From fc705755aa706afe03394f45116745527e6e139a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Jul Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 02:58:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add Boss Gigcaster 8 (GCS-8) config (#420) --- README.md | 1 + docs/boss_gcs_8/README.md | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 119 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/boss_gcs_8/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index aa5321c..23c31cd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Some people have had success using RS ASIO with [wineasio](https://www.wineasio. - [Behringer UMC404HD](https://github.com/mdias/rs_asio/issues/13) - [Behringer XENIX Q502USB](https://github.com/mdias/rs_asio/issues/132) **IMPORTANT: needs legacy ASIO driver** - [Behringer XR18](https://github.com/mdias/rs_asio/issues/72) +- [BOSS Gigcaster (GCS-8)](docs/boss_gcs_8/README.md) - BOSS GT-1 - [BOSS Katana-Air](https://github.com/mdias/rs_asio/issues/359) - [BOSS Katana MkII](docs/katana_mk2/README.md) diff --git a/docs/boss_gcs_8/README.md b/docs/boss_gcs_8/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3ac0d49 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/boss_gcs_8/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +# BOSS Gigcaster 8 (GCS-8) + +This is the configuration for using a Boss Gigcaster 8 (GCS-8) +for audio output and guitar input on Windows. + +## Install the Boss GCS-8 Drivers and Switch to MKT-RECORD Mode +To use the ASIO drivers you must switch the Gigcaster to +the audio mode `MKT-RECORD` so that it uses its own driver +to send individual channels over USB (by default it sends +the mix and uses the standard Windows driver not the Boss one). + +First, install the Windows drivers for the Gigcaster, available +from the Boss product support page. + +Now on the Gigcaster, go to the Main Menu, push the three-line +"hamburger" icon to enter the main Menu, push Setup (gear icon) +and then the USB icon. Select audio mode `MKT-RECORD`. Unplug and plug +in the USB cable to make the computer mount the device with the new +Boss driver. + +## Connect the Guitar with Effects Disabled +Connect the guitar to the front jack and turn off +the effects for the guitar channel to send a clean signal +(Press the Channel 1/guitar button, then Effects to turn them off - +the circle icon at the top should be grey not green). + +Make sure send the Channel 1 (no light in the dashed loudspeaker icon), +and turn of the monitoring to hear only the processed sound from the +computer (no light in the headphone icon). + +The computer mix will go to the USB channel, so put that in your +headphone or the main output. + +## RS_ASIO.ini Config File + +**RS_ASIO.ini** + +```ini +;; This is the configuration for using a Boss Gigcaster 8 (GCS-8) +;; for audio output and guitar input on Windows. +;; +;; To use the ASIO drivers you must switch the Gigcaster to +;; the audio mode MKT-RECORD so that it uses its own driver +;; to send individual channels over USB (by default it sends +;; the mix and uses the standard Windows driver not the Boss one). +;; First, install the Windows drivers for the Gigcaster, available +;; from the Boss product support page. +;; Go to Main Menu, push the three-line "hamburger" icon to enter +;; the main Menu, push Setup (gear icon) and then the USB icon. +;; Select audio mode MKT-RECORD. Unplug and plug in the USB cable +;; to make the computer mount the device with the new Boss driver. +;; +;; Connect the guitar to the front jack and turn off +;; the effects for the guitar channel to send a clean signal +;; (Press the Channel 1/guitar button, then Effects to turn them off +;; - the circle icon at the top should be grey not green) +;; +;; Make sure send the Channel 1 (no light in the dashed loudspeaker icon), +;; and turn of the monitoring to hear only the processed sound from the +;; computer (no light in the headphone icon). +;; +;; The computer mix will go to the USB channel, so put that in your +;; headphone or the main output. + + +# for "EnableWasapiOutputs" you can use -1 to have a message prompting +# to use either WASAPI or ASIO for output every time you boot the game +[Config] +EnableWasapiOutputs=0 +EnableWasapiInputs=0 +EnableAsio=1 + +[Asio] +; available buffer size modes: +; driver - respect buffer size setting set in the driver +; host - use a buffer size as close as possible as that requested by the host application +; custom - use the buffer size specified in CustomBufferSize field +BufferSizeMode=driver +CustomBufferSize= + +# if your game hangs or crashes on exit, try setting "EnableRefCountHack" to true. +# when blank or invalid, the value of "EnableRefCountHack" will be interpreted as +# true if RS ASIO detects the usage of Asio4All. +# the same applies for all inputs. +[Asio.Output] +Driver=GCS-8 +BaseChannel=0 +AltBaseChannel= +EnableSoftwareEndpointVolumeControl=1 +EnableSoftwareMasterVolumeControl=1 +SoftwareMasterVolumePercent=100 +EnableRefCountHack= + +[Asio.Input.0] +Driver=GCS-8 +Channel=4 +EnableSoftwareEndpointVolumeControl=1 +EnableSoftwareMasterVolumeControl=1 +SoftwareMasterVolumePercent=100 +EnableRefCountHack= + +[Asio.Input.1] +Driver= +Channel=1 +EnableSoftwareEndpointVolumeControl=1 +EnableSoftwareMasterVolumeControl=1 +SoftwareMasterVolumePercent=100 +EnableRefCountHack= + +[Asio.Input.Mic] +Driver= +Channel=1 +EnableSoftwareEndpointVolumeControl=1 +EnableSoftwareMasterVolumeControl=1 +SoftwareMasterVolumePercent=100 +EnableRefCountHack= + +``` \ No newline at end of file