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Welcome to the world of TRACE ACOUSTIC where all products are specifically designed and
engineered for the amplification of ACOUSTIC instruments.
Each amplifier includes many features and facilities that enable it to reproduce acoustic instruments
accurately and at volume in conjunction with any type of pick up or transducer.
The amplifier you have purchased is a second generation amplifier that has been completely
redesigned to add improvements in performance and build quality over the original TA50, TA100
and TA200 units that were ground breaking pioneers in the acoustic arena.
These improvements have been made possible with the knowledge we have gained from the
thousands of artists that have used and still use their original TRACE ACOUSTIC amplifiers.
In order to preserve continuity in updating this range we have retained the original specification of
controls and facilities. We have also kept a very similar layout to the front and back panels in order
that artists feel at home with the new products and are able to swap ideas on settings, channel
usage and interconnections between both the original and the latest products.
Where there are differences these will be pointed out within these operating instructions.
PREAMPLIFIER
The preamplifier section used in the TA50R and the TA100R are identical in every respect. The
TA200RS uses two of these preamplifiers to provide either 4 channels or 2 channels of complete
split stereo operation.
CHANNEL 1
PIEZO
ACTIVE
INPUT GAIN
LO-LEVEL
HI-LEVEL
PULL REV
CHANNEL 1 ( and CHANNEL 3 on the TA200S )
INSTRUMENT INPUTS
Channel 1 is the HIGH Z or HIGH IMPEDANCE channel and will be the one most commonly used
for plugging your instrument pick up or transducer into.
Two inputs have been provided on this channel to cope with the wide variety of different types of
acoustic instrument pick ups and the equally wide variation in signal level from different pick up
and instrument combinations.
PIEZO / LO-LEVEL
The first of these is the PIEZO / LO-LEVEL input. This input is designed to suit any kind of pick up
that does not have its own built in preamp. This includes piezo transducers and wound pick ups
that are either built into the instrument or attached to it in some way.
The input has an extremely high input impedance that is essential for piezo pick ups to allow them
to reproduce a rich and full sound, into a lower impedance they can sound thin and tinny. This
very high impedance input also gives excellent results with wound or other types of passive
transducer.
This input is far more sensitive than the ACTIVE input and may also be used where you have an
active instruments that has a low level output signal (Ovation guitars are included in this category).
4
CHANNEL 2
HIGH Z
LO-TRIM
HI-TRIM
MIC INPUT
O
O
+
+
SIGNAL
LEVEL
PHANTOM POWER
LOW Z - BALANCED
MASTER EQUALISATION
INPUT GAIN
+
O
100
330
1k
PULL REV
DIGITAL REVERB
NOTCH
PROGRAM
LEVEL
+
1
16
2
15
3
14
4
O
5
13
12
6
7
11
10
8
3k5
10k
9
IN/OUT
POWER
TA100R
MASTER
FILTER
LEVEL
PULL SHAPE
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