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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRECAUTIONS.................................................... ii
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
(READ THIS FIRST!!) ......................................... 1
THE GW50:
WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT CAN DO ............. 2
PANEL CONTROLS AND TERMINALS .......... 5
ASSIGNABLE BLOCK AND PEDAL
SWITCH FUNCTIONS................................ 10
GUIDED TOUR (TUTORIAL) — SETTING UP,
PLAYING AND USING YOUR GW50
SETTING UP AND PLAYING YOUR
GW50 .................................................................... 19
DEMO MODE — PLAYING THE
DEMONSTRATION SONGS .............................. 22
EFFECT SECTION............................................... 24
PLAYING WITH SOME OF THE
EFFECTS .......................................................... 24
CHANGING THE SOUND OF
THE EFFECTS ................................................. 26
CHANGING (EDITING) AN EFFECT
PROGRAM AND SAVING IT ........................ 29
USING THE NOISE GATE TO GET
A CLEAN SIGNAL.......................................... 31
BACKING SECTION........................................... 32
PLAYING PATTERNS —
PATTERN MODE ............................................ 32
PLAYING AND RECORDING SONGS —
SONG MODE ................................................... 36
USING THE BUILT-IN TUNER ......................... 39
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REFERENCE/EFFECT SECTION
ABOUT THE MANUAL, MEMORY AND
MEMORY EDIT MODES.................................... 43
MANUAL MODE................................................. 44
Selecting an Effect Type............................... 44
Turning Individual Effects On and Off......... 44
Editing Parameters ........................................ 44
Utility Functions............................................ 45
Determining the Order of the Effect
Blocks — CONNECT............................... 45
Bypass Switching of Effect Blocks —
GROUP ..................................................... 45
Setting the Function of the External Foot
Controller — FOOT.................................. 46
Setting the MINIMUM VOLUME Level
(for External Foot Controller and
ASSIGNABLE Block Volume Control) —
MIN VOL.................................................. 47
ASSIGNABLE Block Functions —
MIN/MAX Volume and Auto Volume......... 48
Setting the AUTO VOLUME Rate —
AUTO VOL .................................................. 49
MANUAL JOB MODE ........................................ 50
Saving the Manual Mode Settings to
an Effect Program ......................................... 50
MEMORY MODE ................................................ 51
Selecting Effect Programs............................. 51
Checking Parameter Values of the Effect
Program ......................................................... 51
ASSIGNABLE Block and Pedal Switch
Functions ....................................................... 51
Effect Program Selection .......................... 51
Bypass Switching of Effect Blocks .......... 52