Crate Amplifiers DXJ112 manual

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DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier ii Declaration Of Conformity #37, Effective 01-01-2001 Manufacturer ’s Name: SLM Electronics Production Facility: 1 1880 Borman Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146, USA Production Facility: 700 Hwy 202 W , Y ellville, AR 72687, USA Shipping Facility: 1400 Ferguson Ave., St. Louis, MO 63133, USA Office Facility: 1400 Fergu[...]

DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S A A M M P P M M O O D D E E L L S S E E F F F F E E C C T T S S T T H H E E K K E E Y Y P P A A D D F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S Con t en ts Quick Star t: Plug In and Go! Making Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 1 Q Q u u i i c c k k S S t t a a r r t t : : P P l l u u g g I I n n a a n n d d G G o o ! ! M M a a k k i i n n g g S S o o u u n n d d : : α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω T op Mount T ube Rectifier Clean Acoustic Blue V oodoo Vintag e Club Fl[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 2 M M a a k k i i n n g g S S o o u u n n d d : : • Y ou ma y w ant t o st art out with the Mas t er con tr ol turned do wn lo w , sinc e this amp c an g e t L OUD . • Connect y our guit ar , plug in the amp and turn it on. (The po w er cor d and po w er switch ar e on th[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 3 Q Q u u i i c c k k S S t t a a r r t t : : P P l l u u g g I I n n a a n n d d G G o o ! ! A A L L o o o o k k a a t t t t h h e e F F r r o o n n t t P P a a n n e e l l C C o o n n t t r r o o l l s s : : α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω T o[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 4 T T h h e e F F r r o o n n t t P P a a n n e e l l : : 1, 2 . High & Low In: Use High In f or s t an- dar d pickups , Lo w In f or “hot” pickups and/or on-boar d a ctiv e electr onics. 3 . Mast er: Se ts the o v erall output le v el. The Mas t er v olume is the onl[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 5 Q Q u u i i c c k k S S t t a a r r t t : : P P l l u u g g I I n n a a n n d d G G o o ! ! A A L L o o o o k k a a t t t t h h e e R R e e a a r r P P a a n n e e l l : : MODEL SERIAL# D-112/212 MADE IN THE U.S.A. BY SLM ELECTRONICS 1400 FER GUSON A VENUE ST . LOUIS. M O 6[...]

Q Q U U I I C C K K S S T T A A R R T T DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 6 T T h h e e R R e e a a r r P P a a n n e e l l : : 15 . P o w er Switch: Depr ess the t op o f this switch t o turn the amplifier on. (Allow a f ew seconds f or the amp t o r espond.) 16 . A C Line Cord: Plug the male end o f this cor d int o a pr operly gr ounded A C outl[...]

C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 7 M M a a k k i i n n g g t t h h e e R R i i g g h h t t C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i o o n n s s T T h h e e I I n n p p u u t t J J a a c c k k s s : : T T h h e e S S t t e e r r e e o o L L i i n n e e I I n n a a n n d d L L i i n n e e O O u u t t J J a a c c k [...]

C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 8 The Input Jacks: The DXJ112 has tw o input ja cks – High In (s tr aight) and Lo w In (pa dded) – t o a ccommoda t e a wide r ang e o f pickups and pla ying styles . The ja ck y ou use depends on y our type o f pickup(s) and the sounds y ou’r e a ft er . F or examp[...]

C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 9 M M a a k k i i n n g g t t h h e e R R i i g g h h t t C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i o o n n s s U U s s i i n n g g a a M M I I D D I I F F o o o o t t s s w w i i t t c c h h : : U U s s i i n n g g t t h h e e C C r r a a t t e e F F o o o o t t C C o o n n t t r [...]

C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 10 U U s s i i n n g g a a M M I I D D I I F F o o o o t t s s w w i i t t c c h h : : Y ou c an st or e and r ec all a t ot al o f 128 pr ese ts when using a MIDI f ootswitch. These pr esets ar e a ccessed b y MIDI pr ogr am numbers 0 thr ough 127. (Also , see the MIDI I[...]

DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 11 The DXJ112 is a ctually 16 diff er ent amplifiers in one! The so ftw ar e inside the DXJ112 convinc es the signal tha t it’s g oing thr ough the electr onic components o f the select ed amplifier , giving it all o f the char a ct eristics o f tha t amp! (Mor e or less – it’s re ally a lot more t echnic al [...]

DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 12 A A M M P P M M O O D D E E L L S S Model Name Modeled After the... Brief Description T op Mount V o x A C 30 Brigh t with a gre a t clean sound a t lo w gain, dist orts smoothly a t high g ain se ttings – an early 60’s amp with lots o f 2nd and 3r d order harmonics , f a v ored b y the Bea tles f or the rh [...]

DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 13 A A M M P P M M O O D D E E L L S S Ea ch DXJ112 amp model has its o wn specifica tions and pla cemen t in the signal chain f or its Gain, Bass , Mid , and T r eble . (In other w or ds , the contr ols a ff ect the signal the same in the amp model as the y do on the original amplifier .) Use the Pr ese t P ar ame[...]

14 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier A A M M P P M M O O D D E E L L S S Name Amplifier Modeled Simplified R epresen t a tion o f EQ P osition in Signal Chain T op Mount Vo x A C 3 0 High P o w er Hi W a tt DR Studio T weed F ender Delux e 5E3 Black F a ce F ender Delux e R ev erb AA763 Larg e T w eed Fender Bassman 5F6-A 60s Er a UK Marshall 1959 [...]

15 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier E E F F F F E E C C T T S S The DXJ112 has 16 built-in digi t al eff ects , ea ch with one or mor e adjus table par ame t ers. The chart on the f ollo wing pa g e lists the name o f the ef f ect and giv es a brief description. NO TE: The DXJ112 has built-in noise r eduction t o ensur e a mor e quie t oper a tion[...]

16 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier Ef f ect St ereo? Description T ouch W ah Functions as an Aut o-W ah (T ouch W ah) or normal w ah-w ah when used with an expr ession pedal and the optional Cr a t e Foot Contr oller Bypass/Comp B ypasses the digit al ef f ects (see pa g e 19), also limits the dynamic r ang e o f the signal – incr eases the app[...]

17 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier E E F F F F E E C C T T S S Ea ch o f the digit al ef f ects has one or mor e par ame t ers y ou can chang e b y using the Eff ects A djust contr ol. All o f the eff ects (exc ept the compr essor and the T ouch W ah) can also be chang ed b y using the T ap function – either thr ough the K e ypa d , or with the[...]

18 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier Ef f ect Ef f ect Adjus t knob controls: T ap butt on con trols: See Not e(s) T ouch W ah Sensitivity (Aut o-W ah only) —— Bypass/Comp Ra tio (See Below * ) —— T remolo Depth of Amplitude Modula tion Speed: 2 cy cles/tap Vibr a t o Depth o f Pitch Modula tion Speed: 2 cy cles/tap Chorus Le v el o f Choru[...]

19 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier T T H H E E K K E E Y Y P P A A D D The DXJ112’s K e ypa d is used t o rec all and sa v e pr ese ts as described belo w . R ecalling the Prese ts: Ther e ar e t en pr esets a ccessible fr om the k e ypa d, in tw o banks o f fiv e per bank: with the A/B but- t on o f f (not lit), the number ed butt ons t o r ec[...]

20 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier The T ap Butt on: The T ap butt on lets y ou ma tch the dela y time and modula tion speeds o f the eff ects (exc ept f or the compr essor , which has no dela y or modula tion) t o the t empo o f the piec e y ou’r e pla ying. Just t ap y our fing er in time t o the bea t , on the T ap butt on of course , and th[...]

21 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier These tw o pa g es sho w the first t en f act ory pr esets f or y our DXJ112 amplifier . Use the num- ber ed butt ons and the A/B butt on on the k e ypa d t o a ccess them. (The f ollowing pa g es pr o- vide y ou with charts f or y our f a v orit e pr esets .) F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α[...]

22 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A C C T T O O R R Y Y P P R R E E S S E E T T S S 6 6 – – 1 1 0 0 - - B B A A N N K K B B F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω AMP MODEL: Prese t # W e call i t: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k F a ce Larg e T w eed 60s Era UK 70s Era U[...]

23 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k F a ce Larg e T w eed 60s Era UK 70s Era UK Fuzzbo x Clean Acous tic Blue V oodoo Vint a g e Club Flexw a ve Ampeg V[...]

24 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier F F A A V V O O R R I I T T E E S S α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω α Ω AMP MODEL: (CHECK ONE) Prese t # I think I'll c all it: T op Mount High P ow er StudioT weed Blac k F a ce Larg e T w eed 60s Era UK 70s Era UK Fuzzbo x Clean Acous tic Blue V oodoo Vint a g e Club Flexw a ve Ampeg V[...]

25 Designer’s Not e: Amplifier Modeling: Building an amplifier model is r e ally not much dif f er en t than building an actual amplifier . With an a ctual amplifier y ou st art with components lik e tubes , tr ansf ormers , resis t ors , c apa cit ors , and a spe ak er , and put them t og e ther t o cr e a t e an amplifier . With a virtual ampli[...]

26 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier B B l l o o c c k k D D i i a a g g r r a a m m s s : : • The analog signal pa th, fr om the input ja ck t o the speak er(s). • The digit al signal pa th, which is the pa th the signal tak es inside the digit al signal pr oc essor . • A typical Amplifier Model. This simplified block dia gr am shows the dig[...]

27 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier MIDI Implemen ta tion Chart: A A p p p p e e n n d d i i x x B B Function T ransmi tted R ecognized R emarks Basic Channel [Cr a t e Digital Guit ar Amplifier] MODEL DXJ112 D a t e: 11/24/99 V ersion: 1.1 Def a ult Chang ed X OMNI XX Mode Def ault Alt er ed X Mode 1 XX Messa g es XX Not e Number T rue V oic e XX[...]

DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier 28 Specific a tions: A A p p p p e e n n d d i i x x C C Analog: Output P ow er Ra ting 60 wa tts RMS Input Impedance High gain 80k ohm; Lo w gain 150k ohm Line Input Impedanc e 47k ohm Line Output Impedanc e 1k ohm Hea dphone Impedanc e 32 ohm minimum Int ernal Speak er 12” Cust om Hornsonic, 8 ohms P o w er R e[...]

29 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier U U s s e e r r ’ ’ s s N N o o t t e e s s : :[...]

30 DXJ112 Digit al Guit ar Amplifier U U s s e e r r ’ ’ s s N N o o t t e e s s : :[...]

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