Summary of Contents for AMT Pangaea CP-100PX
- Page 1 PANGAEA IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER CP-100FX User’s Guide ©2017 AMT Electronics. Omsk, Russia EVERYTHING JUST BEGINS Rev A (For use with firmware V1.5.7) www.amtelectronics.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Quick Start .................5 OMG What Did I Just Buy? ..................5 What’s in the Box? ....................5 Top Panel ........................ 6 Front Panel ......................8 Rear Panel ....................... 8 Setup A: Home/Studio ..................10 Setup B: Live ......................10 Setup C: Live + FOH (Mono) ................ - Page 4 Phaser ........................28 Flanger ........................29 Chorus ........................30 Early Reflections ....................31 Reverb ........................32 Tremolo ......................... 33 Controllers ................34 Footswitches ......................34 Expression Pedal ....................35 External MIDI Controller ..................36 Global Settings .................37 Attenuator ......................37 Master EQ ......................37 Bypassing The Cabinet Simulator ................
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Page 5: Quick Start
Quick Start Quick Start OMG What Did I Just Buy? Thank you for purchasing Pangaea CP-100FX Impulse Response convolution player. It is not just a cabinet simulator but a very powerful and flexible effects processor. Before designing Pangaea, we’ve set a challenge to give you as much freedom and control over all the settings as possible. -
Page 6: Top Panel
Quick Start Top Panel INPUT THRU BAL OUT R OUT LR IN CLIP OUT CLIP A M T PA N G A E A CONFIRM I R C O N VO LU T I O N P L AY E R C P 1 0 0 F X EDIT DOWN... - Page 7 Quick Start 4. Esc/Cab’s Name: When on the home screen press to see currently chosen Impulse Response’s filename. Otherwise press to return to the upper level menu or to the home screen. 5. Edit: Press to edit the preset or the effect block. 6.
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Page 8: Front Panel
Quick Start Front Panel 11. Phones Out: Connect stereo headphones here. Press 2/VOL to adjust volume. Be careful, high volume level can seriously damage your ears. 12. Aux In: Connect any external audio device using a stereo cable with 1/8’’ (3.5mm) TRS connector. - Page 9 17. Thru/Bypass Out: This output sends out an unprocessed copy of whatever comes into Pangaea’s Input. Use a speaker cable to connect a speaker cabinet or a dummy load (such as AMT Power Eater PE-15/PE-120) here in case you’re feeding a signal from a tube amp or a power amp into Pangaea’s Input.
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Page 10: Setup A: Home/Studio
Quick Start Setup A: Home/Studio You don’t need an amp! Pangaea can emulate a Clean channel of an amp, so an overdrive pedal will do. You can even plug your guitar directly into Pangaea. DRIVE Balanced Out: FX+CabSim (L+R) Main Out: FX+CabSim (Stereo) Input INPUT THRU... -
Page 11: Setup C: Live + Foh (Mono)
Quick Start Setup C: Live + FOH (Mono) Switch to 1 R mode (see Chapter “Dual Cabinet Mode”). This will disable CabSim in the Left channel. Now you can monitor all effects through your amp on stage while providing studio-quality sound with Cabinet Simulation to Front of House. Balanced Out: FX+CabSim (R/Mono) Main Out: FX (L/Mono) -
Page 12: Getting Around
Getting Around Getting Around Home Screen Preset Name 1. Preset Name: The name of the currently selected preset. 2. Preset Number: Currently selected preset number. Blank number means the preset is empty. All effect blocks of an empty preset are disabled. Filled number means the preset was modified and saved. -
Page 13: Setting Output Levels
Getting Around The effect blocks are: • RF: Resonance filter • GT: Noise gate • CM: Compressor • PR: Preamp simulator • PA: Power amp simulator • IR: Impulse Response/Cabinet simulator • EQ: Parametric EQ • DL: Delay • PH: Phaser •... -
Page 14: Tuner
Editing Presets Tuner Out of tune? Go to the Home screen and press 5/TUNER button. Pangaea has a standard chromatic tuner with reference frequency 440Hz. Pick a string and you’ll see the closest note on the screen. The lower triangle shows you the actual pitch of the string relatively to that note. -
Page 15: Copying Effect Blocks
Editing Presets Copying Effect Blocks Preset You can copy effect’s settings between presets. Name To do that select the effect block you want to copy at the Preset screen and press 5/TUNER. Copy to -> You’ll be prompted to choose the destination preset. - Page 16 Editing Presets • RF: LFO Rate; Frequency • CM: Volume; Threshold • PA: Volume; Slave • DL: Volume; Feedback; Tap • PH, FL, CH: Volume; Rate • RV: Volume; Time • TR: Intensity; Rate; Tap Using MinVal and MaxVal you can calibrate the controller by setting its boundaries. For example, if you’re using the expression pedal to control preset volume, the MinVal setting determines how much volume you’ll hear when the pedal is at its minimum (heel down) setting.
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Page 17: Saving/Copying/Naming A Preset
Editing Presets Saving/Copying/Naming a Preset After you’re done editing a preset, return to Return the Preset screen and press Esc. You’ll be prompted to save the preset. Use Navigation/ Save? Confirm knob to choose between No, Return or Yes. You can also press Esc once again to quit without saving. -
Page 18: Effect Blocks
Effect Blocks Effect Blocks Resonance Filter This filter is the first one in the virtual chain of effects. It lets you cut some frequency ranges out of your guitar tone. For example, you can create an effect similar to wah-wah pedals. This effect block contains the following parameters: •... - Page 19 Effect Blocks • Lo freq: Sets the lower limit for the cutoff frequency. The higher this limit is set, the lower the width of the effect gets. The full width (cutoff frequency range) is from 26 Hz to 6545 Hz. Range: 0 (26 Hz) to 127 (560 Hz).
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Page 20: Noise Gate
Effect Blocks Noise Gate Noise Gate is used to attenuate the signal in pauses when you don’t play guitar, helping you to hide some hiss, hum and other noise present in any guitar setup. Gain (dB) Threshold Input level Output level Attack Decay Time... - Page 21 Effect Blocks Compressor has the following parameters to tweak: High threshold 0 dB • Thresh: Everything above the set threshold level gets compressed and the overall signal is amplified. Different thresholds You can assign a controller to this fixed ratio parameter.
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Page 22: Preamp Simulator
• Preamp sections of guitar head and combo amplifiers. For example, AMT StoneHead SH-50-4 with its dedicated Preamp Out • Preamp pedals with line level output, such as AMT Electronics LA series, LA II series and SS series pedals Effect pedals have a quieter output than preamps, so-called instrument level output, and are not able to drive a power amp. -
Page 23: Power Amp Simulator
Effect Blocks Power Amp Simulator IR is a very good representation of a cabinet’s sonic characteristics. But since it’s dynamic behavior is linear, it can’t reproduce the compression, saturation and playing feel of a cranked up tube power amp. This is when the Power Amp Simulator may come in handy. The effect block provides the following parameters to tweak: •... -
Page 24: Cabinet Simulator (Impulse Response)
* All third party companies and products listed or otherwise mentioned in this document are trademarks of their respective owners and are in no way affiliated or associated with AMT Electronics. Product names are used solely to identify certain products whose tones and sounds were... - Page 25 Effect Blocks This effect block provides 5-band parametric equalizer for fine-tuning your tone. Use Navigation/Confirm knob to pick a band and press the knob to adjust it. Each band has -15 to +15 dB range. If you scroll further to the right, you’ll get to the second settings screen with the following parameters: •...
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Page 26: Delay
Effect Blocks Delay Delay is the most used guitar effect. It memorizes the audio signal and plays it back once or several times after a period of time. Pangaea has two delay lines running at the same time and a modulation effect. This effect block contains the following parameters: •... - Page 27 Effect Blocks • D_Pan: Panning for the first delay line. Range: L63 to R63. • D2 Vol: Volume level of the second delay line. When set to maximum its volume is equal to the first delay line. Range: 0 to 127. •...
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Page 28: Phaser
Effect Blocks Phaser Phaser is a modulation effect based on splitting the signal into two paths and changing the phase of one of them using all-pass filters. When both signal paths are mixed together some frequencies appear to be out of phase and cancel each other. This process creates notches and peaks in a frequency response. -
Page 29: Flanger
Effect Blocks • Stage: The number of filters called stages. Two stages create one notch. More notches create richer Phaser effect. You can choose between 4, 6 or 8 stages. Gain (dB) Gain (dB) Gain (dB) 4 Stages 6 Stages 8 Stages low Frequency (Hz) high low Frequency (Hz) high... -
Page 30: Chorus
Effect Blocks • Delay: Specifies the delay of the second signal path changing the color of the effect. Longer delay produces more notches. Range: 0 (0 ms) to 127 (21 ms). • F_Back: Feeding some of the filter’s output back to its input increases the contrast between the peaks and the notches, resulting in increased saturation of the effect. -
Page 31: Early Reflections
Effect Blocks • Type: There are 4 types of effect to choose from: 1. Chorus: Standard single voice Chorus based on a single Delay line with square modulation 2. Chorus S: Stereo Chorus with two Delay lines and square modulation. Delays share the same LFO and are modulated 180 degrees out of phase. -
Page 32: Reverb
Effect Blocks Reverb Reverb simulates placing your amp in a big, reverberant space with a lot of echo, like a church, a huge concert hall or a parking garage. It wets your sound, smooths it out, and may help with the sustain. Pangaea has a powerful reverb unit capable of emulating different types of reverb. -
Page 33: Tremolo
Effect Blocks Tremolo Tremolo is an amplitude modulation effect controlled by a low-frequency oscillator (LFO). It’s like someone would turn the volume of the amplifier up and down creating pulsations. • Intens: Sets the intensity of the effect. When set to maximum the sound completely fades out between the pulses. -
Page 34: Controllers
Controllers Controllers Pangaea CP-100FX was designed as a very flexible device for use in any environment. It provides a number of tools for performing musicians. By means of built-in Footswitches, optional Expression Pedal and External MIDI Controller you can get full control over its functions in real time. -
Page 35: Expression Pedal
Controllers • Controller: Lets you access parameters of effect blocks. For example, to turn effects on or off. See full list of parameters in Chapter “Assigning Controllers”. At the same time, it is possible to choose the number of MIDI controller for messages sent to MIDI Out every time you press, release or hold the footswitch. -
Page 36: External Midi Controller
External MIDI Controller If you decide to use an External MIDI Controller, for example AMT FS-2MIDI, connect its output to Pangaea’s MIDI In. Make sure your external controller and Pangaea use the same MIDI channel, you may want to check Chapter “MIDI Channel” for details. -
Page 37: Global Settings
Global Settings Global Settings Attenuator If you’re connecting Pangaea to the speaker output of an amplifier, chances are the sound level will be very high and will clipping will occur. Use built-in Attenuator to reduce input level and avoid clipping. By the way, don’t forget to connect an actual speaker or a loadbox to the Thru Out! To adjust attenuator settings, go to the Home Attenuator... -
Page 38: Bypassing The Cabinet Simulator
Global Settings Bypassing The Cabinet Simulator If you intend to connect Pangaea into the effect loop of an amplifier and don’t need the cabinet simulation, you can disable it for all presets at once. This will not affect any cabinet profiles stored in the presets but simply bypass Mode CabSim On... -
Page 39: Midi Channel
Global Settings MIDI Channel Pangaea uses one of 16 MIDI channels to communicate with other devices over MIDI. In order for this communication to be successful Mode CabSim On both devices shall use the same channel. Midi ch Cab num 2 L+R To change MIDI channel used to send and Expression... -
Page 40: Global Tempo
USB & Computer Operations Global Tempo In the sytem menu you can find parameter Foot Switch Tempo that may be set to either Preset or S/PDIF Main Output Global. If it is set to Preset, every time a new MIDI PC Map preset with Delay is recalled, Delay Time is Tempo Global... -
Page 41: Factory Reset
USB & Computer Operations Factory Reset If you need to reset Pangaea, connect it to the computer using USB cable and access its internal storage. You can reset system settings but keep all presets or vice versa. Simply delete corresponding files. Missing files will be recreated automatically using the default settings next time you turn on the device. -
Page 42: Using Digital Output (S/Pdif)
USB & Computer Operations Using Digital Output (S/PDIF) Pangaea’s internal sample rate is 48 kHz. When using Digital Output to connect to another device, its sample rate must be set to 48 kHz as well. In the system menu you’ll find S/PDIF parameter, which has two options: •... -
Page 43: Appendix A: Signal Flow
Appendix A: Signal Flow Appendix A: Signal Flow PREAMP Attenuator A M T POWER AMP GATE COMP Input Thru/Bypass Out DELAY S/PDIF Out Master Volume Balanced Out MASTER EQ A M T Main Out Aux In Phones Volume Phones Out... -
Page 44: Appendix B: Technical Specifications
Appendix B: Technical Specifications Appendix B: Technical Specifications Number of Presets 24 bit A/D & D/A converters 48 kHz Sampling Frequency 1.5 ms Latency Single cabinet mode: Dual cabinet mode: 1.8 ms IR Truncate 85.33 ms (4096 samples) Mono 1/4’’ (6.35mm) phone jack, unbalanced Analog Input Stereo 1/8’’...