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Boss GT-1B discussion thread

#201
RattleSnack said:
I would suggest first deciding on how you want to use this unit.
My idea was to use it as a pedalboard, that I sold last year. So, I built couple of the patches from the start. Than I made couple of aditional ones for synth sounds, connecting fuzz and octaver, or t-wah. Yes, Boss GT-1B has synth effect, but its tracking is hit or miss, depending on your bass guitar.
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Yep.
If you wanna use your gt1b like a "all in one device" to go straight out to PA, i suggest you start tweaking it like a traditional amp, choose one modelling amp and eq to taste and then add your fx (compression or etc..). That's how I use it. I send left out to PA so FOH guy do his work and send right out from gt1b to my stage amp, if I need any tweaking, i do it on my stage bass amp just to hear myself better (most of cases just a boost on midrange).
 
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#202
Hey everyone, I also just got a new GT1-B, and already having a lot of fun with it. I'll probably pop in here and there quite a bit. I agree that many of the presets are useless but once I figured out how to alter them and use them for myself I was having a lot more fun. The possibilities are endless.

I do have a question though... I have a plug into my computer through USB and I am using Reaper. The software is detecting the sound and you can see it. However when I play back a recorded track I can't get any sound out of my headphones which are plugged into the back of the GT1-B. I'm sure it's just a setting but I haven't been able to figure out which one it is. Anyone using reaper with this? Any ideas?
 
#204
SgtHulka said:
Hey everyone, I also just got a new GT1-B, and already having a lot of fun with it. I'll probably pop in here and there quite a bit. I agree that many of the presets are useless but once I figured out how to alter them and use them for myself I was having a lot more fun. The possibilities are endless.

I do have a question though... I have a plug into my computer through USB and I am using Reaper. The software is detecting the sound and you can see it. However when I play back a recorded track I can't get any sound out of my headphones which are plugged into the back of the GT1-B. I'm sure it's just a setting but I haven't been able to figure out which one it is. Anyone using reaper with this? Any ideas?
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There is a thread about DAWs somewhere and I think this was mentioned in it. I’d guess that you have to plug your headphones into your laptop for playback though. I don’t think the DAW would play back from the GT-1B. Could be wrong though.
 
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#205
SgtHulka said:
Hey everyone, I also just got a new GT1-B, and already having a lot of fun with it. I'll probably pop in here and there quite a bit. I agree that many of the presets are useless but once I figured out how to alter them and use them for myself I was having a lot more fun. The possibilities are endless.

I do have a question though... I have a plug into my computer through USB and I am using Reaper. The software is detecting the sound and you can see it. However when I play back a recorded track I can't get any sound out of my headphones which are plugged into the back of the GT1-B. I'm sure it's just a setting but I haven't been able to figure out which one it is. Anyone using reaper with this? Any ideas?
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I'm not a Reaper user, but to me it seems like you are using wrong Sound out. Reaper is probably playing the track on your PC soundcard instead of Boss GT-1B. If that's the case, you need to find some lind of properties inside Reaper and choose prefered sound out.
 
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#206
SgtHulka said:
Hey everyone, I also just got a new GT1-B, and already having a lot of fun with it. I'll probably pop in here and there quite a bit. I agree that many of the presets are useless but once I figured out how to alter them and use them for myself I was having a lot more fun. The possibilities are endless.

I do have a question though... I have a plug into my computer through USB and I am using Reaper. The software is detecting the sound and you can see it. However when I play back a recorded track I can't get any sound out of my headphones which are plugged into the back of the GT1-B. I'm sure it's just a setting but I haven't been able to figure out which one it is. Anyone using reaper with this? Any ideas?
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Within Reaper, go into the preference and change the output into GT, that should play it back then connect the GT output into a bass amp. I run everything from my gt 1, into ableton live, then out of the ampeg. Or select your laptop soundcard as previously mentioned.
 
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#210
Jeremy Crockett said:
Can one use a lower-cost aftermarket two-button footswitch with this or does it need to be the BOSS footswitch?
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If the specs truly match, latch or not, conductors, etc... any brand of switch should work. In reality, it's a simple tip / ring circuit.

If you don't know how to correctly read and understand the specs or determine if another would match, save the stress and use a Boss model stated in the manual.
 
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#212
Jeremy Crockett said:
Can one use a lower-cost aftermarket two-button footswitch with this or does it need to be the BOSS footswitch?
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Yes you can, ai even made one using some spare parts I had lying around and it works perfectly.
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#215
nonohmic said:
I'm getting a lot of hum when I'm in the driven patches with my vintage single coils. Is this expected?

Like almost unusable loud.

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Not sure about the gt1b, waiting on Santa to bring mine, but drives in general are a noisy pedal. Presets are often not set up the best either so go in and make adjustments to the drive and gain setting for that effect and see what happens.
 
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#217
nonohmic said:
I'm getting a lot of hum when I'm in the driven patches with my vintage single coils. Is this expected?

Like almost unusable loud.
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No issues at all here...

If you mean something like a 60 Hz hum, try a different power supply, or at least breaking the chain with the other pedal. If you don't have another, try the GT-1B on batteries, and/or the other pedal on battery and the GT1-B alone on the PS..

I'm powering mine with a Voodoo Labs supply and it's clean as a whistle.
 
#218
RattleSnack said:
Sometimes power can be source of noise. I would try Boss with batteries and Phones to rule it out.
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Plain Old Barry said:
No issues at all here...

If you mean something like a 60 Hz hum, try a different power supply, or at least breaking the chain with the other pedal. If you don't have another, try the GT-1B on batteries, and/or the other pedal on battery and the GT1-B alone on the PS..

I'm powering mine with a Voodoo Labs supply and it's clean as a whistle.
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I tried two different power supplies, headphones and amp and its still pretty bad.

Maybe I'll try batteries.

Its ok with my P bass w/ Geezers. So might just be a single coil + drive thing.
 

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