GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced Digital Signal Processing User’s Guide
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5 The Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The DSP Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Storing Your Own Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Restoring the Factory Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the Crate GTX65 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.
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The Front Panel: 20 1 2 3 4 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. 3: GAIN: Use this control to adjust the amount of distortion produced by the Solo channel.
GTX65 21 22 23 24 12 13 14 15 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP 16 17 18 19 25 16: LOW: Use this control to adjust the low frequency level of the Clean channel. 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.
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The Rear Panel: 100VAC: T2.5A 250V 120VAC: T2A 250V 230/240VAC: T1.25A 250V EXTENSION SPEAKER CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK O F FIRE, R E P L AC E F U S E W I T H SAME TYPE AND RATING. ATTENTION: UTILISER UN FUSI B L E D E R E C H A N G E D E M E M E TYPE.
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The DSP Section: The GTX65 features DSP controls for Multi, Delay and Reverb. Complete information 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. All of these effects have their speed controlled by the Save/Tap button.
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Storing Your Own Presets: Each channel of the GTX65 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.
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Using the Footswitch for More Presets: The Crate three-button footswitch supplied with the GTX65 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’.
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP DSP Factory Presets: The GTX65 Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 1: Clean w/Chorus, Delay,Reverb CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM Factory Preset 2: Rhythm w/Slapback Delay CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" TAP Tempo FAST TAP Tempo N/A Factory Preset 3: Solo w/Flange,Delay,Reverb CHANNEL: BANK: 10 SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP DSP Factory Presets: The GTX65 Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 4: Clean w/Reverb CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A Factory Preset 5: Rhythm w/Reverb CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A Factory Preset 6: Solo w/Reverb CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A 11
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Suggested Settings: TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo N/A "Haze Faze" Rhythm with Phase & Reverb OUT IN TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A "Solo Wah" Solo with Wah, Delay & Reverb IN IN TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A "Octanator" Solo with Octave & Reverb IN 12 IN
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Suggested Settings: TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo N/A "Haze Faze" Rhythm with Phase & Reverb OUT IN TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A "Solo Wah" Solo with Wah, Delay & Reverb IN IN TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A "Octanator" Solo with Octave & Reverb IN IN 13
GTX65 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: _________________________________ CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" TAP Tempo __________ TAP Tempo __________ User Preset: _________________________________ CHANNEL: BANK: SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" TAP Tempo __________ TAP Tempo __________ User Preset: _________________________________ CHANNEL: BANK: 14 SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN "A" "B" T
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP System Block Diagram: BUFFER INPUT CLEAN CHNL VOL LOW MID HIGH SOLO RTHM SOLO RTHM SOLO RTHM SOLO-RTHM/ CLEAN SELECT SOLO LEVEL SWITCHING CIRCUIT SOLO/ RTHM SELECT SOLO GAIN RTHM GAIN SHAPE LOW MID HIGH RTHM LEVEL MIX AMP INSERT REVERB POWER AMP MULTI DELAY TAP SPEAKER CD INPUT EXT.
GTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP GTX65 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating Speaker Size and Rating Input Impedance Total System Gain Solo Ch Rhythm Ch Clean Ch CD Input Maximum Input Signal Accepted Solo Channel Shape Control Rhythm Channel Low Control Mid Control High Control Clean Channel Low Control Mid Control High Control Power Requirements Size and Weight 65W RMS @5% THD, 8Ω, 120 VAC (1) Custom Design 12”, 8Ω 470kΩ 110dB, all controls @10 88dB, all controls @10 58