Behringer Virtualizer Pro

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Behringer Virtualizer Pro.

I bought this used a while ago. It didn't come with a manual. Its my first FX processor. Any one know where i can find any info on it?
 
You should be able to goto Behringer's website and download a PDF manual. I have found the even some of the online music stores have a PDF manual available for downloading for free!
 
Then after you download the manual and find out how to use it, you'll then realize it's a piece of crap and will want to either sell it or throw away!

Don't know how much you spent on the Virginizer Pro-Ho', but you could have bought mine (with orig carton, manual and BEHRINGER stickers) for $5 and a ham & cheese samich!
 
MISTERQCUE said:
Then after you download the manual and find out how to use it, you'll then realize it's a piece of crap and will want to either sell it or throw away!

Don't know how much you spent on the Virginizer Pro-Ho', but you could have bought mine (with orig carton, manual and BEHRINGER stickers) for $5 and a ham & cheese samich!
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Nice help. Why do you continue to bash Behringer stuff? You have moved up. Now, let the people who can only afford the B stuff learn about recording. The B stuff is more than capable of making a good recording and is great to learn on for low$$$.

I wish you were recording when I was a kid. You could not afford anything at all. A mixer and multi-track recorder cost about the price of a house at the time. Today, Behringer is a gift to many aspiring AEs of the future.

Oh well................enough said.
 
acorec, I really don't think he meant the post in the way that you took it. There are certain bits of Behri kit that will take people forward a bit without too much expense - the compressors are good value, as is the headphone amp, but they make a lot of gimmicky rubbish that might appear to be good value but which isn't. (On the thorny subject of mixers, Yamaha took careful aim and blew then out of the water with the MG series.)

The Virtualiser is a truly horrible thing, - even I can tell - and anybody would be better off spending the same amount of money on a single good effect that works well, rather than this jack of all trades master of none piece of shit.

So the issue is not about looking down on people who can only afford b-stuff (of whom I am one) but helping them not waste their money on crap.
 
Thankyou Garry!

Yo' acorn-rec, you really need to take a chill ! I am sorry you have to work with an MX9000 board and other Beh products! I have worked with many of Beh's units and after upgrading finally realized that some of Beh's line of crap truly makes your recordings sound crappy! Why waste your money on inferior products, when there are other alternatives in the same price range!
 
as a relative newbie i wish i could say i love all the behringer line and say they make 'pro' quality recordings for next to nothing. the truth is.....they don't. but i'd far rather learn with cheap stuff and if i decide i have a hobby i wanna really invest in then down the line i will spend more on gear. for know i'll buy the best i can within my price range. when i bought a small mixer, i got a UB series - how was i to know that yamaha were coming along with MGs a year later?

but the virtualizer in question here is ...... well ....... at least it has cool flashing lights!
 
noisedude - cool post from Yorkshire. Nice to see more Brits here:)

When you think that it's about songwriting, performing, attention to detail when you track, the groove, the pocket, the attitude - good muso's with Behri gear gonna beat out talentless gearheads every day. (Not that anyone here is talentless before I get flamed - I've just been out drinking with our guitarist and you know wot I'm saying)

Hic

Bye

:D
 
Hey Mistercque!!.......I'll give you $15 for that Behringer.
 
Garry Sharp said:
There are certain bits of Behri kit that will take people forward a bit without too much expense - the compressors are good value, as is the headphone amp, but they make a lot of gimmicky rubbish that might appear to be good value but which isn't.
So the issue is not about looking down on people who can only afford b-stuff (of whom I am one) but helping them not waste their money on crap.
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I agree. I for one have a cheap Behri 12ch mixer that is used for
mostly small gigs or church retreats, and I give it a thumbs up
for features and value. I also have the new V-amp pro rack unit
that I use for the same purposes, and it is sounds great for the
$. Their comps are good for the $...

See the trend, value & performance... which is far from consistent
with Behri, but that's OK. Just keep asking around and reading
posts, and you'll see what units keep popping up as winners.
If we were all honest, we probably bash almost every manufacturer
for the real "pieces of work" they have produced over the years.

So here's my twist on this is, who cares who makes something...
Does it rock, or does it not? That is the question.

John @ The Generator
 
Lt. Bob said:
Hey Mistercque!!.......I'll give you $15 for that Behringer.
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oops, almost missed this one... I see that $15, and raise ya $.25
15.25 is a smoking deal (oh yeah, you pay shipping!) :)
 
what about the original quadraverb?

does this unit live with the Behr? does it sleep with the fishes? I have had 2 of them forever... pretty cool for the 80's and early 90's...

in this dude's budget .. what would you recommend?

the lexicon 200 reverb unit?

thanks for any replies...

newbie
 
And the old yamaha SPX-90. That's a pretty cool old unit too.
there's lots of stuff you can get cheap used.

But the few Behringer things I've fooled with have been fine for the bucks. I almost feel like buying a complete Behringer signal chain just to prove you could make a good recording with it.
 
Lt. Bob said:
I almost feel like buying a complete Behringer signal chain just to prove you could make a good recording with it.
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i know what you mean. the stuff is fine and usually good value for money. but the quality varies from piece to piece and if it dies you're often stuck to get a replacement because of their factory cycles.

my blue devil amp went down and they couldn't replace it for 6 MONTHS cos they do a big run of each piece then not come back to them for ages. thus they need less machines and it's cheaper for them.

if you can make it sound good then of course it is good and i'd certainly wish good luck to all of those who want to eke the most out of their gear cos they can afford no better.
 
i think noisedude nailed it

it's the QC and support that are the biggest problems IMO with behringer gear. i only own the HA4700, and i can hear a difference in some of the channels. the ones closer to the power supply seem to run hotter and sound a little more crackly than the ones farther away. now, when you're tracking a band with drums in a liveroom, that really doesn't matter too much. or at least, i can live with it.

HOWEVER, when you apply this to the compressors, mic pres, mixers, etc., i dunno about y'all, but i'd want all of the channels on, say, a mixer or compressor to sound the same. by all accounts, that's not always the case with behringer gear. there's also apparently significant fluxuation between units, and that's not a good thing.

bottom line, if you get a good one, you get a good one, and i'm sure those with some talent can use them to turn out fine recordings. but there's a high enough chance that you won't get a good one (or one that works properly in the first place), and that's enough of a reason for me to steer clear of their gear altogether. i can save and wait another month in order to buy something with a better track record and history.

as for the support issue, IMO, when you're buying behringer gear, you oughta treat it like an EV 666 mic--as if it was used, made 30 years ago and they're no longer supporting it. in terms of support, IMO, behringer gear is "disposable gear".....if it breaks, buy a new one.


wade

PS--the real travesty is that the majority of folks buying behringer gear are novices who likely won't be able to tell the difference between a good one and a bad one.......
 
The Generator said:
oops, almost missed this one... I see that $15, and raise ya $.25
15.25 is a smoking deal (oh yeah, you pay shipping!) :)
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I got $15.25 over here!!!






Do I hear $16 & a ham & cheese sammich!!??







Come on folks, hurry now and get this low offer and buy my
Behringer Virginizer Pro-Ho'!!
 
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