AMT Pangaea CP-100PX User manual

AMT
PANGAEA
IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER
CP-100FX
User’s Guide
www.amtelectronics.comRev A (For use with rmware V1.5.7)
EVERYTHING JUST BEGINS
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Table of Contents
Quick Start .................................................................................5
OMG What Did I Just Buy?.................................................................................... 5
What’s in the Box?.................................................................................................. 5
Top Panel ................................................................................................................ 6
Front Panel.............................................................................................................. 8
Rear Panel ............................................................................................................... 8
Setup A: Home/Studio.......................................................................................... 10
Setup B: Live ......................................................................................................... 10
Setup C: Live + FOH (Mono) .............................................................................. 11
Setup D: Live + FOH (Stereo) ............................................................................. 11
Getting Around ........................................................................12
Home Screen......................................................................................................... 12
Preset Screen ......................................................................................................... 12
Setting Output Levels ........................................................................................... 13
Tuner..................................................................................................................... 14
Editing Presets..........................................................................14
Adjusting Preset Volume ...................................................................................... 14
Selecting Effect Blocks/Adjusting Parameters...................................................... 14
Copying Effect Blocks ........................................................................................... 15
Assigning Controllers............................................................................................ 15
Saving/Copying/Naming a Preset ......................................................................... 17
Clearing a Preset ................................................................................................... 17
Effect Blocks .............................................................................18
Resonance Filter.................................................................................................... 18
Noise Gate............................................................................................................. 20
Compressor............................................................................................................ 20
Preamp Simulator.................................................................................................. 22
Power Amp Simulator........................................................................................... 23
Cabinet Simulator (Impulse Response)................................................................ 24
EQ.......................................................................................................................... 25
Delay...................................................................................................................... 26

Phaser .................................................................................................................... 28
Flanger................................................................................................................... 29
Chorus ................................................................................................................... 30
Early Reections.................................................................................................... 31
Reverb ................................................................................................................... 32
Tremolo................................................................................................................. 33
Controllers................................................................................34
Footswitches .......................................................................................................... 34
Expression Pedal.................................................................................................... 35
External MIDI Controller..................................................................................... 36
Global Settings .........................................................................37
Attenuator............................................................................................................. 37
Master EQ.............................................................................................................. 37
Bypassing The Cabinet Simulator ........................................................................ 38
Dual Cabinet Mode............................................................................................... 38
MIDI Channel....................................................................................................... 39
MIDI Mapping ...................................................................................................... 39
Global Tempo ....................................................................................................... 40
USB & Computer Operations ................................................40
Internal Storage/Backup/Restore .......................................................................... 40
Factory Reset ......................................................................................................... 41
SD Card................................................................................................................. 41
Updating Pangaea’s Firmware............................................................................... 41
Using Digital Output (S/PDIF)............................................................................. 42
Appendix A: Signal Flow .........................................................43
Appendix B: Technical Specications ....................................44

Quick Start 5
Quick Start
OMG What Did I Just Buy?
Thank you for purchasing Pangaea CP-100FX Impulse Response convolution player. It is not
just a cabinet simulator but a very powerful and exible effects processor. Before designing
Pangaea, we’ve set a challenge to give you as much freedom and control over all the settings
as possible. As a result, you are able to tweak almost everything. There may be no limits for
your tone as there may be no limits for your creativeness and your music.
It may be overwhelming to nd out what Pangaea is capable of. But don’t worry, this manual
will carefully guide you through all the settings and show you Pangaea’s wide range of
possibilities. Once you get all the basics it will be easy for you to make any changes on the
y. We’ve also preloaded some presets such as you can start right away!
We had a lot of fun designing it and we wish you a lot of fun using it!
Let’s get started!
What’s in the Box?
• Pangaea CP-100FX
• Power supply
• MicroSD memory card
• MicroSD to SD memory card adapter
• USB micro SD memory card reader
• USB cable
• Warranty card

Quick Start
6
Top Panel
1. Display: The OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display with a very high contrast ratio
and 180-degree viewing angle.
2. Navigation/Conrm Knob:
When on the home screen turn to select presets and press to recall the selected preset.
When on the preset screen turn to select the effect block. Press to turn the selected effect
block on or off.
When in the menu turn to navigate or to choose between values. Press to enter sub-level
menu/edit the selected parameter or to conrm the selected value.
3. Footswitches: Press UP/DOWN to select presets. Press CONFIRM to recall the selected
preset. Each footswitch may be assigned one of the following:
• Default: to scroll up or down through the presets and recall them just as described above
• Controller: to access parameters of effect blocks. For example, to turn effects on or off.
See full list of parameters in Chapter “Assigning Controllers”
• Tuner: to turn the tuner on or off. Enabling the tuner mutes the audio output
• Preset Map: to recall one of the predened presets. You can predene up to 4 presets
and scroll through them by repeatedly pressing the footswitch
AMT
PANGAEA
IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER
CP100FX
INPUT THRU L BAL OUT R OUT LR
PHONES AUX IN USB SD CARD S
/ PDIF
OUT
TAPFX
DOWN CONFIRM UP
1 2 3 4 5
ATT IN VOL EQ SYS TUNER
IN CLIP OUT CLIP
Esc EDIT
CONFIRM
1
2
3
5
4
6
7 8
9 10

Quick Start 7
4. Esc/Cab’s Name: When on the home screen press to see currently chosen Impulse
Response’s lename. Otherwise press to return to the upper level menu or to the home
screen.
5. Edit: Press to edit the preset or the effect block.
6. Multi-function Buttons:
When on the home screen press:
• 1/ATT IN to adjust attenuator settings
• 2/VOL to adjust output levels
• 3/EQ to access the Master EQ
• 4/SYS to get to the system menu
• 5/TUNER to activate the tuner. You can also assign this function to a footswitch
When on the preset screen press:
• 1/ATT IN to reset the preset to factory default settings
• 2/VOL to adjust output level for the current preset
• 3/EQ to manage controllers for the current preset
• 4/SYS to rename the preset
• 5/TUNER to copy currently selected effect block to another preset
7. FX LED: This lights when the effects are activated.
8. Tap LED: Shows you the time and speed of delay and modulation effects.
9. In Clip: Turns green when the sound comes into Pangaea. Turns orange when input level
is too high. Try reducing the output level of the device connected to Pangaea’s input.
Otherwise some unpleasant distortion may occur.
10. Out Clip: Everything is ne when it is green. Which means Pangaea produces some
sound. It is orange when clipping is detected. Try reducing preset or master volume to avoid
distortion.

Quick Start
8
Front Panel
11. Phones Out: Connect stereo headphones here. Press 2/VOL to adjust volume. Be careful,
high volume level can seriously damage your ears.
12. Aux In: Connect any external audio device using a stereo cable with 1/8’’ (3.5mm) TRS
connector. The signal coming from the external device is not processed by the effects of
Pangaea and goes directly to the output.
13. USB: Use USB cable to connect Pangaea to the computer and access its internal storage.
14. SD Card: Insert microSD card here and access unlimited amount of Impulse Responses.
Cards up to 32GB using FAT32 lesystem are supported.
15. Digital Out: Digitally connect Pangaea to your studio equipment via S/PDIF (75-ohm
RCA) cable. This output sends out 24-bit digital version of Main Out at 48kHz.
Rear Panel
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AMT
PANGAEA
IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER
CP100FX
GND BAL R BAL OUT L
EXP MIDI OUT MIDI IN
OFF ON
DC 12V OUT LR THRU INPUT
+ –
MADE IN RUSSIA OMSK
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Quick Start 9
16. Input: Plug your instrument or your amplier’s output here. If you’re using a tube amplier,
make sure a speaker or a dummy load is connected to THRU output.
Running a tube amp without load will lead to amplier malfunction! Pangaea has no
loadbox.
17. Thru/Bypass Out: This output sends out an unprocessed copy of whatever comes into
Pangaea’s Input. Use a speaker cable to connect a speaker cabinet or a dummy load (such as
AMT Power Eater PE-15/PE-120) here in case you’re feeding a signal from a tube amp or a
power amp into Pangaea’s Input.
Running a tube amp without load will lead to amplier malfunction! Pangaea has no
loadbox.
If instead of an amplier you connect your effect pedals or your guitar to Pangaea’s Input
(no power amp before Pangaea), use this output as a bypass and send dry signal to another
effects processor, cabinet simulator or studio equipment.
18. Balanced Out: Use balanced XLR cables to send out processed +4 dBu signal to the mixer,
PA or your studio equipment. Pangaea is fully protected against phantom power, no need to
worry about someone pressing that +48V button by accident.
19. Ground Lift Switch: Turn it off to eliminate hum and buzz caused by ground loops
between your equipment.
20. Main Out: This output sends out processed –10 dBV line level stereo signal. It will also
work with a mono cable and send out the Left channel.
21. Power: Pangaea will power up as soon as you connect the included 12V power adapter here.
22. MIDI: Connect to MIDI equipment to send and receive MIDI messages. You can control
Pangaea using an external MIDI controller as well as control other devices using Pangaea’s
footswitches. Pangaea also has a mapping function that allows incoming program changes to
recall any preset on the device connected to MIDI Out.
23. Expression: Connect a standard expression pedal, such as AMT EX-50, and use your feet to
control volume and effects.
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Quick Start
10
Setup A: Home/Studio
You don’t need an amp! Pangaea can emulate a Clean channel of an amp, so an overdrive
pedal will do. You can even plug your guitar directly
into Pangaea.
Setup B: Live
Turn off the CabSim (see Chapter “Bypassing The Cabinet Simulator”) and plug
Pangaea into FX Loop of your amplier.
AMT
PANGAEA
IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER
CP100FX
INPUT THRU L BAL OUT R OUT LR
PHONES AUX IN USB SD CARD S / PDIF
OUT
TAPFX
DOWN CONFIRM UP
1 2 3 4 5
ATT IN VOL EQ SYS TUNER
IN CLIP OUT CLIP
Esc EDIT
CONFIRM
DRIVE
Main Out: FX+CabSim (Stereo)
Phones Out: FX+CabSim (Stereo)
Balanced Out: FX+CabSim (L+R)
Input
AMT
PANGAEA
IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER
CP100FX
INPUT THRU L BAL OUT R OUT LR
PHONES AUX IN USB SD CARD S / PDIF
OUT
TAPFX
DOWN CONFIRM UP
1 2 3 4 5
ATT IN VOL EQ SYS TUNER
IN CLIP OUT CLIP
Esc EDIT
CONFIRM
Amp Input
Amp Speaker Out
Amp FX Loop ReturnAmp FX Loop Send
Input Main Out: FX (L/Mono)

Quick Start 11
Setup C: Live + FOH (Mono)
Switch to 1 R mode (see Chapter “Dual Cabinet Mode”). This will disable CabSim
in the Left channel. Now you can monitor all effects through your amp on stage while
providing studio-quality sound with Cabinet Simulation to Front of House.
Setup D: Live + FOH (Stereo)
Send studio-quality stereo signal with Cabinet Simulation to Front of House and use onstage
monitor for your effects. You’ll hear dry unprocessed sound through the cabinet connected to
Thru Out.
AMT
PANGAEA
IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER
CP100FX
INPUT THRU L BAL OUT R OUT LR
PHONES AUX IN USB SD CARD S / PDIF
OUT
TAPFX
DOWN CONFIRM UP
1 2 3 4 5
ATT IN VOL EQ SYS TUNER
IN CLIP OUT CLIP
Esc EDIT
CONFIRM
Amp Input
Amp Speaker Out
Amp FX Loop ReturnAmp FX Loop Send
Input Main Out: FX (L/Mono)
Balanced Out:
FX+CabSim (R/Mono)
Amp Input
Amp Speaker Out
Balanced Out:
FX+CabSim (L+R)
AMT
PANGAEA
IR CONVOLUTION PLAYER
CP100FX
INPUT THRU L BAL OUT R OUT LR
PHONES AUX IN USB SD CARD S / PDIF
OUT
TAPFX
DOWN CONFIRM UP
1 2 3 4 5
ATT IN VOL EQ SYS TUNER
IN CLIP OUT CLIP
Esc EDIT
CONFIRM
Input Main Out:
FX+CabSim (L/Mono)
Thru Out: Unprocessed

Getting Around
12
Getting Around
Home Screen
1. Preset Name: The name of the currently selected preset.
2. Preset Number: Currently selected preset number. Blank number means the preset is
empty. All effect blocks of an empty preset are disabled. Filled number means the preset was
modied and saved. Blinking number means the preset is selected but is not recalled. Press
Navigation/Conrm knob to recall it.
3. Footswitch status: If any of three footswitches has been assigned the controller function,
the corresponding square appears at the Home screen. Blank square means the footswitch is
inactive/depressed. Filled square means the footswitch is active/pressed. Like if you assign a
footswitch to turn an effect block on or off, this will show you whether or not the effect is
enabled.
Turn Navigation/Conrm to scroll through presets and press it to recall the selected
preset. If you’re lost and need to return to the Home screen, press Esc repeatedly until you
get there.
Press Esc while on the Home screen to see currently chosen Impulse Response’s lename.
Preset Screen
Let’s say you’ve selected a preset and want to edit it. Press Edit to get to the Preset screen.
You’ll see the following:
Preset
Name
12
3
RF GT CM PA IR EQPR
DL PH FL ER RV TRCH

Getting Around 13
The effect blocks are:
• RF: Resonance lter
• GT: Noise gate
• CM: Compressor
• PR: Preamp simulator
• PA: Power amp simulator
• IR: Impulse Response/Cabinet simulator
• EQ: Parametric EQ
• DL: Delay
• PH: Phaser
• FL: Flanger
• CH: Chorus
• ER: Early reections
• RV: Reverb
• TR: Tremolo
Currently selected block is blinking. Disabled blocks are blank and enabled blocks are lled.
Turn Navigation/Conrm to navigate between blocks and press it to enable or disable the
selected block.
Setting Output Levels
To adjust global volume, go the Home screen
and press 2/VOL button. Turn Navigation/
Conrm to choose between Master and
Phones Volume and press it to edit the value.
Turn Navigation/Conrm to adjust the level.
When you’re done press Esc to return to the Home screen. The adjustments will be stored.
Master Vo lume 120
Phones Vo lume 15

Editing Presets
14
Tuner
Out of tune? Go to the Home screen and press
5/TUNER button. Pangaea has a standard
chromatic tuner with reference frequency
440Hz. Pick a string and you’ll see the closest
note on the screen. The lower triangle shows
you the actual pitch of the string relatively to that note. Raise or lower the pitch of the string
to bring triangles together and you’re in tune.
Editing Presets
Adjusting Preset Volume
Each preset has its own individual volume
that you can adjust and store together
with the preset. To do that select a preset,
press Edit to get to the Preset screen and
press 2/VOL button. You’ll see the input
meter at the bottom of the screen. Adjust the
level by turning the Navigation/Conrm knob. When you’re done press Esc to get back
to the Preset screen.
Selecting Effect Blocks/Adjusting Parameters
While on the Preset screen turn Navigation/Conrm to choose an effect block you want
to edit and activate it. Now press Edit to access the effect’s parameters. Each effect block
has its individual list of parameters you can adjust. Once you’re in, everything is generally
done using the Navigation/Conrm knob. Turn it to scroll through the parameters, press
it to enter the edit mode, turn it again to change the parameter’s value and nally press it to
exit the edit mode. When you’re done adjusting effect’s parameters press Esc to return to the
Preset screen.
G
Preset Level
Output

Editing Presets 15
Copying Effect Blocks
You can copy effect’s settings between presets.
To do that select the effect block you want to
copy at the Preset screen and press 5/TUNER.
You’ll be prompted to choose the destination
preset. Select it by turning and conrm by
pressing the Navigation/Conrm knob. You’ll see the conrmation message.
Assigning Controllers
Each preset may be assigned up to 16
controllers. To manage preset controllers, press
3/EQ on the Preset screen. All edits are done
using the Navigation/Conrm knob.
Here controllers are seen as connections
between sources (like footswitches, expression
pedal, etc.) and destinations which are various
parameters inside of effect blocks. You can
assign multiple controllers to control the same
parameter. As well as you can control multiple parameters using the same Source.
Source may be set to one of the following:
• Off: None
• Expression: External expression pedal
• FSW DOWN: Pangaea’s left footswitch labeled DOWN
• FSW CONFIRM: Pangaea’s middle footswitch labeled CONFIRM
• FSW UP: Pangaea’s right footswitch labeled UP
• CC# 0-127: any MIDI controller from 0 to 127
Other than turning effect blocks on or off and adjusting preset volume, additional following
parameters of corresponding blocks are available as destinations:
Preset
Name
Copy to ->
02
Contr 1
Source Off
Destin Preamp On Off
MinVal 0
MaxVal 127
PC OUT MIDI IN
SET 1
CC

Editing Presets
16
• RF: LFO Rate; Frequency
• CM: Volume; Threshold
• PA: Volume; Slave
• DL: Volume; Feedback; Tap
• PH, FL, CH: Volume; Rate
• RV: Volume; Time
• TR: Intensity; Rate; Tap
Using MinVal and MaxVal you can calibrate the controller by setting its boundaries. For
example, if you’re using the expression pedal to control preset volume, the MinVal setting
determines how much volume you’ll hear when the pedal is at its minimum (heel down)
setting. Set MinVal to 0 to have silence in this position. Set MinVal higher than MaxVal
to reverse the controller’s action.
You can choose how Pangaea reacts on incoming MIDI Program Change messages by setting
PC Out to one of the following:
• MIDI IN: Works as MIDI Thru sending whatever comes to MIDI In directly to MIDI
Out without changes. If you change presets using Navigation/Conrm knob or built-
in Footswitches instead of external MIDI Controller, the preset number will be sent as
Program Change message
• MAP: When the preset is activated the corresponding mapped preset number will be
sent as Program Change message. See Chapter “MIDI Mapping” for details
• SET: The value set below will be sent as a Program Change when this preset is activated
PC Out is set for a preset rather than a controller.

Editing Presets 17
Saving/Copying/Naming a Preset
After you’re done editing a preset, return to
the Preset screen and press Esc. You’ll be
prompted to save the preset. Use Navigation/
Conrm knob to choose between No,
Return or Yes. You can also press Esc once
again to quit without saving. Choose Return
if you forgot something and don’t want to exit yet. If you choose Yes, you’ll be prompted
to select the destination preset. At this point you can still cancel the operation by pressing
Esc. Otherwise press Navigation/Conrm knob to save. Use the same procedure to copy
presets.
To rename a preset press 4/SYS while on the
Preset screen. Turn Navigation/Conrm
knob to choose the letter you want to change
and press it to edit the character. Now pick the
right character. Press Edit to switch between
upper and lower case. Press Navigation/
Conrm to conrm. Use Edit button as a shortcut to delete a letter. At the end press Esc
to return to the Preset screen and don’t forget to save!
Clearing a Preset
If you want to delete or clear a preset, press
1/ATT IN while on the Preset screen. Use
Navigation/Conrm knob to move the cursor
to Yes and conrm the action. All effect blocks
will be reset to the default state. You don’t need
to save the preset, simply press Esc to exit.
No Return Yes
Save?
Preset .
Name .
abcdefghijklmnopqrst
uvwxyz0123456789!@#$%
No Yes
Preset
Default Settings?

Effect Blocks
18
Effect Blocks
Resonance Filter
This lter is the rst one in the virtual chain of effects. It lets you cut some frequency ranges
out of your guitar tone. For example, you can create an effect similar to wah-wah pedals. This
effect block contains the following parameters:
• Mix: Controls the balance between Dry and Wet signal.
The Dry signal is mixed out of phase. When Mix is set to 0 some frequencies will
completely cancel each other, creating an interesting effect.
Range: -63 (completely Dry) to 64 (completely Wet).
• F Type: Filter type. Can be set to LPF (Low-pass lter), HPF (High-pass lter) or
BPF (Band-pass lter). LPF passes through frequencies below the cutoff frequency and
attenuates everything above that point. Use this option to create effect similar to wah-
wah. HPF does the opposite. BPF passes a range (band) of frequencies and attenuates
everything outside the range.
• F Mod: Selects one of the following ways to control the cutoff frequency:
1. LFO: Automatically, by low-frequency oscillator
2. Dyn: Automatically, depending on the input signal level
3. Ext: Manually, by a controller, such as expression pedal.
Choose Filt freq as destination when assigning a controller
• LFO r: When LFO is selected as F Mod, this parameter sets the LFO rate.
You can assign a controller to this parameter. Use Filt LFOrate as destination.
Range: 0 to 127.
low Frequency (Hz) high
Gain (dB)
LPF
low Frequency (Hz) high
Gain (dB)
BPF
low Frequency (Hz) high
Gain (dB)
HPF

Effect Blocks 19
• Lo freq: Sets the lower limit for the cutoff frequency. The higher this limit is set, the
lower the width of the effect gets. The full width (cutoff frequency range) is from 26 Hz
to 6545 Hz.
Range: 0 (26 Hz) to 127 (560 Hz).
• Hi freq: Sets the upper limit for the cutoff frequency. The lower this limit is set, the
lower the width of the effect gets.
Range: 0 (560 Hz) to 127 (6545 Hz).
• Res: Sets the resonance, changing the saturation of the effect.
Range: 0 to 127.
• Dyn th: When Dyn is selected as F Mod, this parameter sets the threshold/sensitivity
of the effect to the input signal level. The lower it is, the louder you need to play to
engage the effect.
Range: 0 to 127.
• Dyn att: When Dyn is selected as F Mod, this parameter sets the attack time. The
lower it is, the faster the effect opens up.
Range: 0 to 127.
• Dyn rel: When Dyn is selected as F Mod, this parameter sets the release time. The
higher it is, the longer it takes for the effect to get into the initial state.
Range: 0 to 127.
• Volume: Sometimes high resonance values can boost the sound too much and cause
some distortion. Use this parameter to reduce the volume of the effect.
Range: 0 to 127.
low Frequency (Hz) high
Gain (dB)
Resonance 0
low Frequency (Hz) high
Gain (dB)
Resonance 127

Effect Blocks
20
Noise Gate
Noise Gate is used to attenuate the signal in pauses when you don’t play guitar, helping you
to hide some hiss, hum and other noise present in any guitar setup.
You can control its behavior using following parameters:
• Thresh: Sets the threshold. The Noise Gate allows the signal to pass through only
when it is above the threshold. When the input signal is below the threshold, the gate is
‘closed’ and no signal is allowed to pass. Set it a little higher than the noise level in your
system to achieve noise dampening. If the threshold is set too high, it may cut out your
soft notes.
Range: 0 to 127.
• Attack: Determines how fast the gate opens. Setting it to its maximum will result in
swell effect.
Range: 0 (0 ms) to 127 (127 ms).
• Decay: Determines how fast the gate closes. Low values won’t let any noise to pass but
may cut your notes short.
Range: 0 (about 0 ms) to 127 (about 1500 ms).
Compressor
Compressor reduces the volume of loud sounds and amplies quiet sounds smoothening the
dynamics. At the same time, it can be used as a sustainer making your single notes sound
longer. It’s a great tool to letting some parts stand out. It is as easy to nd settings that work
against you. Too much compression may bring up some hum and noise when used together
with overdrive or distortion.
Attack Decay Time
Gain (dB)
Threshold
Input level
Output level