Crate Amplifiers CRATE GLX212 user manual

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GLX65
GLX120
GLX212
Three-channel Guitar Amplifiers
with DSP & Channel Tracking
User’s Guide

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GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of one of the Crate GLX top-of-the-line three-channel guitar amplifiers. These rugged amplifiers combine 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 – with a separate level control. Crate’s unique Channel Tracking fea- ture means that as you switch betwee

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GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking The Digital Signal Processor: Crate’s Digital Signal Processing offers 16 exciting digital effects, accessible through the DSP Mode control. The effects are described below. 1 small room reverb 2 medium room reverb 3 large room reverb 4 concert hall reverb 5 short slapback w/small room reverb 6 medium delay w/plate reverb 7 long delay w/large room reverb 8 slow deep flange w/reverb 9 flange w/reverb & delay 10 slow tremolo chorus w/reverb

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GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking The Front Panel: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1: MUTE: This switch, when depressed, silences the input signal. The Tuner (#21) remains active when this switch is depressed. 2. INPUT: Use this 1/4” jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. SOLO CHANNEL: A high gain channel giving you sounds with serious overdrive. 3: GAIN: Use this control to adjust the amount of distortion

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GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking The Electronic Tuner: 21 21. ELECTRONIC TUNER (top panel): The electronic tuner is active whenever the amplifier is turned 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 facilitate quick and precise tuning of your instrument. The indicated note (string) is properly tuned when only the center LED is illuminated. The Rear

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GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking Suggested Settings: Sweet 'n Clean: OUT Just a 'Lil Nasty: IN Politely Gritty: OUT IN Octave Down 'n Dirty: OUT IN Wah Full House: OUT IN Mean & Obscene: IN IN 6

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GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking System Block Diagram: TUNER A BC D EF G BUFFER SOLO-RHYTHM/ INPUT CLEAN SELECT CLEAN CHNL MUTE VOL LOW MID HIGH RHYTHM CHNL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL SOLO/ RHYTHM SELECT SOLO CHNL GAIN SHAPE LEVEL MIX EFFECTS EFFECTS POWER AMP SEND RETURN AMP DSP SPEAKER LEVEL DAMPING EXT. CIRCUIT SPEAKER MODE 7

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GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking GLX65/120/212 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating GLX65 65W RMS @ 5% THD, 8Ω , 120 VAC GLX120/212 120W RMS @5% THD, 4Ω , 120 VAC Speaker Size and Rating GLX65/120 (1) Custom Design 12”, 8Ω GLX212 (2) 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 Maximum Input Signal Accepted 7 volts peak-to-peak Solo Channel Shape Con