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Guitar Amplifier with
Digital Effects
User’s Guide
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Guitar Amplifier TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5 The Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The DSP Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Storing Your Own Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Guitar Amplifier Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the Crate RFX65 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 DSP presets in the amplifier’s non-volat
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Guitar Amplifier 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 SOLO RHYTHM SOLO RHYTHM GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH 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 a
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Guitar Amplifier 20 21 22 23 DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB ECHO ECHO TA TAP PE E DSP DSP VIB VIB POWER O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P SINGLE SINGLE EFX EFX CLEAN RHYTHM / SOLO CLEAN LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID HIGH CD INPUT 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: MULTI: Use this control to select one of the fifteen “Multi” digital effects. Complet
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RING TIP RING TIP Guitar Amplifier 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. If the fuse opens, replace it ONLY wi
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Guitar Amplifier The DSP Section: MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER TA TAP PE E ECHO ECHO The RFX65 features DSP DSP DSP FLANGE FLANGE VIB VIB controls for Multi, Delay and O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P T T SINGLE SINGLE EFX EFX 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 the Save/Tap button. The Delay control
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Guitar Amplifier Storing Your Own Presets: Each channel of the RFX65 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 channel, first make the desired DSP ch
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Guitar Amplifier Using the Footswitch for More Presets: The Crate three-button footswitch supplied with the RFX65 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 preset may be stored and recalled for
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Guitar Amplifier DSP Factory Presets: The RFX65 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 DSP DSP FLANGE FLANGE VIB VIB RHYTHM CLEAN O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P BANK: "A" T T SINGLE SINGLE EFX EFX CHORUS CHORUS R R "B" TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM Factory Preset 2: Rhythm w/Slapback Delay MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER C
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Guitar Amplifier DSP Factory Presets: The RFX65 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 TA TAP PE E ECHO ECHO DSP DSP FLANGE FLANGE VIB VIB RHYTHM CLEAN O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P BANK: "A" T T SINGLE SINGLE EFX EFX 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 PHASER CHANNEL: SOLO ECHO ECHO TA TA
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Guitar Amplifier Suggested Settings: TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM MUL MULT TII DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER ECHO ECHO TA TAP PE E DSP DSP FLANGE FLANGE VIB VIB "Oceanic" O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P T T SINGLE SINGLE EFX EFX CHORUS CHORUS R R Clean with SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN Vibrato, Delay, RHYTHM / SOLO SOLO & Reverb RHYTHM CLEAN GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID HIGH OUT TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo FAST MUL MULT TII DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER ECHO
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Guitar Amplifier Suggested Settings: TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo N/A MUL MULT TII DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER ECHO ECHO TA TAP PE E DSP DSP FLANGE FLANGE VIB VIB "Haze Faze" O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P T T SINGLE SINGLE EFX EFX CHORUS CHORUS R R Rhythm with SOLO RHYTHM CLEAN Phase RHYTHM / SOLO SOLO & Reverb RHYTHM CLEAN GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL VOLUME LOW MID HIGH OUT IN TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A MUL MULT TII DELA DELAY Y REVERB REVERB PHASER PHASER ECHO ECHO TA
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Guitar Amplifier 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 DSP DSP FLANGE FLANGE VIB VIB RHYTHM CLEAN O O SA SAVE / T VE / TA AP P BANK: "A" T T SINGLE SINGLE EFX EFX CHORUS CHORUS R R "B" TAP Tempo __________ TAP Tempo __________ User Preset: _________________________________ MUL MULTI TI DELA DELAY Y REVERB RE
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Guitar Amplifier System Block Diagram: TUNER A BC D EF G BUFFER INPUT CLEAN VOLUME LOW MID HIGH SOLO/ RHYTHM/ CLEAN SOLO RHYTHM 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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Guitar Amplifier RFX65 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 range @ 1kHz High Control 20dB range @ 1
