Two Takes on Behringer - Which Do You Fall Under?

The following videos feature two perspectives on Behringer. I was going to skip both of them, because honestly, I'm kind of tired of the whole thing, but I figure it was worth posting for those unaware of the toatality of it. Jorb does a good job summarizing it all. Note, this will be the last post on the topic, unless something else new and stupid happens.

I do want to clarify what goes up here on MATRIXSYNTH and why. Firstly this site is about the gear, not people. People can have whatever opinions they want. Secondly, this site does factor in how people including manufacturers treat each other. I post what I want to post, and after running this site for over 18 years, I've come to appreciate those who appreciate the site and what I do. Supporting members let me know they appreciate the site by supporting the site. Banner sponsors on the top and right of the site let me know they appreciate the site by sponsoring the site.

Behringer does not support or sponsor the site, and I am aware that they pose a significant and existential threat to some of my supporters and sponsors. So, why do I sometimes feature Behringer? Because this is a synth news site and is meant to be an archive of synth gear over time. I can't just ignore that. So what do I feature? I limit Behringer posts to new product announcements, significant news, and supporting member videos and content only. I skip everything else.

As for sponsors and supporting members, I share whatever they want me to share, within reason, as a thank you for supporting the site. As for non supporting members and sponsors, I share what I want to share. Some clarity on that: when I first launched the site in 2005 I posted everything anyone sent in and everything I came across. Everything was new. YouTube launched in 2005. This was the first time we were able to see people messing with their synths, and this site was the first to cover it. Eurorack and modular was in it's infancy back then and botique manufacturers had limited exposure, mainly on forums and email lists. I remember going to NAMM and someone working for one the manufacturers asked me if I thought eurorack would take off or was just a fad. It was that new. I thought it would take off, and it did. That said, it's no longer possible to post everything that goes up as it would just become too much noise in the end. I'm sure the amount I post daily is already noise to many. So, now I post what I want to post, and yes, how a manufacturer treats others is always factored in.

That said here are the two takes on Behringer. Where do you stand?

Let's Talk About Behringer.

video upload by Jorb

0:00 Intro
3:27 The Clones
10:17 Antagonism
19:52 Wasted Potential

LET'S TALK ABOUT BEHRINGER SYNTHESIZERS... AND JORB | THAT SYNTH SHOW EP.45

video upload by SYNTH SAMURAI

New Moog Mavis Semi-Modular Synth Coming in 4 Days?

[Update: full details, pics and demos here.]

Fuzzy thumbnail from the upcoming video below. I will put up a new post when it goes live if legit.

It this is real, it would be odd Moog didn't anounce and show it at NAMM.

I thought it might be the DFAM, Mother-32, or Subharmonicon but note the patch bay is on the left with lettering below. Even if you turned them upside down they wouldn't match. It's also considerably thinner and smaller. Maybe The form factor is more similar to the Werkstatt-01.

The Trademark was filed back on 2021-09-03 under:

"Electronic musical instruments; Electronic musical keyboards; Music synthesizers"


First Look: Moog Mavis semi-modular synthesizer

video upload by Marcus Schmahl

Goes live in 4 days. I will post it here on MATRIXSYNTH if legit.

"Unboxing, assembling and first sound check of the new Moog Mavis semi-modular synthesizer.
Sequencer: Torso Electronic T-1"

BOBEATS COMING TO SOUNDMIT 2019

Uploaded on Jul 18, 2019 BoBeats

Supporting MATRIXSYNTH Member BoBeats will be coming to SOUNDMIT 2019, a major synth event of the year held in Turin, Italy, November 2nd & 3rd. The event is on the scale of the SUPERBOOTH, and Knobcon (set for this weekend). Think NAMM or the Musikmesse, but focused on synths.

via SOUNDMIT:

"The Swedish influencer BoBeats arrives at Soundmit 2019 to discover all the musical instruments produced in Italy.

We learned about Bo from his videos and social media channels where he publishes reviews, opinions, and tutorials on the world of synths and musical instruments. With a following of over 50k followers on Youtube and with videos exceeding hundreds of thousands of views, it has become a reference point among fans and manufacturers of synthesizers and electronic musical instruments. Bo will be at the Soundmit on November 2nd and 3rd 2019 to meet the exhibitors, get to know our audience and make a series of videos that will be published on his channels. Get to know BoBeats at the Soundmit!"

You can find videos featuring BoBeats here on MATRIXSYNTH. His Soundmit videos will be featured here as well.

Haken Continuum Mini NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 30, 2019

"Haken has a new smaller version of the Continuum called the Continuum Mini that they were showing at NAMM 2019. Continuum controllers are MPE controllers with built in synthesizers, giving you expressive control over multiple notes at once.

Haken products available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/haken-..."

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Waldorf Kyra Synthesizer NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 30, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"The Waldorf Kyra Synthesizer was shown at NAMM 2019 and we got a chance to listen to some of the presets on it. The Kyra is a virtual analog synth with an impressive 128 voices, each with 10 oscillators, while being 8 part multitimbral.

Waldorf products available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/waldor..."

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Akai Force Sequencer, Sampler, Synthesizer NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 30, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"The Akai Force is a standalone music production tool that can be played with pressure sensitive pads in a pad per sample or single sample at different notes configuration. The pads can also be used to edit step sequences and launch clips. The Force works with loops and samples as well as having built in synthesizers and effects.

Force available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/akai-f..."

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4MS & Tiptop Audio Post NAMM Demo + Q&A

Scheduled for Jan 28, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"4MS and Tiptop Audio will be in town for NAMM and are doing an in store demo and question and answer session at our Burbank CA showroom."

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Vintage Moog Modular Synthesizer NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 28, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"The Moog Foundation (https://moogfoundation.org) brought this beautiful and gigantic vintage Moog modular synthesizer to NAMM and played a keyboard solo on it for us.

New Moog products available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/moog?u..."

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2hp Cat Module NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 28, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"2hp's Cat eurorack module generates all kinds of cat noises that can be CV controlled and triggered by gates. Meow!

2hp modules available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/2hp?ut..."

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Bitwig 3 Grid Modular Synthesizer NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 28, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Bitwig was at NAMM showing off version 3 of their DAW which has a new modular environment built in called Grid in which you can build mono or polyphonic synths or effects. This patch uses not just the software modules but is integrated with the hardware eurorack modular to the right of the computer.

Bitwig available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/bitwig..."

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Radikal Technologies Delta Cep A Semi-Modular Synth NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 26, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Radikal Technologies had their Delta Cep A semi-modular synthesizer at NAMM 2019. It has a swarm oscillator and multimode filter as well as a delay.

Delta Cep A available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/radika..."

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Strymon Volante Delay Pedal With DFAM NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 26, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Strymon Volante is Strymon's new delay pedal with three different magnetic delay models including one drum delay and two tape delays. I has four tape heads with continuously variable spacing and a built in spring reverb emulation. We ran a Moog DFAM through the Volante at NAMM and it makes the DFAM sound massive.

Strymon Volante available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/strymo..."

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Teenage Engineering 400 Modular Synth NAMM 2019 [Direct Audio Demo]

Published on Jan 25, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Teenage Engineering designed a series of modular synthesizers including this 400 model which is bright yellow. The prices are very affordable on these synths, but they still sound like quality instruments and feel well put together (after you put them together yourself).

Teenage Engineering products available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/teenag..."

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Korg Volca Drum Drum Machine NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 25, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Korg has a new drum machine at NAMM 2019, the Volca Drum which has 6 voices which can each be sent to a waveguide resonator which has two modes. The waveguide resonator is a physical modeling algorithm which is similar to a short delay line and has a tube emulating mode as well as a string emulating mode. The Volca Drum also has some upgrades to the sequencer over the previous Volcas.

Volca Drum Available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/korg-v..."

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Arturia MicroFreak Touch Synth NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 25, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Arturia has a new synth with a touch keyboard and 4 voice digital oscillator made with Mutable Instruments Plaits open source code which is then run through an analog filter. The sequencer has spice and dice modifiers and randomizers and there are parameter automation recording lanes in the sequencer.

Arturia Products available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/arturi..."

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Elektron Model:Samples NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 25, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Elektron's NAMM 2019 booth is covered in aluminum foil and mirrors, and has the new Model:Samples strewn about it. We made a quick video with this one that had a bunch of awesome stickers on it.

Model:Samples available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/elektr..."

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2hp Bell, Sine & Grain NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 25, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"2hp has four new modules for NAMM 2019. Bell is a physical modeling bell sound that is the sound source for the first half of this video, then it is switched to sine which is a sine VCO with built in wave-folder and sub-oscillator output. These modules are run through Grain in the video, which is a granular synthesis processor module. 2hp also has a new module called DC which generates DC offsets which is a useful utility module.

2hp modules available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/2hp?ut..."

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Qu-Bit Bloom, Prism & Chord 2 NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 25, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Qu-Bit Electronix has three new modules at NAMM 2019. The Bloom, a fractal sequencer, an updated and smaller version of the Chord, Chord 2, and Prism a stereo effect unit that has multiple DSP based effects mapped to a 3D space, with some interesting time based effect sounds.

Qu-Bit modules available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/qu-bit..."

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Verbos Mini Horse & Control Voltage Processor NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 24, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Verbos Electronics has two new modules at NAMM 2019, the mini horse, a touch keyboard with gate, cv, pressure and position outputs with 12 touch strips. The other module is the Control Voltage Processor which has voltage utilities as well as a slew generator/envelope that has unique features.

Verbos modules available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/verbos..."

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Noise Engineering Cursus Iteritas Percido & Terci Ruina NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 24, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Noise Engineering have four new modules at NAMM 2019, Cursus Iteritas Percido, a Cursus Iteritas oscillator with built in envelope that can modulate parameters of the oscillator to create tons of percussion sounds, Terci Ruina a distortion module which the Cursus Iteritas Percido is run through for this video. They also have a new clock divider the Fractio Solum, and a LPG/envelope Sinc Bucina.

Noise Engineering modules available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/noise-..."

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