Free The Tone PA-1QG, PA-1QB Owner's Manual

PA-1QG·PA-1QB/

PROGRAMMABLE
ANALOG 10 BAND EQ

GRAPHIC EQUALIZER

OWNER’S MANUAL

Ver 1.0

2 3

Thank you for c hoosing a Free The Tone prod uct.

In order to take ful l advantage of the fe atures and per formance it p rovides, pleas e read this owner’s

manual thoroughly and keep i t in a safe place for fu ture reference.

Table of Contents

Controls and Indicators

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Front Panel

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Rear Panel

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Adjusting Equalizer

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Editing/Writing Preset Contents

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5

Recalling a Preset

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Setting Up MIDI Signals

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Transmitting Data to/f rom an Exter nal Device

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Updating Firmware

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Initializing

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MIDI Specifications

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PA-1QG (for Guitar) Factor y Presets

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PA-1QB (for Bass) Factory Pre sets

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Product Specifications

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Safety Precautions

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Handling Precautions

• Never connect or disconnect plugs to/from the input/output terminals on the PA-1QG/PA-1QB

when the exte rnal device that drives spea kers is powered. Doi ng so can cause no ises and dam-

age the speakers.

• Avoid a pplying exces sive force to the footswitches, tact switche s, and DIN connectors on the

PA-1QG /PA -1QB .

• If th e unit malfunc tions or behaves e rratically, cease operation at onc e and contact your l ocal

dealer or Free The Tone directly.

Controls and Indicators

Front Panel

SAVE switch

PARAMETER encoderLEVEL display

Equalizer display

PRESET display



cursor key s witch

PRESET S ELECT swit ch

PRESET switch

EFFECT ON/OFF switch

Pressed w hen saving par ameters in a pre set.

Editing/Writing Preset Contents  p.5

Turned when adj usting the boo st

amount of the s elected fre quency or the

volume for th e preset.

Adjustin g Equalizer  p.5

Pressed w hen confirmi ng the operati on

to save parame ters in a preset.

Editing/Writing Preset Contents  p.5

Shows the boo st amount of the

selected f requency or volume

for the prese t.

Adjustin g Equalizer  p.5
Adjusting Preset’s Volume  p.5

Shows the cur rently reca lled preset’

equalizer status or preset’s volume.

Adjustin g Equalizer  p.5

Adjusting Preset’s Volume  p.5

Shows the num ber for

the curren tly recalle d

preset.

Selects th e frequency o r

volume to be adj usted.

Adjustin g Equalizer  p.5

Pressed w hen switch pres ets 1–4. Each pres s selects

the preset a s follows: PRESET-1



PR ESET- 2 

PR ESET- 3

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PRESET-4  PRES ET-1 ...

Recalli ng a Preset  p.6

Pressed w hen

recallin g a preset.

Recalli ng a Preset  p.6

Pressed to tu rn on/off the equ alizer

effects. T he LED above the switch

illumina tes when the swi tch is turned on.