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GT-8
Guitar Effects
Processor
TurboStart
TBS 232 ©2005 Roland Corporation U.S.
www.RolandUS.com
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Welcome
Congratulations on your purchase of the Roland
GT-8. This TurboStart contains step-by-step
instructions that will quickly introduce you to the
GT-8’s major features.
Setting Up the GT-8’s Outputs
For optimal sound, configure the GT-8’s outputs for
the device to which they’re connected to:
1. Press OUTPUT SELECT until “Output Select”
appears in the display.
2. Turn the PATCH/VALUE dial to choose the
desired option.
Select:
When you’re connected to:
JC-120
a Roland JC-120 input.
SMALL AMP
a small, or "practice," guitar
amp input.
COMBO AMP
a Combo Amp input.
STACK AMP
a Stack Amp input.
JC-120 Return
the effects return jack of a
Roland JC-120 amp.
COMBO Return
the effects return jack of a
Combo Amp.
STACK Return
the effects return jack of a
stack amp.
LINE/PHONES
headphones, a mixer or
recording device input.
3. Press EXIT when you’re finished.
Tuning the Guitar
The GT-8 features a built-in chromatic tuner that
allows you to tune your guitar quickly and easily.
Here’s how to use it:
1. Press the TUNER/BYPASS button so it’s lit.
2. Play your high open E string. The display shows
the name of the note closest in the pitch to the
string you’ve played.
3. Do a rough tuning so that “E” appears in the
display.
4. Tune the string more precisely until “❚“ appears
in the center. If “>” appears at the left of the
display, the pitch of the string is flat. If “<”
appears at the right of the display, the pitch is
sharp.
5. Repeat Steps 1-4 for the remaining strings.
Selecting Patches
A patch is a group of selected effect combinations
along with their individual settings. There are 140
user patches and 200 preset patches in the GT-8.
Patches are organized in banks of four. The user
banks contain patches U1-1 through U35-4. The
preset banks contain patches P36-1 through P85-4.
Use the following steps to select a patch:
1. Confirm you’re in the main (play) menu by
pressing EXIT a few times.
2. Press the BANK Up or BANK Down pedal to
select the desired bank.
3. Press Pedals 1-4 individually to select patches
within the bank.
4. You can also turn the PATCH/VALUE dial to
scroll through the banks and patches.
Clearing a Patch (Initialization)
You can clear, or “initialize,” any user patch. This can
be handy when you want to build a patch from
scratch, starting from a clean slate. Use the following
steps to initialize a user patch.
Note: Initializing completely resets the parameters of
the selected patch. If you’ve edited the current patch
and want to keep your edits, be sure to write the
patch to another user memory location—as described
on the next page—before initializing.
1. Turn the PATCH/VALUE dial or use the BANK
Up/Down and 1-4 pedals to select the user
patch you’d like to initialize.
2. Press the WRITE button.
3. Press the PARAMETER button until
“Initialize” appears in the display. To cancel the
initialization process at this point, press EXIT.
4. Press WRITE. The patch is now initialized.