Line 6 Flextone Cab 212S user manual AMP Models

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

INTRODUCTION: FLEXTONE! MEET THE FLEXTONE....

1 • 4	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....