GSP-2101 FAQ 3.0: Table of
Contents
0.
GSP-2101 General FAQ
Overview
Architecture
Analog Section(Compressor, Distortion, EQs, Speaker
Emulator)
Digital Section(Program Memory, PPC-210)
Control-One Footcontroller
MIDI Implementation
1.
GSP-2101 Hardware & Software Options:
Differences in GSP-2101 Hardware Versions
Differences in GSP-2101 Software Versions
C-1 vs. a generic MIDI controller
2.
Configuring the C-1 Footcontroller:
Banks, Patches, and Programs
Song Lists
CC's (Continuous Control messages)
Configuring the C-1 using CC's (the "old" way)
Configuring the C-1 using Links (the 3.00.00
way)
Adding an Additional Expression Pedal to the
C-1
3. GSP-2101 Tips/Tricks:
New Algorithm Programming Tip
Dual Master-Volume (Dist Off/Dist On)
Controling Master Volume for different Distortion
Types
Distortion (Second Parameter Retention)
Wet/Dry Mix (how it affects the use of volume
changes)
Controling Overall Volume Realtime
Programming Bank Settings Faster
Making XLR-to-1/4" connections
Default Noise Gate Settings
Wah Pedal Smoothness
The Ducker
MIDI Guitar with the 2101
Bypass Mode & Singal Routing
Creating a Square-Wave Tremolo Effect
Creating a Ramp-Wave Tremolo Effect
Playing Dynamics to Control Effects Mixing
Eliminating Crackling Noise from Tube Distortion
Sounds
Generating Responsive Feedback on Command
IIR Comb Filter Module
Damped Delay/Echo effect
Flanger/Phaser/Chorus Algorithm
Signal Splitting to acheive a Clean/Distorted
Stereo Image
Compression and EQ in the Signal Chain
Harmonizer Tracking Problems
XLR Outputs Overdriving Mixer Inputs
Secret 2101 Designer's Screen
4.
Uploading/Downloading Programs to/from your GSP-2101:
What is Uploading/Downloading?
MIDI Settings
Dumping Bulk Data
Dumping Individual Programs
Uploading Patches (and Bulk Data)
Pitfalls and Recovery
FTP Sites (binary mode transfers!)
Using your PCs MIDI port
Obtaining MIDI Software
5.
Tube Questions:
Quick Tube Refresher Course
What Kind of Tubes Do I have?
What are the differences in different tubes?
Do I Need Matched Tubes?
What does "going microphonic" mean?
What Voltage does a tube need?
Will my tube gain settings match other people's?
Other User's Tube Experiences
6.
Rage for Tone:
7.
GSP-2101 Technical Issues:
Static Dangers
Top Cover Removal
Squeaky Foot Pedal
Firmware Upgrade Procedures
Machine Lock During Firmware Upgrade
Fx Loop Feedthru/Crosstalk
C-1 Footcontroller Lockup
Preamp Trimpot (tube bias adjustment)
Old FAQ in HTML
Acknowledgements:
Original FAQ written by David Blevins. Was incorporated
and updated to create Chapter 0, the General FAQ.
Chapter 0 Updated by Curtis Pastor. All other
Chapters written by Curtis Pastor.
Edited by Jeffery W. Smith ([email protected])
Sept 8, 1996.
Special thanks to Randy Thorderson and Marc Cooper
at Digitech for their support in this effort and in our total effort to
derive more from the 2101.
Special thanks to Steve Schow for making this
email group possible and creating a presence on the web. Maybe other manufacturers
will begin to see a value in these endeavours.
For Assistance:
Written by Curtis LeMay Pastor,
[email protected] or [email protected]
Last revised as of Jan 12,1998.