Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 Mode D'emploi page 8

Black Spirit 200 Floor – Manual 1.0
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FX Loop
• FX Send: Connect the FX Send to your external effects processor's input.
• FX Return: Connect the FX Return to your external effects processor's
output.
Tip: If you're a stompbox user, you may want to try the four-cord method:
For devices that work best plugged into the front end of the amp, simply
connect the guitar to the input of the first pedal in the chain, and the last
pedal's output to the amp's Input. Now do the same for devices that work
best in the FX loop: Connect the pedal's output to the amp's FX Return
and the amp's FX Send to the pedal's input. This lets you route chorused,
phased and other modulated signals into Black Spirit 200 Floor's preamp
and patch in time-based effects such as reverb and delay after the preamp.
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MIDI
• MIDI In: Black Spirit 200's MIDI In port is a seven-pin socket that
provides 20 volts of DC phantom power via the two additional pins.
This lets you connect the Hughes & Kettner FSM-432 MIDI board or
the Hughes & Kettner WMI-1 WiFi MIDI interface to the amp without
having to fuss with yet another power supply. Use cables with standard
five-pin connectors to plug in other MIDI devices.
• MIDI Out/Thru: This routing option forwards signals patched into the
MIDI In to other devices. You can connect any external MIDI-enabled
signal processor that you wish to switch synchronously with Black Spirit
200 Floor.
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Aux In: This port lets you connect any music player to play along with
backing tracks and jam to your favorite tunes. The amp blends the Aux
In signal with your guitar's signal. You can also use it to connect drum
machines or other instruments. The Aux In signal is routed in full-fledged
stereo quality to the Phones/Line output, and in mono to the Speaker
Out when it is set to Fullrange Cab (see 3.1 for more info). This lets you
connect your home stereo system to the Phones out. You can even plug
straight into a passive PA speaker to jam with any track that strikes your
fancy – no outboard mixer required.
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Monitor In: This input is designed for guitarists who do not use
a conventional guitar cab on stage, instead working with FRFR speaker
cabinets plugged directly into the Speaker Out or sending the signal
elsewhere via the Phones out. This lets you hear your band's mix as sent
to your personal FRFR cab or in-ear system by your tech. The advantage
of this is that you don't need a second monitor on stage to hear the rest
of your band. The Mix knob located below the Monitor In port lets you
adjust this signal's relative level – that is, how much of it you want to hear
in your personal mix. You're free to dial in the balance of monitor and
amp sound as you see fit, and you don't need to fuss with an outboard
mixer to do so.
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Cabinet Output Power
SPEAKER OUT
Serial No.
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AE
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AES: EC Commission Regulation no. 1275/2008 requires electronic
devices to be equipped with a power-saving function that switches off
the device after a specified period of non-use. Your Black Spirit 200 Floor
does this with a circuit called AES. The mini switch next to the speaker
jack enables and disables this auto shutdown feature.
The amp ships with the mini switch toggled to the left to enable AES.
In this mode, the amp shuts down if it's left to idle continuously for
around 90 minutes. Any kind of input signal, even a softly played note,
will bring the amp back on line, resetting its internal auto shutdown clock
to the 90-minute timeout period. If AES shuts the amp down, you can
wake it up by flipping the Power switch off and back on again. Slide the
mini switch to the right if you wish to deactivate AES. Then it will no
longer shut down automatically if it's left to idle for 90 minutes.
4.2 Connections on the Left
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INPUT
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Pre Loop 1 + 2: Plug pedals that don't normally belong in the FX loop
into this port. By this we mean boosters, overdrives, compressors, fuzz
boxes, modulation effects and the like that you want to insert between
the guitar and the amp's front. These programmable Pre Loops give you
a tremendous tonal advantage. They let you use your favorite pedals
selectively, dropping them into the signal path only when you activate
certain presets. When deactivated, these loops are removed from the
signal path altogether so they cannot color your amp's tone. Activate Pre
Loops on the front of the amp. See section 3.1 for more on this.
Heads up: When you're playing without pedals connected to the amp and
call up a preset with an activated Pre Loop, your signal will go nowhere
when it hits the loop because there's no pedal there to accept it. The signal
chain is severed and your signal will drop out.
MIDI
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FX LOOP
MONITOR IN
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DI OUT
AUX IN
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