Inhaltsverzeichnis; Quick Start; The Fundamentals Of Handling Black Spirit 200 - Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 Handbuch

1 Quick Start ................................................................................... 3
2 The fundamentals of handling Black Spirit 200 ............................. 3
3 The channel section ..................................................................... 6
4 The effects section ....................................................................... 6
5 The Master Section ...................................................................... 7
6 Rear panel .................................................................................... 8
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7 Bluetooth ................................................................................... 9
8 MIDI .......................................................................................... 10
9 Technical Data ........................................................................... 11

1 Quick Start

You will find examples how to connect the amp for live and recording
setups on page 72 to 75 in this manual.
Mains In: Connect the factory-included power cord (Mains Lead) to this
socket. Before you plug this amp into a mains power outlet, make sure the
power outlet is grounded! Non-grounded outlets do not guarantee a safe
operation of your amp and may cause audible noise and hum.
MIDI In: Connect the MIDI Out of your favourite MIDI controller to the
MIDI In. Though this is a 7-pin interface, you can connect a standard 5-pin
MIDI cable and use any standard MIDI controller. The two additional
terminals (1 and 7) serve to supply phantom power to the Hughes &
Kettner FSM-432 MIDI board.
The MIDI In is as important as the Input for your guitar! Only via MIDI will
you have access to all 128 presets of the Black Spirit 200.
Input: Connect your guitar to this input using a shielded cord equipped
with 6.3 mm (1/4") jack plugs.
Speaker Out: Black Spirit 200 offers one speaker output for 8 Ω to 16 Ω
cabinets. You can connect a speaker cabinet designed for guitar amps to
this jack (we recommend the matching Hughes & Kettner TM 112 or TM
212 cabs) or any kind of PA cabinet. In this case, set the cabinet selector
to Fullrange Cab.
Power button: Press and hold this button for two seconds to power up the
amp. Press and hold it for three seconds to switch off.
Note: In case of a power failure the amp will power up automatically again.
Phones/Line: Connect headphones to this 6.3 mm (1/4") jack output or
feed a line signal to any stereo multimedia input, such as a hi-fi system, if
you don't use the speaker out.
2 The fundamentals of handling
Black Spirit 200
Black Spirit 200 is an analog amp, and it works much like other analog
amps. But its handling concept is more advanced, so time spent getting to
know how it operates is time well spent. The following basic facts will help
you under stand the amp's operating concept:
• Although Black Spirit 200 is an analog amplifier, all its switching and
controlling functions (except the Master knob) are programmable.
• Depending on the amp's operation mode, some knobs and switches
have different functions.
• All settings can be saved and recalled via MIDI. For this purpose, you can
store your sound settings into 128 memory slots, the so-called presets.
2.1 How the knobs work
Black Spirit 200 is a four-channel amp. All four channels are controlled
by the same set of knobs. Your choice of channel determines the knob's
assignment. For example, when you have chosen the Clean channel via
the chicken-head selector switch (see chapter 3), the Gain knob will
determine the Clean channel's amount of gain. This means the channels
are independently adjustable and no knobs need to be shared. The best
thing about this is that it gives you total remote control capability so you
can adjust knobs via MIDI in real time. To learn more about this, see
section 2.3 in this chapter and chapter 8 "MIDI".
Note: The knobs look and feel like standard-issue pots with a 300-degree
control range and left and right stops. But there's a difference that may
take some time getting used to: the knob setting programmed in a preset
is independent of the knob's physical position. In other words, when
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