Boss VF-1 User Manual

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Contents
Main Features..........................................................................................9
How to use this manual........................................................................10
Conventions used in this manual.........................................................................................................10
IMPORTANT NOTES .............................................................................11
Front and rear panels ...........................................................................12
Front panel................................................................................................................................................12
Rear panel .................................................................................................................................................13
Section 1. Producing Sound................................................................14
Making connections................................................................................................................................ 14
Connecting a guitar.......................................................................................................................14
Connecting a keyboard ................................................................................................................15
Connecting a mic...........................................................................................................................15
Connecting to the send/return of a mixer.................................................................................16
Connecting an expression pedal or foot switch........................................................................16
Turning on the power, and standby ....................................................................................................17
Turning on the power...................................................................................................................17
Adjusting the Input Level............................................................................................................17
Selecting the effect sound......................................................................................................................18
About the Screen Indications.......................................................................................................18
Selecting a patch............................................................................................................................18
Quickly finding the desired patch (Category Search) .............................................................19
Selecting Patches with a Foot Switch .........................................................................................20
Switching EFFECTS on/off....................................................................................................................22
Tuning your instrument......................................................................................................................... 22
Displaying the tuner..................................................................................................................... 22
About the tuner display ............................................................................................................... 23
Tuning Procedure .........................................................................................................................23
Modifying the tuner settings (Standard pitch/Volume)......................................................... 24
Adjusting the display contrast..............................................................................................................24
Section 2. Creating Sounds .................................................................25
Before You Begin Creating Sounds .....................................................................................................25
User banks and preset banks.......................................................................................................25
Algorithms .....................................................................................................................................25
Settings that are stored in a patch............................................................................................... 25
The display screen.........................................................................................................................25
Rapidly editing a patch (Quick Setting).............................................................................................26
Editing a patch .........................................................................................................................................27
About display selection................................................................................................................ 27
Procedure .......................................................................................................................................27
Copying a patch ............................................................................................................................28
Turning an effect on/off ..............................................................................................................28
Editing the settings of each effect ...............................................................................................29
Changing the order of the effects................................................................................................30
Checking the input/output levels of each effect......................................................................31
Copying effect settings (Effect Copy).........................................................................................32

Boss VF-1 Specifications

General

Brand	Boss
Model	VF-1
Category	Recording Equipment
Language	English