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Uer Manual Verion 1.2 July 2003 DEUTSCH ENGLISH

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Read thee intruction. 2) Keep thee intruction. 3) Heed all warning. 4) Follow all intruction. CAUTION: WARNING: To reduce the rik of electric hock, do not remove the top cover (or the rear ection). No uer erviceable part inide; refer ervicing to qualified peronnel. To reduce the rik of fire or electric hock, do not expoe thi appliance to rain and moiture. Thi ymbol, wherever it appear, alert you to the preence of uninulated dangerou voltage inide the encloure voltage that may be ufficient to contitute a rik of hock. Thi ymbol, wherever it appear, alert you to important operating and maintenance intruction in the accompanying literature. Pleae read the manual. 5) Do not ue thi device near water. 6) Clean only with a dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation opening. Intall in accordance with the manufacturer intruction. 8) Do not intall near any heat ource uch a radiator, heat regiter, tove, or other apparatu (including amplifier) that produce heat. 9) Do not defeat the afety purpoe of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug ha two blade with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug ha two blade and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your afety. If the provided plug doe not fit into your outlet, conult an electrician for replacement of the obolete outlet. 10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plug, extenion cord, and the point at which they exit the unit. 11) Only ue attachment/acceorie pecified by the manufacturer. 12) Ue only with the cart, tand, tripod, bracket, or table pecified by the manufacturer, or old with the device. When a cart i ued, ue caution when moving the cart/device combination to avoid injury from tumbling over it. 13) Unplug thi device during lightning torm or when not ued for long period of time. 14) Refer all ervicing to qualified ervice peronnel. Servicing i required when the unit ha been damaged in any way, uch a power upply cord or plug i damaged, liquid ha been pilled or object have fallen into the device, the unit ha been expoed to rain or moiture, doe not operate normally, or ha been dropped. 2

ULTRAVOICE High-Performance Mic Preamplifier/Voice Proceor Profeional high-performance mic/line preamplifier and voice-proceor High-end vintage-deign dicrete tranitor input tage Authentic tube emulation circuitry for typical tube and tape aturation ound True RMS expander for extremely mooth noie reduction Opto compreor for inaudible level control and creative ound proceing Integrated dynamic enhancer replace high-frequencie lot through compreion Voice-optimized equalizer pecially deigned for voice enhancement Opto de-eer for removal of exceive ibilance from your vocal track High-performance VCA for extremely natural ound proceing Ultra low-noie 4580 operational amplifier for outtanding audio performance Accurate LED metering for crytal-clear level and proceor indication Servo-balanced gold-plated XLR connector for all main input and output Ultra high-preciion potentiometer for ultimate accuracy and repeatability Illuminated witche enure perfect operation in dark tage environment High-quality component and exceptionally rugged contruction for long life and durability Shielded toroidal power tranformer for lowet noie interference Deigned in Germany. Manufactured under ISO9000 certified management ytem VX2000 3

FOREWORD Dear Cutomer, welcome to the team of BEHRINGER uer, and thank you very much for expreing your confidence in u by purchaing the ULTRAVOICE. Writing thi foreword for you give me great pleaure, becaue it repreent the culmination of many month of hard work delivered by our engineering team to achieve a very ambitiou goal: to preent you with an outtanding product whoe flexibility make it an ideal tool both in tudio and live ound environment. The tak of deigning our new ULTRAVOICE certainly meant a great deal of reponibility, which we aumed by focuing on you, the dicerning uer and muician. Meeting your expectation alo meant a lot of work and night hift. But it wa fun, too. Developing a product uually bring a lot of people together, and what a great feeling it i when all who participated in uch a project can be proud of what they ve achieved. It i our philoophy to hare our enjoyment with you, becaue you are the mot important member of the BEHRINGER team. With your highly competent uggetion for new product you ve made a ignificant contribution to haping our company and making it ucceful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromiing quality (manufactured under ISO9000 certified management ytem) a well a excellent technical and audio propertie at an extremely reaonable price. All of thi will enable you to give free rein to your creativity without being hampered by budget contraint. We are often aked how we manage to produce uch highquality device at uch unbelievably low price. The anwer i quite imple: it you, our cutomer! Many atified cutomer mean large ale volume enabling u to get better purchaing term for component, etc. In t it only fair to pa thi benefit on to you? Becaue we know that your ucce i our ucce too! I would like to thank all of you who have made the ULTRAVOICE poible. You have all made your own peronal contribution, from the developer to the many other employee at thi company, and to you, the BEHRINGER uer. My friend, it been worth the effort! Thank you very much, Uli Behringer TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION... 4 1.1 Before you get tarted... 5 1.1.1 Initial operation... 5 1.1.2 Warranty... 5 2. CONTROL ELEMENTS... 5 2.1 Dicrete vintage input tage... 5 2.2 Expander and tube emulation... 6 2.3 Opto compreor... 6 2.4 Voice-optimized EQ... 7 2.5 Opto de-eer and mater ection... 7 2.6 Rear panel... 8 3. RECORDING WITH THE ULTRAVOICE... 8 4. MIXDOWN WITH THE ULTRAVOICE... 9 5. THE ULTRAVOICE IN LIVE APPLICATIONS... 9 6. INTEGRATION INTO A RECORDING SYSTEM... 9 7. AUDIO CONNECTIONS... 9 7.1 Rack mounting... 9 7.2 Audio connection... 9 8. SPECIFICATIONS... 10 9. WARRANTY... 11 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you very much for expreing your confidence in BEHRINGER product by purchaing the ULTRAVOICE VX2000. With the ULTRAVOICE you now own a very ueful device that allow you to creatively enhance your muic. With it profeional feature, the VX2000 produce impreive reult both in a tudio environment and in live application. Function uch a the opto compreor or the voice-optimized EQ enable you to proce highly dynamic ignal and adapt them to the overall ound of the muic program. The BEHRINGER ULTRAVOICE unite a microphone preamplifier, control amplifier and equalizer, and connect eamlely to hard-dik recording ytem, for example, to record vocal directly to dik. A a reult, you get ignal of the highet quality, a there i no inertion into a mixing conole which deteriorate the audio. But alo in live application your ULTRAVOICE offer pro-level ignal proceing function to optimize vocal ignal. In order to get to know the VX2000 and it function, imply connect an audio ignal and try each ingle control. Uncompreed ignal, e.g. your own recording, work bet to get an idea of the opto compreor and how it work. Profeional CD uually contain pre-compreed material, o that ound change through an additional compreion tage cannot be perceived a eaily. Once you ve developed a feeling for the individual component of your VX2000, you can tart combining the variou function to freely unfold your creativity. 4 1. INTRODUCTION

+ The following uer manual i intended to familiarize you with the unit control element, o that you can mater all the function. After having thoroughly read the uer manual, tore it at a afe place for future reference. 1.1 Before you get tarted The ULTRAVOICE wa carefully packed at the aembly plant to aure ecure tranport. Should the condition of the cardboard box ugget that damage may have taken place, pleae inpect the unit immediately and look for phyical indication of damage. + Damaged unit hould NEVER be ent directly to u. Pleae inform the dealer from whom you acquired the unit immediately a well a the tranportation company from which you took delivery of the unit. Otherwie, all claim for replacement/repair may be rendered invalid. 1.1.1 Initial operation Pleae make ure the unit i provided with ufficient ventilation, and never place the ULTRAVOICE on top of an amplifier or in the vicinity of a heater to avoid the rik of overheating. + Before plugging the unit into a power ocket, pleae make ure you have elected the correct voltage: The fue compartment near the power plug ocket contain three triangular marking. Two of thee triangle are oppoite one another. The voltage indicated adjacent to thee marking i the voltage to which your unit ha been et up, and can be altered by rotating the fue compartment by 180. ATTENTION: Thi doe not apply to export model that were for example manufactured only for ue with 120 V! + If you alter the unit voltage, you mut change the fue accordingly. The correct value of the fue needed can be found in the chapter TECHNICAL DATA. + Faulty fue mut be replaced with fue of appropriate rating without exception! The correct value of the fue needed can be found in the chapter TECHNICAL DATA. Power i delivered via the cable encloed with the unit. All requiered afety precaution have been adhered to. + Pleae make ure that the unit i grounded at all time. For your own protection, you hould never tamper with the grounding of the cable or the unit itelf. 1.1.2 Warranty Pleae take a few minute and end u the completely filled out warranty card within 14 day of the date of purchae. You may alo regiter online at www.behringer.com. The erial number needed for the regitration i located at the top of the unit. Failure to regiter your product may void future warranty claim. ULTRAVOICE VX2000 2. CONTROL ELEMENTS Thi chapter contain decription of variou control element of your ULTRAVOICE. All control and connection are dicued in detail. Additionally, ueful advice about their poible application i alo given. 2.1 Dicrete vintage input tage Fig. 2.1: Dicrete vintage input tage Thi ection of your ULTRAVOICE contain a preamplifier that allow you to determine the input level of mic or line ignal. Ue the LINE witch to elect the type of input ignal ued (in = LINE; out = MIC). Pre the +48V witch to provide condener microphone with the neceary phantom power upply voltage. Dynamic microphone need no additional upply voltage. The GAIN control adjut the input level. The cale ranging from -12 to +12 db refer to the LINE input, the 10 through 60 db cale to the MIC input. The SIG LED above the GAIN control light up a oon a a ignal i preent at the input. Make ure that the CLIP LED light up only occaionally during loud paage. If it light permanently or you can hear audible ditortion, you hould reduce the input level with the GAIN control. The ULTRAVOICE ha a low-cut filter that eliminate lowfrequency interference from your microphone ignal. Ue the LO CUT witch to activate thi function. The filter ha a lope of 12 db/oct. With the FREQUENCY control you can determine the frequency below which interference ignal are uppreed (15 Hz through 360 Hz). The Ø INV witch invert the ignal phae by 180. Ue thi function in a multi-microphone et-up if you detect phae cancellation in pecific frequency band. 2. CONTROL ELEMENTS 5

2.2 Expander and tube emulation 2.3 Opto compreor Fig. 2.2: Expander and tube emulation The expander reduce the ignal level during oft paage, o a to eliminate interference uch a tape hi or crotalk. Ue the IN/OUT witch to activate or bypa the expander in the ignal path. The THRESHOLD control adjut the level above which the expander come in. The DEPTH control determine the degree of ignal reduction. The higher thi value, the more ignal reduction i applied. Pre the GATE witch to make the expander work like a noie gate, which not only reduce the ignal level during oft paage but cut it completely. The gate function hould therefore be applied to ingle ignal only, o a to avoid affecting the entire recording. The four GAIN REDUCTION LED ignal the degree of level reduction applied from -5 through -30 db. The tube emulation function allow you to add a ubtle ditortion or tape aturation effect to vocal. Known from analog tape recorder and tube amplifier thi effect add ome upper harmonic to the ignal and hence enhance it in the treble range. Ue the IN/OUT witch to enable/diable the tube emulation function. The DRIVE control govern the intenity of the aturation effect. The more you turn it to the right (HOT), the more pronounced the effect will be. The portion of upper harmonic produced alo depend on the input level adjuted in the dicrete vintage input tage. The SIG LED light up when the tube emulation function ha been witched on. To avoid internal ditortion, the CLIP LED hould never light up all the time, but only briefly during very loud paage. The TUNING control determine the frequency range to be proceed with the aturation function. A all other range remain unaffected, you can apply thi effect to pecific frequency range. Pre the FULL BW witch to proce the entire frequency pectrum. In thi cae, the TUNING control i inoperative. Fig. 2.3: Opto compreor The opto compreor reduce the dynamic of the input ignal, i.e. the difference between oft and loud paage become maller. Level peak exceeding a pecific threhold will be cut back to mooth out the overall ound image. The IN/OUT witch activate the compreor. Ue thi witch to make a direct A/B comparion between compreed and uncompreed ignal. The THRESHOLD control determine the input level above which the opto compreor tart proceing the input ignal. Only if the adjuted threhold i exceeded will the compreor be activated. The dynamic of oft paage below that level remain unproceed. The lower the threhold you chooe, the more compreion will be applied. The HARD RATIO witch et the ignal reduction to maximum, producing a highly compreed ound whoe dynamic are completely leveled out. Don t ue thi function if you want to preerve the natural dynamic of the input ignal. Pre the FAST witch if you want the opto compreor to react quickly, once the threhold ha been urpaed. In thi cae, the overall ignal will be coniderably more compreed, producing a very powerful ound. Ue the RELEASE control to adjut the compreor releae time, which i the time that tart when the ignal ha fallen back below the threhold. The longer the releae time, the more compreed and balanced the ound image will be. The OUTPUT control govern the output level of the compreed ignal. A compreion reduce the ignal level, you can ue thi control to make up for the level reduction. Compreion may uppre pecific frequency range. The built-in ENHANCER allow you to make up for thi and round out the ound image by giving it new brilliance. The ix GAIN REDUCTION LED diplay the degree of compreion ranging from -3 through -24 db. 6 2. CONTROL ELEMENTS

2.4 Voice-optimized EQ 2.5 Opto de-eer and mater ection Fig. 2.4: Voice-optimized EQ The Voice-Optimized EQ i a 3-band equalizer for creative ound haping. You can raie or lower the level of pecific frequency range to make up for tonal deficiencie of the input ignal. Ue the IN/OUT witch to activate the voice-optimized EQ. The TUNING control elect a pecific frequency range (130 Hz through 720 Hz). The WARMTH control allow you to raie or lower the level of the frequency range elected. In level reduction mode the bandwidth i narrower than in level boot mode, i.e. you can adapt the filter etting pecifically to the application concerned. Ue the PRESENCE control to give the ignal more high and upper midrange brilliance (around 1700 Hz), o a to bring vocal more to the front and give them more preence in the overall ound image. The BREATH control allow you to raie or lower the treble range, for example, to boot or cut vocal-pecific frequencie (e.g. breathing noie ). The frequency range proceed i around 8 khz. The ABSENCE witch lower thoe frequencie around 4 khz that are reponible for a harh and naty ound. Fig. 2.5: Opto de-eer and mater ection Vocal track are often affected by unwanted ibilant ound. The opto de-eer allow you to eaily remove interference of that kind. Pre the IN/OUT witch to activate the opto de-eer. The THRESHOLD control determine the amount of uppreion applied to ibilant ound. The lower thi value, the more ibilance i removed. Ue the CUT FREQ control to elect the frequency range to be removed from the overall ound image. The ACTIVE LED how you that the opto de-eer i on. The more proceing i applied to the ignal, the brighter the LED light up. + When uing the opto de-eer, don t chooe too low a threhold, o a to avoid affecting the original ound character of the program material. You have found the bet etting for thi parameter, when the difference to the unproceed ignal can be heard only by way of a direct A/B comparion with the IN/OUT witch. The MASTER FADER adapt the output ignal to meet the input enitivity of downtream device (e.g. DAT or harddik recorder). + When you adjut the ignal level, you hould tart with the lowet level poible and raie it lowly until the level have been adapted properly. If you tart with too high a level, you rik damaging the input tage of downtream device! ATTENTION! + We would like to bring your attention to the fact that extremely loud ound level may damage your hearing a well a your headphone. Pleae lower all MASTER knob leftward before powering up the unit. The ix OUTPUT LEVEL LED read the output level from - 10 through +15 db. Ue the POWER witch to power up your VX2000. The POWER witch hould alway be in the Off poition when you are about to connect your unit to the main. + Attention: The POWER witch doe not fully diconnect the unit from the main. Unplug the power cord completely when the unit i not ued for prolonged period of time. 2. CONTROL ELEMENTS 7

2.6 Rear panel Fig. 2.6: Rear panel connector of the ULTRAVOICE Thi i the balanced XLR connector for microphone (MIC) or LINE-level ignal. The LINE input i on a balanced 1/4" TRS jack. Thi i the INSERT ection on two 1/4" mono jack that provide the SEND and RETURN to other effect device. The ignal i taken pot-lo CUT-filter (input tage). The XLR RECORDING output i for DAT/hard-dik recorder, etc. and i taken pre-opto de-eer. Thee are the MAIN output of the ULTRAVOICE, which are on balanced XLR and 1/4" TRS jack. The main connection i achieved via the tandard IEC connector. A matching power cord i included. SERIAL NUBMER. The erial number i located on the rear of the unit. Pleae take a few minute and end to u a completely filled out warranty card within 14 day of the original date of purchae. Otherwie, warranty claim may be rendered invalid. Or fill out the warranty information online at www.behringer.com. FUSE COMPARTMENT/VOLTAGE SELECTION: Before plugging the unit into a power ocket, pleae make ure you have elected the correct voltage. Faulty fue mut be replaced with fue of appropriate rating without exception. Some unit feature a fue compartment that can be operated in two different poition, allowing alternating between 230 V and 120 V. Attention: when uing the unit outide of Europe (running on 120 V), you have to implement a fue with a higher rating. 3. RECORDING WITH THE ULTRAVOICE When you re recording with the ULTRAVOICE you hould try to achieve a natural ound image of high quality in the firt place. Any pecial ound of the program material can be realized later on during the mixdown, without affecting the recorded ignal. 1) Ue the GAIN control of the dicrete vintage input tage to et a gain level that uit the input material. 2) Be ure to take all meaure that enable you to achieve the bet ound poible: Check the microphone for it optimum poition and the room acoutic for compliance with the ound you wih to achieve. Start by diabling all component of the ULTRAVOICE in order to optimize the dry, i.e. unproceed ignal. 3) If required, ue the opto compreor to mooth out the overall ignal dynamic. Avoid overcompreing the ignal, you can compre it again after recording. Don t ue the hard ratio function in the firt place, becaue it affect your ignal audibly. If the inger doen t keep a teady ditance between mouth and microphone, the vocal may uffer from coniderably varying dynamic. In thi cae, you hould chooe a higher compreion etting. Set a relatively low threhold level on the opto compreor to enure a contant loudne level. + Make ure that inger keep a teady ditance between mouth and microphone, o a to avoid the need for exceive compreion. When you re recording backing vocal, the ignal hould be compreed heavily to produce a teady loudne level during the entire recording. 4) Ue the voice-optimized EQ to make up for deficiencie in the ound image, which cannot be eliminated before. Don t ue extreme etting, you can till add ome equalization during the mixdown. The voice-optimized EQ can be ued to olve the following problem: If a vocal track lack tranparency in the ba range, you can ue the WARMTH control to fade out low-frequency ignal. Set the control to full reduction, then ue the TUNING control to identify the diturbing frequency range, until the vocal are more balanced in ound. Start by oloing the track, then check it together with the remaining ignal. Adjut the WARMTH control until the overall ound i perfect. If the vocal are too harh, ue the ABSENCE witch of the voice-optimized EQ to attenuate the frequencie that are reponible for the harh ound. Additionally, you can turn up the WARMTH control a bit or ue the BREATH or PRESENCE control to filter the ignal highfrequency range. If the vocal are drowned out in the overall mix, increae their PRESENCE to bring them more to the front. If the overall ignal lack brilliance, you can enhance the treble range with the PRESENCE or BREATH control. Or ue the opto compreor enhancer function to add ome upper harmonic. 5) If the vocal track contain unwanted frequencie, you can ue the expander and opto de-eer to remove them. The opto-de-eer alo eliminate diturbing ibilance. Firt, you need to identify the frequency range containing unwanted ignal: Activate the voice-optimized EQ and turn up the BREATH control to raie the ibilant frequency range. If you have already ued the EQ, remember the original etting to be able to reproduce it later on. Activate the opto de-eer; adjut a low threhold then turn the CUT FREQ control until the ibilant ound are audibly lowered in level. Now you can diable the voice-optimized EQ and/or et the BREATH control back to it original poition. Adjut the threhold o that the ACTIVE LED light up with ibilant ound only. The expander allow you to remove diturbing ignal in lowvolume paage. Set the THRESHOLD control fully counterclockwie, chooe a medium DEPTH rate, then turn the THRESHOLD lowly to the right, until oft paage are audibly reduced in level, without affecting the quality of vocal track. While recording, the gate function hould only be ued in extreme cae, for example, to produce a pecial effect. The gate i quite effective on the overall ound image and could ruin your recording. 8 3. RECORDING WITH THE ULTRAVOICE

6) Ue the tube emulation function to give your recording the ound of a claic analog tape recorder. 7) Finally, the MASTER FADER allow you to control the output volume of your ULTRAVOICE. 4. MIXDOWN WITH THE ULTRAVOICE Feel free to ue the ULTRAVOICE and it function during the mixdown. Often, extreme effect and filter etting are needed to make a pecific ignal fit into the overall ound. Vocal featuring high preence and a full ound in the mix have uually been tweaked heavily before. Normally, vocal track are enhanced with reverb during the mixdown. If the reverb ignal contain unwanted noie (e.g. ibilance), you can ue the opto de-eer to remove uch interference ignal. Do a decribed below: Remove ibilance from vocal track a decribed above, then ue one of the main output (not the INSERT path, which i pre-de-eer!) to drive the reverb unit. Be ure to et the direct level on the reverb unit to zero to proce the wet ignal only. Now, add the reulting reverb ignal to the conole output ignal taken from the RECORDING output of your VX2000. Thi ignal i pre-de-eer. In thi way, unwanted ignal are removed from the reverb ignal only, but not from the wanted ignal. You can ue the expander to eliminate interference from other intrument recorded e.g. via the headphone of the inger. Pleae note that any compreion applied to thi ignal would be counterproductive, becaue it would limit the ignal during loud paage and hence raie the unwanted interference in level. Although the ULTRAVOICE ha been primarily deigned for vocal recording, you can alo ue it to record and mix down any other ignal. 5. THE ULTRAVOICE IN LIVE APPLICATIONS A in the tudio, the ULTRAVOICE will be your ueful ound haper and problem olver for live application a well. On mall tage, the hort ditance between microphone and monitor peaker can caue feedback. In thi cae, you hould try the VX2000 opto de-eer: Set the THRESHOLD control to a relatively low value. Ue the CUT FREQ control to identify the frequency range that caue the feedback. 6. INTEGRATION INTO A RECORDING SYSTEM A mentioned above, your ULTRAVOICE i equipped for direct connection to recording media uch a DAT recorder, analog tape recorder or digital hard-dik-baed computer ytem. You don t need to ue a mixing conole and can hence benefit from a much clearer ignal, becaue potential interference ignal produced by the conole circuitry are excluded right from the tart. If you wih to integrate your VX2000 into a hard-dik recording ytem, you will need an analog-to-digital converter which convert the analog ignal from the microphone preamplifier into digital. Naturally, you can alo ue a conventional mixing conole to integrate the ULTRAVOICE into your tudio environment. Like any other preamplifier, it connect to the balanced microphone or line input on the conole and with it wealth of function it i a perfect tool for a great variety of application. 7. AUDIO CONNECTIONS 7.1 Rack mounting The BEHRINGER ULTRAVOICE VX2000 require one height unit (1 HU) for being intalled into a 19" rack. Pleae allow at leat an extra 4" of pace for the connector on the rear panel. Alo, pleae make ure that ufficient ventilation of the unit i provided for, and never put the rack mixer onto an amp or imilar equipment to avoid overheating. Pleae ue M6 machine crew and nut to intall your VX2000 into a rack. 7.2 Audio connection You will need many different cable for the variou application. The following illutration how how thee cable hould be laid out. Pleae ue excluively high-grade cabel. The audio connector of your VX2000 are electronically balanced and enure automatic hum and noie reduction. Of coure, you can alo connect equipment featuring unbalanced output. To thi end, ue either mono jack or connect ring and leeve of the tereo jack (bridge pin 1 and pin 3 when uing XLR connector). + Pleae enure that only qualified peronnel intall and operate the VX2000. During intallation and operation the uer mut have ufficient electrical contact to earth. Electrotatic charge might affect the operation of the unit. Now, turn up the THRESHOLD until the vocal are leat affected and feedback i uppreed effectively. With high volume level on tage, there a lot of crotalk, i.e. the microphone pick up not only the wanted ignal (e.g. vocal), but alo other ignal ource around them. Thi can be much of a problem, becaue you can no longer proce the ingle ignal independently of each. Ue the expander to iolate ingle ignal and remove crotalk, which i lowered in volume, while the louder wanted ignal remain unaffected. For thi application the gate function prove quite handy to remove unwanted ignal completely. However, be ure to keep the wanted ignal unaffected, when the gate cut off the ignal once they have dropped below the threhold. Thu, oft paage could be cut off, even though they are uppoed to fade out moothly. The gate threhold. Thu, oft paage could be cut off, even though they are uppoed to fade out moothly. The gate can alo be ued to proce pule-type ound (e.g. nare drum, kick drum, tom-tom, etc.), a thee ignal have relatively hort attack and releae time. Fig. 7.1: XLR connector 7. AUDIO CONNECTIONS 9

8. SPECIFICATIONS FREQUENCY RESPONSE Line In to Main Out DISTORTION MIC -> In Send Line -> In Send 10 Hz to 200 khz; +0 / -1.6 db (bypa mode) < 0.02 % / -30 dbu in / 30 db Gain < 0.002 % / 0 dbu in / Unity NOISE (abolute) A-weighted Main Out bal. -98 dbu Recording Out -100.5 dbu Fig. 7.2: 1/4" TS connector Fig. 7.3: 1/4" TRS connector INPUT LEVEL (max.) Mic In Line In OUTPUT LEVEL (max.) Main Out bal. Main Out unbal. Recording Out Inert Send POWER SUPPLY Voltage Power conumption Fue Main connection DIMENSIONS/WEIGHT Dimenion (H x W x D) Weight Shipping weight +11.5 dbu +22 dbu +22 dbu +22 dbu +22 dbu +22 dbu USA/Canada 120 V~, 60 Hz Europe/U.K./Autralia 230 V~, 50 Hz Japan 100 V~, 50-60 Hz General export model 120/230 V~, 50-60 Hz max. 20 W 100-120 V~: T 630 ma H 200-240 V~: T 315 ma H Standard IEC connector 1 ¾" (44.5 mm) x 19" (482.6 mm) x 8 ½" (217 mm) approx. 3 kg (6 2/3 lb) approx. 4.2 kg (9 1/4 lb) Fig. 7.4: 1/4" TRS Inert connector BEHRINGER i contantly triving to maintain the highet profeional tandard. A a reult of thee effort, modification may be made from time to time to exiting product without prior notice. Specification and appearance may differ from thoe lited or illutrated. 10 8. SPECIFICATIONS

9. WARRANTY 1 WARRANTY CARD/ONLINE REGISTRATION To be protected by the extended warranty, the buyer mut complete and return the encloed warranty card within 14 day of the date of purchae to BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH, in accordance with the condition tipulated in 3. Failure to return the card in due time (date a per potmark) will void any extended warranty claim. Baed on the condition herein, the buyer may alo chooe to ue the online regitration option via the Internet (www.behringer.com or www.behringer.de). 2 WARRANTY 1. BEHRINGER (BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH including all BEHRINGER ubidiarie lited on the encloed page, except BEHRINGER Japan) warrant the mechanical and electronic component of thi product to be free of defect in material and workmanhip for a period of one (1) year* from the original date of purchae, in accordance with the warranty regulation decribed below. If the product how any defect within the pecified warranty period that are not excluded from thi warranty a decribed under 3 and 4, BEHRINGER hall, at it dicretion, either replace or repair the product uing uitable new or reconditioned part. In the cae that other part are ued which contitute an improvement, BEHRINGER may, at it dicretion, charge the cutomer for the additional cot of thee part. 2. If the warranty claim prove to be jutified, the product will be returned to the uer freight prepaid. 3. Warranty claim other than thoe indicated above are exprely excluded. 3 RETURN AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 1. To obtain warranty ervice, the buyer (or hi authorized dealer) mut call BEHRINGER (ee encloed lit) during normal buine hour BEFORE returning the product. All inquirie mut be accompanied by a decription of the problem. BEHRINGER will then iue a return authorization number. 2. Subequently, the product mut be returned in it original hipping carton, together with the return authorization number to the addre indicated by BEHRINGER. 3. Shipment without freight prepaid will not be accepted. 4 WARRANTY REGULATIONS 1. Warranty ervice will be furnihed only if the product i accompanied by a copy of the original retail dealer invoice. Any product deemed eligible for repair or replacement by BEHRINGER under the term of thi warranty will be repaired or replaced within 30 day of receipt of the product at BEHRINGER. 2. If the product need to be modified or adapted in order to comply with applicable technical or afety tandard on a national or local level, in any country which i not the country for which the product wa originally developed and manufactured, thi modification/adaptation hall not be conidered a defect in material or workmanhip. The warranty doe not cover any uch modification/adaptation, irrepective of whether it wa carried out properly or not. Under the term of thi warranty, BEHRINGER hall not be held reponible for any cot reulting from uch a modification/adaptation. ULTRAVOICE VX2000 3. Free inpection and maintenance/repair work are exprely excluded from thi warranty, in particular, if caued by improper handling of the product by the uer. Thi alo applie to defect caued by normal wear and tear, in particular, of fader, potentiometer, key/button and imilar part. 4. Damage/defect caued by the following condition are not covered by thi warranty: improper handling, neglect or failure to operate the unit in compliance with the intruction given in BEHRINGER uer or ervice manual. connection or operation of the unit in any way that doe not comply with the technical or afety regulation applicable in the country where the product i ued. damage/defect caued by force majeure or any other condition that i beyond the control of BEHRINGER. 5. Any repair or opening of the unit carried out by unauthorized peronnel (uer included) will void the warranty. 6. If an inpection of the product by BEHRINGER how that the defect in quetion i not covered by the warranty, the inpection cot are payable by the cutomer. 7. Product which do not meet the term of thi warranty will be repaired excluively at the buyer expene. BEHRINGER will inform the buyer of any uch circumtance. If the buyer fail to ubmit a written repair order within 6 week after notification, BEHRINGER will return the unit C.O.D. with a eparate invoice for freight and packing. Such cot will alo be invoiced eparately when the buyer ha ent in a written repair order. 5 WARRANTY TRANSFERABILITY Thi warranty i extended excluively to the original buyer (cutomer of retail dealer) and i not tranferable to anyone who may ubequently purchae thi product. No other peron (retail dealer, etc.) hall be entitled to give any warranty promie on behalf of BEHRINGER. 6 CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Failure of BEHRINGER to provide proper warranty ervice hall not entitle the buyer to claim (conequential) damage. In no event hall the liability of BEHRINGER exceed the invoiced value of the product. 7 OTHER WARRANTY RIGHTS AND NATIONAL LAW 1. Thi warranty doe not exclude or limit the buyer tatutory right provided by national law, in particular, any uch right againt the eller that arie from a legally effective purchae contract. 2. The warranty regulation mentioned herein are applicable unle they contitute an infringement of national warranty law. * Cutomer in the European Union pleae contact BEHRINGER Germany Support for further detail. The information contained in thi manual i ubject to change without notice. No part of thi manual may be reproduced or tranmitted in any form or by any mean, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording of any kind, for any purpoe, without the expre written permiion of BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH. BEHRINGER i a regitered trademark. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2003 BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH. BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH, Hann-Martin-Schleyer-Str. 36-38, 47877 Willich-Münchheide II, Germany Tel. +49 2154 9206 0, Fax +49 2154 9206 4903 9. WARRANTY 11