Crate Amplifiers DX-112 manuale d’uso

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Impor t an t Sa f eguar ds and Pr ec au tions All C r a t e pr oducts ar e designed f or con tinuous sa f e oper a tion, as long as common sense is used and st eps ar e t ak en t o help a v oid cert ain pr oblems. Abiding b y the f ollo wing rules can help pre v ent dama g e t o y our amplifier , y ourself and others . • The amplifier is equipped[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S A A M M P P M M O O D D E E L L S S E E F F F F E E C C T T S S T T H H E E K K E E Y Y P P A A D D F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S Con t en ts Quick Star t: Plug In and Go! Making Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 1 Q Q u u i i c c k k S S t t a a r r t t : : P P l l u u g g I I n n a a n n d d G G o o ! ! M M a a k k i i n n g g S S o o u u n n d d : : α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω PRESET P ARAMETERS EFFECTS INPUT/OUTPUT LOW GAIN MASTER GAIN BASS M[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 2 M M a a k k i i n n g g S S o o u u n n d d : : • Y ou ma y w ant t o s t art out with the Mas t er con tr ol turned do wn lo w , sinc e this amp c an g e t L OUD . • Connect y our guit ar , plug in the amp and turn it on. • Select the manual mode b y pr essing th[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 3 Q Q u u i i c c k k S S t t a a r r t t : : P P l l u u g g I I n n a a n n d d G G o o ! ! A A L L o o o o k k a a t t t t h h e e F F r r o o n n t t P P a a n n e e l l C C o o n n t t r r o o l l s s : : α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 4 T T h h e e F F r r o o n n t t P P a a n n e e l l : : 1, 2 . Inputs: Use High Gain f or st andar d pickups , Lo w Gain f or “hot” pickups and/or on-boar d a ctiv e electr onics. 3 . Mast er: Se ts the o v er all output le v el. The Mas t er v olume is the only non[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 5 Q Q u u i i c c k k S S t t a a r r t t : : P P l l u u g g I I n n a a n n d d G G o o ! ! A A L L o o o o k k a a t t t t h h e e R R e e a a r r P P a a n n e e l l : : MODEL SERIAL# D-112/212 FUSE MADE IN THE U.S.A. BY SLM ELECTRONICS 1400 FER GUSON A VENUE ST . L O[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 6 T T h h e e R R e e a a r r P P a a n n e e l l : : 16 . A C Line Cord: Plug the male end o f this cor d int o a pr operly gr ounded A C outle t o f the corr ect v olt a g e. DO NO T DEFEA T THE GROUND PIN OF THE A C PL UG! 17 . Fuse: The fuse pr ot ects the amplifier a[...]

C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 7 M M a a k k i i n n g g t t h h e e R R i i g g h h t t C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i o o n n s s T T h h e e I I n n p p u u t t J J a a c c k k s s : : T T h h e e S S t t e e r r e e o o L L i i n n e e I I n n a a n n d d L L i i n n e e O O u u t t J J a a c [...]

C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 8 The Input Jacks: The DX-112/212 has tw o input ja cks – High Gain (str aigh t) and Lo w Gain (pa dded) – t o a ccom- moda t e a wide ran g e o f pickups and pla ying s tyles. The ja ck y ou use depends on y our type o f pickups and the sounds y ou’re a ft er .[...]

C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 9 M M a a k k i i n n g g t t h h e e R R i i g g h h t t C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i o o n n s s U U s s i i n n g g a a M M I I D D I I F F o o o o t t s s w w i i t t c c h h : : U U s s i i n n g g t t h h e e C C r r a a t t e e F F o o o o t t C C o o n n t [...]

C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 10 U U s s i i n n g g a a M M I I D D I I F F o o o o t t s s w w i i t t c c h h : : Y ou can st or e and r ecall a t ot al o f 100 pr ese ts when using a MIDI f ootswitch. These pr ese ts ar e a ccessed b y MIDI pr ogr am numbers 0 thr ough 99. (Also , see the MIDI[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 11 The DX-112/212 is a ctually 16 diff er ent amplifiers in one! The so ftw ar e inside the amplifier con- vinc es the signal tha t it’s g oing thr ough the electr onic componen ts o f the original amplifier , giving it all o f the char a ct eristics o f tha t amp! (Mor e or less – it’s r eally a lot mor [...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 12 A A M M P P M M O O D D E E L L S S Model Name Modeled After the... Brief Description T op Moun t V o x A C 30 Brigh t with a gr ea t clean sound a t lo w g ain, dis t orts smoothly a t high g ain se ttings – an early 60’s amp with lots o f 2nd and 3rd or der harmonics , f a v or ed b y the Bea tles f or[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 13 A A M M P P M M O O D D E E L L S S Ea ch DX-112/212 amp model has its o wn specifica tions and pla c emen t in the signal chain f or its Gain, Bass , Mid , and T r eble. (In other w or ds , the contr ols a ff ect the signal the same in the amp model as the y do on the original amplifier .) Use the Pr ese t [...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 14 A A M M P P M M O O D D E E L L S S Name Amplifier Modeled Simplified R epresen ta tion o f EQ P osition in Signal Chain T op Moun t Vo x A C 3 0 High P o wer Hi W a tt DR Studio T w eed F ender Delux e 5E3 Black F ace F ender Delux e R ev erb AA763 Larg e T weed Fender Bassman 5F6-A 60s Er a UK Marshall 195[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 15 E E F F F F E E C C T T S S The DX-112/212 has 16 built-in digi tal eff ects , e a ch with one or more a djust able par amet ers. The chart on the f ollo wing pa g e lists the name of the ef f ect and giv es a brief description. NO TE: The DX-112/212 has built-in noise r eduction t o ensure a mor e quie t op[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 16 Ef f ect St ereo? Description T ouch W ah Functions as an Aut o-W ah (T ouch W ah) or normal w ah-w ah when used with an expr ession pedal and the optional Cr a t e Foot Con tr oller Compressor Limits the dynamic r ang e o f the signal – incre ases the appar ent sust ain o f the signal (applied pr e-amplif[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 17 E E F F F F E E C C T T S S Ea ch o f the digit al ef f ects has one or mor e par amet ers y ou can chang e b y using the Eff ects A djust contr ol. All o f the eff ects (exc ept the compr essor and the T ouch W ah) can also be chang ed b y using the T ap function – either thr ough the K e ypa d , or with [...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 18 Ef f ect Ef f ect A djust knob controls: T ap butt on controls: See Not e(s) T ouch W ah Sensitivity (Aut o-W ah only) —— Compressor Ra tio (See Below * ) —— T r emolo Depth o f Amplitude Modula tion Speed: 2 cy cles/t ap Vibr a t o Depth of Pitch Modula tion Speed: 2 cy cles/tap Chorus Le v el o f C[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 19 T T H H E E K K E E Y Y P P A A D D The DX-112/212’s K e ypa d has man y uses – aside fr om r ecalling pr esets (as men tioned in the QuickSt art part o f this guide): R ecalling the Prese ts: Ther e ar e t en pr ese ts a cc essible fr om the k e ypa d, in tw o banks of fiv e per bank: with the A/B but- [...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 20 The T ap Butt on: The T ap butt on lets y ou ma tch the dela y time and modula tion speeds o f the ef f ects (except f or the compr essor , which has no dela y or modula tion) t o the t empo o f the piece y ou’r e pla ying. Jus t t ap y our fing er in time t o the be a t , on the T ap butt on o f course , [...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 21 These two pa g es sho w the firs t t en f act ory pr esets f or y our DX-112/212 amplifier . Use the number ed butt ons and the A/B butt on on the k e ypa d t o a ccess them. (The f ollo wing pa g es pr o vide y ou with charts f or y our f a v orit e prese ts.) F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α ?[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 22 F F A A C C T T O O R R Y Y P P R R E E S S E E T T S S 6 6 – – 1 1 0 0 - - B B A A N N K K B B F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # W e call i t: T op Mo[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 23 F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

24 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 25 F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k Fa ce Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

26 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

27 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k Fa ce Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

28 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

29 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k Fa ce Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

30 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

31 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k Fa ce Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

32 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

33 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k Fa ce Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

34 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

35 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k Fa ce Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

36 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

37 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k Fa ce Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Era UK Fuzzbo x Clean Acous tic Blue V oodoo Vint ag e Club Flexw a ve Ampeg VL[...]

39 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k Fa ce Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

40 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

41 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k Fa ce Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Er[...]

42 F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω GAIN AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) BASS MID TREBLE CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ADJUST REVERB LEVEL REVERB DEPTH Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Bl ac k Face Larg e T weed 60s Era UK 70s Era UK Fuzzbo x Clean Acous tic Blue V o[...]

43 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier Designer’s Not e: Amplifier Modeling: Building an amplifier model is r eally not much diff er ent than building an a ctual amplifier . With an a ctual amplifier y ou s t art with components lik e tubes , tr ansf ormers , resis t ors , cap a cit ors , and a spe ak er , and put them t og e ther t o cr ea t e[...]

DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier B B l l o o c c k k D D i i a a g g r r a a m m s s : : • The analog signal pa th, fr om the input ja ck t o the spe ak er(s). • The digit al signal pa th, which is the pa th the signal t ak es inside the digit al signal pr ocessor . • A typic al Amplifier Model. This simplified block dia gr am sho ws the[...]

45 DX-112/212 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier MIDI Implemen ta tion Chart: A A p p p p e e n n d d i i x x B B Function T r ansmitt ed R ecognized R emarks Basic Channel [Cr a te Digi tal Gui tar Amplifier] MODEL DX-112/212 MIDI Implement a tion Chart D a te: 02/18/99 V ersion: 1.1 Def a ult Chang ed X OMNI XX Mode Def ault Alt er ed X Mode 1 XX Messa g[...]

Specific a tions: A A p p p p e e n n d d i i x x C C Analog: Output P o w er Ra ting DX-112 60 w a tts RMS; DX-212 100 wa tts RMS (50W RMS x 2) Input Impedance High g ain 80k ohm; Lo w gain 150k ohm Line Input Impedanc e 47k ohm Line Output Impedanc e 1k ohm Hea dphone Impedanc e 32 ohm minimum Int ernal Speak er(s) DX-112 (1) 12” Cust om Eminen[...]

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