I should be installing Monday, and will post up one way or the other
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Bergantino B/Amp at NAMM
- Thread starter Munjibunga
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OK, just installed 4.10, and have had the amp running in playing operation for about an hour. Sounds great. No fan activity at all. I'm running into an AE212; so, 4 ohm operation. FWIW. OOC, did you check your fan operation settings? Assume you did, but just asking.
Going to mess around with the footswitch a bit. Gosh, it's small.
Tha
Thanks for checking. No, I did not think to check the fan setting since I've never changed it. Running at 8 or 4 ohms at a fairly low level at home. I'll investigate further when I have time. Not too concerned even if it is an issue with the amp since I know it will be taken care of. They obviously stand behind their products. I'll contact them if something seems amiss. I do have to say it's never done this before under the same circumstances and it is frequent and really quite loud .
So, I hooked up the footswitch. It pairs with the amp, and the amp sees it. But, then I can't get it to do anything at all. I've sent John a note requesting some kind of idiot proof instructions to get the switch actuating the amp Mem locations and the other features.
Does anyone have this thing up and running yet? Anything special that needs to be done with the switch?
Does anyone have this thing up and running yet? Anything special that needs to be done with the switch?
Going to install the new firmware and try the switch sometime today
Jim Bergantino
Commercial User
Do you have anything saved in Mem1 or Mem2? If not it won't toggle anything. It should toggle Mute if you press and hold the right pedal for about 1.5 seconds though.
Confirm that you are running the most current firmware and that it is on and that you are actuating the switches .(I know this is all obvious but I got nothin' else for ya). Mine was paired and working out of the box.
Thanks, Jim!
Yes, got it now. I was tapping the thing a little too gently. It needs a very definite step to actuate and hold for the Standby condition. Guess it's something I will get used to.
Jim Bergantino
Commercial User
Excellent! Yes, as mentioned in the instructions, it may take getting acclimated to the feel and responsiveness of the pedal. It shouldn't take too much force, however, as I can easily switch between Mems just using my fingers. Hope it was worth the wait! ;-}
Just loaded in 4.1. I put the piece in the USB and turned on the pedal. It won't pair. I scrolled through the amp setting and when I got to pedal status it says "searching" but can't find it. Jim? Left you a VM also
All set. Jim helped me reconfigure the pedal and it works great. Talk about customer service
Jim Bergantino
Commercial User
Was this happening before you loaded 4.10? We've lowered the temperature in which the fan engages since the B|AMP's release due to the fact that the ICE module's power supply runs hotter on 230V than on 115V and there's no way to monitor it, only the amplifier section's temperature. So we compensated for this by lowering the temperature in which the fan engages based on the reading from the amplifier section of the module. I can in a few weeks create a separate firmware for those who operate on 115V and would like to see the fan kick in later rather than sooner. Please feel free to check in with me at [email protected] in a few weeks.
Jim
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This is post V4.10. I am running at 115VAC so it would be nice to have a firmware option for this. Thanks!
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Hi, I just found out this amp. Looks great and I have some GAS for it.
I have some questions though:
1) Is there a profile for my Bergantino AE 212 cab (600W 4 ohm) in this amp?
2) What's the exact idea about the profiles? Is it so that it also can be used as a standalone amp without a cab? I mean at gigs for going directly to the FOH with no cab. Like an amp/cab modeller.
3) What is the European price?
4) anyone here using it with acoustic upright?
I have some questions though:
1) Is there a profile for my Bergantino AE 212 cab (600W 4 ohm) in this amp?
2) What's the exact idea about the profiles? Is it so that it also can be used as a standalone amp without a cab? I mean at gigs for going directly to the FOH with no cab. Like an amp/cab modeller.
3) What is the European price?
4) anyone here using it with acoustic upright?
Couple of answers:
1) Yes, the AE212 profile is available on the site. I gig the B|Amp with AE212's, and it is excellent.
2) Jim's intent with the profiles is to optimize the response for the design goal he intended for the cab in question. In the case of the AE212, I don't hear a whole lot of difference; which suggests that the cab by itself was already pretty close to what he intended. Hope that helps.
In the case of 4), I haven't had any amplified gigs with upright since I got the B|Amp. But, if one came up, I would probably take the HD112 instead. FWIW, the best amplified upright tone I ever had was with a Schroeder 15+L, which has a pretty severely truncated low end. So, with the B|Amp, I would probably be cranking the HPF way up to simulate that response.
Just got my BT pedal. Man, so cool to have a third scene and footswitch mute. Damn, this amp just keeps on giving.
