Mesa/Boogie V-AMPPRO manual Foreword, Table Of Contents, V-AMPIRE/V-AMP PRO/V-AMP2

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

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

CAUTION!

+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.

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