Tuner, Tuning your guitar | Behringer LX1200H/LX210 manual

V-AMPIRE LX1200H/LX210

6.2.3 Combinations of effect algorithms

Tiny Room

(multi-effects programs)

Small Room

Classic room simulation featuring various

Medium Room

room sizes from bathroom to cathedral

PHASER & DELAY: Phaser and delay combined.

Large Room

FLANGER & DELAY: Here the input signal is delayed and

Ultra Room

Special effect transforming guitar signals

into heavenly pad sounds

processed with a pronounced wave-like effect. It is particularly

Small Spring

effective for highlighting single notes, but can also be used to

Simulations of typical spring reverbs

Medium Spring

make solos more interesting.

Short Ambience

Simulates the early reflections of a

CHORUS & DELAY: This algorithm combines signal delay with

Long Ambience

reverbless room

the popular chorus effect.

Table 6.2: Different reverb effects

CHORUS & COMP: Incredible sustain effects can be produced

with the compressor. This is especially useful for sustaining

7. TUNER

individual guitar notes. Combined with chorus, it can make the

audio signal extremely dense.

Press the TUNER button to activate the built-in tuner.

7.1 Tuning your guitar

6.2.4 Special effects

The chromatic tuner automatically recognizes the frequencies

of all the standard guitar notes. For the A-string this means a

COMPRESSOR: A compressor limits the dynamic range of the

frequency of 220 Hz. When you plug your guitar into the

device and play an open string, the tuner will recognize and

audio material, thus producing audible and creative sound effects.

display the note. Since the tuner uses an auto-chromatic scale,

Pronounced use of the compressor (using the EFFECTS control)

it can also recognize semi-tones, which are shown with a “b” in

allows you to compress the overall dynamic range of the material.

the display.

AUTO WAH: The legendary wah-wah effect owes its fame

It may happen, however, that a note is displayed as “A” but is

mainly to Jimi Hendrix. Describing it is certainly more difficult than

actually slightly out of tune. This is shown by at least one of the

simply listening to Hendrix using it on Voodoo Chile. In American

four LEDs at the foot of the display lighting up. In certain cases

funk music of the ’70s you can hear auto-wah effects used in a

even two of the LEDs may light up, which indicates that the pitch

variety of applications. The auto-wah alters its filter frequency

of the note played lies between the pitches represented by the

automatically depending on the signal’s magnitude, rather than

two LEDs. When the circular tuner LED in the middle lights up,

being controlled by the position of a pedal.

this means the note played is in tune.

TREMOLO: Simulates the classic Fender Tremolo. It has

returned to popularity with trip-hop.

7.2 Setting reference pitch “A”

ROTARY: This is the quintessential simulation of the classic

To give you maximum freedom for tuning your guitar, you can

organ effect normally produced by speakers rotating at slow or

change the preset reference pitch “A”. For clarity’s sake, let’s

fast speed in an extremely heavy speaker cabinet. This effect

look at this in more detail.

uses the physical principle of the Doppler effect to modulate the

sound.

The so-called concert pitch “A” has been raised steadily over

NOISE GATE: Noise gates are used to remove or reduce

time. For example, the tuning forks used by Bach, Händel or

Mozart were 415, 420 or 421 Hz (oscillations per second). Today’s

noise or other interference. Guitar signals in particular are very

orchestras tune to “A” at 444 Hz, and the Berlin Philharmonic

sensitive to interference. Not only do guitarists often use high-

Orchestra lead the field with their own concert pitch “A” at

gain settings but guitar pick-ups can amplify unwanted inter-

447 Hz.

ference. This can be painfully apparent during breaks in the

music. And how does a noise gate work? It simply mutes the

The reference “A” on your V-AMPIRE has been factory-

signal during breaks, eliminating any interference at the same

programmed at 440 Hz. If you are going to play with a big orchestra

time.

tuning their instruments to a reference pitch of 444 Hz, you will

need a function that allows you to change your reference pitch.

6.3 The separate reverb effect

To activate this function, switch on the tuner by pressing the

TUNER button and switch to EDIT mode by pressing the two

The reverb effect is independent of the multi-effects processor

arrow buttons simultaneously. The display will show “40”, which

and can be added to the mix signal at any time. To edit the

means 440 Hz. Use the arrow buttons to raise or lower the

REVERB function, press button D in EDIT mode (pressing the

reference pitch by up to 15 Hz. The display always shows the

two arrow buttons simultaneously) and use the two arrow

last two digits as the first digit is always 4. For example, if you

buttons to select one of the nine different reverb types available:

start with a reference pitch of 440 Hz and press the right-hand

arrow three times, the display will read 43, i.e. 443 Hz. To quit

EDIT mode, press either the TUNER or the TAP button. Any

changes will be stored automatically. The tones for the other

strings on your guitar will automatically be adjusted to the new

reference pitch.

7. TUNER