Boss gt8

[affinityband]

I was wondering if anyone had one of these and could tell me how it is possible to bypass the boss's distortion so i could use my amps sound? And if not then could anyone tell me how to get a decent distortion sound out of it? as ive been trying and failed.

 

[DirgeForNovember]

I was wondering if anyone had one of these and could tell me how it is possible to bypass the boss's distortion so i could use my amps sound? And if not then could anyone tell me how to get a decent distortion sound out of it? as ive been trying and failed.

A friend bought a GT-8 and had the same problems in the beginning. I don't know how to use the amp-distortion, but once he disabled the pre-amps in the GT-8 he was able to create far better distortion sounds.

And he did something which required a lot of cables and improved the general sound a lot, but I can't recall what exactly it was. Something that made sure that the amp wouldn't change the sound that comes out of the GT-8 further or so. Hey, I'm only the drummer...

 

[Blakkheim]

yeah there's a famous "4 cable method"...

1. guitar to GT instrument in
2. GT FX out to amps FX send
3. amp FX return to GT FX in
4. GT out to amp input

 

[affinityband]

Thank you guys, blakkheim have you upgraded to the gt8 yet?

 

[m0rtis]

Blakkheim the Boss Gt Master

 

[affinityband]

Ill fucking say!

 

[kamikaze]

I was wondering if anyone had one of these and could tell me how it is possible to bypass the boss's distortion so i could use my amps sound? And if not then could anyone tell me how to get a decent distortion sound out of it? as ive been trying and failed.

The problem with the boss gt 8, and it's really not much of a problem is the bombardment of EQ. It can really go both ways to getting good tone because of it. Theres an onboard EQ (The knobs on the front), A Cab emulator which is also just different variations on EQ, Two Sub EQ's, A Preamp output selection that has i think 10 or 12 settings, and a master EQ for the output. I've been using it since july when i replaced my POD XT. I've always had a GT unit in the arsenal but im finally comfortable with the sound and power of this machine. It really has lended itself greatly to recording and live use. If your patient enough with the unit, you'll get really good tones from it, It just takes time. I used it on these first two songs located here - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=316265
Also if you havent been, check out Boss gt central located here - http://www.bossgtcentral.com/ Thers alot of good resources for all the boss GT units and a forum as well. Trust me though, Don't give up on the unit, Getting great tone takes some tweaking with these, thats all. I hope this helps

 

[affinityband]

Yea thank you very much my friend, i was gunna go with the vox pedal originally because the tone is much more natural. But it is not as organised or have as many options as the gt8.

 

[discouraged1]

1. guitar to GT instrument in
2. GT FX out to amps FX send
3. amp FX return to GT FX in
4. GT out to amp input

someone should make shirts with that.

 

[discouraged1]

when i replaced my POD XT.

was it a pod xt rack?

i tried it and wanted to use external delay pedal but it didnt work; do you remember what editing do i have to do on pod xt to use send/return properly?

 

[kamikaze]

was it a pod xt rack?

i tried it and wanted to use external delay pedal but it didnt work; do you remember what editing do i have to do on pod xt to use send/return properly?

No it was the bean, I was using it in the studio quite a bit back then and using the GT units live through my stack. As far as all the editing i only used what was provided by the software so i wouldn't know about a live configuration, I think thats why they released the XT Live unit. They have a pretty good forum at line 6's site however and im sure someone could help you out with that I liked it alot for tone but i find myself always changing gear when we go to do a new album, It's like i can't help myself lol Im like the 'Monk" of dark rock lol