Crate VTX200 User's Guide

User’s GuideVTX200Three-Channel Guitar Amplifierwith Stereo Digital SignalProcessing

10DSP Factory Presets:DELAYDELAYDELAYEFFECTSEFFECTSEFFECTSSAVE / TAPSAVE / TAPSAVE / TAPREVERBREVERBOCTOCT-PHASEPHASEWAHWAHWAHAHCHORUSFLANGEPHASERSING

11DSP Factory Presets:DELAYDELAYDELAYEFFECTSEFFECTSEFFECTSSAVE / TAPSAVE / TAPSAVE / TAPREVERBREVERBOCTOCT-PHASEPHASEWAHWAHWAHAHCHORUSFLANGEPHASERSING

12Suggested Settings:VTX200Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSPDELAYEFFECTSSAVE / TAPREVERBHIGHMIDLEVELGAINLOWHIGHHIGHMIDMIDLEVELLEVELGAINGA

13Suggested Settings:VTX200Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSPDELAYDELAYDELAYEFFECTSEFFECTSEFFECTSSAVE / TAPSAVE / TAPSAVE / TAPREVERBREVER

14DSP “Fill in the Blanks” (User Settings):DELAYDELAYDELAYEFFECTSEFFECTSEFFECTSSAVE / TAPSAVE / TAPSAVE / TAPREVERBREVERBOCTOCT-PHASEPHASEWAHWAHWAHAHC

15System Block Diagram:MUTEREVERB EFFECTSDELAYINPUTCHANNEL 1INPUTBUFFERGAINMIDHIGH LOWLEVELFLEXWAVE(LOWGAIN)CHANNEL 2GAINMIDHIGH LOWLEVELFLEXWAVE(MEDI

VTX200 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:Output Power Rating 70W per channel @5% THD, 8 ohm load100W per channel @5% THD, 4 ohm loadSpeaker Size and Rating (2)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3The Top Panel . . . . . .

3Congratulations!You are now the proud owner of the Crate VTX200 three-channel guitar amplifierwith Stereo Digital Signal Processing (DSP). This rugge

4The Top Panel:DELAYEFFECTSSAVE / TAPREVERBHIGHMIDLEVELGAINLOWHIGHHIGHMIDMIDLEVELLEVELGAINGAINLOWLOWHIGHHIGHMIDMIDLEVELLEVELGAINGAINLOWLOWOCT-PHASEWAH

520: MUTE: This switch, when depressed, mutes the output signal at the speaker jacks and the effectsloops, allowing you to silently tune or switch ins

6FOOTSWITCHLEFTSENDRETURNSEND RETURNRIGHT(CHORUS DRY) (CHORUS WET)SPEAKER OUTPUTS100 WATTS @ 4 OHM MINIMUM LOADSTEREOEFFECTS LOOPMONOEFFECTS LOOP29 30

7The DSP Section:The VTX200 features DSP controlsfor Effects, Delay and Reverb. Completeinformation about the Effects and Delaycontrols is given below

8Storing Your Own Presets:Each channel of the VTX200 has two factory assigned DSP presets, as shown onpages 10 and 11. No matter what the settings of

9VTX200Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with Stereo DSPUsing the Footswitch:The special Crate four-button footswitch supplied with the VTX200 performs a