Behringer Vamp?

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Why does everyone hate these so much??


when i bought my KV2 i was on holiday so picked one up so i could jam before i got home(2 weeks with a KV2 and no amp woulda been hell)

Anyway, the preset patches were balls, so i took the time to elarn to use it PROPERLY and i have made myself the most awesome tone ever.

I love the VAMP.


Your opinions.
 
I like it a lot too, obviously it can't compare to a real tube amp recorded with proper microphones etc but for the price, it's beyond great. Build quality really sucks though, mine has lost patches over and over again and several of the knobs have broken, and you have to press the buttons really hard most of the time. Stuff like that happens after a while of regular usage with most V-amps. Anyhoo, I've only tried the POD a little bit but from what I've heard, the V-Amp2 actually beats the POD 2.0 in sound quality. The POD, I thought, sounded like pretty much shit.
 
I agree, and the pod, you havre to sue the same setting for each patch whereas with the Vamp, you can have the knobs at different levels for each patch,
 
Oh, I didn't even know that... That just sucks severe amounts of shit. Those digital LED knobs are really a pretty clever invention. I love how you can set cabinets and heads seperately... People usually don't know that, and then they whine about the sound... Personally I don't really like cab 15, which is supposed to be some modern 4x12 stuff and comes as the default cab with most hi-gain models... The JCM800 (Brit Hi-Gain) head with cabinet no. 9 and mids turned way up... Yum.
 
NeedledWarheart said:
I agree, and the pod, you havre to sue the same setting for each patch whereas with the Vamp, you can have the knobs at different levels for each patch,
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That's actually incorrect. See, I have a Bass Pod and the technology is the same as it is for the Guitar Pod. If you don't like the settings that are on the patch that you're using on the Pod, you can always edit them. You can also change the speaker configuration and EQ on the Pod simply by hitting the CABS AND EQ button. The patch will show that it has been edited and you can either save it by pressing SAVE and assigning it to a patch and hitting save again, or simply switch to another patch and then go back to the original if you decide that you like the original patch the way it was.

The downfall of the original Pods was that you had no way of visually seeing your patch settings without pushing and holding the SAVE button and turning the knobs. This has been remedied with the Pod XT models and the LCD display screen but Behringer was a step ahead of Line6 on this one with their graphic display using the LEDs. :)

As to the cabinet selections on the V-Amp, I find cabinet setting 13 to be more in tune with my ears for high-gain amps as you get more high frequency bite with the overdrive. :kickass:
 
TwilightSymphony said:
That's actually incorrect. See, I have a Bass Pod and the technology is the same as it is for the Guitar Pod. If you don't like the settings that are on the patch that you're using on the Pod, you can always edit them. You can also change the speaker configuration and EQ on the Pod simply by hitting the CABS AND EQ button. The patch will show that it has been edited and you can either save it by pressing SAVE and assigning it to a patch and hitting save again, or simply switch to another patch and then go back to the original if you decide that you like the original patch the way it was.

The downfall of the original Pods was that you had no way of visually seeing your patch settings without pushing and holding the SAVE button and turning the knobs. This has been remedied with the Pod XT models and the LCD display screen but Behringer was a step ahead of Line6 on this one with their graphic display using the LEDs. :)

As to the cabinet selections on the V-Amp, I find cabinet setting 13 to be more in tune with my ears for high-gain amps as you get more high frequency bite with the overdrive. :kickass:
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You missed my point dude.

What i mean is that on a Vamp, you have a knob and then a round lkight dial so one patch can have bass as 10, and the next can have bass as 3 and you dont have to turn any knobs to do so when you change.

whereas with the Pod it is a static knob so if one patch has bass as 10, then the rest do.
 
yeah but dudes, NEVER use the v-amp live, i have one for practising with headphones but at gigs, when you switch between amps, it wont come smooth! there will be a 1 second delay and you can hear some other amp model between, it just sucks balls for that
 
i very rarely use clean sounds, so i'd just use one amy setting anyway.

But i have a marshall set up for practise/gig. i mainly record with these.
 
NeedledWarheart said:
I agree, and the pod, you havre to sue the same setting for each patch whereas with the Vamp, you can have the knobs at different levels for each patch,
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nu uhhhhh. . .my pod can set levels at different volumes, and the tone parameters can be saved per patch. . .
 
NeedledWarheart said:
You missed my point dude.

What i mean is that on a Vamp, you have a knob and then a round lkight dial so one patch can have bass as 10, and the next can have bass as 3 and you dont have to turn any knobs to do so when you change.

whereas with the Pod it is a static knob so if one patch has bass as 10, then the rest do.
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see my above post. . :p
 
even the vamp pro has the same switching problem..

when i buy and preamp with amp simulations i dont wanna be fucking limited to one amp per gig, that way theres no use for many amp simulations..

btw, the sims suck ass, but some sound very good.. not very alike though
 
NeedledWarheart said:
You missed my point dude.

What i mean is that on a Vamp, you have a knob and then a round lkight dial so one patch can have bass as 10, and the next can have bass as 3 and you dont have to turn any knobs to do so when you change.

whereas with the Pod it is a static knob so if one patch has bass as 10, then the rest do.
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Wrong. The different patches on the Pod have their own settings saved (for bass, mid, treble, amps, etc.), which you can customize to your taste if you don't like what comes from the factory. Simply save your settings by hitting the save button, assigning the patch and then hitting the save button again. The only time that the Pod will have a static tone setting is if (1) you are in "Manual" mode; the tone settings are exactly as you see them; or (2) you have set all the patches to have the same EQ (how dull). If you don't have a Pod, go to a music store that has one on display and switch the patches. You'll see the patch settings change on the LCD screen of the XT models. (If you can still find the original Pod (pre-LCD screen), push the save button and turn the knobs. You'll see the arrows pointing which direction to go until you get to the saved distance. Switch patches and repeat.)
 
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