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Welcome!
Thank you for making the Alesis Spitfire a part of your
setup. Since 1984, we've been designing and building
creative tools for the audio community. We believe in
our products, because we've heard the results that
creative people like you have achieved with them. One
of Alesis' goals is to make high-quality music equipment
available to everyone, and this user manual is an
important part of that. After all, there's no point in
making equipment with all kinds of capabilities if no one
explains how to use them. So, we try to write our
manuals as carefully as we build our products.
The goal of this manual is to get you the information
you need as quickly as possible, with a minimum of
hassle. We hope we've achieved that. If not, please drop
us an email and give us your suggestions on how we
could improve future editions of this manual.
We hope your investment will bring you many years of
creative enjoyment and help you achieve your musical
goals.
Sincerely,
The people of Alesis
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About the Spitfire
Our Spitfire guitar amplifiers are compact and light, but
extremely powerful. Perfect for both practicing and
performing onstage, all three Spitfire models are
endowed with the same professional-quality
amplification system and features that make this line of
amplifiers unique. Just take a look:
Spitfire Key Features
• Three models: Spitfire 15 (15W RMS and 8” speaker),
Spitfire 30 (30W RMS and 10” speaker) and Spitfire 60 (60 W
RMS and 12” speaker)
• On-board stereo effect processor with 9 effect modules that
provide multiple selectable effects
• 80 preset effect patches that you can fully edit, store and
restore to the factory default settings
• Over 40 different effects with adjustable parameters and
innumerable effect combinations
• Built-in auto-chromatic tuner
• Bass and Treble control knobs for direct EQing of the
audio signal (Spitfire 60 only)
• Drive knob for direct control over the DRIVE parameter
found in the effects processor (Spitfire 30 and Spitfire 60 only)
• Speaker Output for connecting to an external 8-ohm speaker
• Stereo Link Output for connecting to the input of a second
amplifier for true stereo output
• Input for an optional expression pedal for controlling
effect parameters
• Input for optional footswitches for changing user programs
• Headphones jack for quiet, private playing in stereo
• AUX Input for a CD player or other line-level device—play
along to your favorite songs!