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Страница 2: ...operating guide for further warnings Contents Quick Start 4 Introduction 6 Features 6 About this Manual 7 Chapter I Setup 8 The Front Panel 8 The Back Panel 10 Connection Diagrams 11 The First Time You Turn It On Reinitialization 16 Adjusting The Global Input And Output Levels and Global EQ 16 Chapter 2 Overview 17 Getting Started 17 Preview the Sounds from the Front Panel 17 Definitions and Abbre...
Страница 3: ...ing Presets on the C trtridge 27 Loading Presets from the Cartridge 27 Cartridge Hattely 27 Tutorials 28 Editing and Storing a Preset 28 Program Mapping 29 Global Stuff Utility MIDI and Controller Screens 32 Appendix A Individual Effects A I Appendix B MIDI Implementation B l Appendix C System Exclusive Format C l Appendix D Remote Editing with SysEx D l Specifications 1 c Table of Contents ...
Страница 4: ...the Tube Fex to your system configuration Here are some things to check first Make sure your amplification system is turned off b Plug your guitar into the SignalInput jack there s one on the front and rear of the Tube Fex so pick the one that is most convenient b For mono operation connect the Left Mono audio output of the Tube Fex into the audio input of your guitar amplifier or mono power amp F...
Страница 5: ...g the A button See the section titled Adjusting the Global Input and Output Levels and Global EQ on page 16 for more inforniation 3 Optiond To send and receive MIDI information it is necesmy to properly set up the Tc11x Fex J Press the Global button several times the display shodd show MIDI in the upper rigllt hmcl corner The first parxneter RC sets the MIDI Receive channel IJse the V and A button...
Страница 6: ...ontrols four internal EQs speaker simulator and fx loop Effects algorithms are completely user definable and true stereo effects chains can be written The tube preamp can be placed anywhere in the effects chain Even the digital distortion can be used simultaneously with the tube distortion to create unique stereo effects The Tube Fex features mono inputs and mono stereo outputs FEATURES Up to seve...
Страница 7: ...ube Fex to allow for sending and receiving of MIDI data how to load programs into new and their original locations storing program via MIDI and more You should definitely read this chapter if for no other reason tlyan to find out how to set the MI111 send and rcccive channels and how to load programs Chapter 5 RAM Cartridge deals with saving your programs in memoty and storing them to I RAM cartri...
Страница 8: ...purpose knobs When 21 prext contains that Tulx TB effect in an ef fccts lmin these knolx when changed x qwher other than the GLOBI page adjust the Pre Gain Bass Mid Treble and Post Gain respcxtivdy of the tulx When The Tulx TB effect is HO prcscmt in an cffwt chain these knobs adjust the Input level Bass Mid Treble and Output level on I d rzlsc llc This means that all presets are affected by these...
Страница 9: ...nce c hange to Bottom Body Edge tnd Shift respectively 12 Play Button This button is usecl to ccess the preset selection progmn mapping and pr0gt m volume 13 Edit Button This button 3ccesses the editing functions for constructing new presets or editing existing ones 14 Add Del Button This button is LMX to dd or bbclelet effects from m effect ch lin 15 Bypass Compare Button L ual function button us...
Страница 10: ...any clubband guitarists use To hook up 2 Connect your guitar to the Signal Input jack on the Tube Fex b Connect the Left Mono Unbalanced audio output to the input of the guitar amp A If the signal from the Tube Fex overloads the input of your guitar amp press the Global button to access the GLOBI display and adjust the output level by placing the cursor under Out and pressing the v button until th...
Страница 11: ...peakers To hook up ti Connect your guitar to the Signal Input jack on the Tube Fex 3 Connect the Left Mono and Right Unbalanced Outputs stereo to the Left and Right Inputs of the amplifier respectively For mono opemtioa use the LeJ t Mono Output only ti If you haven t already done so connect the Left and Right Outputs of the amplifier to speakers C l a s s i c S e r i e s 5 0 1 5 0 Classic 41 OE 7...
Страница 12: ... Fex 3 Connect the Left Mono and Right Effects Send jacks to the external device s Effects Inputs jacks A Connect the Left Mono and Right Effects Return jacks to the external device s Effects Smd j lcks 3 Connect the Left Mono and Right Urhalanced Outputs stereo to the Left and Right Inputs of the amplifier respectively 2 If you hven t already done so connect the Left and Right Outputs of the ampl...
Страница 13: ...he Left Mono and Right Unbalanced Outputs to the Left and Right Loop Return of your preamp respectively h Connect the Left and Right Outputs of your preamp to your amplifier s audio inputs fi If you haven t already done so connect the Left and Right Outputs of the amplifier to speakers Note For mono operation use only the Left Mono jacks in the steps above To Signal Input of preamp Tube Fex To Loo...
Страница 14: ...ct the Left and Right Outputs of your mixer to your amplifier s audio inputs A If you haven t already done so connect the Left and Right Outputs of the amplifier to speakers Note We ve found the Tulx Fex to be so recording friendly that you may not need to use the Speaker Simulator Experiment and see Also if you use the speaker simulator you may want it to only affect the sound going direct to oar...
Страница 15: ...ry Important Once the connections are all made set up the input and output levels of the Tube Fex as follows Turn on the Tube Fex and press the Global button until you get to the GLOBI display set all level controls to 0 input level knob on the front of the Tube Fex output level knob on the front of the Tube Fex and the input level control on your power amp if it has one Adjust the input level con...
Страница 16: ... nunner you can listen to each one of the 128 presets in the bank Incrementing al ve program 127 or decrementing below program 0 will switch to the next progr n bank DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS Before continuing on into the cle iled operations of the Tube Fex it would 1 helpful to understand some terms used in describing functions and cap lbilities of the unit Also presented here is l reference ...
Страница 17: ...rogram bank bank C Abbreviations Effect Types CM Compressor DS Distortion OD Overdrive CH chorus DL Delay HF Hum Filter Pl Pitch Shift 1 2 Pitch Shift 2 RV Reverb 5B 5 Band Graphic Equalizer 3B 3 Band Sweep Mid Equalizer 4B 4 Band Parametric Equalizer Parameters Ba B a l B a l a n c e BP Band Pass BW Bandwidth C Control number Ch Channel Env Envelope EXEC Execute Fb Fdbk Feedback Flt Filter Fq Fre...
Страница 18: ...t or Global httom will exit the TLlner do one of those phhr pges Note Vhen entering the Tuner mode any changes mzade while editing I preset will lx lost udess they xe first stored 4 When the Tuner is accessed you should see a display similar to one of the following I I C tjTS l2 t4 0 T E FI Note is 2 cents of being in tune 11111111 t 1 15 T E n Note is 5 2 cents of being in tune The display on the...
Страница 19: ...r case letters indicate that the effect has been bypassed SETTING UP YOUR PROGRAMS Any program from any bank can call up any preset In performance this is an extremely handy feature To change which preset is called by the program currently selected press the right arrow button so that the cursor is flashing under the preset name Use v or A buttons to select the preset you desire to have mdpped to ...
Страница 20: ...ry buttons on the foot controller corresponding to the effect to be controlled Now using the v or A buttons you can change the value of that parameter during performance VOLUME CONTROL DURING PERFORMANCE The Tube Fex will respond to MIDI volume change messages controller 7 These changes are global That is they affect the unit even after the program is changed A CV pedal assigned to controller 7 wi...
Страница 21: ...its on press the right arrow button The cursor is now fl ing under TC Transmit Channel Use the V or A buttons to select the desired MIDI transmit channel one through sixteen To turn the transmit program change feature on or off use the right or left arrow buttons to position the flashing cursor under TP Transmit Program Change Use the v or A buttons to turn this feature ON or OFF When ON Transmit ...
Страница 22: ...nly for variation during performance For a description of how to Lssign controllers to c ExYt p i tinetei s see chapter 3 For I list of controller assignments of the fxtory presets see the pklylist MID VOLUME CONTROL The Tube Fex responds to I111 1 o l lzc ontr l 7 conmxmd on its recei e chmnel You may turn this function on or off climge the controller tlxlt volunic rqxml 5 to change the rqx mse s...
Страница 23: ...x functions are in the MIDI menu under the Global button Press the Global button several times until the MIDI menu appears Recu Ch l MIDI1 RC TC TP DP LP DS LS To dump a single preset to an external storage device or another Tube Fex In the MIDI menu display press the right or left arrow button until the cursor is under DP Dump Preset Durw Prst Ul EXEC RC TC TP De LP DS LS Use the v or A buttons t...
Страница 24: ... a new location Set the MIDI receive channel to match the MI111 send channel on the external storage device or Tube Fex Then select LP Load Preset if loading a preset to a new location or LS Load Set if loading a set to a new location Select the new location Then send the preset or set to the Tube Fex Note The MIDI receive channel of the Tube Fex must be the same as the channel the data was omj d ...
Страница 25: ... under Ch and select RCV Next move the cursor under SC and select lOO It is impor nt to note that the scale can be set from HO0 allowing normal or reverse wah wall effects You can set the scale anywhere in between to adjust the effect to your tastes Next press the Edit button and move the cursor under Sn and select a sensitivity level Try 48 to start Next move the cursor under Fq and select a freq...
Страница 26: ...e saved on the cartridge by using the Save User Cart fLlnction on the CART menu This function also writes program bank A into the program bank C converting all pointers to user presets into pointers to cartridge presets in the process LOADING PRESETS FROM THE CARTRIDGE Cartridge presets may be recalled individually from the cartridge to the edit buffer or all presets may be loaded to user preset m...
Страница 27: ...nt to edit The preset name number in this example is Abduction U4 2 Press the Edit button one time 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 28 Position the cursor under the effect you want to edit Use the left and right arrow buttons to move the cursor Press the Edit button again m zEq Position the cursor under the parameter you want I change Use the left and right arrow buttons to move the cursor Change the val...
Страница 28: ...stance DualGuitar U 1 When nelv or reinitialized the Tube Fex restores the Program Map to the factory defdt settings where the program number corresponds one to one with the preset number e g AO I JO ASO l JSO etc The following tutorial should help to illustrate the usefulness of the Pr gr im Map Suppcxx you ha le the following presets that you use all the time and you want to 1 al le to have cl l...
Страница 29: ... and the preset name number change when either the v and A button is pressed 5 Press the A button one time to move to program number Al This is like saying Okay I m through with program number AO now I want to go to program number Al and assign a preset to it RI DualGuit ar Ul P TE DL CM H 6 Press the right arrow button one time to place the cursor under the preset name 7 Use the V and A buttons t...
Страница 30: ...at least you re familiar with program mapping Assignable Clip LED After you ve written 3 new preset if you notice that the Clip LED changes from green to red this means you have an overlod problem somewhere in the effects chain No problem Push the Global Ixrtton until the following screen appears iblove the CUTSOT under Mtr and using the A and V buttons you can move the clip 1 171 to the output of...
Страница 31: ... le viewing angle 1 Press the Global button until you get to the MIDI screen 2 Position the cursor under RC use the right or left arrow button TlJse the V and A buttons to change the channel over which MIDI messages are received Setting the MIDI Tmxsmit Ch znnel 1 Press the Global button until you get to the MIDI screen y El 2 Position the cursor under TC use the right or left arrow button Use the...
Страница 32: ...n the cursor under RC use the right or left arrow button Use the V and A buttons to change the channel over which MIDI messages are received Make sure the sending unit is set to transmit on the cliannel selected R p I I r h 1 CMIDII F IC TC TP DP LP I5 LS 3 Position the cursor under LP use the right or left arrow button LJse the V and A buttons to select the preset to receive via MIDI 4 Now send t...
Страница 33: ... tones A CRUNCH Three gain stages and a passive EQ for medium distortion amounts h LEAD Four gain stages and a passive EQ for high gain distortion fi ULTRA Same as Lead except with active EQ allowing for greater tonal variation Parameters m The Pr regain parameter adjusts the amount of gain the signal has before entering the tubes Range is O 100 When TB tube is present in a chain turning the Pre G...
Страница 34: ...ut Range is k30 Ultra parameters Active EQ Bt The Bt Bottom parameter adjusts the amount of low frequencies present in the audio signal Kange is SO When TB tube is present in a chain turning the Bass knol will alter this parameter s value even if you are not directly editing the TB parameters Bd The Bd Body parameter adjusts the amount of midrange frequencies present Range is SO When TB tube is pr...
Страница 35: ... the speed of the left modulator Range is 0 0 10 9Hz in increments of 0 1 Hz Liz The Lin Left Intensity parameter determines the amount of left signal being modulated Range is 0400 Rsp The Rsp Right Speed parameter adjusts the speed of the right modulator Range is 0 0 10 9Hz in increments of 0 1 Hz Rin The Rin Right IntensitJ parameter determines the amount of right signal being modulated Range is...
Страница 36: ...sor at small signal levels Range is O 6 Lw The Lev Level parameter adjusts the maximum output of the compreS sor Range is 0400 N 27 At low signal levels a compressor s gain mzty be very high thus raising the level of noise output with no signal present The Ngt Noise Gate Threshold parameter provides ten levels of noise suppression on the output Range is l 10 Distortion IDS The Distortion effect co...
Страница 37: ... rolling off the low frequencies Rx ge is NORML and 0 1 to 1 9 kHz PII The PD Pre Drive parameter is a gain control used to overdrive the signal Range is i 10 Cl The Cl Clip parameter is a soft clipping control which provides increased sustain Reducing the clip level increases the sustain Range is O 99 Note As the clip level is reduced the overall output level of the overdrive is reduced Therefore...
Страница 38: ... O 9 9Hz Dp The Dp Depth parameter controls the chorus depth Range is 0400 Dl The DI Delay parameter controls the width of the Chorus modulation Range is O 28 9ms Fb The Fb Feedback parameter is used to create flange effects Range is 99 AIx The Mx Mix parameter sets the direct effect mix Range is tlOO Some setting exawples To produce a Chorus effect try setting Rt 1 4Hz Dp 31 DI 3 0ms Fb 0 Mix lOO...
Страница 39: ...delay selected LD The LD Left Delay parameter selects the amount of delay on the left channel Range is O 361ms LE The LF Left Feedback parameter selects the amount of delay feedback on the lef t channel This generates a repeating or echoing sound Range is O 99 m The RD Right Delay parameter selects the amount of deby on the right channel l tngtl is O 361ms RF The RF Right f eedhack parameter selec...
Страница 40: ...g the MIDI Sync feature or O 724ms using normal delay RD The RD Right Delay parameter selects the amount of delay on the left channel Kange is 0 255clks when using the MIDI Sync feature or O 724ms when using normal delay Fb The Fb Feedback parameter selects the amount of delay feedback Feedback is always taken from the longest delay output Kange is O 99 TS The TS Tape Simulator parameter is used a...
Страница 41: ... The DI Delay parameter selects the amount of delay Range is O 724ms Fk The Fb Feedback parameter selects the amount of delay feedlmck Feedback is always taken from the longest delay output Range is O 99 7X The TS Tape Simulator parameter is used as a low pass filter hefore the signal is put through the feedback circuit This feature is used to simulate a nrarmer more realistic room sound Range is ...
Страница 42: ...PD I eDelay parameter allows up to 46 milliseconds of delay before the pitch transposition begins This creates a doubling or chorusing type sound Range is O 46ms Pt The Pt Pitch parameter is used to select large amounts of transposition in half step increments Range is 12 1 octave 0 The Ct Cents parameter is used to fine tune the transposed pitch when necessary Range is SO 2 step is 100 cents Fb T...
Страница 43: ...types the range is 25365ms The Dp Damping parameter controls the overall tone of the reverb being produced Range is 125 Hz to 8 kHz or OFF A low setting 250 Hz results in high frequency reverberations being decayed very quickly higher settings 4 kHz 8 kHz or OFF allow the high frequencies to continue on in the reverberation This parameter is not available when using the GATED or REVRS reverb type ...
Страница 44: ...arameter adjusts the gain of the low frequency band parameter Range is SO AlIP The MFrq Mid Frequency parameter is used to select the center frequency of the mid frequency band Range is 99 Hz 3 3 kHz Mid The Mid Mid Gain parameter adjusts the gain of the mid frequency hand parameter Range is 60 Hi The Hi High Gain parameter adjusts the gain of the high frequency band parameter Range is SO 4 Band P...
Страница 45: ...ll emphasize harmonics while setting the Phase to a negative number de emphasizes the harmonics Range is k100 Exciter EX The Exciter effect uses a distortion technique to add harmonics in a distorted sound but instead produces an exciter effect Using this technique does not in fact result Parameters DC The Dr Drive parameter setting determines the amount of harmonics added Range is 0 no harmonics ...
Страница 46: ...Hz When the Bandpass filter type is selected the KS Resonance parameter is used to adjust the amount of the Bandpass filter Kange is 0 narrowest to 100 widest When the Lowpass filter is selected Resonance adjusts the steepness of the filter cutoff The Ty Type parameter is used to select the filter type Select LP Slo lowpass slow LP Fst lowpass fast BP Slo bandpass slow or BP F bandpass fast The Mx...
Страница 47: ...he resulting output simulates stereo separation of frequency bands Tune adjusts the distance between the separated frequency bands There is a LowI ass filter which when on will keep the bass centered between the two channels The Depth of the stereo separation is variable from 0400 Parameters LP The LP LowPass parameter is a lowpass filter which when on will keep the bass centered between the two c...
Страница 48: ... two jacks at the back of the unit The returns are in stereo and this stereo signal may be summed in stereo with the output from the DSP after the last effect in the chain The signal returning to the DSP is summed to mono then added to the stereo direct signal This signal is then passed on to the next effect in the chain Note When a MONO signal is returned plug the signal into the LEFT MONO effect...
Страница 49: ...wing the splitter and the signal on the RIGHT path bottom line only appears on the RIGHT channel of effects following the splitter Effects High Pass Filter E f f e c t s b Balance E f f e c t s 1 Low Pass Filter I I Left Out Right Out Splitter Amp Parameters A x There are two modes available SPLITTER and BI AMP Bal The Bal Balance parameter controls the righ left balance of the splitter output Thi...
Страница 50: ...Key s Ch s X X 0 X MIDI Dynamic Effects Controller MIDI Dynamic Effects Controller 0 Pitch Bender X MIDI Dynamic Effects Controller Control Change O 120 Controller c l B pl i S Program Change Tru eg O 127 O 127 0 System Exclusive 0 System Songs 1 0s Song Se1 Common Tune X X X X X X System Clock Real Time Commands X X 0 X Local On Off Auxiliav All Notes Off Messages Active Sense Reset X X X X X X X...
Страница 51: ...6 Dump All Programs OE Dump Edit Buffer Dmp One PTesel umps one preset s parameter data and continuous controllers Dump Prext Set Dumps ten preset s parameter datd and continuous controllers DuI IZP All Presets Dumps all 128 user preset s parameter data continuous controllers and the program volume I Ildp Dump All P rutizs Dumps the program volume map Dump Edit er Dumps contents of name chain para...
Страница 52: ...he format is the same as the remote editing format in Appendix D The last two bytes are the Modulo 128 checksum and the End Of Exclusive message dump all format During a sysex dump all 128 presets are dumped each with its own modulo 128 checksum for error trapping during reload These are followed by the two program maps System Exclusive Dump Examples To dump Preset l OOH over MIDI channel 1 send t...
Страница 53: ...Sweep Equalizer 4 Band Parametric Equalizer Hum Filter Coil Tap Exciter Envelope Filter Pan Speaker Simulator Stereo Simulator Noise Gate Effects Loop Splitter Tube Tremolo End of Left top path Important note to programmers When adding a splitter to the chain add the splitter at the desired location then be sure to add an End of Left Path in the position following the last desired effect for the l...
Страница 54: ...Time 2 Sustain 3 Level 4 Noise Gate Threshold O 9 l 10 FXJ YPE 2 Distortion PRAM 0 Drive 1 Post Gain 2 Fat Bottom 3 Edge 4 Body 5 Shift 6 Kesonance u n i t s may be loaded as 1 byte or 2 bytes of data 7 Resonance tenths FXJIT E 3 Overdrive PRAM 0 LoRollOff units may be loaded as 1 byte or 2 bytes of data 1 LoRollOff tenths 2 PreDrive 3 Clip Level 4 O u t p u t L e v e l FX f KPE 4 cJ9ou us PKAM 0 ...
Страница 55: ... low nybble delay type FXJITPE 6 Pitch Shift 1 PRAM 0 Pitch O 24 12 to l2 1 Cents O 100 50 to 50 2 F e e d b a c k 3 Left Mix 4 PreDelay L e n g t h 5 Right Mix 6 Input Pan O full right lOO full left FX TYPE 7 Pitch Shift 2 PRAiVl 0 Pitch 0 24 12 to 12 1 Cents 0 100 50 to 50 2 Feedback 3 Left Mix 4 PreDelay Length r Right Mix Inhut Pan 0 full right 100 fLll1 left FX TY E 8 Reverb PIitAn4 0 Type 1 ...
Страница 56: ...Parametric Equalizer PRAM 0 Band 1 Frequency mantissa may be loaded as 1 byte or 2 bytes of data 1 Band 1 Frequency exponent 2 Band 1 l Bandwidth 3 Band 1 Gain 0 72 24 to 12 in 5 clB steps 4 Band 2 Frequency mantissa may be loadecl as 1 byte or 2 hYtes of data 5 Band 2 Frequency exponent 6 B a n d 2 l Rmdwidth 7 Band 2 Gain 0 72 24 to 12 in 5 clB steps 8 Band 3 Frequency mantissa may be loadecl as...
Страница 57: ...1 Tune integer may be loaded as 1 byte or 2 bytes of data 2 Tune fraction 3 Type 4 Balance FX_TypE 10 Envelope Filter PRAM 0 Sensitivitv 1 F r e q u e n c y 3 R e s o n a n c e 4 Type 5 Mix FX f KPE 11 Auto Pan PRAM 0 Rate units may be loaded as 1 byte or 2 bytes of data 1 Rate tenths 2 Depth FX TKPE 12 Speaker Simulator PRAIVl 0 Type D 6 ...
Страница 58: ...l 3 Surn111er FX TPE 16 Splitter PRAM 0 Mode 1 Balance 2 High pass Freq mantissa may be loaded as 1 byte or 2 bytes of data 3 Hi pass F r e q e x p o n e n t 4 Lowpass Freq m a n t i s s a may be loaded 3s 1 byte or 2 bytes of data j Loa pass Frey exponent FX TYPE 17 Tube PKAlcl 0 Mode 1 Pregain 2 Pad 3 Postgain 4 Bass Bottom gain j Middle Body gain 6 Treble Edge gain 7 Presence Shift Appendix D R...
Страница 59: ...1 Effect parameter 3 Continuous Controller Number l 128 4 Channel 0 16 16 is Omni 5 Scale Factor 100 100 These Effect type Parameter Pairs are identical to the pairs listed above Each of the 2 byte parameters are referenced by the first PRAM of the pair Some effects parameters do not have controllers available An error message will appear if an unused FXJYPE Parameter pair is sent FXJYPE 22 Effect...
Страница 60: ...y Stereo 360 ms per channel maximum Tapped 724 ms per channel maximum Mono 724 ms per channel maximum Auto Pan Pitch Shift 1 One octave up or down maximum Pitch Shift 2 One octave up or down maximum Reverb Plate Spring Tunnel Room Stage Hall Gated Reverse Exciter Coil Tap Enadope Filter Prcanq Tone Control 5 Bmcl Graphic Equalize1 3 Band Sweep Mid Eydizer 4 tkmd Parxnetric Eqcdizer Classic guitar ...
Страница 61: ...warranties and the other terms and conditions expressed herein have been complied with Peavey will provide the necessary warranty service to repair or replace the product and will return it FREIGHT COLLECT to you the purchaser Peavey s liability to the purchaser for damages from any cause whatsoever and regardless of the form of action including negligence IS limited to the actual damages up to th...
Страница 62: ...TIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS Features and specifications subject to change without notice 01995 Peavey Electronics Corporation 711 A Street Meridian MS 39301 U S A 601 483 5365 I Fax 486 l 278 80302283 Printed in U S A lo 95 ...
