V AMP PRO Users please could you offer some advice ?

Hi all

I recently bought a Vamp pro and a Vamp bass pro.
I have been told I can control the sounds from it from the computer useing softwere.

Can anyone tell me what exactly I need to down load from behringer to do this I couldnt seem to find it or I have over looked it. ( sorry if it was obvious)

Also I was told it was controled through midi I have a VS700 with one midi in. I have my TD-20 in that so I would need more Midi inputs to conect it up to save me being in and out of my rack all the time.

Any advice on how to go about geting more midi inputs hooked up ?

Thanks to all in advance :)

Norrie

  Regarding MIDI, the MIDI-In on your VS700 might be OK for the V-Amp, but you'll need a MIDI-out in order to use the editor software to control the V-Amp. Does the TD-20 have a MIDI-Thru you can use?  

If you want to control both V-Amps, you'll need to get a new MIDI interface like the Cakewalk UM-3G Multiport.

http://www.musiciansfrien...iZfGx6UCFcXD7QodkX7sLA

If I have this right

My Vamp is controled going to the Vs700 vi analof left and right I have it set up that way.

So I could have a midi going from the out on the VS700 back to the Vamp pro and that could then use the editor software to control the V-Amp ?

And my midi in could still have my TD-20 ?

Hmmmmmm I really am confused I know not much about the way midi works

Thanks for anyhelp on this

Norrie

Hey Norrie, are you going to install the new Eproms that Behringer have got available?

An Eprom is, I believe, an Eraseable, Programmable, Read Only Memory chip.
They state, "If you do not have the means to write this datafile to a blank EPROM, then you can order a pre-programmed EPROM from your nearest BEHRINGER authorised service centre."

If you haven't the means to write data to one of these chips, I'd leave well alone to be honest mate. There's one available for my Bass V-Amp, but when you weigh up the pros & cons of buying a chip, the chance of it not working or completely trashing the unit, against the sounds that we already have, I think I'll give it a miss.

I'm going to follow your progress on Midi automation and see how you get on with it before taking the plunge.

Have you downloaded the Editor software yet?
 

Yes, please do.

I think you're approaching this the right way - start off with the most simple configuration you can set up. Leave the complicated stuff when you've got your head around the basics.

No, I've not tried using the editor yet, I've only just read about it thanks to this thread!

Thats me done with all the Downloading and importing all the tones in to a library

Now I can put them in to a chart and save them as pre sets on the Vamp

Bit of bad news though.... All apart from 3 of the Bass amp Efx have problems and are unable to be moved to the library I will let you know If I can put them in to the preset with out doing that first but I dont think I can ;(

The Vamp pre sets were the same loads of them wouldnt let me dump it across in to the library

Hey Bristol

I spent what time I could today seting up the softwere for the behringer.

This is what I did and have found.

Installed fine then conected up with midi in and out it then finds the Vamp

You can then use the on screen controller to controll the sounds for the Vamp rather than useing the unit its self

Once you have a sound you like you can then name it and save it to a Library for future use.

You can then use your saved sounds and then insert them in any order you like over the 25 banks from A through to E

The editor for that is pritty cool apart from one flaw I have found...... I wil get to that a bit later in this post

So you can make up your own Librarys and save them in there own folders for looking up later so thats cool

Once you have your librarys set how you like or all in one folder tottaly up to the user you can go in and start programing the banks in the Vamp it comes up like a grid 1-25 down the left and A-E along the top so you can just drag them in and drop them ( Very cool ! )
 
In every patch it is default set to USER PRESET (all 250 of them)

When you drag in your named sound it then changes it to what you have named it and the sound is automaticaly saved to that bank on the Vamp ! Very cool for me

THE PROBLEM THOUGH!!!!!!!

So I put a whole load of stuff on to different banks and it was all named I checked they were all there and that the sounds were all ok

I then shut the screen with the grid knowing It was all now on the Vamp

I then decided to open it back up and I was disapointed to see it was all back saying USER PRESET in every box !

Each of the sounds I had were still in the right place etc even after unpluging the midi and then re pluging etc so that is good news

What I should have done so I would have rememberd what all my pre sets were was to have taken a screen print and then I would have known for suture reference ( a quick guide )

There seems to be no way to bring it back to tell me the names ive tryed everything I can think of.

Disapointing........ but at least a screen print is a work around :)

I will do it again tomorow and take a screen print this problem might only be for me becuase I cant remember one thing from the next but for others this might not be a problem.

Eather way though I am happy with the editor so a big thumbs up !

Oh there are also loads of presets to download on the behringer site a lot of them are actualy very good.

I was playing about with some White Snake ones and some Marshall JCM presets all to my likeing and once you load them you can tweek them aswell and then save to your likeing :)

The plus side for me aswell with all this messing about today is that

If I set up 250 presets and then take a screen print I dont have to always have it conected with the midi I only need to do it when I want to edit on the screen so I dont need to buy a Midi interface for the extra conections :)

I hope some of this info helps others thinking of useing it

I like it :)

Norrie

Hey Bristol

Thanks!

I only had a chance to play about with this feature actualy due to the weather being here and me haveing extra time on my hands

I spent the time and downloaded all of the pre sets even all the user ones like I was saying problem is though they all have to be downloaded click by click by click I spent ages just downloading presets.

If you want the presets at some point feel free to PM me and I will email them and save you a day of clicking all the downloads if you like that is :)

It is wild here!!!! I live about 50 miles from glasgow in the west. I live in a small village so untill yesterday we had been stuck in the village for 4 days.

Its starting to get better now though due to the gritters and plows makeing it through

Its funny most people here stock up on food and things like that for the bad weather haha I stock up on drumsticks,guitar strings and coffee haha

Glad to hear things are better down yoru way I thought you guys had got hit really bad ?

Norrie

hii norrie,hope you well mate
sorry i been out the link for so long,but ive ditched xp and am with win764 and theres been some great info on this topic,so im gonna try again with the editor and new system...
i think beagle said he had no prob with recognising each other,so im wondering if this threads still alive? and im gonna try it tomorrow download all new and start again.i will let u know how it goes if its still relevant to you?also gonna swap EPROM after chat with BRNGR.
LET me know how uve got on?
nice 1!ame.