STARTUP MODES

HALF POWER MODE

Hold down the left footswitch while switching on the AMP1 Mercury Edition: the output power is reduced to approx. 50 W. 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: switch off the AMP1, hold down all three footswitches of the AMP1 and switch the AMP1 back on. Then release the three footswitches.

LOW GAIN MODE

Hold down the middle [BOOST] footswitch while switching on the AMP1 Mercury 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: switch off the AMP1, hold down all three footswitches of the AMP1 and switch the AMP1 back on. Then release the three footswitches.

PRESET MODE

Hold down the right footswitch [REVERB] while switching on the AMP1 Mercury 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 Mercury 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 Mercury Edition.

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).

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 CHANNEL GAIN

To reduce the gain individually for each channel, first connect the REMOTE1 to the AMP1 Mercury 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 Mercury Edition, hold down the middle footswitch [BOOST] on the AMP1 Mercury 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 Mercury Edition to Low Gain Mode: Low Gain Mode video.