Crate CA30 - The DSP Control; DSP Effect Selection and Descriptions; System Block Diagram

CA30/30D Acoustic Amplifier
The DSP Control:
The CA30D features Crate’s DSP digital signal processing. Use the DSP Mode control (#9, CA30D
only) to select which type of effect will be applied to the amp’s output signal. Use the DSP Level con-
trol (#10, CA30D only) to adjust the level of the effect.
The chart below lists the names of the effects as they appear on the amplifier and a description of their
settings:
System Block Diagram:
Mode Level
Delay Cho/Hall
Slap Room
Bypass Hall
Echo
Chorus
Rotary
0 10
Mode Level
9 10
Name Description
Bypass Signal processing is turned off
Slap Short slapback w/out regen
Delay Medium slapback w/regen
Echo Long delay w/regen
Chorus Light chorus, med-slow speed
Name Description
Rotary Simulated “Leslie speaker” tremolo
Cho/Hall Light chorus w/moderate
reverberation
Room Moderate reverberation
Hall Heavy reverberation
INSERT
LINE
OUT
REVERB
RETURN
POWER
AMP
WOOFER
TWEETER
CH. 2
INPUT
LOW
LEVEL
MODE
MID
CONTOUR HIGH
CHORUS
GAIN
CH. 1
INPUT
GAIN
CHORUS
(CA-30 ONLY)
(CA-30D ONLY)
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DSP