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ii Precautions Location Using the unit in the f ollowing locations can result in a malfunction. • In direct sunlight • Locations of e xtreme temperature or humidity • Excessively dusty or dirty .
iii Data Handling Incorrect operation or malfunction ma y cause the contents of memor y to be lost, so we recom- mend that you sa v e important data on a floppy disk or other media source. Please be a ware that K org will accept no responsibility for any damages which ma y result from loss of data.
iv Quick Star t A G UIDE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO P LAY G UITAR F IRST , A ND R EAD THE M ANUAL L ATER ! ep , you’ re right, the vast majority of manuals are about as interesting as watching paint dry and we know that y ou’ re anxious to plug in to your ne w T oneLab and giv e it a whirl in the comf or t of your home .
v 5. Bef ore y ou tur n T oneLab on, lower the v olume of your amp or mix er so y ou don’t hear any potentially speak er-damaging pops or b uzz es . Then turn on the ST ANDBY switch (6.2) to po wer up T oneLab . 6. T ur n up the volume controls of y our amp or mixer , and T oneLab’ s rear panel LEVEL knob (9.
vi C REATE YOUR OWN S OUNDS 9. T o create your own sounds , use the knobs and buttons of the amp and eff ects sections – just as you w ould e xpect! The controls of the amp section work basically the same as on your f av or ite guitar amp . Simply tur n the GAIN (1.
vii Table of Contents Precautions .................................................................................................. ii Data Handling ............................................................................................. iii Quick Start .
viii 5. UK BLUES .................................................................................................. 26 6. UK 68P ....................................................................................................... 26 7. UK ’80s ..
ix F. REVERB Effects ................................................................................................ 40 1. OFF............................................................................................................. 40 2. SPRING .
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Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 1 Intr oduc tion W ELCOME A BOARD ! any thanks f or adding the V O X V alvetronix T oneLab to your sonic arse- nal.
2 • T oneLab Sound Editor is an editor/librarian software that lets you visually edit T oneLab’ s numerous parameters, and sa ve and manage progr ams. T o obtain the “T oneLab Sound Editor , ” please contact the VO X distr ibutor in your country or download the latest v ersion from: “http://www .
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 3 Apar t from the vital v alv e tone this ingenious pow er amp design provides , it also allows us to replicate v arious “circuit characteris- tics” that are unique to the all- v alv e power stages of the amps we’v e modelled.
4 Progr am Select mode: • Choose, pla y , and edit any of the 96 programs . Manual mode: • Use T oneLab just like a guitar amp , where the sound will be exactly as the knobs are set. As we said bef ore...what you see is what y ou get! UTILIT Y : • Adjust the noise reduction (the higher the settings the more noise will be suppressed).
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 5 A Guitarist ’ s Guided P anel T our ere we’ re going to learn about the knobs, buttons , and jacks on T oneLab’ s top and rear panel. T o help make this manual as painless to use as possib le, we’v e giv en it an inside back co ver that f olds out.
6 1.5 TREBLE Con trol 1.6 MIDDLE Con trol 1.7 BASS Con trol This trio of controls allows you to dial-in the e xact amount of high, mid, and lo w frequencies. The manner in which each one of these controls beha v es and interacts with the others is dependent on the amp type selected.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 7 E FFECTS S ECTION The PED AL effects are connected in “front” of the amp , and allow you to add one pedal eff ect to y our setup , if you wish.
8 HINT : T o set a precise delay time that matches a song’ s tempo , tap y our finger on the T AP button in time with the song. If it’ s slightly off , use the Fine Control to match it perf ectly . STEP ON IT! If the optional f oot controller is connected, y ou can set the dela y time by tapping y our foot.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 9 3.5 GL OBAL Button This is where you adjust settings f or MIDI or the digital output. Press the GLOBAL button to mak e it light, and then use the 1/PREV and 2/ NEXT buttons (3.3) to mo ve through the menu items listed belo w .
10 V ALVE 4.1 V alve windo w T oneLab contains a 12AX7 (ECC83) valv e (vacuum tube). The v alv e is a ke y par t of the V alv e Reactor power amp . NO TE: The v alve window ma y break if it is subjected to impact. Be par ticularly careful not to let it be struck directly , since this may also break the v alv e itself.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 11 R EAR P ANEL P OWER S UPPLY 6.1 ~A C9V Connect the included A C/A C power supply here. 6.2 ST ANDBY S witch This s witches the unit between operating and standb y conditions. MIDI 7.
12 Setup NO TE: Y ou MUST tur n off the po wer of all y our equipment before y ou mak e con- nections. If y ou ignore this warning, you ma y damage y our speaker system or e xperience malfunctions! B ASIC C ONNECTIONS 1. Use audio cables to connect the T oneLab’ s OUTPUT L/MONO (9.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 13 NO TE: Since T oneLab uses an actual v alv e (v acuum tube), it will produce no sound f or se veral seconds until the v alve w arms up. This isn’t a malfunction – it’ s just the nature of v alv es.
14 U SING T oneLab F OR L IVE P ERFORMANCE E XAMPLE OF C ONNECTION TO A G UITAR A MP (Or Amps) • If you are connecting T oneLab to one or more guitar amps f or use in a live per- f ormance etc., set the rear panel AMP/LINE switch (9.1) to “AMP , ” and connect the OUTPUT L/MONO and R jacks (9.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 15 Selec ting Pr ograms or Manual Settings (Progr am S elec t Mode / Manual Mode) hen pla ying your guitar through T oneLab, you can either select one of the 96 programs , or Manual mode.
16 G ETTING TO P ROGRAM S ELECT M ODE Here’ s ho w to get to Program Select Mode. When y ou enter Program Select Mode , the bank number (1–24) will appear in the bank displa y (3.1). If the bank display sho ws “ ” (Manual Mode) This means that T oneLab is in Manual Mode.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 17 Crea ting and Storing Y our O wn Pr ogram(s) ... & More his is a cake walk, honest! There are two w a ys you can go about doing this – by “tweaking an e xisting program” or by “star ting from scratch.
18 5. Using the CABINET TYPE selector (1.2), choose the cabinet you w ant to use. HINT : F or recommended combinations of amp and cabinet types , ref er to p .33. 6. Adjust the GAIN (1.3), TREBLE, MIDDLE, BASS, PRESENCE (1.5–1.8) and VR GAIN (1.4) to taste.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Program/ Manual Creating and Storing 19 A DJUSTING THE N OISE R EDUCTION (UTILIT Y “NR SENS”) Here’ s how y ou can minimiz e an y noise that might be heard during inter v als when you’ re not pla ying.
20 S TORING A P ROGRAM When your tw eaking has resulted in a sound you’ re happ y with, store it! 1. Press the WRITE button (3.6). The name displa y (3.8) shows “ ✳ WRITE ✳ , ” and the bank displa y (3.1) and CHANNEL SELECT 1–4 buttons (3.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 21 Explanations of the A mp and Effec t T ypes his section e xplains the sixteen amp models , ten cabinet models , ten pedal eff ects, and fiv e modulation, three delay , and three rev erb effects .
22 on the original then PRESENCE will be an added control on our model. This time though, the “neutral” position is when the control is all the wa y off (tur ned fully counterclockwise). The two models this applies to are BLA CK 2x12 and TWEED 1x12.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 23 T ube T alk Us Brits call ‘em valv es while our US cousins call ‘em tubes...as the sa ying goes: England and America are merely .
24 A C30 and A C30TB . In a nutshell, the result of this design is more power and more distor tion - the latter of which gets thick with second and third order harmonics that become more and more pre v alent as the amp is crank ed.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 25 3. AC30 As already stated, the V O X AC15 w as a huge hit with the British guitar bands of the late ’50s. Ho wev er , as the popular ity of the A C15 using bands gre w , so did their need f or a more pow erful amp .
26 Once again, the PRESENCE control of our model acts as the original’ s Cut (but in re v erse: “off ” = cut) while the GAIN, TREBLE and BASS mimic the original’ s V olume, T reble and Bass controls . The MIDDLE is an “e xtra” with 12 o’clock being its “neutral” position.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 27 7. UK ’80 S This is modelled on a 1983, all tube, single channel 100 W att head that boasts a Master V olume control - a w onderful f eature that allows the user to dial in a decent crunch tone without having to max out the amp’ s volume .
28 10. RECTO This bad bo y is based on the “Moder n High Gain” channel of a brutal, 100 W att, ar mour-plated beast hailing from Calif or nia. Its deep , dark, loose low-end, some what “fizzy.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 29 ups. It is also incredib ly responsive and e xtremely sensitive to pic king styles and pickup selection. And, as an added bonus, strummed chords just r ing out and blossom. Original ’ s tube compliment: 3 x 12AX7s in the preamp, 4 x 6L6s in the pow er amp .
30 pupp y up will produce those classic, old roc kabilly and rock “n” roll sounds of the ’50s and ’60s, at the drop of a 10 gallon hat - especially when a single coil pic kup is used. Original ’ s tube compliment: 1 x 12A Y7, 1 x 12AX7s in the preamp, 1 x 5Y3GT rectifier , 2 x 6V6s in the power amp .
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 31 B. CABINET M ODELS Now let’ s look at the CABINET models: CABINET AND SPEAKER AC CURACY There’ s not much point in having incredib ly accurate amp models if the speaker cabinet models on off er aren’t of the same e xacting standards.
32 recordings of many styles of m usic, b ut ver y predominantly Countr y and Blues based Rock. 5. VOX AC15 (AC15) This is a 1x12" open back ed combo using the famed V O X Blue Alnico speaker , manuf actured by Celestion in Ips wich, England. The one we used w as a modern re-issue that was housed in the V O X A C15TB combo .
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 33 11. OFF OK, this not a cabinet. The OFF position turns off the cabinet modelling area of the T oneLab, and allows the direct amp models to be sent directly to the outputs.
34 Due to the fle xibility of y our T oneLab, mixing and matching all of the amp and cabinet models can be done with the tur n of a s witch, without any risk of blow- ing the speakers up . Something that cannot be done in real lif e (unfor tu- nately!).
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 35 3. ACOUSTIC W anna go “unplugged” without the hassle of s witching guitars and amps? Enter the acoustic guitar simulator - a cle ver eff ect that magically conv er ts an electric guitar’ s sound into that of an acoustic.
36 6. U-VIBE Modelled on the f amous Univ o x Uni-Vibe - a phase/vibrato effect that w as designed to simulate a rotating speak er and produces a wonderfully seductiv e and “watery” tone.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 37 D. MOD (Modulation) E FFECTS This section enables y ou to add a modulation effect after the cabinet. Y ou can choose one of the fiv e types of modulation eff ects . Here y ou can also assign exter- nal control ov er the SPEED control.
38 4. PHASER A model of a much respected and popular analogue phaser , housed in a banana yello w box! 5. TREMOLO This eff ect is based on the highly acclaimed tremolo circuit f ound in a BLACK 2x12. The SPREAD setting lets you create panning eff ects that are spread to left and right.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 39 1. OFF Select this if you don’t w ant to use the delay eff ect. 2. DELAY When this high quality digital dela y eff ect is employ ed, the tone of each repeat is so good it is indistinguishable from the original note(s).
40 F. REVERB E FFECTS Here you can mak e settings for the re verb eff ect that is play ed after the cabinet. Y ou can choose one of three types of re verb . 1. OFF Select this if you don’t w ant to use the rev erb effect. 2. SPRING A model of the most popular spring rev erb system used in guitar amps.
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 41 T uner or your con venience, T oneLab houses a built-in auto chromatic tuner that can be calibrated between 438 Hz and 445 Hz. T UNING P ROCEDURE 1. Simply press the TUNER button (3.
42 U sing the Optional F oot C ontr oller he optional V O X V alv etronix foot controller lets y ou control the follo wing functions. • Select programs using f oot switches • Control the v olume u.
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 43 1. Press the UTILITY button (3.4) to mak e the button light. 2. Press the 1/PREV or 2/NEXT button (3.3) to mak e the name displa y (3.8) read “EXP ***”. The parameter will change each time y ou press a button.
44 8. Use v alue knob 3 (2.5) or the ▲ , ▼ buttons (3.2) to specify ho w the e xpression pedal control v alue will be initialized. “EXP INIT” specifies whether the control data (pedal position) of the expres- sion pedal will be maintained when you s witch programs .
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 45 C ontr ol via MIDI IDI stands f or Musical Instrument Digital Interface , and is a wor ld-wide standard f or e xchanging various types of musical data betw een electronic musical instruments and computers.
46 NO TE: Y ou will need a MIDI interf ace in order to connect y our computer with T oneLab. Some USB-MIDI interf ace devices ma y not be able to transmit/receiv e the T oneLab’s MIDI e xclusive messages .
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 47 2. Press the 1/PREV or 2/NEXT button (3.3) to mak e the name display (3.8) show “PCHG OUT . ” 3. Specify whether program change messages will be tr ansmitted.
48 “CC00”–“CC95”: When you operate a controller , messages of the specified control change number 00–95 will be transmitted. Similar ly , T oneLab will be controlled when it receiv es messages of the same control change number from an e xternal MIDI device .
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 49 B ACKING U P 1. Connect T oneLab’ s MIDI OUT to the MIDI IN of the device that will receiv e the data dump . 2. If you w ant to transmit only one program, use Progr am Select Mode to select the program y ou want to transmit.
50 the settings of the amp section are determined by the ph ysical positions of the selectors and controllers, the y will not change.) HINT : If T oneLab received all data, all data other than the amp section settings of Manual Mode will be o v erwritten automatically .
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 51 Restoring the F ac tor y Pr eset Pr ograms ere’ s how y ou can restore T oneLab’ s programs and all its other settings to the state in which it was shipped from the f actor y .
52 T roubleshooting f you suspect a malfunction, please chec k the follo wing points first. If this does not resolv e the problem, contact a nearb y dealer .
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 53 5. Y ou can ’ t hear an y MODULA TION, DELA Y or REVERB effects ev en though they ’ r e dialed in... • Are the eff ect LEDs lit? If an LED is dark, the corresponding effect is off .
54 MIDI Implementa tion Char t Date : 2002. 12.20 ToneLab Memorized [VOX Valvetronix] Effect Control 0–95 MIDI Implementation Chart Basic Channel Default Changed Aftertouch Pitch Bend Polyphonic (Ke.
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 55 Parameter Control Program Data Damp Notes *P: T ransmitted if GLOBAL “ PCHG OUT ” is On. *C: T ransmitted and receiv ed according to the setting of each controller if GLOBAL “ CCHG I/O ” is On.
56 Specifications NUMBER OF AMP TYPES: 16 NUMBER OF CABINET TYPES: 10 NUMBER OF EFFECTS PED AL TYPES: 10 MODULA TION TYPES: 5 DELA Y TYPES: 3 REVERB TYPES: 3 NOISE REDUCTION: 1 NUMBER OF PROGRAMS: 96.
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 57 Pr ogram list 1-1 BLIZZARD 1-2 HYSTERIA 1-3 BIZKIT 1-4 MAYTONE 2-1 CLN-EDGE 2-2 AC15TREM 2-3 BEETLE 2-4 QUEEN FL AMP CABINET TREBLE MIDDLE BASS PRESENCE GAIN VR GAIN CH VOL UME UK MODERN UK H30 4x12 4.
58 3-1 THRASH 3-2 ANGUS 3-3 VIABLE 3-4 PRIEST 4-1 NASHVILL 4-2 JIMIROTO 4-3 X-FIRE 4-4 CLN-TREM AMP CABINET TREBLE MIDDLE BASS PRESENCE GAIN VR GAIN CH VOL UME UK MODERN UK T75 4X12 5.
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 59 5-1 DIRT 5-2 MR.CLEAN 5-3 UNCHAIN 5-4 SLASHED 6-1 SKYNYRD 6-2 ZEP 6-3 VULGAR 6-4 BLUES AMP CABINET TREBLE MIDDLE BASS PRESENCE GAIN VR GAIN CH VOL UME RECTO US V30 4X12 5.
60 7-1 TASTY-FL 7-2 EC BADGE 7-3 SABBATH 7-4 CARLOS 8-1 FUNKY 8-2 MR.SCARY 8-3 JIMIFUZZ 8-4 FOLK AMP CABINET TREBLE MIDDLE BASS PRESENCE GAIN VR GAIN CH VOL UME T WEED 4X10 T WEED 4X10 3.7 9.7 8.4 1.8 2.2 10 7 PEDAL DRIVE TONE LEVEL MOD SPEED RESO DEPTH NR COMP 1.
Tuner Foot Controller MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 61 9-1 OLDGUY 9-2 CRUNCH 1 9-3 CRUNCH 2 9-4 SOLO 10-1 VOXMAN 10-2 WET AC15 10-3 HEAVEN 10-4 UK-US AMP CABINET TREBLE MIDDLE BASS PRESENCE GAIN VR GAIN CH VOL UME T WEED 4X10 BLACK 2X10 3.
62 11- 1 WILDMAN 11-2 THEATER 11-3 JOSHUA 11-4 POLICE 12-1 JOHNNY $ 12-2 JAZZMAN 12-3 TEXTREM 12-4 OCTAMAN AMP CABINET TREBLE MIDDLE BASS PRESENCE GAIN VR GAIN CH VOL UME UK '80S US V30 4X12 0 2.1 8.1 6.3 9.2 7.7 3.7 PEDAL DRIVE TONE LEVEL MOD SPEED MIX DEPTH NR TUBE OD 5.
Reference data 63 Inde x Symbols 16 Numerics 1OCT A VE 36 2OCT A VE 36 A AC15 23 AC15TB 24 AC30 25 AC30TB 25 ACOUSTIC 35 AMP Models 21 AT TA C K 34 , 35 AU TO WA H 35 B Backing Up 49 BASS 21 , 35 BLAC.
2.1 2.5 3.1 3.9 3.3 2.2 2.3 2.4 4.1 1.1 6.1 6.2 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.4 1.9 5.1 2 3 4 1 6 8.1 8 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.4 9 7.1 7.2 7 5 5.2 3.8 3.10 3.7 3.6 3.
Pr ogram Sheet PROGRAM NAME: NR (NOISE REDUCTION): T AP TEMPO: NOTE: PROGRAM NAME: NR (NOISE REDUCTION): T AP TEMPO: NOTE: This sheet is f or you to write down y our fa vorite settings. When you come up with a sound you lik e, write it down f or future use.
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