Crate Flexwave FW120 Owner's Manual

Crate Flexwave FW120 Owner's Manual

Three-channel guitar amplifier with dsp and channel tracking

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Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier
with DSP and Channel Tracking
Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier with DSP and Channel Tracking Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    FlexWave120/212 Guitar Amplifier w/DSP and Channel Tracking TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ... 3 Channel Tracking ... 4 The Front Panel ... 5 The Rear Panel ... 6 The DSP Section ... 7 Using the Footswitch with the DSP ... 8 Suggested Settings ...
  • Page 3: Features

    (DSP) and Channel Tracking. This rug- ged amplifier combines outstanding features with serious clean and distorted sounds. Digital Reverb, Delay, and Modulation effects provide you with a wide variety of sounds. Crate’s unique Channel Tracking feature automatically stores your DSP settings for each channel to memory.
  • Page 4: Channel Tracking

    FlexWave120/212 Guitar Amplifier w/DSP and Channel Tracking Channel Tracking Your Crate FlexWave120/212 gives you the power of Channel Tracking. Once you select a DSP setting for each channel, Channel Tracking stores the settings to memory whenever you change channels. When you go back to that channel, Channel Tracking recalls those DSP set-...
  • Page 5: The Front Panel

    The signal at this jack is summed into a mono signal, which is sent to the internal power amp circuit. Use the output level con- trol for the signal source to adjust the signal for the proper mix with your guitar.
  • Page 6: The Rear Panel

    28. INSERT: Use this jack to connect an external signal processor to the amplifier. Use Crate’s STP201, STP202, or STP203 stereo- to-mono Y-cord or an adapter such as Crate’s YPP117 and two 1/4" mono signal cables to connect to the effect, as shown below.
  • Page 7: The Dsp Section

    FlexWave120/212 Guitar Amplifier w/DSP and Channel Tracking The DSP Section Signal Path MOD + DELAY + REVERB 19. REVERB: Use this control to adjust the amount of digital reverb effect. In its fully counterclockwise position, the signal will be “dry” (without reverb). As you rotate this control clockwise, the amount of reverb increases.
  • Page 8: Using The Footswitch With The Dsp

    FlexWave120/212 Guitar Amplifier w/DSP and Channel Tracking Using the Footswitch with the DSP The Crate three-button footswitch supplied with the FlexWave120/212 allows access to an additional DSP preset for each channel of the amplifier. When the footswitch is connected to the amplifier as shown below, the “original”...
  • Page 9: Suggested Settings

    GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN OVERDRIVE HIGH GAIN Down ‘n Dirty: HIGH GAIN INPUT GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN OVERDRIVE HIGH GAIN Mean & Obscene: HIGH GAIN INPUT GAIN SHAPE LEVEL GAIN OVERDRIVE HIGH GAIN OVERDRIVE CLEAN HIGH LEVEL VOLUME CLEAN OVERDRIVE...
  • Page 10: System Block Diagram

    FlexWave120/212 Guitar Amplifier w/DSP and Channel Tracking System Block Diagram TUNER BUFFER INPUT OVERDRIVE GAIN HIGH GAIN GAIN PHASER FLANGER CHORUS SLAP INPUT CLEAN VOLUME MID HIGH OVERDRIVE LEVEL HIGH OVERDRIVE/ HIGH GAIN HIGH GAIN LEVEL SHAPE LONG MEDIUM DELAY REVERB CLEAN/ OVERDRIVE...
  • Page 11: Declaration Of Conformity

    LOUD Technologies Inc., 16220 Wood-Red Road NE, Woodinville, WA 98072 • Tel: 1-866-858-5832 Declaration Of Conformity LOUD Technologies Inc. 16220 Wood-Red Rd. NE Woodinville, WA 98072, USA FlexWave120/212 Crate Audio Amplifier 92/31/EEC, 93/68/EEC, & 73/23/EWG EN60065 EN55013, EN55020, EN55022, EN55103, EN61000-3-2, & EN61000-3-3...
  • Page 12: Technical Specifications

    Crate continually develops new products, as well as improves existing ones. For this reason, the specifications and information in this manual are subject to change without notice. “Crate” is a registered trademark of LOUD Technologies Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.

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