Dino AGP-1 Owner's Manual

AGP-1
Analog Guitar Effects Processor
World's First Programmable Analog Multi-Effects
Owner's Manual
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Introduction
Thank you and congratulations on your choice of AGP-1 Analog Guitar Effects Processor. It is a
very innovative product and also a world's first programmable analog multi-effects. By combining
both advantages of digital multi-effects (compact and convenience of use) and analog effect pedal
(natural and extremely good sound quality), this processor is launched with many amazing features
such as superior sound quality, small size, light weight, compact and very user friendly. This
processor contains three major parts:
Sound Management System (SMS)
(1) Accepts sound parameters and system settings from four user Rotate-Press knobs (located
below the LCD).
(2) Save/Load sound parameters and system settings.
(3) Command onboard and external plug-in analog sound modules.
(4) Organize different analog sound modules to form wide variety of guitar sound effects.
(5) Accepts commands of sound Bank/Patch switching, Patch/Pedal mode switching and Tuner
ON/OFF switching from five metal foot switches.
Analog Sound Modules
(1) They are guitar signal processing devices operating with pure analog circuitry. They can be
looked like as tiny, highly integrated and compact guitar effect pedals.
(2) Their sound parameters and ON/OFF state are commanded by SMS.
(3) Ten sound module slots are available on main board. All plug-in analog sound modules can be
easily changed their plug-in location by user to form many thousands of combination and sound
effects.
Mixer
(1) Accepts external audio sources and mixes them together with your favor guitar effect sound to
form a volume-controllable audio signal output.
(2) Audio input can be either CD music, MP3, computer backing music like Guitar-Pro or any other
sound source from electronic musical instruments.
(3) This processor provides three kinds of stereo audio output interface (RCA, XLR, 1/4" phone
jack) and one true-bypass mono output jack for guitar power amplifier.
(4) Four control knobs are used to facilitate the controls of metronome volume, guitar effect output
balance, external audio inputs volume and master audio output volume.
Product Features
(1) Total 20 groups of user settings storage, 4 Banks x 5 Patches.
(2) Each patch has its own Pedal-Mode. High flexibility in taking control of each analog sound
module's ON/OFF state.
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(3) 2.5" mono LCD display with blue backlight.
(4) Five heavy duty metal foot switches with LED indicator.
(5) Built-in guitar tuner.
(6) Built-in metronome with dual-color LED beat blinking.
(7) Built-in stereo headphone amplifier.
(8) Ten sound module plug-in slots and one external effect Send/Return Loop.
(9) Three onboard analog sound modules: 7-Bands Global Equalizer, Speaker Simulator, Stereo
Mixer.
(10) Many plug-in analog sound modules available for your choice: Compressor/NoiseGate,
Overdrive, Metal-Distortion, Hot-Distortion, Fuzz, Chorus, Flanger, Delay/Echo/Reverb,
Acoustic Simulator, Auto-Wah, Phaser, Octaver and Tremolo, and many more coming in future.
(11) All analog sound modules are turned ON/OFF by electro-mechanical true bypass switches.
(12) A very cost effective way to create many more analog guitar sound effects by plugging more
analog sound modules into sound module slots.
(13) Two external stereo audio input interfaces: RCA, 1/4" phone jack.
(14) Three stereo output interfaces: RCA, XLR, 1/4" phone jack.
(15) One true bypass mono output jack for guitar amplifier.
(16) Four Rotate-Press parameters control knobs.
(17) Four mixer control knobs.
(18) System firmware is upgradeable (using RS-232 on rear panel) by downloading latest firmware
from official website.
(19) Auto DC power polarity detection (center positive or center negative is not a concern).
(20) Wide range of DC voltage input: DC 9V to 12V, 1000mA or above.
(21) Dimensions: 33cm x 18cm x 5cm
(22) Weight: 2.5kg
What They Are and What They Do
(1) LCD
Displays useful information like showing which Bank/Patch is in use, patch name, which analog
sound module is in use, and many others.
(2) Beat LED
Dual colors LED indicator for metronome, red 1
(3) Mixer Control Knobs
Metronome Volume: Adjust the metronome volume.
NOTE: No metronome output to "True Bypass Output" if Mixer is OFF.
Tone Pan: Control guitar sound balance.
Rotate anticlockwise to shift guitar sound to left channel or rotate clockwise to shift guitar sound to
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