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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
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“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