Members dcooper830 Posted April 18, 2006 Members Share Posted April 18, 2006 Originally posted by beezdeez I think I will. I need a new pedal tuner, but I'm thinking of going rack with the tuner.How is the mic on that thing? Can you turn the mic on and off so it isn't tracking while you are playing? Actually.. I don't know much about the mic on it... I never use it. It has some other features that I don't use.. like a metronome and some other tuning modes. I just run it in-line in my rack .... hit the mute button when I want to tune... and it works great. Also... if you press and hold the mute button... it turns on the rack lights and it will light up your rack in case you can't see it in the dark. It looks soooooo cool!!! I'm tellin' ya.. buy that thing!! TOTALLY worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ck3 Posted April 18, 2006 Members Share Posted April 18, 2006 Best: Older KX1200 amplifier-low noise and great, warm sound with amp modelers VD1 Vintage Distortion-pretty decent Muff clone UB802 Mixer-survived a surge that blackened a contact on an extension cord with minimal damage and continues to be my practicing/recording workhorse Worst: Newer KX1200 amplifier-noisy, bright-sounding, and prone to RF interference VAMP-2-lithium memory backup battery died 90 days after purchase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PureRock Posted April 18, 2006 Members Share Posted April 18, 2006 Best: Behringer BR2000 rack tuner that I got off e-bay for $59 + shipping. Does a good job tuning and is very easy to use and see from a distance, plus it has a rack light. I think it is a major score for the $$. Worst: Nothing because the only Behringer product I have is the tuner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted April 18, 2006 Members Share Posted April 18, 2006 Best: I have the Ultra-Curve Pro which is one of Behringer's higher priced units. It's got graphic and parametric eq plus many other features and sounds quite good. On the other end of the price scale, I bought one of their new compressor stomp boxes for $19 and was pleasantly surprised at how good it sounded for MILD compression. I actually like it better than the MXR Super Comp I've been using. Worst: I normally use the MX2004 mixing board as a submixer for a rack of keyboards and synth modules. For that it works fine. But I recently tried recording with it using it's built in pre-amps and it sounded horrible. The tracks were unusable and I had to use a different board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tocs100 Posted April 23, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 23, 2006 Anyone here tried their FireWire interface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 23, 2006 Members Share Posted April 23, 2006 Originally posted by ArrMatey i can't stand when a venue uses those behringer feedback destroyer/detector racks.They are useless and can't do anything properly. I still believe that if you want to get rid of some feedback, you gotta learn the general frenquencies by ear! Man,ain't that the truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tocs100 Posted April 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 25, 2006 Originally posted by tocs100 Anyone here tried their FireWire interface? Bump. And keep the good info comin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slaws Posted April 25, 2006 Members Share Posted April 25, 2006 BEST: FCB1010 Midi foot controller - Best bang for the buck midi controller. 2nd BEST: BCF2000 USB Fader Controller. I've been really pleased with this unit so far. It works great with Sonar and even better with Reason. I'm thinking about getting the rotary controller as well. Worst: None - I've been pretty lucky with my Behringer gear. I also own the Truth active monitors and a couple of patch bays all are working great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoirAbattoir Posted April 25, 2006 Members Share Posted April 25, 2006 I had one of those small Eurorack tabletop mixers. I think it had two mic inputs. Anyhow, I never improved my recording tones more than when I got rid of that piece of {censored} and bought a Yamaha that cost a mere $40 dollars more. Hell, the behringer didn't even have a power switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coverdale Posted April 26, 2006 Members Share Posted April 26, 2006 BEST : FCB1010, a great MID controller. V-amp 2, even though i'm a vintage gear fan, it's really a great tool WORST : Some headphones I bought from them...major, major crap, distorted at low volumes, one side only works on sundays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Squier Fat Telecaster Posted April 26, 2006 Members Share Posted April 26, 2006 Really Good: ADI21 acoustic DI Pretty Good: GDI21 Guitar DI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tocs100 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 27, 2006 Behringer must have more than 35 customers! (IOW: bump.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W.Kyle.C Posted April 27, 2006 Members Share Posted April 27, 2006 i don't have a best. my worst is the v-amp2. which was my worst gear experience. maybe it was because it was when i had just started playing and it was my first experience with effects and maybe because my guitar wasn't that great(squire standard double fat strat). But it sounded terrible. I don't know if the chorus could even be described as a chorus. maybe a chorus of hyper active munchkins. besides that everything else sounded like crap too. But i'm actually still glad i got it because it got me into effects and able to play with different sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W.Kyle.C Posted April 27, 2006 Members Share Posted April 27, 2006 and the fcb1010 midi footcontroller was extremely frustrating. especially for haveing just started with effects and guitar. It was very confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tocs100 Posted May 9, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2006 bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phatbassdood Posted May 13, 2006 Members Share Posted May 13, 2006 best : bass V-amp pro, fcb1010, bcf2000 worst : none so far waiting for the rack tuner to become available over here........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdp Posted May 13, 2006 Members Share Posted May 13, 2006 Best (only own 1 product, a bass rig): Behringer Ultrabass 4500H head and 2 Behringer Ultrabass 1x15" cabinets. This thing sounds great, 450 watts, no hum even when cranked. Got the entire stack at GC for $600! No complaints whatsoever, either for the tone or the price I paid. I'm a guitarist primarily and didn't want to spend a fortune on bass gear - this was a perfect fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members State 6000 Posted May 13, 2006 Members Share Posted May 13, 2006 Originally posted by ArrMatey i can't stand when a venue uses those behringer feedback destroyer/detector racks.They are useless and can't do anything properly. I still believe that if you want to get rid of some feedback, you gotta learn the general frenquencies by ear! All you need to kill feedback is a rack EQ with lots of bands. You just boost each band until you find the one that causes the feedback and then cut that frequency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members book_of_lies777 Posted May 13, 2006 Members Share Posted May 13, 2006 the only piece of Behringer gear I own is a V-Amp 2, and I'm absolutely amazed everytime I play thru it. I will definitely check out more Behringer gear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 4Kenoath Posted May 13, 2006 Members Share Posted May 13, 2006 Originally posted by RomanS Worst: V-Amp 2 Got this with the intention to use it either with headphones or hooked to my stereo for practicing at home - hated it immediately (and sold it since); makes everything sound overprocessed, sterile, without dynamics, effects are really cheesy, and it is especially bad with clean sounds or slightly overdriven ones - really cold, lifeless; high-gain sounds might be OK, if you like metal (which I don't, so I'm not the best judge for those).My experience as well, but mine also had a corrupt chip in it on arrival so I had to get a service on it. Turns out they just throw the whole lot in the bin and give you a new one...sold it immediately. Don't keep anything like that if I can't get a decent clean tone out of it. The good news I suppose is that Behringer honoured the warantee despite it having been bought in another country. The bad news is, they're built for landfill, not to be serviceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members book_of_lies777 Posted May 13, 2006 Members Share Posted May 13, 2006 no decent clean tone outta the V-Amp2?! = operator error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phatbassdood Posted May 13, 2006 Members Share Posted May 13, 2006 Originally posted by blackmoreisgod no decent clean tone outta the V-Amp2?!= operator error or maybe a lack of patience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members book_of_lies777 Posted May 13, 2006 Members Share Posted May 13, 2006 Originally posted by phatbassdood or maybe a lack of patience? ...possibly. Here's a 'decent' clean tone I made on a V-Amp2: http://download.yousendit.com/6B02215A1FBFA9CF studio-quality? Nah - but then neither is my guitar playing! LOL I just ran an instrument cable into the 'line in' of my PC, recorded with the free app Audacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RomanS Posted May 13, 2006 Members Share Posted May 13, 2006 I'm sorry, but that sound sample shows exactly what I was talking about - overprocessed, lifeless clean tone, very '80s-ish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members book_of_lies777 Posted May 14, 2006 Members Share Posted May 14, 2006 okey-dokey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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