ADA Amplification GCS-2 User Manual

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ADA GCS-2 GUITAR CABINET SIMULATOR

USER MANUAL

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Turn any full-range passive or powered monitor speaker or sound system

into a dynamic guitar cabinet, loaded with your choice of drivers.

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Record directly from your pedal board or preamp without speakers or

microphones.

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Get guitar cabinet feedback from your stage monitor

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Page 1 ADA GCS-2 GUITAR CABINET SIMULATOR USER MANUAL  Turn any full-range passive or powered monitor speaker or sound system into a dynamic guitar cabinet, loaded with your choice of drivers.  Record directly from your pedal board or preamp without speakers or microphones.
Page 2 APP-1 and send your signal to a guitar power amplifier and to a mixing console. Versatility is built into the GCS-2, but we have kept the front panel simple with four switches and one MIC PLACEMENT control. Designed around a radically different...
Page 3 OPEN-BACK / SEALED switch. This feature sets the GCS-2 apart from other cabinet simulators due to the NATURAL RESONANCE filters at the low-end that resonate or “ring” like a real sealed cabinet. Finally we have...
Page 4  Selectable OPEN BACK or SEALED Cabinet Type. This feature sets the GCS-2 apart from other cabinet simulators due to the NATURAL RESONANCE filters at the low-end that resonate or “ring” like a real sealed cabinet or “flap” like older open back cabinets.
Page 5 Do connect the output of an effects pedal (especially a distortion pedal), the output of your pedal board or a guitar preamp output to the input of the GCS-2. Use only 9VDC 75 ma to 200 ma adapter with a 2.1 mm power plug, center pin negative.
Page 6 There are many ways to use the ADA GCS-2, and the following are the most common. Go direct to the house sound system from your pedal board for live performances. Take your guitar signal straight off your pedal board and skip the need to use speaker cabinets and power amps and run it through the GCS-2.
Page 7 Diagram 1: Guitar to pedal board to GCS-2 to console to monitor speakers and house speakers – no stage amp - 7 -...
Page 8 2. Split your guitar signal to your power amp and cabinet and send a cabinet simulated signal to the main sound system Diagram 2: Guitar to pedal board to GCS-2 split via the THRU jack to your stage amp and the processed signal to the house sound system...
Page 9 3. Get the same guitar feedback from a stage monitor as from your combo or stack Diagram 3: The GCS-2 has been carefully voiced and balanced to get the same dynamics and frequency response as your stack or combo, so the feedback will be at the same intensity and frequencies.
Page 10 4. Record in silence while listening through headphones. The sound in your headphones is so dynamic and realistic that your inspiration will allow you a wholesome freedom of expression. Diagram 4: Guitar to pedal board to GCS-2 to the recording console and to your headphone mix. - 10 -...
Page 11 5. Using a head amp and sending the preamp out or effects send to the GCS-2 for feed to the live sound reinforcement system. From Preamp Out Diagram 5: Guitar to amp head to GCS-2 to sound reinforcement system – no stage amps.
Page 12 6. The ADA APP-1 Pedal Preamp with the GCS-2. The ultimate tone with a very small footprint for recording. Monitor provides feedback to guitar. Diagram 6: guitar to APP-1 to GCS-2 to headphone mix and to studio monitors. - 12 -...
Page 13 The GROUND LIFT switch is used to isolate the signal ground of your equipment coming into the GCS-2 from the signal fed to the console. This avoids line frequency hum in your audio signal. The other switch is a signal level switch that allows the GCS-2 to send either a high-level signal (LINE LEVEL) or a low-level signal (MIC LEVEL) to the console.
Page 14  Check simple signal chain: Plug your cable from your guitar into your amp. If you have a direct connect tone go to step 2. If not you have a bad cable, guitar or amp.  Check 2nd cable: Take your 2nd cable and switch it with the first cable. If you have sound, we now know both cables, your guitar and amp, work.
Page 15 If your unit requires service, please go to our website’s SERVICE page for information to help you find a solution to the problem you are having with your GCS-2. We have provided you with a step-by-step troubleshooting procedure to get you back up and running if you are experiencing a simple problem.
Page 16 ADA will not be responsible for any speaker or device damaged by the GCS-2. This warranty remains valid only if repairs are performed by ADA or its agent and provided that the serial number on the unit has not been defaced or removed. This warranty is expressly in lieu of all other warranties either expressed or implied.