Crate Amplifiers 5 manual

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    Compact S tereo Guitar Amplifier with DSP and 11 Amp Pr ofiles Owner’ s Manual MODEL 5[...]

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    P r o fi l er M od e l 5 C om p ac t S t e re o Gu i ta r Am p li f ie r wi t h D S P 2 IMPORT ANT SAFETY  INSTRUCTIONS • READ, FOLLOW, HEED, AND KEEP ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS. • DO NOT OPERATE NEAR ANY HEA T SOURCE AND DO NOT BLOCK ANY VENTILA TION OPENINGS ON THIS APP ARA TUS. FOR PROPER OPERA TION, THIS UNIT REQUIRES 3” (75mm) OF [...]

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    P r o fi l er M od el 5 C om pa c t S t er eo G ui t ar A mp l if i er w it h DS P Intr oduction Congratulations! Y ou are now the pr oud owner of the Crate Profiler Model 5 compact five-watt stereo guitar amplifier with advanced digital signal pr ocessing (DSP) and 11 classic amp pro - files. This por table amplifier has guitar strap pegs on each [...]

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    P r o fi l er M od el 5 C om pa c t S t er eo G ui t ar A mp l if i er w it h DS P Pr ofile T racking Y our Crate Profiler Model 5 gives you the power of Pr ofile T racking. Once you select a DSP setting for each pr ofile, Profile T racking stor es the settings to memory whenever you change profiles. When you go back to that pr ofile, Profile T rac[...]

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    P r o fi l er M od el 5 C om pa c t S t er eo G ui t ar A mp l if i er w it h DS P The T op Panel 5 INPUT P OW E R TONE GAIN MASTER 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 MODEL 5 PROFILES DELA Y EFFECTS REVERB 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 C L E A N M E D I U M G A I N H I G H G A I N P H S R W A H C H O O C T V I B R W A H P H S R T R E M R T R Y P[...]

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    P r o fi l er M od el 5 C om pa c t S t er eo G ui t ar A mp l if i er w it h DS P 6 11. BA TTERY COMP ARTMENT: Remove the cover to the battery compartment by pressing the clip on the right-hand side of the cover and pulling it out . Install six “AA” alkaline batteries, making sur e to orient them correctly as indicated by the markings inside. [...]

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    P r o fi l er M od el 5 C om pa c t S t er eo G ui t ar A mp l if i er w it h DS P 7 The DSP Section Pr ofiles Description Clean 1 Acoustic Clean 2 Clean Medium Gain 1 Small T weed Medium Gain 2 Lar ge T weed Medium Gain 3 Vintage Club Medium Gain 4 T op Mount High Gain 1 High W att High Gain 2 Sixties UK High Gain 3 Flex W ave High Gain 4 Dual Rec[...]

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    P r o fi l er M od el 5 C om pa c t S t er eo G ui t ar A mp l if i er w it h DS P 8 Effects 1. T remolo 2. Rotary Speaker 3. Classic Phaser 4. Stereo Chorus 5. Stereo Flanger 6. Bypass (no effects) 7. Stereo Chorus w/Phaser 8. Octave Down (adds pitch one octave down from original) 9. Vibrato 10. Auto Wah 11. Auto Wah with Phaser INPUT P O W E R TO[...]

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    P r o fi l er M od el 5 C om pa c t S t er eo G ui t ar A mp l if i er w it h DS P Installing T racktion The CD that came with your Pr ofiler Model 5 contains T racktion, compliments of Mackie. T racktion is an easy-to-use multitrack audio recor ding and MIDI sequencing software applica - tion, capable of unlimited track count, VST suppor t, automa[...]

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    P r o fi l er M od el 5 C om pa c t S t er eo G ui t ar A mp l if i er w it h DS P System Block Diagram INPUT TONE GAIN BUFFER DIGITALLY CONTROLLED ANALOG FILTERING AND DISTORTION CIRCUITRY MIX USB DRIVER USB OUT AMP ADC DAC RIGHT SPEAKER AUDIO INPUT DSP MIX AMP MASTER LEVEL LEFT POWER AMP RIGHT POWER AMP HEADPHONE OUT HEADPHONE AMP AMP MUTE LEFT S[...]

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    P r o fi l er M od el 5 C om pa c t S t er eo G ui t ar A mp l if i er w it h DS P This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pur- suant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pr ovide r easonable protection against harmful inter ference in a residential installation. This equ[...]

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    P r o fi l er M od el 5 C om pa c t S t er eo G ui t ar A mp l if i er w it h DS P Pr ofiler Model 5 T echnical Specifications Output Power Rating 2 x 2.5 watts rms @ 5% THD into 4 ohms Gain (Pr ofile High Gain 5: California Mod) 82 dB with Gain and Master contr ols @ 10 CD Input 32 dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 2.5 volts rms @ 400 Hz Input Impe[...]