AMP1 Iridium Edition – Expert Features
SWITCHING THE SPEAKER SIMULATION ON AND OFF
Make sure the AMP1 Iridium Edition is in Normal Mode and that neither the REMOTE1 nor the MIDI1 is connected to the footswitch socket. Hold down the middle footswitch [BOOST]. As soon as it has flashed once, you can use the left footswitch to toggle between SPEAKER SIMULATION ON and OFF while continuing to hold down the middle footswitch [BOOST]. This is a global setting that is retained even after the unit is restarted.
PRESETS
SAVING PRESETS
The three sounds for Preset Mode are created in Normal Mode. First dial in the sound you want, for example VINTAGE with BOOST and REVERB. Then hold down the right footswitch [REVERB] for three seconds until it flashes. Pressing one of the three footswitches then saves the active sound to that footswitch. In the same way, you can create two more sounds and assign them to the other two footswitches.
SWITCHING THE FX-LOOP ON AND OFF
If you hold down the middle footswitch [BOOST] for 3 seconds in Standard Mode, you can switch the FX-LOOP on and off with the right footswitch. The setting selected in this way can be saved for each preset in the 3 presets on the internal footswitches (or using the MIDI LEARN function).
PRESET MODE
Hold down the right footswitch [REVERB] while switching on the AMP1 Iridium Edition: in Preset Mode you can recall presets in which the settings for CHANNEL, BOOST on/off, REVERB on/off and FX-LOOP on/off have been saved to the three footswitches of the AMP1 Iridium Edition. You can find out how to save your three favourite sounds on page 39 of the owner’s manual. To return to Standard Mode, switch off the AMP1 and hold down the right footswitch [REVERB] while switching on the AMP1 Iridium Edition.
STARTUP MODES
HALF POWER MODE
Hold down the left footswitch while switching on the AMP1 Iridium Edition: the output power is reduced to 50 watts. This lets you play a 60 W speaker cab with full Nanotube saturation. To return to Full Power Mode, you need to perform a factory reset.
LOW GAIN MODE
Hold down the middle footswitch [BOOST] while switching on the AMP1 Iridium Edition: the gain is reduced on all channels. This lets you achieve the kind of sounds familiar from the „LOW“ input of vintage amps. To return to Full Power Mode, you need to perform a factory reset.
INDIVIDUAL CHANNEL GAIN
INDIVIDUAL GAIN PER CHANNEL WITH THE REMOTE1
To reduce the gain individually for each channel, first connect the REMOTE1 to the AMP1 Iridium Edition. Then select a channel on the REMOTE1 and set the desired maximum gain for that channel: hold down BOOST on the REMOTE1 until the switch starts to flash. You can now set the desired maximum gain with the REMOTE1’s rotary knob. To save this value in the AMP1 Iridium Edition, hold down the middle footswitch [BOOST] on the AMP1 Iridium Edition for three seconds and then confirm with the right footswitch.
To apply these individual gain settings per channel, you now need to switch the AMP1 Iridium Edition to Low Gain Mode: https://youtu.be/Ez_i5kIWBSQ
SWITCHING THE FX-LOOP ON AND OFF VIA MIDI
In a MIDI setup using the MIDI1 adapter, the FX-LOOP can be switched on and off with CC40. If your MIDI setup cannot send control changes, there is a workaround: unplug the MIDI1 adapter, hold down the middle footswitch [BOOST] for 3 seconds and switch the FX-LOOP on and off with the right footswitch [REVERB]. If you want to save the selected setting to a preset, reconnect the MIDI1 adapter and save the preset using the MIDI LEARN function.
INDIVIDUAL GAIN & POWERSOAK VIA MIDI
Connect your MIDI controller to the AMP1 Iridium Edition via the MIDI1 and a MIDI cable. Use your MIDI controller to set the GAIN/POWERSOAK value you want to save. Hold down the right footswitch [REVERB]. Once it has flashed, press the left footswitch (the right footswitch [REVERB] flashes twice) to save POWERSOAK, or press the middle footswitch [BOOST] (the right footswitch [REVERB] flashes once) to save GAIN for the selected channel.