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User’s Manual
Version 1.1 June 2001
ENGLISH
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ULTRAROC GX110 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not remove the cover (or back). No user serviceable parts inside; refer servicing to qualified personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. This symbol, wherever it appears, This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts alerts you to the presence of you to important operating and uninsulated dangerous voltage inside maintenance instructions in
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ULTRAROC GX110 FOREWORD Dear Customer, Welcome to the team of ULTRAROC users and thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing the GX110. 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 a very ambitious goal: To present you with a really excellent practice/backstage amp that does not only produce an out-of-the-ordinary sound but also featu
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ULTRAROC GX110
!" #$ %$ ® Powerful 30-Watt RMS Guitar Workstation with authentic VIRTUBE tube simulation Original 35-Watt vintage 10" JENSEN guitar speaker model JCH10/35 Two independent channels with separate volume controls and effects CLEAN channel delivers clean and slightly distorted tube-type sounds OVERDRIVE channel offers a broad range of modern crunch to high-gain sounds Classical 3-band E
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ULTRAROC GX110 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................6 1.1 The design concept ......................................................................................................................... 7 1.1.1 VIRTUBE technology ............................................................................................................ 7 1.1.2 JENSEN loudspeaker .........................
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ULTRAROC GX110 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing the ULTRAROC GX110. With the ULTRAROC, you have acquired a modern Guitar Workstation that sets new standards in practice amp engineering. When developing the GX110, our top objective was to reproduce the authentic sound of classical guitar amps as perfectly as we could and combine it with latest DSP technology – while focusing on an user interface that can be operated intuitively
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ULTRAROC GX110 1.1 The 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 ULTRAROC are exceptional: they boast extreme linearity and very low distortion characteristics. To complement this design, the choice of components includes low-tolerance resistors and capacitors, high-quality potentiometers and several other stringently selected elements. The ULTRAROC uses SMD t
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ULTRAROC GX110 The mains connection of the GX110 is made by using the enclosed mains cable and a standard IEC receptacle. It meets all of the international safety certification requirements. Please make sure that all units have a proper ground connection. For your own safety, never remove or disable the ground conductor of the unit or of the AC power cable. The MIDI connection (IN) is made over standardized DIN plug-in connectors. An optocoupler has been used for isolated data communications.
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ULTRAROC GX110 7 With the MID control you can boost/cut the midrange frequencies. 8 The TREBLE control governs the upper frequency range. Please note that with all three EQ controls set fully to the left, there will be no signal sent to the speaker, which is due to the classical and extremely efficient EQ circuit used in the ULTRAROC. 9 Use the EFFECT button to activate/deactivate the selected effect. 10 The FX MIX control determines the ratio of original vs. effect signal. 11 The EFFECTS cont
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ULTRAROC GX110 15 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 ULTRAROC GX110. Blown fuses may only be replaced by fuses of the same type and rating. Some models allow for inserting the fuse holder in two different positions, in order to switch over from 230 V to 115 V operation, and vice versa. Please note that for 115 V operation outside Europe, you need to use a fuse of a higher
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ULTRAROC GX110 2. WIRING EXAMPLES 2.1 Standard setup consisting of guitar, footswitch and external effects device To use your ULTRAROC for rehearsals or on stage, please wire up the unit as shown in fig. 2.1. Of course, you can also use a wah-wah or other pedal effect instead of the external 19" effects unit, or simply work with the internal effects without having to use the insert path at all. Connecting the headphones will mute the built-in speaker. When you wish to use a guitar tuner, please
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ULTRAROC GX110 Fig. 2.2: Expanded setup 3. EFFECTS PROCESSOR A very special feature of your ULTRAROC is its built-in effects processor, which offers the same audio quality and algorithms as our popular 19" effects devices VIRTUALIZER PRO and MODULIZER PRO, however, here completely in mono. This effects module provides 31 different groups of first-class effects such as Reverb, Chorus, Flanger, Delay, Pitch Shifter, Compressor, Expander, Wah-Wah variations, various combination effects and even Tub
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ULTRAROC GX110 05-06 Chamber: You can clearly hear the sound as it bounces back from the walls of this “room”. The program is particularly suited for diffuse types of reverb or to make a dry guitar sound more natural. 07-08 Stage: A fine reverb e.g. to liven up and widen a clean guitar. 09-10 Concert: Here, you can choose from a small theater (preset 9) or a large concert hall (preset 10). Compared to the STUDIO reverb program, these algorithms sound more lively and have more treble frequencies.
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ULTRAROC GX110 38-42 Chorus/Reverb: Here, the signal passes a chorus effect with various intensities and then a reverb. Adjustable parameter: reverb mix. 43-47 Chorus/Delay: First, the signal is chorused with various intensities, then follows a delay effect with various feedback levels and adjustable delay time. Adjustable parameter: delay mix. 48-51 Flanger: An LFO constantly modulates the pitch of the effect signal up and down by a few cents and then sends the effect signal back to the input.
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ULTRAROC GX110 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. 82-85 Pitch/Reverb: Here, a pitch shifter set to various cent and semi-tone intervals is followed by a reverb. Adjustable parameter: pitch shifter mix. 86-89 Pitch/Delay: First, the signal p
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ULTRAROC GX110 Once you activate the MIDI functions, the automatic effect-to-channel assignment feature will be disabled, i.e. changing channels does not automatically load the previously set effect. As this assignment feature would cause some confusion when controlling the ULTRAROC via a MIDI foot controller, it makes sense only when it is controlled from the enclosed footswitch or directly from the ULTRAROC’s front panel. To operate the ULTRAROC without MIDI remote control, please disable th
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ULTRAROC GX110 Whichever option you choose, the ears of discerning musicians recognize that, behind the bells, whistles and hype, there must be a great-sounding amplifier – a real musical tool that not only uses the best of today’s technologies, but pays its respects to the great pioneers that have gone before. (We would like to thank Mr. Neville Marten, the editor of Guitarist Magazine, for this little essay about the history of guitar amp development.) Fender™, Ampeg™, Gibson™, Vox™, Marshall™
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ULTRAROC GX110 Fig. 5.1: Wiring of a mono 1/4" plug Fig. 5.2: Wiring of a stereo headphones 1/4" plug 5.2.1 Loudspeaker connector Your GX110 features a speaker jack that allows you to hook up a supplementary speaker. Optimum adaptation is ensured with 8 Ω loudspeakers. You can also connect speakers with lower impedances. However, this could trigger the power stage protective circuitry on your GX110. With too high an impedance load, the maximum power output will drop in proportion to the resistan
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ULTRAROC GX110 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 expanded, and today it is completely normal to network entire recording studios using the MIDI standard. At the heart of this network we find a computer loaded with a sequencer software that controls not only the keyboards
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ULTRAROC GX110 6. APPENDIX 6.1 Preset list Effect Variation Effect Variation 1 Short Mix 0..50 5 52 Classic Short Reverb Mix 0..50 10 SPRING REVERB 2 Long Mix 0..50 8 53 Classic Long Reverb Mix 0..50 15 FLANGER / 3 Short Mix 0..50 8 54 Ultra Reverb Mix 0..50 20 REVERB STUDIO 4 Long Mix 0..50 8 55 Intense Reverb Mix 0..50 15 5 Short Mix 0..50 20 56 Light Reverb Mix 0..50 20 CHAMBER 6 Long Mix 0..50 20 57 Ultra Delay Mix 0..50 10 7 Short Mix 0..50 8 58 Light Delay Mix 0..50 9 STAGE FLANGER / 8 Lon
