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Version 1.0 May 2001

User´s Manual

ENGLISH

VINTAGER

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AC112

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Summary of Contents for Vintager AC112

Page 1: ...Version 1 0 May 2001 User s Manual ENGLISH VINTAGER AC112 ...

Page 2: ...w of air through the ventilation openings Heat The appliance should be situated away from heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other appliances including amplifiers that produce heat Power Source The appliance should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the appliance Grounding or Polarization Precautions should b...

Page 3: ...oo Developing a product usually brings a lot of people together and what a great feeling it is when everybody who participated in such a project can be proud of what we ve achieved It is our philosophy to share our joy with you because you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER family With your highly competent suggestions for new products you ve greatly contributed to shaping our company ...

Page 4: ...ss effects such as Reverb Delay Phaser Chorus Flanger Pitch Shifter Speaker Simulator Rotary Speaker Magic Drive Compressor Expander Wah Tube Emulator and various effect combinations s 99 outstanding and easy to edit user presets s Quasi analog operation three FX parameters per preset can be edited with dedicated controls s Adjustable AUX input for playback or other line level signals e g CD playe...

Page 5: ... console 12 3 EFFECTS PROCESSOR 13 3 1 Description of effects 13 3 2 Controlling the VINTAGER via MIDI 22 3 2 1 Store Enable mode 23 4 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND by Neville Marten Guitarist Magazine 23 5 INSTALLATION 24 5 1 Mains connection 24 5 2 Audio connections 24 5 3 MIDI connection 25 6 APPENDIX 25 6 1 Preset list 25 6 2 MIDI implementation 28 7 SPECIFICATIONS 29 8 WARRANTY 30 WARNING It should b...

Page 6: ... 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 ...

Page 7: ... in 1923 JENSEN reshaped the communications industry As the demand for new electric guitar and bass amplifiers increased so did the need for JENSEN speakers in the 50 s and 60 s JENSEN represented the worldwide industry standard for speaker products and their sound was in fact the sound of Rock n Roll Still these vintage speakers are highly valued by top musicians and collectors around the world F...

Page 8: ...3 With the MID control you can boost cut the midrange frequencies in the CLEAN channel 4 The TREBLE control adjusts the CLEAN channel s upper frequency range Please note that with all three EQ controls in the CLEAN channel set fully to the left there will be no signal sent to the speaker which is due to the classical and extremely efficient EQ circuit used in the VINTAGER 5 INPUT is the VINTAGER s...

Page 9: ...this indicates that the DSP module s output level is close to distortion In this case you should turn down the VOLUME control a bit s TIME This LED lights up when you select a time domain effect parameter e g reverb or delay time s SPEED This LED lights up for all modulation effects and indicates the LFO speed low frequency oscillator or the speed parameter of compress expander s SENS This LED inf...

Page 10: ...ones will mute the built in speaker Since speakers can have quite an impact on the sound of a guitar amp both the headphones and LINE OUT signals are frequency corrected Speaker Emulation Without this frequency correction extreme treble frequencies would deteriorate the sound You can still tap the unprocessed signal directly after the pre amp INSERT SEND jack without interrupting the signal path i...

Page 11: ...s a wah wah pedal This is the INSERT RETURN jack you need to connect to the output of the effects device 33 This is the INSERT SEND jack that can be connected to the input of an external effects device Please note that when using the serial effects path the external effect should not be set to 100 wet 100 effect signal otherwise there will be no direct signal portion fed back to the VINTAGER 34 Co...

Page 12: ...ggestions Of course the expanded configuration suggested in fig 2 2 builds on the standard setup described in chapter 2 1 Use the MIDI foot controller to change presets and or channels set volume and wah etc The line out signal can be fed into a P A or recording console and the AUX input can be used to play back e g cassette recorder signals through the AC112 Fig 2 2 Expanded setup 2 WIRING EXAMPL...

Page 13: ...spective parameter values After about three seconds or when you press ENTER UP or DOWN the display will switch back to the program number Whenever a parameter has been changed the decimal point in the 2 digit display starts flashing To save your edits and overwrite the existing preset simply press the ENTER button for about two seconds The EFFECT A and EFFECT B controls determine with a few except...

Page 14: ...ame famous through Phil Collins In the air tonight Use the EFFECT A control to adjust the threshold above which the reverb is triggered Sensitivity The higher this value the less reverb you will hear EFFECT B governs the mix of original and reverb signals The PARAMETER control adjusts the reverb and gate times Preset Nr Effect Variation PARAMETER EFFECT A EFFECT B 13 GATED min Density Gate Reverb ...

Page 15: ...rameters of effects 17 through 19 20 Delay Reverb This effect produces a normal delay with adjustable delay time that passes a reverb whose mix ratio can be edited Preset Nr Effect Variation PARAMETER EFFECT A EFFECT B 20 DELAY REVERB Delay Time Delay Mix Reverb Mix Tab 3 5 Parameters of effect 20 21 29 Delay This algorithm delays the input signal and generates several repeats The first five prese...

Page 16: ... coloration reminiscent of a continuously modulated filter Preset Nr Effect Variation PARAMETER EFFECT A EFFECT B 30 Feedback 0 LFO Speed Depth Mix 31 Feedback 62 LFO Speed Depth Mix 32 Feedback 62 LFO Speed Depth Mix 33 Feedback 77 LFO Speed Depth Mix PHASER Tab 3 7 Parameters of effects 30 through 33 34 37 Chorus Imagine a string quartet with each musician playing the same notes As a matter of f...

Page 17: ...HORUS DELAY Tab 3 10 Parameters of effects 43 through 47 48 51 Flanger An LFO constantly modulates the pitch of the effect signal up and down by a few cents and then sends the effect signal back to the input This effect can be excellently combined with distorted guitar sounds Preset Nr Effect Variation PARAMETER EFFECT A EFFECT B 48 fat LFO Speed Depth Mix 49 classic LFO Speed Depth Mix 50 stereo ...

Page 18: ...ve amplitude modulation complemented by a delay effect The variations provide for various modulation speeds The delay time can be set with the PARAMETER control Preset Nr Effect Variation PARAMETER EFFECT A EFFECT B 64 ultra Delay Time Tremolo Mix Delay Mix 65 slow Delay Time Tremolo Mix Delay Mix 66 medium Delay Time Tremolo Mix Delay Mix TREMOLO DELAY Tab 3 15 Parameters of effects 64 through 66...

Page 19: ...s are more or less suppressed PARAMETER controls the effect sensitivity and EFFECT A sets the cutoff frequency which can be shifted upwards by raising this value Preset Nr Effect Variation PARAMETER EFFECT A EFFECT B 71 fast Sensitivity Depth Mix 72 slow Sensitivity Depth Mix AUTO WAH Tab 3 18 Parameters of effects 71 and 72 73 74 LFO Wah In the LFO Wah effect the LFO governs the speed of frequenc...

Page 20: ... Left Mix L Mix R PITCH SHIFTER Tab 3 20 Parameters of effects 75 through 81 82 85 Pitch Reverb Here a pitch shifter set to various cent and semi tone intervals is followed by a stereo reverb whose time can be set with the PARAMETER control Preset Nr Effect Variation PARAMETER EFFECT A EFFECT B 82 12 Reverb Time Pitch Mix Reverb Mix 83 3 Reverb Time Pitch Mix Reverb Mix 84 4 Reverb Time Pitch Mix ...

Page 21: ...3 Parameters of effects 90 and 91 92 93 Expander All sorts of background noise and hum limit the dynamic range of the wanted signal As long as the level of the wanted signal is considerably above the noise floor background noise is inaudible the interference signal is masked by the music Expanders can be used to efficiently expand the dynamic range of signals Small signal amplitudes are cut additi...

Page 22: ...automatically load the previously set effect As this assignment feature would cause some confusion when controlling the VINTAGER via a MIDI foot controller it makes sense only when it is controlled from the enclosed footswitch or directly from the VINTAGER s front panel To operate the VINTAGER without MIDI remote control please disable the MIDI functions display reads OF You can select presets via...

Page 23: ... breed of electric guitarists guitar amps have been evolving into what we see today Great American names like Fender Ampeg and Gibson supplied small output amplifiers to the guitarists of the 40s and 50s creating the sound of electric jazz rock n roll and country music a sound that s still as fresh as ever at the dawn of this new millennium As the 50s became the 60s the British sound was born with...

Page 24: ... will be aligned with one another The VINTAGER is set to the operating voltage shown next to these markings and can be switched over by twisting the fuse holder by 180 IMPORTANT This does not apply to export models designed only for 115 V The mains connection of the VINTAGER is made by using the enclosed mains cable and a standard IEC receptacle It meets all of the international safety certificati...

Page 25: ...hanges on your VINTAGER The MIDI connector on the rear of your VINTAGER is an internationally standardized 5 pin DIN jack To connect your VINTAGER to other MIDI equipment you need a dedicated MIDI cable which is commercially available in various lengths However you can solder your own cables using 2 conductor shielded cables e g microphone cables and two rugged 180 DIN plugs pin 2 center shield pi...

Page 26: ...3 15 Feedback 0 63 2 Mix 0 50 8 26 Delay Time 0 63 25 Feedback 0 63 12 Mix 0 50 10 27 Delay Time 0 63 30 Feedback 0 63 15 Mix 0 50 9 28 Delay Time 0 63 45 Feedback 0 63 20 Mix 0 50 10 29 Delay Time 0 63 63 Feedback 0 63 25 Mix 0 50 10 30 Feedback 0 LFO Speed 0 63 36 Depth 0 63 30 Mix 0 99 50 31 Feedback 62 LFO Speed 0 63 30 Depth 0 63 35 Mix 0 99 60 32 Feedback 62 LFO Speed 0 63 48 Depth 0 63 25 M...

Page 27: ... Tune Left 12 12 0 Mix L 0 99 50 Mix R 0 99 50 76 5 Tune Left 12 12 0 Mix L 0 99 50 Mix R 0 99 34 77 3 Tune Left 12 12 0 Mix L 0 99 50 Mix R 0 99 34 78 4 Tune Left 12 12 0 Mix L 0 99 50 Mix R 0 99 20 79 7 Tune Left 12 12 0 Mix L 0 99 50 Mix R 0 99 34 80 4 Tune Left 50 50 0 Mix L 0 99 50 Mix R 0 99 20 81 8 Tune Left 50 50 14 Mix L 0 99 34 Mix R 0 99 34 82 12 Reverb Time 0 63 4 Pitch Mix 0 99 30 Rev...

Page 28: ...clusive X X System Common Song Pos Song Sel Tune X X X X X X System Real Time Clock Commands X X X X Aux Messages Local ON OFF All notes OFF Active Sense Reset X X X X X X X X Notes O YES X NO Mode 1 OMNI ON Mode 2 OMNI OFF Tab 6 2 MIDI implementation Parameter Name Display Range Midi Control Number Control Value Range Volume Controller 7 0 127 Channel CLEAN 0 OVERDRIVE 1 10 0 1 Effect OFF 0 ON 1 ...

Page 29: ... rate 46 875 kHz DISPLAY Type 2 digit numeric LED display LOUDSPEAKER Type 12 heavy duty loudspeaker model JENSEN JCH12 70 Impedance 8 Ω Power handling 70 Watts POWER SUPPLY Mains voltages USA Canada 120 V 60 Hz U K Australia 240 V 50 Hz Europe 230 V 50 Hz general export model 100 120 V 200 240 V 50 60 Hz Power consumption approx 40 Watts min approx 130 Watts max Fuse 100 120 V T 2 A H 200 240 V T...

Page 30: ... days of receipt of the product at BEHRINGER 2 If the product needs to be modified or adapted in order to comply with applicable technical or safety standards on a national or local level in any country which is not the country for which the product was originally developed and manufactured this modification adaptation shall not be considered a defect in materials or workmanship The warranty does ...

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