Moen GEC9 User manual

Besuretoread thismanualbeforeusingthe productinordertoensuresafeoperation.
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GUITAREFFECTCOMMANDER
Owner smanual

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(1)PRESETS
Theseswitchesimmediatelyrecallthesettingsstoredinthecorresponding
PRESET 1-5.Allthepresetsarestoredinnonvolatilememory,willnotbeerased
evenwithoutpowersupply.
(2)MUTE/CLEAN
(3)BANKUP/DOWN
(5)ProgramLockSwitch
ThisswitchshutsofftheLOOP OUT (LOUT1&LOUT2)andswitchesthe
INPUT toCLEANjack,pressitagainwillgetbacktonormaloperation.
BANK UP/DOWNscrollsup/downthebanknumber,thereare20banksintotal.
Bank1~20aredisplayedas12345678901.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.0.
Whentheswitchisat lock”position,theprogrambuttonsaredisabled.
Locktheprogrambuttonstoavoidmis-programming.
(4)ProgramButtons
Thesebuttonsturnon/offloop1toloop9separately.
(6)BANKDISPLAY
Itindicatesthebanknumber.
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(7)BUFIN(BufferedInput)
Signalinputviathisjackisfedtoabuffercircuitpriortobeingsenttotheloops.
(8)DCJack
5.5x2.1mmnegativecenter,supplywithDC9V.
(9)NBUFIN(NonBufferedinput)
Thisjackbypassesthebuffercircuitanddirectlysendssingaltotheloops.
(10)LOUT1andLOUT2
Thesearetwoparalleloutputsofseriesloop1~6,theinputsignalviabufferedor
(11)S1
Sendjackofloop1,connectstoinputjackofaguitarpedal.
(12)R1
Returnjackofloop1,connectstooutputofaguitarpedal.
(13)EARTH TERMINAL
Connecttheenclosuretoearththroughthisterminalifnecessary.
(14)BUFOUT(ALWAYSOUTPUT)
WhentheguitarconnectsBUF IN,thebufferoutputsignalissplitintotwo,onegoes
toseriesloops1~6,theothergoestoBUF OUT jack.
non-bufferdInputjacksreachestheoutputsviaseriesloop1~6.
(15)TUNER
WhenMUTE isactive,theinputsignalviabufferedornon-bufferdreachesthisjack.
(16)IN7
(17)S7(N.C)
SENDjackofseparateloop7,thisjackusuallyconnectstotheinputofaguitarpedal.
Inputofseparateloop7.
Whenloop7ison,signalfromIN7reachesSENDjack,goestoguitarpedalthenback
toR7(RETURNjack),finallyreachesOUT7jack.WhenLOOP7isoff,thesignalfrom
IN7directlyreachesOUT7.
ThisjackalsofunctionsaslatchingN.C(NormallyClosed)switchwhichcouldworkas
footswitchtocontrolamplifierchannel.Thejackis closed”/open”whenLP7isoff/on.
(18)R7
RETURNjackofloop7.
(19)OUT7(N.O)
OUTPUTofloop7,italsofunctionsaslatchingN.O(NormallyOpen)switch
whichcouldcontrolamplifierchannel.Thejackis open”/closed”whenLP7isoff/on.
(20)S9N.C(FSTRS)
DifferentfromS7andS8,S9canalsoworkasaTRS footswitchofanamplifier.TheS9tip
iscontrolledbyloop9whiletheS9ringiscontrolledbyloop8.

3-RecallPresetsandBypasswholeloop
4-MutetheSwitcher
5-BankUP/DOWN
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6-ProgramaPreset
NBUFIN
2-Signal Path
GuitarsignalfeedsintoGEC9input(NBUF INorBUF IN),entersseriesloop1~loop6
whenMUTEswitchisoff,thenoutputsfromLOUT1andLOUT2.IfMUTEison,
thesignaloutputsdirectlytoTUNERjack.
TheBUF OUT jackalwaysoutputsbufferedinputsignal.
LOOP1
LOOP6 LOOP5 LOOP4 LOOP3 LOOP2
LOUT1
LOUT2 TUNER
BUFOUT(A.O)
LOOP7
IN7 OUT7 LOOP8
IN8 OUT8 LOOP9 IN9 OUT9
BUFIN
Presspreset switchestorecallpresets, thecorrespondingLEDlightsonwhen
apresetisactive.Presstheactivepreset switchagainwillbypassalltheloops,
thecorrespondingLEDwillbeturnedoff.
Note: Recall/bypassoperationwillclearanactiveMUTE.
MUTEswitchmutetheseriesloopoutputs(LOUT1andLOUT2), atthesame
timetheguitarsignal goestotheTUNERjackwhichusuallyhooksatuner.
ClickMUTEswitchagainwill clearthemute.
Note:Recall/bypassopertationwillclearthemutetoo.
GEC9have20banksintotal,displayedas1,2,3,...9,0,"1.","2.",..."9.","0."
eachbankcontain5presetswhichisrelatedtoswitch"Preset1~5".
PressBANKUP/DOWNwill scroll up/downthebanknumber, orholdthe
BANKUP/DOWNswitchtoscrollup/downcontinuously.
Thebankdisplayblinksbeforeanewpresetisrecalled.
Note:Whenthebankblinks, theswitcher doesn tchangetheloopstatus
untilanewpresetisrecalled.
Arecalledpreset canbeprogrammedbypressingtheprogrambuttons,the
buttonschangetheloopon/off statusanduser cancheckthesoundingat the
sametime,thestatusof alltheloopsisstoredintothepreset automatically.
Theprogramlockswitchistopreventapresetbeingprogrammedunexpectedly,
Thelockswitchissuggestedtobeputat “lock”positionwhenprogrammingisdone.
Thepresetsareallstoredinnon-volatilememorywhichwillnotbeerased
eventhepowersupplyisremoved.

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Dimensions......................................16.9(L)x3.8(W)X1.22(H)inch
Weight..............................................................................1800g
PowerSupply...........................................DC9V(NegativeCenter)
CurrentDrain...........................................................max.300mA
BufferInputimpedance.................................................500K ohm
BufferOutput impedance.................................................10K ohm
Max. BufferedInputVp-p........................................................ 5V
Max. Non-BufferedInput Vp-p...............................................30V
8-Specifications
7-SeparateloopsandFootswitch
Theseparateloops(loop7,8,9) areisolatedfromeachother,withpatchcables
theycanworkaseitherseriesloopsorparallel loops. Thesendjackandoutput
jackoftheseloopscanalsofunctionaslatchfootswitcheswhichcancontrol
amplifiers. Whenthesend/outjackofaloopisusedasfootswitch, donothook
anycablestootherjacksof thisloop.
TheS9isamultipleusagejack, whentherearenocableshookedtoanyjacks
of loop8, theS9'sringautomaticallyconnectstothetipofS8, andcommon
sleevewithS8,it makesS9possibletoworksasaTRSfootswitchofanamplifier.
Typical Configuration1-Connect9pedals

Configuration2-Separateloopsasfootswitch
LOOP2 LOOP3 LOOP4 LOOP5 LOOP6
Tuner
INPUT CH1 SEND RETURN
LOOP1=AMPPREAMP
CH2
AMPHEAD
CH3
InthisconfigurationtheseparateloopsendjackS7,S8,S9areusedtocontrolthe
amplifierchannels.TheamplifierpreampisconnectedtoGEC9LOOP1,makesit
possibletoaddmodulationeffectstothepreamp.
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Configuration3-Multipleamplifiers,TRSfootswitch
Loop7on-outputstoAMP1,Loop7off-outputstoAMP2, Loop8,9asAMP2footswitch
LOOP2 LOOP3 LOOP4 LOOP5 LOOP6
Tuner
INPUT FOOTSWITCH SEND RETURN INPUT FOOTSWITCH SEND RETURN
LOOP1
AMP1
AMP2
LOOP7 CHOOSESIGNAL PATH
LOOP8 andLOOP9 as TRSfootswitch

Configuration4-Control PedalsinAMPext. loops
Put6pedals(Loop1~6)infrontofAMPand3pedals(Loop7,8,9)intoAMPLOOP.
Preset1example(1=ON,0=OFF):
LP1,LP2...LP7,LP8,LP9=101010 101
Signalflow:Guitar-FX1-FX3-FX5-Preamp-FX7-FX9-PowerAMP
FX2
FX1 FX3 FX5
Tuner
INPUT
RETURN
SEND
FX4
PedalsinAMPloop
Pedalsinfront ofAMP
FX6
FX7 FX8 FX9
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Preset2example(1=ON,0=OFF):
LP1,LP2...LP7,LP8,LP9=011111 001
Signalflow:Guitar-FX2-FX3-FX4-FX5-FX6-Preamp-FX9-PowerAMP

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