Crate Amplifiers GTX120, GTX212 User Manual
Owner’s Manual
GTX212
GTX120
Congratulations!
Y ou are now the proud owner of the Crate GTX120/212 amplifier. This rugged amplifier combines outstanding features with serious clean and distorted sounds. An easy to operate DSPsection
lets you dial in a variety of digital effects including reverbs, delays, octave and wah-wahs – with a
separate level control. Crate’s unique Channel T racking feature means that as you switch between
channels and gains, the DSP automatically “tracks” the changes - your DSP settings for each channel are stored and automatically recalled! The supplied three-button footswitch allows you to select
channels, change the overdrive gain, and turn the DSPon and off by “remote control.”
Like all Crate products, your GTX120/212 is designed by musicians, and built using only the
best components. Extensive testing confirms that this amplifier is the absolute best it can be.
In order to get the most out of your new amplifier, we strongly urge you to read the information
contained in this manual before you begin playing.
And thank you
for choosing CRA TE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Digital Signal Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Channel Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 5
Suggested Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .back cover
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• READ, FOLLOW, HEED, AND KEEPALL INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS.
• DO NOT OPERATE NEAR ANY HEAT SOURCE AND DO NOTBLOCK ANY VENTILATION OPENINGS ON THIS APPARATUS.
• DO NOT USE THIS APPARATUS NEAR SPLASHING, FALLING, SPRAYING, OR STANDING LIQUIDS.
• CLEAN ONLY WITH LINT-FREE DAMP CLOTH AND DO NOT USE CLEANING AGENTS.
• ONLY CONNECT POWER CORD TO A POLARIZED, SAFETY GROUNDED OUTLET WIRED TO CURRENT ELECTRICAL CODES AND
COMPATIBLE WITH VOLTAGE, POWER, AND FREQUENCYREQUIREMENTS STATED ON THE REAR PANEL OF THE APPARATUS.
• PROTECT THE POWER CORD FROM DAMAGE DUE TO BEING WALKED ON, PINCHED, OR STRAINED.
• UNPLUG THE APPARATUS DURING LIGHTNING STORMS OR WHEN UNUSED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
• ONLY USE ATTACHMENTS, ACCESSORIES, STANDS, OR BRACKETS SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR SAFE OPERA-
TION AND TO AVOID INJURY.
• THIS APPARATUS DOES NOT OPERATE NORMALLY AND REQUIRES SERVICE WITH ANY PHYSICAL DAMAGE FROM IMPACTOR
ANY EXPOSURE TO MOISTURE.
• SERVICE MUST BE PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
• OUR AMPLIFIERS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS. CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO HIGH SOUND
PRESSURE LEVELS CAN CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING IMPAIRMENT OR LOSS. USER CAUTION IS ADVISED AND EAR PROTECTION IS RECOMMENDED IF UNIT IS OPERATED AT HIGH VOLUME.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC
SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT
REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
"IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE USER TO REFER TO THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL"
“ES NECESARIO QUE EL USUARIO SE REFIERA AL MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES.”
"REFERREZ-VOUS AU MANUAL D'UTILISATION"
EXPLANATION OF GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS:
EXPLICACION DE SIMBOLOS GRAFICOS:
EXPLICATION DES SYMBÔLES GRAPHIQUES:
"DANGEROUS VOLTAGE"
“VOLTAJE PELIGROSO”
"DANGER HAUTE TENSION"
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PRECAUCION
RIESGO DE CORRIENTAZO
NO ABRA
ADVERTENCIA: REDUCIR EL RIESGO DE FUEGO O CHOQUE ELÉCTRICO, NO LE EXPONE DE ESTE APARATO A LLUVIA O HUMEDAD. PARA
DISMINUOIR EL RIESGO DE CORRIENTAZO. NO ABRA LA CUBIERTA.
NO HAY PIEZAS ADENTRO QUE EL USARIO PUEDO REPARAR DEJE
TODO MANTENIMIENTO A LOS TECHNICOS CALIFICADOS.
ATTENTION
RISQUE D'ELECTROCUTION
NE PAS OUVRIR
ATTENTION: POUR REDUIRE D'ELECTROCUTION NE PAS
ENLEVER LE COUVERCLE. AUCUNE PIECE INTERNE N'EST
REPRABLE PAR L'UTILISATEUR. POUR TOUTE REPARATION,
S'ADRESSER A UN TECHNICIEN QUALIFIE.
GTX120/212 Guitar Amplifier with
DSP & Channel Tracking
The Digital Signal Processor:
Crate’s Digital Signal Processing offers 16 exciting digital effects, accessible through the DSP
Mode control. The effects are described below .
3
Channel T
racking:
Your Crate GTX120/212 gives you the power of Channel Tracking! Once you select a DSP setting for each channel, Channel Tracking recalls those DSPsettings automatically – without changing the DSP controls! For example:
• Select the Clean channel. Set the DSP Mode to “8”
(slow deep flange w/reverb)
• Select the Rhythm/Solo channel, Gain 1. Set the DSP Mode to “10” (slow chorus w/reverb)
(the setting for the Clean channel is now saved to memory)
• Select the Rhythm/Solo channel, Gain 2. Set the DSP Mode to “14” (touch wah)
(the setting for the Rhythm/Solo channel, Gain 1 is now saved to memory)
• Reselect the Clean channel (the setting for the Rhythm/Solo channel, Gain 2 is now saved to memory)
Now when you go back to the Clean channel, even though the DSP Mode was last set to “14”
(touch wah), Channel Tracking automatically recalls the last setting for the Clean channel – in this
example, “8” (slow flange). Change to the Rhythm/Solo channel, Gain 1, and “10” (chorus) is
recalled. Change to the Rhythm/Solo channel, Gain 2, and “14” (touch wah) is recalled. That’s the
power of Channel Tracking!
(Note: Even when the power is turned off, Channel T racking still retains the settings – until you change them!)
GTX120/212 Guitar Amplifier with
DSP & Channel Tracking
1
small room reverb
2
medium room reverb
3
large room reverb
4
concert hall reverb
5
short slapback w/small room reverb
6
medium delay w/plate reverb
7
long delay w/large room reverb
8
slow deep flange w/reverb
9
flange w/reverb & delay
10
slow chorus w/reverb
11
chorus w/reverb & delay
12
rotating speaker
13
14
15
16
octave down
touch wah
inverse wah
doubler
Use the DSP Mode control to access
any of the 16 built-in digital effects.
Use the Level control to mix in the
desired amount of each effect.
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