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Owner's Manual
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Precautions Location Using the unit in the following locations can result in a malfunction. • In direct sunlight • Locations of extreme temperature or humidity • Excessively dusty or dirty locations • Locations of excessive vibration • Close to magnetic fields Power supply Please connect the designated AC/AC power supply to an AC outlet of the correct voltage. Do not connect it to an AC outlet of voltage other than that for which your unit is intended. Interference with other
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CE mark for European Harmonized Standards CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of AC mains operated apparatus until Decem- ber 31, 1996 means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC). And, CE mark which is attached after January 1, 1997 means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/ EEC), CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC) and Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC). Also, CE mark which is attached to our company’s products of Battery operated apparat
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Quick Start A GUIDE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PLAY GUITAR FIRST, AND READ THE MANUAL LATER! ep, we know. You’d rather be playing guitar than reading this manual. Who wouldn’t? I know I would so here’s a “Quick Start” to get you up and run- ning without delay (pun intended) Y First we’ll get started by trying out ToneLabSEs programs and then we’ll explain how to use the various controls and knobs to create your own sounds. Right. Once you’ve g
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▼ buttons to select “Ln” (LINE). If you’ve connected ToneLabSE to your guitar amp, set this to “AP” (AMP). 7. Turn up the volume controls of your amp or mixer, and ToneLabSE’s rear panel LEVEL knob (11.3) to adjust the volume. NOTE: You won’t hear sound for several seconds while the valve (a.k.a. “vacuum tube” if you live on the west side of the Atlantic) warms up. This isn’t a malfunction – it’s a real analogue valve! LISTEN TO THE PROGRAMS 8. Use the BANK
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SWITCHING EFFECTS ON/OFF 13. The model select buttons will be lit (ON) or dark (OFF) to indicate the on/off state of each effect. If you press a button that is dark or turn the model selec- tor, the effect will turn on and the model select button will blink. If you press a button that is blinking, the effect will turn off and the button will go dark. CREATE YOUR OWN SOUNDS 14. To adjust the sound of the AMP model, use the AMP selector to select one of the sixteen a
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15. ToneLabSE provides a PEDAL effect that is placed before the amp, and MOD- ULATION, DELAY, and REVERB effects that are placed after the cabinet. For example if you want use the PEDAL effect TREBLE BOOST, turn the PEDAL selector to select TREBLE BOOST. The PEDAL parameter LED of the edit section will blink, indicating the parameter line (the region listing the parameter names). Also, the LEDs below the value knobs will light, indicating the location of the knobs that you can use to
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Table of Contents Quick Start................................................................................................... iv Setup....................................................................................................................... iv Listen to the Programs.............................................................................................v Switching effects on/off.......................................................................................
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Program Select mode ............................................................................................16 Selecting a program........................................................................................16 Effect On/Off mode ................................................................................................16 Switching effects on/off...................................................................................17 A/B Channel Hold .......................
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Program Change (GLOBAL “PCHG OUT”) ...........................................................60 Control Change (GLOBAL “CCHG I/O”) ................................................................60 Parameter Change (GLOBAL “SYEX OUT”) .........................................................61 Backing up and Restoring Program Data (GLOBAL “DUMP CUR,” DUMP ALL”).62 Backing Up .....................................................................................................62 Restoring .......
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Introduction WELCOME ABOARD! any thanks for adding the VOX Valvetronix ToneLabSE to your sonic arsenal. We’re sure it’ll give you countless hours of great guitar tones that will feel as good as they sound! M To maximize your chances of enjoying a long and happy relationship with your ToneLabSE, please read this manual at least once, and (as they say), “use the product as directed.” Keep the manual for future reference after you’ve read it; you’ll want to re-read it later at some point to pi
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•You can use the effect insert jacks to connect an external effect processor or stompbox. • With MIDI IN and OUT connectors, ToneLabSE gives you plenty of potential for expanding your system. •ToneLabSE Sound Editor is an editor/librarian software that lets you visually edit ToneLabSE’s numerous parameters, and save and manage programs. To obtain the “ToneLabSE Sound Editor,” please contact the VOX distributor in your country or download the latest version from: “http://www.voxamps.co.uk” o
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Apart from the vital valve tone this ingenious VOX VALVE REACTOR power amp design provides, it PHASE also allows us to replicate var- INVERTER DUMMY 12AX7 ious “circuit characteristics” REACTOR SPEAKER (ECC83) AMP that are unique to the all-valve BIAS BIAS power stages of the amps USING CONSTANT we’ve modelled. These “char- CURRENT & 12AX7 FEEDBACK REACTIVE (ECC83) FEEDBACK acteristics” include: Class A or CIRCUIT (WITH OR W/O PRESENCE & Class AB operation, Presence RESONANCE) 12AX7 (D
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AN OVERVIEW OF TONELABSE Let’s talk about how ToneLabSE is structured. SIGNAL ROUTE When you plug into ToneLabSE the signal passes through the following stages. You might want to glance at the explanations in “A Guitarist’s Guided Panel Tour” (p.5) while you read this section. CABINET AMP MODEL VALVE REACTOR MODEL 16 TYPE EFFECT CABINET AMP MODEL 10 TYPE VA PO L WER AMP VE REACTOR MODEL 16 TYPE A ch A ch 11 TYPE POWER AMP CLASS A MODULATION PRE AMP OUTPUT INSERT PEDAL CLASS A PRE AMP CLASS AB
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A Guitarist’s Guided Panel Tour Here we’re going to learn about the buttons and other controls on ToneLabSE’s top and rear panel. HINT: The inside back cover of this manual folds out to reveal a big picture of ToneLabSE’s top panel, rear panel, and display. Leave this folded out as you con- tinue reading so you’ll be able to see the panel diagram while you read about each section. THE TOP PANEL 1 MODEL SELECT SECTION Here you can select the model of amp, cabinet and effect models. 1.1 MODEL s
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1.3 PRES-NR (Presence/Noise Reduction) button Use this to change the presence and noise reduction settings of the amp. While this button is blinking, you can use value knob [3] to adjust the presence, and value knob [4] to adjust the noise reduction. This will light (blink) green when channel A is selected, or red when channel B is selected. 1.4 PEDAL selector This lets you select one of the sixteen pedal effect models ToneLabSE offers. When you turn the PEDAL selector, the PEDAL select butt
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1.9 REVERB selector This selects one of eleven reverb effect models. When you turn the REVERB selector, the REVERB select button will blink, and you can use value knobs 1– 6 to adjust the parameters of the reverb effect. (For details on each effect, refer to p.48–.) NOTE: The parameters will be initialized when you switch effect types. EDIT SECTION 2 2.1 Edit category LEDs One of the LEDs will blink to indicate the category of effect you are currently editing. When adjusting the parameters,
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3 CHAIN/GLOBAL/RENAME/WRITE/EXIT/DISPLAY SECTION This area displays the name of the program, and the name and value of the parameter you are editing in the amp or effect section. Use RENAME to edit the name of the program, and WRITE to save the program. CHAIN lets you change the connection order of the modulation, delay, and reverb effects. GLOBAL lets you make MIDI and output settings. 3.1 ▲, ▼ buttons Use these to edit the value of parameters. 3.2 √ √ √ √, ® ® ® ® buttons Use these to selec
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3.8 Name display Displays program names, effect names, or parameter names. 3.9 Valve icon Indicates the number and type of power valve – a.k.a. “vacuum tube” – used in the original amp that is being modeled. 3.10 Value display Indicates the value of the parameter you are editing. If the displayed parameter value matches the original value (i.e., the value saved in the program), the ORIG (original value) icon will appear. If you have edited any parameter of the program, the EDIT icon will appea
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In Effect On/Off mode, these switches individually switch the Pedal, Modula- tion, Delay, and Reverb effects on/off. 6.3 A/B ch channel select pedal, Channel LEDs Use this to change channels within the currently selected program. The chan- nel LEDs located above the pedal will light accordingly (green when channel A is selected, red when channel B is selected). 7 FX ON/OFF SWITCH Press this switch when you want to switch to Effect On/Off mode and the LED at the upper left of the pedal will lig
