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Page 2: ... THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSON NEL ATTENTION RISQUE D ELECTROCUTION NE PAS OUVRIR ATTENTION POUR REDUIRE D ELECTROCUTION NE PAS ENLEVER LE COUVERCLE AUCUNE PIECE INTERNE N EST REPRABLE PAR L UTILISATEUR POUR TOUTE REPARATION S ADRESSER A UN TECHNICIEN QUALIFIE VORSICHT ELEKTRISCHE SCHLAGGEFAHR NICHT OFFEN...

Page 3: ... out jacks Stereo insert jacks with choice of polarity for easy hookup to ampli fiers with an Insert Effects Loop jack Many reverb algorithms from which to choose Many special effects settings such as infinite delays and pitch detuning Digital display for program editing and tuning Stereo headphone output jack Amp handle mic stand mounting bracket included One rack space high 1 2 rack space wide f...

Page 4: ...koftheprocessor Useastereocable Ifyourinsertjack is inverting plug into the INSERT INVERTED jack of the processor Connect your instrument to your amp as usual C DIRECT INTO THE AMP Not the preferred method Output of your instrument to the R MONO IN jack of the processor R MONO OUT of the processor to the INPUT jack of your amp NOTE Any other effects and signal processors should be con nected betwe...

Page 5: ...MONO AMP B USING AN INSERT JACK INSERT STANDARD PROCESSOR INSERT JACK ALSO CALLED SINGLE JACK EFFECTS LOOP MOST INSERT JACKS ARE NON INVERTING IF THIS DOESN T WORK WITH YOUR AMP YOURS MAY BE INVERTING CONNECT TO THE INVERTED JACK OF THE PROCESSOR AMP C DIRECT INTO THE AMP INPUT JACK OUT IN OUT IN The cable from the amp to the processor is a stereo 1 4 signal cable All others are mono cables All ca...

Page 6: ...en in the EDIT mode All four LEDs also serve as 100 s place indicators for the digital display when using the test tones and metronome See pages 20 22 6 PRESET SWITCHES The primary function of these momentary push button switches is to select a preset effect The 4 selector also toggles between LEVEL and STYLE when in the EDIT mode See page 14 7 STYLE LED This LED is only used in the EDIT mode show...

Page 7: ...sed See pages 9 10 14 R MONO OUT INSERT STANDARD This jack serves two pur poses 1 When using the processor in a stereo mode connect a mono signal cable from this jack to your right channel amp 2 When using an amp s INSERT jack connect a stereo signal cable from this jack to the Insert jack on the amp if it s non inverting see the drawing beneath 16 If the Insert jack is inverting use 16 not this j...

Page 8: ... bracket G G G GF F F FX X X X B B B BF F F FX X X X 1 1 1 10 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 0 U U U Us s s se e e e o o o of f f f t t t th h h he e e e M M M Mo o o ou u u un n n nt t t ti i i in n n ng g g g B B B Br r r ra a a ac c c ck k k ke e e et t t t The peel and stick foam strips that come with the processor may be applied to the bottom of the unit to help keep it from slipping off of whatever you s...

Page 9: ...y available through your Crate dealer Each units is one half rack space in width so two fit side by side The two threaded holes in the bottom of the processor line up with two of the mounting holes in the rack mount tray Use the two 6 32 x 3 16 screws provided to secure the unit to the tray DO NOT use longer screws TWO PROCESSORS ONE BFX AND ONE GFX OR TWO OF EACH SIDE BY SIDE IN RACK TRAY ONE PRO...

Page 10: ...LOOP jack is standard non inverted or inverted If in doubt try connecting the cable to the processor s INSERT STANDARD jack first If this doesn t work use the INSERT INVERTED jack We ve thrown in a few tips on placement of other effects pedals in the signal path These aren t absolutes just things we ve found from experience CONNECTED THROUGH THE EFFECTS LOOP OF ONE AMP TO INPUT JACK EFFECTS LOOP E...

Page 11: ...h controls INPUT JACK OUT IN OUT IN R MONO R MONO AMP CONNECTED THROUGH AN INSERT JACK INSERT STANDARD PROCESSOR PROCESSOR INSERT JACK OR SINGLE JACK EFFECTS LOOP MOST INSERT JACKS ARE NON INVERTING IF THIS DOESN T WORK WITH YOUR AMP YOURS MAY BE INVERTING CONNECT TO THE INVERTED JACK OF THE PROCESSOR DIRECT INTO AN AMPLIFIER OUT IN OUT IN R MONO PHONES HI Z USING HIGH IMPEDANCE WALKMAN TYPE HEADP...

Page 12: ...h of the processors Some things to know about the digital display When you power up the processor it runs itself through a quick self test then goes to whatever preset you last saved When the unit is turned on for the very first time before any presets have been changed or is reset see page 19 none of the presets will be lit and the display will read 00 When using the tuner the display characters ...

Page 13: ...f beat 4 59 off beat 5 60 chorus 1 61 chorus 2 62 chorus 3 63 chorus 4 64 chorus 5 65 chorus 6 66 chorus 7 67 chorus 8 68 chorus 9 69 chorus 10 70 bright rvb 1 71 bright rvb 2 72 bright rvb 3 73 bright rvb 4 74 bright rvb 5 No Effect Cho Flng Dly Rvb 25 dly cho 1 chorus 26 dly cho 2 chorus 27 dly cho 3 chorus 28 dly cho 4 chorus 29 dly cho 5 chorus 30 stupor chorus 31 vertigo chorus 32 varitap 33 ...

Page 14: ...ff beat 5 60 bright rvb 1 61 bright rvb 2 62 bright rvb 3 63 bright rvb 4 64 warm rvb 1 65 warm rvb 2 66 warm rvb 3 67 warm rvb 4 68 dark rvb 1 69 dark rvb 2 70 chorus 1 71 chorus 2 72 chorus 3 73 chorus 4 74 chorus 5 No Effect Cho Flng Dly Rvb 25 dly cho 1 chorus 26 dly cho 2 chorus 27 dly cho 3 chorus 28 dly cho 4 chorus 29 dly cho 5 chorus 30 stupor chorus 31 vertigo chorus 32 varitap 33 infini...

Page 15: ...the processor ON and follow this example Example 2 Editing effect 21 and saving it 1 Press preset button 1 The LED next to the button will light up 2 Turn the PROGRAM knob until the display window shows 21 3 Press the EDIT button The EDIT LED will light up along with either the LEVEL or STYLE LED 4 Press the 4 button to switch between LEVEL and STYLE follow the LEDs To change how much of the effec...

Page 16: ...y 3 sec 15 sec 22 rvb cho 3 reverb decay 3 sec 15 sec 23 rvb cho 4 reverb decay 3 sec 15 sec 24 rvb cho 5 reverb decay 3 sec 15 sec 25 dly cho 1 delay time 6 ms 600 ms 26 dly cho 2 delay time 6 ms 600 ms 27 dly cho 3 delay time 6 ms 600 ms 28 dly cho 4 delay time 6 ms 600 ms 29 dly cho 5 delay time 6 ms 600 ms 30 stupor delay time 6 ms 600 ms 31 vertigo delay time 6 ms 600 ms 32 varitap tap offset...

Page 17: ...b decay 3 sec 15 sec 84 dark rvb 3 reverb decay 3 sec 15 sec 85 discrete in out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 86 discrete in out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 87 discrete in out reverb decay 3 sec 15 sec 88 discrete in out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 89 discrete in out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 90 discrete in out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 91 discrete in mix out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 92 discrete in mix out delay time 6 ms...

Page 18: ...3 sec 15 sec 22 rvb cho 3 reverb decay 3 sec 15 sec 23 rvb cho 4 reverb decay 3 sec 15 sec 24 rvb cho 5 reverb decay 3 sec 15 sec 25 dly cho 1 delay time 6 ms 600 ms 26 dly cho 2 delay time 6 ms 600 ms 27 dly cho 3 delay time 6 ms 600 ms 28 dly cho 4 delay time 6 ms 600 ms 29 dly cho 5 delay time 6 ms 600 ms 30 stupor delay time 6 ms 600 ms 31 vertigo delay time 6 ms 600 ms 32 varitap tap offset 0...

Page 19: ...10 5 00 84 chorus 15 depth 0 10 5 00 85 discrete in out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 86 discrete in out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 87 discrete in out reverb decay 3 sec 15 sec 88 discrete in out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 89 discrete in out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 90 discrete in out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 91 discrete in mix out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 92 discrete in mix out delay time 6 ms 600 ms 93 discrete in m...

Page 20: ...wo times R R R Re e e es s s se e e et t t tt t t ti i i in n n ng g g g t t t th h h he e e e U U U Un n n ni i i it t t t The processor gives you the option of completely resetting all presets and programs to their original factory settings In the unlike ly event the unit locks up and shows an F on the display try reset ting it before calling for service To reset the unit follow this example Exa...

Page 21: ...r LEDs serve as the hun dreds place indicators The illustration below shows how the processor looks when set to 220Hz the 2 LED means 200 plus the 20 in the display window thus 220Hz No LED lit means what s showing in the display window is the actual test tone 35 to 99Hz Turn the PROGRAM knob to set the test tone to the desired fre quency 4 To store a test tone as a preset press the EDIT button un...

Page 22: ...ll the way up and select the pickup closest to the bridge You may want to turn the proces sor s OUTPUT knob down for privacy 3 Pick the low E of your instruments with medium attack Turn the processor s INPUT knob down until the CLIP LED stops flashing if necessary Make sure all of the other strings are muted 4 Within about a second the display window will look like this This shows that your E stri...

Page 23: ...ronome is now set for 60 beats per minute 7 Press the EDIT button again The display now reads 99 the metronome program 8 Turn the PROGRAM one click to the right The program is now at 00 with the 60 bpm tapping along with it The metronome will stay on as you go through your presets and or turn the PROGRAM knob There are two ways to turn the metronome off 1A Save the current effects program other th...

Page 24: ...the respective mono output left to left right to right This is the same as having two mono processors one for each channel These effects are designed for use with two effect sends and two mono returns See the drawings beneath B B Discrete mono inputs stereo mix output This applies different effects to each of the stereo inputs then mixes the stereo outputs of each effect to one stereo output This ...

Page 25: ...ogram 88 for example has both chorus and delay on the left channel Also note that the editable parameter is always the one on the left channel No Effect Chorus Delay Reverb Ed Par 85 discrete in out right left delay time 86 discrete in out left right delay time 87 discrete in out right left reverb decay 88 discrete in out left left right delay time 89 discrete in out right left left delay time 90 ...

Page 26: ... are clicked its 4 LED will just stay on Connect the footswitch es as follows see drawings next page A 1 button connect the mono 1 4 plug of the footswitch to the processor s FOOTSWITCH IN 1 jack B 2 button or two 1 button connect the stereo 1 4 plug of the footswitch to the processor s FOOTSWITCH IN 1 jack C 3 button or one 2 button and one 1 button connect the stereo 1 4 plug of the footswitch b...

Page 27: ... c c ch h h he e e es s s s A 1 BUTTON FOOTSWITCH IN 1 FOOTSWITCH FOOTSWITCH B 2 BUTTON FOOTSWITCH IN 1 FOOTSWITCH FOOTSWITCH C 3 BUTTON FOOTSWITCH ONE 2 BUTTON ONE 1 BUTTON IN 1 IN 2 FOOTSWITCH FOOTSWITCH IN 1 IN 2 FOOTSWITCH FOOTSWITCH D 4 BUTTON FOOTSWITCH TWO 2 BUTTON IN 1 IN 2 FOOTSWITCH FOOTSWITCH IN 1 IN 2 FOOTSWITCH FOOTSWITCH 1 2 way in 1 2 way in Connecting footswitches ...

Page 28: ...0 were specifically designed to add digital effects to virtually every Crate amplifier in production at the time of their design Crate does not promise perfect results when using other brands of amplifiers or footswitches in the footswitch section of these processors Using a One Button Footswitch In this example a one button footswitch is used to control the amp s chorus on off and to assign 2 pre...

Page 29: ...ct 2 to the amp THE LEDs With a one button footswitch connected the processor s LED 1 acts as the preset indicator LED 2 will remain off and LEDs 3 and 4 will remain on and are inaccessible in this hookup The pre set LED configuration is as follows PRESET 1 Amp s chorus off PRESET 2 Amp s chorus on TO EDIT To use the edit feature with a one button footswitch con nected press the processor s EDIT b...

Page 30: ... to the amp one for each of its channel selection and another for each of its reverb on off settings as described below ASSIGNING AN EFFECT Use the footswitch to set the amp to chan nel A reverb off Turn the processor s PROGRAM knob to the effect 1 pressing the EDIT button twice locks these settings into memo ry Click the 2 footswitch button to turn on the amp s reverb then set the processor to ef...

Page 31: ... reverb off PRESET 2 Amp channel A reverb on PRESET 3 Amp channel B reverb off PRESET 4 Amp channel B reverb on TO EDIT To use the edit feature with a two button footswitch con nected press the processor s EDIT button The STYLE LED will light Use the PROGRAM knob to change the editable parameter of the effect see the owners guide pages 15 and 16 then press in and hold the 4 button The LEVEL LED wi...

Page 32: ...CT Use the footswitch to set the amp to chan nel A reverb off chorus off Turn the processor s PROGRAM knob to the effect 1 pressing the EDIT button twice locks these settings into memory Click the 2 footswitch button to turn on the amp s reverb then set the processor to effect 2 Click the 2 footswitch button to turn off the reverb click the 3 button to turn on the chorus then set the processor to ...

Page 33: ... off chorus off PRESET 2 Amp rhythm channel reverb on chorus off PRESET 3 Amp rhythm channel reverb off chorus on PRESET 4 Amp rhythm channel reverb on chorus on PRESET 5 Amp lead chan nel reverb off chorus off PRESET 6 Amp lead chan nel reverb on chorus off PRESET 7 Amp lead chan nel reverb off chorus on PRESET 8 Amp lead chan nel reverb on chorus on TO EDIT To use the edit feature with a three b...

Page 34: ...way in to the processor s FS OUT 2 jack and connect it to the amp s sin gle function footswitch jack See drawing below You can now use the footswitch to switch between the amp s chan nels to turn the reverb on and off to turn the chorus on and off and to select two effects for each amp setting Assigning an effect to an amp setting is the same as described on page 31 in the three button footswitch ...

Page 35: ...s on PRESET 8 Amp rhythm chan nel reverb on chorus on alternate effect PRESET 9 Amp lead channel reverb off chorus off PRESET 10 Amp lead channel reverb off chorus off alternate effect PRESET 11 Amp lead channel reverb on chorus off PRESET 12 Amp lead channel reverb on chorus off alternate effect PRESET 13 Amp lead channel reverb off chorus on PRESET 14 Amp lead channel reverb off chorus on altern...

Page 36: ...8 0 3 0sec 35ms warm no 18 rvb dly 4 330ms 25 50 1 0sec 35ms warm no 19 rvb dly 5 330ms 19 50 1 5sec 35ms warm no 20 rvb cho 1 chorus medium shallow 1 0sec 35ms bright no 21 rvb cho 2 chorus medium shallow 1 0sec 35ms warm no 22 rvb cho 3 chorus slow medium 1 0sec 35ms warm no 23 rvb cho 4 chorus slow wide 1 0sec 35ms dark no 24 rvb cho 5 chorus fast shallow 1 0sec 35ms bright no 25 dly cho 1 chor...

Page 37: ...2 1 0sec 35ms bright no 72 bright rev 3 1 0sec 70ms bright no 73 bright rev 4 1 0sec 0ms bright yes 74 bright rev 5 1 0sec 35ms bright yes 75 bright rev 6 1 0sec 70ms bright yes 76 warm rev 1 1 0sec 0ms warm no 77 warm rev 2 1 0sec 35ms warm no 78 warm rev 3 1 0sec 70ms warm no 79 warm rev 4 1 0sec 0ms warm yes 80 warm rev 5 1 0sec 35ms warm yes 81 warm rev 6 1 0sec 70ms warm yes 82 dark rev 1 1 0...

Page 38: ...0 3 0sec 35ms warm no 18 rvb dly 4 330ms 25 50 1 0sec 35ms warm no 19 rvb dly 5 330ms 19 50 1 5sec 35ms warm no 20 rvb cho 1 chorus medium shallow 1 0sec 35ms bright no 21 rvb cho 2 chorus medium shallow 1 0sec 35ms warm no 22 rvb cho 3 chorus slow medium 1 0sec 35ms warm no 23 rvb cho 4 chorus slow wide 1 0sec 35ms dark no 24 rvb cho 5 chorus fast shallow 1 0sec 35ms bright no 25 dly cho 1 chorus...

Page 39: ...edium very shallow no 72 chorus 3 chorus medium shallow no 73 chorus 4 chorus medium shallow no 74 chorus 5 chorus medium shallow no 75 chorus 6 chorus medium shallow no 76 chorus 7 chorus medium wide no 77 chorus 8 chorus medium wide no 78 chorus 9 chorus slow wide no 79 chorus 10 chorus slow wide no 80 chorus 11 chorus slow wide no 81 chorus 12 chorus fast medium no 82 chorus 13 chorus fast shal...

Page 40: ...sure you are using the right FOOTSWITCH IN jack for your type of footswitch see pages 25 34 Reset the unit pull the power cord hold EDIT button down reapply power release EDIT button after 2 seconds if that doesn t work call for service Display doesn t light Display lights but no sound No effect dry sound only Sounds are distorted CLIP LED flickers Sounds are distorted CLIP LED does not flicker Me...

Page 41: ...E STEREO TO STEREO MIX TUNER RIGHT OUT LEFT IN EFFECT 2 INSTRUMENT IN NOTE TUNING INDICATOR TUNER EFFECT 3 LEFT OUT OUTPUT MIX INPUT RIGHT RIGHT OUTPUT MIX This drawing basically shows how the processor thinks These drawings basically show what is involved in each of the operating modes listed G G G GF F F FX X X X B B B BF F F FX X X X 1 1 1 10 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 0 B B B Bl l l lo o o oc c c ck k ...

Page 42: ...G G G GF F F FX X X X B B B BF F F FX X X X 1 1 1 10 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 0 Notes C A etc Notes C A etc ...

Page 43: ...his reason the specifications and details in this manual are subject to change without notice We here at Crate really value your opinions and would like your comments We encourage you to send your ideas comments or suggestions regarding this unit and its owner s guide to us at the address below Musician made in the U S A means a lot to us at Crate It means us listening to and responding to the nee...

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