In the CABCLONE’s simple Front Panel controls are the basic—but powerful—tools to control your guitar amp’s sound and get it to the Console direct
with the least possible effort, time and “superfluous noise”. Now let’s jump to the Rear Panel and review the interfacing possibilities found there.
Starting from the far left of the Rear Panel we have the INPUT. This ¼” jack is where you will connect the SPEAKER OUTPUT of your amplifier. The
Standard 8 Ohm CABCLONE accepts and will work with almost any impedance load. However, for the best Tonal results and to avoid damage to your
amplifier’s output transformer from an impedance mismatch, it is always best to match the amplifier’s Output Impedance to a CABCLONE wired for that
same impedance. The three Screened-On Boxes in the center of the Rear Panel indicate the as-built impedance. Make sure your CABCLONE has the
IMPEDANCE BOX checked that you intend to use most of the time and that it matches the SPEAKER OUTPUT IMPEDANCE JACK you favor on your
amplifier. A correct match here will ensure the best Tonal results and remove the possibility (with some amplifiers) of shortened Output Tube life and/
or damage to your output transformer.
Next we have the THRU jack and this provides the option of having a live speaker on your amplifier while taking the DIRECT OUT signal to your console
and using the CABCLONE Direct circuitry for capturing the sound. When using this configuration you can also decide to mic-up the live speaker cabinet
as well, giving you the choice of the CABCLONE BALANCED DIRECT OUT, the Mic—or both—for the ability to blend them (in real time or later) in a
mix session. The THRU jack is a switching-type and inserting a ¼” phono plug (use unshielded speaker cable) automatically defeats the internal Load
Resistor so that your amplifier is seeing the true impedance load of your chosen speaker cabinet. Note that using a live speaker connected to the THRU
may produce a different sound at the DIRECT OUTPUT of the CABCLONE due to the different response characteristics, loading effect and dynamic
properties of the individual cabinet in use. A “fixed” or “static” load as used when nothing is connected to the THRU jack—no matter how good sounding
and feeling—doesn’t change in impedance according to frequency like a “reactive type” (speaker) load does. The complex response curve of a reactive
speaker load is very difficult to mimic, and therefore the sound of the speaker load cannot be EXACTLY duplicated. That said, you will likely find the
CABCLONE—like so many top Artists and Producers have—very good sounding and feeling. The THRU jack gives you the added flexibility to decide
how best to use it for great results in your musical environment.
In the center of the Rear Panel is the 3-Pin male XLR jack BALANCED DIRECT OUT. Here the microphone cable is connected to your mixing console,
preamps or even converters and you are ready to press RECORD in the studio or Rock The House in a live venue. And depending on whether you’ve
chosen to connect a live speaker cabinet to the THRU jack or not... Silently and with Great Tone! The signal level here is determined by the setting of
the Front Panel D.I. LEVEL Rotary Control and as mentioned earlier, can be set to match almost any input destination’s requirement from -30dB Mic
Level all the way up to a +4dB Pro Line Level signal.
A ¼” LINE OUT has been included to capture the unprocessed (untreated) sound of your amplifier’s Speaker Output for various applications ranging
from creating a Slave signal for additional power on amps that don’t incorporate that feature, to a Direct feed to a Console/Recorder. This signal is
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