A/DA APP-1 User Manual - page 2
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Quick Setup
The APP‐1 is a preamp and needs a power amp and speaker to be
heard live. It can also connect to a sound system or a mixing console,
but we recommend that you insert a cabinet emulator like the A/DA
MicroCab to balance out the signal and to sound like a guitar amp
and cabinet.
1.
Set all knobs to 11 o’clock, as shown in FIGURE 1 below.
2.
Set all switches to the far left position, except set the
TRUE BYPASS switch to its center position so the APP‐1 is
in BYPASS mode.
3.
Plug in the provided AC Adapter, ADA part number
240005, (or use the power from you pedal board power
supply: 12 to 18 volts DC at 75mA or greater with a 2.1mm
plug with center Negative).
4.
Make sure the BOOST blue LED is off. Press the right hand
footswitch to turn if off, if on.
5.
Press the left footswitch to light the red LED for Channel 1.
6.
Connect your guitar using a shielded ¼ inch phone cable to
the INPUT jack on the back panel.
7.
Turn all the knobs on your guitar to maximum and select
the bridge pickup.
8.
Using a shielded ¼ inch phone cable, connect the OUTPUT
of the APP‐1 to your guitar amplifier. Use your amp’s
“power amp” input for the best results. If your amp does
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not have that input, use the Effects Loop Return jack to
connect the APP‐1. If your combo or head does not have
either jacks on the back panel, then try the use the lowest
gain input on a clean channel.
DO NOT USE ANY
HIGH‐GAIN or CRUNCH CHANNEL input for the APP‐1, it
will not sound good.
To use a the clean channel input, set
it to “flat” with the Gain (or Drive) set low and Master
Gain set high, and typically for a 3‐band tone stack, the
BASS and Treble at 7 to 8 o‐clock, and the MID set to 5
o’clock.
Detailed procedures are found in this manual
under “Setting up your Combo, Head or Power Amp.”
9.
After setting the controls properly, turn on your amplifier.
(TRUE BYPASS, top far right switch, set in the middle
position.) You will be in the BYPASS mode so you can set
the playing levels of your amplifier before engaging the
APP‐1.
10. Move the TRUE BYPASS switch to the far left position to
engage the APP‐1 PREAMP.
11.
Adjust the CHANNEL MASTER control to match the level
you set with your amp when it was in BYPASS mode.