User manual TC ELECTRONIC G-FORCE

[. . . ] USER'S MANUAL G-Force GUITAR EFFECTS PROCESSOR IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Read these instructions. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. [. . . ] second, the Noise Gate will damp very quickly. Level This level control can be used for controlling the In Level of the different presets. By setting the Level at 6dB, in all your basic presets, you reserve a little extra level for your lead presets. The Level parameter is also found in the Modifier Matrix, and can therefore be controlled via pedal or MIDI. COMPRESSOR Threshold When the input level exceeds the Threshold, the Compressor will be activated. This means that the lower the Threshold, the more compression you will get. Ratio Ratio effects the steepness of the Compressor. Example: When the Ratio is set to 2:1 it means that for every 2db the input level rises, the output level increases by 1 dB. Knee Mode (only in advanced) The Knee Mode parameter sets the bending point of the compressor to soft knee or hard knee. When soft knee is selected, the Compressor will gradually reach the ratio, while hard knee will cause the Compressor to go directly from no compression to the current ratio. Release (only in advanced) Release sets the fall back time of the Compressor, after the signal dropped below Threshold, meaning if the Compressor is reducing the gain by 14dB and the Release is set to 28dB/S, it will take 0. 5 second before the Compressor stops gain reduction. In Level Controls the input level of the block. Out Level Controls the output level of the Compressor block. Compressor A Compressor is meant to reduce the dynamic content of the input signal, and thereby keep a more constant level. When the input signal exceeds the threshold, the Compressor starts to reduce the signal according to the Ratio. The Ratio describes how much the signal is reduced, e. g. a Ratio at 2:1 means that for every 2 dB the signal exceeds the threshold, only 1 dB comes out. When the signal falls below the Threshold, the Compressor is supposed to stop working, but the Release parameter can slow that process down. The Release parameter determines how long the Compressor should continue to work after the signal dropped below Threshold. Example: The Compressor is set to a Ratio of 8:1, and the signal is exceeding the Threshold by 16dB, that will result in a gain reduction of 14dB (viewed on the Compressor gain reduction meter). This means that when the signal falls below the Threshold it will take the Compressor 0. 5 second to fall back to no gain reduction. The Compressor in the G-Force comes in both a simple and an advanced version. This means that the Compressor automatically compensates for the loss of level caused by the gain reduction, by turning the outlevel up i. e. the more you compress, the higher level you get out. [. . . ] A single block with an all-purpose Hard Compressor. A single block with an all-purpose Limiter. A single block with an all-purpose Pitch Detune setting. A single block with an all-purpose octave down Pitch-shifter. [. . . ]