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SECTION 2 – SAVE YOUR CUSTOM PRESETS.
With the G-DEC you can save up to 50 custom amp setups in the user memory area. This area contains the
presets that begin with ‘U’. For instance U00 “ Rockin G DEC” can be changed and renamed to anything
you like and saved in the G-DEC on-board memory. If you would like to back your presets up, or post
them on the Internet to share with friends, you can use the MIDI interface to transfer this data from the G-
DEC to your PC. Or you could transfer your presets directly to another G-DEC.
Copying presets from one G-DEC to another
One very cool option that should be mentioned first is the ability of the G-DEC to copy presets from one G-
DEC to another. You can choose to copy a single preset or all of the user presets.
First, connect a MIDI cable from one G-DEC to another G-DEC. The G-DEC that you want to copy from
should have the MIDI cable connected to its MIDI output. The G-DEC that will be copied to should have
the MIDI cable connected to its MIDI input.
To send the preset, go to the G-DEC that has the preset to copy and press the UTILITY button several
times until the DUMP PRST function is highlighted.
Press the SAVE button. The preset will then be copied to the other G-DEC.
After the copy process is complete, the destination G-DEC will ask you to choose which user storage
location to save the copied preset to.
Copying all presets from one G-DEC to another is similar except the DUMP ALL function is used. The
destination G-DEC will have all of its user presets overwritten by the source G-DEC.
Saving and loading presets using a PC
This section assumes that you have already worked through section 1 above and can play MIDI files from
your PC to your G-DEC.
Sending presets to or from the G-DEC is somewhat different than playing MIDI files. Presets are not
instructions to the synthesizer and need to be handled with a special MIDI function called System
Exclusive, or Sysex, for all of the cool people. Using Sysex. the G-DEC can transmit presets or any other
non-musical instruction. Most home computers do not come with programs that can directly handle Sysex
files. Luckily there is no end to programs available that can handle Sysex.
As with MIDI files, you might do an Internet search for companies that carry Sysex products. Some
products are bundled with many useful MIDI tools, others are more simplistic. Generally, the programs you
pay for are of better quality, although there are some fine shareware programs available.
For the purposes of this example we will demonstrate preset saves and loads using a shareware program
called MIDI-OX.
Fender does not distribute or recommend this or any other program for this purpose and is not connected
with MIDI-OX. With that said, let’s try a preset save.
Setting up MIDI-OX, the SYSEX Configuration
Download MIDI-OX (http://www.midiox.com/index.htm) and install it. After starting MIDI-OX go to the
third toolbar selection, a folder called “Show the System Exclusive Window.” This will bring up the
“Sysex View and Scratchpad” window. In this window, go to the “Sysex / figure” area. There are three
items to change here. See Figure 6. Change the circled parameters to the settings shown in Figure 6.
