Hartke VX3500 Owner's Manual

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4Guided Tour - VX3500 Front PaneloHartke SystemsT ransient Attack POWERMODEL 3500 350 WATTSINPUT PRE AMP CONTOUR MASTER0351015-18351015+180351015-18351015+18LOW PASS HIGH PASS543210678910VOLUMEPASSIVECOMPRESSION5432106789∞543210678910543210678910+15+12+9+6+3+20-2-3-6-9-12-15+150-158KHz5KHz3KHz2KHz1KHz500Hz250Hz125Hz64Hz30Hz8KHz5KHz3KHz2KHz1KHz500Hz250Hz125Hz64Hz30HzGRAPHIC EQUALIZERINOUTA BTUBE SOLID STATEACTIVE1 32 4 5 6 7 89 101. Passive Input jack - If your bass guitar has passive circuitry, connect it tothe Model 3500 here. This standard 1/4” unbalanced jack provides a highimpedance (100 k Ohms) input sensitivity of 20 millivolts.2. Active Input jack - If your bass guitar has active circuitry,* connect it to theModel 3500 here. This standard 1/4” unbalanced jack provides a high imped-ance (100 k Ohms) input sensitivity of 60 millivolts.3. Pre-Amp A (Tube) control - This determines the amount of preamplificationbeing provided by special circuitry which simulates the sound of a classic tubeamplifier (this circuitry actually includes a real tube!). Note that when bothPre-Amp knobs are used at equal settings, the amplifier will be twice as loud aswhen only one is used. Avoid setting both Pre-Amp knobs on maximum (“10”),since the result will almost always be undesirable distortion.4. Pre-Amp B (Solid State) control - This determines the amount of pream-plification being provided by special circuitry which simulates the sound of asolid state amplifier. Note that when both Pre-Amp knobs are used at equal set-tings, the amplifier will be twice as loud as when only one is used. Avoid settingboth Pre-Amp knobs on maximum (“10”), since the result will almost always beundesirable distortion.5. Compression LED - Provides a visual indicator of the status of thecompression circuitry. When lit steadily green (for example, when theCompression knob [see #6 on the next page] is set to “Off”), no compression isbeing applied. When unlit, compression is being applied to the incoming signalat a ratio of approximately 2:1. When flashing red, the compression ratio isapproaching infinity (limiting is being applied to peak signals). When lit steadilyred, the entire signal is being limited. This LED “follows” the incoming signal,changing continuously as different amounts of compression and/or limiting arebeing applied. For more information, see the “About Compression” section onpage 15 of this manual.* Bass guitars that have active circuitry normally require a battery for thecircuitry to be functional.