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: What’s being used here, man?
So, you’re flipping through the programs on your new Valvetronix combo, you come
across one you really dig and you decide you wanna know exactly how the amp is dialed
in to get such a killer tone. Sounds like a reasonable plan but how on earth do you do it?
Prepare to meet your saviour, the incredibly useful ORIGINAL VALUE LED. Yes sir, with
the aid of this little red light you’re gonna be able to find out exactly what Pedal and Amp
models are being used and where each and every one of the 15 programmable knobs on
the Top Panel is set - which is all of the front panel ones with the exception of the MAS-
TER.
“Hold on a minute, what about the MODULATION, DELAY and REVERB models
being used? You talked about the 15 programmable knobs but you didn’t say anything
about how to tell if any of these effects are being used,” do I hear you ask? Good ques-
tion, bro. Here’s your answer: the amp will tell you! What do I mean by this? Well, when-
ever you call up a program y’see, you can tell if it’s using a MODULATION, DELAY &/or
REVERB by simply looking at the pretty lights in each section and seeing if they’re on or
off. For example, program 2 - 1, “Clean Edge,” uses CHORUS, MULTI and PLATE. And
as soon as you call it up, the LEDs for CHORUS, MULTI and PLATE will automatically
light up. Can you say “user friendly?”
We’ll get into finding out exactly how the controls for any MODULATION, DELAY
& REVERB effects being used are dialed in shortly. Detour over; let’s get back to the
wondrous workings of the ORIGINAL VALUE LED...
As mentioned earlier when we were going through the Top Panel of your amp, the
ORIGINAL VALUE LED also acts as the indicator for the BYPASS Button which, when
engaged, bypasses the MODULATION, DELAY and REVERB sections of the amp. So,
as you’d expect, when the BYPASS Button is activated, the ORIGINAL VALUE LED
lights up, and stays lit until the BYPASS is switched off again. So, the ORIGINAL VALUE
LED is either “off” or “on.” If it’s “off” it will light up for a second when an original value is
found. Likewise, if it’s “on” it will turn off for a second when an original value is found. Log-
ical enough, right? Good, now that’s loud ‘n’ clear, lets get on to the business of finding
out exactly what’s dialed in on a particular program.
To make life easier, let’s start at the far left of the Top Panel and work our way
through it. First up is the PEDAL Section...
STEP 1: Look at the LED in the top left hand corner of the PEDAL Section.
Is it lit up? If it is it means a pedal is being used so go to STEP 2. If
it isn’t lit up, skip to
STEP 5 .
STEP 2: So, the PEDAL LED is on, meaning a pedal is being used - let’s
find out which one. Simply keep your eye on the ORIGINAL
VALUE LED and slowly click through the 10 pedal model choices.
When you reach the one that’s being used the ORIGINAL VALUE
light will either go on or off for a second, depending on whether the
BYPASS button is engaged or not. Like I said, simple stuff...