Fender G-DEC 3 - Manual (Page 9)

To dub over an existing phrase:
1.
Press the (dub) button. You will hear the original
phrase start to play back.
2. Play guitar along with the original phrase.
3. Press the (dub) button to stop recording – or – you can
keep going until the progress bar reaches the end of the
phrase.
To play back your overdubbed phrase:
1.
Press the (playback) button. You will hear the original
phrase and your overdub play back together.
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If you press the (record) button accidentally, it will
erase your overdub and start recording a new phrase.
Overdubbing multiple layers
You don't have to stop with one layer of overdubbing. You
can add as many layers to your phrase as you want. Every time
you press (dub) you can play a different section or instru-
ment until you are playing every part in the band!
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You can adjust the Dub Feedback setting so that every
time you overdub another layer onto a phrase, the
previous overdub layers will become quieter or fade out
completely, making the newest overdub layers more
audible. See Phrase Menus below.
Phrase Menus
Use the phrase menus to save, load or delete phrase
samples and adjust all phrase sampler settings, or to
work with the dub track options.
Dub Commit—Use the Dub Commit menu when you want
to make the overdub track "permanent" by mixing it together
with the original phrase. The advantage of Dub Commit is
that you can erase new overdub layers without erasing the
previously "committed" overdub layer (See Dub Undo below).
Dub Undo—Use the Dub Undo menu when you want to
erase an overdub track and start over. Any overdub tracks that
have been "committed" will not be affected (see Dub Commit
above).
Save Phrase—Use the Save Phrase menu to save the cur-
rently active phrase (all overdubbed layers are automatically
committed). Turn the big knob to select the G-DEC 3 hard
drive (HD) or a flash card (SD) as the save destination, then
press either SAVE PHRASE soft-key.
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Phrases are saved as .wav files with consecutively num-
bered filenames in the format: GDEC0000.wav
Load Phrase—Use the Load Phrase menu to load any phrase
file on the G-DEC 3 hard drive (HD) or SD card (SD). Turn the
big knob to select a file, then press either LOAD PHRASE soft-
key.
Phrase Level—Use the Phrase Level menu to adjust the vol-
ume level of phrase playback.
Dub Feedback—Use the Dub Feedback to make previous
overdub layers fade out as new overdub layers are recorded.
When Dub Feedback is set to "10" the previous overdub lay-
ers will remain at their original volume levels. Lower Dub
Feedback settings will decrease the volume level of previous
overdub layers and a setting of "1" will cause previous over-
dubs to fade out completely.
Phrase Mode—Phrase Mode only applies if you are using
a MIDI file as a phrase. Select SYNCHRONOUS to have the
phrase neatly trimmed to the nearest measure during play-
back. Select FREEFORM to disable this feature.
Phrase Source—Use Phrase Source to select exactly what
the Phrase Sampler records. You can choose to record just
your GUITAR or just the BAND track or you can select ALL (nor-
mal setting) to record everything.
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Try setting Phrase Source to GUITAR then record along
with a band track. When you play the phrase back you
can hear how good you sound without the band!
Phrase Speed—Use the Phrase Speed menu to adjust the
playback speed of the Phrase Sampler from 50% to 150%. You
can use this feature to learn fast licks by recording a section of
a song, then reducing the Phrase Speed so that you can hear
each of the notes more slowly.
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The Phrase DUB function is disabled if Phrase Speed is
set to anything other than 100%.
Phrase Pitch—Use the Phrase Pitch menu to adjust the play-
back pitch of the Phrase Sampler ±5 half steps. You can use
this feature to change the key signature of a song.
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The Phrase DUB function is disabled if Phrase Pitch is set
to anything other than NO SHIFT.
Phrase Playback—Use the Playback menu to choose REPEAT
for endless loop phrase playback or ONCE for once through
phrase playback.
Phrase Quality—Select HI RES for maximum quality phrase
recording with a total phrase length of 35 seconds or select
LOW RES for normal quality phrase recording with a total
phrase length of 2 min, 20 sec.
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