Create Your OWN Sounds

9.To create your own sounds, use the knobs and buttons of the amp and effects sections – just as you would expect!

The controls of the amp section work basically the same as on your favorite guitar amp. Simply turn the GAIN (1.3), TREBLE, MIDDLE, BASS, PRES- ENCE (1.5–1.8), and VR GAIN (1.4) (which corresponds to MASTER) knobs to get your desired sound. To get the most distortion, turn up the VR GAIN knob. CH VOLUME (1.9) regulates the volume while preserving the overall sound, including the distortion produced by the Valve Reactor. When you use the AMP TYPE (1.1) and CABINET TYPE selectors (1.2), it’s just as though a different guitar amp materialized right in front of you!

HINT: If you want to hear the amp section with absolutely no effects, set the PEDAL selector to the “OFF” position to turn off the PEDAL section. Then hold down the TAP button (2.4) for at least one second to bypass the MODULATION, DELAY, and REVERB effects. (The effect LEDs that had been lit will start blinking.)

HINT: P.33 lists recommended combinations of amp and cabinet models but others are ﬁne too.

HINT: If you want to replicate the sound of the original amp, set [VR GAIN] to the maximum setting on vintage-type models that do not have a master volume control (i.e., AC15, AC15TB, AC30, AC30TB, UK BLUES, UK 68P, BLACK 2x12, TWEED 1x12, and TWEED 4x10). For modern-type amps that have a master volume con- trol, adjust [VR GAIN] in the same way that you would on the original amp. When the [VR GAIN] setting is low, preamp-type distortion will occur. As you raise the [VR GAIN] setting, the pre-amp will begin loading the Valve Reactor to cause clipping, and the warmth and distortion of the Valve Reactor will be added.

HINT: For an illustration, look at area manual.

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10.ToneLab provides a PEDAL effect that is placed before the amp, and MODU- LATION, DELAY, and REVERB effects that are placed after the cabinet.

If the MODULATION, DELAY, or REVERB effects are bypassed, press the TAP button (2.4) to activate them. For example if you want to use the MODULA- TION effect CHORUS, press the MODULATION TYPE button (2.3) several times to make the CHORUS LED light. Notice that the TYPE button is lit. In this state, you can adjust the chorus settings by turning the three value knobs 1–3 located at the right; these knobs will adjust the speed, amount of effect mixed into your sound, and the depth of modulation. You can adjust the DELAY and REVERB effects in the same way. To set the delay time for the DELAY effect, press the TAP button (2.4) twice at the delay interval you want.

HINT: Some effect settings may cause unwanted distortion. If this happens, lower the CH VOLUME (1.9).

HINT: For an illustration, look at area manual.

in the top panel diagram at the end of this

If you want to keep your settings, you can either save the program as described on p.20, or write down the settings on the “Program Sheet” provided at the back of this manual.