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Chapter 3 Editing The Sounds
 
The GR-20 lets you modify the sound to your taste. This 
process is called “editing.”
When you edit the settings, the decimal point in the display 
will light, indicating that the sound has been modified from 
the original settings.
 
Selecting a Sound to Start From
 
Use the [BANK] knob and [NUMBER/VALUE] knob to 
select the sound (patch) from which you want to start editing 
(p. 14).
 
Use the Knobs to Adjust the 
 
Sound
 
fig.3-01(knob)
 
* Immediately after a patch change, the sound you'll hear will 
reflect the settings stored in the patch, regardless of the 
positions of the knobs.
 
Adjusting the Attack—ATTACK
 
This adjusts the attack time of the sound. Turning the knob 
toward the right will lengthen the time, producing a more 
gradual attack. Turning the knob toward the left will shorten 
the time, producing a sharper attack.
 
* You will hear the original sound when the knob is at the center 
position.
* For some sounds, moving the knob may not make any 
difference.
 
Adjusting the Release—RELEASE
 
This adjusts the release, from when you mute a string until it 
decays to silence. Turning the knob toward the right will 
lengthen the release, and turning it toward the left will 
shorten the release.
 
* You will hear the original sound when the knob is at the center 
position.
* For some sounds, moving the knob may not make any 
difference.
 
With the knob turned all the way to the left, it activates the 
envelope follower function.
 
Envelope Follower (E FLW) function
 
The guitar synth analyzes the vibration of your guitar string 
to detect the pitch, and then plays the appropriate synth 
sound. This means that if the string vibration is less than a 
certain level, it will not be possible to detect the pitch, and 
the synth sound will be silenced at that point. For some 
patches, the way in which the sound is silenced at this time 
may produce an unnatural result.
The envelope follower function causes the volume of the 
synth sound to always follow the string vibration of the 
guitar, making the synth sound decay naturally along with 
the decay of the string vibration.
 
* For some patches, the effect may be slight.
* Using the envelope follower function on a decay-type synth 
sound such as piano or guitar may have the opposite effect, 
producing an unnatural-sounding decay.
 
Adjusting the Spaciousness of the 
Sound—CHORUS
 
This adjusts the depth of the chorus effect, which gives the 
sound a spacious feel. Turning the knob toward the right will 
deepen the effect, and turning it toward the left will lessen 
the effect.
 
* You will hear the original sound when the knob is at the center 
position.
* For some sounds, moving the knob may not make any 
difference.
 
Adjusting the Reverberation
—DELAY/REVERB
 
This controls two types of reverberation effect.
Delay is an effect that produces echo-like effects, while 
Reverb is an effect that simulates the way in which sound 
reflects from the walls of a hall or tunnel. The left half of the 
knob’s range applies a delay effect, and the right half applies 
reverb. In either case, turning the knob farther will deepen 
the effect.
 
Adjusting the Volume—LEVEL
 
This adjusts the volume of the patch.
 
* If you want to keep your edited sound, execute Write (p. 24) to 
write your settings into a USER patch.
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