Crate QuadraDrive GT-80DSP User Manual

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ABOUT THE DIGITAL SO UND PRO CE S SOR :
(Semi-) Technical Description:
"IVhatis reverb, anyway?"
Imagine yourself seated in a small, lightly furnished room, about to enjoy a private performance by your
favorite guitarist. The guitarist picks up an acoustic guitar and sharply strikes a single chord, then immediately
mutes the strings with his strumming hand. Sound wavos instantaneously travel from the guitar's sound hole
through the air to you ears, where your brain processes the waves into the musical sounds you krow so well. At
the same time, reflected sound waves are bouncing all around the room: off the walls, ceiling and floor, off of the
musician, off of you; off of everything in the room. These multiple reflections occur so fast and in such large num¬
bers that your ears perceive them as one sound: reverb. Without these reflections the sound irom the guitar
would seem lifeless, dry and unnatural.
Different rooms produce different reflections, thus producing different sounding reverbs. The same gui¬
tarists singfe-chord performance in a large concert hall would sound different than it did in the intimate surround¬
ings described above, due to the different reflections produced - thus, the dfferent sounding reverb.
Wliat can be produced by nature can be simulated through the use of the GT SODSP's highly sophis¬
ticated digital electronics circuitry. The GT-80DSP has many different reverbs available, as well as some unique
digital effects, not found in nature.
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Crate QuadraDrive GT-80DSP Specifications

General

Brand	Crate
Model	QuadraDrive GT-80DSP
Category	Musical Instrument Amplifier
Language	English