Behringer Ultratwin GX210 manual

Version 1.0 May 2001 User´s Manual ENGLISH ULTRATWIN ® GX210[...]

2 UL TRA TWIN GX210 This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage inside the enclosure – voltage that may be sufficient to constitute a risk of shock. This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to important operating and maintenance instructions in the accompanying literature. Read the manual. SAF[...]

3 UL TRA TWIN GX210 FOREWORD Dear Customer, Welcome to the team of ULTRATWIN users and thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing the GX210. It is one of my most pleasant tasks to write this letter to you, because it is the culmination of many months of hard work delivered by our engineering team to reach[...]

4 UL TRA TWIN GX210 GX210 ULTRATWIN ® Ultra-flexible 2 x 30 Watt Guitar Workstation with Digital Multi-Effects Processor s Powerful 2 x 30 Watt RMS Guitar Workstation with authentic VIRTUBE ® tube emulation s Two original 35 Watt 10" JENSEN vintage guitar speakers model JCH10/35 s Two independent channels with separate volume controls and ef[...]

5 UL TRA TWIN GX210 T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 . INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 6 1. 1 Design concept .............................................................................................................. ................. 7 1.1.1 VIRTUBE technolog[...]

6 UL TRA TWIN GX210 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing the ULTRATWIN GX210. With the ULTRATWIN, you have acquired a modern guitar workstation that sets new standards in guitar amp engineering. When developing the GX210, our top objective was to reproduce the authentic sound of clas[...]

7 UL TRA TWIN GX210 1.1 Design concept The philosophy behind BEHRINGER products guarantees a no-compromise circuit design and employs the best choice of components. The operational amplifiers used in the ULTRATWIN are exceptional: they boast extreme linearity and very low distortion characteristics. To complement this design, the choice of componen[...]

8 UL TRA TWIN GX210 1.2 Before you begin Your BEHRINGER ULTRATWIN was carefully packed in the factory and the packaging is designed to protect the unit from rough handling. Nevertheless, we recommend that you carefully examine the packaging and its contents for any signs of physical damage, which may have occurred during transit. + If the unit is d[...]

9 UL TRA TWIN GX210 1.3.1 Front panel Fig. 1.2: The front panel control elements 1 These are the ULTRATWIN ’ s 1/4" PHONE JACK INPUTS to which you can connect your guitar. The HI INPUT has been designed for low-output guitars (e.g. those equipped with single coil pickups), while the LO INPUT should be used for guitars with very high output p[...]

10 UL TRA TWIN GX210 s MIDI: This LED lights up when you press both UP and DOWN buttons for about two seconds. Subsequently, you can use these buttons to set up a MIDI channel for MIDI data reception (1 through 16, “ ON ” = Omni and “ OF ” = off, or “ ON ” = Omni and 1 through 16 plus one decimal point each = Store Enable mode, see chap[...]

11 UL TRA TWIN GX210 1.3.2 Rear panel Fig. 1.3: The rear panel connectors 25 FUSE HOLDER/VOLTAGE SELECTOR . Please make sure that the voltage indicated on the unit matches your local voltage, before you attempt to connect and operate the ULTRATWIN GX210. Blown fuses may only be replaced by fuses of the same type and rating. Some models allow for in[...]

12 UL TRA TWIN GX210 34 The LINE OUT provides the ULTRATWIN ’ s audio signal in stereo, for example, to send it to a recording machine. This output is frequency-corrected (Speaker Emulation). 35 The AUX IN allows you to feed in additional stereo signals, for example, to play with a drum computer or some sort of playback. Additionally, you can use[...]

13 UL TRA TWIN GX210 Fig. 2.1: Standard setup 2.2 Expanded setup with MIDI foot controller, playback source and mixing console To use your ULTRATWIN for advanced applications, please consider the following suggestions. Of course, the expanded configuration suggested in fig. 2.2. builds on the standard setup described in chapter 2.1. Use the MIDI fo[...]

14 UL TRA TWIN GX210 2.3 Master/slave setup 2.3.1 The ULTRATWIN GX210 as master The SLAVE IN jacks can also be used to amplify the ULTRATWIN ’ s signal with an additional power amp. Use two conventional instrument cables (one conductor plus shielding) having a mono 1/4" plug on the one end, and a stereo 1/4" plug on the other. On the st[...]

15 UL TRA TWIN GX210 3.1 Description of effects 01-02 Spring Reverb: Even a guitar amp with a digital multi-effects processor should allow you to use a spring reverb. This algorithm emulates the typical sound of a spring reverb, as it is known from numerous guitar amps. However, here you don ’ t have the typical shatter sound when your amp gets k[...]

16 UL TRA TWIN GX210 15-16 Ambience: The reverb of any room consists of so-called “ early reflections ” and the reverb “ tail ” . This algorithm emulates the first 15 of these early reflections. Since our ears use these reflections to determine the room size, they can be employed to create subtle and impressive reverb densities, without clo[...]

17 UL TRA TWIN GX210 Pre se t -Nr . Ef f ec t Va ria t ion PAR AMET E R EF FEC T A EF FEC T B 21 min. Feedback Delay Time R M ix L Mix R 22 Delay Time R Mix L M ix R 23 Delay Time R Mix L Mix R 24 max. Feedback Delay Time R Mix L M ix R 25 - Delay Time F eedback Mix 26 - Delay Time F eedback Mix 27 - Delay Time F eedback Mix 28 - Delay Time F eedba[...]

18 UL TRA TWIN GX210 38-42 Chorus/Reverb: Here, the signal passes a chorus effect with various intensities and then a reverb that can be edited in time. Preset -Nr. Effect Variatio n PA RAM ETER EFFECT A EFFE CT B 38 ult ra Reverb T im e Chorus Mix Rever b Mix 39 slow Rev erb Tim e Chorus Mix R everb Mix 40 m edium I Reverb Tim e Chorus Mix Reverb [...]

19 UL TRA TWIN GX210 Preset -Nr. Effect Variatio n PA RAM ETER EFFECT A EFFE CT B 52 ult ra Reverb T im e Flanger Mix Rev erb Mix 53 slow Rev erb Tim e F langer Mix Reverb Mix 54 m edium I Reverb T ime F langer Mix Reverb Mix 55 m edium II Reverb T im e Flanger Mix Rev erb Mix 56 fast Reverb T im e Flanger Mix Rev erb Mix FLA NGE R / REVERB T ab. 3[...]

20 UL TRA TWIN GX210 67-68 Rotary Speaker: This is the quintessential simulation of the classical organ effect normally produced by speakers that rotate at slow/fast speed in a bulky and extremely heavy speaker cabinet. This effect uses the physical principle known as Doppler effect. The PARAMETER control determines the speed of horn (treble) and r[...]

21 UL TRA TWIN GX210 75-81 Pitch Shifter: This effect shifts the pitch of the input signal and can be used to produce musical intervals and harmonies or simply to widen a single voice. Heavy detuning by several semi-tones up creates a Mickey-Mouse-type effect. The preset variations include various fixed intervals for the right channel, while the le[...]

22 UL TRA TWIN GX210 90-91 Compressor: Often, the signal level exceeds the headroom of signal-processing devices and therefore needs to be limited in its dynamic range, so as to avoid distortion. This job is done by compressors and/ or limiters. Limiters abruptly limit the signal above a specific threshold, while compressors provide for a “ soft [...]

23 UL TRA TWIN GX210 97-99 Speaker Cabinet: This algorithm emulates three different types of speaker cabinets. Additionally, you can shift the speaker ’ s main resonance peak. Various degrees of resonance emphasis allow you to emulate different speaker characteristics. The PARAMETER control adjusts the cutoff frequency of the low-pass filter. EFF[...]

24 UL TRA TWIN GX210 Additionally, you can deactivate the LFO in LFO-controlled modulation effects, and modulate these effects with MIDI controller #15. To activate this MIDI controller, you need to set the LFO speed to zero, either on the ULTRATWIN or by means of the corresponding MIDI controller. Of course, you can also control the ULTRATWIN from[...]

25 UL TRA TWIN GX210 5. INSTALLATION Your BEHRINGER ULTRATWIN was carefully packed in the factory and the packaging is designed to protect the unit from rough handling. Nevertheless, we recommend that you carefully examine the packaging and its contents for any signs of physical damage, which may have occurred during transit. + If the unit is damag[...]

26 UL TRA TWIN GX210 Fig. 5.2: Wiring of a stereo headphones 1/4" plug 5.3 MIDI connection The MIDI standard (Musical Instruments Digital Interface) was developed in the early 80 ’ s to enable electronic musical instruments of different makes to communicate with each other. Over the years the range of MIDI applications has constantly expande[...]

27 UL TRA TWIN GX210 Range Default Range Default Range Default 1 s ho rt Pre -D elay Reve rb Tim e 1..32 8 Mix L 0. .50 10 M ix R 0. .50 10 2 long Pre - D ela y Reve rb Tim e 1..32 14 Mi x L 0. .50 10 Mi x R 0. . 50 10 3 s ho rt Pre -D elay Reve rb Tim e 1..32 5 Mix L 0. .50 10 M ix R 0. .50 10 4 long Pre - D ela y Reve rb Tim e 1..32 14 Mi x L 0. [...]

28 UL TRA TWIN GX210 Range Default Range Default Range Default 52 ul tra R eve rb T im e 0. .63 20 F langer M ix 0. .99 50 R everb Mix 0. .50 10 53 sl ow Reve rb Tim e 0..63 20 F langer M ix 0. .99 40 R everb Mix 0. .50 10 54 m edi um I R everb Ti m e 0. .63 50 Flan ger Mix 0. .99 50 Reve rb Mix 0. .50 10 55 mediu m II R everb T im e 0. .63 50 Fl a[...]

29 UL TRA TWIN GX210 6.2 MIDI implementation MIDI Imp lemen tation Ch art Fun cti on T ransmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel Default Changed X X OFF , 1 - 16 OFF , 1 - 16 me mo r i z e d Mode Default Mess ages Alt ered X X X 1,2 X X Note Num ber True Voice X X X X Velo cit y Note O N Note OFF X X X X After Touch Key s Channels X X X X Pitch B[...]

30 UL TRA TWIN GX210 7. SPECIFICATIONS AUDIO INPUTS Connector 1/4" mono jack T y p e RF filtered input Guitar input impedance approx. 1 M Ω unbalanced Insert return impedance approx. 50 k Ω unbalanced Aux input impedance approx. 10 k Ω unbalanced Slave input impedance approx. 20 k Ω unbalanced T ape input connector R C A impedance appr[...]

31 UL TRA TWIN GX210 The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording of any kind, for any purpose, without the express written permission of BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechn[...]