Fender Music Mixer Band menus, Tuner Button, Band Track Selection, Advanced Band Menus

To set the delay interval of delay effects using TAP:

1.Select a preset with a delay effect –or– select a delay effect for the current preset using the FX menus. (See FX Menus on page 5.)

2.Press the TAP button repeatedly (twice minimum) in sync with the desired delay interval.

♫If you press the TAP button only one time, the delay interval will be set to the maximum length.

To set the tempo of MIDI tracks using TAP:

1.Select a preset with a MIDI band track –or– select a MIDI band track for the current preset using the Band menus. (See Band Menus on page 7.)

2.Activate the Band Tempo menu. (See Band Menus on page 7.)

3.Press the TAP button repeatedly (twice minimum) in sync with the desired tempo for the band track.

♫If you press the TAP button only one time, the tempo set- ting of the MIDI band track will not be affected.

Tuner Button

The G-DEC 3 has a built-in instrument tuner that you can use to tune your guitar.

To use the tuner:

1.Press and hold the TAP button for 2 seconds.

2.Strike any single string on your guitar and watch the tuner screen on the G-DEC 3. In the lower left corner you will see the note of the string being tuned.

Note of string played

Tuning needle

3.Turn the tuning peg on your guitar until the tuning needle on screen indicates the string is in tune, as shown above.

♫You can also activate the Tuner from a Fender ULT-4 footswitch. See Footswitch on page 12.

4.Standard guitar tuning is as follows:

5.Press any button on the G-DEC 3 to exit from the Tuner.

Band menus

Use the Band menus to select a new band track for the current preset and adjust all band track settings, or to import the band track (will all settings) from another

preset.

Band Track Selection

To select a new band track:

1.Press the BAND soft-key.

2.The first menu is Band Type. Here you can select either MP3/WAV –or– MIDI as the band track file type.

♫Select MP3/WAV as the Band Type for the best results in most instances. MIDI is more useful for specialized pur- poses such as generating metronome clicks.

3.Press the FILE soft-key to access the band track File selec- tion menu.

4.Turn the big knob to select a new band track.

♫Turning the big knob will scroll through all the band tracks on the G-DEC 3 hard drive (HD) in alphanumeri- cal order and then continue with all the band tracks on the SD card (SD).

5.Press EXIT.

♫The SAVE button will turn red to indicate a change to the current preset. To reset the band track, simply turn the big knob to a different preset and then back again.

Advanced Band Menus

Repeat—Use the Repeat menu to choose REPEAT for endless loop playback of the band track or ONCE for once through playback.

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