Crate Amplifiers manual About the Crate Acoustic CA112D

About the Crate Acoustic

CA112D:

Designed for the performing artist, Crate’s CA112D Acoustic Amplifier gives you more of what you want.

More power. More clarity. More control. And, more freedom. Imagine: microphone quality sound, without feedback. And without being “chained” to a mic stand!

More power: twin 50-watt RMS power amplifiers drive a specially designed dual voice coil 12” low frequency transducer for plenty of volume and low end punch.

More clarity: a separate 25-watt RMS power amp drives a highly efficient Piezo tweeter for clean crisp highs and natural midrange blend. A tweeter level control on the rear panel allows you to adjust the high frequency output to suit your taste.

More control: three independent channels, each with its own gain and reverb/effects controls. The main Instrument channel fea- tures an “Active/Piezo” switch to properly match the pickups of your instrument, plus a three-band rotary EQ with variable contour – for total control of the critical midrange fre- quencies. An easy-to-use feedback elimination circuit with frequency select and cut controls lets you kill feedback without sacrificing sound quality. Plus a footswitchable chorus with depth and rate controls.

The Vocal/Aux channel offers both low

and high impedance inputs for both kinds of microphones, with phantom power on the Low-Z input. The third “Aux” channel allows the use of a rhythm machine, background tape, or another mic or instrument.

Still more: The master section features reverb and effects return controls, a five-band graphic EQ, and the master level control. A footswitch jack on the rear panel provides control for reverb and chorus. Level-control- lable XLR and 1/4” balanced line outs allow you to patch into house sound boards or recording consoles, plus an effects loop line- in/line-out setup allows connection of exter- nal effects.

Enough already? Not for us. The CA112D features Crate’s Digital Signal Processing (DSP) for a variety of digital reverbs, effects and delays specifically designed for acoustic instruments.

The CA112D was designed, evaluated, and tweaked by musicians and music loving engi- neers. Highly sophisticated computer driven assembly machines and highly skilled assem- blers use only the finest components to pro- duce each amp. Every cabinet is hand-built and hand-covered by trained craftsmen. The final assembled product is tested – and played

–by skilled musician/ technicians. It is only after the amplifier has passed this barrage of picky people that it gets packed up and shipped out.

The CA112D Acoustic Amplifier. Designed to be its best, so you can sound your best!