Behringer Ultradrive Problems Poll

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   only way to know for sure what eq it needs, is either by listening or by measuring (highly prefered!). With the large availability of dual channel FFT measurement devices and software, there really is no excuse for an audio professional not to do this. All you need is a 2in-2out soundcard with phantom power and a measurement mic. A berry ecm8000 is more than adequate and cheap as chips. Free software comes in all forms. There is the demo version of Smaart, the demo version of ARTA, and the fully enabled HOLMimpulse.

Poll Question: I own/have owned a DCX2496 Ultradrive and it was....
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
an early model (first batch) and had no problems	14	[4.46%]
an early model (first batch) and suffered 'frying eggs' prob	11	[3.50%]
an early model (first batch) and suffered 'other' probs	13	[4.14%]
a later batch and suffered no problems	184	[58.60%]
a later batch and suffered 'frying eggs' probs	44	[14.01%]
a later batch and suffered 'other' probs	48	[15.29%]
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Teunos Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 23 November 2008 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 1799	Post Options Post Reply Quote Teunos Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2014 at 4:50pm
	only way to know for sure what eq it needs, is either by listening or by measuring (highly prefered!). With the large availability of dual channel FFT measurement devices and software, there really is no excuse for an audio professional not to do this. All you need is a 2in-2out soundcard with phantom power and a measurement mic. A berry ecm8000 is more than adequate and cheap as chips. Free software comes in all forms. There is the demo version of Smaart, the demo version of ARTA, and the fully enabled HOLMimpulse.
	Best regards, Teun.

Adam_Iron_Horse Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 02 January 2010 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 2043	Post Options Post Reply Quote Adam_Iron_Horse Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2014 at 5:05pm
	So had my ultradrive 3 years now and forgot to post about this the other week but I got to a party plugged everything up and no input to the ultradrive, getting output from the master of the mixer hanged all XLRs etc and no effect and I feared the worst. Then I remembered some advice I had read on this forum, pulled it out the rack whacked it open found the ribbon cable for the input XLRs whacked that off put it back on fired it up and boom we had input into the Ultradrive again! Cheers for the advice whoever I read way back on here about the ribbon cables needing re-seating occasionally
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Mark James Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 15 January 2006 Location: rig side Status: Offline Points: 5309	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mark James Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2014 at 5:36pm
	just got one of these myself and errrrr its deffo not as easy to use as the void [scillica] unit im used to why cant i just program each output without it affecting the other??? and why does it go silent when i try to use sum mono??? i dont and cant use sterio all the time!!! lol and yes ive been trying to use mates for ages i guess i just dont like the operating system same as i find windows 8 a hell of a lot harder to use than xp i find this os almost un navigable help???? lol yes ive read the manual lol makes very little sense lol
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norty303 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 18 August 2004 Location: Eastbourne Status: Offline Points: 8806	Post Options Post Reply Quote norty303 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2014 at 5:43pm
	Unlink all the outputs first, and go from there. Maybe try loading a blank template, I can't recall if they are linked by default. For the sum, you need to configure the sum (by telling it which inputs to use), then you need to set the output channel to use the internal sum as its source, rather than input A/B/C. I find it very straight forward and logical personally (bearing in mind I've not even looked at one for over 3 years and I can remember that...) I suspect its really no different/more difficult to the Void unit in real terms, you've simply become too familiar with a different unit. Edited by norty303 - 03 September 2014 at 5:45pm
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Teunos Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 23 November 2008 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 1799	Post Options Post Reply Quote Teunos Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2014 at 5:45pm
	Hello Mark If you are setting up one channel and it affects another channel as well, then there are linked channels. You can either turn this off, or start of fresh with the 6-way mono setting. That one is free of any links, and is the one i always use as starting point. If you cannot get any output on the mono sum, you are definitely doing something wrong. next to the scrollwheel is a button that takes you to the sum menu. There you have to choose which inputs you want to route to the mono sum bus. From the output channels you can then just select the mono bus as the input for that specific channel.
	Best regards, Teun.

Mark James Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 15 January 2006 Location: rig side Status: Offline Points: 5309	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mark James Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2014 at 6:12pm
	ive tried that it goes silent :-/ and its not my unit ive had same issue with all the ones ive used its purely me doing something daft probably got hte sum input muted or somethign ive seen much less capable people gettheir head round these things its like norty said just me not getting my head around the unit lol :-/ damn i hate computers lol
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	You have to go to the "sum" page and manually set which inputs you want to sum. This page is different to the routing page
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Mark James Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 15 January 2006 Location: rig side Status: Offline Points: 5309	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mark James Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2014 at 6:56pm
	this is a nightmare lol navigating is not easy on this thing [well for me it aint lol] meh think il just write the settings down and get someone else to set the rig up im slowly losing what hair ive got left trying to figure damn computer thingys out lol
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	I bet you've got SUM muted. In which case press MUTE and then SUM. SUM is now unmuted and should produce output on any channel set with SUM as the source.
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Mark James Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 15 January 2006 Location: rig side Status: Offline Points: 5309	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mark James Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2014 at 9:04pm
	il find out at some point i guess been doing my head in for ages lol
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Sean Fairchild Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 03 September 2014 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sean Fairchild Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2014 at 11:14pm
	Dear Kevin Tyler and Mark James, I just wanted to make sure that you both were aware, as well as anyone else who may need it now or in the future, that our CARE team is standing by if you have any warranty issues or technical questions that need answering. You can reach them at care@music-group.com or by phone at +1-702-800-8290 (US) or +44 1562 732290 (UK). Thanks all, and enjoy your Ultradrives! Best regards, Sean Fairchild Specialist, Channel Marketing MUSIC Group BEHRINGER Edited by Sean Fairchild - 03 September 2014 at 11:14pm

Mark James Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 15 January 2006 Location: rig side Status: Offline Points: 5309	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mark James Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2014 at 11:24pm
	good to know its deffo not hte unit thats at fault ive had same isue everytime ive used one its obviously because everytime i have used one its been in the middle of a muddy field at early hours of the morning and didnt know until we were setting up so entirely user error the ultradrive is a nice bit of kit for the money hence why its onlyworth upgrading if your realy upgrading not worth the smaller jumps [altho that might all change who knows] but good to know il keep that in mind if i need it il deffo buy another one when funds permit
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