AMT Pangaea CP-100PX, User Manual

Page 1: ...AMTPANGAEA IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER CP 100FX User s Guide www amtelectronics com Rev A For use with firmware V1 5 7 EVERYTHING JUST BEGINS 2017 AMT Electronics Omsk Russia ...

Page 2: ...isture does not operate normally or has been dropped 14 To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock do not expose this equipment to dripping or splashing and ensure that no objects filled with liquids such as vases are placed on the equipment 15 This equipment should be installed near the socket outlet and disconnection of the device should be easily accessible 16 Do not install in a confined s...

Page 3: ... Home Screen 12 Preset Screen 12 Setting Output Levels 13 Tuner 14 Editing Presets 14 Adjusting Preset Volume 14 Selecting Effect Blocks Adjusting Parameters 14 Copying Effect Blocks 15 Assigning Controllers 15 Saving Copying Naming a Preset 17 Clearing a Preset 17 Effect Blocks 18 Resonance Filter 18 Noise Gate 20 Compressor 20 Preamp Simulator 22 Power Amp Simulator 23 Cabinet Simulator Impulse ...

Page 4: ... Settings 37 Attenuator 37 Master EQ 37 Bypassing The Cabinet Simulator 38 Dual Cabinet Mode 38 MIDI Channel 39 MIDI Mapping 39 Global Tempo 40 USB Computer Operations 40 Internal Storage Backup Restore 40 Factory Reset 41 SD Card 41 Updating Pangaea s Firmware 41 Using Digital Output S PDIF 42 Appendix A Signal Flow 43 Appendix B Technical Specifications 44 ...

Page 5: ... be no limits for your creativeness and your music It may be overwhelming to find out what Pangaea is capable of But don t worry this manual will carefully guide you through all the settings and show you Pangaea s wide range of possibilities Once you get all the basics it will be easy for you to make any changes on the fly We ve also preloaded some presets such as you can start right away We had a...

Page 6: ...ONFIRM to recall the selected preset Each footswitch may be assigned one of the following Default to scroll up or down through the presets and recall them just as described above Controller to access parameters of effect blocks For example to turn effects on or off See full list of parameters in Chapter Assigning Controllers Tuner to turn the tuner on or off Enabling the tuner mutes the audio outp...

Page 7: ...e preset to factory default settings 2 VOL to adjust output level for the current preset 3 EQ to manage controllers for the current preset 4 SYS to rename the preset 5 TUNER to copy currently selected effect block to another preset 7 FX LED This lights when the effects are activated 8 Tap LED Shows you the time and speed of delay and modulation effects 9 In Clip Turns green when the sound comes in...

Page 8: ... 13 USB Use USB cable to connect Pangaea to the computer and access its internal storage 14 SD Card Insert microSD card here and access unlimited amount of Impulse Responses Cards up to 32GB using FAT32 filesystem are supported 15 Digital Out Digitally connect Pangaea to your studio equipment via S PDIF 75 ohm RCA cable This output sends out 24 bit digital version of Main Out at 48kHz Rear Panel 1...

Page 9: ...cabinet simulator or studio equipment 18 Balanced Out Use balanced XLR cables to send out processed 4 dBu signal to the mixer PA or your studio equipment Pangaea is fully protected against phantom power no need to worry about someone pressing that 48V button by accident 19 Ground Lift Switch Turn it off to eliminate hum and buzz caused by ground loops between your equipment 20 Main Out This output...

Page 10: ...CP100FX INPUT THRU L BAL OUT R OUT LR PHONES AUX IN USB SD CARD S PDIF OUT TAP FX DOWN CONFIRM UP 1 2 3 4 5 ATT IN VOL EQ SYS TUNER IN CLIP OUT CLIP Esc EDIT CONFIRM DRIVE Main Out FX CabSim Stereo Phones Out FX CabSim Stereo Balanced Out FX CabSim L R Input A M TPANGAEA IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER CP100FX INPUT THRU L BAL OUT R OUT LR PHONES AUX IN USB SD CARD S PDIF OUT TAP FX DOWN CONFIRM UP 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 11: ... cabinet connected to Thru Out A M TPANGAEA IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER CP100FX INPUT THRU L BAL OUT R OUT LR PHONES AUX IN USB SD CARD S PDIF OUT TAP FX DOWN CONFIRM UP 1 2 3 4 5 ATT IN VOL EQ SYS TUNER IN CLIP OUT CLIP Esc EDIT CONFIRM Amp Input Amp Speaker Out Amp FX Loop Return Amp FX Loop Send Input Main Out FX L Mono Balanced Out FX CabSim R Mono Amp Input Amp Speaker Out Balanced Out FX CabSim L ...

Page 12: ...ears at the Home screen Blank square means the footswitch is inactive depressed Filled square means the footswitch is active pressed Like if you assign a footswitch to turn an effect block on or off this will show you whether or not the effect is enabled Turn Navigation Confirm to scroll through presets and press it to recall the selected preset If you re lost and need to return to the Home screen...

Page 13: ...sabled blocks are blank and enabled blocks are filled Turn Navigation Confirm to navigate between blocks and press it to enable or disable the selected block Setting Output Levels To adjust global volume go the Home screen and press 2 VOL button Turn Navigation Confirm to choose between Master and Phones Volume and press it to edit the value Turn Navigation Confirm to adjust the level When you re ...

Page 14: ... button You ll see the input meter at the bottom of the screen Adjust the level by turning the Navigation Confirm knob When you re done press Esc to get back to the Preset screen Selecting Effect Blocks Adjusting Parameters While on the Preset screen turn Navigation Confirm to choose an effect block you want to edit and activate it Now press Edit to access the effect s parameters Each effect block...

Page 15: ...ke footswitches expression pedal etc and destinations which are various parameters inside of effect blocks You can assign multiple controllers to control the same parameter As well as you can control multiple parameters using the same Source Source may be set to one of the following Off None Expression External expression pedal FSW DOWN Pangaea s left footswitch labeled DOWN FSW CONFIRM Pangaea s ...

Page 16: ...o reverse the controller s action You can choose how Pangaea reacts on incoming MIDI Program Change messages by setting PC Out to one of the following MIDI IN Works as MIDI Thru sending whatever comes to MIDI In directly to MIDI Out without changes If you change presets using Navigation Confirm knob or built in Footswitches instead of external MIDI Controller the preset number will be sent as Prog...

Page 17: ... a preset press 4 SYS while on the Preset screen Turn Navigation Confirm knob to choose the letter you want to change and press it to edit the character Now pick the right character Press Edit to switch between upper and lower case Press Navigation Confirm to confirm Use Edit button as a shortcut to delete a letter At the end press Esc to return to the Preset screen and don t forget to save Cleari...

Page 18: ...lter LPF passes through frequencies below the cutoff frequency and attenuates everything above that point Use this option to create effect similar to wah wah HPF does the opposite BPF passes a range band of frequencies and attenuates everything outside the range F Mod Selects one of the following ways to control the cutoff frequency 1 LFO Automatically by low frequency oscillator 2 Dyn Automatical...

Page 19: ...r sets the threshold sensitivity of the effect to the input signal level The lower it is the louder you need to play to engage the effect Range 0 to 127 Dyn att When Dyn is selected as F Mod this parameter sets the attack time The lower it is the faster the effect opens up Range 0 to 127 Dyn rel When Dyn is selected as F Mod this parameter sets the release time The higher it is the longer it takes...

Page 20: ...may cut out your soft notes Range 0 to 127 Attack Determines how fast the gate opens Setting it to its maximum will result in swell effect Range 0 0 ms to 127 127 ms Decay Determines how fast the gate closes Low values won t let any noise to pass but may cut your notes short Range 0 about 0 ms to 127 about 1500 ms Compressor Compressor reduces the volume of loud sounds and amplifies quiet sounds s...

Page 21: ...lume You can assign a controller to this parameter Use Compr Volume as destination Range 0 to 127 Attack Determines how fast the compressor will react after the signal gets louder than the threshold Range 0 5 ms to 127 30 ms Knee Smoothes the compression gradually applying the ratio Softer knee reduces the audible difference between uncompressed and compressed sound Range 0 hard to 127 soft Input ...

Page 22: ...dals will sound dull They are designed to work in conjunction with the clean channel of a guitar amp and are heavily dependent on it Because the sound gets significantly colored by the amp the same effect pedal may sound completely different when used with different amps This group of devices includes Boost pedals Overdrive pedals such as AMT HR 1 Heater pedal Distortion pedals such as AMT Electro...

Page 23: ...rn Slave up to boost the output You can assign a controller to this parameter Use Amplif Slave as destination Range 0 to 127 Type There are different types of power amps Describing them all in details would require several pages and is not a goal of this handbook Generally speaking there are single ended amps and push pull amps Single ended amps have a single power tube sometimes two connected in ...

Page 24: ...y available in the Dual Cabinet Mode You can pan each cabinet separately Range L63 to R63 Browser This file browser lets you navigate through folders on the installed microSD card and load IR files As you scroll through IRs you can monitor the difference in sound in real time For every incompatible IR file the cabinet simulation will be bypassed and the volume dimmed to 50 Use Navigation Confirm k...

Page 25: ...requencies below the cutoff frequency and attenuates everything above that point Range 1000 Hz to 20000 Hz Presence Adds some extra brightness to the tone Range 0 to 127 You are able to reconfigure every band To do that select a band using Navigation Confirm knob and press Edit In the submenu you can adjust F Sets the operating frequency for the selected band Each band has an individual range of v...

Page 26: ...e tapping For example when it is set to 1 4 pressing the Edit button every 2 seconds will set Time to 500ms It can be set to 1 1 The Time is set as you tap it 1 1 5 Makes dotted 8th note delay when tapping quarters 1 2 Makes 8th note delay when tapping quarters 1 3 Makes dotted 16th note delay when tapping quarters or dotted 8th note delay when tapping half notes 1 4 Makes 16th note delay when tap...

Page 27: ...le earlier When its value is close to 127 the second delay line is set back in time and comes almost together with the dry signal Set it to 63 for the Ping Pong effect Range 0 to 127 D_Mod Controls the depth of the modulation Modulation is only applied to processed wet signal Range 0 to 127 M_Rate Controls the rate of the modulation Range 0 to 127 Direct Sets the type direction of the delay There ...

Page 28: ...tches occur when the Mix ratio is 50 D W 0 You can assign a controller to this parameter Use Phaser Volume as destination Range Dry 63 to Wet 64 Rate Sets the Rate of the low frequency oscillator LFO making the effect slower or faster You can assign a controller to this parameter Use Phaser Rate as destination Range 0 0 048 Hz to 127 4 85 Hz Center Sets the frequency the notches will be moving aro...

Page 29: ...ng delay time using LFO makes notches sweep up and down the frequency spectrum This effect block contains the following parameters Mix Controls the balance between Dry and Wet signal You can assign a controller to this parameter Use Flang Volume as destination Range Dry 63 to Wet 64 LFO Defines the shape of the LFO This may be set to Triangle or Sinus Rate Sets the Rate of the low frequency oscill...

Page 30: ...d together the sound gets thicker and wider You can tweak the following parameters Mix Controls the balance between Dry and Wet signal The widest Chorus occurs when the Mix ratio is 50 D W 0 Setting the Mix to 100 Wet Wet 64 will result in Vibrato effect You can assign a controller to this parameter Use Chorus Volume as destination Range Dry 63 to Wet 64 Rate Sets the Rate of the low frequency osc...

Page 31: ... channel is added out of phase HPF High pass filter passes through frequencies above the cutoff frequency and attenuates everything below that point Range 0 to 127 Early Reflections This effect block emulates room acoustics Unlike Reverb Early Reflections are sounds that you hear right after the direct sound before full reverberation takes over It s more like a series of discrete delays rather tha...

Page 32: ...very short to infinity You can assign a controller to this parameter Use Reverb Time as destination Range 0 to 127 Size Sets the Size of the room The greater the room the longer the reverb time With Size set to 0 and Time between 30 and 45 you can get a tone similar to a spring reverb Range 0 to 127 Damp Damping shortens the reverb decay for the higher frequencies simulating warmer sounding rooms ...

Page 33: ...e a controller with destination set to Tremolo TAP To gradually change the Rate with a controller use Tremolo Rate as destination Range 0 0 048 Hz to 127 14 5 Hz LFOdist Lets you choose LFO curve from sine to square or anything in between Range 0 sine to 127 square Type Gives you two options to choose from Mono and Stereo The latter can be used to emulate Leslie rotating speaker effect TAP Defines...

Page 34: ... where you ll find the Foot Switch submenu and press the knob to enter In the submenu choose the footswitch you want to configure On the next screen you can choose the mode Fast Generates a single event as soon as the footswitch is pressed Slow This one generates two events on footswitch release and on hold long press For example you can turn an effect block on and off every time you press the foo...

Page 35: ...ill find Expression Pedal settings in the system menu press 4 SYS button while on the Home screen under the item Expression Right here you can enable or disable it If it is enabled press Edit to enter the submenu Type may be set to one of the following Standard V Alternat V Standard CC Alternat CC Standard stands for a regular expression pedal If for some reason your pedal doesn t seem to work try...

Page 36: ...I channel you may want to check Chapter MIDI Channel for details Pangaea will react on incoming Program Change and CC continuous controller messages Program Change messages will recall Pangaea s presets according to MIDI Map You can change the default order see Chapter MIDI Mapping to find out how As it was described in Chapter Assigning Controllers every preset has individual PC Out settings for ...

Page 37: ...t signal if it is too weak Press Esc when you re done to store the settings These settings are global Once set they will influence all presets Master EQ In some situations you may need to fine tune your tone to make it fit to acoustic properties of specific environment Let s say the room has some annoying resonant frequency or the PA system is too bassy Use the Master EQ to eliminate these problem...

Page 38: ...b num parameter in the system menu It may be set to one of the following 1 L R Single cabinet mode with cabinet simulation active for both Left and Right channels This is the standard mode for all stereo applications with one cabinet 1 R Single cabinet mode with cabinet simulation active for the Right channel only Effects are working for both channels Use this mode when you need to send out a sign...

Page 39: ...igure MIDI mapping scroll down to MIDI PC Map in the system menu Inside you ll find 128 pairs with the incoming PC on the left and the value assigned to it on the right To make it simple let s say all presets have PC Out parameter set to MAP Then 1 3 means that when PC 1 is received preset 3 will be recalled and PC 3 will be sent to MIDI Out If preset 1 is recalled by means of built in footswitche...

Page 40: ...uter Operations Internal Storage Backup Restore If you need to create backup copies of settings and presets connect Pangaea to the computer using USB cable Pangaea is automatically recognized by a computer as a standard Mass Storage Device and you can access its internal storage just like you normally access any USB drive The folder structure looks like this You can make a full or a partial backup...

Page 41: ...though Pangaea s browser can access the entire memory card IR files must have 24 bit mono 48 kHz wav format Files in other formats will be ignored MicroSD cards up to 32GB using FAT32 filesystem are supported Updating Pangaea s Firmware We are constantly working on improvements to give you even more flexibility more effects and options Check www amtelectronics com for firmware updates To install f...

Page 42: ...ust be set to 48 kHz as well In the system menu you ll find S PDIF parameter which has two options Main Output S PDIF will send out processed sound a 24 bit digital version of Main Out Dry Input A digital version of unprocessed dry sound will be sent out The signal from Aux In is not sent to the Digital Output Foot Switch S PDIF Main Output MIDI PC Map Tempo Preset SY ...

Page 43: ...Appendix A Signal Flow Input Main Out Phones Out Balanced Out Thru Bypass Out Attenuator A D A M T A M T COMP GATE EQ DELAY PH FL TR RV ER CH D A S PDIF Out Master Volume Phones Volume RF VOL POWER AMP IR PREAMP MASTER EQ Aux In ...

Page 44: ...8 3 5mm phone jack Main Output Stereo 1 4 6 35mm phone jack unbalanced 10 dBV Balanced Output 2 x XLR Left and Right balanced 4 dBu Headphones Output Stereo 1 4 6 35mm phone jack Thru Bypass Output Mono 1 4 6 35mm phone jack unbalanced Digital Output RCA Phono S PDIF 24 bit 48 kHz USB type Type B plug USB 2 0 Control Connectors MIDI IN OUT 2 x 5 pin DIN Connector Expression Stereo 1 4 6 35mm phone...