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  • Page 1 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Hello from the Tone Farm Thank You for choosing the CabClone™ IR and Welcome to the MESA/Boogie Family! This product benefits from the same strict code of fine instrument building employed that all MESA/Boogie Products share and we hope you find years of inspiration and enjoyment through its features and sounds.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents PRECAUTIONS OVERVIEW ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1-2 HELPFUL HINTS ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 REAR PANEL (Interface Connections) INPUT: LINE ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3 INPUT: FROM AMP SPKR OUT _____________________________________________________________________ 3 OUTPUT: TO SPKR _____________________________________________________________________________ 3-6 MIDI THRU _____________________________________________________________________________________ 7 MIDI IN ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 POWER: 18VDC/1 AMP ___________________________________________________________________________ 7 USB ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 LIFT/GROUND __________________________________________________________________________________ 8 180/PHASE _____________________________________________________________________________________ 8...
  • Page 4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus that produce heat.

  • Page 5: Overview

    Operating Instructions OVERVIEW The CabClone IR+ is a digital Cabinet Simulator/Impulse Response Reader that holds 16 instantly accessible popular MESA speaker cabinet and iconic microphone combinations in presets of IR captures within its two banks of 8 user preset locations. These can be accessed from the top panel BANK switch and CAB SELECT rotary control manually or via MIDI program change commands.
  • Page 6 INPUT: Controls the Input Signal to the unit from the two ¼” INPUTS, LINE and FROM AMP SPKR OUT ¼” jacks. This control also sets the Output Signal Level at the LINE OUT (DRY) 1/4” output jack. PRESENCE: Provides a global EQ control that affects the XLR balanced Output and the ¼” Stereo HEADPHONES Output and offers enhanced brightness and cut in the upper frequencies when rotated clockwise or high frequency roll-off when dialed in the counterclockwise direction.

  • Page 7: Helpful Hints

    character to preamp sound style and further enhance DI silent performance while attaining perfect stage volumes, all in the same box. When Recording, use the Attenuator to achieve more power clip character for certain parts when multi-tracking or clamp down the volume for your monitor Cabinet in the Cutting Room while your power section is unleashed and soaring out the balanced DI OUTPUT without bleed from other instruments in an ensemble session.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel (Interface Connections)

    Rear Panel (Interface Connections) Let’s run through the connections and Inputs Outputs starting Left To Right: INPUT: LINE This ¼” phono Input accommodates a Line Level signal. This signal could be derived from a preamp, but a more appropriate application would be to use an amplifier’s Slave Output. Slave Outputs generally, at least on MESA products, have the entire tube signal chain incorporated including the power amp.
  • Page 9 LIVE ON STAGE WITH CABINET GUITAR AMP 8 OHM OUT (SHOWN WITH 8 OHM CABCLONE™ IR+) CAUTION: WARNING: Do Not Set Amp Output To Max - Read User Manual Before Use. Damage May Occur. Do Not Expose To Rain Or Moisture. ®...
  • Page 10 LIVE ON STAGE WITH TWO 8 OHM CABINETS (Using Parallel Box) GUITAR AMP 4 OHM OUT (SHOWN WITH 8 OHM CABCLONE™ IR+) CAUTION: WARNING: Do Not Set Amp Output To Max - Read User Manual Before Use. Damage May Occur. Do Not Expose To Rain Or Moisture.

  • Page 11: Midi Thru

    MIDI THRU: This 5-PIN standard DIN Connector passes MIDI information on through to other devices that recognize MIDI commands from the adjacent MIDI IN connector. Always use the shortest length possible when connecting other/more devices. MIDI IN: This Input accepts a standard 5-Pin MIDI cable, and via MIDI program change messages, enables you to accommodate aligning your preamp sounds with the 16 instantly accessible Internal sounds loaded into the two BANKS of 8 IR PRESETS.

  • Page 12: Lift/Ground

    LIFT/GROUND: A mini toggle Ground Float switch is provided for the DI Output, which can lift the circuit Ground (Pin 1) from the chassis Ground. This Ground float switch can be helpful in eliminating ground loops caused by different references to Ground between consoles and the CabClone IR+’s circuitry.

  • Page 13: Input Level

    low, Red increment LEDs indicate just what you’d think: Green indicates signal, but lower (workable but not ideal) signal level. Yellow shows an optimum (nominal/perfect) level signal strength and Red indicates an overly high/too hot, you are either about to, or are, clipping the Input, signal level.

  • Page 14: Spkr/Load Switch

    SPKR/LOAD SWITCH: This mini toggle determines the status of the Internal Reactive Load and whether it will be connected, or disconnected when the load will be supplied by a speaker enclosure connected to the FROM AMP SPKR OUT jack. A WARNING LED is illuminated if SPKR is selected on the SPKR/LOAD switch and there is no phono cable connected to the TO SPKR Output.

  • Page 15: Organizing And Loading Ir's

    it is also advisable to use the Attenuator just as much as is necessary and not much more, as there is a price to pay for running your amplifier’s output section at high levels/Master settings all the time, and there is absolutely a point of diminishing return. Also mentioned above, note that the -16dB setting brings on line a LEVEL control for infinite fine-tuning of the listening level in this highest level of Attenuation.

  • Page 16: Example Live And Studio Connection Diagrams

    Example Live and Studio Connection Diagrams: RECORDING STUDIO GUITAR AMP 8 OHM OUT (SHOWN WITH 8 OHM CABCLONE™ IR+) CAUTION: WARNING: Do Not Set Amp Output To Max - Read User Manual Before Use. Damage May Occur. Do Not Expose To Rain Or Moisture. ®...
  • Page 17 SLAVE OUT / LINE LEVEL GUITAR AMP SLAVE OUT GUITAR CABINET (REQUIRED WHEN USING SLAVE OUT) PREAMP OUTPUT GAIN TREBLE BASS PRESENCE MASTER INPUT CAUTION: WARNING: Do Not Set Amp Output To Max - Read User Manual Before Use. Damage May Occur. Do Not Expose To Rain Or Moisture.
  • Page 18 CONNECT TO DAW / RECORDING 8 OHM OUT GUITAR AMP (SHOWN WITH 8 OHM CABCLONE™ IR+) CAUTION: WARNING: Do Not Set Amp Output To Max - Read User Manual Before Use. Damage May Occur. Do Not Expose To Rain Or Moisture. ®...
  • Page 19 LIVE ON STAGE WITH CABINET GUITAR AMP 8 OHM OUT (SHOWN WITH 8 OHM CABCLONE™ IR+) CAUTION: WARNING: Do Not Set Amp Output To Max - Read User Manual Before Use. Damage May Occur. Do Not Expose To Rain Or Moisture. ®...
  • Page 20 SILENT WITH HEADPHONES 8 OHM OUT GUITAR AMP (SHOWN WITH 8 OHM CABCLONE™ IR+) CAUTION: WARNING: Do Not Set Amp Output To Max - Read User Manual Before Use. Damage May Occur. Do Not Expose To Rain Or Moisture. ® MADE IN PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, USA WITH THE WORLD’S FINEST MATERIALS INTERNAL LOAD LINE...

  • Page 21: Specifications

    CABCLONE™ IR+ Specifications Supported IR File Specifications • WAVE files (.wav) • Mono • 48 kHz • 24 bits are preferred (but 16 or 32 bits will also work) • 100ms or under (longer files will be truncated to 100ms) Hardware Specifications Latency (from Input connector to Output connector): 2ms AD/DA conversions: ........
  • Page 24 20/02/04...

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