Behringer T1954 - Manual (Page 13)

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TUBE ULTRAFEX T1954
3.3 Enhancing the Sound of Subgroups, Monitor and Effect Paths
For this application there are several options:
1. If your mixer features subgroup outputs with insert points, you can process the subgroups separately.
2. You can also combine monitor and effect paths and route them via the BEHRINGER TUBE ULTRAFEX to
a free input channel. The respective signals have to be taken “pre-fader”, the respective channels must be
muted. It will be useful to insert the TUBE ULTRAFEX as the last component in the chain of effects devices.
The summed signals will then be routed through the TUBE ULTRAFEX, and sent back to the master via the
“effect returns”.The channels need be muted. Set up the mix as usual with the faders and determine which
“monitor” or “effect send” controls the signal portions to be routed to the BEHRINGER TUBE ULTRAFEX.
With the help of the “effect return” control you can adjust the amount of the sound enhancing signal which
is added to the summed signals. Be sure that the channels are muted for this kind of application, since the
combination of original signals via the summed, as well as the effects path, may lead to phase cancella-
tions (comb filter effect).
3.4 Enhancing the Sound of Tape Duplication
Even under the most favourable of conditions, presence, liveliness and transparency of the program material
will suffer during each copying process. These losses are particularly obvious when copying cassettes while
simultaneously using a noise reduction system.
With the BEHRINGER TUBE ULTRAFEX, losses during tape duplication can be avoided or compensated for.
Provided that the original is of good enough quality with only low noise levels. It is even possible to produce
“super” copies which sound even better than the original.
For this purpose, the TUBE ULTRAFEX is inserted between the line outputs of the source machine and the
inputs of the target machine. Machines with post-head listening control (setting “tape”) allow you to check the
quality of the copy while duplicating the tape.
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If the tape noise is fairly high, a different strategy is required, since the TUBE ULTRAFEX can
effectively process the frequency ranges in which the most predominant noise portions can be
found. We recommend attenuation of noisy high frequencies, either with an equalizer or –
better still – with a “single-ended” noise reduction system. The TUBE ULTRAFEX will process
those frequencies with all their natural clarity - but without the tape noise.
We would like to point out in this section that we offer an extremely powerful noise reduction system – the
DENOISER SNR2000. The noise produced by magnetic tapes or any other signal sources can be dramatically
reduced with the BEHRINGER DENOISER SNR2000. Not only the noise produced by mixers, effects devices
etc., but also by synthesizers, guitars etc., can be effectively reduced. Copied tapes and cassettes will benefit
from low noise and high dynamics.
The TUBE ULTRAFEX when used in conjunction with the DENOISER SNR2000 will prove an ideal combination
for sound enhancement. Please contact us for further information or visit our website at www.behringer.com!
3.5 Enhancing the Sound of Instruments
The bandwidth of most electronic musical instruments is limited by its “sampling rate”. The BEHRINGER
TUBE ULTRAFEX can improve the sound, so that synthesizers, samplers and drum machines have a more
natural and transparent sound.
With the TUBE ULTRAFEX even tiny details within the sound of acoustic musical instruments such as guitars
etc., can be emphasized without affecting the overall sound of the instrument. Drum instruments such as
toms, bass drums etc., benefit from a “punch” and thus achieve a more powerful, precise and defined sound.
Please note that low-level signal sources such as microphones, guitars etc. should pass through a pre-
amplifier before the processing stage, since the TUBE ULTRAFEX is a line-level device.
3.6 Enhancing the Sound of P.A. Systems
If used in P.A. and other sound reinforcement systems for background or live music, the BEHRINGER
TUBE ULTRAFEX offers astounding advantages:
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