Table Des Matières; Quick Start - Hughes & Kettner Grand Meister Deluxe 40 Mode D'emploi

1 Quick Start ................................................................................... 3
2 The fundamentals of handling GrandMeister Deluxe 40 ............... 3
3 The channel section ..................................................................... 6
4 The effects section ....................................................................... 7
5 The Master Section ...................................................................... 8
6 Rear panel .................................................................................... 8
7 Tube Safety Control (TSC™) ....................................................... 10
8 MIDI .......................................................................................... 11
9 AES ............................................................................................ 13
1 0 Technical Data ........................................................................... 13

1 Quick Start

Red Box AE
DI Out Send
Tuner
Line Out
Mains In: Connect the factory-included power cord (Mains Lead) to this
socket.
MIDI In: Connect the MIDI Out of your favourite MIDI controller to the
MIDI In. Though this is a 7-pin interface, you can connect a standard 5-pin
MIDI cable and use any standard MIDI controller. The two additional
terminals (1 and 7) serve to supply phantom power to the Hughes &
Kettner FSM-432 MIDI board.
The MIDI In is as important as the Input for your guitar! Only via MIDI will
you have access to all 128 presets of the GrandMeister Deluxe 40.
Input: Connect your guitar to this input using a shielded cord equipped
with 6.3 mm (1/4") jack plugs.
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FX-Unit
Return
MIDI Out/Thru
MIDI In
FSM-432 MK III
Speaker: Connect a speaker cabinet designed for guitar amps to this jack.
Using a single speaker cord, you can connect any cab with an impedance
of 8 ohms to 16 ohms. We recommend the matching Hughes & Kettner
TM 112 or TM 212 cabs.
Power/On Switch: Set this switch to On to get the mains power flowing.
The amp lights up, and the tubes will begin to heat up.
Play/Standby Switch: Give the tubes about 30 seconds to get toasty;
then you can flip the "Standby" switch to "Play". The amp is now ready
to operate. When taking a longer break from playing, please use the
"Standby" switch so the tubes remain at operating temperature. This
protects them and ensures they last longer.
2 The fundamentals of handling
GrandMeister Deluxe 40
GrandMeister Deluxe 40 is a tube amp, and it works much like other tube
amps. But its handling concept is more advanced, so time spent getting to
know how it operates is time well spent. The following basic facts will help
you under stand the amp's operating concept:
• Although GrandMeister Deluxe 40 is an analog tube amplifier, all
its switching and controlling functions (except the Master knob) are
programmable.
• Depending on the amp's operation mode, some knobs and switches
have different functions.
• All settings can be saved and recalled via MIDI. For this purpose, you can
store your sound settings into 128 memory slots, the so-called presets.
Heads up: GrandMeister Deluxe 40 features a programmable Power Soak
that converts the power tubes' energy into heat. Rather than backing
off the Master knob, which would compromise the tone somewhat, you
can turn up the Master knob in any situation and use the Power Soak to
adjust the overall volume with no adverse effects on your tone. You have
two options: if you wish to program various combinations of preamp and
power amp saturation, simply save the given Power Soak setting for each
preset. If you want to adjust all presets' volume to the situation at hand
- for example, to dial down your rehearsal room volume to living room
level - you can apply the Power Soak globally at the touch of a button.
For more on this, see section 6.2.
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