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TC Electronic Blacksmith User Manual

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  • Page 1 BLACKSMITH USer’S MAnUAL...

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    Important Safety InStructIonS Warning! 1 Read these instructions. • To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not expose this equipment to 2 Keep these instructions. dripping or splashing and ensure that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, 3 Heed all warnings. are placed on the equipment. 4 Follow all instructions. • This apparatus must be earthed.
  • Page 4 emc / emI & certIfIcate of conformIty EMC/EMI This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    RC-4 ................. 14 Rear panel ..............15 appendIx General Protection mode ......... 19 Heat Protection mode..........19 Signal Flow Diagram ..........20 Technical Specifications ........... 21 TC Electronic, Sindalsvej 34, DK-8240 Risskov – info@tcelectronic.com English Version - Revision 1 Prod. No: 606150111...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Bass amp 2.0 has just reached a high point. Blacksmith unites immense power and versatility, delivering a sound so massive that it’s guaranteed to pierce through any mix – with ease! Blacksmith - with Blacksmith behind you, power is not an issue. Large clubs, major venues or full-scale stadiums: No matter which stage you enter – you’re covered all the way. You’ll be in control of a massive 1600 watts, delivering a huge bass tone that will follow your slightest move while playing those hard-rocking bass lines and hammering riffs.
  • Page 7 Built-in Tuner – Once you have tried this, there’s no turning back. The idea of having an internal chromatic bass tuner is as simple as it is brilliant. The tuner is always ‘on’, which allows you to monitor your pitch status at all times – and to tune up swiftly between tunes if needed. Most amps come with a ‘tuner out’, but why have a rack tuner clutter up your rig? Why not build it in right from the start? There are literally no downsides, so it was really a no-brainer! User memories – If you’ve ever used different basses or change playing style during shows, you know that a few amp presets would be welcome. Blacksmith offers three on-board user memories, allowing you to switch easily between 4 and 5-string basses, Rickenbackers and Fenders for that matter. You can also create three entirely different tones for one bass – e.g. overdrive using TubeTone, crisp and cutting slap sound using SpectraComp and TweeterTone and a classic, old-school vintage tone. In short: Have it your way – three times! POWER!!! – Power is not an issue – it is just something you have with Blacksmith. 1600 watts of raw, hard-punching power will keep you loud and still leave plenty of headroom for ‘even louder’ in any band setting on any stage! Also, Blacksmith is capable of operating at 8, 4 or 2 Ohms, so, ultimately, you could fire up four RS410 cabinets – that’s 16 x 10”, or 8.7 square foot of speaker cones blasting air in your direction! You better put that foot on the monitor to keep standing! Please note - We reserve the rights to change the contents of this manual at any time.

  • Page 8: Quick Setup Guide

    Load Impedance • The box should contain the following items: on the back plate before powering up the amplifier. – BLACKSMITH amplifier – Power Cable Notice that the amplifier will NOT be damaged if a – Manual. wrong Load Impedance setting is selected, but a •...

  • Page 9: Front Panel

    You can connect an active or passive bass to this ¼” input jack. The BLACKSMITH input stage is designed to adapt to any type As you know, each instrument has its own sound characteristics. of pickup. If you feel that your BLACKSMITH’s tone controls don’t grab exactly the frequencies your particular instrument requires, you 2+3 –...
  • Page 10 – front panel While BLACKSMITH is in Shift mode, the SHIFT button will be blinking to remind you that you are in Shift mode. When you haven’t been using the BLACKSMITH’s front Example: panel controls for about twenty seconds, the LED will...
  • Page 11 With Spectral Compression, the BLACKSMITH amplifier uses SpectraComp In Depth a different approach that allows for independent compression of the Low, Mid and High frequency areas. This way, the right...
  • Page 12 6 – TUBETONE™ TubeTone™ allows you to alter the “personality” and sound of 6 – PRESET LEVEL (in Shift Mode) your BLACKSMITH. The effects you can achieve range from a small touch of classic tube amp response and character through Press SHIFT and then turn the TUBETONE knob to adjust obvious, but pleasant “tube attitude” to highly overdriven.
  • Page 13 When you haven’t been using BLACKSMITH’s front panel controls for about twenty seconds, the BLACKSMITH will return Remote Control to normal mode, where the knobs control the primary functions BLACKSMITH’s optional remote control – “RC-4” – allows for...
  • Page 14 11 – TUNER BLACKSMITH is equipped with a fully chromatic, high accuracy bass tuner. The tuner is always active, whether BLACKSMITH is in Mute mode or not. Here is how you read the display: The played note is shown on the left side of the display.
  • Page 15 – front panel Tuner Reference BLACKSMITH’s default tuner reference is 440 Hz – just like any other tuner. However, you can select any reference frequency between 438 and 445 Hz. This is how you select the tuner reference frequency: – If BLACKSMITH is switched on, switch it off. – Press and hold the MUTE button during power up. – BLACKSMITH now powers up in Tuner reference mode, – Press the MUTE button to exit Tuner Reference mode. which is illustrated by an “R” in the Display (see illustration below).

  • Page 16: Rc-4

    In addition to these indications (that – Note that you can only recall a MEM setting if a setting has are also shown on the BLACKSMITH tuner display), a line of actually been stored in a memory location. nine dots below the display indicates how far from the target – Also note that as soon as you change one of the stored...

  • Page 17: Rear Panel

    TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. AVIS RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE-NE PAS OUVRIR ALLOWED SPEAKER FREE OPERATION BLACKSMITH 1600W BASS AMPLIFIER FILE# 186633 MAINS IN MADE IN DENMARK UTILITY ZONE...
  • Page 18 Use quality speaker cables only. Do NOT use 4 – REMOTE IN instrument cables! Use the REMOTE IN jack to connect the BLACKSMITH to the optional footswitch/remote “RC-4”. If you intend to use Blacksmith with a 2 Ohm cabinet The RC-4 gives you access to the three memory locations, the configuration, please select the 2 Ohm mode using the small mute function, and has tuner indication as well.
  • Page 19 BLACKSMITH’s rear panel. Your bass signal is present Linking Two Amps on both Left and Right digital channel. The break point may also be used to link two BLACKSMITH units together to achieve even more power. Setting up for recording: – Use a standard ¼” jack instrument cable to connect...
  • Page 20 DI boxes around, and it is capable of driving long cable hauls. No phantom power is required. Ventilation Be sure not to cover the black cooling plate of the BLACKSMITH amplifier! Insufficient ventilation may cause the amplifier’s temperature to increase.

  • Page 21: General Protection Mode

    Protection mode. In both situations, proceed as follows: – Turn off the amplifier. To remedy the problem, try turning off your BLACKSMITH for – Solve the issues. a minute and then turn it on again. If the display still indicates – Allow the amplifier to cool off for a few minutes.

  • Page 22: Signal Flow Diagram

    appendIx – SIgnal flow DIGITAL RECORDING “LINK” “LINK” ACTIVE MASTER POWER SPECTRA TUBETONE TONE TUBETONE TWEETER PRESET INPUT GAIN MUTE POWER VOLUME COMP CONTROLS POST TONE LEVEL MANAGEMENT “LINK” TUNER RETURN POWER AMP JACK “LINK” PREAMP SEND GALVANIC ISOLATION WITH DI DRIVER...

  • Page 23: Technical Specifications

    appendIx – technIcal SpecIfIcatIonS Input Section Power rating 1600 W (4500 W Peak) Input connector 1/4” jack Input impedance 1 MOhm / 100 pF 2 Ohm / >4 Ohm setting Recessed Toggle Switch Gain range -96 to 32 dB Balanced output Transformer Balanced XLR, Pre/Post Pre-amp Tone controls Max.

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