Crate Amplifiers fxt120 user manual

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FXT120
FXT120
Guitar Amplifier with
Digital Signal Processing
and Channel Tracking
User’s Guide

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FXT120 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel Tracking Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the Crate FXT120 amplifier. This rugged amplifier com- bines outstanding features with serious clean and distorted sounds. An easy to operate DSP section lets you dial in a variety of digital effects including reverbs, delays, octave and wah- wahs. Crate’s unique Channel Tracking feature means that as you switch between channels and gains, the DSP automatically “tracks” the changes - your DSP settings f

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FXT120 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel Tracking The Digital Signal Processor: The FXT120’s Digital Signal Processor provides 16 exciting digital effects. Use the DSP Selector con- trol to choose the desired effect, then use the DSP Level control to mix in the desired amount of effect. The effects are described below: FLNG 1 slow deep flange + reverb FLNG 2 flange + reverb + delay CHO 1 slow tremolo chorus + reverb CHO 2 chorus + reverb + delay RTRY simulated rotary speaker effect OCTV DOWN adds a

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FXT120 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel Tracking The Front Panel: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 10 0 1 11 1 1 12 2 13 13 1 14 4 15 15 16 17 18 19 1: INPUT: Use this jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. OVERDRIVE CHANNEL: A high gain channel giving you sounds from a slight edge to serious overdrive. 2: GAIN 1: Use this control to adjust the amount of light distortion for the Overdrive channel. Gain 1 produces less intense distortion than Gain 2 (#3) and is acti

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RING TIP RING TIP FXT120 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel Tracking 1 2 3 4 5 678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 16 6 1 17 7 18 18 19 19 18: POWER: Use this switch to turn the amplifier on (top of the switch depressed) and off (bottom of the switch depressed). The switch illuminates when the power is on. 19: ELECTRONIC TUNER (top panel): The electronic tuner is active whenever the amplifier is truned on, pro- viding constant, “real time” tuning. The bottom row of LEDs indicate which note (string) is being tu

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FXT120 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel Tracking Suggested Settings: Sweet 'n Clean: OUT Just a 'Lil Nasty: OUT Politely Gritty: OUT IN Octave Down 'n Dirty: OUT IN Wah Full House: OUT IN Mean & Obscene: IN IN 6

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FXT120 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel Tracking System Block Diagram: TUNER A BC D EF G CLEAN CHANNEL BUFFER INPUT SELECT CHANNEL EQ VOL LOW MID HIGH FLEX WAVE STAGE EQ OVERDRIVE CHANNEL SHAPE ACTIVE GAIN LOW HIGH LEVEL GAIN SHAPE MIX AMP DSP INSERT LEVEL POWER AMP SPEAKERS MODE EXT. SPEAKER DAMPING CIRCUIT 7

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FXT120 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel Tracking FXT120 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating 120W RMS @ 5% THD, 4Ω , 120 VAC Speaker Size and Rating (2) Custom Design 12”, 8Ω Input Impedance 470kΩ Total System Gain Solo Ch 110dB, all controls @10 Overdrive Ch 88dB, all controls @10 Clean Ch 58dB, all controls @10 CD Input 29dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 7 volts peak-to-peak Solo Channel Shape Control Proprietary Circuit O.D. Channel Low Control 20dB range @ 80Hz Mid Control 15dB range @