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Crate FlexWave 65/112 manual

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    Owner’ s Manual Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with DSP and Channel T racking[...]

  • Page 2

    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking 2 IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • READ, FOLLOW , HEED, AND KEEP ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS. • DO NOT OPERA TE NEAR ANY HEA T SOURCE AND DO NOT BLOCK ANY VENTILA TION OPENINGS ON THIS APP ARA TUS. FOR PROPER OPERA TION, THIS UNIT REQUIRES 3” (75mm) OF WELL VENTILA TED SP ACE AR[...]

  • Page 3

    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking Intr oduction Congratulations! Y ou ar e now the proud owner of the Crate FlexW ave65/112 three-channel guitar amplifier with advanced digital signal pr ocessing (DSP) and Channel T racking. This rug- ged amplifier combines outstanding featur es with serious clean and distor ted sounds.[...]

  • Page 4

    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking Channel T racking Y our Crate FlexW ave65/112 gives you the power of Channel T racking. Once you select a DSP setting for each channel, Channel T racking stor es the settings to memory whenever you change channels. When you go back to that channel, Channel T racking r ecalls those DSP s[...]

  • Page 5

    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking 1. INPUT: Use this jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shield- ed instrument cable. 2. HIGH GAIN LED: This LED illuminates when the High Gain channel is selected. 3. GAIN: Use this contr ol to adjust the amount of distortion for the High Gain channel. 4. SHAPE: Us[...]

  • Page 6

    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking 6 The Rear Panel 24. FUSE: The fuse protects the amplifier fr om damage caused by a faulty AC power sour ce or other problems. If the fuse opens, r eplace it with the same size and type. If fuses continue to fail, check the AC sour ce. If the sour ce is okay , refer to page 12 or con- t[...]

  • Page 7

    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking 7 19. REVERB: Use this contr ol to adjust the amount of digital r everb ef fect. In its fully counter clockwise position, the signal will be “dry” (without r everb). As you rotate this contr ol clockwise, the amount of reverb incr eases. 20. MOD: Use this contr ol to select the type[...]

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    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking 8 Using the Footswitch with the DSP The Crate thr ee-button footswitch supplied with the FlexWave65/112 allows access to an additional DSP pr eset for each channel of the amplifier . When the footswitch is connected to the amplifier as shown below , the “original” DSP presets ar e a[...]

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    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking Suggested Settings Sweet ‘n Clean: Just a ‘Lil Nasty: Politely Gritty: Down ‘n Dirty: Mean & Obscene: 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 SLAP LONG MEDIUM DELAY MOD REVERB HIGH HIGH MID MID LOW LOW VOLUME LEVEL LEVEL SHAPE GAIN INPUT POWER GAIN CHORUS P[...]

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    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking System Block Diagram 10 INPUT CLEAN/ OVERDRIVE LOW VOLUME MID HIGH REVERB BUFFER MIX AMP CLEAN DAMPING CIRCUIT POWER AMP EXT. SPEAKER SPEAKE R OVERDRIVE/ HIGH GAIN INSERT HIGH GAIN GAIN OVERDRIVE LEVEL HIGH GAIN LEVEL OVERDRIVE GAIN MID LOW HIGH SHAPE SLAP MEDIUM LONG TUNER CD INPUT CHO[...]

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    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking 11 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pur- suant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable pr otection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, [...]

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    FlexW ave65 /112 Guitar Amplifier w /DSP and Channel T racking FlexW ave 65/112 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS: Output Power Rating 65W rms @ 5% THD, 8Ω, 120 VAC Gain High Gain Channel 110 dB, all contr ols @ 10 Over drive Ch 88 dB, all controls @ 10 Clean Ch 58 dB, all contr ols @ 10 CD Input 29 dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 2.5 volts rms @ 400 Hz [...]