Line 6 Flextone Cab 212S user manual AMP Models

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Flextone Manual Rev E; bookfile Page 10 Tuesday, September 8, 1998 10:31 AM

INTRODUCTION: FLEXTONE! MEET THE FLEXTONE....

 

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Flextone Series: value-packed amps with a whole new kind of tonal flexibility.

 

 

 

 

AMP MODELS

 

 

 

 

The TubeTone process allowed Line 6 to create software Amp Models modeled

 

 

after a collection of amplifiers recognized by guitarists the world over as true “tone

 

 

classics.” We got these amps together, cranked ’em up, and had a look at the

 

 

electronic data generated by the tubes, transformers, capacitors, plate and grid

 

 

voltages, tone control curves – and the whole mess of components and elements

 

 

unique to each amplifier design. This research led to the creation of TubeTone

 

 

software Amp Models. These Amp Models were tweaked up through careful A/B

 

 

listening comparisons to the amps that inspired them, with an ear open for the

 

 

effects of different volume levels and settings of the originals’ tone and gain

 

 

controls. The gain and equalization characteristics of the modeled amps were

 

 

carefully measured so that changes to amp knobs on the models would mirror the

 

 

effects of these changes on the originals as closely as possible. We’re talkin’ major

 

 

attention to detail here. Tone control center frequencies, slopes, and cut/boost

 

 

range were painstakingly analyzed, and we also carefully attended to the effect of

 

 

presence switches, “bright” channels, and other model-specific factors. Not only

 

 

that, but since these old amps had highly interactive circuits, we paid careful

 

 

attention to the way that the setting of one knob will change the way that another

 

 

knob on the amp will behave. All in an effort to make our Amp Models as much

 

 

like the amps we modeled as possible.

 

 

The resulting TubeTone Amp Models are the foundation of the Flextone guitar

 

 

amp. Now, then. Here are a couple of things we want to be crystal clear on:

1.TheTubeTone modeling process is a 100% digital software-based technology exclusive to Line 6.

2.TubeTone is not sampling, nor is it solid state; no special guitar, pickup, or cabling is needed.

So, now that you know what’s in store, it’s time to experience the TubeTone Amp Models for yourself. Grab your favorite axe, plug in to the Flextone, and flip back to the handy Quick Start Guide on Page 1•1 if you haven’t already been through that. Then, press ahead with us to the Flextone Grand Tour....

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Contents Floor Board and FB4 Page Serial no Page Grand Tour Page MANUAL? I DON’T Need no Stinking Manual Quick Start GuideRegister and GET Great Free Stuff GET ON-LINE FLEXTONE! Meet the Flextone INTRODUCTION1Tubetone Modeling AMP Models Grand Tour Front Panel ControlsChannel Select Switches A, B, C, D You use these Grand Tour Front Panel Controls Rear Panel Effects Send and Return HD folks, see . For all USE the Right CableFlextone Flavors Modeled Amps Which Amps are MODELED?Modeled Amps Which Amps are MODELED? Modeled Amps Which Amps are MODELED? Modeled Amps Which Amps are MODELED? Flextone Signature Sounds Modeled Amps Flextone Signature Sounds Flextone Effects Onboard EffectsFlextone Effects Onboard Effects Flextone Effects Onboard Effects Delay/Chorus Combined EffectsUsing the Channel Memories Using the Manual Channel FeaturesCreating & Storing Sounds Edit Mode Preset Reset Button Page Using the Floor Board with the Flextone THAT’S Using Your FeetGetting Connected TWO Modes Channel Select ModeBanks Editing and Saving Setups with the Floor Board Manual ModeChannel Select Tuner Tap TempoWah Pedal Volume Pedal Effect ON/OFF ModeDrive/Boost DistortionTrem/Chorus Effect On/Off Settings Stored With Programmed Channels DelayReverb Using the FB4 with the Flextone Front Panel Heat Sinks and Fans Inside Your HeadFlextone HD Fans and What Makes Them GOEffects Loop Series VS. Parallel Using the Effects Loop Making ConnectionsDirect Outputs Setting Effect LevelsDirect Output Level MONO/STEREO Detail Take a Load OFFFeeling UNBALANCED? Midi OUT Floor BOARD, More MEMORIES, & MidiMore Memory Things to Remember with Midi Midi Program Change & Flextone ChannelsMidi Continuous Control Midi Program Changes & Flextone Channels Visual Aid Volume Levels Cabinet HOOK-UPSFlextone HD Power Output Carrying a LoadCabinet Choices OPEN-BACK /CLOSED-BACK EmulationRewiring 16 OHM Cabinets Typical 16 Ohm Wiring SetupHD Cabinet HOOK-UP Drawings 715 HD Cabinet HOOK-UP Drawings 717 HD Cabinet HOOK-UP Drawings 719 HD Cabinet HOOK-UP Drawings This page should be Left Blank do not Print this Text Appendix a AMP Models Appendix B Effect Parameters Flextone Design Team WHO’S RESPONSIBLE?Flextone Manual was brought to you by Index Fans Flextone HD Manual Mode 23, 51, 52 Closed-back cabinet Tone emulation with HD This page should be Left Blank do not Print this Text