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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 ve impor tant data on a floppy disk or other media source . Please be aw are 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 , we know . Y ou’ d rather be pla ying guitar than reading this manual.
v ▼ buttons to select “Ln” (LINE). If you’v e connected T oneLabSE to your guitar amp , set this to “AP” (AMP). 7. Tu rn up the v olume controls of your amp or mix er , and T oneLabSE’ s rear panel LEVEL knob (11.3) to adjust the v olume.
vi S WITCHING EFFECTS ON / OFF 13. The model select buttons will be lit (ON) or dark (OFF) to indicate the on/off state of each eff ect. If y ou press a button that is dark or turn the model selec- tor , the eff ect will tur n on and the model select button will b link.
vii 15. T oneLabSE provides a PED AL effect that is placed bef ore the amp, and MOD- ULA TION, DELA Y , and REVERB eff ects that are placed after the cabinet. F or e xample if you want use the PED AL eff ect TREBLE BOOST , turn the PED AL selector to select TREBLE BOOST .
viii T able of C onten ts Quick Start ................................................................................................... iv Setup.........................................................................................................
ix Program Select mode ............................................................................................ 16 Selecting a program........................................................................................ 16 Effect On/Off mode ..
x Program Change (GLOBAL “PCHG OUT”) ........................................................... 60 Control Change (GLOBAL “CCHG I/O”) ................................................................ 60 Parameter Change (GLOBAL “SYEX OUT”) .
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing Creating and Storing 1 Intr oduc tion W ELCOME A BOARD ! any thanks f or adding the VO X V alvetr onix T oneLabSE to your sonic arsenal.
2 •Y ou can use the eff ect inser t jacks to connect an e xternal effect processor or stompbo x. • With MIDI IN and OUT connectors, T oneLabSE gives y ou plenty of potential for e xpanding your system.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing 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 ar- ious “circuit characteristics” that are unique to the all-v alv e pow er stages of the amps we’v e modelled.
4 A N OVERVIEW OF T ONE L AB SE Let’ s talk about how T oneLabSE is str uctured. S IGNAL R OUTE When you plug into T oneLabSE the signal passes through the f ollowing stages . Y ou might want to glance at the e xplanations in “A Guitarist’ s Guided P anel T our” (p .
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing Creating and Storing 5 A Guitarist ’ s Guided P anel T our Here we’ re going to learn about the buttons and other controls on T oneLabSE’ s top and rear panel. HINT : The inside bac k cover of this man ual f olds out to rev eal a big picture of T oneLabSE’ s top panel, rear panel, and displa y .
6 1.3 PRES-NR (Presenc e/Noise Reduction) button Use this to change the presence and noise reduction settings of the amp . While this button is b linking, you can use v alue knob [3] to adjust the presence, and v alue knob [4] to adjust the noise reduction.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing Creating and Storing 7 1.9 REVERB selector This selects one of ele v en re verb eff ect models. When you tur n the REVERB selector , the REVERB select button will b link, and you can use value knobs 1– 6 to adjust the parameters of the re verb eff ect.
8 C HAIN /G LOBAL /R ENAME /W RITE /E XIT /D ISPLAY SECTION This area displa ys the name of the progr am, and the name and v alue of the parameter y ou are editing in the amp or eff ect section. Use RENAME to edit the name of the program, and WRITE to sa ve the prog ram.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing Creating and Storing 9 3.8 Name display Displa ys progr am names, eff ect names, or parameter names . 3.9 V alve ic on Indicates the number and type of po wer v alve – a.k.a. “vacuum tube” – used in the original amp that is being modeled.
10 In Eff ect On/Off mode, these s witches individually switch the P edal, Modula- tion, Dela y , and Re verb eff ects on/off. 6.3 A/B ch channel select pedal, Channel LEDs Use this to change channels within the currently selected program.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing Creating and Storing 11 R EAR PANEL P OWER SUPPLY 10.1 ~A C9V Connect the included A C/A C power supply here. 10.2 ST ANDBY button Tu r ns the power on/off . I NPUTS AND O UTPUTS 11.1 INPUT jack Connect your guitar to this jac k.
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Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing Creating and Storing 13 Setup NO TE: Y ou must turn off the power of all y our equipment bef ore you make connec- tions.
14 6. If you’v e connected T oneLabSE to a mixer/recorder , press the GLOBAL switch to access the OUT SEL menu, and use value knob 6 or the ▲ , ▼ buttons to select “Ln” (LINE). If you’ve connected T oneLabSE to a guitar amp, select “AP” (AMP).
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing Creating and Storing 15 U SING T ONE L AB SE WITH A GUITAR AMP ( S ) E XAMPLE OF CONNECTION TO A GUITAR AMP ( OR AMPS ) • If you are connecting T oneLabSE to one or more guitar amps, connect the OUT - PUT L/MONO and R jacks to the input jac k of your guitar amp(s).
16 Pla ying T oneLabSE P ROGRAM S ELECT MODE T oneLabSE has 96 programs (24 banks x 4 programs), and e very one of these programs can be totally re wr itten or “custom tweak ed” to your hear t’ s content. With the f actor y settings, banks 1–8 contain a total of 32 preset prog rams .
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing Creating and Storing 17 S WITCHING EFFECTS ON / OFF As an e xample, here’ s ho w you can s witch the pedal and inser t effects on/off f or the current program. 1. If the Eff ect ON/OFF pedal LED is dark, you’ re in Program Select mode .
18 A CTIVATING OR DEACTIVATING THE K EY L OCK FUNCTION Here’ s how y ou can use the K ey Loc k function to disable T oneLabSE’ s buttons , selectors, and knobs so the y can’t be accidentally changed dur ing a live perf or- mance.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing Creating and Storing 19 Crea ting and Storing your o wn Pro gr ams There are two w a ys you can do this; b y “tweaking an e xisting program” or by “star t- ing from scratch. ” C REATING YOUR OWN P ROGRAM If you w ant to tweak an existing prog ram, select one that’ s close to the sound y ou want.
20 6. Use the CABINET model selector to choose the cabinet you w ant. HINT : F or recommended combinations of amp type and cabinet type , ref er to p.34. 7. Press the PRES-NR button and adjust NR SENS (v alue knob 4) appropr iately . Higher v alues of noise reduction (0.
Introduction Panel Tour Setup Playing Creating and Storing 21 HINT : If y ou’ve used the PED AL selector to select V O X W AH, the MANUAL par am- eter will automatically be assigned to e xpression pedal 1 (EXP 1), letting you use the pedal as a wah pedal.
22 S TORING A PROGRAM When your tw eaking has resulted in a sound you’ re happ y with, store (write) it! 1. Press the WRITE button (3.6). The name displa y (3.8) shows “*WRITE*” and the bank display (5.1) and pro- gr am LEDs 1–4 will blink. 2.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 23 Explanations of the A mp , C abinet and Effect T ypes his section e xplains T oneLabSE’ s sixteen amp models, sixteen pedal eff ects, ele ven cabinet models , modulation, delay , and re verb eff ects.
24 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 25 language! Anyw a y , call ‘em what you will, these wondrous glass bottles lie at the tonal hear t of each of our 16 models.
26 no f eedback” emulation whene ver A C15, or any of the other three V ox models, is chosen. Like most amps of its er a, the A C15 is the ver y essence of simplicity . In f act, the Channel we modelled, Channel 2 (remember!?), only has three controls - V olume, Brilliance (really a bass cut) and T op Cut.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 27 dar ned loud in f act - b ut it was no match f or 1,000 + screaming fans! Remember f olks, bac k in the late ’50s/ear ly ’60s, guitar amps weren’t being f ed through the P A - that was reserved purely f or vocals , the band’ s back-line had to do the rest.
28 Original’ s v alve compliment: 5 x ECC83s & 1 x ECC82 in the preamp , 1 x GZ34 rectifier , 4 x EL84s in the power amp . 5. UK BLUES Our UK BLUES model is based on the “High T reble” channel of an e xtremely rare, hand- wired head made in jolly old England in the early ’60s.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 29 Original’ s v alve compliment: 3 x ECC83s in the preamp, 4 x EL34s in the pow er amp .
30 remains f ocused and well defined at e ven the most e xtreme gain settings. These attributes ha v e made this head a f av ourite with sev eral of the world’ s leading pla y- ers, and its v ersatility make it ideal f or a wide variety of pur poses and styles.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 31 T ONAL HINT: BLA CK 2x12 is the perf ect par tner for A COUSTIC (Acoustic Guitar Simulator) in the P edal section.
32 B. CABINET M ODELS Now let’ s look at the CABINET models: CABINET AND SPEAKER AC CURACY There’ s not much point in ha ving incredibly accur ate amp models if the speaker cabinet models on off er aren’t of the same e xacting standards.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 33 produce some interesting tonal combinations. But f or some recommended uses, please see the f ollowing charts. 5. BLACK 2 X 12 (BLK 2X12) As you’v e probably guessed b y now , this speaker system accompanied the amp that was modelled f or the BLA CK 2x12 amp .
34 It is renowned f or its deep bass and high-end detail and is extremely popu- lar amongst toda y’ s “nu-metal” e xponents. W e think you kno w what we mean! WHAT GOES WITH WHAT? Basically , with your T oneLabSE you can mix an y amp model to any cabinet model, and create many v ar ied tones.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 35 useful, perhaps some not, but only y ou can decide what is useful to you, as y our tone requirements are unique . Please feel free to e xplore all combinations of amps and cabinets. That is the beauty of T oneLabSE.
36 2. ACOUSTIC W anna go “unplugged” without the hassle of switching guitars and amps? Enter the acoustic guitar simulator - a clev er effect that magically con v er ts an electr ic guitar’ s sound into that of an acoustic.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 37 5. 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.
38 W ARNING! Like all pedals of this type , OCT A VE only works with single notes...chords confuse the hec k out of it! NO T a f ault - that’ s just the wa y these pedals are.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 39 14. ORANGE DIST This models a classic distor tion unit manuf actured in Japan and pac kaged in an orange bo x. 15. FUZZ Retro , r ude “n” raw ...get the picture!? The name sa ys it all.
40 1. CLASSIC CHORUS (CL CHORUS) M ONO I N /M ONO O UT 1 (M ODE =1,3) M ONO I N /M ONO O UT 3 (M ODE =2) This models a chorus unit that has two modes (chorus and vibrato), and is best- known f or being built into a guitar amp .
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 41 4. BI CHORUS M ONO I N /M ONO O UT 1 (M ODE =S) S TEREO I N / S TEREO O UT 1 (M ODE =P1, P2, P3) This is a chorus model unique to T oneLabSE.
42 6. TEXTREM S TEREO I N /S TEREO O UT 2 This models the popular tremolo circuit that’ s built into the BLA CK 2x12 model. The SPREAD setting lets you produce a panning eff ect that spreads to left and right. 7. ROTARY M ONO I N /S TEREO O UT 2 This models a stereo rotar y speaker .
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 43 8. PITCH SHIFTER (PITCH) M ONO I N /M ONO O UT 1 This is a pitch shifter with a range of two octa ves up or do wn, rivaling sophisticated rac k-mounted signal processors.
44 10. FILTRON S TEREO I N /S TEREO O UT 2 This is an env elope controlled filter – a filter that opens and closes according to the guitar input. By assigning the MANU AL knob to the expression pedal y ou can simulate K org’ s TRA VELER pedal. (In this case, set the DEPTH knob to 0.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 45 E. DELAY EFFECTS Here you can mak e settings for a dela y effect inserted after the cabinet. Y ou can choose one of ele v en types. (*): This indicates a parameter that you can control from the e xpression pedal.
46 2. MULTI HEAD (MULTI HD) M ONO I N /M ONO O UT 1 This is a model of a tape echo unit boasting three pla ybac k heads. The echo from each head has its own f eedback loop , letting you create warm and comple x “multi- tap” echo effects .
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 47 6. STEREO DELAY (ST DL) S TEREO I N /S TEREO O UT 1 This is K org’ s 24-bit digital delay , the DL8000R. With the e xception of the sampling frequency and wa ve control of the DELA Y TIME, the circuit is essentially identical.
48 10. HOLD DELAY (HOLD DLY) M ONO I N /M ONO O UT 1 If you assign “HOLD DL Y” to the CONTR OL pedal, you’ll be ab le to hold the delay sound. 11. REVERSE DELAY (REVRS DL) M ONO I N /M ONO O UT 1 This is a digital dela y that pla ys the delay sound bac kward.
AMP TYPE CABINET TYPE PEDAL MODULA TION DELA Y REVERB Amp/Effect 49 2. SPRING 2 M ONO I N /S TEREO O UT 1 This models a spring rev erb that produces a higher-density rev erberation. 3. PLATE 1 M ONO I N /S TEREO O UT 1 This models a type of re v erb unit that works by vibr ating a metal plate instead of a spring.
50 11. GATE M ONO I N /S TEREO O UT 1 This is a v ersatile gated re v erb , ideal for percussiv e playing. By setting SHAPE to 2 and MIX to 10 (i.e., eff ect only) you can create a re verse-pla yback type of sound. [1] “TIME” 5–500 [ms] Sets the gate time.
Tuner Pedals MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 51 T uner (Bypass , Mute) F or y our conv enience, T oneLabSE contains an automatic chromatic tuner . The fre- quency of the middle “A” reference pitch can be adjusted (calibr ated) ov er a range of 438 Hz–445 Hz.
52 C ALIBRATING THE TUNER When you s witch T oneLabSE on, the b uilt-in tuner is automatically calibrated to A=440 Hz (a.k.a. “concer t pitch”). If desired, you can recalibr ate the tuner in the range of A = 438 Hz–445 Hz. • While the tuner is activ e, the v alue display (3.
Tuner Pedals MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 53 U sing the e xpression pedals E XPRESSION PEDAL SETTINGS T oneLabSE provides two e xpression pedals that you can use to control not only w ah or v olume, but a wide v ar iety of eff ect parameters .
54 S ETTING THE E XPRESSION T ARGET Here are the items you can set. When you’v e pressed the EXPRESSION button to mak e it blink, y ou’ll be able to set the f ollowing items b y tur ning value knobs 1–6. NO TE: Y ou can set the abo v e items individually f or each program.
Tuner Pedals MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 55 NO TE: Nothing will be controlled if the target eff ect is “OFF . ” The e xpression pedal target is indicated as f ollows.
56 “EXP1INIT” lets you specify whether the control data f or expression pedal 1 (i.e., the position of the pedal) will be maintained when y ou switch progr ams. (“EXP2INIT” does the same for e xpression pedal 2.) Use the ▲ , ▼ buttons to change the setting.
Tuner Pedals MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 57 be applied to the parameter at a “factor” (i.e., m ultiple) of 1/6, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 1, 4/3, 3/2, 2, 3, or 4, according to the setting of the F ACT OR parameter (v alue knob 2).
58 5. Slowly adv ance the expression pedal 1 a way from y ourself (pedal forw ard), and take y our hand off the pedal when it stops. NO TE: If y ou decide to cancel the calibration procedure , press the EXIT b utton.
Tuner Pedals MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 59 Co ntr 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 between electronic musical instruments and computers.
60 S ETTING THE MIDI C HANNEL (GL OBAL “MIDI CH”) In order to e xchange data with an e xter nal MIDI device, T oneLabSE’ s MIDI chan- nel must match the MIDI channel of y our e xter nal MIDI device. Here’ s how to set the MIDI channel. 1. Press the GLOBAL button (3.
Tuner Pedals MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 61 1. Press the GLOBAL button (3.4). 2. Press the √ √ √ √ , ® ® ® ® b uttons (3.2) to make the name displa y (3.8) read “CCHG I/O . ” 3. Specify whether all control change messages will be transmitted or receiv ed.
62 1. Press the GLOBAL button (3.4). 2. Press the √ √ √ √ , ® ® ® ® b uttons (3.2) to make the name displa y (3.8) read “SYEX OUT . ” 3. Specify whether parameter change messages will be transmitted. Use value knob 3 (2.2) or the ▲ , ▼ buttons (3.
Tuner Pedals MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 63 “DUMP ALL ” (Dump all data): All of the T oneLabSE’ s data will be dumped. 5. Put the receiving de vice in a mode in which it can record the data dump . NO TE: F or details, ref er to the owner’ s manual of the de vice that will receive the data dump .
64 Restoring the F ac tor y P reset Pro gr ams ere’ s how y ou can restore T oneLabSE’ s progr ams and all its other settings to the state in which it was shipped from the f actor y . NO TE: Executing this procedure will er ase all the programs y ou created and sa ved in T oneLabSE, and will load the f actor y-set programs.
Tuner Pedals MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 65 Tr oubleshooting f you suspect a malfunction, please chec k the follo wing points first. If this does not resolv e the problem, please contact y our dealer or V o x authorized service center .
66 4. Y ou ’ re using the A COUSTIC pedal eff ec t and getting nast y high frequency distor tion. • Could the Drive setting be e xcessively high? • Are you using a v er y high output humbucking pic kup? Either tur n down the v olume of your guitar , the Amp GAIN or T reb le setting for the pedal.
Tuner Pedals MIDI/DIGITAL Factory settings Trouble- shooting Spec. Program List 67 Specifications NUMBER OF AMP TYPES: 16 NUMBER OF CABINET TYPES: 11 NUMBER OF EFFECTS PED AL TYPES: 16 MODULA TION TY.
68 Pr ogram list NAME A ch -AMP A ch -CABINET MOD DELA Y REVERB PED AL B ch -AMP B ch -CABINET EXP1 EXP2 CONTROL INSERT 1-1 DIAR Y TWEED 4x10 TWEED 4x10 CLASSIC CHOR US ECHO PLUS CHAMBER 2 TUBE OD UK .
69 Inde x Numerics 1OCT A VE 37 2OCT A VE 37 A AC15 25 AC15TB 26 AC30 26 AC30TB 27 ACOUSTIC 36 AMP Models 23 AT TA C K 36 , 37 AU TO WA H 36 automatic chromatic tuner 51 B Backing Up 62 BASS 23 , 36 B.
1.2 1.4 6.1 6.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 6.3 2.2 2.1 5.2 5.1 4.1 4.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.2 11.1 11.2 11.4 11.3 11.5 10.1 10.2 2 7 3 4 1 12.2 12.1 10 11 12 6 8 9 5 1.
2003 V O X AM Date : 2003. 9.1 ToneLabSE Memorized [VOX Valvetronix] Parameter Control Program Data Dump 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.
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