Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Guitar Tone Processor GTR Solo Waves
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W aves GTR Solo User Guide 1 GTR Solo User Guide.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 2 Table of Conte nts CH A PTER 1 – IN T RODUC TION ... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... .... .... ...... .... .... ...... .... .... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... .. 4 1.1 W ELCOM E ... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ....
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W aves GTR Solo User Guide 4 Cha pter 1 – Intr oduction 1.1 Welcome Thank you for choosing W a ves! In order to get the most out of y our W ave s processor, please take the time to read through this manual. In conjunction, we also suggest that you become fami l i a r with www.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 5 1.2 A utomation Automation for the GTR Solo consists of d iscrete automatable controls for t h e Amp, and Tuner, as well as dynamic automation f o r the Stomps through an assignable set of 9 continuous parameters and 1 toggle for each Stom p slot.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 6 Cha pter 2 – Contr ols and In te rf ace The GTR Solo interface is divided into 3 sections: WaveSystem Toolbar , speciali z ed for GTR operation. Main Editor Window , which displays the current page accordin g to the page selected in the bottom page selectors.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 7 2.2 Bottom Section The bottom section of the GTR Solo interface includes page buttons as w ell as controls and displays for tempo, input, and output settings. P AGE B UTTONS . • The Stomp page allows editing of the Stomps chain and the placement of the Amp within the processing chain.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 8 T EMPO S ECTION T EMPO sets the reference tempo for effec ts synchronized to the host, i n beats- per-minute. Range : 40 to 1200 Default : 120 T AP is used to calculate tempo when not in Sync m ode. ( Averages l a st 4 taps).
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 9 2.3 Stomps Page The Stomps page provides control over the Stomps, their c ontr ols, a n d their order in the effects chain, as well as Amp position within the chain.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 10 S TOMP E FFECTS A SSIGNMENT Beneath each Stomp effect slot, there is an arrow button which, when pressed, displays the list of available Stomps. Selecting a Stomp f r om the list will assign the selected effect to that Stomp effect slot.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 11 GTR Solo incl udes 10 amp types : C LEAN amps are displayed with a golden panel and tweed skin. • Clean Based on a 1959 tweed Fender® Bassm a n®. • Sweet Based on a 1968 Gibson® Skylark D RIVE amps are displayed with a blue panel and gold threaded cloth skin.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 12 A MP C ONTROLS A MP T YPE controls Amp selection. Toggle thr o ugh the Amps by cli ck i n g on the text bar, or click on the arrow to the right of the text bar to reveal a drop-down l ist displaying the 4 Amp groups: Bass, Clean, Dri ve, a nd High Gain.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 13 T R EBLE controls high f re quency equalization cut/boost. Range: -5 to 5 Default: 0 P RESENCE controls high f re quency equalization cut/boost, complementi n g the Treble control. (Guitar amps only). Range: 0 to 10 Default: 5 D IRECT controls the amount of direct mixed with the processed signal.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 14 2.5 Tuner Page Clicking the Tuner page button turns on and displ ay s the Tuner page. M A IN T UNE V IEW displays a visual representation of your intonation.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 15 R EFERENCE T UNE displays the value (in Hz) of the ref er ence note “A” . Range: +/- 15Hz Default: 440Hz M ODE controls tuning mode selection. Default: Chromatic N OTE CONTR OLS • Clicking on a note name enables or disables it.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 16 2.6 Presets Page Choose Preset fil e s using the Preset file pop up menu located above the Preset grid. Double click on a preset to load it. P RESET L IST E DITING Presets may be saved copied, pasted, deleted, or rename d by right-c l ick ing on Preset name.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 17 L OAD WITH PRESET : There are 3 optional global elements which may b e saved and loaded with a Preset. • Input Gain W he n checked, the Preset loads with a specific Input Gain value. W hen unchecked, the value will r emain at the manually entered setting when a new preset is loaded.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 18 Cha pter 3 – Pr eset S ystem Preset Handling is possible either f ro m the dedicated Presets page or f ro m the GTR Solo's top toolbar.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 19 “User Presets” loads the user presets fi le (sa ved in the plug-in settings f o lder) into the presets page grid editor. C OPY P RESET Presets may be selected and copied to the clipboard using the Cop y comm a nd in the right click edit menu.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 20 3.2 Loading Presets O PEN P RESET FIL E | S ELECT P RESET FILE DROP DOWN MENU “Open preset file... ” prompts for a preset file. (The default l o cation is W ave sGTR/Presets/GTR Solo.) Selecting a preset loads it i n to the Current Preset File memory.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 21 4. Standal one A pplica tion The GTR Solo Standalone applicati on requires ASIO drivers on W in dows or Core Audio on Mac OS-X. GTR Solo.exe ( W in) or GTR Solo.app (Mac) loads the GTR Solo and configuration preferences dialogs.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 22 A UDI O offers control over the following parameters: ASIO/Audio Device displays the audio devices avail a ble on the system. Input Channels allows selection of i np ut channel from the specified audio device. Output Channels allows selection of audio outputs f rom the se lected devi c e.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 23 A ppendix A GTR Solo Stomps O VER D RIVE D RIVE controls the amount of eff e ct applied to the signal. Range : 0 – 100 Default : 50 L EVEL controls th e output level. Range : 0 – 100 Default : 50 T ONE controls the output ti mbre .
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 24 F LANGER D EPTH controls the depth or amount of flanging. Range : 0 to 100 Default : 50 S YNC controls synchronization to host tempo. Range : On/Off Default : Off S YNC R A TE controls th e speed of the s y nchronized effect.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 25 V IBROLO W AVEFORM Range : Sine, Triangle, SawUp, SawDown, Square Default : Sine S YNC controls synchronization to host tempo.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 26 S TEREO varies the LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) phase for the left and right channels. Range : 0 to 100 Default : 0 C HORUS D EPTH controls the amount of detune effect applied to the signal. Range : 1 to100 Default : 10 R ATE co n trols the speed of the detune eff e ct’s modulation time.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 27 P ITCHER M IX controls the balance between W e t and Dry signal. Range : 0 to 100 Default : 50 M IN (Shift) Range : -12.00 to +12.00 semitones Default : -12.00 M AX (Shift) Range : -12.00 to +12.00 semitones Default : +12.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 28 H I C UT rolls off high frequencies. Range : 0.1 to 7 Default : 7 S TEREO controls the position of the delay regenerations within the stereo field. (0 = Mono, 100 = Full Stereo “ping pong” effect) Range : 0 to 10 Default : 10 S PRING M IX controls the balance between W e t and Dry signal.
W aves GTR Solo User Guide 29 EQ Frequencies : 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 4kHz Range : +/- 12dB (Q=10) Please note: EQ’s hidden low frequency attenuator reduces unwanted rumble. V OLUME V OLUME B A R (HI > LO) controls output level. The position between Hi and Lo determi n es output volume according to the selected scaling.
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