ALESIS COOLFIRE 15 User Manual [en, de, es, fr, it]

Quick Start Owner’s Manual

Box Contents:

Coolfire Guitar Amplifier User Manual Important Safety Instructions

Manual de inicio rápido para el usuario (Spanish)

Contenido de la caja:

Amplificador de guitarra Coolfire Manual de usuario Instrucciones de se

uridad importantes

Guide d’installation rapide (Français)

Contenue de la boîte :

Amplificateur de guitare Coolfire Guide de l’utilisateur Consi

nes de sécurité importantes

Schnelles Hinweisbuch (Deutsch)

Schachtelinhalt:

Coolfire Gitarrenverstärker Gebrauchsanleitung

ichtige Sicherheitshinweise

Manuale rapido di utilizzazione (Italiano)

Contenuto della Confezione:

Amplificatore Chitarra Coolfire Manuale d’Uso Im

ortanti Istruzioni di Sicurezz

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Quick Start Owner's Manual (English)

Quick Setup for the Coolfire

y Make sure all items listed on the front of this guide are in the Coolfire's box. y Read the Important Safety Instructions document included with the Coolfire. y Study the Hookup Diagram below. y Make sure all equipment is turned off and all gain knobs are set to zero. y Connect your guitar and other equipment to the Coolfire in the manner

illustrated below.

y Plug in all devices and turn them on. y Experiment with the Coolfire's effect combinations. y When finished, turn off the amp before disconnecting any equipment to

prevent damage to the speaker.

y Go to http://www.alesis.com to register the Coolfire.

Front panel operation

1. Input – Plug your guitar into this 1/4" unbalanced input using a TS cable.

2. Program Up/Down Buttons – Change the program number with these

buttons. When pressed together, they put the unit into both Bypass and Mute modes and access the tuner.

3. Display – indicates bank and program, shows parameter values, and displays the

pitch in tuner mode.

4. EFFECT Knob – puts the Coolfire in PLAY mode or EDIT mode. You are in

EDIT mode when this knob is set to anything other than PLAY.

5. VALUE Knob – adjusts parameter values and program numbers; stores changes.

6. MASTER VOLUME Knob – controls the volume of the signal sent to the

speaker, headphones, STEREO LINK OUTPUT and SPEAKER OUTPUT.

7. HEADPHONES Jack – Plug in your headphones using a 1/4" stereo plug.

8. Power Switch – turns the Coolfire on and off.

Rear panel operation

1. Fuse – Replaceable fuse. See the rear panel of the Coolfire for details.

2. Power Cord – Plug this cord into a proper AC outlet. See the rear panel for

details.

3. FOOTSWITCH UP/DOWN INPUT – Plug footswitches into these 1/4" jacks.

Footswitches serve the same functions as the Program Up and Down buttons.

4. EXPRESSION PEDAL INPUT – Plug an expression pedal into this 1/4" jack

for easy control over EFFECT parameters.

5. AUX INPUT – Plug a CD player or other audio device into these RCA jacks and

play along!

6. STEREO LINK OUTPUT – Use a 1/4" TS cable to connect this jack to the

input of another amplifier for true stereo. The Coolfire provides true stereo output instead of the standard mono; many of the Coolfire’s excellent effects will sound even better when you listen to them in stereo. If you don’t have a second amplifier, you can enjoy the stereo effects by listening with headphones.

7. SPEAKER OUTPUT – Use a 1/4" TS cable to connect this jack to an external

8-ohm speaker. Doing so disconnects the internal speaker.

Exploring the Coolfire’s effects

The Coolfire isn’t just a great sounding acoustic guitar amplifier. It also contains an advanced, stereo effects processor dedicated exclusively to enhancing the sound of acoustic guitars. Compression, tailored EQ curves, choruses, reverbs, and much more allow you to enhance your acoustic guitar’s sound in a variety of traditional and unconventional ways.

Begin by exploring the Coolfire’s default programs. Turn the Effect knob all the way to the left to select Play. Now, play your guitar and explore the programs by pressing the Program Up and Program Down buttons, twisting the Value knob, or by using optional footswitches attached to the rear of the unit.

You’ll hear programs ranging from ultra-clean to rocking to washy. If you have the chance, be sure to plug a pair of stereo headphones into the back of the Coolfire to experience these effects in stereo. Some of the effects – good as they are coming out of the Coolfire’s internal speakers – really come alive in stereo.

Modifying the effects programs

There’s a lot more to the Coolfire’s effects than just what’s in the presets. The Coolfire has eight separate effect modules, as shown below:

These effects are accessed using the EFFECT knob on the front of the Coolfire.

Move the EFFECT knob clockwise out of the Play position in order to edit the effects. Once you change an effect, the EDITED LED on the bottom right of the display will light. From left to right, here are your options:

PLAY

In this setting, the display shows you the current program number. This is the mode you should choose for typical live performances, as it allows you to switch programs easily via the foot pedals.

Indicates the bank letter and program number of the current program.

COMP/LIMIT (Compressor/Limiter)

TYPE (guitar modeling)

Compression. Adds sustain and smoothness by lowering the dynamic range.

Limiting. Retains the original volume, but smoothes out the loudest peaks.

Off. Turns COMP/LIMIT off.

Clean.

War

ight.

hythm.

umbo.

ive.

f. Turns off DIST.

The clean, natural sound of a quality acoustic guitar.

A dark, deep sound typical of guitars made of dense rosewood or mahogany. Accentuates the higher frequencies for a crisp sound usually found in acoustics with smaller bodies. A full, warm sound that’s great for strumming rhythm parts.

Provides a little more low-end for that sound associated with large-body acoustics. Adds a crunch to your acoustic sound, as if you’re playing through a tube amplifier and pushing the gain. Higher values mean more drive.

EQ (Equalizer)

This module provides you with a high-pass filter and four bands of equalization that you can use to shape the sound of your audio signal by cutting and boosting certain frequencies.

HPF (High-Pass Filter)

LOW

LO MID

HI MID

This band is a parametric band at 2.5kHz with a Q of 1.5.

HIGH

EDGE

This is a filtered limiter that gives your acoustic guitar a bright, edgy sound. This effect works by taking the original signal, filtering out all frequencies that fall below 2kHz, feeding that into a limiter and then mixing it back with the original, unfiltered, unlimited sound.

HUM CANCEL

The hum canceller eliminates unwanted low-end hum by eliminating the frequency that contains the hum (60Hz). Unlike the high-pass filter, this mode allows you to control how much noise you want to eliminate.

Turns on the high-pass filter, which reduces very low frequencies (below 80 Hz). Useful for getting rid of noise caused by air conditioners, passing cars or other lowfrequency rumble (great if you’re recording at home).

Turns off the high-pass filter.

Boosts or cuts frequencies below 150 Hz in 1 dB steps from -12dB to +12dB.

Turns off the LOW EQ band.

Boosts or cuts the 700 Hz range in 1 dB steps from -12dB to +12dB.

Turns off the LO MID EQ band.

Boosts or cuts the 2.5 kHz range in 1 dB steps from -12dB to +12dB.

Turns off the HI MID EQ band.

Boosts or cuts all frequencies above 5 kHz in 1 dB steps from -12dB to +12dB.

Turns off the HIGH EQ band.

Increasing amounts of edge.

Turns off EDGE.

Increasing levels of hum elimination (60Hz harmonic notch filters).

Turns off the hum canceller.

NOISE GATE

The noise gate eliminates unwanted noise by gating the signal, which means that it mutes the signal until the signal’s level rises above a certain point.

Increasing levels of gate threshold.

FX1 (Multi-Effect Module 1: Stereo Effects)

NOTE: For all of these programs, choosing 0 indicates the most subtle option, choosing 9 indicates

the least subtle option, and — where relevant — choosing P lets you control the effect with an optional external expression pedal attached to the back of the Coolfire.

Display Description

Turns off the noise gate.

horus. Adds fullness to your sound.

aser. Higher values result in more feedback.

langer. Shifts the pitch of the signal up and down, creating a swirling effect.

remolo. Higher values result in greater depth.

. Emulates the crisp, full sound of a 12-string guitar by creating the

12-StrinG

impression that your guitar has six additional strings that are tuned an octave higher than the original six.

ttack. Reduces the attack rate of the signal.

Slow A

Random S

frequency that changes to a new random value at fixed time intervals, producing an arpeggiator-like sound.

Rotary Speaker (L

Cry

ample and Hold Step Filter. Filters the signal with a cutoff

to Wah. U1 – U4 sweep up; U5 – U9 sweep down.

). Emulates the sound of the classic rotary speaker.

. Adds a human-like crying effect to the sound.

f. Indicates that FX1 is off.

FX2 (Multi-Effect Module 2: Delay/Reverb Effects)

NOTE: As with the FX1 module, choosing 0 indicates the most subtle option, choosing 9 indicates

the least subtle option, and — where relevant — choosing P lets you control the effect with an optional external expression pedal attached to the back of the Coolfire.

LEVEL

all Reverb. Simulates the reverberation of a concert hall.

oom Reverb. Simulates the reverberation of a regular room.

te Reverb. Simulates the classic “plate reverb” sound of a vibrating metal

Pla plate.

Reverse Reverb (u immediately before you hear the original signal, instead of after it.

oubling. Doubles the signal with a slight delay.

tereo Delay. A standard delay that occurs in stereo.

Ping PonG

ape Delay. Emulates the retro tape-delay effect.

cho. The classic echo effect.

f. Indicates that FX2 is off.

Level. Indicates the program output level in 2dB steps, where 25 is unity gain.

). Creates a backwards-playing reverb that you hear

Delay. Creates a delay that bounces back and forth in stereo.

Storing effects programs

After you’ve created a configuration that you like, you can store it for future recall. To store your changes, press the VALUE knob and then turn the knob to select a store location. Press the VALUE knob again to store the program.

Copying effects programs from one location to another

Copying programs is easy. Just call up the program that you want to copy. Then, press the VALUE knob, twist it until you find the location where you want to store your copy, and press VALUE again to store the program in its new location.

Restoring factory defaults for the effect settings

Once you have saved changes to a preset program, you can still recall the original settings. To enter the RESTORE FACTORY PRESETS mode, simply hold down the VALUE knob as you turn the unit on and then select the program to be restored (or AL for all programs). Press the VALUE knob to confirm your selection. The display will blink rapidly several times to indicate the restore was successful. Any program changes you have made will be lost, so you might want to copy the program to another location first.

To exit the RESTORE FACTORY PRESETS mode, just turn the EFFECTS knob. You can also turn the Coolfire off and then on again, without holding down any knobs or buttons, to exit the RESTORE FACTORY PRESETS mode.

Deferred program change

In normal operation, the Coolfire switches immediately to the program you select. However, in some situations — especially when playing live — you may want the ability to scroll through program numbers while remaining in the current program setting. For example, if you’ve got a clean and chorusy rhythm sound stored in program A3, and you want to switch next to a bright lead sound stored in program C5, you don’t want to have to hear all the programs in between. In these cases, use the Coolfire’s Deferred Program Change mode.

While turning on the Coolfire, hold down either one of the Program Up or Program Down buttons. Letters will scroll by on the display, spelling the word “deferred.”

In this mode, you can scroll through program numbers without having the program change each time. When you arrive at a program you want to use, press the Program Up and Program Down buttons or both pedals at the same time in order to switch to that program.

To exit Deferred Program Change mode, turn the Coolfire off, and then turn it back on again without holding down any buttons.

Bypassing the effects

To bypass the effects section entirely, hold down both the Program Up and Program Down buttons – or press both footswitches – for less than half a second. The screen will

read by (

You may now control the amplifier’s volume with the volume knob. Turning any other knob restores the effects.

Press both the Program Up and Program Down buttons – or press both footswitches at the same time – for more than half a second to enter both Bypass and Mute mode.

Play the open string you wish to tune. Use the following guide when tuning:

) to indicate that the effects have been bypassed.

Using the built-in tuner

isual Guide to Tuning

The bottom four segments rotate counterclockwise if pitch is low. The top four rotate clockwise if pitch is high. An 8

means pitch is in tune.

The twelve possible pitches (a decimal point indicates a sharp):

In tune

High

= no pitch detected

Tuning to a pitch other than A=440

If you turn the VALUE knob while using the tuner, the display shows you the setting for the Coolfire’s pitch reference, which is set to 440Hz (shown as ) for the A note above middle C. The possible range of values for this setting is 35 to 45, which represents 435Hz to 445Hz.

When you turn the Coolfire on and off again, the reference pitch is reset to 440Hz.

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Manual de inicio rápido para el usuario (Español)

Instalación rápida del Coolfire

y Asegúrese de que todos los artículos incluidos al inicio de este manual están

incluidos en la caja del Coolfire.

y Lea las Instrucciones importantes de seguridad incluidas con el Coolfire. y Estudie el Diagrama de conexión aquí abajo. y Asegúrese de que todos los equipos están apagados y de que todos los

potenciómetros de ganancia están en posición cero.

y Conecte su guitarra y otros equipos al Coolfire de la manera indicada más abajo. y Enchufe todos los dispositivos y enciéndalos. y Experimente con las combinaciones de efectos del Coolfire.

Cuando termine, apague el amplificador antes de desconectar cualquier equipo para evitar daños al altavoz.

y Visite http://www.alesis.com para registrar el Coolfire.

Cómo operar el panel frontal

1. Entrada – Enchufe su guitarra a esta entrada no balanceada de 1/4" usando un

cable TS.

2. Botones Arriba/Abajo de programa – Cambie el número del programa

con estos botones. Cuando se pulsan al mismo tiempo, colocan la unidad en los modos de desvío (Bypass) y Mute y tienen acceso el afinador (tuner).

3. Visualización – Indica el banco y el programa, muestra los valores de los

parámetros y visualiza el pitch en el modo de afinador (tuner).

4. Botón EFFECT (efecto) – Coloca el Coolfire en el modo PLAY (tocar) o

EDIT (modificar). Se encuentra en el modo EDIT cuando esta perilla está en cualquier posición que no sea PLAY.

5. El botón VALUE (valor) – Ajusta los valores de los parámetros y los números

de los programas; almacena los cambios.

6. Botón MASTER VOLUME (Volumen principal) – Controla el volumen de

la señal enviada al altavoz, auriculares, la SALIDA DE LA CONEXIÓN A ESTÉREO y la SALIDA DEL ALTAVOZ.

7. Conexión a los HEADPHONES (auriculares) – Enchufe sus auriculares

usando un enchufe de estéreo de 1/4".

8. Interruptor de alimentación – Enciende y apaga el Coolfire.

Cómo operar el panel posterior

1. Fusible – Fusible reemplazable. Mire el panel posterior del Coolfire para ver más

detalles.

2. Cable de alimentación – Enchufe este cable a una toma de corriente

adecuada de corriente alterna. Mire el panel posterior para ver más detalles.

3. Entrada de FOOTSWITCH UP/DOWN – Enchufe los interruptores de pie a

estos jacks de 1/4". Los interruptores de pie tienen la misma función que los botones hacia arriba y abajo para programas.

4. Entrada EXPRESSION PEDAL – Enchufe un pedal de expresión a este jack

de 1/4" para tener un control fácil de los parámetros de efectos.

5. Entrada AUX – ¡Enchufe un reproductor de CD u otro dispositivo de audio a

estos jacks de RCA y toque con la música!

6. Salida STEREO LINK – Use un cable TS de 1/4" TS para conectar este jack a

la entrada de otro amplificador para estéreo real. El Coolfire proporciona una salida de estéreo real en vez del mono estándar; muchos de los efectos excelentes de Coolfire sonarán aún mejor cuando los escuche en estéreo. Si no tiene otro amplificador, puede disfrutar de los efectos de estéreo escuchando con auriculares.

7. Salida SPEAKER OUTPUT – Use un cable TS de 1/4" TS para conectar este

jack a un altavoz externo de 8 ohmios. Esto desconecta el altavoz interno.

Cómo explorar los efectos del Coolfire

Coolfire no es sólo un amplificador de guitarra acústica con un excelente sonido. También contiene un procesador de efectos estéreo avanzado que está dedicado exclusivamente a mejorar el sonido de las guitarras acústicas. La compresión, las curvas de ecualización personalizadas, los coros, reverberaciones y mucho más, le permiten mejorar el sonido de su guitarra acústica de varias maneras tradicionales y poco convencionales.

Comience por explorar los programas predeterminados del Coolfire. Gire la perilla de efectos totalmente hacia la izquierda para seleccionar PLAY. Ahora, toque su guitarra eléctrica y explore los programas presionando los botones de subir y bajar del programa, girando la perilla de valor [VALUE], o usando los interruptores de pedal opcionales fijados en la parte posterior de la unidad.

Escuchará programas que tienen desde sonidos ultralimpios a sonidos rock y lavados. Si tiene la oportunidad, asegúrese de enchufar un par de auriculares estéreo en la parte de atrás del Coolfire para escuchar estos efectos en estéreo. Algunos de los efectos –que salen de los altavoces internos del Coolfire– le dan más vida al sonido en estéreo.

Cómo modificar los programas de efectos

Puede encontrar mucho más en los efectos del Coolfire que lo que se encuentra en los efectos preajustados. Coolfire tiene ocho módulos de efectos diferentes, como se muestra abajo:

Se accede a estos efectos usando el botón de efectos EFFECT del frente del Coolfire.

PLAY

Aquí, la pantalla le muestra el número del programa actual. Este es el modo que debería elegir para actuaciones en vivo, ya que le permite cambiar de programa fácilmente con los pedales de pie.

Indica la letra de banco y el número de programa actual.

COMP/LIMIT (Compresión del compresor/limitador)

TYPE (TIPO - modelado de guitarra)

Compresión. Agrega sustain (sostenidos) y suavidad al bajar el rango dinámico.

Limitación. Mantiene el volumen original, pero suaviza los picos más altos.

Off (Apagado). Apaga el COMP/LIMIT.

Clean (Limpio). War

(Caliente).

ight

Br (Brillante).

hythm

R (Ritmo).

umbo.

ive.

f (Apagado). Apaga el DIST.

El sonido limpio y natural de una guitarra acústica.

Un sonido oscuro y profundo típico de las guitarras que están fabricadas con palo rosa o caoba.

Hace resaltar las altas frecuencias para obtener el sonido nítido que se escucha normalmente de las acústicas con cuerpos más pequeños. Un sonido lleno y caliente que es perfecto para el rasgueo de las partes de ritmo. Da un poco más efecto de gama baja para ese sonido que asociado con las acústicas de cuerpos grandes. Le da un sonido crujiente como si estuviera tocando a través de un amplificador de válvulas y aumentando la ganancia. Los valores más altos significan más drive.

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