Behringer V-AMP PRO - Manual (Page 4)

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V-AMPIRE/V-AMP PRO/V-AMP 2
FOREWORD
Dear Customer,
welcome to the team of
BEHRINGER users, and
thank you very much for
expressing your confi-
dence in us by pur-
chasing this virtual guitar
amplifier.
Writing this foreword
for you gives me great
pleasure, because it
represents the cul-
mination of many months
of hard work delivered
by our engineering team
to achieve a very
ambitious goal: to
develop three outstan-
ding devices, that give
you maximum flexibility
and performance with their unique sound character and broad
range of functions. The task of designing these new products
certainly meant a great deal of responsibility, which we assumed
by focusing on you, the discerning user and musician. Meeting
your expectations also meant a lot of work and night shifts. But
it was fun, too. Developing a product usually brings a lot of
people together, and what a great feeling it is when all who
participated in such a project can be proud of what they’ve
achieved.
It is our philosophy to share our enjoyment with you, because
you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER team.
With your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve
made a significant contribution to shaping our company and making
it successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality
as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an extremely
reasonable price. All of this will enable you to give free rein to
your creativity without being hampered by budget constraints.
We are often asked how we manage to produce such high-
quality devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is
quite simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers
means large sales volumes, enabling us to get better purchasing
terms for components, etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit on
to you? Because we know that your success is our success
too!
I would like to thank all of you who have made the V-AMPIRE/
V-AMP PRO/V-AMP 2 possible. You have all made your own
personal contributions, from the developers to the many other
employees at this company, and to you, the BEHRINGER user.
My friends, it’s been worth the effort!
Thank you very much,
Uli Behringer
CAUTION!
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Please note that high volume levels may cause
permanent damage to your hearing and/or your
headphones. Turn all LEVEL controls to the left
before you switch on the unit. Be sure to keep the
volume at an appropriate level.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 5
1.1 ... before you get started ............................................. 5
1.1.1 Serial number ..................................................... 5
2. CONTROL ELEMENTS ............................................... 5
2.1 Front panel/surface ...................................................... 5
2.2 Rear panel/side ............................................................. 7
3. OPERATING MODES AND APPLICATIONS ................ 8
3.1 Selecting an operating mode in CONFIGURATION
mode ............................................................................. 8
3.2 Rehearsal or recording at home .................................. 8
3.2.1 V-AMPIRE ........................................................... 8
3.2.2 V-AMP PRO ........................................................ 8
3.2.3 V-AMP 2 .............................................................. 8
3.3 Live on stage or in a rehearsal room ........................... 8
3.3.1 V-AMPIRE ........................................................... 9
3.3.2 V-AMP PRO ........................................................ 9
3.3.3 V-AMP 2 .............................................................. 9
3.4 Recording ...................................................................... 9
3.4.1 V-AMPIRE ........................................................... 9
3.4.2 V-AMP PRO ........................................................ 9
3.4.3 V-AMP 2 .............................................................. 9
4. PRESETS ................................................................. 10
4.1 Calling up presets ....................................................... 10
4.2 Editing presets ............................................................ 10
4.3 Storing presets ........................................................... 10
4.4 Discarding an edited preset/restoring a single
factory preset ............................................................. 11
4.5 Restoring all factory presets ...................................... 11
5. AMP/SPEAKER SIMULATION .................................. 11
5.1 Amp descriptions ........................................................ 11
5.2 Speaker descriptions .................................................. 12
6. EFFECTS PROCESSOR ............................................ 13
6.1 Wah Wah .................................................................... 13
6.2 Effect descriptions ..................................................... 13
6.2.1 Reverb and delay algorithms ........................... 13
6.2.2 Modulation effects ............................................ 14
6.2.3 Combinations of effect algorithms
(multi-effects programs) .................................. 14
6.2.4 Special effects ................................................. 14
6.3 The separate reverb effect ........................................ 14
7. TUNER ...................................................................... 14
7.1 Tuning your guitar ....................................................... 14
7.2 Setting reference pitch “A” ........................................ 14
8. INSTALLATION ......................................................... 15
8.1 Mains voltage .............................................................. 15
8.2 Audio connections ...................................................... 15
8.3 MIDI connections ......................................................... 15
8.3.1 Sending/receiving MIDI-Sysex data ................. 16
8.4 AES/EBU and S/PDIF standards ................................. 16
9. APPENDIX ................................................................ 17
10.SPECIFICATIONS .................................................... 18
11.WARRANTY ............................................................. 19