Crate Amplifiers CA6110D user manual

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CA6110D
Acoustic Amplifier
User’s Guide

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CA6110D Acoustic Amplifier Table of Contents: About the Crate Acoustic CA6110D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 To Eliminate Instrument Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The DSP Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CA6110D Acoustic Amplifier About the Crate Acoustic CA6110D: Enough already? Not for us. The CA6110D esigned for the performing artist, features Crate’s Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Crate’s CA6110D Acoustic Amplifier for a variety of digital reverbs, effects and Dgives you more of what you want. delays specifically designed for acoustic More power. More clarity. More control. And, instruments. more freedom. Imagine: microphone quality sound, without feedback. And without being “chained” to a

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CA6110D Acoustic Amplifier The Front Panel: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NOTE: Channel 1 and Channel 2 are independent of each other up The Master Section - part one: to the Effects and Master sections. The text below (#1–8) 9: CD Input. Use these RCA jacks to connect a CD or tape player to the applies to both channels. amplifier. Use the CD Level control (#10) to adjust the level of the player. 1: Input. The signal from a low impedance microphone or your acoustic 10: CD Level. Use this

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CA6110D Acoustic Amplifier The Rear Panel: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16: Power. Use this switch to turn the amplifier on (top of the switch 1.With footswitch button #3’s LED illuminated, select one of the DSP depressed) and off (bottom of the switch depressed.) The power settings switch illuminates when the amplifier is on. 2.Step on footswitch button #3 - the LED will go out - select a differ- 17: External Speaker. Use this jack to connect the amplifier to an external ent DSP setting speak

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CA6110D Acoustic Amplifier To Eliminate Instrument Feedback: One of the most common problems encountered when amplifying If you experience feedback while playing, depress the Feedback Filters On acoustic instruments, especially in small environments, is feedback. switch. This actives the automatic feedback control circuit. Depress the Acoustic instruments typically have inherent qualities which cause reso- Feedback Filter 1 switch to isolate and control the offending frequency. If nant feedback

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CA6110D Acoustic Amplifier System Block Diagram: Channels 1 and 2: phantom power peak low-z tones input DSP/eff send hi-z gain low mid cntr high mode effects send high-z bal DSP line out level foot switch low-z aux in/ bal eff ret cd gnd input lift gain high pass hi-freq feedback driver limiter filters on/off* low pass level feedback power low-freq circuit amp driver tweeter cut foot switch* filter filter 1 2 external speaker *NOTE: Feedback circuit activated when footswitch plug is inserted int

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CA6110D Acoustic Amplifier Technical Specifications: Output Power Rating: 60 watts @ <1% THD Channels 1 & 2: Low: +/-15dB @ 80Hz Mid: +15, -30dBdB from 450Hz – 1.2kHz (Contour) High: +/-15dB @ 10kHz Input Impedance: 3.3M ohm High-Z, 3k ohm Low-Z Input Sensitivity: 5mV High-Z, 2mV Low-Z Sens. to Eff Send/Line out: 6mV High-Z, 3mV Low-Z Max Input Signal: 6V RMS (17V peak to peak) CD Input: Input Impedance: 22k ohm Input Sensitivity: 150mV Max Input Signal: 6V RMS (17V peak to peak) AuxEff. Return: