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Quick Start Owner’s Manual
Box Contents:
X Guitar
Quick Start Owner’s Manual
Important Safety Instructions
4 AA Batteries
Manual de inicio rápido para el usuario (Spanish)
Contenido de la caja:
X Guitar
Manual de inicio rápido del usuario
Instrucciones de seguridad importantes
4 Baterías AA
Guide d’installation rapide (Français)
Contenue de la boîte :
X Guitar
Guide d’utilisation simplifié
Consignes de sécurité importantes
4 piles de format AA
Schnel
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Quick Start Owner's Manual (English) Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Alesis X Guitar. The X Guitar is a high- performance guitar that includes both a traditional three-pickup system and an advanced, built-in stereo multieffects processor. Here are some of its important highlights: ● A fully-featured electric guitar in the most popular style of all time. ● A built-in multi-effects unit with dozens of guitar-optimized effects like distortion, compression, cabinet
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First Things First: Installing the Batteries With no batteries, the X Guitar operates like a traditional electric guitar. However, to use the X Guitar’s built-in effects and tuner, you need to install four AA batteries (or use an optional 9 volt adapter). Batteries are included in your X Guitar package. To install the batteries, flip the guitar over and open the battery compartment on the back. As with all battery-powered devices, don’t mix and match new and partially used batterie
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Front Controls The front of the guitar combines traditional controls with two special switches for the built- in effects. 1. Pickup Selector Switch – The five-position switch selects one of the following pickup combinations: 1-Bridge only. 2-Bridge + Middle. 3-Middle only. 4-Middle + Neck. 5-Neck only. All three pickups are humbucking models, which greatly reduce noise relative to non- humbucking pickups. The bridge-position pickup has the traditional side-by-side humbucker
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Bottom Jacks 1. Expression Pedal Input – Plug in an optional expression pedal to control one of the effects within the multi-effects processor. 2. AC Adapter Jack – Plug in an optional AC adapter using this outlet. Effect Processor Controls Use the controls on the top of the X Guitar to operate the built-in effects. 1. Display – In PLAY mode, the display shows the bank letter (A-H) on the left and the bank’s program number (0-9) on the right. A small dot on the low
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Exploring the X Guitar’s effects The X Guitar contains an advanced, stereo effects processor. Distortion, compression, delays, choruses, reverbs, and much more allow you to create a wide variety of popular, vintage, and experimental electric guitar sounds. Begin by exploring the X Guitar’s default programs. Turn the Effect knob all the way to the left to select Play. Now, play your guitar and explore the programs by pressing the Program Up and Program Down buttons or twisting the Valu
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PLAY In this setting, the display shows you the current program number. This is the mode you should choose for typical live performances, as it allows you to switch programs easily via the foot pedals. Indicates the bank letter and program number of the current program. COMP/LIMIT (Compressor/Limiter) Compression. Adds sustain and smoothness by lowering the dynamic range. Limiting. Reta ins the original volume, but smoothes out the lo
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DRIVE This is a parameter of the DIST module. Increasing levels of drive/gain for the DIST module. Pedal control of the drive/gain. NR (Noise Reduction) This is a combination of two effects—hum elimination and noise reduction. Hum elimination works by cutting out the frequency that contains the hum (60Hz). Noise reduction works by gating the signal (muting the signal until its level rises above a certain point). Hum Elimination (Left digit of display) Increasing levels of hu
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FX1 (Multi-Effect Module 1, Mono to Stereo Effects) This module gives you a choice of mono effects. You may assign one effect at a time to this module. Auto Wah A wah sound controlled by playing intensity. Attack the strings aggressively for more effect. Higher values indicate higher input sensitivity. Pedal-Controlled Wah A wah sound controlled by moving the optional expression pedal up and down as you play. Phaser An effect that shifts the phase of the signal and adds it to
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FX1 – Continued Rotary Speaker Emulates the sound of the classic rotary, creating a Doppler effect similar to that achieved by an organ’s rotating speaker. Higher values result in greater intensity and pan depth. Pedal-Controlled Rotary Speaker A rotary speaker effect with its intensity and pan depth controlled by the expression pedal. Chorus Adds fullness to your sound by emulating a chorus of multiple instruments. Higher values indicate greater modulation depth. Pedal Cho
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PARAM (Direct-Control Parameter for FX1) This parameter modifies the operation of the effect selected for the FX1 module. Changing between effect types with dissimilar value ranges will scale this value accordingly. For example, if you set Phaser to PARAM=63 and then switch to the Auto Wah effect, its PARAM value will be 12. Changing back to Phaser will result in a PARAM value of 63. Indicates the value of FX1’s direct-control parameter, according to the following: For Auto Wah,
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FX3 (Multi-Effect Module 3, Delay-Based Effects) This module gives you a choice of delay-based effects. A delay is an echo of the original signal that can occur at varying frequency and time. Doubling Doubles the signal with a slight delay, creating the effect of two instruments playing at once. Higher values indicate higher intensity. Pedal Doubling Doubling effect with its intensity controlled by the expression pedal. Ping Pong Delay Creates a delay that bounces back and f
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FX3 – Continued Plate Reverb Recreates the classic “plate reverb” sound achieved by using a metal plate. Higher values indicate a wetter mix. Pedal Plate Reverb A Plate Reverb effect with its wet/dry mix controlled by the expression pedal. Chorus – same as in FX1. Pedal Chorus – same as in FX1. Flanger – same as in FX1. Pedal-Controlled Flanger – same as in FX1. Rotary Speaker – same as in FX1. Pedal-Controlled Rotary Speaker – same as in FX1. Pitch Transpose – s
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DIGFX (Digital Sampling Effects) This effect module emulates the effect that different variations of digital sampling can have on an audio signal. Sample Rate Decimation Lower values indicate lower decimation frequency (more decimation, more aliasing). Pedal Sample Rate Decimation A sample rate decimator effect controlled by the expression pedal. Bit Reduction Higher values indicate lower resultant bit depth. Pedal Bit Reduction Bit Reduction effect controlled by the expressi
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ROUTE In this position, the display indicates the current signal-routing order of the FX modules. This ordering can have a big effect on your sound, as each effect in the configuration feeds into the next. Whatever the configuration, the LEVEL setting always comes last in line. This is the default order. This one is the default order with FX2 and FX3 swapped to put the delay effects in the middle of the modulation effects. This order places the cabinet simulator at the end, al
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Storing effects programs After you’ve created a configuration that you like, you can store it for future recall. To store your changes, press the VALUE knob and then turn the knob to select a store location. Press the VALUE knob again to store the program. Copying effects programs from one location to another Copying programs is easy. Just call up the program that you want to copy. Then, press the VALUE knob, twist it until you find the location where you want to store your copy, an
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Bypassing the effects To bypass the effects section entirely, hold down both the Program Up and Program Down buttons – or press both footswitches – for less than half a second. The screen will read by ( ) to indicate that the effects have been bypassed. You may now control the amplifier’s volume with the volume knob. Turning any other knob restores the effects. Using the built-in tuner Press both the Program Up and Program Down buttons for more than half a second to enter both
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Manual de inicio rápido para el usuario (Español) Introducción Felicitaciones por su compra de la X Guitar de Alesis. X Guitar es una guitarra de alto rendimiento que incluye tanto un sistema tradicional de tres captores (“three pick-up”) como un procesador de multiefectos estéreo avanzado incorporado. He aquí algunos de los aspectos más importantes: ● Una guitarra eléctrica provista de todas las características en el estilo más popular de todos los tiempos. ● Una unidad multief
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Lo primero es lo primero: Instalación de las baterías Sin baterías, la X Guitar opera como una guitarra eléctrica tradicional. En cambio, para usar los efectos y el afinador instalados de la X Guitar, necesita instalar cuatro baterías AA (o usar un adaptador opcional de 9 voltios). Las baterías están incluidas en su paquete de la X Guitar. Para instalar las baterías, dé vuelta la guitarra y abra el compartimiento de atrás. Como con todos los dispositivos que usan baterías, no mezc
