G system

[aksman]

Originally Posted by supersecretjim

I just sent another mail through support to TC about the software update & software editor. Hope everyone else does the same!

just did it

[gbtommasi]

just fyi, this is the reply i received from tc:

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Response (Nicholas)10/22/2007 12:16 AM

Dear Giovanni,

I have sent your email to product management.
As a personal comment and being myself dedicated to G-System support, I can only agree with you.
I keep pressing PM every day, reporting inputs like yours.
I am not giving any more estimated date because I have no clue, and also because the last times I did, it was not true.

Regards Customer (giovanni tommasi)10/21/2007 12:10 AM

Dear sirs,
Almost two years have passed since the latest G-System software update have been released. There are bugs in the unit that really needs to be fixed, such the volume pedal lag for instance, which makes it unusable.
Should we talk about the editor?

C'mon, is this TC Electronic, I mean the Company which is a leader in the effects industry? Well TC's reputation is not having a ramp up in this period. Do something, say something, say a date at least.

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As a result of all this, i have to say i do not hope anymore in the editor, but i am mad about the software update. This is something due to the customers when there are problems to be fixed on a 1400$ piece of gear...
For the support, i have to say it is always been good in my case, i just think they have some problems inside the company...

[jelyfinger]

They are too busy launching all their recent products to worry about taking care of existing customers. "We already got your money" and are seeking new victims! It will be a cold day in hell before i buy another TC product!

[Ikarus]

Can anyone tell me how i can save the channel switching on the g in patches. I have changed the boost switch on the g to switch channels on my mesa lonestar, but i cant save the on/off setting for it. When I switch to the drive channel it stays that way even if I switch patches. I want to be able to switch patches and the channel at the same time. Can anyone help me?

[Sadhaka]

Originally Posted by Ikarus

Can anyone tell me how i can save the channel switching on the g in patches. I have changed the boost switch on the g to switch channels on my mesa lonestar, but i cant save the on/off setting for it. When I switch to the drive channel it stays that way even if I switch patches. I want to be able to switch patches and the channel at the same time. Can anyone help me?

Don't know if this will help but here goes.

I found with my Lone Star that the channel relay selects the drive channel by default (actually my friend helped me realise this - thanks Tim!). So any patch you select will have the drive channel on.

I decided to set the boost switch to change between the solo and normal settings on the Lone Star in relay B and then use relay A to set patches to have the channel 1 or 2. Say I have patch 1 set to a clean sound with chorus. When I set the relay A for that sound, I have to set it to a configuration that has channel 1 selected on the amp. Then I can copy that sound to patch 2 and set the relay A to the drive channel.

Also, it is best to use two cables going from the g system to the channel switching on the back panel of the amp.

Sorry if this didn't answer your question well. It's late and I'm tired. Will check tomorrow :-)

[LegGodt]

Any software engineers out there? Let's reverse engineer this thing and write our own Editor! I can't do it on my own, but I'm willing to help.

I'm also an avid LEGO collector and when the first robotics kit came out the community wasn't happy with the programming enviroment so they reverse engineered the brain from the kit and they wrote their own programming enviroment. I'm sure there are some people here that can figure this out.

[RichM]

JLantern: Wow! Thanks for the description of your (enjoyable) journey through stereo land. I too like Mesa for its clean sounds and tend to use different drive pedals in the G-S loops for dirtier sounds whilst still playing through the Mesa's clean channel.

I would really want to have just one (easy to use) stereo pre-amp and one stereo power amp. Are you saying that the Mesa Formula Preamp combined with the Peavey Classic 50/50 is your favorite combination?

As long as the tone is good I'm happy. It doesn't have to be perfect. I would rather spend time playing than time on tweaking settings to get a tone thats 5-10% better - if you know what I mean.

I appreciate your advice, and will look at s/h equipment if I can find it..

[aksman]

Here we go again... Reply from TC:

the editor will be released shortly. Our developers are working on it and hope to have a public version out by beginning of December.


Best,

Mike

[gbtommasi]

I am not waiting for it anymore. When it comes, it comes. If it ever comes actually

[Proteus]

I hope its worth the wait!!!

[supersecretjim]

like I said days ago ... the official word now is "shortly".

They also said that may only be a beta version.

[Blues123]

This is a f%$&ing joke.
My Pod may not sound as good, but I have an editor and regular software updates and no bugs. Basically, it works.
Come on TC get your act together. You may have our money, but we expect and are entitled to get better service than this!!

And yes, I have emailed them AGAIN!!

[dgibbz82]

hey guys, i've had my gsystem for about three weeks. i just finally got it all dialed in with my mesa boogie dual rectifier and it sounds great. the last step i need to figure out is how to switch channels using the gsystem. my axess electronics cfx4 came and i'm a little confused on how it all works. i have the custom cable that goes from my head to the cfx4. and i'm running a 5 pin midi cable from the gsys midi out to the cfx4 midi in. the cfx4 has a 7 pin midi connection, would running a 5 pin into the 7 pin work? or do i need to find a cable that has 5 pin on one side and 7 pin on the other.

once its all setup, do i use program change mode or control change mode on the cfx4? if it's control change mode, should i use cc1, cc2, cc3, or cc4? and after all of that, how do i use the gsystem to tell the cfx4 what channel and everything to be on. i'm just really confused. this post might have even been confusing. hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. thanks a lot guys!

-david

[supersecretjim]

I havent done the midi thing yet. Soon Im getting a Marshall JVM410(sounds pretty good & has midi control). Just gotta find good homes for my XXX combos & some other stuff.

[benttop]

Time to post our reviews on Harmony Central then....