CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PURCHASE OF YOUR NEW G-CARD. WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE AS MUCH PLEASURE USING IT AS WE HAD MAKING IT. BEFORE YOU START USING THE G-CARD HOW TO USE THE G-CARD The G-Card requires that the G-Force has a The G-Card contains 245 presets partitioned current software version of 1.13 or later into three banks. When you want to load the installed. presets, insert the G-Card and press the This is what you do to check your Recall key.
CHANGES FROM SOFTWARE V1.12 TO V1.13. SOFTWARE VERSION 1.13 CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING CHANGES: This feature can be used in conjunction MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE RE-TRANSMIT re- with some of the foot controllers on the transmitting an incoming MIDI prg. change. market that do not have the ability to update This feature has been added to the Custom bypass switches state at preset change. By map on the I/O Setup, MIDI page.
CHANGES FROM SOFTWARE V1.12 TO V1.13. confirm. The total number of banks depends CARD TYPES USED FOR MULTIPLE BANKS on the card size, e.g. a 512kb card can hold S-RAM Type 1 PCMCIA cards, with minimum up to 9 banks of 100 user presets. 64kbytes, maximum 2Mbytes. If the card has been used with earlier version Recall from card banks: Insert card. Press the of the G-Force software, the card has to be Recall key.
TC Electronic would like to thank all of the artists involved with this project. Additional G-Force presets were provided by: Andrew Schlesinger, Michael James & Keith Wechsler, Craig Anderton, Blues Saraceno, Brian Swerdfeger, Bernie Chiaravalle, Matthew Nelson, Gunner Nelson, Guy Defazio, and Tomo at Rudy’s Music Center, NYC.
DAVID ‘FUZE’ FIUCZYNSKI David ‘Fuze’ Fiuczynski has been twice hailed by Guitar Player magazine as an important guitarist to watch. He has also been enthusiastically reviewed by Musician, Pulse, Interview, Downbeat, Jazz Times, JazzIs and numerous other magazines worldwide. For the past twelve years, he has been the band leader and primary writer for the eclectic and highly acclaimed group, Screaming Headless Torsos, touring worldwide supporting two album releases.
KERRY MARX Kerry Marx is a Nashville, Tennessee based “first call” session guitarist. He is currently the house “picker” on The Nashville Network’s “Prime Time Country” daily television show. Kerry’s session career varies from major record label releases for Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash to Stage, TV and Recording performances with Shania Twain, Amy Grant, Keith Richard, John Fogerty, Neil Young, Santana and many other major artists and acts.
ADAM ROGERS Adam Rogers lives and works in the New York City area as a session and performing guitarist. Adam’s live playing and record date experience includes gigs and recording sessions with artists such as The Brecker Bros., Gil Evans Orchestra, Bill Evans Band, Walter Becker(Steely Dan), Lost Tribe(co-leader), Gil Goldstein, Jack McDuff, Groove Collective, Tango Kings, Mike Maineri and others.
INFX PRODUCTIONS INFX Productions is comprised of two individuals, Roey Shamir and Angela Piva, who both function in a variety of creative and technical modes. Serving as album and movie soundtrack mixing and recording engineers; as well as also functioning as songwriters, producers and remixers for other album productions. Additionally, INFX’s in-house audio lab and studio serve as official alpha/beta test site to several Computer Hardware/Software, Musical Instrument, Pro Audio and Internet companies.
DAVID TORN David Torn hails from the upstate New York area. He was twice voted by Guitar Player Magazine Reader’s Poll, Best Experimental Guitarist in 1995 & 1997. David has played guitar on sessions for artists of k.d. Lang, Andy Summers, Jewel, Mark sham, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jack Bruce, Bill Bruford and others.
MICHAEL BRADFORD Michael Bradford is a musician(guitar, bass, keyboards, drums), recording engineer, MIDI programmer and sound designer, living in the Los Angeles area. His discography credits include Terence Trent D’arby, Madonna, Anita Baker, Spice Girls, Soul Asylum, Brownstone, Keith Washington and Jennifer Holiday amongst many others.
JERRY MCPHERSON Jerry McPherson currently resides in Nashville, TN where he has done guitar session work for over 20 years. For the last 14 years, Jerry has toured worldwide and recorded with Amy Grant as well as appearing live on the Grammy Awards Show, The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno, and Late Night w/ David Letterman. Other session work includes: Hank Williams Jr., Barry Manilow, Michael Bolton, Reba McIntire, Bruce Springsteen, Vanessa Williams, Peter Cetera, Kenny Rogers, Take 6, Michael W.
FRANK GAMBALE Anybody who keeps up with developments in modern guitar styles and techniques needs no introduction to Frank Gambale. From his days as guitarist with Chick Corea’s Elektric Band, through his eight solo releases, Gambale has displayed his style and guitar virtuosity in a variety of musical setttings.
DWEEZIL ZAPPA Dweezil is the prodigal son of the late rock iconoclast, Frank Zappa. Dweezil carries on his father’s legacy as a rock guitar pioneer. Besides his famous dad, Dweezil’s guitar playing influences include Edward Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Jimmy Page, Angus Young and Warren DiMartini.
JOHN JORGENSON John Jorgenson is a guitar player’s player. John is the founder and leader of the Hellecasters, a trio of virtuoso guitarists which includes the talents of Jerry Donahue and Will Ray. John is also known for his participation in the legendary country-rock group The Desert Rose Band, which included original Byrds member Chris Hillman. John is currently on a worldwide tour as one of the two guitarists in the Elton John Band.
HENRY KAISER Widely recognized as one of the most eclectic and innovative guitarists, improvisers and producers in the fields of rock, jazz and experimental music, California-based musician Henry Kaiser is one of the most extensively recorded as well. Having appeared on more than 140 different albums. A restless collaborator, Henry not only produces and contributes to a staggering number of recording projects, he also performs frequently the U.S.A.
DAVID COFFIN Sound designer, electronic guitarist, and harmonic channeller David Coffin came to our attention through his reputation as a prolific, imaginative and innovative programmer of new sounds for the Roland VG-8 guitar product. His effects credo is: “The effect should inspire new music!”, and accordingly his patches are almost always intended to transform the input source, not just add a “glow” to it.
LUKASZ GOTTWALD Lukasz Gottwald, born in 1973, has played guitar since he was thirteen and attended The Manhattan School of Music for two years. Lukasz has played with artists the likes of Herbie Hancock, Michael Bolton, Phoebe Snow, Jack McDuff and Shaba Ranks. He has released his own 12” project under the name of “Kasz” for Rawkus Records, and has two tracks on a new compilation, “Born to I’ll” featuring The Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, The X-Men and others.
MICHAEL CIRAVOLO SCHECTER GUITAR RESEARCH Transplanted New Orleans native Michael Ciravolo moved to Los Angeles in 1987 as guitarist and founding member of the perennial gothic group Human Drama. Ciravolo left the band after the group’s two RCA releases to concentrate on producing and to launch his Trauma Ward Studio. Recent productions include releases by Shadow Project, I Found God and Drain the Doves.
MATTE HENDERSON Guitarist, Matte Henderson did undergraduate work at Simon’s Rock College, studying North Indian Classical, Balinese Gamelan, Turkish as well as traditional Western Classical Music. Matte was one of two teaching assistants chosen by Robert Fripp(guitarist for the group King Crimson) for the League of Crafty Guitarists Program. He compiled his MFA requirements at Bennington College while pursuing his studies with Robert Fripp.
MICHAEL SEMBELLO Originally groomed to be a jazz guitarist, Michael Sembello started in the music biz with Stevie Wonder in the seventies. His friend was auditioning as bassist for an upcoming live tour and Michael tagged along, despite not knowing of any of the songs. To his surprise, Stevie recognized his musical proficiency and hired him on the spot (the bassist, incidentally never made the tour).
SEAN BALLOU SOLDANO CUSTOM AMPLIFICATION Sean Ballou has been a musician for nearly all of his life with wide ranging experience as a guitarist and guitar technician. After years of honing his skills building guitar rigs and working as a guitar amplifier and rack specialist in retail stores, he is now plying his trade building amp rigs at Soldano Custom Amplification, where he currently holds the position of Vice President.
SEAN BERESFORD MESA/BOOGIE Sean Beresford has worked for Mesa/Boogie in the capacity of Artist Relations Manager for the past five years. Before settling down in Northern California, he was a touring guitar technician with the likes of Living Colour, Lou Reed, Ministry and Level 42. Sean has built many guitar and keyboard rack systems for artists that he has toured with in the past, and since working for Boogie has set up his own rack building company named Radical Rack Design.
BOB BRADSHAW CUSTOM AUDIO ELECTRONICS, INC. Bob Bradshaw, the master builder of custom guitar rigs, established himself with his invention of an effects-switching system that didn’t degrade a guitars signal. Bradshaw’s anonymity was short lived, as raves about his switcher spread through the musical grapevine. Session players, whose work demanded noise-free sounds on command, were his earliest regular customers. Studio applications were fine, but Bradshaw always envisioned his gear as performance oriented.
PAUL JACKSON JR. Artist, Guitarist, Producer, Composer, Arranger, Paul Jackson Jr. is all of these. Paul has been an “A” list recording session and live concert Guitarist-for-Hire for the best and biggest acts in the music business. His recording session and live appearance credits read like a who’s who of the music biz: Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, Barbara Striesand, Luther Vandross, Lionel Ritchie, Anita Baker and innumerable other musical legends.
JUSTIN MELDAL-JOHNSEN Justin Meldal-Johnsen is an L.A.-based musician/songwriter/producer Justin MeldalJohnsen is an L.A.-based musician/songwriter/producer who’s activities center around playing bass guitar for artists as diverse as Beck(on Geffen Records) and Tori Amos(on Atlantic Records). Justin has been prominently featured in recent articles in Bass Player Magazine, Bass Frontiers, and Livewire Magazine.
TREY GUNN Trey Gunn, a native Texan who now resides in New Mexico, began his musical life at the age of 7 years playing classical piano. His interest in music grew through various instruments – electric bass, electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, and now the touchstyle guitar. Trey has toured and recorded with many modern day masters in their fields -- Robert Fripp, David Sylvian, Michael Brook and Toni Childs. He is currently a member of one the most unusual bands in rock history, King Crimson.
ERIC JOHNSON Eric Johnson has the remarkable ability to create music that ranges from blistering to soothing. Filled with vibrant, rich textures, Johnson’s playing transports listeners to places beyond the imagination. His many accolades include the Grammy for “Best Rock Instrumental” and six Grammy nominations (including this year’s nomination for “Best Rock Instrumental”).
VERNON REID Vernon Reid was born in England but spent most of his childhood on Brooklyn, New York. At the age of fifteen Vernon’s career as a guitarist began. Vernon, who attended Brooklyn Tech, had the opportunity to study guitar privately with jazz masters Rodney Jones and Ted Dunbar.
STEVE VAI Steve Vai isn’t happy unless he’s pushing his personal and musical boundaries to the extreme. Whether he’s donning the hat of a guitar player, songwriter, producer or film score composer, all of his projects share a common thread of intensity. Following Steve Vai’s career is like winding through a labyrinth. The creative genesis during his early years at Berklee College and five years working with mentor Frank Zappa laid a musical foundation from which Steve still draws upon.
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DESCRIPTION TYPE Rhythmic Chorus/Delay reminiscent of the Pink Floyd song of the same name Tremolo with rhythmic Delay Sea sick drunken Chorus/Reverb/Compressor/Filter. Ethereal Tremolo set to 100% wet. Sound fades in. Short repeating Delay with modulation. ASDR1 assigned to control Pitch Ext 1 controls Mix level of Pitch2 Voice Works better on lower registers.
CARD NUMBER NAME Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Psycheledic Sweeper 1 Psychedelic Sweeper 2 Real Auto Wah Flanged Cry Baby Guitar Trio Funk Rick O Shea Bionic Seagulls FazeTrem PedalShadow Franks PanWah Swell Strings Pedal Sweltering Pedal Tele Something Good Tap Swell In Pedal Major to Minor Syntharpeggiator PanningOctaveChorus Thin Surfer Dude Whales-Tap Delay Piggy Vital Idol Amb
DESCRIPTION TYPE A searing pedal controlled alternative to a Fuzz-Wah lead sound Variation on Psychedelic Sweeper 1 Strong well-defined Auto-Wah Flanged Fuzz-Wah E Dorian - Great Pitch-shift basic patch Auto Wah + Slap Delay; Very cool combination for rhythm guitar Guitar up an octave; reminiscent of Pat Metheny's GR-500 Phaser + Trem (interesting) pedal for slap delay; Very cool! Wah plus Pan; Check it out with headphones or spread your speakers.
CARD NUMBER NAME Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Leslie Pedal Pedal Board Cyclopanner Ambient Bloom 3 Ambient Bloom 4 Wonderful Life Talk To Me Fuzz FuzzFadeIn FuzzWahPedal Fuzz Funn Ghost Heart Odd Ball What RU Laughing At Amniotica 1 Amniotica 2 Sarggasso Trenchcoat SnapSynapse ChorVyrbe The Big C WahEkoWahDelay Secret Missionary TheOnlyGoodInYOUisME Martino 1 Martino 2 Martino 3 S
DESCRIPTION TYPE Rotary speaker simulator (pedal rate and amount) Multi FX Setup Single Block Auto Panner Random trails of delayed Octave up Variation on above Delayed fifths Octave down with fuzz, and formant Ext1 > Pit Mix Level, Drv. Fuzzy octave down Ext1 > Formant Age/Sex, Sweep.
CARD NUMBER NAME Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Backwards in Time SembelloPulse Double Mint Lots of Overtones Medium Phuz + Mutron Sweepin Repercussion Swirling and Wet Infinite Filtersweep Clean Tele + Vibe Alice Warble LFO Surround Pan+Dly Play 1 Low Note Jangle King Rich and Clean Hillbilly Hippy Yeah Trancer Blaster The Crystal Cave Im Down There Echo 5 Buz Chamber 2 Pik n Pedal
DESCRIPTION TYPE Fuzz tone with a doubling effect that is attack dependent Dual pulsing high octaves, like a keyboard at a sporting event Ext1 > Cpr Adv. In level. Doubling effect on delay, good for leads Short flanged effect with doubling effect on delay. "Playing inside a can" Creates a funky sci-fi sound that is watery.
CARD NUMBER NAME Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Dark+Subtle Purty Sizic Shpace Slowfar Barroom Splatter Float Around Sweeping Saw Pulse Medieval Space Slow Vibro Sweep Alaska Corrines Shimmer Dis-Orient Shimmering ECM After Dark Mellow Blue Groove Pick Metropolis Depth Animal Strat Gotyer Tongue Stratocas Maximus Waffles Cat Bark Reverse Suck Hibandfunkatron HiQmuchron Methane Knee
DESCRIPTION TYPE Produces wraith like noises while emulating a reverse reverb Good overall patch for leads with a little delay Try beginning of "Sweet Emotion" in A. Heavy ambient reverb trails Doubling detune effect good for leads Leslie like liquid with heavy reverb.
CARD NUMBER NAME Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Pannergeist Slingblade Wow and Flutter Cowboys Head-East Swingphase Chorus Groove Echoplex Sus4 Pedal Hope DDL Dynamic Pan 8va Sweeps Pedal+8va DDL Dynpan 8va Up Dynamics 5+8va Up Dynamics Chord Destroyer 8va Up Dynattack Pansquish Dynamic Rhythmic PitchAscend Pitch Mod Pan Sicko Wild Duck LFO Funk Big Soft Pitcher Wahchoplexx Womanize
DESCRIPTION TYPE Backwards type FX. Dark, mysterious tone ala Daniel Lanois. Expression pedal controls tremolo Used an old tube Echoplex for comparison. The Spaghetti Western Lives! A patch which Zen Masters have used in their guitar rigs for centuries! Another chordal pad sound Chorus and delay, ideal for leads Same as Same as "Chorus Groove" but without chorus Ext 1 > Many. 4th and 5th added with pitch creating sus 4 feel Fast panning occurs as signal decreases Ext 1 > Formant Age/Sex, Sweep.
CARD NUMBER NAME Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Massacre Waves of Light Hipness Upsy-Daisy Flashback Her Little Secret Dry As A Cloud Walking in the World Voodoo Puke Down to Earth Staccato Funk Chorusroom + Delay Extreme Dual Delays Simple Blues Delay Talking Guitar Ghengis Cohen Sunset Drive Back Seat Slap Fretless Heaven Down n Up Delays Chorusplate Echo Chatta Cross Mod-u-lator
DESCRIPTION TYPE Played in rhythm with delays, you can create a bizarre sort of call & response The plucking of nice chords gives an ethereal kind of phased tremolo heaven A dynamic sensitive wha-wah with Mixolydian pitchshift makes it funky A sustain sensitive octave jumping harmonizer with hard panned delays Play lightly and leave a little space to kick in a distorted & demented universe Phaser and Chorus speed that corresponds to Delay time Delay, Pitch Detune & Tremolo feeding a Chorus, creating a wat
CARD NUMBER Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card Card 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 NAME PREAMP SETTING Ducked Tape Delay Emotional Lead Lead 1 Wa Lead Bombastic Raunch Big Generator Ping-Pong Celestial Solo Clean Dream Lead Stereo Vibrato Strum Chorus Fusion Bass Rick Bass Echowobble Refractions D
DESCRIPTION TYPE Env > Stereo Delay Out Level. Medium delay time Smooth Lead with short delay Oct up, 2nd voice slightly detuned, short delay, slight chorus. Env > Wah Wah Filter Frequency. Brown sounding rhythm with a touch of phaser. Distorted lead w/ low octave, and 5th set to D Dorian mode. Slow crosspan with long delay decay G# Phrygian mode in huge square room. Pitch Shift(4ths) with long reverb decay; Env > Delay out level. Depth of vibrato assigned to envelope.
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