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Behringer Bass V-AMP Pro

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Noose said:
Man i don't have time to dig through 30 pages for the answer to this so sorry if this has already been discussed.

I need more watts so I was thinking of using one of my bands extra PA power amps and buying one of these to use as a preamp

Will the cheaper bass v amp work for this? Aside from the physical difference between the v amp and v amp pro, is there a huge difference between the features of the two? Do they function the same soundwise?
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I use mine with a Yamaha p3500 into 2 15' cabs . Works great !! Sorry I didn't realise you didn't say "pro" but the pod model should do the same thing .
 
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Noose said:
Man i don't have time to dig through 30 pages for the answer to this so sorry if this has already been discussed.

I need more watts so I was thinking of using one of my bands extra PA power amps and buying one of these to use as a preamp

Will the cheaper bass v amp work for this? Aside from the physical difference between the v amp and v amp pro, is there a huge difference between the features of the two? Do they function the same soundwise?
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Both PRO and non-PRO Bass V-AMPs should produce identical output tones, it's just the hardware, or lack or certain hardware/features, that differs.

IMHO, spend the extra $75 USD and buy the PRO, but either version will do what you have in mind.

Which ever one you choose, get started on the right foot by downloading my Quick Start Guide.

http://www.zinfanus.com/vamp/guide.pdf

If you thought sifting through 30-pages of this thread was painful, wait until you see the manual it comes with.

Cheers!
 
#587
I use the non pro version as I don't have a rack of equipment. As you're plugging into a power amp I'd recommend getting the pro and throwing it all into a rack.

They are identical apart from the shape and lack of built in DI on the pod.
 
#589
Another weekend, another use of the Vamp. This weekend I used a combination of Tube Pre-Amp with low gain, no compression, scooped mids, and a hint of flange. And the Deep was enhanced. I had to remain low gain, because I was getting distotion from the amp at the church. I do not like distortion in my bass signal. I want pristine, clean sound. Distortion is for guitars.
 
#592
As days go by I'm leaning more and more towards the flat EQ and that would be just fine if not for the fact that the cab I use in the rehearsal room adds A LOT of color to my sound thus giving me a lot of trouble to have a similar sound in the rehearsal and at home.
I'll have to play with the live EQ and find a cab simulation that resembles a Warwick 4x10 with no horn. Any suggestions?
 
#593
Trial and error.

Or, scientifically. Record a frequency response graph of the Warwick 4x10. Then, through head phones, modify the EQ settings until you get close. With head phones, it is like having a multi-speaker hi-fi system, you get full range response. With the Warwick 4x10, the 10's probably have a 5k max, maybe 5.5k.
 
#595
Do you think I can trust the freq response in the warwick website to tune my cutoff?
I thought of doing that, record and plot the FFT, but 2h rehearsal per week is already such few time that I never have the nerve to ask my band to let me "waist time" and do that...

The sad part is that, for me to use the live EQ, I would have to EQ my preset in a way that the live EQ would bring it to near flat lol..
 
#596
What you mainly need an is an approximation. The Warwick site should be used to get your close enough. Alternately, swap out the Warwick 410 with a high-fi cab to match the direct output. :)
 
#597
Wish I could but I live 12Km from the studio and they don't allow us to live our gear there (it's more like if something happens to the gear they can not be held responsible). I already have to carry the bass and the V-Amp's rack and now we are starting to put more FX on the musics so I'll have to start taking the ever so small FCB1010 also...

On top of that I don't currently own a cab lol, saving for a good Hi-Fi one.

EDIT: The website says the 10's go 35 to 3.5k with resonance at 50 which I guess explains why they sound so muddy sometimes.
 
#600
That's another sad story, the cabs there are 411 pro which have ajustable horns (1.2k to 20k according to the warwick page) but the guys there say that "the cabs are to bright with the horns" and so they simply disconnected the horns' wires...
 
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