VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced Digital Signal Processing User’s Guide
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5 The Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The DSP Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Storing Your Own Presets . . .
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the Crate VTX212 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 effects which can be combined for a wide variety of sounds.
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The Top Panel: WATTS GAIN INPUT SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL RHYTHM / SOLO SOLO SOLO 1 2 3 4 RHYTHM RHYTHM 5 6 VOLUME 7 8 9 10 CLEAN 11 12 13 14 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 giving you sounds with serious overdrive. 2: SOLO LED: This LED illuminates when the Solo channel is selected.
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP POWER LOW MID MULTI HIGH PHASER CHORUS 17 TAPE SAVE / TAP O T SINGLE EFX CD INPUT CLEAN 16 R 18 19 REVERB DELAY ECHO VIB FLANGE DSP 20 21 22 23 24 25 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.
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The Bottom Panel: CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN AVIS: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE. NE PAS OUVRIR. WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules.
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The DSP Section: MULTI PHASER REVERB DELAY The VTX212 features DSP controls FLANGE for Multi, Delay and Reverb. Complete O SAVE / TAP EFX T SINGLE information about the Multi and Delay CHORUS R effects is given below. The Multi control DSP selects the “pitch modified” and wah effects. Many of these effects have their speed controlled by the Save/Tap button. The Delay control selects the delay or echo effects.
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Storing Your Own Presets: Each channel of the VTX212 has two factory assigned DSP presets, as shown on pages 10 and 11. No matter what the settings of the DSP controls, the preset is recalled when a channel is selected. You may change the DSP settings by rotating the DSP controls - these changes will remain active until a different channel is selected, but will not be there for later use unless they are saved.
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Using the Footswitch for More Presets: The Crate three-button footswitch supplied with the VTX65 allows access to an additional 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. These are referred to as “DSP Bank ‘A’.
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP DSP Factory Presets: The VTX212 Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 1: Clean w/Chorus, Delay,Reverb MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER FLANGE CHORUS R REVERB DELAY ECHO VIB O T SINGLE TAPE SAVE / TAP EFX DSP TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM Factory Preset 2: Rhythm w/Slapback Delay MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER DELAY ECHO VIB FLANGE CHORUS R O T SINGLE RE
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP DSP Factory Presets: The VTX212 Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 4: Clean w/Reverb MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER FLANGE CHORUS R REVERB DELAY ECHO VIB O T SINGLE TAPE SAVE / TAP EFX DSP TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A Factory Preset 5: Rhythm w/Reverb MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER FLANGE CHORUS R REVERB DELAY ECHO VIB O T SINGLE TAPE SAVE / TAP EFX D
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Suggested Settings: "Oceanic" - Clean with Vibrato, Delay, & Reverb GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID MULTI HIGH PHASER CHORUS SOLO RHYTHM RHYTHM DELAY ECHO VIB FLANGE RHYTHM / SOLO SOLO R O T SINGLE SAVE / TAP EFX DSP CLEAN CLEAN TAP Tempo MEDIUM OUT REVERB TAPE TAP Tempo MEDIUM "Super Funk" - Clean with Wah, Delay, & Reverb GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID MUL
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Suggested Settings: "Haze Faze" - Rhythm with Phase & Reverb GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID MULTI HIGH PHASER CHORUS SOLO RHYTHM RHYTHM R O T SINGLE SAVE / TAP EFX DSP TAP Tempo MEDIUM IN REVERB TAPE CLEAN CLEAN OUT DELAY ECHO VIB FLANGE RHYTHM / SOLO SOLO TAP Tempo N/A "Solo Wah" - Solo with Wah, Delay & Reverb GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID MULTI HIGH
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP DSP “Fill in the Blanks” (User Settings): Copy this page to fill in your own DSP Presets! User Preset: MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER FLANGE CHORUS R REVERB DELAY ECHO VIB O T SINGLE TAPE SAVE / TAP EFX DSP TAP Tempo _________ TAP Tempo _________ User Preset: MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER DELAY ECHO VIB FLANGE CHORUS R O T SINGLE REVERB TAPE SAVE / TAP EFX DSP TAP Tempo _________
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP System Block Diagram: TUNER A BC D EF G BUFFER INPUT CLEAN VOLUME LOW MID SOLO RTHM SOLO RHYTHM SOLO RHYTHM HIGH SOLO/ RHYTHM/ CLEAN SOLO LEVEL SWITCHING CIRCUIT SOLO/ RHYTHM SOLO GAIN RHYTHM GAIN SHAPE LOW MID HIGH RHYTHM LEVEL MIX AMP INSERT REVERB POWER AMP MULTI DELAY TAP CD INPUT SPEAKERS EXTENSION SPEAKER DAMPING CIRCUIT 15
VTX212 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP VTX212 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating 120W RMS @5% THD, 8Ω, 120 VAC Speaker Size and Rating (2) Custom Design 12”, 8Ω Input Impedance 470kΩ Total System Gain Solo Ch Rhythm Ch Clean Ch 110dB, all controls @10 88dB, all controls @10 58dB, all controls @10 CD Input 29dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 7 volts peak-to-peak Solo Channel Proprietary Circuit Shape Control Rhythm Channel Low Control Mid Control High Control 20
