Introduction; Welcome Aboard; The Best Of Both Worlds - Vox Valvetronix Manual

Introduction

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ELCOME BOARD
any thanks for adding a VOX Valvetronix amp to your sonic arsenal. We're sure
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it'll give you countless hours of great guitar tones that will feel as good as they
sound! Before we show you how to get the most out of your brand new combo
(and it's as easy as falling off a log, believe me!), let's take a quick look at why the Val-
vetronix unit you're about to plug into is the real deal as opposed to yet another "jack of
all trades, master of none" digital modeling amp....
Digital modeling amps? Yep, we know, they're nothing new and there's a bunch of
different ones out there to choose from. And, of course, it goes without saying that each
and every one of them claims to be the best thing since sliced bread! Being guitar nuts,
we've played 'em all and, as far as we're concerned, the vast majority of them fall way
short of their bold advertising claims. This is because pretty much all digital modeling
amps out there fall into one of two categories: they're either made by a company that
specializes in making digital, guitar gadgets and has little or no experience in building
amps. Or the exact opposite: they're made by an established amp manufacturer that's
attempted to become a credible digital engineering concern in a couple of years or less!
Think about these two truths for a second...scary or what!?
You don't have to be a genius to realize that for someone to make a great sound-
ing and feeling digital modeling amp, they have to possess experience and expertise in
both digital engineering/modeling and amp design/manufacture. After all, if they fall short
in either area, the end product is not gonna be all it can be and, as a result, both its tone
and its "guitar friendly" nature (hey, you want an easy-to-operate guitar amp, not a com-
plex computer, right?) will suffer - big time! We're happy to report that your new Val-
vetronix amp was designed and built by experienced experts in both of these vitally
important fields. The result...
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alvetronix is the brainchild of a mind-meld between the digital expertise of Korg's
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critically acclaimed ToneWorks team (a bunch of axe addicts who've spent the last
ten years living, breathing and dreaming in digital!) and the world-renowned amp
gurus behind one of the most revered names in guitar amplification - Vox! As you are no
doubt aware, Vox's all-valve, AC30 amps have been the first choice of countless profes-
sional players for the past four decades and have been heard on numerous hits.
Korg's ToneWorks team has a pretty impressive track record too; for over a
decade, their many digital guitar devices have proven to be a firm favourite with both the
guitar loving press and guitar loving public. They were also the first folk to master the art
of using oversampling to create digital distortions that sounded and felt real and didn't
have those evil, dissonant overtones (a.k.a. aliasing) that made most guitarists feel that
"digital distortion" was a rival to "jumbo shrimp" in the oxymoron charts! The most recent
ToneWorks breakthrough is their proprietary REMs (Resonant structure and Electronic
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