Hughes & Kettner ZenAmp manual Jacks and Control Features in Detail, Front Panel

ZENAMP-MANUAL

4.3 JACKS AND CONTROL FEATURES IN DETAIL

FRONT PANEL

	CALIFORNIA HOT
HOT CLASS A	PLEXI 50
BRIT CLASS A	PLEXI 100
TWEED 4 x 10	HOT PLEXI

TWEED DELUXE BRIT HI GAIN

BLACK FACE	BRIT ULTRA GAIN
JC CLEAN	RECTIFIED
JAZZ CLEAN	WARP
ACOUSTIC	5

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INPUTGAIN

MANUAL	1	2	3	4	5	STORE
			PRESETS
							5
-5 +5		-5 +5	-5 +5	-5	+5	0	10
BASS		MID	TREBLE	PRESENCE		PRESET VOL

	TREMOLO	TAP	TAPE SPACE
COMPRESSOR	STROBE		HALLO DRY
		TAPE MULTI REPEAT
MID BOOST	CHORUS MONO	TAPE MULTI DRY	HALLO REPEAT
T-SCREAMER	CHORUS STEREO	TAPE ECHO SPACE	HALLO SPACE

FUZZ PHASER TAPE ECHO REPEAT PING PONG

WAH WAH 1	PHASER XL	TAPE ECHO DRY	STEREO REPEAT
WAH WAH 2	FLANGER MONO	ECHO REPEAT	STEREO SPACE
MOD WAH	FLANGER STEREO	ECHO DRY	LOOP-O-TAP
BYPASS		STEREO LOOP-O-TAP

	0	10	0	10
FX PARAMETER	REVERB VOL		DELAY VOL

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POWER

010 MASTER

INPUT: Connect your electric guitar or pick-up-equipped acoustic guitar to this input (it accepts all input levels).

GAIN: This knob serves different purposes depending on the selected amp type:

Some of the original models (BLACK FACE, TWEED DELUXE) don't come with a master volume. For this breed of amp, GAIN responds just like a regular volume knob.

For models that are equipped with both gain and master knob, the GAIN knob serves the same purpose as the gain knob on the original.

AMP TYPE: Rotate this knob to select from among the 16 amp types.

TONE CONTROLS: BASS, MID, TREBLE and PRESENCE knobs. These knobs work like those on the original amp and their response depends on the amp type that you have selected. Because some of the original amps don't have a presence knob or a 3-band EQ, the zenAmp's knobs are assigned special functions to replicate all of the originals' tweaking options (for an in-depth explanation of this, see 2.0 AMP MODELS).

PRESET VOL: Controls preset volume. Unlike the setting of the power amp MASTER knob located on the far right, you can store this parameter. This handy feature lets you dial in the desired balance of the relative levels for all presets.

MANUAL: Press this button to activate Manual mode (see also section 4.2 above). The current settings of all knobs are enabled – what you see is what you hear.

Heads up, though! The MANUAL button also lets you switch between the sound banks of the zenAmp manually when you press and hold it down for a bit. To learn more about this, please read the next section entitled PRESETS.

PRESETS 1 to 5: These knobs perform two functions:

For one, they are used to call up stored user presets and factory presets. To this end, proceed as follows:

1)Activate the five presets of a sound bank by pressing the Preset buttons.

2)To switch sound banks, press and hold the MANUAL button until it starts flashing.

3)Select the sound bank by pressing one of the PRESET buttons

4)Activate the presets 1 to 5 of this bank by pressing the PRESET buttons again.

For the other, these buttons serve to store new presets. To learn more about this, read the following section entitled STORE.

Note: On the zenAmp, you can call up 30 presets - including five user presets - manually. The optionally available Z-Board increases the number of manually accessible presets to 125, 100 of which are user presets.

Note also: To go from the sound banks holding the factory presets back to the five user presets, briefly press the MANUAL button. This switches the zenAmp to Manual mode (see section 4.2 above).

Briefly press the MANUAL button again to switch to Preset mode, which lets you access the user presets. The optional Z-Board is of course a far more convenient option for switching modes and presets.

STORE: It saves preset settings.

Here’s how this works: Press the STORE button. It lights up red. Select the desired memory slot by pressing one of the PRESET buttons 1 to 5.

The preset is stored when you press STORE again. This overwrites the preset that was previously stored in the selected memory slot.

Note: You can cancel the storage process at any time by pressing the MANUAL button.

Note also: You can of course also navigate to the desired memory slot via the optional Z-Board.

FX TYPE: This selector puts eight modulation effects, seven pre effects (meaning effects that plug into the front end of the amp) such as wah-wah, and a bypass at your fingertips. Simply turn the rotary selector to select effects.

FX PARAMETER: Controls the parameters of the effect that you select using the FX TYPE knob. Since most of the effects offer at least two parameters, this knob actually gives you musically meaningful combinations of these parameters.

Case in point: Say you select the chorus effect. When the

FX PARAMETER knob is set to a low value, the chorus’ rate is low, but its intensity or amount is high. As you turn the knob up, the rate increases while intensity decreases.

REVERB VOL: It determines the amount of reverb that is added to the signal.

TAP: This button lets you enter in delay time manually. Simply tap in the desired tempo. The zenAmp gauges the time between taps and synchronizes the delay accordingly. TAP will of course only work when a delay effect is active.

DELAY TYPE: Turn this rotary selector to choose from among the 16 different delay effects. This effects section can also be bypassed (see DELAY VOL).

DELAY VOL: It controls the volume of the delay effect selected via DELAY TYPE. The delay effect is bypassed when the knob is set to the far left position.

MASTER: It controls the overall volume level of the power amp. This knob is global, meaning that it affects all presets. Its setting cannot be stored.

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