Crate Amplifiers fxt120 User's Manual
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1. FXTI2O0 Guitar Amplifier with Digital Signal Processing and Channel Tracking User s Guide C R AT E FXTIZO Guitar Amp with DSP amp Channel Tracking Congratulations You are now the proud owner of the Crate FXT120 amplifier This rugged amplifier com bines outstanding features with serious clean and distorted sounds An easy to operate DSP section lets you dial in a variety of digital effects including reverbs delays octave and wah wahs Crate s unique Channel Tracking feature means that as you switch between channels and gains the DSP automatically tracks the changes your DSP settings for each channel are recalled The supplied three button footswitch allows you to select channels change the Overdrive Gain and turn the DSP on and off by remote control The top mounted electronic tuner lets you get tuned and stay in tune any time the amp is on Like all Crate products your FXT amplifier is designed by musicians and built using only the best components Extensive testing confirms that this amplifier is the absolute best it can be In order to get the most out of your new amplifier we strongly urge you to read the infor mation contained in this manual before you begin playing And thank you for choosing CRATE TABLE OF CONTENTS The Digital Signal Processor Channel Tracking The Front Panel The Electronic Tuner The Rear Panel not shown Suggested Settings system Block Diagram Technical2. Declaration Of Conformity 34 Effective 01 01 2001 Manufacturer s Name SLM Electronics Production Facility 1901 Congressional Drive St Louis MO 63146 USA Production Facility 700 Hwy 202 W Yellville AR 72687 USA Shipping Facility 1400 Ferguson Ave St Louis MO 63133 USA Office Facility 1400 Ferguson Ave St Louis MO 63133 USA Product Type Audio Amplifier Complies with the following Standards Safety EN60065 E60065 C22 2 UL6500 and or UL813 EMC Directive 89 336 EEC EN55103 EN55013 EN61000 and or FCC 47CFR 15B clA Supplementary information provided by SLM Electronics R amp D Engineering 1901 Congressional Drive St Louis MO 63146 USA Tel 314 569 0141 Fax 314 569 0175 www crateamps com a 2003 SLM Electronics a division of St Louis Music Inc 1400 Ferguson Avenue St Louis MO 63133 47 476 09 012904
3. 1 inactive and the Channel Select function is controlled by the footswitch see 21 CLEAN CHANNEL A normal gain channel designed to give you crystal clear sounds to medium distortion 10 VOL Use this control to adjust the output level of the Clean channel 11 LOW Use this control to adjust the low frequency level of the Clean channel 12 MID Use this control to adjust the midrange frequency level of the Clean channel 13 HIGH Use this control to adjust the high frequency level of the Clean channel 14 DSP LEVEL Use this control to adjust the amount of digital effect in its fully counter clockwise position the signal will be dry without any effect As you rotate the control clockwise the amount of effect increases 15 DSP SELECTOR Use this control to select one of the 16 built in digital effects A listing of the effects is shown on page 3 of this user s guide 16 INSERT Use this jack to connect an external effects device to the amplifier Use a stereo 1 4 male Y con nector ring send tip return sleeve ground Refer to the illustration at the bottom of page 5 17 EXTERNAL SPEAKER Use this jack to connect the amplifier to an external speaker This jack is wired in series with the internal speakers which remain active even when an external speaker is connected 4 FXTI2O Guitar Amp with DSP amp Channel Tracking 16 17 18 19 18 POWER Use this switch to turn the amplifier on top
4. Specifications CAUTION PRECAUCION L ATTENTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK RIESGO DE CORRIENTAZO RISQUE D ELECTROCUTION DO NOT OPEN NO ABRA NE PAS OUVRIR WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC PRECAUCION PARA REDUCIR EL RIESGO DE INCENDIOS O DESCARGAS ATTENTION PROTEGEZ CET APPAREIL DE LA PLUIE ET DE L HUMIDITE SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOIS ELECTRICAS NO PERMITA QUE ESTE APARATO QUEDE EXPUESTO A LA AFIN D EVITER TOUT RISQUE D INCENDIE OU D ELECTROCUTION POUR TURE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT LLUVIA O LA HUMEDAD PARA DISMINUOIR EL RIESGO DE CORRIENTAZO REDUIRE D ELECTROCUTION NE PAS ENLEVER LE COUVERCLE AUCUNE REMOVE COVER NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE NO ABRA LA CUBIERTA NO HAY PIEZAS ADENTRO QUE EL USARIO PUEDO PIECE INTERNE N EST REPRABLE PAR L UTILISATEUR POUR TOUTE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL REPARAR DEJE TODO MANTENIMIENTO A LOS TECHNICOS CALIFICADOS REPARATION S ADRESSER A UN TECHNICIEN QUALIFIE IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ FOLLOW HEED AND KEEP ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS DO NOT OPERATE NEAR ANY HEAT SOURCE AND DO NOT BLOCK ANY VENTILATION OPENINGS ON THIS APPARATUS FOR PROPER OPERATION THIS UNIT REQUIRES 3 75mm OF WELL VENTILATED SPACE AROUND HEATSINKS AND OTHER AIR FLOW PROVISIONS IN THE CABINET DO NOT USE THIS APPARATUS NEAR SPLASHING FALLING SPRAYING OR STANDING LIQUIDS CLEAN ONLY WITH LINT FREE DAMP CLOTH AND DO NOT USE CL
5. control to adjust the amount of heavy distortion for the Overdrive channel Gain 2 produces more intense distortion than Gain 1 2 and is active when the Gain switch 5 is depressed 4 SHAPE Use this control to dial in the tone for the Overdrive channel when Gain 2 is selected Rotating the control counterclockwise enhances the mid frequencies while rotating the control clockwise enhances the low and high frequencies This control is only active when Gain 2 is selected 5 GAIN SELECT Use this switch to select which Gain control is active for the Overdrive channel With the switch in the out position Gain 1 is selected When the switch is depressed Gain 2 is selected When a footswitch is connected to the Channel Gain Select Footswitch jack 21 this switch is inactive and the Gain Select function is controlled by the footswitch see 21 6 LOW Use this control to adjust the low frequency level of the Overdrive channel 7 HIGH Use this control to adjust the high frequency level of the Overdrive channel 8 LEVEL Use this control to adjust the output level of the Overdrive channel 9 CHANNEL SELECT Use this switch to select either channel With the switch in the out position the Clean channel is selected When the switch is depressed the Overdrive channel is selected The adjacent LEDs illumi nate to indicate which channel is active When a footswitch is connected to the Channel Gain Select Footswitch jack 21 this switch
6. of the switch depressed and off bottom of the switch depressed The switch illuminates when the power is on 19 ELECTRONIC TUNER top panel The electronic tuner is active whenever the amplifier is truned on pro viding 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 faciltate quick and precise tuning of your instrument The indicated note string is properly tuned when only the center LED is illuminated The Rear Panel not shown 20 FUSE The fuse protects the amplifier from damages caused by a faulty AC power source and or other problems If the fuse opens replace it ONLY with the same size and type If the fuse continues to fail check the AC source if the source is okay contact your Crate dealer for service information 21 CHANNEL GAIN SELECT FOOTSWITCH Use this jack to connect the 1 4 stereo plug on the footswitch cable to the three button footswitch supplied This allows you to remotely switch between the Clean and Overdrive channels and between Overdrive Gain 1 and Gain 2 When a footswitch is used the front panel Gain and Channel Select switches 5 9 are rendered ineffectual 22 DSP FOOTSWITCH Use this jack to connect the 1 4 mono plug on the footswitch cable to the three button footswitch supplied This allows you to remotely turn the DSP on and off 23 AC LINE CORD This grounded power cord is to be
7. EANING AGENTS ONLY CONNECT POWER CORD TO A POLARIZED SAFETY GROUNDED OUTLET WIRED TO CURRENT ELECTRICAL CODES AND COMPATIBLE WITH VOLTAGE POWER AND FREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS STATED ON THE REAR PANEL OF THE APPARATUS PROTECT THE POWER CORD FROM DAMAGE DUE TO BEING WALKED ON PINCHED OR STRAINED UNPLUG THE APPARATUS DURING LIGHTNING STORMS OR WHEN UNUSED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME ONLY USE ATTACHMENTS ACCESSORIES STANDS OR BRACKETS SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR SAFE OPERATION AND TO AVOID INJURY WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK OR FIRE DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE SERVICE MUST BE PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL OUR AMPLIFIERS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO HIGH SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS CAN CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING IMPAIRMENT OR LOSS USER CAUTION IS ADVISED AND EAR PRO TECTION IS RECOMMENDED IF UNIT IS OPERATED AT HIGH VOLUME EXPLANATION OF GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS EXPLICACION DE SIMBOLOS GRAFICOS VOLTAJE PELIGROSO EXPLICATION DES SYMB LES GRAPHIQUES DANGER HAUTE TENSION ES NECESARIO QUE EL USUARIO SE REFIERA AL MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES REFERREZ VOUS AU MANUAL D UTILISATION DANGEROUS VOLTAGE IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE USER TO REFER TO THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL FXTI2O Guitar Amp with DSP amp Channel Tracking The Digital Signal Processor The FXT120 s Digital Signal Processor provides 16 exciting digital effects Use the DSP Selecto
8. ER 2 CHANNEL SELECT VOL LOW MID HIGH nese OVERDRIVE EQ CHANNEL SHAPER _ ACTIVE IN J GAIN LOW HIGH LEVEL SHAPE 2 MIX DSP LEVEL OIO 9 O POWER O O O O MODE SPEAKERS EXT SPEAKER DAMPING CIRCUIT As FXTI2O Guitar Amp with DSP amp Channel Tracking FXT120 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Output Power Rating 120W RMS 5 THD 4Q 120 VAC Speaker Size and Rating 2 Custom Design 12 8Q Input Impedance 470kQ Total System Gain Solo Ch 110dB all controls 10 Overdrive Ch 88dB all controls 10 Clean Ch 58dB all controls 210 CD Input 29dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 7 volts peak to peak Solo Channel Shape Control Proprietary Circuit O D Channel Low Control 20dB range 80Hz Mid Control 15dB range 1kHz High Control 20dB range 10kHz Clean Channel Low Control range 80Hz Mid Control 15dB range 800Hz High Control 40dB range 10kHz Power Requirements 120 VAC 60Hz 95VA 100 115VAC 50 60Hz 95VA 230VAC 50 60Hz 95VA Size and Weight 21 x 26 1 2 W x 11 D 50 lbs The FXT120 is covered with a durable Tolex material wipe it clean with a lint free cloth Never spray cleaning agents onto the cabinet Avoid abrasive cleansers which would damage the finish Crate continually develops new products as well as improves existing ones For this reason the specifications and information in this manual are subject to change without notice
9. plugged into a grounded power outlet wired to cur rent electrical codes and compatible with the voltage power and frequency requirements stated on the rear panel Do not attempt to defeat the safety ground connection lt Stereo to mono Y cord Y adapter and 2 cables Connecting to the Insert jack mE eee to Insert L4 fo Insert jack RING SEND RINGLJ jack SLEEVE GROUND SLEEVE The Insert jack 16 allows you to STP 8 YPPI17 patch an external effects device into STP208 9 the amplifier prior to its power amp stage Use Crates STP201 STP202 or STP208 stereo to mono Y cord or an adapter such as Crate s YPP117 and two 1 4 mono signal cables to connect the effect as shown to the immediate right 1 4 TO 14 0 U Jack Jack T quew 1 MONO SHIELDED CABLES N to to 9 OUT IN O effect J jack jack J J External Effect External Effect 5 Suggested Settings Sweet n Clean DOUBLER ue 1 d 2 RTRY DOWN CS WAH WAH PA R lm 2 1 d 2 RTRY DOWN LN N TWAH wH DOUBLER ls 2 us 1 d 2 RTRY DOWN C WAH VM WAH ns DOUBLER FXTI2O Guitar Amp with DSP amp Channel Tracking System Block Diagram CLEAN CHANNEL BUFF
10. r con trol to choose the desired effect then use the DSP Level control to mix in the desired amount of effect The effects are described below FLNG 1 slow deep flange reverb FLNG 2 flange reverb delay CHO 1 slow tremolo chorus reverb CHO 2 chorus reverb delay RTRY simulated rotary speaker effect DOWN _ adds signal one octave lower than input T WAH touch sensitive wah wah effect I WAH inverse wah wah effect ER DOUBLER simulated second track slightly out of sync CHO REV 1 small room reverb CHO 2 REV 2 medium room reverb 4 REV 3 large room reverb y ocrv REV 4 concert hall reverb C An DLY 1 short slapback small room reverb Youle DLY 2 medium delay plate reverb DLY 3 long delay large room reverb Channel Tracking The FXT120 gives you the power of Channel Tracking Once you select a DSP setting for each chan nel Channel Tracking recalls those DSP setting automatically without changing the DSP controls For example Select the Clean channel Set the DSP Selector to FLNG 1 slow flange reverb Select the Overdrive channel Gain 1 Set the DSP Selector to CHO 1 slow chorus reverb the setting for the Clean channel is now saved to memory Select the Overdrive channel Gain 2 Set the DSP Selector to T WAH touch wah wah the setting for the Overdrive channel Gain 1 is now saved to memory Reselect the Clean channel
11. the setting for the Overdrive channel Gain 2 is now saved to memory Now when you go back to the Clean channel even though the DSP Selector was last set to T WAH Channel Tracking automatically recalls the last setting for the Clean channel in this example FLNG 1 Change to the Overdrive channel Gain 1 and CHO 1 is recalled Change to the Overdrive chan nel Gain 2 and T WAH is recalled That s the power of Channel Tracking Note Even when the power is turned off Channel Tracking still retains the settings until you change them I T FXTIBO Guitar Amp with DSP amp Channel Tracking The Front Panel OVERDRIVE mmm md C OSG SHAnPe LOW HiGH Lever VOL LOW MID HICH LEVEL ee 41 eb 4 2 A 28 Jw S 4 4 vA Rm PA v 4 2 PA uo M _ 8 31 umm n ELEME va _ E A AA 2 A A gt lt amp gt ee Ce Xx 1 INPUT Use this jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable OVERDRIVE CHANNEL A high gain channel giving you sounds from a slight edge to serious overdrive 2 GAIN 1 Use this control to adjust the amount of light distortion for the Overdrive channel Gain 1 produces less intense distortion than Gain 2 3 and is active when the Gain Select switch 5 is in the out position 3 GAIN 2 Use this
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