All user reviews of 4/5 for the Behringer V-Amp Pro

Purchased from the "Guitar, Amp and Keyboard Centre" Located in Brighton, UK.
Paid £120

For the price, it's a good unit.

I have played guitar for many years, with many artists covering many styles and genre.
I wanted a versatile pre-amp with a wide range of usable tones.
32 Amp models
15 Speaker configurations
Including DSP Chorus,Flange,Rotary,Auto-Wah,Echo,delay,Compressor ect...

The debate regaring amp simulations continues, however take a small piece of advice. Don't view these simulations as the real thing, just high quality usable tones, providing a greater palette from which to draw.
Somewhere within this small metal case IS a tone for most, if not all guitarists. Controls are easy to use, and from the box it is simple to operate. The amp responds well to attack and picking dynamics. Software available from the V-Amp web site provides a simple, yet effective library and editing suite.
Adding the FCB1010 foot controller (£100)increases the flexability of the unit ready for live work.




Some of the pre-sets are not going to suit everybody, however tweak a few knobs and that is soon changed.( minor flaw, still you can't please everbody )!.


Solid sound construction.
Tones are usable and control over these is adjustable.
The DSP is not bad at all 24bit quality.
Connectivity is extensive

The continued saga of transitors verses valves continues, however while the opinions battle it out,the divide draws closer.
So how do the simulations measure up ?
Could you identify, from an anonamious recording, a "Cranked up " Budda Twinmaster or an Engle savage 120.

As approximations go not bad ! Bear in mind that " Tone Lies In The Ear Of The Beholder" !!!!!!
One thing is certain, this unit provides a wide range of tones and is usable for both recording and live work. Providing high end tone.
When recording many a studio engineer has been known to raise a smile as the familiar blue( or red ) pre-amp emerges from the depths of a guitarist gig bag.

Good Unit at a much lower price point than it's main rivals.

Check one out, you may be converted.
I've even taken mine gigging !

This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

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UTILIZATION

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SOUND QUALITY

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OVERALL OPINION

... the years pass and digital technologies are changing rapidly. Today a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), the "engine" of all our multi-effect turns sampling rates and bit depth increasingly important. What make ridiculous on paper, the characteristics of the blue box. And yet ...
The following, as I obviously do not agree:
I think that V-Amp is becoming "collector". Basically, a rather cheap product, offering a lot for a small price, which ultimately is an excellent tool, solid, well equipped with I / O and especially a grain offering, a personality all his. Certainly, the models are proposed for some miles away from the truth of the original amp sound, the other rather close. But when using it and triturated V-Amp, it often demonstrates a versatility and an amazing render quality. It has a "digital grain". And yes my good friends! The ear gets used to anything, it is the vector of the Ear. Like the analog has its "brand", the first modelers (whose first Line6 POD) have theirs. 10 years have passed since the release of this UFO blue . Products on the market today is verging on perfection, and that's good. But a shot in the retro-tympanic viewfinder and the V-Amp you into a world of exciting sounds. Cleans the improbable, the devastating distos with the full range of flavors sound between these two extremes. In 2012, for cheap, you have a sacred tool, really original. It is in your set? keep it!

In the following, I will refer regularly to the V-Amp 2, which I also owned. This is more of a comparative view on the evolution of V-Amp Pro a notice to the specific V-Amp Pro.

Overall, the V-Amp Pro is a rack version of the V-Amp 2. Read my opinion on the subject for more info: same amps and speakers, same effects, same processor, same sounds, etc..

There are however some important differences:
- It's a rack. I am not telling you anything, but it is already not negligible (for some of us).
- It has two digital outputs: 1 S / PDIF and AES 1 / BUI. Since this machine is designed specifically to (home) studio and most modern sound cards are equipped with such an entry, it will record without external parasite.
- It has two effects loops: a Pre-DSP mono (which can be used as a second entry) and post-DSP stereo.
- It has, among other things, a balanced XLR stereo output (history to really Pro).
- An integrated 220V. Finished, the transformer ADDITIONAL!
- Pedal 2-button disappeared.
- At the same time, Behringer has revised its publisher. It is now (more) compatible with W2k and XP.

UTILIZATION

Besides the fact that the control panel is positioned vertically instead of horizontally, there is absolutely no change in the V-Amp 2. So rebelotte, I refer you to my opinion about this machine. In summary,
- Access to the second parameter is really not easy. There must be a button to change these settings (presence, another 16 amps, the second control effects ...). We must be able to play with one hand, change the settings of the other and hear directly and changes the sound. It would have been better to not having to press a button once to access these parameters (without having to keep this button pressed), and push a second time to find the basic settings!
- To access additional settings, you must only use the editor. They are not available on the same machines. Too bad for those who do not have a PC (and therefore also for the damage 'Macciens' - to date).
- The transition between patches require a certain time ... rather negligible lorqu'on keep the same amp simulations and HP, less Lorqui they also change.

SOUND QUALITY

Nothing has really changed there either. The patches seem identical to the V-Amp 2. The processor is the same and the internal sampling frequency as well (31 KHz QLQ thing, but in my humble opinion, is no more since neither the guitar nor the HP amps do not know how to reproduce frequencies above 16 KHz).

Standard (V-Amp mode S1 or S2 connected to a mixing console), I found that was poor in égalisage medium-high and too rich bass - medium-low. I had to correct the EQ at my console to get a better overall sound (frequency point of view).

Besides, the Son and the patches of the V-Amp Pro are high quality, flexible and efficient. I note, however, still a lack of sustain compared to a real amp (tube).

I have not tested the digital outputs. I could tell you about it soon.

OVERALL OPINION

Considering that the gear can be described as 'Pro' because it is available in rack or balanced XLR connections, so this version of the V-Amp Pro is really.

For cons, I regret that Behringer is not used this makeover to improve interactivity! Thus, it would have been more 'Pro' to add buttons to directly access the second parameter, especially since they are not so high for her and there is space on the front!

It is true that the quality / price ratio is amazing, the price is almost ridiculously low and that the sounds are very good. But for the notoriety that this machine could be argued, I really preferred to pay (a little) more for the sound of the V-Amp in a really user-friendly machine.

In short, it is inherently a really great amp emulator, quality and sound quality. But to deserve the epithet 'Pro', it should have benefited, in my opinion, some other improvements.

PS A little reflection, you take the V-Amp Pro and you add the MIDI board. You are not so far from the Boss GT-6, a view prices! And look at the characteristics of the latter ...

Rack model
not (yet) patch for cubase sx, but a good editing software.

UTILIZATION

Easy to use without reading the manual.
you find the riffs of James Hetfield rapido!
you laugh quickly touching everything.

SOUND QUALITY

Use with a 1970 Hofner bass and ultra strat 1990 (and wheelbarrows).
Product quiet, beyond my expectations.
pity it is not usb.

OVERALL OPINION

Good!
In the 70's I was carrying heavy amps (orange, or vox mainly bontampis and exceptionally-mdr).
Now I want to have sound with potala or alone in my studio it is personal.

so for me this camera is everything I wanted: sound, sound, and no back pain.
While purists will say "nothing beats the gnagnagna Mesa Shal-Find-xxl-666.
Me, I for my money and have fun like a savage!
My sound models rather well

qualitprix = 100% because I know the value financirement solutions "ideally perfect."

I buy? ben ... a little yes!