Using GForce Select Suite

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The GForce Select Suite allows you to use each synth either within your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) or as a standalone application.

When used in your DAW, you can trigger the synths in your compositions. This is ideal if you’re looking to add high-quality synths with other instruments or effects.

Alternatively, using the synths as standalone applications gives you immediate access to incredible synth sounds without needing to open your DAW, making it a convenient option for practising and experimenting. This standalone mode is perfect when you want to sit down, play, and enjoy the instrument’s sounds instantly without the setup time a DAW requires.

Using the GForce synths in your DAW

In this guide, we've used Ableton Live Lite as the DAW used to open the synths. However, most of the steps are the same in other DAWs.

Using GForce synths in Ableton Live Lite

  1. Open Ableton Live Lite (or any DAW) from your applications folder.

    Ableton_Live_Lite_Application_icon.png

  2. Go to Plug-Ins in the Browser on the left-hand side of Live.

    Ableton_Plug-Ins_menu.png

  3. Expand the GForce folder

    GForce_Plugin_Folder_Ableton.png

  4. Double click any of the GForce Select Suite plugins, Axxess, OB-EZ, or SEM.

    GForce_Select_Plugins_Ableton.png

    If you have a MIDI track selected in Live, it will add the synth to that track. If not, Live creates a new MIDI track and adds the synth as a Device on that track.

  5. The first time you open a GForce plugin, it will prompt you to REGISTER PRODUCT.

    GForce_Plugin_Activation.png

    To do this:

    1. Go to your GForce account:

      gforcesoftware.com/account

    2. Click View Instruments.

    3. Click View Instrument, for the instrument you want to activate.

    4. Copy the Reg code from the right-hand side of the page.

      GForce_Select_Suite_Reg_Code.png

    5. Click PASTE in the plugin.

    6. Click REGISTER.

      GForce_Plugin_Activation_Register.png

  6. If you have a MIDI controller keyboard connected to your computer, click the Arm Recording button at the bottom of the MIDI track in Live and you can use the keys to play the piano sounds in from the synth.

    If you don't have a MIDI controller keyboard, you can use MIDI to trigger the sounds from the synths.

Using the GForce Select synths Standalone

  1. Find the name of the synth in your Applications folder. The three included synths are:

    • Axxess

    • OB-EZ

    • SEM

  2. Open the synth's standalone application

  3. If you have a MIDI controller keyboard connected to your computer, you can now play the keys, and it should trigger sounds from the synths.

Support using your GForce Select Suite

If you need any help to install or use the GForce Select Suite, you can find GForce's help centre, user guide, and contact details here:

gforcesoftware.com/help-and-support

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