Roland CUBE-40XL Setup guide

ROLAND CUBE-40XL

TRAINING GUIDE

Contents

1. FEATURES

2. HOW TO DEMO THE CUBE-40XL

3. FIVE FEATURES TO KNOW and SHOW

4. ACCESSORIES

5. CUBE-40XL COSM AMPS and EFFECTS

Roland CUBE-40XL Training Guide

1. FEATURES

Small but powerful 40 watt, 1 x 10” speaker DSP combo

amp with tons of features

Ten COSM models of famous amplifier tones: JC Clean,

Acoustic Sim, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Tweed, Classic

Stack, Metal, R-Fier, Extreme, Dyna Amp

Dyna Amp produces overdrive controlled by picking strength

Five EFX effects: chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, Heavy

Octave

80-second Looper

Independent delay w/ tap-tempo and reverb w/ two types:

Spring and Plate

Solo Channel w/ memory for instant recall of favorite tones

from Clean and Lead channels

Three band EQ: Bass, Middle and Treble

Built in automatic chromatic guitar tuner

Six Footswitchable functions: channel select, EFX on/off,

Looper controls, delay, rev, Solo

Power Squeezer for maximum gain at low volumes

1/8” stereo MP-3/CD aux input

1/4” headphones/line output

$293.50 List, $219 MAP

Roland CUBE-40XL Training Guide

2. HOW TO DEMO THE CUBE-40XL

The Quick Demo is a way to get a customer interested in a product in less than

60 seconds.

The Quick Demo: Show the Sound and Power

STEP ONE-Tune Up

1. Press and hold the TUNER button for about one second. The red LED will

flash.

2. Tune each string. The green LED indicates correct pitch.

3. Press TUNER again to exit Tuner mode.

STEP TWO-Show the Sounds

1. Press the SELECT Button to select the LEAD channel. The right red LED

will light up

2. Select a lead tone, such as TWEED, CLASSIC STACK, EXTREME

Roland CUBE-40XL Training Guide

3. Set the GAIN to about 5 or higher.

4. Play some heavy chords or leads.

5. Experiment with the EQUALIZER, EFX, DELAY and REVERB to check

out their sounds.

6. Try some other LEAD Tones.

STEP THREE-Show the LOOPER

1. Turn the DELAY/LOOPER knob to select LOOPER.

2. Turn the LOOPER volume all the way up.

Roland CUBE-40XL Training Guide

3. Press the REC/PLAY/DUB button. It will flash indicating it is armed and

ready to record.

4. Play a phrase. The LOOPER will automatically start recording when you

start to play.

5. Press REC/PLAY/DUB to end recording and begin playback.

6. Press SOLO ON/OFF to turn on SOLO.

7. Press REC/PLAY/DUB to record over the first loop with the SOLO sound.

8. Press REC/PLAY/DUB to play back both phrases.

9. Press TAP/STOP to stop the loops.

Roland CUBE-40XL Training Guide

3. FIVE THINGS TO KNOW and SHOW

1. Tons of features in a small but powerful amp

2. Ten famous COSM amp sounds from clean to extreme

3. 80 second Looper for real-time phrase recording

4. SOLO provides instant recalls of favorite CLEAN and LEAD

settings

5. Six footswitchable functions allow use as real-time multi-

effect

4. ACCESSORIES

1. 6 x BOSS FS-5U Footswitches or 3 x BOSS FS-6 Footswitches

2. 3 x Roland PCS-31L or other insert cable

3. Roland RH-5, RH-200 or other headphones

5. COSM AMPS and EFFECTS

NAME AMP

JC CLEAN Roland JC-120

ACOUSTIC SIM Roland AC-60 w/ BOSS AC-3 Acoustic Simulator

BLACK PANEL Fender Twin Reverb

BRIT COMBO Vox AC-30TB

TWEED Fender Bassman 4 x 10

CLASSIC STACK Marshall Plexi

METAL STACK Peavey EVH-5150

R-FIER STACK Boogie Dual Rectifier

EXTREME Original Roland ultra-gain amp

DYNA AMP Original Roland dynamic amp

EFX

Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, Heavy Octave

Delay w/ Tap Tempo

Reverb: Spring, Plate

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