Crate VTX200 - Manuals

5 20: MUTE: This switch, when depressed, mutes the output signal at the speaker jacks and the effectsloops, allowing you to silently tune or switch instruments. The adjacent LED illuminates when theMute function is active. 21: TUNER: The electronic tuner is active whenever the amplifier is turned on...

7 The DSP Section: The VTX200 features DSP controls for Effects, Delay and Reverb. Completeinformation about the Effects and Delaycontrols is given below. The Effects con-trol selects the “pitch modified” and waheffects. Many of these effects have their speed controlled by the Save/Tap button. TheDe...

8 Storing Your Own Presets: Each channel of the VTX200 has two factory assigned DSP presets, as shown on pages 10 and 11. No matter what the settings of the DSP controls, the preset is recalledwhen a channel is selected. You may change the DSP settings by rotating the DSP con-trols - these changes w...

9 VTX200 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP Using the Footswitch: The special Crate four-button footswitch supplied with the VTX200 performs a variety of functions. The footswitch allows remote channel selection, remote Tap/Savefor each channel, and allows access to an additional DSP pre...

10 DSP Factory Presets: DELAY DELAY DELAY EFFECTS EFFECTS EFFECTS SAVE / TAP SAVE / TAP SAVE / TAP REVERB REVERB OCT OCT- PHASE PH AS E WA H W AH W AH A H C H O R U S F LA NG E PH A S E R S IN G LE EC HO PIN G P O N G S P E C IA L DELAY DELAY DELAY EFFECTS EFFECTS EFFECTS SAVE / TAP SAVE / TAP SAVE ...

13 Suggested Settings: VTX200 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSP DELAY DELAY DELAY EFFECTS EFFECTS EFFECTS SAVE / TAP SAVE / TAP SAVE / TAP REVERB REVERB HIGH HIGH MID MID LEVEL LEVEL GAIN GAIN LOW LOW HIGH MID LEVEL GAIN LOW HIGH MID LEVEL GAIN LOW OCT OCT- PHAS E PH AS E W AH W AH W A ...

14 DSP “Fill in the Blanks” (User Settings): DELAY DELAY DELAY EFFECTS EFFECTS EFFECTS SAVE / TAP SAVE / TAP SAVE / TAP REVERB REVERB OCT OCT- PHASE PH AS E WA H W AH W AH A H C H O R U S F LA NG E PH A S E R S IN G LE EC HO PIN G P O N G S P E C IA L DELAY DELAY DELAY EFFECTS EFFECTS EFFECTS SAVE /...

15 System Block Diagram: MUTE REVERB EFFECTS DELAY INPUT CHANNEL 1 INPUT BUFFER GAIN MID HIGH LOW LEVEL FLEX WAVE (LOW GAIN) CHANNEL 2 GAIN MID HIGH LOW LEVEL FLEX WAVE (MEDIUM GAIN) CHANNEL 3 GAIN MID HIGH LOW LEVEL FLEX WAVE (HIGH GAIN) SWITCH CONTROLLER DSP TAP/ SAVE DSP A/B FOOTSWITCH 1 2 3 4 TU...

VTX200 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating 70W per channel @5% THD, 8 ohm load 100W per channel @5% THD, 4 ohm load Speaker Size and Rating (2) Celestion Seventy 80W 12” 8 ohm Input Impedance 470k Ω Total System Gain Ch 1 74dB, all controls @10 Ch 2 88dB, all controls @10 Ch 3 103dB, all c...