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GTX3500H
Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier
with Advanced Digital Signal
Processing
User’s Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5 The Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The DSP Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Storing Your Own Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Restoring the Factory Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 More About the Tap/Save
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Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the Crate GTX3500H TidalWave three-channel guitar amplifier with Advanced Digital Signal Processing. This rugged amplifier combines out- standing 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 Tap/Save button allows you to manually set the tempo of many of the effects and to save new DSP presets in the amplifier’s non-volatil
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The Front Panel: 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 7 8 12 13 14 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. 2. REV: Use this control to adjust the amount of the digital reverb effect. In its fully counter clockwise position the signal is “dry” (without any reverb). As you rotate the control clockwise the amount of reverb increases. The Reverb setting may be saved as a channel preset - se
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15 16 17 21 22 23 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 10. LEVEL: Use this control to adjust the output level of Channel 3. 11. GAIN: Use this control to adjust the amount of distortion produced by Channel 3. 12. HIGH: Use this control to adjust the high frequency level of Channel 3. 13. MID: Use this control to adjust the midrange frequency level of Channel 3. 14. LOW: Use this control to adjust the low frequency level of Channel 3. 15. CHANNEL 2 SELECT: This switch, when depressed, selects Channel 2 as the ac
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The Rear Panel: 28 29 30 31 32 28. LINE OUT: When using an external effects processor, connect this jack to the input of the effect by means of a shielded signal cable. This jack also doubles as a source for a post-EQ, preamp signal to send your signal to a mixing board, recorder, powered monitor or external amplifier. 29. LINE IN: When using an external effects processor, connect this jack to the output of the effect by means of a shielded signal cable. This jack also doubles as a direct conne
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The DSP Section: The GTX3500H features DSP controls for Reverb, Delay and Multi. Complete information about the Delay and Multi effects is given below. The Delay control selects the delay or echo effects. All of these effects have their speed controlled by the Tap/Save button. The Multi control selects the “pitch modified” and wah effects. Many of these effects have their speed controlled by the Tap/Save button. Additional information is provided on pages 5 and 10. SIGNAL PATH FOR ECHO LO, MID &
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Storing Your Own Presets: Each channel of the GTX3500H has two factory assigned Effects presets, as shown on pages 10 and 11. No matter what the settings of the Rev, Delay and Multi controls, the DSP and reverb presets are recalled when a channel is selected. You may change the DSP and reverb settings by rotating the Rev, Delay and Multi controls - 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 pres
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Using the Footswitch: The special Crate four-button footswitch supplied with the GTX3500H 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 GTX3500H. A standard 5-wire midi cable (supplied) may be used to connect the footswitch to the amplifier. GTX3500H REAR PANEL When the footswitc
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DSP Factory Presets: The GTX212 Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 1: Clean w/Chorus, Delay, Reverb CHANNEL: 1 BANK: "A" 2 "B" TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM 3 Factory Preset 2: Rhythm w/Slapback Delay CHANNEL: 1 BANK: "A" 2 "B" TAP Tempo FAST TAP Tempo N/A 3 Factory Preset 3: Solo w/Flange, Delay, Reverb CHANNEL: 1 BANK: "A" 2 "B" TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM 3 10
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DSP Factory Presets: The GTX212 Factory Presets for the DSP section are as follows: Factory Preset 4: Clean w/Reverb CHANNEL: 1 BANK: "A" 2 "B" TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A 3 Factory Preset 5: Rhythm w/Reverb CHANNEL: 1 BANK: "A" 2 "B" TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A 3 Factory Preset 6: Solo w/Reverb CHANNEL: 1 BANK: "A" 2 "B" TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A 3 11
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Suggested Settings: "Oceanic" Clean with Vibrato, Delay, & Reverb TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo MEDIUM "Super Funk" Clean with Wah, Delay, & Reverb TAP Tempo FAST TAP Tempo N/A "Arena" Rhythm with Reverb & Delay TAP Tempo MEDIUM TAP Tempo N/A "Haze Faze" Rhythm with Phase & Reverb TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo MEDIUM "Solo Wah" Solo with Wah, Delay & Reverb TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A "Octanator" Solo with Octave & Reverb TAP Tempo N/A TAP Tempo N/A 12
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Suggested Settings: 13
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DSP “Fill in the Blanks” (User Settings): Copy this page to fill in your own DSP Presets! User Preset: _____________________________________ CHANNEL: 1 BANK: "A" 2 "B" TAP Tempo ___________ 3 TAP Tempo ___________ User Preset: _____________________________________ CHANNEL: 1 BANK: "A" 2 "B" TAP Tempo ___________ 3 TAP Tempo ___________ User Preset: _____________________________________ CHANNEL: 1 BANK: "A" 2 "B" TAP Tempo ___________ 3 TAP Tempo ___________ 14
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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 LINE OUT DSP TAP/ A/B SAVE LINE IN DSP POWER AMP REV DELAY MULTI SPEAKERS TUBE AMP SIMULATING DAMPING CIRCUIT 15
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GTX3500H TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating 350W RMS @5% THD, 2Ω , 120 VAC 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 @ 70Hz Mid Control 10dB range @ 900Hz High Control 20dB range @ 10kHz Channel 3 Low Control 17dB range
