Connections And Control Feat U R E S - Hughes & Kettner Montana Manual

2.0 CONNECTIONS AND CONTROL FEAT U R E S

INSTRUMENT INPUT WARM: This instrument input has high input
sensitivity. Connect acoustic guitars with low output levels-
instruments without on-board preamplifiers-here.
INSTRUMENT INPUT BRIGHT: This instrument input has low input
sensitivity. Connect acoustic guitars with high output levels -
instruments with on-board preamplifiers - here.
VOLUME: Controls the volume level of the instrument channel.
If the signal is saturated (the guitar sounds distorted), your
instrument has too high an output level and must be plugged
into INSTRUMENT INPUT BRIGHT. If the signal is much too soft,
your instrument's output level is too low. Plug the guitar into the
WARM input.
CONTOUR: This knob shapes the basic tonal characteristics of
the guitar's sound. This feature offers a wide range of subtle
tonal variations-from soft, creamy tone heavy on the mids to
crystal-clear sound with punchy bottom end and sparkling
highs.
SERIAL FX LOOP: Serial insert to the instrument channel. It is
designed to take external effects devices. In the signal chain,
it is located pre-voicing section, which means that the tone
controls influence the sound of the effects signal.
SEND: Connect this jack to the input jack of your effects
device.
-10 dB Switch: This damping switch lowers the level of the
instrument signal. Press this button when you're using devices
designed to take instrument input levels, as is the case with
most stomp boxes.
RETURN: Connect this jack to the output of your effects device.
BASS: Controls the level of bass frequencies in the instrument
signal.
MID FREQ: Use this knob to select the mid-range frequencies
that you want to affect (boost or cut).
MID LEVEL: Determines to which extent the mid-range
frequencies that you selected are cut or boosted.
TREBLE: This control adjusts the high frequencies of the
instrument signal.
MIC VOLUME: Determines the input volume of the microphone
channel.
REVERB: Controls the intensity of the on-board reverb effect.
The reverb level is automatically adjusted so that the
instrument signal gets more reverb than the microphone signal.
FX-MIX: Adjusts the amount of effect signal to be mixed in with
the original signal. Hard left = dry (original signal only)/ hard
right = wet (effects signal only).
MASTER VOL: Controls the overall output of the MONTANA.
PARALLEL FX-LOOP: The parallel effects loop influences the
instrument channel and the microphone channel equally. The
effects signal is mixed in with the original signal in the preamp
stage.