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Chapter 5 Setting/Changing Sounds (Patches)
Chap.
5
Combining/Layering Two Sounds (Tones)
Determining Which Tones Will Be
Sounded (LAYER)
You can determine how the 1st and 2nd tones will be
combined using the TONE “LAYER” parameter in Patch Edit
mode. This parameter allows you to activate only the 1st
tone, only the 2nd, or both.
LAYER, combined with the [STRING SELECT] button,
allows you to set up each string separately.
For example, you can group Strings 1 to 3 and Strings 4 to 6,
and then set each group to play different tones.
■ Procedure for Changing the Layer Settings
of the 1st and 2nd Tones
1. Select the patch whose LAYER setting you want to
change, and press [TONE] to enter Patch Edit mode.
2. Press [PARAMETER] to select “LAYER.”
fig.5-28
3. Press [STRING SELECT] to select the string you wish
to set up.
For more detailed information about the “STRING SELECT”
button, refer to “Making separate settings for each string
(STRING SELECT)” (p. 35).
* When you want to set up all of the strings at once, choose “ALL.”
4. Turn [VALUE] to select the desired setting.
Mute: Neither the 1st or 2nd tone will sound.
1st Tone: Only the 1st tone will sound.
2nd Tone: Only the 2nd tone will sound.
Both Tone: Both the 1st and 2nd tones will sound.
Weak Detune: A slight amount of detuning.
Strong Detune: A large amount of detuning.
For details on detune, refer to “Applying detune (Subtle
Pitch Shift).”
5. If you wish to set up other strings, repeat Steps 3–4.
6. Press [WRITE] to perform the Patch Write operation (p.
36).
* After performing the Patch Write operation, you will
automatically return to Play mode.
* If you don’t want to save the Patch, press [PLAY] to return to
Play mode.
Applying Detune (Subtle Pitch Shift)
In Step 4 of the previous (LAYER) section, when you select
either “Weak Detune” or “Strong Detune,” both the first and
second tones are played, and a detune effect that slightly
offsets the pitch of each tone is added. Strong detune creates
a much greater difference in the tones’ pitch.
Detuning can add “thickness” to patches. You can make a
patch sound quite huge by detuning a patch’s tones, and
then panning them left and right by setting the COMMON
“PAN MODE” parameter (p. 41) to “Cross Tones” and
positioning the tones to the left and right. Since detune is one
of the “LAYER” settings, you can use it in combination with
the “STRING SELECT” button to set the detuning for each
string (p. 35).
Transposing by Semitones
(TRANSPOSE)
Ordinarily in the GR-33, the pitch of the synth sound is the
same as the guitar’s. When the need arises, you can change
this pitch relationship, offsetting it by semitones—this is
called “transpose.” By transposing, you can change the
synthesizer’s sound by different intervals—an octave, fifth,
or the like—and then layer the synth sound with the sound
of the guitar.
Also, with the built-in transpose setting, you can create
separate transposition settings for the 1st (“1ST
TRANSPOSE”) and 2nd (“2ND TRANSPOSE”) tones. This
allows you to achieve a bigger, fatter sound by, for example,
transposing both of the synthesizer sounds together, or by
lowering one tone by an octave, and raising the other by a
fifth from your guitar’s original pitch.
When used in combination with the “STRING SELECT”
button, you can set the transposition for each string
individually.
■ Changing the Transposition of the Tone
1. Select the patch whose TRANSPOSE you want to
change, and press [TONE] to enter Patch Edit mode.
2. Press [PARAMETER] to select “1ST TRANSPOSE.”
* If you want to change the TRANSPOSE of the 2nd tone,
choose “2ND TRANSPOSE.”
* By pressing [TONE] you can switch between “1ST
TRANSPOSE” and “2ND TRANSPOSE.”
fig.5-29