GT-6 Query

[Phaedrus]

Hi All,

I have a Boss GT-6, but I can barely use it. I'm a bit of a techno-phobe. What I need to know (in this instance) is:

Can I create a sound patch that drops my tuning by, say, 2 notes (using the pitch shift parameter), with the original signal level at zero and the effected level at max, so that only the de-tuned signal comes out?

Thanks,

Roj

[khaos]

You can ....but there will be a slight delay that you might not like....and you'll definitely sound very muddy...

[Phaedrus]

Tried it last night. Just like you said - it worked, but the delay from striking the string to the sound coming out is too much to bear.

I actually have a confession to make - Roj is actually my guitarist. I'm Mark, his bass player. :shock: I joined here on his behalf cos he's such a technophobe. I'm asking questions to help him get his gear sorted out.

I feel bad for deceiving folk, but we needed help. Can I still stay? :oops: :wink:

Mark

[Rick]

oh go on then :)

do you want me to change your name to mark?

[R/2e]

That's typical that is! You just find a decent piece of real estate then the bass players move in and property values go through the floor :(

Only joking Roj/Mark - welcome to the forum :D

The delay is a bugger, I have it on my guitar synth as well, on the lower strings. Rick, you have one of them fancy Line6 all things to all men guitars don't you - does the detuning work on those? I was thinking about getting one of the cheapo £300 jobs and putting the electrics into a decent body and use it for slide. Would be nice to have different tunings to hand.

[Rick]

hmmm it's a sore point ron!

i bought a thing called workbench for my variax! because im to lazy to keep tuning the thing!

all the factory presets work fine but when i tried to create ggdgbd listen to the result!

www.rkendall.com/vax.mp3

im currently just discussing the problem on the line6 forum!

my variax is an old one by the way which is possibly the cause of the problem!

i believe the variax 300 has the same electronics as the rest though its just the guitar thats junk!

read this
http://line6.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=18&t=002326

[Phaedrus]

Rick, could you change my username to Phaedrus?

I think Roj might just have to get a 7-string, even as a second guitar. We do cover a few "nu-metal" tracks (I hate that term, but that's whet they're called, eh?), but more than that, we want to accomodate our singer's range. He has a great voice, and he's a good mate (we're not into the, "if you want to make it, you have to dump your mates and be ruthless" thing - we don't want to make it - we want to have fun and do a few gigs), but he struggles on some notes (eg Bono's 2nd "feel" in the chorus of Vertigo).

It'd give us a lot of versatility if he got a 7. I already play a 5-string bass which is great for when we have to transpose down.

Has anyone played or heard anything on these?

http://www.musicstorekoeln.de/en/E-Gitarren/3_42_GEGIT_77_GIT0002691-000/0/0/0/detail/musicstore.html

I know it's a no-brand cheapo, but he already has an Ibanez Prestige (as discussed separately), and plans to get an ESP EC-1000 this year too. It'd be handy if he got the 7-string before the ESP (if I can persuade him to get one :oops: :wink: )

Mark