Jacks And Control Features - Hughes & Kettner VORTEX Serie Manual De Instrucciones

VOTRTEX - MANUAL

2.0 JACKS AND CONTROL FEATURES

INPUT: Input for guitars equipped with humbuckers,
active pickups, or single coils.
CLEAN VOL: Determines the CLEAN channel's
volume. Depending on the type of pickups your
instrument is equipped with, the amp will begin
to clip somewhere around the 12 o'clock setting;
you can control the amount of grit very precisely
by varying your picking attack.
CHANNEL SELECT: Switches back and forth
between the CLEAN and LEAD channels. The LEAD
channel is active when the button is pressed.
RED LEAD LED: The red LED illuminates when the
LEAD channel is active.
LEAD GAIN: Controls the amount of distortion in
the LEAD channel.
CHARACTER: Sweeps between the different tonal
characteristics HARD (British) or SOFT (American).
LEAD MASTER: Determines the LEAD channel
volume level.
BASS, MID and TREBLE: Common controls for both
channels. MID and TREBLE controls influence each
other, as is standard in tube amps. This sound-
shaping feature lets you to dial in a wide variety
of subtle tonal variations.
REVERB: Controls how much integrated reverb is
added to the signal. The reverb amount is auto-
matically adjusted for each channel when you
switch channels.
MASTER: Controls the VORTEX™'s master volume
level. The FX-SEND signal level is not affected by
the MASTER control.
FX-SEND: Connect this jack to the input of an
effect device or outboard power amp. You can
also route the signal through a RED BOX
mixing console.
FX-RETURN: Connect this jack to the output of an
effect device.
FOOTSWITCH: Connect a standard footswitch
(e.g. Hughes & Kettner ®
switch back and forth between the CLEAN and
LEAD channels. When using a footswitch, ensure
the CHANNEL SELECT switch on the amp's front
panel is set to CLEAN.
PHONES: Headphone jack. The speaker is auto-
matically switched off when a plug is inserted into
this jack.
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