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Crate Amplifiers VTX65 manual

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  • Page 1

    User ’ s Guide VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Adv anced Digital Signal Processing[...]

  • Page 2

    T ABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The T op Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5 The Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The DSP Section . . . [...]

  • Page 3

    3 Congratulations ! Y ou are now the proud owner of the Crate VTX65 three-channel guitar amplifier with Advanced Digital Signal Processing. This rugged amplifier combines outstanding features with serious clean and distorted sounds. Dual DSP controls provide 15 “Multi” effects and 15 Delay ef fects which can be combined for a wide variety of so[...]

  • Page 4

    4 The T op Panel: SHAPE GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL GAIN SOLO RHYTHM INPUT SOLO RHYTHM MUL TI MUL TI CHORUS CHORUS FLANGE FLANGE PHASER PHASER VIB VIB O O T T R R EC EC SIN SIN 1 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 19 6 2 7 1: INPUT : Use this jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. SOLO/RHYTHM CHANNELS: High gain channels giv[...]

  • Page 5

    5 17: MID: Use this control to adjust the midrange frequency level of the Clean channel. 18: HIGH: Use this control to adjust the high frequency level of the Clean channel. 19: CD INPUT : Use these RCA jacks to connect the output from a CD player or tape deck to the amplifier . The signal at these jacks is combined into a mono signal which is sent [...]

  • Page 6

    6 27 28 29 30 31 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. The Bottom Panel: 27: FUSE: The fuse protects the amplifi[...]

  • Page 7

    7 The DSP Section: The VTX65 features DSP controls for Multi, Delay and Reverb. Complete information about the Multi and Delay effects is given below . The Multi control selects the “pitch modified” and wah effects. Many of these effects have their speed controlled by the Save/T ap button. The Delay control selects the delay or echo effects. Al[...]

  • Page 8

    8 Storing Y our Own Presets: Each channel of the VTX65 has two factory assigned DSP presets, as shown on pages 10 and 1 1. No matter what the settings of the DSP controls, the preset is recalled when a channel is selected. Y ou may change the DSP settings by rotating the DSP con- trols - these changes will remain active until a different channel is[...]

  • Page 9

    9 Using the Footswitch for More Presets: The Crate three-button footswitch supplied with the VTX65 allows access to an addi- tional DSP preset for each channel of the amplifier . When the footswitch is connected to the amplifier as shown below , the “original” DSP presets are active for each channel when the #3 footswitch LED is illuminated. Th[...]

  • Page 10

    10 DSP Factory Presets: Factory Preset 1: Clean w/Chorus, Delay ,Reverb CHANNEL: BA NK : SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" Factory Preset 2: Rhythm w/Slapbac k Delay Factory Preset 3: Solo w/Flange ,Dela y ,Reverb CHANNEL: BA NK : SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" CHANNEL: BA NK : SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B"[...]

  • Page 11

    11 DSP Factory Presets: Factory Preset 4: Clean w/Reverb CHANNEL: BA NK : SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" Factory Preset 5: Rhythm w/Re verb Factory Preset 6: Solo w/Reverb CHANNEL: BA NK : SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" CHANNEL: BA NK : SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" MUL TI MUL TI DSP DSP CHORUS CHORUS F[...]

  • Page 12

    12 Suggested Settings: VOLUME SHAPE GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL LOW MID HIGH LEVEL GAIN SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN MUL TI MUL TI DSP DSP CHORUS CHORUS FLANGE FLANGE PHASER PHASER VIB VIB O O T T R R DELA Y DELA Y EFX EFX ECHO ECHO SINGLE SINGLE TAPE TAPE REVERB REVERB SA VE / TAP SAVE / T AP VOLUME SHAPE GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL LOW MID HIGH LE[...]

  • Page 13

    13 VOLUME SHAPE GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL LOW MID HIGH LEVEL GAIN SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN MUL TI MUL TI DSP DSP CHORUS CHORUS FLANGE FLANGE PHASER PHASER VIB VIB O O T T R R DELA Y DELA Y EFX EFX ECHO ECHO SINGLE SINGLE REVERB REVERB SA VE / TAP SAVE / T AP VOLUME SHAPE GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL LOW MID HIGH LEVEL GAIN SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN SOL[...]

  • Page 14

    14 DSP “ Fill in the Blanks ” (User Settings): MUL TI MUL TI DSP DSP CHORUS CHORUS FLANGE FLANGE PHASER PHASER VIB VIB O O T T R R DELA Y DELA Y EFX EFX ECHO ECHO SINGLE SINGLE TAP E TAP E REVERB REVERB SA VE / TAP SA VE / TAP MUL TI MUL TI DSP DSP CHORUS CHORUS FLANGE FLANGE PHASER PHASER VIB VIB O O T T R R DELA Y DELA Y EFX EFX ECHO ECHO SIN[...]

  • Page 15

    15 System Block Diagram: INPUT SOLO/ RHYTHM / CLEAN LOW VOLUME MID HIGH REVERB BUFFER MIX AMP CLEAN DAMPING CIRCUIT POWER AMP EXT. SPEAKER SPEAKER SOLO/ RHYTHM INSERT SOLO GAIN SOLO LEVEL SWITCHING CIRCUIT RHYTHM LEVEL SOLO RHYTHM RHYTHM GAIN RTHM SOLO SOLO RHYTHM MID LOW HIGH SHAPE TUNER A BC D EF G CD INPUT MULTI TAP DELAY VTX65 Three-Channel Gui[...]

  • Page 16

    VTX65 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS: Output Power Rating 65W RMS @5% THD, 8 Ω , 120 V AC Speaker Size and Rating (1) Custom Design 12”, 8 Ω Input Impedance 470k Ω T otal System Gain Solo Ch 1 10dB, all controls @10 Rhythm Ch 88dB, all controls @10 Clean Ch 58dB, all controls @10 CD Input 29dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 7 volts peak-to-peak S[...]