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Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha GW50 Guitar Performance Effector.
The GW50 combines high-quality multi effects for guitar (and other instruments as well) with a
sophisticated backing section that provides realistic automatic rhythmic accompaniment for you
to play along with. The dual functions — effects and backing — make the GW50 useful in a wide
range of applications, from live performance and studio use to home recording and individual
music practice.
Some of the advanced features of the GW50 include:
Effect Section
■ Five basic effect blocks, featuring Compressor,
Distortion, Equalizer, Chorus and Reverb/
Delay, plus additional effect types within each
block, such as Overdrive, Wah, Amp Simulator,
Flanger, Phaser, Pitch Shifter, Tap Delay, and a
built-in Noise Gate.
■ User memory for storing up to 50 user-created
effect programs, all instantly selectable from
the convenient Pedal Switches. (See pages 11,
25.)
■ High-quality sound in all effects, plus added
sonic benefit of having all effects integrated
into one unit.
■ Comprehensive parameter control over all
effects, yet exceptional ease-of-use — you can
adjust the main parameters of the effect blocks
just as you would on conventional pedal effects.
Backing Section
■ A total of 248 automatic rhythm and accompa-
niment patterns, using realistic drum, bass and
other backing instrument sounds. (See page 32.)
The automatic accompaniment includes sophis-
ticated chord control, with 25 different chord
types available in all keys. (See pages 33-35.)
■ Song record capability, for creating songs with
the rhythm/accompaniment patterns and chord
changes, as well as automating effect program
changes, effect bypass and other functions. (See
pages 36-38.)
■ A special Root Select function (see page 78),
which lets you change the root note of the
backing chord by playing the note on your
guitar, and Triggered Run (see page 82), which
allows you to start a song or pattern just by
playing a note on your guitar.
Other Features
■ Convenient Pedal Switch control over many
functions, including chord change, start/stop of
pattern/song playback, bypassing of effects, and
so on.
■ Built-in tuner, allowing you to tune your instru-
ment without removing it from the signal chain.
(See page 39.)
■ Various MIDI features for interfacing with a
wide range of other MIDI devices. (See pages
101-107.)