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VTX65
Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier
with Advanced Digital Signal
Processing
User’s Guide
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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 Pre
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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. The Save/Tap button allows you to manually set the tempo of many of the effects and to save new DS
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VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The Top Panel: 19 MUL MULTI TI PHASER PHASER EC EC FLANGE FLANGE VIB VIB O O T T SIN SIN CHORUS CHORUS R R INPUT GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH SOLO RHYTHM SOLO RHYTHM 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 se
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VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP 20 21 22 23 DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB TA TAP PE E ECHO ECHO VIB VIB POWER DSP DSP SINGLE SINGLE EFX EFX SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID HIGH RHYTHM / SOLO CD INPUT CLEAN CLEAN 12 13 14 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. 19: CD INPUT: Use these RCA jacks to connect the output
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RING TIP RING TIP 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 prob- lems.
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VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP The DSP Section: MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER T TAPE APE ECHO ECHO The VTX65 features DSP VIB VIB FLANGE FLANGE DSP DSP controls for Multi, Delay and O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P EFX EFX T T SINGLE SINGLE Reverb. Complete information CHORUS CHORUS R R 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 t
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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 con- trols - these changes will remain active until a different channel is selected, but will not be there for later use unless they are saved. To save a new DSP preset to a
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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 addi- tional 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’.” When the #3 button is switched and the LED is out, a second DSP
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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 MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER CHANNEL: SOLO TA TAP PE E ECHO ECHO RHYTHM VIB VIB FLANGE FLANGE DSP DSP CLEAN O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P BANK: "A" EFX EFX T T SINGLE SINGLE CHORUS CHORUS R R "B" TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM Factory Preset 2: Rhythm w/Slapback Delay MUL MULTI TI DELA
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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 MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER CHANNEL: SOLO T TAPE APE ECHO ECHO RHYTHM VIB VIB FLANGE FLANGE DSP DSP CLEAN O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P BANK: "A" EFX EFX T T SINGLE SINGLE CHORUS CHORUS R R "B" TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A Factory Preset 5: Rhythm w/Reverb MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER
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VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Suggested Settings: TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER ECHO ECHO T TAPE APE VIB VIB FLANGE FLANGE DSP DSP "Oceanic" O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P EFX EFX T T SINGLE SINGLE CHORUS CHORUS R R Clean with GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID HIGH Vibrato, Delay, & Reverb RHYTHM / SOLO SOLO CLEAN RHYTHM SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN OUT TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo FAST MUL MULTI TI DELA DEL
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VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP Suggested Settings: TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo N/A MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER ECHO ECHO TA TAP PE E VIB VIB FLANGE FLANGE DSP DSP "Haze Faze" O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P EFX EFX T T SINGLE SINGLE CHORUS CHORUS R R Rhythm with GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID HIGH Phase & Reverb RHYTHM / SOLO SOLO CLEAN RHYTHM SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN OUT IN TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REV
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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: _________________________________ MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER CHANNEL: SOLO TA TAP PE E ECHO ECHO RHYTHM VIB VIB FLANGE FLANGE DSP DSP CLEAN O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P BANK: "A" EFX EFX T T SINGLE SINGLE CHORUS CHORUS R R "B" TAP Tempo __________ TAP Tempo __________ User Preset: ________________________________
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VTX65 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Advanced DSP System Block Diagram: TUNER A BC D EF G BUFFER INPUT CLEAN VOLUME LOW MID HIGH SOLO/ RHYTHM/ CLEAN SOLO RTHM SOLO SOLO SWITCHING LEVEL CIRCUIT RHYTHM SOLO RHYTHM SOLO/ RHYTHM RHYTHM SOLO RHYTHM SHAPE LOW MID HIGH LEVEL GAIN GAIN MIX AMP INSERT REVERB POWER AMP TAP SPEAKER MULTI DELAY CD INPUT EXT. SPEAKER DAMPING CIRCUIT 15
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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 110dB, all controls @10 Rhythm Ch 88dB, all controls @10 Clean Ch 58dB, all controls @10 CD Input 29dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 7 volts peak-to-peak Solo Channel Shape Control Proprietary Circuit Rhythm Channel Low Control 20dB range @ 80Hz Mid Control 15dB ra
