Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 - 200-watt Floorboard Amplifier

Description

All-analog Tone Generation in a Compact Floorboard
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Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 - 200-watt Floorboard Amplifier
200W, 4-channel Analog Guitar Amplifier, with Spirit Tone Generator, Emulated DI Output, Bluetooth, and MIDI/Footswitch I/O
All-analog Tone Generation in a Compact Floorboard
Combining the sonic versatility of the Bionic Spirit tone generator with the practical functionality of the FSM-432 MIDI footswitch, the Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 floorboard amplifier could be the new foundation of your guitar rig that you've been searching for. The Black Spirit 200 floorboard packs all the goods found in the Black Spirit head and combo amps, including 200 watts of power and integrated Red Box AE+ speaker emulation. You'll also find two additional true bypass pre-loops, and a dedicated monitor input for convenience. Whether you're recording direct, plugging into a speaker cabinet, or going live into the PA system, you can expect top-notch tone and performance from the Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 floorboard amplifier.
Note: This device is intended to drive a speaker cabinet and should not be placed in front of an amplifier or pedals.
Amplifier emulation without digital modeling?
It’s true, the Black Spirit 200 floorboard can re-create practically any iconic amplifier without ever digitizing your signal. It’s called the Spirit Tone Generator, and it actually re-creates famous amp topologies by switching around analog components. Tubes get all the glory, but every component in a tube amplifier plays a huge role in the final sound, and the Black Spirit 200 floorboard's Spirit Tone Generator switches in whichever components are necessary to achieve the sound of classic amps.
Four independent channels can save and recall up to 128 presets
The four channels on the Black Spirit 200 floorboard amp — Clean, Crunch, Lead, and Ultra — offer a sonic range from classic cleans to modern high-gain metal. Every knob setting on the Black Spirit 200 can be saved to one of 128 preset locations for instant recall — you can even save your favorite tone settings to the Black Spirit app (iOS/Android) for further tweaking. And each channel has its own boost switch, and each has its own sonic character.
Integrate your pedals into your presets
To help you integrate your favorite overdrive pedal, fuzz pedal, wah, or any other must-have pedals, the Black Spirit 200 Floorboard offers two programmable pre-loops for your effects, in addition to the effects loop that occurs after the preamp section. Connect any pedals you want to hit the front end of your amp to these loops, leave your pedals on, and then engage or disengage the loops as you need. You can even program the loop on/off status as part of your presets, effectively allowing you to turn your pedals on and off via preset changes.
A better way to monitor on stage
The Black Spirit 200 Floorboard gives you more options for monitoring on stage than a typical amplifier ever could. You can send a monitor mix from the mixing console directly to the Black Spirit 200 Floorboard's XLR input, connect headphones or IEMs to its headphone output, and then use the Monitor Volume control to balance your guitar within the mix. The band mix will also be sent out the Speaker Out if it's set to Full Range, but not if it is set to Guitar Cab.
Advanced MIDI and footswitch capabilities
In addition to amplification, the Black Spirit 200 floorboard amplifier packs the practical switching capabilities of the FSM-432 MKIII MIDI board. A total of seven switches with LEDs gives you ample foot control for your rig, plus MIDI I/O, and two control jacks for toggle switches or expression pedals. You'll be able to select presets, switch channels, activate effects, and connect external controllers to customize your setup. And because it offers all functions of the MIDI board, it can also be used with the SwitchBlade, CoreBlade, and TubeMeister 36 amps.
Three different ways to control your rig
The Black Spirit 200 Floorboard offers three different ways to manage your guitar tones. In Preset mode, you'll use the Bank Up and Bank Down switches to select different preset banks, with four available presets per bank, plus a tap-tempo switch so you can sync your modulation and delay effects with your song's tempo. In Stompbox mode, three of the footswitches toggle delay, modulation, and boost effects respectively, while the other four footswitches switch between the four different amp modes (Clean, Crunch, Lead, and Ultra). Finally, Direct 7 mode gives you access to seven different presets at a time, one on each footswitch.
Built-in sag control
Many players love to buy amplifiers for the way that they sag and compress when you hit them hard with your guitar signal. The Black Spirit 200 is one of the first amplifiers we've seen at Sweetwater to offer a built-in sag control to fine-tune this crucial aspect of your amp's response. The Black Spirit 200 faithfully re-creates the feel and sound of a real tube amp recovering from a big drop in voltage, and you're in control over how it responds.
Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 Floorboard Amplifier Features:
Combines the Spirit Tone Generator from Black Spirit amplifiers with the functionality of the FSM-432 MKIII floorboard controller
200-watt, four-channel amplifier covers the range from squeaky clean to modern high-gain metal
Spirit Tone Generator re-creates 60-years' worth of iconic amp tones
The first amplifier with a sag control for fine-tuning tube-like compression
Epic tone at any volume level and with any speaker cabinet, from the bedroom to the arena
Built-in Bluetooth connectivity for iPad App and audio streaming
Built-in Red Box AE+ DI output for realistic cabinet tone (8 models) direct to a mixing board or audio interface
Amp settings can be saved to 128 preset locations for instant recall
Speaker output can be switched between guitar speaker mode for a traditional cab, and FRFR mode for a Full Range Flat Response cab
Runs reliably on power anywhere from 100V to 240V without affecting the tone
Features advanced controls, channel switching, and footswitch inputs from the FSM-432 MKIII MIDI board
Specification
Detail
Type
Solid State signal path, Digital switching/control
Number of Channels
4
Total Power
200W (2W, 20W settings)
Reverb
Digital Reverb
Effects
128 x Presets ; Delay, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, IDB Noise Gate
EQ
3-band EQ, Resonance
Amp Modeling
Spirit Tone Generator, Red Box AE Cabinet Emulation, Power Amp Sagging
Inputs
1 x 1/4" (instrument), 1 x 1/8" (aux in), 1 x XLR (monitor in)
Outputs
2 x 1/4" (8/16 ohms), 1 x XLR (DI out)
Headphones
1 x 1/4" (headphones/line out)
Effects Loop
2 x 1/4" (serial), 4 x 1/4" (2 x serial pre-loops)
MIDI I/O
1 x 7-pin (In), 1 x 5-pin (Out/Thru)
Bluetooth
Yes (streaming in)
Footswitch I/O
2 x 1/4" (switching, expression)
Footswitch Included
No additional switches included
Software
Black Spirit 200 Remote App (iOS, Android)
Construction Material
Metal Enclosure
Power Source
Standard IEC AC cable
Height
2.75"
Width
18.5"
Depth
10"
Weight
8.9 lbs.
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