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ULTRABASS BX1200
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 4
1.1 The design concept ........................................................ 5
1.1.1 The DYNAMIZER technology ............................... 5
1.2 Before you begin ............................................................ 5
2. CONTROL ELEMENTS ............................................... 5
2.1 Front panel ...................................................................... 5
2.2 Rear panel ...................................................................... 6
3. WIRING EXAMPLES ................................................... 7
3.1 Standard setup comprising footswitch, external drum
computer, tuner and headphones .................................. 7
3.2 Expanded setup with external effects device, external
speaker and mixing console .......................................... 7
3.3 Setup for master/slave operation .................................. 8
3.3.1 The ULTRABASS BX1200 as master device ...... 8
3.3.2 The ULTRABASS BX1200 as slave device
controlled by an external amp/preamp ................ 8
4. THE SHAPE FUNCTION .............................................. 8
5. THE ULTRABASS FUNCTION ..................................... 8
6. INSTALLATION ........................................................... 8
6.1 Mains voltage .................................................................. 8
6.2 Mains connection ........................................................... 8
6.3 Audio connections ......................................................... 8
6.3.1 Loudspeaker connector ....................................... 9
7. SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 9
8. WARRANTY .............................................................. 10
1. INTRODUCTION
With the BX1200 you have acquired a state-of-the-art 2-channel
Bass Workstation that sets new standards in bass amp
engineering. Right from the start, our goal has been to design a
revolutionary amp that stands out from the herd of ordinary
bass amplifiers. And indeed, the BX1200 gives you plenty of
functionality and a broad range of connection and expansion
options. In short: youll be fascinated to find that the BX1200 is a
Workstation with a character.
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, noise-gates, tube processors, headphone amps,
digital effects devices, DI boxes, etc.) as well as monitoring and
P.A. speakers plus professional live and recording consoles.
You will find all of our technical know-how combined in your
BX1200.
We also set great store by flexibility, which has become a
particularly important factor in the music business over the past
few years. Modern bass players 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 Bass Workstation that offers you a complete set of useful
functions, but can still be operated intuitively and quickly.
Additionally, the world of electric bass playing has changed:
new basses, with five or six strings, are being launched all the
1. INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD
Dear Customer,
welcome to the team of
BEHRINGER users, and
thank you very much for
expressing your confi-
dence in us by purchasing
the BEHRINGER BX1200.
Writing this foreword for
you gives me great plea-
sure, because it repre-
sents the culmination of
many months of hard
work delivered by our
engineering team to
achieve a very ambitious
goal: to present you with
an outstanding Bass
Workstation that gives
you maximum flexibility
and performance with
its unique sound character and broad range of functions. The
task of designing our new ULTRABASS 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 theyve 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 youve
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: its you, our customers! Many satisfied customers
mean large sales volumes enabling us to get better purchasing
terms for components, etc. Isnt 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 ULTRABASS
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, its been worth the effort!
Thank you very much,
Uli Behringer
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