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- Page 1 Ampete Ampete Engineering GbR Gutenbergstrasse 48 50823 Cologne Germany 49 (0) 221 55 94 118 engineering@ampete.com ampete.com User's Manual 444...
- Page 2 Ampete Engineering GbR, August 2014 Ampete is a registered trademark copyright 2014, all rights reserved User's Manual 444...
- Page 3 It might surprise you to read this in a manual for an electronic device. We want to make sure that you understand that by purchasing an Ampete Engineering Product you will get a device in which we put all our passion, belief and knowledge and that you get a product in the tradition of many great people before us, for whom electronics were and still are wonderful masterpieces.
- Page 4 – Introduction – Features – Front panel – Back panel – hooking up amplfiers and cabinets to the 444 – controlling the 444 via front panel switches – controlling the 444 via midi – control change midi changes – Troubleshooting –...
- Page 5 … transformers???? Okok, don't get nervous, it sounds complicate, but indeed it's very simple and the 444 truly simplifies your guitar rig in a way you have never seen it before, simply by using our old and beloved midi pedal.
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Page 6: Front Panel
6. MIDI CHANNEL/CC MODE: Displays and selects the Midi Channel when pressed short. Toggles the Control Change mode when pressed long 7. SAVE: Saves the current state of the 444 to the previously selected Program Change preset. 8. Display: gives informations about the selected Program Change preset, Midi Channel, or Control Change mode. -
Page 7: Rear Panel
9. AMP2/3/4 SEND and AMP2/3/4 Return: Proceed like described under point 7 and 8. 10. FX IN: Connect the FX IN jack of the 444 to the input of your effect, wether it is a single unit like a delay pedal, a chain of pedals or rack units or another audio looper. This is exactly like you would connect it to your amp's FX Loop Send. - Page 8 In almost any case that switch will solve the issue 13. BUFFER IN: BUFFER IN to drive the AMP INPUTS of the 444. Same as BUFFER IN at the front side, but with priority to the front panels jack. Disconnected when front panels BUFFER IN is in use.
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Page 9: Typical Setup
SPEAKER AMP4 AMP4 INSTR. IN FX RETURN AMP 4 CAB 4 AMP4 AMP4 SPEAKER FX SEND AMP1-4 AMP1-4 AMP1-4 AMP1-4 SPEAKER CABINETS RETUR SEND INPUTS OUTPUT MIDI IN LINE INPUT OUTPU ADDITIONAL MIDI EFFECTS POWER AMPS CONTROLLER User's Manual 444... - Page 10 In that case the 444 would refuse the selection and state an n.c. in the display for 'no connection'.
- Page 11 If you are not sure which CC Mode is best for you, always start out with CC Mode 0, which is the 444 factory preset. This is the correct mode for most cases, especially if you are sending single CC messages, and not presets of several CC messages.
- Page 12 Setting the Control Change mode To set the Control Change mode on the 444, press MIDI CHANNEL (5) for a long period of time until the display (7) shows „0“ or „1“ with an additional decimal point in the lower right corner.
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Page 13: Troubleshooting
Make sure the FX Loop of the chosen amplifier is connected correctly to the 444s matching FX Loop. For example, if AMP1 is chosen, the AMP1 FX SEND and RETURN have to be connected to the same amplifier, which is connected to AMP1 INPUT and AMP1 OUTPUT of the 444! Problem: No amp can be selected. - Page 14 Ampete Engineering GbR, 2014 Ampete is a registered trademark copyright 2014, all rights reserved User's Manual 444...
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