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VTX200SH
Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head
with Stereo Digital Signal
Processing
User’s Guide
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VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5 The Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The DSP Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Storing Your Own Pre
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VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the Crate VTX200SH three-channel guitar amp head with Stereo Digital Signal Processing (DSP). This rugged amplifier combines out- standing features with serious clean and distorted sounds. Dual DSP controls provide 15 “Must Have” effects and 15 Delay effects which can be combined for a wide variety of sounds. The Tap/Save button allows you to manually set the tempo of many of the effects and to
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L A I C E P S G N R WA WAH H E O S P A PHASE PHASE WA WAH H G H N P I O OCT CT- P VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP The Front Panel: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 REVERB REVERB DELA DELAY Y EFFECTS EFFECTS LEVEL GAIN TAP / SAVE 4 4 31 31 22 22 13 13 44 44 31 3 3 22 2 HIGH MID LOW 13 1 M MUTE MUTE UTE POWER 1: POWER: Use this switch to turn the amplifier on (top of the switch depressed) and off (bottom) of the switch depressed. The switch illuminates when the power is on.
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WAH PHASE WAH OCT- VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 LEVEL GAIN LEVEL GAIN INPUT 2 1 HIGH MID LOW HIGH MID LOW MUTE STEREO CHANNEL 2 - Featuring a medium gain FlexWave circuit for moderate distortion and crunch: 15: CHANNEL 2 SELECT: This switch, when depressed, selects Channel 2 as the active channel. The adjacent LED illuminates when Channel 2 is active. 16: HIGH: Use this control to adjust the high frequency level of Channel 2. 17:
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VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP The Rear Panel: 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 28: FOOTSWITCH: Use this jack to connect the footswitch cable (5-conductor midi cable) to the four-button footswitch (supplied). This allows you to remotely switch between the channels, set tap tempos, save new presets, and access a second set of DSP presets. (See page 9 for additional information.) 29: MONO EFFECTS LOOP SEND: When using a mono external effects processor, connect this jack to the input ja
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L A I C E P S G N R WA WAH H E O S P A P PHASE HASE WA WAH H G H N P I O OCT CT- P VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP The DSP Section: REVERB REVERB DELA DELAY Y EFFECTS EFFECTS The VTX200SH features DSP controls TAP / SAVE 4 4 31 31 for Reverb, Delay and Effects. Complete 22 22 13 13 information about the Effects and Delay 44 44 31 3 22 2 controls is given below. The Delay con- 13 1 trol selects the delay or echo effects. The Effects control selects the “pitch modified” and
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L L L A A A I I I C C C E E E P P P S S S G G G N N N R R R O O O W WA AH H W WA AH H W WA AH H E E E P P P S S S A A A P PHAS HASE E WA WAH H P PHA HASE SE WA WAH H P PH HA AS SE E WA WAH H G G G H H H N N N P P P I I I O OCT CT- O OCT CT- O OCT CT- P P P VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP Storing Your Own Presets: Each channel of the VTX200SH 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
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VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP Using the Footswitch: The special Crate four-button footswitch supplied with the VTX200SH performs a variety of functions. The footswitch allows remote channel selection, remote Tap/Save for each channel, and allows access to an additional DSP preset for each channel of the amplifier. Use only the supplied Crate four-button momentary footswitch with the VTX200SH. A standard 5-wire midi cable (supplied) may be used to connect the footswitch t
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L L L A A A I I I C C C E E E P P P S S S G G G N N N R R R W WA AH H WA WAH H WA WAH H E E E O O O S S S P P P A A A PHAS PHASE E WA WAH H P PH HA AS SE E WA WAH H P PH HA AS SE E W WA AH H G G G H H H N N N P P P I I I O OCT CT- O OCT CT- OCT OCT- P P P VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP DSP Factory Presets: The VTX200SH Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 1: Clean w/Chorus, Delay, Reverb REVERB REVERB DELA DELAY Y EFFECTS EFFECTS TAP / SAV
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L L L A A A I I I C C C E E E P P P S S S G G G N N N R R R W WA AH H WA WAH H WA WAH H E E E O O O S S S P P P A A A PHAS PHASE E WA WAH H P PH HA AS SE E WA WAH H P PH HA AS SE E W WA AH H G G G H H H N N N P P P I I I O OCT CT- O OCT CT- OCT OCT- P P P VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP DSP Factory Presets: The VTX200SH Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 4: Clean w/Reverb REVERB REVERB DELA DELAY Y EFFECTS EFFECTS TAP / SAVE 4 4 31 31 22
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L L L L L L A A A A A A I I I I I I C C C C C C E E E E E E P P P P P P S S S S S S G G G G G G N N N N N N R R R R R R E E E E E E O O O O O O WA WAH H W WA AH H W WA AH H W WA AH H WA WAH H WA WAH H S S S S S S P P P P P P A A A A A A PH PHA ASE SE W WA AH H PH PHA AS SE E WA WAH H PH PHA AS SE E WA WAH H PH PHA AS SE E WA WAH H P PH HA AS SE E W WA AH H P PH HA AS SE E WA WAH H G G G G G G H H H H H H N N N N N N P P P P P P I I I I I I P P P P P P OCT OCT- O OC CT T- O OC CT T- O OC CT T-
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WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH PHASE WAH PHASE WAH PHASE WAH PHASE WAH PHASE WAH PHASE WAH OCT- OCT- OCT- OCT- OCT- OCT- VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP Suggested Settings: LEVEL GAIN LEVEL GAIN 2 1 HIGH MID LOW HIGH MID LOW MUTE LEVEL GAIN LEVEL GAIN 2 1 HIGH MID LOW HIGH MID LOW MUTE LEVEL GAIN LEVEL GAIN 2 1 HIGH MID LOW HIGH MID LOW MUTE LEVEL GAIN LEVEL GAIN 2 1 HIGH MID LOW HIGH MID LOW MUTE LEVEL GAIN LEVEL GAIN 2 1 HIGH MID LOW HIGH MID LOW MUTE LEVEL GAIN LEVEL GAI
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L L L A A A I I I C C C E E E P P P S S S G G G N N N R R R WA WAH H WA WAH H WA WAH H E E E O O O S S S P P P A A A PHAS PHASE E WA WAH H P PH HA AS SE E WA WAH H P PH HA AS SE E W WA AH H G G G H H H N N N P P P I I I OCT OCT- OCT OCT- OCT OCT- P P P VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP DSP “Fill in the Blanks” (for User Presets): Copy this page to fill in your own DSP Presets! User Preset: REVERB REVERB DELA DELAY Y EFFECTS EFFECTS TAP / SAVE 4 4 31 31 22 22 13 13 44 44 3
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VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP System Block Diagram: TUNER A BC D EF G CHANNEL 1 FLEX INPUT WAVE BUFFER LEVEL (LOW INPUT GAIN) GAIN HIGH MID LOW CHANNEL 2 FLEX WAVE LEVEL (MEDIUM GAIN) GAIN HIGH MID LOW CHANNEL 3 FLEX FOOTSWITCH WAVE 1 2 3 4 LEVEL (HIGH GAIN) GAIN HIGH MID LOW MUTE SWITCH CONTROLLER MONO EFFECTS LOOP RETURN SEND DSP TAP/ POWER A/B SEND RETURN SAVE AMP 2 DSP SPEAKER OUTPUTS RIGHT (CHORUS STEREO EFFECTS LOOP DRY) DAMPING EFFECTS DELAY REV
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VTX200SH Three-Channel Guitar Amp Head with Stereo DSP VTX200SH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating 70W per channel @5% THD, 8 ohm load 100W per channel @5% THD, 4 ohm load Input Impedance 470kΩ Total System Gain Ch 1 74dB, all controls @10 Ch 2 88dB, all controls @10 Ch 3 103dB, all controls @10 Maximum Input Signal Accepted 5 volts peak-to-peak Channel 1 Low Control 26dB range @ 70Hz Mid Control 10dB range @ 900Hz High Control 20dB range @ 10kHz Channel 2 Low Control 26dB range @ 70H
