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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL...
  • Page 2 dc 9v bass pres mids treb gain master effect level AMPLI-FIREBOX mark ii powered by...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CONNECTION DIAGRAM .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing AMPLIFIRE-BOX MKII, a world-class amp tone and effects pedal/processor . A powerful and portable device, it is small enough to fit in a gig bag yet potent enough to please even the most discriminating tube amp and effects aficionados .

  • Page 5: Connection Diagram

    CONNECTION DIAGRAM phones XLR CABLE 1/4” CABLE...

  • Page 6: Hardware Descriptions

    CONNECTORS – AMPLI-FIREBOX MARK II dc 9v bass pres mids treb gain master effect level AMPLI-FIREBOX mark ii powered by...
  • Page 7 DC POWER JACK – 9 volt, 200mA KNOBS minimum, center negative polarity, 2 . 1 mm coax plug . GAIN KNOB – Adjusts the gain control USB CONNECTOR – For connecting of the preamp of the virtual guitar to a host PC . Allows for editing of amplifier model .

  • Page 8: Effects & Signal Chain

    EFFECTS AND SIGNAL CHAIN AMPLIFIRE-BOX MK II offers studio-quality effects developed by Studio Devil . They are arranged into the following signal chain categories (Editor designation is noted in parentheses): • NOISE GATE (GTE) • COMPRESSOR (CMP) • EQUALIZER (EQ) •...

  • Page 9: Cabinet Modeling

    CABINET MODELING The CABINET section is where AMPLIFIRE-BOX MK II applies Impulse Response (IR) modeling technology and filtering to simulate the sound of real-life speakers and guitar cabinets as recorded by specific microphones . You can upload any . w av IR file to your AMPLIFIRE-BOX MK II presets via the editor application .

  • Page 10: Editor Parameter Settings

    EFFECT BLOCK PARAMETERS GATE / EXPANDER GTE: Simply double click the GTE button to turn the gate on/off . Greyed out is off, while blue is on . THRESHOLD (dB): The THRESHOLD of the GATE determines is the minimum level of the input signal that will open the GATE . Signals below the THRESHOLD are reduced in gain by an amount equal to the RATIO (see below) .

  • Page 11: Amp

    EFFECT BLOCK PARAMETERS - BOOST CONTINUED . . . MODE: Select from the following BOOST modes: OVERDRIVE: Models a classic overdrive pedal similar to the Boss SD-1 . SCREAMER: Models a classic overdrive pedal similar to the Ibanez TS-808 . DISTORTION: Models a typical distortion pedal similar to a Boss DS-1 .

  • Page 12: Amps

    Brit 800: Based on the early 80s British 100w head that helped defined metal . Hot Brit: An Atomic original model, this amp is inspired by the great British rock amps but has a tighter low end and more gain on tap .
  • Page 13 AMPS CONTINUED . . . SV Tee: This is a bass amp model based on the legendary 300 watt tube bass amp monster that changed the world in 1969! “Power” Amp Models: We provide authentic-sounding power amp sims for tube types;...
  • Page 14 EQUALIZER CONTINUED . . . LOWPASS 2: Applies a second-order low pass filter which passes bass (lows) and rolls off treble (highs) . This filter begins to roll off (cut) high frequencies above the value set in the FREQUENCY parameter . It passes all low frequencies below the FREQUENCY parameter at the level set with the LEVEL parameter .

  • Page 15: Echo

    EQUALIZER CONTINUED . . . PEAKING: Applies a peaking filter which boosts or cuts the level of frequencies within a narrow band and leaves all other frequencies outside this band unaffected . The level of the peak is set by the LEVEL parameter . The center frequency of the peak is determined by the FREQUENCY parameter .

  • Page 16: Reverb

    ECHO CONTINUED . . . LEVEL (db): Controls the level in dB of the ECHO effect mixed with the dry signal . Adjust clockwise to increase the level of the signal . TAP MODE: Sets the length of the echo to a particular note duration (quarter note, double time, triplets, sixteenths and dotted eighth) .

  • Page 17: Cabinet

    REVERB CONTINUED . . . DRY LEVEL (dB): Allows you to change the dry (unaffected) signal level when the REVERB effect is enabled . Usually, the dry signal is mixed equally (0dB) with the REVERB effect . In cases where you want the dry signal much lower than the REVERB effect (to accentuate the reverb), or want to increase the output level, you can adjust it here .

  • Page 18: Editor

    EDITOR The AMPLIFIRE-BOX MK II is extremely powerful and easy to use right out of the box . Many users may never plug it in to a computer . For those who do, this simple editor application will give you access to many more features that you simply cannot access from the hardware .
  • Page 19 EDITOR CONTINUED . . . FOOTSWITCHES - The two foot ABOUT - Click the word ABOUT at switches can be assigned to turn one the bottom of the editor to see the or more effect blocks on/off . These current version of the editor and the settings are made per preset here .

  • Page 20: Editing Basics

    EDITING BASICS When you make changes to the knobs or the parameters of the effect blocks, you are editing the currently selected FAV (Favorite) preset . There are three of these Favorite presets which are selected by the FAV toggle switch . As soon as you make ANY change to the settings of the currently selected preset the SAVE button at the top of the editor will light up .
  • Page 21 EDITING BASICS CONTINUED . . . CAB - This toggle switch allows you to quickly select between three different CAB IRs . They are pre-loaded from the factory, but you can change them to any . w av CAB IR file you have in your personal library on your computer .

  • Page 22: Global Settings / Clip Warning

    GLOBAL SETTINGS Click the GLOBAL tab at the bottom of the editor to access the Global Settings . Scroll down so you can see all of the available parameters . MAINLVL (dB): Sets the output level of the 1/4” output jack. XLRLVL (dB): Sets the output level of the XLR output jack .
  • Page 23 For live performance if you are using a powered FRFR cabinet on stage (like our popular Atomic CLR) you would use the 1/4” output with the CAB IR on. You would also send the XLR output to the FOH mixer with the the CAB IR on . In this scenario you would select BOTH .
  • Page 24 GLOBAL SETTINGS - LEVEL CONTINUED . . . BYPASS: The foot switch will serve as a master bypass, toggling all processing on/ off just like a common guitar pedal bypass . NOTE- AMPLIFIRE-BOX MK II is not a true bypass pedal. When the unit is bypassed your signal is still going through the A/D and D/A converters.
  • Page 25 GLOBAL SETTINGS - FX LEVEL SELECT CONTINUED . . . LOAD MODE: This parameter determines how the unit will act when it is first powered on . Click on the window to the right and a pop-up window will display your options: WYSIWYG, LAST, FAV SWITCH, FAV1, FAV2 or FAV3 .
  • Page 26 GLOBAL SETTINGS - FAV SWITCH CONTINUED . . . FAV 2: When you power up the unit will load the FAV 2 preset regardless of the current toggle position of the FAV toggle switch . This will include your foot switch settings .
  • Page 27 GLOBAL SETTINGS CONTINUED . . . FOOTSWITCHES - Click the FOOTSWITCHES tab at the bottom of the editor and the FOOTSWITCH ASSIGNMENTS page will be displayed . For these assignments to work the GLOBAL setting for FS A MODE and FS B MODE must be set to EFFECT .

  • Page 28: Presets

    Set the individual 1/4” or XLR global settings to help reduce the output level of each output . PRESETS The AMPLIFIRE-BOX MK II can NOT load any preset created by other Atomic AmpliFire products . Only presets created on the AMPLIFIRE-BOX MK II can be loaded in to the unit .
  • Page 29 From time to time the firmware will be updated to fix bugs or add features . To update your AMPLIFIRE-BOX MK II: 1 . On the Atomic Amps website, click on the Support & Downloads tab at the top of the screen . Then click on the AMPLIFIRE-BOX MK II tools .

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