Rear Panel - Hughes & Kettner TriAmp Mark 3 Manual

SPEAKERS RED BOX
16 Ohms 1x 8 Ohms 4 Ohms Ambience emulated DI Out
or 2x 16 Ohms
any unwanted noise. The gate remains shut until you hit the guitar strings.
When you do so, it opens up again without any latency. Learn more about
the noise gate in the Rear Panel chapter.

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6.1 Speakers
16 Ohms 1x 8 Ohms 4 Ohms
or 2x 16 Ohms
Never use this amp without speakers connected!
For connection use a sufficient speaker cable only!
• If you want to run two 8 Ohm cabinets connected in parallel, use the
4 Ohm output. Never connect cabinets with different impedances at
the same time!
• If you want to drive two cabinets with different impedances
simultaneously, you must configure a parallel or serial circuit and
connect it to the appropriate output. Use this formula to figure out the
overall impedance (R) of two cabinets with different impedances (R1,
R2):
In parallel: R = (R1 x R2) / (R1 + R2)
Here's an example with one 8 Ohm cab and one 16 Ohm cab:
R = (8 x 16) / (8 + 16) Ohms
R = 128 / 24 Ohms
R = 5.33 Ohms
Parallel connection is the standard, but if you find a cabinet with an
output that is wired in series, or if you use custom-made wiring, the
overall impedance is the sum of the impedances of each cab:
In series: R = R1 + R2
A combination of a 4 Ohm cabinet and an 8 Ohm cabinet connected in
serial will result in 12 Ohms.
Tip: The golden rule is that the cabinets' impedance may never be lower
than the amp's output impedance. That means that, in our examples, you
would connect the combination of cabs that results in 5.33 Ohms to the 4
Ohm speaker out, and 12 Ohms combination to the 8 Ohm speaker out.
™ AE TSC ™ MIDI NOISE GATE
In Out/Thru
TSM-432
The TriAmp Mark 3 offers separate
outputs for all standard impedances.
You can connect either one 4 Ohm
cabinet, one 8 Ohm cabinet or one or
two 16 Ohm cabinets.
FX LOOP
Hard Soft FX Level
Send Return FX Serial
6.2 Red Box AE
RED BOX ™ AE
Ambience emulated DI Out
sound quality at every gig or recording session, putting an end to crosstalk
with other instruments and the hassles of experimenting with microphone
placement.
The Red Box AE is the latest version of the award-winning speaker
simulator, and it features switchable Low-Cut filtering and a 2nd Cabinet
Mode. The DSP-powered Ambience Emulation delivers a perfect mix of
authentic 4x12 cabinet ambience effects and an ultra-direct attack of
pure tube tone, capturing the signal just after the power amp stage, and
right before the speaker output. The Red Box AE delivers a line signal. The
level of the line signal depends on the level of the power amp, meaning
that the Master Volume effectively determines the level of this DI Out.
Note: Use a microphone cord to patch the Red Box AE's signal to a mixing
console. Make sure the mixing console's XLR input is set to line level. If
the mixing console lacks XLR inputs, or if the inputs cannot be set to line
level, you will need an XLR to 6.3 mm (1/4") jack adapter or cable. These
are readily available in all good music stores.
6.3 TSC
Note: We have devoted an entire chapter of this manual to Tube Safety
Control. See the TSC chapter to learn more about it.
6.4 MIDI In and Out/Thru
MIDI
In Out/Thru
TSM-432
the standard protocol for any switching function on TriAmp Mark 3, and
to use it as the interface for the included MIDI board, the TSM-432. To
learn more about the MIDI board, see the TSM-432 chapter.
MIDI In: TriAmp Mark 3's MIDI In is a 7-pin interface, but you can also
connect a standard 5-pin MIDI cable, meaning that any MIDI controller
or board will fit. The two additional pins serve to supply phantom power
to the included Hughes & Kettner TSM-432 MIDI board.
Heads-up: The TSM-432 comes complete with a 7-pin MIDI cable. Should
the cable get lost and you find yourself needing a quick replacement, a
5-pin MIDI cable will do the job. However, you will need a power supply
TriAmp Mark 3 – Manual 1.1
MASTER INSERT PANEL
Dark Bright
Preamp Out Power Amp In
Serial No.
The TriAmp Mark 3 is the first Hughes & Kettner
product to feature the all-new Red Box with
Ambience Emulation. Since its late 80s release, the
original Red Box has been the industry standard
tool for capturing the sound of guitar amps without
using microphones. Red Box delivers unvarying
MIDI is a great opportunity to switch sounds using
so-called program changes. At the touch of a button,
you can change the channel of the amp and the effects
program on your external effects device simultaneously.
MIDI certainly puts an end to dancing around on your
pedalboard. For this reason, we decided to use MIDI as
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