Operating The Warp T - Hughes & Kettner Warp-T Manual

WARP T - MANUAL

4.0 OPERATING THE WARP T™

Now that you know a bit about the key features of
your new amp and probably have discovered
how gain the undivided attention of neighbors,
fellow musicians, and significant others, let's take
a closer look at a couple of tips and suggestions
for handling the WARP T™ and connecting other
sound-sculpting devices:
4.1 SELECTING CHANNELS
Press the WARP CH. ON button to awaken Beauty
or the Beast. When the button lights up to indicate
that the amp is in high-gain mode, grab the bull
by the horns and hang on for dear life. After a
breathtaking ride on the back of the bucking
beast, you may want to give yourself and your
audience a break. Press the button again to
activate the CLEAN channel and revel in the
sonic glory of a righteous clean sound.
4.2 FROM GRITTY RIFFS TO
HI GAIN SCREAMING LEADS
No one buys this breed of amp to play polka night
at the local senior citizens' community center. So,
if you want to kick out the jams, you've certainly
acquired the right tool for the job: Those red-hot
tubes pump out the kind of red-hot tone thought
to melt teeth fillings at a hundred paces. Twist the
WARP channel's MASTER and GAIN knobs to turn
your amp into anything from a gritty grindstone for
cranking out meaty chords to a hi-gain scream
machine. From subtle menace to a belligerent
bellow, it's yours for the taking.
Try this on for size: Set MASTER to 5 and GAIN to 6
or 7 for a pretty ornery growl. Now add a liberal
dose of BASS, cut the MIDs, and boost the bottom
end by pressing the SUB button to conjure up a
truly wicked hi gain roar. Back off the WARP chan-
nel's GAIN and crank the MASTER knob to 8 or 9
and try dampening the string with the heel of your
10 10
hand. This yields rough & ready crunch tone with
an enormous low-end kick. Before you do this, you
may want to back off the MASTER VOLUME
because the sound pressure may be a bit much
to handle. Cliché time: An ounce of practice is
worth a pound of theory, so experiment to your
heart's content!
4.3 HOW TO CONNECT
AN EFFECTOR
Located on the back of the amp is an FX loop
designed to take any effector you care to
connect. To insert a device into the loop, connect
its input jack to the WARP T™'s SEND port and the
device's output jack to the WARP T™'s RETURN
port. Activate the FX loop using the front panel
FX ON button or via footswitch. Recall that you
can match the FX loop to the effect device's
input level. Press the FX SEND LEVEL button for
effects devices like stomp boxes that are designed
for guitar signals. If the button is not pressed, the
signal level remains at standard line level, which
is suitable for most rack-mounted multi-effects
processors.
When operating the loop in parallel mode, use
the LEVEL knob to determine the volume of the
effect signal.
NOTE
Some signal processors introduce phase cancel-
lations that are detrimental to the overall sound.
In this case, set the effects loop to FX SERIAL.
The effects loop now operates like a conventional
serial loop—in other words, you'll have to adjust
the balance of levels between the original and
processed signal at the processor.
TIP
If choose not to connect a signal processor to the
FX loop, you can plug in another instrument or
audio source.