VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced Digital Signal Processing User’s Guide
VTX65 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 . . . .
VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Congratulations! You 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 effects which can be combined for a wide variety of sounds.
VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The Top Panel: 19 MULTI PHASER EC VIB FLANGE CHORUS GAIN INPUT SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID R HIGH SOLO SOLO 1 2 3 4 RHYTHM RHYTHM 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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.
VTX65 20 21 22 DELAY Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP 23 REVERB TAPE ECHO VIB DSP POWER EFX SINGLE LEVEL SAVE / TAP VOLUME LOW MID HIGH RHYTHM / SOLO 12 13 14 CD INPUT CLEAN CLEAN 15 16 17 18 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.
VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The Bottom Panel: 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. 27 28 29 30 31 27: FUSE: The fuse protects the amplifier from damages caused by a faulty AC power source and/or other problems.
VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The DSP Section: DELAY MULTI PHASER REVERB TAPE ECHO The VTX65 features DSP VIB FLANGE DSP controls for Multi, Delay and O SAVE / TAP EFX T SINGLE Reverb. Complete information R CHORUS 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/Tap button. The Delay control selects the delay or echo effects.
VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Storing Your Own Presets: Each channel of the VTX65 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.
VTX65 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’.
VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP DSP Factory Presets: The VTX65 Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 1: Clean w/Chorus, Delay,Reverb DELAY MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER ECHO VIB FLANGE DSP O CHORUS R T SINGLE REVERB TAPE EFX SAVE / TAP TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM Factory Preset 2: Rhythm w/Slapback Delay DELAY MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER ECHO VIB FLANGE DSP O CHORUS R T SI
VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP DSP Factory Presets: The VTX65 Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 4: Clean w/Reverb DELAY MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER ECHO VIB FLANGE DSP O CHORUS R T SINGLE REVERB TAPE EFX SAVE / TAP TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A Factory Preset 5: Rhythm w/Reverb DELAY MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER ECHO VIB FLANGE DSP O CHORUS R T SINGLE REVERB TAPE EFX SAV
VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Suggested Settings: TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM DELAY MULTI PHASER "Oceanic" Clean with Vibrato, Delay, & Reverb ECHO VIB FLANGE DSP O CHORUS GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID R T SINGLE HIGH EFX SAVE / TAP LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID HIGH RHYTHM / SOLO SOLO SOLO REVERB TAPE RHYTHM RHYTHM CLEAN CLEAN OUT TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo FAST DELAY MULTI PHASER "Super Funk" Clean with Wah, Delay, & Reverb ECHO VIB FLANGE DSP
VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Suggested Settings: TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo N/A DELAY MULTI PHASER "Haze Faze" Rhythm with Phase & Reverb ECHO VIB FLANGE DSP O CHORUS GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID R T SINGLE HIGH EFX RHYTHM RHYTHM DELAY PHASER "Solo Wah" ECHO VIB GAIN LOW MID R T SINGLE HIGH DSP EFX RHYTHM RHYTHM DELAY PHASER "Octanator" ECHO VIB GAIN LOW MID DSP HIGH T SINGLE EFX SAVE / TAP LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID HIGH RHYTHM /
VTX65 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: _________________________________ DELAY MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER ECHO VIB FLANGE DSP O CHORUS R T SINGLE REVERB TAPE EFX SAVE / TAP TAP Tempo __________ TAP Tempo __________ User Preset: _________________________________ DELAY MULTI CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" PHASER ECHO VIB FLANGE DSP
VTX65 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 SPEAKER CD INPUT EXT.
VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP VTX65 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating 65W RMS @5% THD, 8Ω, 120 VAC Speaker Size and Rating (1) 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 20dB
