Line 6 Crunchtone User Manual

Pilot’s Handbook for Crunchtone

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Line 6, ToneCore, Constrictor, Crunchtone, Echo Park, Space Chorus, Tap Tremolo and Über Metal are trademarks of Line 6, Inc.

CAUTION

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.

The exclamation point within a triangle means, “Caution!” Please read the information next to all caution signs.

The lightning symbol within a triangle means, “Electrical caution!” It indicates the presence of information about operating voltage and potential risks of electrical shock.

Crunchtone Pilot’s Handbook © 2004, Line 6, Inc.

You should read these Important Safety Instructions.

Keep these instructions in a safe place.

Before using your ToneCore, carefully read the applicable items of these operating instructions and the safety suggestions.

1.Obey all warnings on the pedal and in the ToneCore Pilot's Handbook.

2.Connect optional power supply only to AC power outlets rated 100-120V or 200-240V 47-63Hz (see indications on optional power supply).

3.Do not perform service operations beyond those described in the ToneCore Pilot's Handbook. Service is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as:

•power-supply cord or plug is damaged

•liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus

•the unit has been exposed to rain or moisture

•the unit does not operate normally or changes in performance in a significant way

•the unit is dropped or the enclosure is damaged.

4.Do not place near heat sources, such as radiators, heat registers, or appliances which produce heat.

5.Guard against objects or liquids entering the enclosure. Do not use or place unit near water.

6.Unplug the power supply when not in use for extended periods of time. Unplug the power supply during lightning storms.

7.Clean only with a damp cloth.

8.Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

9.Prolonged listening at high volume levels may cause irreparable hearing loss and/or damage. Always be sure to practice “safe listening.”

Crunchtone Pilot’s Handbook

Output your ToneCore to your amplifer, or route it through another pedal.

MIX REPEAT TIME

MOD

Conect your guitar using a standard cable.

LEVEL	BASS
BLUES • POP • CRUNCH

TREBLE DRIVE

GATE

OFF • 1 • 2

			TAP TEMPO:			TRAILS
			TAP LIGHTLY
		TAPEDIGITAL ANALOG			OFFON

	GATE
LEVEL	SUSTAIN
	COMPRESSOR DYNAMICS
	COMPACTSQUEEZEMELLOW

You can, of course, feed your ToneCore with another effect pedal instead of a guitar.

Greetings and salutations! Thank you for inviting the Line 6 Crunchtone overdrive pedal into your life.

Effect On-Off / Power Indicator Light

The Power Indicator Light on your ToneCore uses two colors to indicate the pedal’s state:

•Light not lit – Effect is bypassed (off)

•GREEN – Effect is engaged (on)

•RED (flashing) – Batteries should be replaced

This low power indication will override all other states

Connections and Power Indicator Light

In Jack

Here’s where it all begins. Use a standard guitar cable to connect your guitar, or the output of another effect to use in combination with your ToneCore. Like most pedals, inserting a plug into this jack will turn on the power to your ToneCore. Disconnect the plug from this jack when the ToneCore is not being used.

Out Jack

Use a standard guitar cable to connect to the input of a guitar amp, or the input of another effect that will feed your amp.

Power Jack

Connect an optional ToneCore-compatible Line 6 power supply like the DC-1, and you'll never need a 9-volt battery again!

Foot Switch

Stomp on this to turn Crunchtone’s effect sound processing on and off.

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LEVEL BASS TREBLE DRIVE

GATE

BLUES • POP • CRUNCH	OFF • 1 • 2

Level

This sets the output level. Higher levels will hit the amp or effect fed by the Crunchtone with more signal level, giving you more volume. If the level is high enough, it may also cause more distortion to be created within the receiving amp or pedal.

Bass

Add more low end to your sound by turning this knob up, or reduce it by turning the knob down. Point the knob straight up to leave your tone unaltered.

Treble

Just like the Bass knob, only it’s working the high end. Point the knob straight up to leave your tone alone.

Drive

The drive knob controls the amount of distortion created within your Crunchtone. You may want to use the Gate to tame unwanted noise, especially when you've got the Drive set high.

Controls

Model Switch

Give this a flick to reconfigure the virtual circuitry inside your CrunchTone, and enjoy three distinctly different sound “flavors”:

Blues is designed to produce a glassy, snappy 6L6-style overdrive tone for playing the blues.

Pop is just the thing when you need a nice, 60’s-style Class A pop rock bark.

Crunch gives a punchy, slightly compressed overdrive tone, much like what you'd get from a full stack amp- and-cab setup.

Gate

Off – Disables the Gate.

Gate 1 – A soft and mild noise gate, self-adjusting to your current Drive knob setting (cool, huh?).

Gate 2 – A heavy, fast-clamping gate. Great for those aggressive metal chords and palm muting.

Battery Access Instructions

1) Depress pedal fully.

2) While holding pedal, squeeze both sides of hinge as shown.

3)Squeezing hinge, r a i s e p e d a l t o reveal battery.

Power Supply

Connect an optional Line 6 DC-1 power supply and you'll never need a 9-volt battery again! It is also compatible with most popular 9 Volt DC stomp boxes. Using the power supply will disconnect the battery.

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Battery Access Instructions

POWER REQUIREMENTS
	Min	Nominal	Max
Supply Voltage	6 VDC	9.6 VDC	16 VDC
Supply Current
@ 9.6 VDC	40mADC	60mADC 100mADC
Power	0.4 Watt	0.6 Watt	1 Watt
@ 9.6VDC

Crunchtone Pilot’s Handbook

LEVEL BASS TREBLE DRIVE

LEVEL BASS TREBLE DRIVE

LEVEL BASS TREBLE DRIVE

GATE

GATE

GATE

BLUES • POP • CRUNCH

OFF • 1 • 2

BLUES • POP • CRUNCH

OFF • 1 • 2

BLUES • POP • CRUNCH

OFF • 1 • 2

Mark the knob and switch settings for your favorite tones above.

Example Tones

LEVEL BASS TREBLE DRIVE

LEVEL BASS TREBLE DRIVE

LEVEL BASS TREBLE DRIVE

GATE

GATE

GATE

BLUES • POP • CRUNCH

OFF • 1 • 2

BLUES • POP • CRUNCH

OFF • 1 • 2

BLUES • POP • CRUNCH

OFF • 1 • 2

Texas Blues

Across The Pond

Stack O’ Drive

Give this setting a try when you're

We like this setting for those nice,

This setting should give you a

brewing up some Texas shuffle blues.

jangly pop chords.

generous helping of distortion for

thick, sustaining single note lines.

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Dieses Gerät entspricht den Grenzwerten von “Part 15” der FCC-Bestimmungen für Digital-Geräte der Klasse B. Die Bedienung unterliegt folgenden beiden Bedingungen: (1) Das Gerät darf keine schädlichen Interferenzen verursachen; (2) das Gerät muss alle empfangenen Interferenzen akzeptieren, darunter auch Interferenzen, die Funktionsstörungen verursachen könnten.

WARNUNG

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Bitte die folgenden wichtigen Sicherheitshinweise durchlesen. Bewahre diese Anleitung an einem sicheren Ort auf.

Vor dem Einsatz des ToneCore musst du dir alle zutreffenden Punkte und Sicherheitshinweise durchlesen.

1.Beachte alle auf dem ToneCore selbst und im Pilotenhandbuch aufgeführten Warnungen.

2.Verbinde das optionale Netzteil nur mit einer 100~120Vbzw. 200~240V/47~63Hz-Steckdose (je nachdem, welche Spannung dein Modell benötigt; siehe das Typenschild des Netzteils).

3.Führe nur die im ToneCore-Pilotenhandbuch erwähnten Bedienvorgänge aus. In folgenden Fällen muss das Produkt zur Reparatur eingereicht werdens:

•wenn das Netzkabel oder der Stecker beschädigt ist

•wenn Flüssigkeiten oder Fremdkörper in das Geräteinnere gelangt sind

•wenn das Produkt Regen oder Feuchtigkeit ausgesetzt war

•wenn sich das Gerät abnormal oder nicht mehr in vollem Umfang erwartungsgemäß verhält

•wenn das Produkt hingefallen ist und das Gehäuse Schäden aufweist.

4.Stelle das Produkt niemals in die Nähe von Wärmequellen, z.B. Heizkörpern, Öfen oder anderen Geräten, die starke Hitze erzeugen.

5.Sorge dafür, dass weder Fremdkörper noch Flüssigkeiten in das Geräteinnere gelangen. Verwende dieses Produkt niemals in der Nähe von Wasser.

6.Löse den Netzanschluss, wenn du das Gerät längere Zeit nicht verwenden möchtest. Im Falle eines Gewitters muss sofort der Netzanschluss gelöst werden.

7.Reinige diese Produkt nur mit einem feuchten Tuch.

8.Verwende nur Halterungen/Zubehörteile, die vom Hersteller ausdrücklich empfohlen werden.

9.Setze dich niemals über längere Zeiträume hohen Schallpegeln aus, weil das zu Gehörverlust führen kann. Achte immer auf einen auch aus medizinischer Warte “vernünftigen” Pegel.

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Verbinde denAusgang desToneCorePedals mit dem Eingang deines Verstärkers oder eines anderen Pedals.

MIX REPEAT TIME

MOD

Für dieVerbindung der Gitarre benötigst du ein herkömmliches Kabel.

LEVEL	BASS
BLUES • POP • CRUNCH

TREBLE DRIVE

GATE

OFF • 1 • 2

			TAP TEMPO:			TRAILS
			TAP LIGHTLY
		TAPEDIGITAL ANALOG			OFFON

	GATE
LEVEL	SUSTAIN
	COMPRESSOR DYNAMICS
	COMPACTSQUEEZEMELLOW

Selbstverständlich kann man auch den Ausgang eines anderen Effektpedals an das ToneCore-Pedal anschließen.

Sei gegrüßt und geküsst! Erstmal vielen Dank, dass du dich zur Adoption eines “Crunchtone” OverdrivePedals von Line 6 durchgerungen hast.

Effekt-/Stromdiode

Die Stromdiode zeigt den Status des ToneCore-Pedals anhand zweier Farben an:

•Diode aus – Der Effekt wird umgangen (aus)

•GRÜN – Der Effekt ist aktiv (an)

•ROT (blinkt) – Die Batterie muss ausgewechselt werden. Diese Warnung hat Vorrang vor allen anderen Angaben.

Anschlüsse und Stromanzeige

Eingang

Hier geht’s los. Schließe hier das Kabel deiner Gitarre bzw. den Ausgang eines anderen Effekts an, den du mit diesem ToneCore kombinieren möchtest. Wie die meisten Tretminen wird das ToneCore eingeschaltet, sobald man hier einen Klinkenstecker anschließt. Löse jene Verbindung also, wann immer du das ToneCorePedal nicht verwenden möchtest.

Ausgang: D i e s e B u c h s e m u s s t d u ü b e r e i n herkömmliches Gitarrenkabel mit dem Verstärker bzw. dem Eingang eines anderen Effektpedals verbinden.

Netzanschluss: Wenn du hier ein (optionales) ToneCore-kompatibles Netzteil wie das DC-1 von Line 6 anschließt, brauchst du nie mehr eine 9V-Batterie!

Fußschalter: Hiermit schaltest du den CrunchtoneEffekt abwechselnd ein und aus.

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LEVEL BASS TREBLE DRIVE

GATE

BLUES • POP • CRUNCH	OFF • 1 • 2

Level

Hiermit regelst du die Lautstärke. Je weiter du den Regler nach rechts drehst, desto lauter ist das Crunchtone-Ausgangssignal. Wenn der Pegel zu hoch ist, fängt der Verstärker eventuell an zu zerren, was wohl nicht immer in deinem Sinn ist.

Bass

Hiermit kannst du den Bassanteil des Signals anheben (nach rechts drehen) oder absenken (nach links). Wenn sich der Regler in der Mitte befindet, ändert sich nichts am Sound.

Treble

Verhält sich wie der BASS-Regler, beeinflusst aber die Höhen. Wenn er sich in der Mitte befindet, ändert sich nichts am Sound.

Drive

Hiermit bestimmst du, wie stark das Crunchtone-Pedal das Eingangssignal verzerrt. Wenn’s allzu stark brummt und rauscht, musst du eventuell die Gate-Einstellung erhöhen. Bei hohen DRIVE-Werten ist das Pflicht.

Bedienelemente

Modellwahlschalter

Hiermit kannst du die virtuellen Schaltkreise des C r u n c h To n e “ u m p o l e n ” u n d e i n e v o n d r e i Bearbeitungen wählen:

Mit “Blues” erzielst du die gläserne und direkte Verzerrung im Stile edler 6L6-Röhren.

“Pop” vertritt die warme “Class A”-Verzerrung der 1960er, als der Rock noch kratzbürstig sein durfte. “Crunch” erzeugt eine druckvolle, leicht komprimierte Übersteuerung, die an den Sound eines großen Röhrenturms erinnert.

Gate

Off – Das Gate ist ausgeschaltet.

Gate 1 – Einfühlsame Gate-Schaltung, deren Wirkung sich nach der DRIVE-Einstellung richtet (cool, näh?). Gate 2 – Schnell zupackendes Gate, das sich vor allem für aggressive und brutal gedämpfte Metal-Akkorde eignet.

Auswechseln der Batterie

1)Drücke das Pedal vollständig hinunter.

3) Halte das Scharnier gedrückt, während du das Pedal nach oben klappst.

2)Halte das Pedal fest, während du von beiden Seiten auf das Scharnier drückst (siehe Abbildung).