Thank you! I just bought a second-hand GT-8 (without manual) and it sounded like crap for all patches. Setting the output to line/phones made all the difference.
Thank you Steve for the video. I'm someone who's blind so I'm overwhelm by how many nobs and buttons there are. Still, I'm trying to learn how to navigate. Love your video.
Wtf? How tf are you even doing anything with this device if you're blind? I'm calling bs on that because I'm sighted well enough to navigate life in general, and even I have a seemingly insurmountable task in trying to make sense of this device and all it's crazy knobs and buttons so I just don't see how a blind person would have a working grasp of it..
the FX chain and the order in which you set them also has a lot to do with taming your sound I found out too after so many years trying to figure why I is the distortion so harsh and with so much uncontrolled feedback! Basically it helps to set your effects in this order in FX chain if you want to get the best tamed sound out of it: This is a General setup: (First Letter capital means the F is set to On) Compression>Overdrive>Distortion>PreAmp>loop(set to Off)>Chorus>Delay>Reverb>DGT For 4 cable method: (This setup allows you to use FX loop on any amp that has a send and return feature so you can add/mix the natural sound of your pre-amp head with the other effects of your GT-8) If you're not familiar with the 4 cable method, please look it up on UA-cam or google it! Compression>Overdrive>Distortion>Loop (set to On)>PreAmp>>Chorus>Delay>Reverb>DGT • Some Important Notes when using the 4 cable method with loop turned on: I found its best to set your Pre-amp fx AFTER the LOOP instead of Before on the chain if you want to add a different color to your distortion and also to get rid of any uncontrolled feedback as well! I found you get a better sound when you set your pre on the GT-8 to a clean sounding amp like the Roland. ANd get most of your distortions from the Overdrive/Distortion. But if you want the distortion form the pre's cabs using the mic parameter, its best to set your Overdrive/Distortions to OFF or just clean overdrive! Else you will get that uncontrolled feedback again. It pays to play around with this so you see what I mean. There's more tips I can add to this, but this is the meat and potato of it just to get you all started and avoid my years of frustration with the damn thing. Just one more note: The Loop has a send and return level feature in it also. Just click the Loop and then press on the irght button of parameters to get to these addition features or parameters. You can set the output level of the send or return as desired if you find that your getting to much volume that it clips or sounds crazy distorted or uncontrolled feedback. This following tutorial helps explain the whole fx order in more detail, and helped me a lot in understanding what I was doing SOOOOOOOOOO wrong on my GT-8. Hope this will help you too > ua-cam.com/video/t80uF_GJPR4/v-deo.html Oh, and one more important thing. There's always a tendency for your output levels to rise/go louder everytime you add another effect into your chain. Try to keep all of your effects levels at unity gain for best sound. You want character in sound, not louder. I always start all of my volume levels with pedal board master output knob set to max, and a clean sound from the tuning button which also bypasses entire effects patch so you can listen to your guitar at its natural volume without all the effects turned on. Use this volume level as your starting point to setting all of your effects levels. You can click the tuning on/off to A/B the difference and compare. Good Luck all!
Brilliant videos, your GT-8 tutorials are excellent, I have had mine a couple of years and I've just recently realised that the line out sound is the best, I hated the digital sound I was getting in the front end of the amp. Didn't realise about the meter level. Thanks a mill for the great videos, just about to watch the fx only vid. Excellent english by the way
Thanks very much for this, I have read the manual and read a home made guide to the GT8 but your explanations here have really helped me get a better tone out of the GT8 already, I was about to trade in for a line 6 floor pod. p.s. your english is fantastic, as an englishman I hate that as a society we are so bad at other languages but people like yourself are so good at speaking English!
Thank you a lot!!!! Very, very clear! I bought the GT-8 a couple of days ago, but I've not got it yet...When it will happen, you'll have to be patience, cause lots of questions will come ;-) You seem to be very gentle and kind and it's rare these days.
You have a nob to adjust the level of Patch.You can adjust the volume your presets and patch,so its really up to you.The nob between the LCD and speed dial is the patch volume control and the level nob next to the presence button is the volume control for the preset.
Brilliant videos, your GT-8 tutorials are excellent, I have had mine a couple of years and I've just recently realised that the line out sound is the best, I hated the digital sound I was getting in the front end of the amp. Didn't realise about the meter level. Thanks a mill for the great videos, just about to watch the fx only vid
Steve, You ROCK! Thanks for taking the time to explain the meter portion. One thing I did this week was to make many of the patches I use at the same volume which helps me when playjing through a PA. Thanks again - - Oh BTW, youre English is great! - Trowerr
I don't agree with you on the output select,but I agree with you on the fact that there is too many options on the GT-8.I just learned that if you put the limiter in front in the loop that it will reduce the noise...got to try it and find out.
Thank you for the great tips! Seems some people are disappointed that the GT-8 doesn't have an easy interface for backing up to a computer. This is probably a no-brainer but for me the easiest way to backup is to get a second GT-8 (available at great prices now) and do a system dump from one to the other via a standard midi cable. Takes about 2 minutes and you have a clone of all your patches and settings (everything!) on another GT-8, ready to use as a backup in case your main GT-8 fails at a bad time. Another very cool feature I've recently explored is it's ability to do a gradual fade from one sound to another with the expression pedal, for example, pedal forward is Overdrive and pedal back is Tremolo, and rocking the pedal slowly (or quickly) from full forward to full back morphs your sound from whatever overdrive you like to tremolo (or any 2 different sounds) (or 3 for that matter). You can set it so the pedal changes your sound several times from full forward to full back, but you don't want to put too many in there or it will be difficult to control the pedal from one sound to the next.
That’s ridiculous. Just upgrade to a newer unit if you’re going to be spending any money. Why would you buy another outdated obsolete version when you can get the GT 1 for under $150. Or just save your money for the Helix or one of the new Boss models which are made by Roland.
Hi....I am currently using a Line 6 Floor Pod Plus. It is a lot simpler than the GT-8. Being easy to use is a real plus for me. The floor pod can not Midi-Sync to my Alesis SR-16 so that is a slight drawback. The GT-8 has a more features and does Midi-Sync. I still use my GT-8 on occasion as well as my Line 6 Amp. I also use a POD and a V-AMP. Finding the right set-up can be daunting!
i have been using GT 8 since past 4 years. Its serving me good. I have a decent amp with good gain setting. I use it in 4CM and i have been able to cherish most of the effects of GT8. Sometime i use the Pre AMP setting of GT8 as well. If any one has problem, i can try to help them out. Cheers
Stevezane. Thanks for your reply. I tried it as suggested by you and worked fine. Still experimenting with it & shall ask you if any doubts on Boss Gt-8. Thanks a lot for your guidance. ...
i do have the manual, i'm already running two amps at once... the manual doesn't seem to be answering my question though... what you mentioned is what i'm trying to do... channel A in the left amp, channel B in the right amp... finding the stereo delay is filling both sides when i turn up the levels the right way, but it's still a bit beyond me... way more complex than anything i've evr used... thnx for the reply, bud...
and The Hi Eq is all about hi sounds which you don't want to have too much of it or it will become very painful to people ears,but if too low you will sound flat.The high cut will remove high sounds. The best thing is to play with it and let your ears judge the sound.
Hi Miles, I don't have the GT-8 anymore,but if I remember well you just have turn on the wah in the effects bank and to activate the ewah you just have the press hard on the expression pedal..press forward hard on it.
All you EQ are set on Flat when you edit them.Falt is the same as you would have them in the middle of your analog Eq which is 0db. If you lower the number you will lower the fader on your analog and when you upper the number you will push up the fader on the analog.They are the same,but the analog in more graphical and the digital is numeric and yes maybe a bit more complicated if you don't understand the frequencies.Good Luck!
Tomorrow I'm going to be getting this unit going to run it into a powered 12 inch speaker, , I won't have any time to play with it before the show we are doing so I'm hoping you can recommend a good setting to sound something like 4x12 Marshall clean crunch tone, Stevie ray Vaughns funky rhythm tone etc, lots of crunch and sustain but not too overdriven
Yes you can.You will need a sound card with SPDIF,but I do it with the 1/4 jack input and it sounds good enough.There is a few models of affordable sound cards such as M-Audio fast track pro or Presonus firbox which will do the job well!
Hello Sr. I'm Woody From Haiti 🇭🇹 I congratulate you for this tutorial it's very helpful,my pedal gt 8 stop working I mean when I plug it and I turn it on I connect my guitar and my amp it's not sound can you help me please? Nb: I've been using it for three years but now it's stop working!
Hi Tim, I think it would be a good start to reset it indeed..start there and try it again.if you still have any probems we will try to figure it out..good luck!
Hey Stevezane.. Thanks a lot !!.. & Great to see your reply. Yes i pressed on the parameter & got FX2 , dd, RV , OD.. This is clear to me . But my question is , how to set the METER level separately for each of individual types such as FX2, dd, RV , OD . I know how to set the over all METER level settings.. But i dont know how to set METER level for individual effects such as FX2, dd, RV , OD etc. Please help me on this .. Hope you understood my question. . Thanks in advance...!!..
when you change an effect, does your volume always go back up? Everytime i change a sound effect, the volume goes back to loud which kind of gets annoying
thank you for this! when selecting 80% of the volume for output and you scrolled with the wheel and it was showing different effects I have to manually set the volume for each effect? :( I am getting a GT8 today by the way.
I don't really practice anymore,but when I need to learn a song I still play thru my sound card.I only use an amp when i play live.I use a few amps..Like a Marshall combo and a Peavey Stack.
The Low cut off will remove some bass from your sound.Low EQ will add some bass.Low mid is a mix of bass and mid which is a bit more nasal sounding..you can start at 500 Hz.Low mid Eq is a nasal sound more based on bass.Mid Eq is very nasal you don't want it to boosted on your guitar sound.Hi-Mid Eq is a mix on Hi sound with Mid which is good on guitar to cut thru the sound.
@JonathanAnon Not really..its more for avoiding some unwanted noise.If you have a problem with levels when making patches you could always buy a real db meter and work with that..I know its sometimes hard to have the clean sound equal the distortion sound,,the distortion always seem to be lower than the clean...that could be a useful tool.
Hey man, believe it or not, but I managed to fix the problem: Switch the gt8 off, then keep the CTL/EXP button pressed in (the button to the right of the master button) and then switch the gt8 on. It will then say "Exp calibration". Set pedal to min. Tilt the pedal all the way back to set the min and press write, then tilt the pedal all the way forward to set the max, and then THRESHOLD means how hard you have to press. I set mine to about 9, makes it harder to press down on. Hope it helps
Are you usin the GT-8 as a preamp in your Marshall? The volume nob is just an output...doesn't really matter what level it is set on.Just set it for you to be comfortable.This nob is very good especially live when one of your patch is too loud...you can just lower it right there on the spot.
Hi Steve. thanks for ur message. But there is come confusion. Can you please post a video tutorial , on how to change the Meter settings for Overdrive, Preamp etc. I was only able to change the overall meter level. How to change separately the meter levels for each thing, such as Over drive, Fx2, FX1 etc.. I am not able to find any Knob or settings to do that. PLease help us by posting a video tutorial on this. Thanks in advance for your helping others.
cheers steve spent all day trying to follow someones brick in the wall rythym and lead expression pedal not a sound came out ha ha, think ive created a new effect its called The Silencer !! ha ha will proberbly spend all morning doing it again, the video effect sounds pretty good . I suppose its about familarizing oneself with the darn thing. still i shall not be put off, thanks for the tip on the website and i shall keep a eye on your post cheers steve have a nice day
+EVO OVE Lo Re Problem is that i don't have the GT-8 for the past 4 years now and i don't remember how.You can check a web site called bossgtcentral. c o m Good luck!
I've stopped using amp simulators..I now have boutique pedals and a line6 m9 in my effect loop and a line6 m5 in front for eq's + a wah and volume pedal..that's all..
@MalcaratMartinez FWIW in case anyone is having the same issue.........just found out how to do it. System menu, click on right arrow until you see "Num pdl switch" and set to tuner with the wheel (it's off by default). This is not in the manual and a friend just told me how to do it.
Hey Steve, i've got a Les Paul with a lot of output, is there a way to control the inputlevel (besides turning down the volumemeter on my LP)? It tends to start clipping no matter what. Also I tweak my gt8 using headphones, i find it very hard to get a really clean sound. Is that because i'm using headphones or is there another reason? Thanks for the tutorial, looking forward to new tutorials!
Thanks Steve il try that today. Do you rocomend i buy a dvd boss gt8 tutorial or is it all here on you tube, it really is quite complex. here is one for you, when on any effect unit does the acoustic guitat simulator sound like an acoustic, never in my opinion. also the sitar never sounds like a sitar. did trevor rabin on the it can happen track use a sitar simulator or did he find his own way of doing it. thanks again steve much apreciated
@stevezane Hi Steve, thanks for your response..okay I wont use Output Meter for levelling.. I actually did try mic up my GT8 it up to my PC, so that I could view the db level in Audacity.. but it's still hard enough to judge..
Thanks for posting this, ive only just got a GT8 so its very helpful ... I'm using it for vocal + harmonica effects + I think its going to take me a while to learn how to use it so any help is much appreciated :-)
There is a few ways to do it..You can plug the GT-8 in the 1/8 mic input of your computer,but you may have some latency that way.The best way to do it is by having a sound card interface.There is M-Audio or Presonus that makes affordable sound cards.Let me know if you need more info.
The frequency will come with experience.If you want a metal sound the rectifier in the Gt-8 is good.I would connect the GT-8 in your amp's effect loop to have better sound quality.You should check the site called Boss Gt central..i'll send the link in your PM.
Are you talking about resetting a single setting or all the patches? If you made a preset and you have tweaked the effects,eq..ect you are pretty much stock with your new settings.What you can do is just turning all the effects,eq,ect.. off and restart tweaking from scratch.Let me know how it turned out.
Can you help me about the EQ? I'm not used to a digital EQs, I'm a little bit confused to it, I use to to have a analog EQ which has a slide knob... Can you show us the values of each of it to compare to the analog? Thanks!
The meter level is just to make sure your Volume,effects are not peaking.Each effects have their own volume.Let me know if i didn't get your question...lol
Can you tell me all the sounds that you're using in that preset? Sound,effect..could be the compressor..if you have it on try to turn it off and see if the noise is still there.
Hi! Thanks for the tutorial! I had a couple of questions. The first one is about the loop. How do I make that work? I see the loop button but I don't know how to activate it. The second is: Can I have it set on pedal 1 bank 45 and pedal 2 bank 30(Or any random bank and pedal. Those were just examples)? If so, how do I do that? Thanks in advance!
I have a GT8 and I am very happy with it. There's just one thing I HATE about it. I used to have a GT6 before (which was stolen..). In the GT6, you access bypass / tuner by simply pushing the preset footswitch. In the GT8, you can't do it !!!! you have to bend over and push the "tuner / bypass" button, or assign the CTL switch to do that ............or use an external FS. I can't understand why you can't access bypass the same way as in the GT6
Hi steve, thanks for taking the time out to post all your advice. Im new to the boss effects unit ive found your tutorials.My meter line only shows about two bars up . ive got into metre out put and pressed the sytem button 3 times. i adjust both level and level patch, it goes louder through the amp but does not climb past say a quarter up. ive got it through a roland street amp, ive got into parameteres and put everything up to 80 but it still does not climb. should i reset to factory settings?
@linuxguy2009 yes this is what I told ya...lol a patch has 4 presets right? The Patch level will adjust the overall volume of the 4 presets...very practical when you play live.
I never tried to any of this.. all though, I did do a lot of trial and error bs myself. I am going to try this. espcially the output meter bit.. never knew what that did.. it would help if I'd read the manual to i think.. lol
@JEM556 , Could it be that your low strings are too low?try each note on each low string and try to hear where it buzz the most.It could be that your strings are too low or it might be that the Pickup is too low or too high..if its too high you will get some over tones which sounds dead and if too low it will sound weak.Try that and let me know what is happening.
Hi Stevezane, how to set the Meter level for each type separately, such as for FX2, DD, RV, OD. etc ? Because i found only the over all meter change un your video , How to change METER for each type FX2,DD, RV, OD separately ?? Please help me to understand this. Even i asked you this question before but seems you busy .. Please do clear by doubt. thanks...
I struggle to get a good solo tone, i play a music man jp6 and would love to get a petrucci style sound out of my gt8 but whatever I do always sounds messy or over saturated, seems so hard to set up! Great vid though :-)
Steve, I made the output meter change to about 80%, pushed EXIT, hit a different patch, came back to the original patch and the meter went back to what it was before the adjustment. Clicking WRITE didnt take. What do I do to make it stay at the recent adjustment? - THANK YOU - Trowerr
hello i have a question How did you set up the input for your guitar? Presence input? I want to set it up first my guitar and then make tones... basically in most of everything sounds clipping.... Telecaster J5
hey man, i have a gt8 and im not sure whats the best setting for the little volume knob which is beside the input jack??. i ve set it twelve o clock in a marshall mghdfx 100w. i dont know if im getting the real sound of gt8 specially for the preamps. thanx
Hey Steve the English is fine and thanks for the post, when I solo the output is too low how do I increase the solo output. Thank you in advance regards James
Yes it is..You can even have two amps and send channel A in one of then and channel B in the other..or you can do the same in a P.A.I don't have the GT-8 anymore..do you have the owner's manual? If not i'll look in to it for you.
Hi Stevezane, do you think you can help with how to use the CTL pedal for tap delay? I try to do the set up as the manual say, but it doesn't work I'm afreid is broken.
@MalcaratMartinez I don't know if we're talking about the same thing but in my GT-8 i just press the same footwitch i'm using, if i'm using 1 just press the same 1 a second time. Again, i don't know if we're talking about the same thing. If i'm wrong let me know please.
stevezane, I have a valve amp, but as it is very heavy I want to connect the gt8 to a solid state amp for gigs, what settings to you put a solid state amp controls for best sound ?
Steve plz give me some advice on how to set my expression pedal to turn on/off the wah wah. I've watched some videos and did exactly what they told me but it hasn't worked yet. do I need to have certain settings programed a certain way in order for me to set my expression pedal as wah wah on/off?
What type of system board do you have. The Boss or some other expression system. It really makes a difference even if you have a year difference in some pedal boards systems......it gets real complicated to get it up and correct each time you modify your effects.
yes what you say makes sense..i just don't have the technical words to explain well...I could do it better in French,but no one would look...lol What i meant was that there is 10 virtual nobs(EQ's) including the low cut mid cut and high cut.
is it possible to run channel's A and B at the same time?? if so, how do i get it there?? i just got my GT-8 3 days ago, it's nice, sounds amazing, but wow it's complex!!
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Thank you! I just bought a second-hand GT-8 (without manual) and it sounded like crap for all patches. Setting the output to line/phones made all the difference.
Thank you Steve for the video. I'm someone who's blind so I'm overwhelm by how many nobs and buttons there are. Still, I'm trying to learn how to navigate. Love your video.
Wtf? How tf are you even doing anything with this device if you're blind? I'm calling bs on that because I'm sighted well enough to navigate life in general, and even I have a seemingly insurmountable task in trying to make sense of this device and all it's crazy knobs and buttons so I just don't see how a blind person would have a working grasp of it..
the FX chain and the order in which you set them also has a lot to do with taming your sound I found out too after so many years trying to figure why I is the distortion so harsh and with so much uncontrolled feedback!
Basically it helps to set your effects in this order in FX chain if you want to get the best tamed sound out of it:
This is a General setup: (First Letter capital means the F is set to On)
Compression>Overdrive>Distortion>PreAmp>loop(set to Off)>Chorus>Delay>Reverb>DGT
For 4 cable method: (This setup allows you to use FX loop on any amp that has a send and return feature so you can add/mix the natural sound of your pre-amp head with the other effects of your GT-8) If you're not familiar with the 4 cable method, please look it up on UA-cam or google it!
Compression>Overdrive>Distortion>Loop (set to On)>PreAmp>>Chorus>Delay>Reverb>DGT
• Some Important Notes when using the 4 cable method with loop turned on:
I found its best to set your Pre-amp fx AFTER the LOOP instead of Before on the chain if you want to add a different color to your distortion and also to get rid of any uncontrolled feedback as well!
I found you get a better sound when you set your pre on the GT-8 to a clean sounding amp like the Roland. ANd get most of your distortions from the Overdrive/Distortion.
But if you want the distortion form the pre's cabs using the mic parameter, its best to set your Overdrive/Distortions to OFF or just clean overdrive! Else you will get that uncontrolled feedback again. It pays to play around with this so you see what I mean.
There's more tips I can add to this, but this is the meat and potato of it just to get you all started and avoid my years of frustration with the damn thing.
Just one more note: The Loop has a send and return level feature in it also. Just click the Loop and then press on the irght button of parameters to get to these addition features or parameters. You can set the output level of the send or return as desired if you find that your getting to much volume that it clips or sounds crazy distorted or uncontrolled feedback.
This following tutorial helps explain the whole fx order in more detail, and helped me a lot in understanding what I was doing SOOOOOOOOOO wrong on my GT-8. Hope this will help you too > ua-cam.com/video/t80uF_GJPR4/v-deo.html
Oh, and one more important thing. There's always a tendency for your output levels to rise/go louder everytime you add another effect into your chain. Try to keep all of your effects levels at unity gain for best sound. You want character in sound, not louder. I always start all of my volume levels with pedal board master output knob set to max, and a clean sound from the tuning button which also bypasses entire effects patch so you can listen to your guitar at its natural volume without all the effects turned on. Use this volume level as your starting point to setting all of your effects levels. You can click the tuning on/off to A/B the difference and compare.
Good Luck all!
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Great info in 4CM, thanks
I use my GT8 for years and first time to know about the output meter thing... it was very effective !!!
Brilliant videos, your GT-8 tutorials are excellent, I have had mine a couple of years and I've just recently realised that the line out sound is the best, I hated the digital sound I was getting in the front end of the amp. Didn't realise about the meter level.
Thanks a mill for the great videos, just about to watch the fx only vid. Excellent english by the way
Thanks very much for this, I have read the manual and read a home made guide to the GT8 but your explanations here have really helped me get a better tone out of the GT8 already, I was about to trade in for a line 6 floor pod.
p.s. your english is fantastic, as an englishman I hate that as a society we are so bad at other languages but people like yourself are so good at speaking English!
I've had the gt 8 for 3 years. this was helpful, however, I wish you could post some more short clips like this one. Thanksssssss
Thank you a lot!!!! Very, very clear!
I bought the GT-8 a couple of days ago, but I've not got it yet...When it will happen, you'll have to be patience, cause lots of questions will come ;-)
You seem to be very gentle and kind and it's rare these days.
You have a nob to adjust the level of Patch.You can adjust the volume your presets and patch,so its really up to you.The nob between the LCD and speed dial is the patch volume control and the level nob next to the presence button is the volume control for the preset.
Brilliant videos, your GT-8 tutorials are excellent, I have had mine a couple of years and I've just recently realised that the line out sound is the best, I hated the digital sound I was getting in the front end of the amp. Didn't realise about the meter level.
Thanks a mill for the great videos, just about to watch the fx only vid
Steve, You ROCK! Thanks for taking the time to explain the meter portion. One thing I did this week was to make many of the patches I use at the same volume which helps me when playjing through a PA. Thanks again - - Oh BTW, youre English is great! - Trowerr
Excellent! Thanks very much! Very Helpful for me. I run on a PA and had issues. Now they are resolved.
I don't agree with you on the output select,but I agree with you on the fact that there is too many options on the GT-8.I just learned that if you put the limiter in front in the loop that it will reduce the noise...got to try it and find out.
That's up to you..it depends on what effect you want and in what order you want it.Just make shure you line up the compressor and limiter in front.
Thank you for the great tips! Seems some people are disappointed that the GT-8 doesn't have an easy interface for backing up to a computer. This is probably a no-brainer but for me the easiest way to backup is to get a second GT-8 (available at great prices now) and do a system dump from one to the other via a standard midi cable. Takes about 2 minutes and you have a clone of all your patches and settings (everything!) on another GT-8, ready to use as a backup in case your main GT-8 fails at a bad time.
Another very cool feature I've recently explored is it's ability to do a gradual fade from one sound to another with the expression pedal, for example, pedal forward is Overdrive and pedal back is Tremolo, and rocking the pedal slowly (or quickly) from full forward to full back morphs your sound from whatever overdrive you like to tremolo (or any 2 different sounds) (or 3 for that matter). You can set it so the pedal changes your sound several times from full forward to full back, but you don't want to put too many in there or it will be difficult to control the pedal from one sound to the next.
Happy Birthday ;-) I LIVE in this software for my GT-8
fxfloorboard.sourceforge.net/info.php?model=gt-8
That’s ridiculous. Just upgrade to a newer unit if you’re going to be spending any money. Why would you buy another outdated obsolete version when you can get the GT 1 for under $150. Or just save your money for the Helix or one of the new Boss models which are made by Roland.
Thanks ..It's the little things that make our sound better..You input is appreciated..Btw..Your english is fine.
Hi....I am currently using a Line 6 Floor Pod Plus. It is a lot simpler than the GT-8. Being easy to use is a real plus for me. The floor pod can not Midi-Sync to my Alesis SR-16 so that is a slight drawback. The GT-8 has a more features and does Midi-Sync. I still use my GT-8 on occasion as well as my Line 6 Amp. I also use a POD and a V-AMP. Finding the right set-up can be daunting!
i have been using GT 8 since past 4 years. Its serving me good. I have a decent amp with good gain setting. I use it in 4CM and i have been able to cherish most of the effects of GT8. Sometime i use the Pre AMP setting of GT8 as well. If any one has problem, i can try to help them out. Cheers
Stevezane. Thanks for your reply. I tried it as suggested by you and worked fine. Still experimenting with it & shall ask you if any doubts on Boss Gt-8. Thanks a lot for your guidance. ...
i do have the manual, i'm already running two amps at once... the manual doesn't seem to be answering my question though... what you mentioned is what i'm trying to do... channel A in the left amp, channel B in the right amp... finding the stereo delay is filling both sides when i turn up the levels the right way, but it's still a bit beyond me... way more complex than anything i've evr used... thnx for the reply, bud...
and The Hi Eq is all about hi sounds which you don't want to have too much of it or it will become very painful to people ears,but if too low you will sound flat.The high cut will remove high sounds.
The best thing is to play with it and let your ears judge the sound.
wow thank you haha after 6 years it finally sounds good
Hi Miles, I don't have the GT-8 anymore,but if I remember well you just have turn on the wah in the effects bank and to activate the ewah you just have the press hard on the expression pedal..press forward hard on it.
well done ,thanks from Perth Australia
All you EQ are set on Flat when you edit them.Falt is the same as you would have them in the middle of your analog Eq which is 0db. If you lower the number you will lower the fader on your analog and when you upper the number you will push up the fader on the analog.They are the same,but the analog in more graphical and the digital is numeric and yes maybe a bit more complicated if you don't understand the frequencies.Good Luck!
Woh, lots of help with the line/phones there, man. Seriously! That stack was fuzzying up all of my channels!
Tomorrow I'm going to be getting this unit going to run it into a powered 12 inch speaker, , I won't have any time to play with it before the show we are doing so I'm hoping you can recommend a good setting to sound something like 4x12 Marshall clean crunch tone, Stevie ray Vaughns funky rhythm tone etc, lots of crunch and sustain but not too overdriven
Yes you can.You will need a sound card with SPDIF,but I do it with the 1/4 jack input and it sounds good enough.There is a few models of affordable sound cards such as M-Audio fast track pro or Presonus firbox which will do the job well!
Hello Sr. I'm Woody From Haiti 🇭🇹 I congratulate you for this tutorial it's very helpful,my pedal gt 8 stop working I mean when I plug it and I turn it on I connect my guitar and my amp it's not sound can you help me please?
Nb: I've been using it for three years but now it's stop working!
Hi Tim, I think it would be a good start to reset it indeed..start there and try it again.if you still have any probems we will try to figure it out..good luck!
Hey Stevezane.. Thanks a lot !!.. & Great to see your reply. Yes i pressed on the parameter & got FX2 , dd, RV , OD.. This is clear to me . But my question is , how to set the METER level separately for each of individual types such as FX2, dd, RV , OD . I know how to set the over all METER level settings.. But i dont know how to set METER level for individual effects such as FX2, dd, RV , OD etc. Please help me on this .. Hope you understood my question. . Thanks in advance...!!..
You're welcome clamorosissimo!
I'll be happy to help you with your questions when you get your GT-8
thank you very very very much dude!.. that is what i've been looking for for ages.
when you change an effect, does your volume always go back up? Everytime i change a sound effect, the volume goes back to loud which kind of gets annoying
thank you for this! when selecting 80% of the volume for output and you scrolled with the wheel and it was showing different effects I have to manually set the volume for each effect? :( I am getting a GT8 today by the way.
I don't really practice anymore,but when I need to learn a song I still play thru my sound card.I only use an amp when i play live.I use a few amps..Like a Marshall combo and a Peavey Stack.
The Low cut off will remove some bass from your sound.Low EQ will add some bass.Low mid is a mix of bass and mid which is a bit more nasal sounding..you can start at 500 Hz.Low mid Eq is a nasal sound more based on bass.Mid Eq is very nasal you don't want it to boosted on your guitar sound.Hi-Mid Eq is a mix on Hi sound with Mid which is good on guitar to cut thru the sound.
@JonathanAnon Not really..its more for avoiding some unwanted noise.If you have a problem with levels when making patches you could always buy a real db meter and work with that..I know its sometimes hard to have the clean sound equal the distortion sound,,the distortion always seem to be lower than the clean...that could be a useful tool.
THANK YOU GOOD SIR! i use the gt8 for over 5 years now.. never get into it much..
but maybe now i can (:
Hey man, believe it or not, but I managed to fix the problem:
Switch the gt8 off, then keep the CTL/EXP button pressed in (the button to the right of the master button) and then switch the gt8 on. It will then say "Exp calibration". Set pedal to min. Tilt the pedal all the way back to set the min and press write, then tilt the pedal all the way forward to set the max, and then THRESHOLD means how hard you have to press. I set mine to about 9, makes it harder to press down on. Hope it helps
Are you usin the GT-8 as a preamp in your Marshall? The volume nob is just an output...doesn't really matter what level it is set on.Just set it for you to be comfortable.This nob is very good especially live when one of your patch is too loud...you can just lower it right there on the spot.
Hi Steve. thanks for ur message. But there is come confusion. Can you please post a video tutorial , on how to change the Meter settings for Overdrive, Preamp etc. I was only able to change the overall meter level. How to change separately the meter levels for each thing, such as Over drive, Fx2, FX1 etc.. I am not able to find any Knob or settings to do that. PLease help us by posting a video tutorial on this. Thanks in advance for your helping others.
cheers steve spent all day trying to follow someones brick in the wall rythym and lead expression pedal not a sound came out ha ha, think ive created a new effect its called The Silencer !! ha ha will proberbly spend all morning doing it again, the video effect sounds pretty good . I suppose its about familarizing oneself with the darn thing. still i shall not be put off, thanks for the tip on the website and i shall keep a eye on your post cheers steve have a nice day
Hello.....Thanks for your help! I just purchased a GT-8 and I would like you to show me how to set up dynamic switching with picking strength.
+EVO OVE Lo Re Problem is that i don't have the GT-8 for the past 4 years now and i don't remember how.You can check a web site called bossgtcentral. c o m Good luck!
I've stopped using amp simulators..I now have boutique pedals and a line6 m9 in my effect loop and a line6 m5 in front for eq's + a wah and volume pedal..that's all..
@MalcaratMartinez FWIW in case anyone is having the same issue.........just found out how to do it. System menu, click on right arrow until you see "Num pdl switch" and set to tuner with the wheel (it's off by default). This is not in the manual and a friend just told me how to do it.
Hey Steve, i've got a Les Paul with a lot of output, is there a way to control the inputlevel (besides turning down the volumemeter on my LP)? It tends to start clipping no matter what. Also I tweak my gt8 using headphones, i find it very hard to get a really clean sound. Is that because i'm using headphones or is there another reason? Thanks for the tutorial, looking forward to new tutorials!
Hi James, I don't have the GT-8 anymore,but if I remember well you just have to crank the level of the patch and then save it.
Use JC-120 return for the out put and plug into the return of you amp....so much better for a valve amp
Thanks Steve il try that today. Do you rocomend i buy a dvd boss gt8 tutorial or is it all here on you tube, it really is quite complex. here is one for you, when on any effect unit does the acoustic guitat simulator sound like an acoustic, never in my opinion. also the sitar never sounds like a sitar. did trevor rabin on the it can happen track use a sitar simulator or did he find his own way of doing it. thanks again steve much apreciated
@MalcaratMartinez you can assign it to the ctl or to the 1-2-3-4 preset,but I prefer to assign it to the CTL pedal...hope that helped you.
Merci je ne connaissais pas cette fonction!
Bienvenue!
@stevezane Hi Steve, thanks for your response..okay I wont use Output Meter for levelling..
I actually did try mic up my GT8 it up to my PC, so that I could view the db level in Audacity.. but it's still hard enough to judge..
thank you sir steve.very helpful settings..
Thanks for posting this, ive only just got a GT8 so its very helpful ... I'm using it for vocal + harmonica effects + I think its going to take me a while to learn how to use it so any help is much appreciated :-)
Amazing.... Friend the tutorial boss gt8.
Salam.. From indonesia..
There is a few ways to do it..You can plug the GT-8 in the 1/8 mic input of your computer,but you may have some latency that way.The best way to do it is by having a sound card interface.There is M-Audio or Presonus that makes affordable sound cards.Let me know if you need more info.
what about for small amp? what settings could you advice to me? i'm using a FENDER SIDEKICK RX15 amp
hi. thanks for the info. I am searching on how to set the gt8 to use just the pedals for their own sounds manually. How is this done?
The frequency will come with experience.If you want a metal sound the rectifier in the Gt-8 is good.I would connect the GT-8 in your amp's effect loop to have better sound quality.You should check the site called Boss Gt central..i'll send the link in your PM.
Are you talking about resetting a single setting or all the patches? If you made a preset and you have tweaked the effects,eq..ect you are pretty much stock with your new settings.What you can do is just turning all the effects,eq,ect.. off and restart tweaking from scratch.Let me know how it turned out.
Trying to adjust my tremelo rate. Any help is appreciated.
Can you help me about the EQ? I'm not used to a digital EQs, I'm a little bit confused to it, I use to to have a analog EQ which has a slide knob...
Can you show us the values of each of it to compare to the analog?
Thanks!
The meter level is just to make sure your Volume,effects are not peaking.Each effects have their own volume.Let me know if i didn't get your question...lol
Tq friend.
thanks for this video is very very good
tanks
Sorry for the delay,
I'll send you a message on how to do it.
Excellent, very helpful. Thanks SteveZane.
Wats the difference with a boss ME-70 and this?
thanks for the explanation.. is there a way i can aux in the processor.. so playing with backing tracks is possible ?
Can you tell me all the sounds that you're using in that preset? Sound,effect..could be the compressor..if you have it on try to turn it off and see if the noise is still there.
Hi! Thanks for the tutorial! I had a couple of questions. The first one is about the loop. How do I make that work? I see the loop button but I don't know how to activate it. The second is: Can I have it set on pedal 1 bank 45 and pedal 2 bank 30(Or any random bank and pedal. Those were just examples)? If so, how do I do that? Thanks in advance!
Nice explanation, guy! Thanks!!
Hola, se puede controlar más de un efecto a la vez con pedal ctl?
Once i set it up like you said on the video. How do i save the changes? Thanks.
I have a GT8 and I am very happy with it. There's just one thing I HATE about it. I used to have a GT6 before (which was stolen..). In the GT6, you access bypass / tuner by simply pushing the preset footswitch. In the GT8, you can't do it !!!! you have to bend over and push the "tuner / bypass" button, or assign the CTL switch to do that ............or use an external FS. I can't understand why you can't access bypass the same way as in the GT6
Hi steve, thanks for taking the time out to post all your advice. Im new to the boss effects unit ive found your tutorials.My meter line only shows about two bars up . ive got into metre out put and pressed the sytem button 3 times. i adjust both level and level patch, it goes louder through the amp but does not climb past say a quarter up. ive got it through a roland street amp, ive got into parameteres and put everything up to 80 but it still does not climb. should i reset to factory settings?
@linuxguy2009 yes this is what I told ya...lol a patch has 4 presets right? The Patch level will adjust the overall volume of the 4 presets...very practical when you play live.
Thank you very much!!
Hi there.. very interesting video... Is it a good idea to use the output meter to help get your patches all at the same level?
I never tried to any of this.. all though, I did do a lot of trial and error bs myself. I am going to try this. espcially the output meter bit.. never knew what that did.. it would help if I'd read the manual to i think.. lol
@JEM556 , Could it be that your low strings are too low?try each note on each low string and try to hear where it buzz the most.It could be that your strings are too low or it might be that the Pickup is too low or too high..if its too high you will get some over tones which sounds dead and if too low it will sound weak.Try that and let me know what is happening.
Hi Stevezane, how to set the Meter level for each type separately, such as for FX2, DD, RV, OD. etc ? Because i found only the over all meter change un your video , How to change METER for each type FX2,DD, RV, OD separately ?? Please help me to understand this. Even i asked you this question before but seems you busy .. Please do clear by doubt. thanks...
I struggle to get a good solo tone, i play a music man jp6 and would love to get a petrucci style sound out of my gt8 but whatever I do always sounds messy or over saturated, seems so hard to set up! Great vid though :-)
Steve thanks a lot !
Just asking ....have you ever done a Boston/Thom Schollz preset ??
Yes I have, it was More than a feeling.
@stevezane How do you assign to the 1-2-3-4 preset ? that's EXACTLY what I need, but I have no idea how to do it..........
Steve, I made the output meter change to about 80%, pushed EXIT, hit a different patch, came back to the original patch and the meter went back to what it was before the adjustment. Clicking WRITE didnt take. What do I do to make it stay at the recent adjustment? - THANK YOU - Trowerr
hello i have a question How did you set up the input for your guitar? Presence input?
I want to set it up first my guitar and then make tones... basically in most of everything sounds clipping.... Telecaster J5
mmm i want a lead metal sound, i dont understand about the lo-mid freq and hi-mid freq in the EQ
hey man, i have a gt8 and im not sure whats the best setting for the little volume knob which is beside the input jack??. i ve set it twelve o clock in a marshall mghdfx 100w. i dont know if im getting the real sound of gt8 specially for the preamps. thanx
Hey Steve the English is fine and thanks for the post, when I solo the output is too low how do I increase the solo output. Thank you in advance regards James
Yes it is..You can even have two amps and send channel A in one of then and channel B in the other..or you can do the same in a P.A.I don't have the GT-8 anymore..do you have the owner's manual? If not i'll look in to it for you.
hey dude.. nice tutorial...how much is a boss gt-8?
can you assign channel A and channel B in the same patch? using your CTL pedal as a switch between A and B? ... how do you do these ? thanks
Hi Stevezane, do you think you can help with how to use the CTL pedal for tap delay? I try to do the set up as the manual say, but it doesn't work I'm afreid is broken.
@MalcaratMartinez I don't know if we're talking about the same thing but in my GT-8 i just press the same footwitch i'm using, if i'm using 1 just press the same 1 a second time. Again, i don't know if we're talking about the same thing. If i'm wrong let me know please.
stevezane, I have a valve amp, but as it is very heavy I want to connect the gt8 to a solid state amp for gigs, what settings to you put a solid state amp controls for best sound ?
it's very helpfull, could you teach me how to use loop..
Steve plz give me some advice on how to set my expression pedal to turn on/off the wah wah. I've watched some videos and did exactly what they told me but it hasn't worked yet. do I need to have certain settings programed a certain way in order for me to set my expression pedal as wah wah on/off?
What type of system board do you have. The Boss or some other expression system. It really makes a difference even if you have a year difference in some pedal boards systems......it gets real complicated to get it up and correct each time you modify your effects.
yes what you say makes sense..i just don't have the technical words to explain well...I could do it better in French,but no one would look...lol What i meant was that there is 10 virtual nobs(EQ's) including the low cut mid cut and high cut.
is it possible to run channel's A and B at the same time?? if so, how do i get it there?? i just got my GT-8 3 days ago, it's nice, sounds amazing, but wow it's complex!!