthecontrolassignswhichwere
usedtocreatethissortofeffect.
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Right. Now lets take a look at what the GT-5 has to
offer….andithastobesaiditsfairlyextensive.
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