Roland GR-33 Manuale Utente

Roland

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Contents

Getting Started ........................................................................................8

About the Guitar Synthesizer......................................................................................................... 8

What You Can Do with the GR-33 ................................................................................................. 8

IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................9

Panel Descriptions................................................................................10

Chapter 1 Producing Sounds ..............................................................13

What You Need................................................................................................................................ 13

Installing the GK-2A ..................................................................................................................... 13

Making Connections ...................................................................................................................... 14

Necessary Steps—From Powering Up to Performance ............................................................ 15

About Play Mode .......................................................................................................................... 15

Reset to Default Factory Settings (Factory Reset) ..................................................................... 16

Overall Settings for the GR-33 (SYSTEM) ................................................................................. 17

Adjusting the Brightness of the Display (LCD Contrast)........................................................ 17
Setting Input Sensitivity (PICKUP SENS) ................................................................................. 17
Matching Pitches of Other Instruments..................................................................................... 18
Adjusting the Guitar Tuning (Tuner Function) ........................................................................ 18

Selecting the output device (OUTPUT SELECT)...................................................................... 19

Turning off the guitar amp simulator (G.AMP SIM)............................................................... 19

Playing the Internal Synth Sounds with the Guitar ................................................................ 20

What To Do if There is No Sound When the Guitar is Played .............................................. 20

Chapter 2 Selecting and Playing Sounds (Patches)..........................21

What Is a Patch?............................................................................................................................... 21

Rewritable Patches (User Patches).............................................................................................. 21
Read-only Patches (Preset Patches) ............................................................................................ 21

Selecting a Patch.............................................................................................................................. 21

Using the Guitar (GK-2A) to Select Patches.............................................................................. 21
Using the Base Module to Select Patches .................................................................................. 22
Using the Base Module plus an External Foot Switch to Select Patches............................... 23
Selecting Patches with an External MIDI Foot Controller ...................................................... 24

Changing the Patch Order ............................................................................................................. 25

Chapter 3 Controlling Functions and Effects with the Base Module Pedals

“Pedal Effect Mode”: What It Is, and How to Call It Up......................................................... 26

Getting the Same Effect While in Play Mode ............................................................................ 26

Turning Arpeggiator and Harmonist On/Off............................................................................ 27

Changing Effects with the Pedals ................................................................................................ 28

Getting a Pedal Wah Effect (Wah) .............................................................................................. 28
Changing Pitch Dynamically (Pitch Glide) ............................................................................... 28
Holding a Synth Tone After the String is Stopped (Hold)...................................................... 28

Calling Up the Tuner Function with a Pedal............................................................................. 29