Roland GR-33 User Manual

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Chapter 4 Five Basic Modes
The three main modes of the GR-33 allow you to:
• Select tones and perform 
“Play mode”
• Get effects such as wah or hold using the pedal on the 
base module 
“Pedal Effect mode”
• Create and modify patches, and write them into memory 
“Patch Edit mode”
• Establish settings for the entire GR-33 
“System mode”
• Adjusting the tuning 
“Tuner mode”
How buttons, dials, and knobs work varies depending on the 
mode you are in.
Play Mode
In Play mode, the buttons and dials work as follows:
[BANK/PARAMETER] Button
Moves you forward and back through patch banks.
[PLAY] Button
Has no function in this mode.
[SYSTEM] Button
Switches to System mode (settings for the GR-33 itself).
[TUNER] Button
[WRITE] Button
[COMMON] Button
Switches to Patch Edit mode, COMMON (overall patch 
settings).
[TONE] Button
Switches to Patch Edit mode, TONE (sound-related patch 
settings).
[EFFECTS] Button
Switches to Patch Edit mode, EFFECTS (effect-related patch 
settings).
[STRING SELECT] Button
Has no function in this mode.
[OUTPUT SELECT] Button
[PATCH/VALUE] Dial
* If the “DIAL FUNCTION” is set to “VALUE Only,” this 
will be ignored.
Pedal 1–4
Expression Pedal
GK-2A [S1]
While this is held down, pedal workings can be changed (p. 
22, 29). (TUNER, GROUP ▲, BANK ▲, BANK ▼)
GK-2A [S2]
External Bank Shift Pedal
For switching patch banks. 
(This does the same thing as BANK ▼ and BANK ▲).
When “S1/S2 FUNCTION” is Set to “Patch 
Select”
When “S1/S2 FUNCTION” is set to “Patch Select,” use 
the GK-2A’s [S1] and [S2] buttons to move up and down 
through the patches. Operation of the following buttons 
will differ from normal Play mode as follows.
* Buttons and dials not listed here will function the same 
way as in normal Play mode.
Pedal 1–4
GK-2A [S1]
Advances through patches.
GK-2A [S2]
Goes back through patches.
External Bank Shift Pedal
Goes forward and back through patches.
When you want to check something by listening to 
patches played in order— or want to toggle between a 
pedal effect such as hold, and a patch—this is a 
convenient way to do so without having to switch 
modes. With PATCH INC/DEC BY S1/S2 selected, 
patch numbers are shown in the display, with “PdL” 
appearing about once every four seconds.