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Atomic AmpliFire User Manual

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL V 1.0...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    T A b L E o f c o N T E N T S INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CONNECTION DIAGRAM .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    . This meant it had to sound/feel authentic and amazing while being easy to use, transport and be road rugged . Amplifire is equally capable of being a complete rig replacement or part of a larger pedal board and/or outboard processing rig .

  • Page 5: Connection Diagram

    coNNEcTIoN dIAgRAM fRoM oTHER To oTHER MIdI coNTRoLLERS MIdI EffEcTS PRocESSoRS fULL RANgE LoUdSPEAKER MP3/MEdIA PLAYER SYSTEM / P.A. EffEcTS PEdAL cHAIN MIdI fooT coNTRoLLER EffEcTS PRocESSoR MIXINg coNSoLE HEAdPHoNES AUX oUTPUTS MIdI EffEcTS LooP ampli fire GAIN MASTER PRESENCE PRESET LEVEL (PUSH TO EDIT)

  • Page 6: Connectors

    coNNEcToRS dUAL-coLoR LEd – indicates the dATA ENTRY ENcodER – used to state of the programmable footswitch . select and edit user presets . Turn to select a preset or change a parameter In preset mode, lights up in RED or value .

  • Page 7: Connectors

    coNNEcToRS CONTINUED . . . AUX oUTPUT XLR JAcKS – USb coNNEcToR – for EFFECTS LOOP / AUX INPUT MIDI AUX OUTPUT LEFT RIGHT SEND RETURN / AUX IN Balanced XLR output jacks for connecting to a host PC . Allows RIGHT LEFT (MONO) connecting to external mixer...

  • Page 8: Effects & Signal Chain

    EffEcTS ANd SIgNAL cHAIN Amplifire consists of a world-class amp modeling engine and studio quality effects developed by Studio Devil . They are arranged into the following signal chain groups: PRE-EFFECTS AMP MODEL FX LOOP POST-EFFECTS CABINET MODEL amplifire is capable of running all of these effects:...

  • Page 9: Pre Effects

    PRE-EffEcTS The PRE-EFFECTS section allows you to apply any standard MONO effects processing that would occur BEFORE the guitar amp, such as pedals or other effects that would be inserted before going into the input of your amp . the pRe-effects include: GATE VOLUME COMP...

  • Page 10: Amps

    It convincingly captures the sound, feel and nuances of the great guitar amps of all-time . From the start, AmpliFire provides you with 10 amps that cover nearly all the sonic territory from Jazz to Djent. They are: US clean: Based on the 2 speaker combo that set the standard for clean, loud, guitar amps spanning a wide variety of styles .

  • Page 11: Fx-Loop

    SETTINGS sections below) . This mode allows you to connect a music player or backing tracks which are mixed (unaffected) with your main outputs. If you have the AUX INPUT mode selected, then Amplifire will disable the EFFECTS LOOP, routing the output of the AMP MODEL effects block directly to the POST- EFFECTS section.

  • Page 12: Post Effects

    . Each of the amp models in Amplifire contain a built-in IR cabinet . Amplifire also supports user customizable IR cabinets which you can upload to Amplifire via USB .

  • Page 13: Cabinet Modeling

    CONTINUED . . . MATcHEd cAbINETS Each amp model in Amplifire has its own built in cabinet IR model . These cabinets are “matched” to the amp model, meaning that they model the type of cabinet that is typically used with that particular type of amp model . Without any programming or cabinet selection, you get the “right”...

  • Page 14: Deep Edit - Preset Parameters

    EdIT – PRESET PARAMETERS Amplifire has many effects modules, and each effects module has several parameters . Deep editing allows you to customize each of these parameters to create your own tone and effects setup. Here’s how it works: •...

  • Page 15: Menu Diagram

    PRESET PRESS ANd HoLd bAcK bUTToN dISPLAY PUSH ENcodER LAST AMP MENU ModEL ENAbLE gAIN MoRE AMP oPTIoNS oPTIoN PUSH PUSH PUSH PUSH ENcodER ENcodER ENcodER ENcodER LAST cAb MENU ModEL ENAbLE gAIN MoRE cAb oPTIoNS oPTIoN PUSH PUSH PUSH PUSH ENcodER ENcodER...

  • Page 16: Saving Presets

    . • To SAVE YoUR cHANgES To THE SAME PRESET, without making any changes to the name, simply press the SAVE button twice, and wait for Amplifire to finish saving your preset. • To SAVE YoUR cHANgES To A dIffERENT PRESET LocATIoN with the same...

  • Page 17: Default Preset On Power-Up

    PRESET oN PoWER-UP You can choose the preset which Amplifire will load when it first powers up . Initially, this is set to preset 0, but it can be programmed to be any of the 128 presets in Amplifire: •...

  • Page 18: Parameter Settings

    PARAMETER SETTINgS ModEL: Selects the amplifier model from the list of available amp models . Choose NONE to bypass the amp model . ENAbLE: enables or disables the amp modeling effect . Choose ACTIVE to enable the amp modeling or BYPASSED to disable the amp modeling . gAIN: sets the gain control knob of the amplifier from 0 .
  • Page 19 PARAMETER SETTINgS CONTINUED . . . cAbINET ModEL: Selects the cabinet model and/or cabinet emulation mode . Select NONE to disable everything: no cabinet model, no ROLLOFF, PEAK Q, BOTTOM, and AIR adjustment filters (for use with real guitar cabinets). Select FILTER ONLY to disable the cabinet model only and run the cabinet ROLLOFF, PEAK Q, BOTTOM, and AIR adjustment filters ONLY.
  • Page 20 PARAMETER SETTINgS CONTINUED . . . booST ENAbLE: Turns the BOOST effect on or off . Select ACTIVE to turn it on . Select BYPASSED to turn it off . ModE: Select from the following BOOST modes: oVERdRIVE: models a classic overdrive pedal similar to the Boss SD-1 dISToRTIoN: models a typical distortion pedal similar to a Boss DS-1 fUZZ: models a fuzz-type distortion pedal similar to a Fuzz-Face INSERT: Select from the following INSERT positions in the signal chain:...
  • Page 21 PARAMETER SETTINgS - EffEcT CONTINUED . . . SWEEP: Adjusts the amount of the effect sweep from 0% to 100%. TWEAK “A”: Adjusts a special parameter which depends on the selected effect: TREMoLo: controls the WIDTH parameter of the tremolo from 0% (no panning) to 100% (full panning).
  • Page 22 PARAMETER SETTINgS - EcHo CONTINUED . . . dARK TAPE: models a delay pedal similar to the TAPE ECHO mode but with a darker rolloff on the echo repeats . SofT dIgITAL: models a delay pedal similar to the DIGITAL mode but with a gentle rolloff of the highs on the echo repeats .
  • Page 23 PARAMETER SETTINgS CONTINUED . . . gRIT: Controls the amount of distortion in the echo repeats . Some old echo effects can be overdriven into distortion, only noticeable on the repeats. This adjusts the amount of distortion from 0% (no distortion) to 100% (lots of distortion). dRY LEVEL: Allows you to change the dry (unaffected) signal level when the ECHO effect is enabled.
  • Page 24 PARAMETER SETTINgS - REVERb CONTINUED . . . dIffUSIoN: Controls the amount of stereo diffusion of the reverb from 0% to 100%. WIdTH: Controls the amount of stereo separation of the reverb from 0% (fully summed to mono) to 100% (full stereo panning). PREdELAY: Controls the amount of PREDELAY feeding into the reverb unit .
  • Page 25 . EXPRESSIoN: in EXPRESSION mode, the effects loop is disabled and may be used with a special adapter cable (available through Atomic Amps) to accommodate two standard expression pedals (for controlling effect parameters with pedals in real-time).
  • Page 26 PARAMETER SETTINgS - LooP CONTINUED . . . SENd LEVEL: Adjusts the relative output of the SEND jack in dB to help match with external effects processor inputs. RETURN LEVEL: Adjusts the relative input gain of the RETURN jacks to help match with external effects processor output levels.

  • Page 27: Wah Wah

    PARAMETER SETTINgS CONTINUED . . . WAH WAH ENAbLE: Turns the WAH-WAH effect on or off . Select ACTIVE to turn it on . Select BYPASSED to turn it off . PEdAL: Sets the position of the WAH-WAH pedal from 0% (down or heel position) to 100% (up or toe position).
  • Page 28 PARAMETER SETTINgS - WAH WAH CONTINUED . . . AUTo-off: Enables the AUTO-OFF feature of the WAH effect . Most real WAHs have an on/off switch. Most expression pedals don’t. To solve this issue, we created an AUTO-OFF feature which can bypass your WAH effect automatically when the pedal is parked or inactive for a period of time .
  • Page 29 PARAMETER SETTINgS CONTINUED . . . gRAPHIc EQ ENAbLE: Turns the GRAPHIC EQ effect on or off . Select ACTIVE to turn it on . Select BYPASSED to turn it off . INSERT: positions the GRAPHIC EQ effect . Choose PRE to position the effect in the PRE-EFFECTS section (mono, before the amp model) .
  • Page 30 PARAMETER SETTINgS - PRE EQ - TYPE CONTINUED . . . LoWPASS 2: Applies a second-order low pass filter which passes bass (lows) and rolls off treble (highs) . This filter begins to roll off (cut) high frequencies above the value set in the FREQUENCY parameter .
  • Page 31 PARAMETER SETTINgS - PRE EQ - TYPE CONTINUED . . . PEAKINg: Applies a peaking filter which boosts or cuts the level of frequencies within a narrow band and leaves all other frequencies outside this band unaffected . The level of the peak is set by the LEVEL parameter .
  • Page 32 fooTSWITcH 1, 2, ANd 3 ModE: Select the mode of operation for the footswitch . Choose from the following options: A<->b: toggles between two presets, preset “A” and preset “B”. Press once for preset “A”. Press again for preset “B”. Press again returns to preset “A”, and so on. Press and hold for two seconds to BYPASS the unit .

  • Page 33: Global Settings

    This is a typical effects loop operation . In AUX INPUT mode, the return jacks are rerouted to the end of Amplifire’s processing chain, and mixed with the output. The aux input bypasses the cabinet modeling for full range blending of the return jack inputs with the outputs.
  • Page 34 gLobAL SETTINgS CONTINUED . . . SENd LEVEL Sets the output level of the SEND jack. This is a relative level in dB for a full scale digital output . RETURN LEVEL: Sets the input level of the RETURN jacks. This is a relative level in dB for a full scale digital input .
  • Page 35 PoWER AMP ENAbLE: Globally enables or disables the power amplifier section of the amp modeling effect . This is useful when you are running Amplifire into a real tube power amp, and you want to avoid having the power amp modeling on top of the effects of a real tube power amp .

  • Page 36: Footswitches

    . See the WAH effect parameters for a complete description . fooTSWITcHES Amplifire features three (3) fully programmable footswitches . Each footswitch can be independently programmed to allow one of the following functions: • Provide instant access to presets •...

  • Page 37: Programming Footswitches

    fooTSWITcH ModES CONTINUED . . . bYPASS: Acts like a master bypass, toggling all effects processing on and off . booST: Switches the BOOST modeler effect . Acts like an overdrive pedal on/off switch . EffEcT: Switches the MODULATION effect . Acts like an effect pedal on/off switch . EcHo: Switches the ECHO/DELAY MODELER effect .

  • Page 38: Tuner

    • To AcTIVATE THE TUNER, press and hold the SAVE button for one second. • To EXIT TUNER ModE, press any button. While in TUNER MODE, play your guitar into it and Amplifire will display the closest note and arrows indicating your tuning in the LCD display window. Adjust the tuning of your guitar until both arrows point to the center note, and your guitar string is in tune .

  • Page 39: Expression Pedals

    . To enable this feature, you will need a special adapter cable to connect your expression pedals to AmpliFire. This adapter is available through Atomic Amps, or you can build your own with standard ¼” adapters. Alternatively, you might want to assemble your own.
  • Page 40 CONTINUED . . . To cALIbRATE your expression pedals: 1 . Press the SAVE button while AmpliFire is displaying the PEDAL A (or PEDAL B) parameter. Pressing SAVE while TESTING your expression pedal will start the CALIBRATE process .

  • Page 41: Expression Pedals

    EXPRESSIoN PEdALS CONTINUED . . . AdJUSTINg THE EXPRESSIoN PEdAL SWEEP Once an expression pedal is assigned to a parameter, you may want to control the extremes of values between which the expression pedal will sweep. This is done by adjusting the LOOP MIN A and LOOP MAX A (or LOOP MIN B and LOOP MAX B) parameters in the LOOP menu .

  • Page 42: Midi

    MIDI IN jack to the MIDI OUT jack. This is useful for MIDI setups where Amplifire is part of a chain of MIDI equipment in which only some of the messages are intended for Amplifire, and others are intended for other equipment on the same chain.
  • Page 43 MIdI CONTINUED . . . the midi cc# control numbers supported by amplifire are listed below: MIDI CC# FUNCTION BYPASS Amplifire EFFECT LOOP enable BOOST enable EFFECT enable ECHO enable REVERB enable NOISE GATE enable GRAPHIC EQ enable...

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