Guitar Amplifier with Digital Effects User’s Guide
Guitar Amplifier TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5 The Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 The DSP Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar Amplifier Congratulations and thank you for choosing the Crate RFX30 RetroFex Guitar Amplifier. This rugged amplifier features a Clean channel with a three-band EQ and level control, and a Solo channel with our patented FlexWave technology, Gain, Level and Shape control. An easy to operate DSP section lets you dial in a variety of digital effects including reverbs, delays, octave and wah-wahs.
Guitar Amplifier The Top Panel: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1: INPUT: Use this 1/4” jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. SOLO CHANNEL: A high gain channel giving you sounds from a slight edge to serious overdrive. 2: GAIN: Use this control to adjust the amount of distortion for the Solo channel. 3: SHAPE: Use this control to adjust the tone of the Solo channel. 4: LEVEL: Use this control to adjust the output level of the Solo channel.
Guitar Amplifier 14: POWER: Use this switch to turn the amplifier on (top of the switch depressed) and off (bottom of the switch depressed). The switch illuminates when the amplifier is turned on. 15: TUNER: The electronic tuner is active whenever the amplifier is turned on, providing constant, “real-time” tuning. The bottom row of LEDs indicate which note (string) is being tuned. The top row of LEDs provides directional queues to facilitate quick and precise tuning of your instrument.
Guitar Amplifier The DSP Section: Use the DSP control to select one of the 16 built-in digital effects. Use the DSP Level control to adjust the amount of selected effect. In the fully counter clockwise position there will be no effect applied. As you rotate the control closckwise the amount of effect increases. The chart below describes each of the 16 positions of the selector, starting at the 12:00 position and working clockwise.
Guitar Amplifier System Block Diagram: TUNER A BC D EF G BUFFER INPUT CLEAN LEVEL LOW MID FOOTSWITCH JACK HIGH SOLO/ CLEAN SOLO GAIN SHAPE LEVEL POWER AMP SPEAKER DSP LEVEL MODE CD INPUT EXTENSION SPEAKER EXTENSION SPEAKER 7
Guitar Amplifier RFX30 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating Gain >30W RMS @ 5% THD, 4Ω, 120 VAC Solo Ch 98dB +/-6dB @ 1kHz Clean Ch 42dB +/-6dB @ 1kHz Maximum Input Signal Accepted Tone Controls 6 volts peak-to-peak min.
