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VINTAGER AC112

1. INTRODUCTION

Thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing the VINTAGER AC112. With the VINTAGER, you have acquired a modern guitar workstation that sets new standards in guitar amp engineering. When developing the AC112, our top objective was to reproduce the authentic sound of classical guitar amps as perfectly as we could and combine it with latest DSP technology – while focusing on a user interface that can be operated intuitively.

BEHRINGER is an audio engineering company that has been successfully developing products for studio and live applications for many years now. Our range of products includes microphones and a variety of 19" devices (compressors, enhancers, gates, tube processors, headphone amps, digital effects devices, DI boxes, etc.) as well as various monitoring and P.A. speakers plus professional live and recording consoles. The name of BEHRINGER stands for no-compromise quality, fully-featured products and exemplary service – even years after purchase – as well as sensationally low prices, which allow any ambitious music lovers to make their musical dreams come true.

We also set great store by flexibility, which has become a particularly important factor in the music business over the past few years. Modern guitarists need to offer a broad range of sounds, but should still be able to play in different kinds of applications at short notice: home recording, studio, live concerts. For this reason, it has always been our prime concern to give you a guitar workstation that offers you a complete set of functions, but can still be operated intuitively and quickly – no matter what kind of style you play.

Unfortunately, conventional guitar amps are often not fully designed and developed. Moreover, many manufacturers of traditional-style guitar amps are somewhat afraid of using state-of-the-art technology. The VINTAGER, on the other hand, is a pioneering guitar amp that has considerably more functions than any conventional 2- channel amp with a built-in spring reverb. Still, you can use the AC112 so that it mimics an excellently sounding 2-channel combo amp with an – admittedly – good spring reverb (except for that “shatter” sound when the amp gets knocked over). However, we recommend that you make yourself familiar with the VINTAGER in full detail, so that you know what each of the many functions does and be able to fully exploit the numerous effects and control options provided.

As technology advances, you’ve got to keep track of latest technological breakthroughs to avoid falling by the wayside. We, too, have continuously improved this amp and included many of your valuable suggestions. We have spared neither expense nor effort to test different types of circuitry and speakers until the results gave us complete satisfaction. After all, we really want to give you fully designed and developed products that meet your expectations in every respect. The VINTAGER shall be a useful tool for years to come, which is why we’ve equipped the effects modules of our Guitar Workstation with EPROMS that can be updated. In this way, we can keep working on new algorithms and considering your ideas and suggestions. The resulting software updates will be made available for free on the Internet, so as to ensure that your amp will never be outdated.

We’ve packed our entire experience into this latest generation of guitar amps. Many people contributed to this project of intense development: studio musicians, collectors of vintage guitar amps, music and guitar lovers alike. We even invited guitar amp tuning experts to help us develop an amplifier that gives you the best of all worlds:

sSophisticated analog technology with a “feel factor” only analog technology can provide.

sULTRATUBE circuitry for the perfect emulation of tube-specific nuances to make up for the drawbacks encountered in tube designs (noise, hum, etc.)

sLatest DSP technology to give you a broad range of modern high-gain and vintage-type effect sounds.

sRugged and solid construction which even withstands roughest handling.

sIntuitive operation, so that you can focus your mind on what is most important to you: your music!

+This manual first describes the terminology used, so that you can fully understand the VINTAGER and its functions. Please read the manual carefully and keep it for future reference.

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