Page 2 - ii; Precautions
ii Precautions Location Using the unit in the following locations can result in a malfunction. • In direct sunlight• Locations of extreme temperature or humidity• Excessively dusty or dirty locations• Locations of excessive vibration• Close to magnetic fields Power supply Please connect the designat...
Page 3 - iii; Data Handling
iii Data Handling Incorrect operation or malfunction may cause the contents of memory to be lost, so we recom-mend that you save important data on a floppy disk or other media source. Please be aware that Korg will accept no responsibility for any damages which may result from loss of data. * A Unit...
Page 4 - iv; Quick Start; A G
iv Quick Start A G UIDE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO P LAY G UITAR F IRST , A ND R EAD THE M ANUAL L ATER ! ep, you’re right, the vast majority of manuals are about as interesting as watching paint dry and we know that you’re anxious to plug in to your new ToneLab and give it a whirl in the comfort of your...
Page 7 - vii; Table of Contents
vii Table of Contents Precautions .................................................................................................. ii Data Handling ............................................................................................. iii Quick Start............................................
Page 8 - viii
viii 5. UK BLUES .................................................................................................. 266. UK 68P ....................................................................................................... 267. UK ’80s ..........................................................
Page 9 - ix
ix F. REVERB Effects ................................................................................................ 40 1. OFF............................................................................................................. 402. SPRING ......................................................
Page 11 - Introduction; ELCOME
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 1 Introduction W ELCOME A BOARD ! any thanks for adding the VOX Valvetronix ToneLab to your sonic arse-nal. We’re sure it’ll give you countless hours of great guitar tones that will feel as good as they sound! To maximize your chance...
Page 12 - OWER
2 • ToneLab Sound Editor is an editor/librarian software that lets you visually edit ToneLab’s numerous parameters, and save and manage programs.To obtain the “ToneLab Sound Editor ,” please contact the VOX distributor in your country or download the latest version from: “http://www.voxamps.co.uk” o...
Page 13 - VERVIEW; ToneLab; IGNAL
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 3 Apart from the vital valve tone this ingenious power amp design provides, it also allows us to replicate various “circuit characteris-tics” that are unique to the all-valve power stages of the amps we’ve modelled. These “characteri...
Page 15 - A Guitarist’s Guided Panel Tour; OP; Preamp Controls
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 5 A Guitarist’s Guided Panel Tour ere we’re going to learn about the knobs, buttons, and jacks on ToneLab’s top and rear panel. To help make this manual as painless to use as possible, we’ve given it an inside back cover that folds o...
Page 16 - Power Amp Controls; PRESENCE Control
6 1.5 TREBLE Control 1.6 MIDDLE Control 1.7 BASS Control This trio of controls allows you to dial-in the exact amount of high, mid, and low frequencies. The manner in which each one of these controls behaves and interacts with the others is dependent on the amp type selected. NOTE: In keeping with t...
Page 21 - MIDI
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 11 R EAR P ANEL P OWER S UPPLY 6.1 ~AC9V Connect the included AC/AC power supply here. 6.2 STANDBY Switch This switches the unit between operating and standby conditions. MIDI 7.1 MIDI OUT Jack This jack transmits MIDI data to contro...
Page 22 - Setup; ASIC
12 Setup NOTE: You MUST turn off the power of all your equipment before you make con-nections. If you ignore this warning, you may damage your speaker system or experience malfunctions! B ASIC C ONNECTIONS 1. Use audio cables to connect the ToneLab’s OUTPUT L/MONO (9.2) to your mixer/recorder or gui...
Page 23 - SING; ToneLab F; OR
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 13 NOTE: Since ToneLab uses an actual valve (vacuum tube), it will produce no sound for several seconds until the valve warms up. This isn’t a malfunction – it’s just the nature of valves. U SING ToneLab F OR D IRECT -L INE R ECORDIN...
Page 25 - ROGRAMS; ELECTING; Make sure that ToneLab is in Program Select Mode.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 15 Selecting Programs or Manual Settings (Program Select Mode / Manual Mode) hen playing your guitar through ToneLab, you can either select one of the 96 programs, or Manual mode. To learn how to select a program – or Manual mode – r...
Page 26 - MANUAL MODE: What You See is What You Get!
16 G ETTING TO P ROGRAM S ELECT M ODE Here’s how to get to Program Select Mode. When you enter Program Select Mode, the bank number (1–24) will appear in the bank display (3.1). If the bank display shows “ ” (Manual Mode) This means that ToneLab is in Manual Mode. Do one of the following actions to ...
Page 29 - Repeat step 3 to finish entering a name for your program.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 19 A DJUSTING THE N OISE R EDUCTION (UTILITY “NR SENS”) Here’s how you can minimize any noise that might be heard during intervals when you’re not playing. NOTE: When using high Gain settings on amp types such as RECTO or US HIGAIN, ...
Page 31 - ODELS; Controlling Factors
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 21 Explanations of the Amp and Effect Types his section explains the sixteen amp models, ten cabinet models, ten pedal effects, and five modulation, three delay, and three reverb effects. A. AMP M ODELS Which amps did we painstakingly ...
Page 32 - About the Gain and Volume knobs
22 on the original then PRESENCE will be an added control on our model. This time though, the “neutral” position is when the control is all the way off (turned fully counterclockwise). The two models this applies to are BLACK 2x12 and TWEED 1x12. IMPORTANT NOTE: As you’ll discover when you read thei...
Page 33 - Tube Talk
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 23 Tube Talk Us Brits call ‘em valves while our US cousins call ‘em tubes...as the saying goes: England and America are merely two countries divided by a common language! Anyway, call ‘em what you will, these wondrous glass bottles lie...
Page 41 - CABINET AND SPEAKER ACCURACY
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 31 B. CABINET M ODELS Now let’s look at the CABINET models: CABINET AND SPEAKER ACCURACY There’s not much point in having incredibly accurate amp models if the speaker cabinet models on offer aren’t of the same exacting standards. As y...
Page 43 - SOME RECOMMENDATIONS
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 33 11. OFF OK, this not a cabinet. The OFF position turns off the cabinet modelling area of the ToneLab, and allows the direct amp models to be sent directly to the outputs. When would you use this? When you are connecting directly to ...
Page 44 - FFECTS
34 Due to the flexibility of your ToneLab, mixing and matching all of the amp and cabinet models can be done with the turn of a switch, without any risk of blow-ing the speakers up. Something that cannot be done in real life (unfortu-nately!). This capability can lead to some very interesting combin...
Page 51 - Tuner; UNING; ALIBRATING
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 41 Tuner or your convenience, ToneLab houses a built-in auto chromatic tuner that can be calibrated between 438 Hz and 445 Hz. T UNING P ROCEDURE 1. Simply press the TUNER button (3.7) and the auto chromatic tun...
Page 55 - Control via MIDI; ONNECTING; MIDI D; EVICE
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 45 Control via MIDI IDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and is a world-wide standard for exchanging various types of musical data between electronic musical instruments and computers. When MIDI ...
Page 56 - MIDI C; HANNEL; Set the MIDI channel of your connected external MIDI device.; ROGRAM
46 NOTE: You will need a MIDI interface in order to connect your computer with ToneLab.Some USB-MIDI interface devices may not be able to transmit/receive the ToneLab’s MIDI exclusive messages. S ETTING THE MIDI C HANNEL (GLOBAL “MIDI CH”) In order to exchange data with an external MIDI device, Tone...
Page 59 - ACKING; ESTORING; Connect the transmitting device’s MIDI OUT to ToneLab’s MIDI IN.
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 49 B ACKING U P 1. Connect ToneLab’s MIDI OUT to the MIDI IN of the device that will receive the data dump. 2. If you want to transmit only one program, use Program Select Mode to select the program you want to ...
Page 61 - While holding down the three buttons
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 51 Restoring the Factory Preset Programs ere’s how you can restore ToneLab’s programs and all its other settings to the state in which it was shipped from the factory. NOTE: This operation will permanently erase...
Page 62 - Troubleshooting; The amp isn’t powering up when the STANDBY switch is
52 Troubleshooting f you suspect a malfunction, please check the following points first. If this does not resolve the problem, contact a nearby dealer. 1. The amp isn’t powering up when the STANDBY switch is “on” • Is the AC/AC power supply connected to the rear panel ~AC9V jack?• Is the AC/AC power...
Page 63 - You can’t hear any MODULATION, DELAY or REVERB effects; You’re using the ACOUSTIC pedal effect and getting nasty
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 53 5. You can’t hear any MODULATION, DELAY or REVERB effects even though they’re dialed in... • Are the effect LEDs lit? If an LED is dark, the corresponding effect is off. Press the TYPE button to select an eff...
Page 64 - MIDI Implementation Chart
54 MIDI Implementation Chart Date : 2002. 12.20 ToneLab Memorized [VOX Valvetronix] Effect Control 0–95 MIDI Implementation Chart Basic Channel Default Changed Aftertouch Pitch Bend Polyphonic (Key) Monophonic (Channel) Velocity Note On Note Off Note Number: True Voice Mode Memorized Messages Altere...
Page 66 - Specifications
56 Specifications NUMBER OF AMP TYPES: 16 NUMBER OF CABINET TYPES: 10 NUMBER OF EFFECTS PEDAL TYPES: 10 MODULATION TYPES: 5 DELAY TYPES: 3 REVERB TYPES: 3 NOISE REDUCTION: 1 NUMBER OF PROGRAMS: 96 (24 BANKS x 4 CHANNELS) AUDIO INPUTS INPUT x 1 AUDIO OUTPUTS OUTPUT x 2 (balanced/unbalanced TRS) DIGIT...
Page 67 - Program list
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 57 Program list 1-1 BLIZZARD 1-2 HYSTERIA 1-3 BIZKIT 1-4 MAYTONE 2-1 CLN-EDGE 2-2 AC15TREM 2-3 BEETLE 2-4 QUEEN FL AMP CABINET TREBLE MIDDLE BASS PRESENCE GAIN VR GAIN CH VOLUME UK MODERN UK H30 4x12 4.8 6.4 5 3...
Page 73 - Index; Symbols
Reference data 63 Index Symbols 16 Numerics 1OCTAVE 36 2OCTAVE 36 A AC15 23 AC15TB 24 AC30 25 AC30TB 25 ACOUSTIC 35 AMP Models 21 ATTACK 34 , 35 AUTO WAH 35 B Backing Up 49 BASS 21 , 35 BLACK 2x10 (BLK 2X10) 31 BLACK 2x12 (BLK 2X12) 29 , 31 BODY 35 BOUTIQUE CL (BTQ CL) 28 BOUTIQUE OD (BTQ OD) 28 BYP...
Page 75 - Program Sheet
Program Sheet PROGRAM NAME: NR (NOISE REDUCTION): TAP TEMPO: NOTE: PROGRAM NAME: NR (NOISE REDUCTION): TAP TEMPO: NOTE: This sheet is for you to write down your favorite settings. When you come up with a sound you like, write it down for future use. We suggest that you photocopy the program sheet be...
