Fender G-DEC 3 Thirty & Fifteen Owner's Manual - page 4

A. INPUT 

— 

Plug your guitar in here.

B. GUITAR TONE 

— 

Adjusts the tone of your guitar. This does not 

affect the sound of the Band or Auxiliary input.

C. START-STOP 

— 

Press to start the Band track so that you can play 

along on guitar. Press again to stop the Band. The title of the 

Band track is displayed on screen. See 

Band Mode 

on page 7 to 

learn how to change the Band track and modify a variety of Band 

parameters.

D.  QUICK ACCESS (QA) 

—  

Press to enter Quick Access (QA) mode. 

Press QUICK ACCESS repeatedly to change the file type and 

location of the Band tracks displayed.  Press EXIT {J} to leave QA 

mode.

In QA mode you can assign three presets to soft keys {H} for quick 

access to your favorites. To assign a QA preset, press and hold a 

QA1, QA2 or QA3 soft key while turning the ENCODER knob {K}.

One of the cool things you can do in QA mode is scroll through 

all your Band tracks and instantly play them with any of your QA 

presets simply by pressing START-STOP. Press the LOOP soft key 

to play the Band track repeatedly. 

E. TAP 

/

 TUNER 

— 

Press and hold this key to activate the 

TUNER

. 

Strike an open string on your guitar and the Tuner displays the 

nearest note and the tuning needle shows if you are in tune. 

TAP:

  You can also use this key to tap "by feel" the delay interval 

of delay effects (while in FX mode, 

Delay Time 

menu) and the 

tempo of MIDI tracks (while in Band mode, 

Tempo 

menu) rather 

than selecting the time values using the ENCODER knob.

F. PHRASE 

SAMPLER 

— 

Use the Phrase Sampler to record G-DEC 3 

audio for a variety of sampling and overdubbing functions.

Press:  

To start/stop...

Playback

 of a sampled phrase

Sampling

 (recording) a new phrase

DUB

Overdubbing

 (adding layers) to original phrase

 Phrase 

input

levels are affected by your guitar volume level and  

the BAND LEVEL {L} setting. 

 Phrase 

playback

level  is  adjusted  in  the  Phrase  mode  PHRASE 

LEVEL

menu and is also affected by VOLUME {M}. 

 See 

Phrase Mode 

on page 7.

G. SCREEN 

— 

The screen displays everything that's going on with 

the G-DEC 3. Turn the ENCODER knob to edit the 

highlighted

item on screen.

H. SOFT KEYS 

— 

The function of each key is displayed on screen. 

In Play mode for example, pressing the soft keys will take you to 

Amp

, 

FX

, 

Band

 and 

Phrase

 modes.

I. SAVE 

— 

The SAVE key will turn red to indicate that you have 

made changes to the current preset. Press SAVE if you want to 

keep your changes. It's a two step process: 

1.

 Press SAVE once. From this screen you can select any preset to 

overwrite. To change the name of the preset:  Press soft keys to 

move the cursor, select case/number or insert space, then turn 

the ENCODER knob to change the highlighted character.

2.

 Press SAVE a second time to complete the save process.

J.  EXIT / UTILITY MODE 

— 

Press EXIT to return to Play mode from 

other modes. 

Press and hold EXIT to enter Utility mode where you can perform 

system functions like importing presets and monitoring memory 

usage. See 

Utility Mode

 on page 8.

K. ENCODER KNOB 

— 

Turn  this  knob  to  edit  the 

highlighted

item  on  screen.  In  Play  mode  for  example,  the  preset  name  is 

highlighted and therefore the ENCODER knob changes presets. 

L. BAND LEVEL 

— 

Adjusts the volume level of the Band track as 

well as the Auxiliary input levels.

M. VOLUME 

— 

Adjusts the overall loudness of the G-DEC 3.   

N.  SD CARD SLOT 

— 

You can use an SD flash memory card to have 

additional Band tracks available to the G-DEC 3. You can use MP3 

or WAV files (stereo/mono 16 bit, 44.1k) or MIDI files (type 0 or 

type 1 ). You can also import and export presets to the SD card.

Insert an empty SD card in the G-DEC 3 and the G-DEC will 

automatically create the appropriate folders for you. Then you 

can load MP3 or WAV files from your computer onto the SD card 

"Audio" folder to use as Band tracks. Presets, phrase and MIDI 

tracks go in their respective folders.

NOTE

: For reliable performance use only premium quality SD 

cards. Log on to fender.com for a list of approved brands.

 O.  PHONES 

— 

Plug in your headphones, ear buds, or power 

speakers to enjoy the G-DEC 3's stereo features. This jack may 

also be used as a stereo recording output. The amp's internal 

speaker will be muted.

P. USB 

— 

You can connect the G-DEC 3 to your computer and use 

Fender® Fuse™ software (included) to transfer/edit presets and media 

files beyond what the G-DEC 3 is capable of alone. See the Fender 

Fuse software owner's manual on the G-DEC 3 DVD for details. 

The  USB  connection  can  also  be  used  to  stream  stereo  16  bit, 

44.1k audio (playback and recording). The included G-DEC 3 DVD 

contains 

Ableton® Live Lite 8 Fender Edition

 recording software 

and drivers.

NOTE

: While recording through the USB connection the Phrase 

Sampler and Band track functions are disabled. Do not connect 

the G-DEC 3 through a USB hub.

Control Panel Overview

SD

PHONES

USB

START-

STOP

QUICK

ACCESS

TAP

HOLD FOR

TUNER

DUB

EXIT

HOLD FOR

UTIL

SAVE

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