Behringer DSP1200P User Manual

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Vintager

Digital technology has been trying for years to produce ever more high-quality, low-noise and brilliant sounds,

but most recently more and more people have been going back to the roots looking for the warmth of old

analog sounds. The techno/dance community swears by vinyl anyway, and many a music lover misses the

flair of good old vinyl records and tape machines. The latest trend is called lo-fi.
We have taken this trends into account by creating the Vintager effect. Your recordings will sound like 8-bit

material and produce all those clicks and noises you know from old records!
A TR-808/TR-909-like drum loop sounds really hot only when its fat and dirty!
The parameters:
VARIATION: Clicks Level: adjusts the level of clicks found on old vinyl records.
EDIT A: Noise Level: controls the noise intensity.
EDIT B: Noise BP: adjusts the sound color of the noise.
EDIT C: Crack Level: simulates cracks in the record and adjusts their volume.
EDIT D: Hi Cut: turn up this parameter to cut the brilliance of the audio material.

Tube Distortion

This effect simulates the sound of three different types of tubes. When you raise the input signal level (e.g.

guitar) to overdrive an analog tube, as found in valve guitar amplifiers, harmonics are added to the original

signal. As distortion increases (also called saturation), the original signal starts to distort and the guitar sound

gets this typical rock music volume and freshness.
The parameters:
VARIATION: Tube Type: use this parameter to select the tube type.
EDIT A: In Gain: raises the input signal to reach the sound-modifying areas of the tubes

characteristic curve.
EDIT B: Lo Cut: controls a high-pass filter preceding the tube (high frequencies pass).
EDIT C: Hi Cut: controls a low-pass filter preceding the tube (low frequencies pass).
EDIT D: Bandlimit: controls a band-pass filter after the tube.

Try using the tube distortion effect with a kick drum. From dance to R&B anything goes!
Guitar Combo

This effect simulates the audio properties of a complete guitar amp. So, you can connect your bass/guitar to

a preamp and then to the MODULIZER PRO, from where the signal is sent to a mixing console or recording

machine. This algorithm simulates not only two tube stages but also the amps cabinet plus speaker.
The parameters:
VARIATION Type: controls the basic characteristics.
EDIT A: In Gain: raises the input signal to reach the sound-modifying areas of the tubes

characteristic curve.
EDIT B: Drive: controls the amount of distortion.
EDIT C: Presence: adjusts the sounds presence by raising high-frequency components.
EDIT D: Speaker: this parameter simulates two types of speakers (incl. cabinet). If set to 0, the speaker

is bypassed.

1. INTRODUCTION