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©Copyright2000-2002BarryS.Pearceetal.  9
Version Status Date Name DescriptionofChanges
Documentrenamedfrom‘GT3Set-upSeries’to‘Boss
GT-xSet-up’.
AddedGT-5information.
GT-3/GT-5specificshighlightedwithuseofgraphics.
GT-3references changed to GT-3/5 whereboth units
areapplicable.
Important Notes changed to include newly required
copyrightrecognition.
Section 16 changed from YUK Noise to Digital
Aliasingtodescribewhatisreallyhappening.
Supporting spectrum analysis files revised – all
spectrum analysis has been re-done and is now
saved as even smaller gif files at 1024x768 for
clearerviewing.
Patch‘1-4FlatAmp’removedtoavoidperpetuatinga
RolandLIEabouttheAC.Guitarpreamp.
Section27,recommendationsaboutacceptableinternal
batteryvoltagesadded.
…..and a huge number of other minor changes
throughouttheENTIREdocumentwaytoomanyto
mention…sorry.
v0.2 Draft 04Feb2002 BarryPearce Thisdocumentisnow100%GT-5compatible(itwas
originallybasedontheGT-3).
Section1–CreditgiventoSimonenSampoforwriting
the‘SuttonMod’descriptionpresentedinsection4.
Section4–correctedstatementaboutGT-5beingable
tocalibrateexternalexppedals–itcannot.Included
results from spectrum analysis revealing that the
globalsetting‘yoursetting?’onlyaffectsthepreamp
sims. Added reference to section 14 regarding the
use of external preamps & the GT-x preamp sim.
Also corrected the credit about the ‘Sutton Mod’
description,andadded1missingparagraphtoitas
well.
Section 7 – meters fully calibrated; description
included&diagramadded.
Section8LevelMatching–completelyrewritten.Since
itwaspresentedintheseriesithashada60%re-
write and now it’s received a HUGE revision in
ordertofurtherimproveclarityandhopefullymake
itlessconfusing.
Section9nowincludesareferencetoAppendixFon
electricalsafety.Alsocorrectedreferencesto‘Metal
Chop’tomakeitGT-3only.
NoiseSuppressorfromsection9givenitsownsection
–Section9a.
Section 14  – was modified to make it 100% GT-5
compatible.NowmentionstheGT-5customisations.
Alsoaddedincommentsamountdrivingtheinputof
thepreampsimforaddedgain.Addedasub-section
called ‘External preamp + GT-x preamp: Breaking
theMyth’todispelmisinformationaboutnotbeing
abletouseBOTHatthesametime.
Section15–wasmodifiedtomakethem100%GT-5
compatible.NowmentionstheGT-5customisations.
Section16–newinformationregardingaliasingacross
thewholeunitadded,andrevisedmyratherscornful
attitudetothepreamps–thisisapersonalchoice&
shouldbewordedtosuggestso.
Sections 23 - minor corrections from Ron Worley’s
proofreading,includingGT-3onlyblocksaddedfor
BPMreferencesanduseofNSthreshold&release
ascontrolassigntargets.