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NOTE: REMINDER! If you have everything ON... POWER, STANDBY, GAIN and MASTER (as well as Input and Output Volume Con-

trols on any Effects in the FX Loop) and get no sound; Check the SPKR OFF/SPKR ON switch in the CabClone™ Section at the far

Right of the Rear Panel (when looking at the back of the ampliﬁer) to make sure the toggle switch is set to SPKR ON. This may have

been bumped during shipping, transport or set up.

CLOSED BACK/OPEN BACK

The on-board CabClone™ D.I. feature offers two classic “cabinet simulated” voicing options

created from our 45 years of experience co-designing custom speakers with the world’s top makers and designing speaker cabinets to

load them in. These CabClone “virtual-cabinet” options allow you to tailor the direct circuit’s EQ response for different cabinet styles,

gain regions and/or different instruments and pickups. The choices range from bright and open with enhanced top end that buffs

clean sounds (OPEN BACK), to a more compressed voice with the upper harmonics shelved for warm, singing single note sounds

and thick high gain rhythm work (CLOSED BACK).

Because clean and overdriven sounds really need these different cabinet types to sound authentic, you will need to experiment with

the two voicing options with your range of sounds for increased accuracy when employing the CabClone for direct recording.

The lower OPEN BACK position takes the lid off the top end so the upper harmonics can shine through and provide a more open,

three-dimensional sound with accentuated brightness. This position works well for clean work and overdriven rhythm applications

where a brighter, “faster”, more urgent response is in order.

The upper CLOSED BACK position rolls off top end and compresses the sound in comparison to it’s “open sounding” counterpart

and this focuses higher gain sounds and removes unwanted spurious artifacts and “buzz”. This position mimics the steep roll-off that

occurs in the best guitar speakers, which few realize is a HUGE part of why overdrive and distortion sounds are often reproduced

in a musical way in these classic drivers. Without this steep roll-off, overdriven guitar sounds are pretty thin, buzzy and separated,

and we’ve all become accustomed to this speaker effect as a natural part of a good overdrive sound. If you’ve ever experienced a

guitar amp that had any gain dialed up through hi-ﬁ speakers, or even a Direct output without “speaker compensation”, you know

how important this roll-off is to TONE!

When blending a live cabinet mic’d and the CabClone direct, you can also try selecting the Cabinet Voicing option that has an opposite

(or different) response to that of the cabinet you are mic-ing for a blend-able “opposing difference” later when mixing.

Within these two selectable Cabinet Style Voicing Options, you‘ll ﬁnd the ability to tune the CabClone D.I.’s response to work well for

almost any sound style. Keep in mind that adding the live speaker may affect the sound of these VOICING choices... making things

more reactive dynamically and perhaps brighter as well, depending on the speaker’s (and cabinet’s) inherent characteristics that you

have chosen.

NOTE: Remember that the CabClone circuit gets its feed from the SPEAKER Output and whatever cabinet (Load) you are using

“reﬂects backwards” and has an effect on the characteristics (both in regards to dynamics and frequency response) of the ampliﬁer’s

power section.

CabClone™ D.I.

This male 3-pin XLR Output provides a balanced signal for direct interface to a Console, Preamp or Recorder.

Use a standard 3-Pin XLR mic cable (of any reasonable length) to connect to your direct interface destination of choice. Next choose

whether you wish to record with the CabClone speaker compensated signal alone, or whether you wish to blend a live speaker cabinet

with this Direct signal using the SPKR OFF/SPKR ON mini toggle to the left.

As the CabClone circuit is passive, there is no dedicated Output Level Control, so the Channel MASTERS and the MULTI-WATT

Power Select switches will determine your send level strength at the CabClone D.I. Output.

NOTE: It is a wise practice to get in the habit of beginning every Direct session with the MARK FIVE: 25’s Channel MASTER Controls

set to “0” and the STANDBY switch set to “STANDBY”. This will help avoid unpleasant and/or embarrassing level surges through the

Console and/or Playback Monitors should the Faders (INPUT Attenuator) be up already or set too high.

It is ALSO wise to “zero-out” the Console or Preamp/Recorder INPUT Trim to help avoid similar unpleasant surprises.

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