Waves GTR Solo manual

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 1 GTR Solo User Guide[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 2 Table of Conte nts CH A PTER 1 – INTRODUC TION ... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... .... .... ...... .... .... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... .... .... ...... .. 4 1.1 W ELCOM E ... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... .... .... ...... .... .... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... .... .... ...... .... .... ...... ..[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 3 APPENDIX A GTR SOLO STOMPS ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... ... .. .. .. .. ... 23 OverDrive . .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .. ... .. ... .. . ... .. ... .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ... ... .[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 4 Cha pter 1 – Intr oduction 1.1 Welcome Thank you for choosing W aves! In order to get the most out of your W aves processor, please take the time to read through this manual. In conjunction, we also suggest that you becom e familiar with www.wavesupport.net . There you will find an extensive Answer Base , the latest[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 5 1.2 A utomation Automation for the GTR Solo consists of discrete automata ble controls for the Amp, and Tuner, as well as dy namic automati on for the Stomps through an assignable set of 9 continuous parameters and 1 toggle for each Stom p slot. MIDI A UTOMATION GTR Solo is automatable using MIDI controllers and MIDI [...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 6 Cha pter 2 – Contr ol s and Interface The GTR Solo interface is di vided into 3 sections: WaveSystem Toolbar , speciali zed for GTR operation. Main Editor Window , which displays the current page accordin g to the page selected in the bottom page selectors. Bottom Section , with page selectors, input and output gain[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 7 2.2 Bottom Section The bottom section of the GTR Solo interface incl ude s page buttons as well as controls and displays for tempo, input, and output settings. P AGE B UTTONS . • The Stomp page allows editi ng o f the Stomps chain and the placement of the Amp within the processing chain. • The Amp page allows edit[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 8 T EMPO S ECTION T EMPO sets the reference tempo for eff ects synchronized to the host, in beats- per-minute. Range : 40 to 1200 Default : 120 T AP is used to calculate tempo when not in Sync m ode. (Averages last 4 taps). Range : 50 to 400 BPM (approximately) S YNC controls synchronization to host tempo. Range : On/Of[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 9 2.3 Stomps Page The Stomps page provides control over th e Stomps, their controls, and their order in the effects chain, as well as Amp position within the chain. GTR Solo includes 13 Stomp effects: • OverDrive • Distortion • Phaser • Flanger • Chorus • Delay • W ah W ah • Spring • Pitcher • Vibrol[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r 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 from the list will assign the selected effect to that Stomp effect slot. Right Clic king on an em pty stomp slot will also display the stomp selection me n[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r 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 an®. • Sweet Based on a 1968 Gibson® Skylark D RIVE amps are displayed with a blue panel and gold threaded cloth skin. • Edg y Based on a 1980 Vox® AC-30 TB-2 • Drive[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 12 A MP C ONTROLS A MP T YPE controls Amp selection. Toggl e through the Amps by clicking on the text bar, or click on the arrow to the right of the text bar to reveal a drop-down list displaying the 4 Amp groups: Bass, Clean, Dri ve, and High Gain. Click on an amp group name to reveal a menu displaying the Amp t ypes. [...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 13 T R EBLE controls high f requency equalization cut/boost. Range: -5 to 5 Default: 0 P RESENCE controls high f requency equalization cut/boost, complementing the Treble control. (Guitar amps only). Range: 0 to 10 Default: 5 D IRECT controls the amount of direct mixed with the processed signal. (B ass amps only). Range[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 14 2.5 Tuner Page Clicking the Tuner page button turns on and dis plays the Tuner page. M A IN T UNE V IEW displays a visual representation of your intonation. Range: -100 to +100 cents. Default: 0 cents (perfectly in tune) A RRO WS AND N OTE • The arrow located to the lef t of the center dot lights up when the curren[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 15 R EFERENCE T UNE displays the value (in Hz) of the reference 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. • Enabled notes are displa y e d in white; disabled are displayed in gray. • W aves[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 16 2.6 Presets Page Choose Preset fil es using t he Preset fil e 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-clicki ng on Preset name. Please note: Standard shortcuts do not work under all host a[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 17 L O A D WITH PRE SET : There are 3 optional global elements which may be saved and loaded with a Preset. • Input Gain W hen che cked, the Preset loads with a specifi c Inpu t Gain value. W hen unche ck ed, the value will remain at the manually entered setting when a new preset is loaded. To manuall y set an Input G[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 18 Cha pter 3 – Pr ese t S ystem Preset Handling is possible ei ther from the dedicated Presets page or from the GTR Solo's top toolbar. 3.1 Preset Saving N EW … | S AVE T O N EW F ILE … “Save preset to file…” prompts the user for a new preset fi le name, and will save the current preset as the first pr[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 19 “User Presets” loads the user presets fi le (saved in the plug-in settings folder) into the presets page grid editor. C OPY P RESET Presets may be selected and copied to the clipboard using the Cop y command in the right click edit menu. P ASTE P RESET Presets copied to the clipboard may be pasted to the current [...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 20 3.2 Loading Presets O PEN P RESET FIL E | S ELECT P RESET FILE DROP DOW N MENU “Open preset file... ” prompts for a preset file. (The default l ocation is W avesGTR/Pre s ets/GTR Solo.) Selecti ng a preset loads it into the Current Preset File memory. The opened file will now appear in the presets page grid contr[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 21 4. Standa lone A pplication The GTR Solo Standalone applicati on requires ASIO drivers on Windows or Core Audio on Mac OS-X. GTR Solo.exe ( W i n) or G T R Solo.app (Mac) loads the GTR Solo a nd configuration preferences dialogs. The standalone application’s m enu file contains 2 items: • Preferences – Displays[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 22 A UDI O offers control over the following parameters: ASIO/Audio Device displays the audio devices avail able on the system. Input Channels allows selection of i nput channe l f rom the specified audio device. Output Channels allows selection of audio outputs f rom the selected device. Sample Rate allows selecti on o[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 23 A ppendi x A GTR S olo Stomps O VER D RIVE D RIVE controls the amount of eff ect applied to the s i gnal. Range : 0 – 100 Default : 50 L EVEL controls the outpu t level. Range : 0 – 100 Default : 50 T ONE controls the output ti mbre. Range : 0 –100 Default : 50 D ISTORTION D RIVE controls the amount of dis tort[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r 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 synchronized effect. Range : 2 to 1/32t Default : 1/4t M A N U AL R ATE controls the speed of the eff ect when no t[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 25 V IBROLO W AVEFORM Range : Sine, Triangle, SawUp, SawDown, Square Default : Sine S YNC controls synchronization to host tempo. Range : On/Off Default : Off S YNC R A TE controls th e speed of the synchronized effect. Range : 2 to 1/32t Default : 1/4t M A N U AL R ATE controls t he speed of the effect when not synchro[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r 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 ntrols the speed of the detune effect’s modulation time. Range : 0.10 to 10 Default :[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r Guide 27 P ITCHER M IX controls the balance between W et 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 : +12.00 P ITCH controls the range of pitch shift. Range : 0 - 100 Default : 50 D ELAY M IX controls th[...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r 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 et and Dry signal. Range : 0 to 100 Default [...]

W a ves GTR Solo Use r 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 positi on between Hi and Lo determi nes output volume according to the selected scaling. S CALE cont[...]