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Boss GT 1000Core

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Les Fret said:
I have to admit I find the Stompbox mode and the way it is described in the manual rather confusing myself.

My understanding is that when you have saved something to stompbox you can use that setting in other presets as well. As a sort of global block. But if you make changes to it in one preset it automatically changes those settings in other presets as well. Is that correct?
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You have to save the changes to corresponding Stompbox slot which is used by multiple patches in order to have them in all these patches. So by saving just the preset you don't save the Stompbox settings and new values become PATCH type referring to that patch only.
 
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Les Fret said:
I have to admit I find the Stompbox mode and the way it is described in the manual rather confusing myself.

My understanding is that when you have saved something to stompbox you can use that setting in other presets as well. As a sort of global block. But if you make changes to it in one preset it automatically changes those settings in other presets as well. Is that correct?
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exactly!
I like the idea behind it.
In my case though it is counterproductive: I am using different eq settings on the Natural Bass Amp for pick sounds, finger sounds, etc.
 
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bassophile said:
You have to save the changes to corresponding Stompbox slot which is used by multiple patches in order to have them in all these patches. So by saving just the preset you don't save the Stompbox settings and new values become PATCH type referring to that patch only.
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That's what makes it confusing to me. Say you make changes in an effect block that has a stompbox in it, and you only save the patch (not save the stompbox), are the settings then also changed and saved on other patches that use that same stompbox?

I stopped using the stompbox feature because of this. A few times I accidentally changed something on another patch that I didn't want to change. I want to make sure that when I change something it is not changed in other patches as well. I am not really sure what the advantage of stompbox is?
 
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You can use stompboxes to sync loads of patches, you can also use them just to store settings.

If you don’t want to bind your fx block to the stompbox just do copy to patch which copy’s the settings but doesn’t link them.

I can’t remember if you need to save the patch to save the stompbox settings, I thought they just persisted without saving. An easy check would be to change a parameter, change patch and back again, see if the parameter has reverted.

I had an EQ block saved as a stompbox that I’d always include to do surgical global stuff basses on my amp or bass. I also had my favorite settings saved so I could copy them as needed without them all syncing.
 
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I've been using the preamp section in the CE-1. It's a fantastic tone sweetener without using the Chorus part of the effect. Really good for clean tones. Push the Gain and it gives you very nice subtle overdrive. The preamp is part of the new BP-1W Booster/Preamp.

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Whats everyone's favorite overdrive setting, or light to medium dirt? I was comparing my Pork and Pickle and find that I like the Bass distortion on 38 drive or the Bass DI on 50 drive more than the P&P. The Bass Fuzz also is my new winner and I thought I LOVED the P&P russian muff side. So conflicted...

What whats yours?
 
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krfoss said:
Whats everyone's favorite overdrive setting, or light to medium dirt? I was comparing my Pork and Pickle and find that I like the Bass distortion on 38 drive or the Bass DI on 50 drive more than the P&P. The Bass Fuzz also is my new winner and I thought I LOVED the P&P russian muff side. So conflicted...

What whats yours?
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I like to overdrive the Bass Natural preamp
 
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My go-too for light/subtle OD - OD Bass > X Drive Bass.

OD Bass Settings
- Gain 30
- Tone -15
- Level 50
- Bottom -20
- Direct Mix 100

X Drive Bass
- Gain 30
- Level 50
- Middle 30
- Gain SW Middle

The great thing about feeding OD Bass into an AIRD preamp like the X Drive Bass, is the Gain can act like a level for how much OD you want to let through from the OD Bass. The OD Bass acts as an extension of the X Drive Bass Gain. You can obtain very/very subtle amounts of OD with great sustain. You can also add a Parametric EQ after the OD Bass and AIRD Preamp and cut around the 315/400/500hz to clean it up even further. Use a Q about 4. There's a bit of mud around those frequencies.
 
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Krisfield said:
I've been using the preamp section in the CE-1. It's a fantastic tone sweetener without using the Chorus part of the effect. Really good for clean tones. Push the Gain and it gives you very nice subtle overdrive. The preamp is part of the new BP-1W Booster/Preamp.

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I tried this but I still here some kind of light high frequency modulation.
 
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bassophile said:
Stompbox slots are separate entities from patches.
If several patches use same stompbox, and you change settings of that stompbox in one of them, after saving that patch those settings become patch related and not stompbox related.
But if you write changes to stombox slot, they will be shown in all presets that use that exact slot.
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is that explained somewhere in the manual?
 
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Let’s the original signal through to the next gain stage which is the X Drive Bass. So you’re getting a mix of the 2 gain stages. It sounds a bit fuller with cleaner low end, and you get some separation between the OD and original/clean sound. I use the Direct Mix everywhere I can in the other blocks.

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why do you have direct mix at 100?
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Krisfield said:
Let’s the original signal through to the next gain stage which is the X Drive Bass. So you’re getting a mix of the 2 gain stages. It sounds a bit fuller with cleaner low end, and you get some separation between the OD and original/clean sound. I use the Direct Mix everywhere I can in the other blocks.
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ok thanks. That makes sense. Gonna try it!
 
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So there's a lot discussion about the Pultec Trick, and apparently you can emulate it with two parametric EQ's, which the GTCore has. I'm still learning about it, but imagine this is how you would go about it? CH1 is the Low Cut and Low Shelf Boost. CH2 is the attenuated Low Mid Band. Can it be done with just one EQ? Definitely does add a lot of punch. Maybe Boss could add a Pultec EQP-1A preset.

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This is an overdrive technique I use. It involves Bi-Amping using Channel A and B. In Divider 1, Channel A has the HPF set to 1.25kHz, and Channel B is set to Full Range. In Mixer 1, Channel A is set to 50%. The result of the Channel A overdrive is that it has a sort of white noise effect with a lot of separation between the the OD and clean channels. I like using T-Scream in DS 1 which has a boost in the high mid range.

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