01-The Behringer VC340 Vocoder-Part 1-Series Theme

Published on Sep 28, 2019 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is most of the music created for the Behringer VC340 demonstrative series. All vocoding was created with the VC340 (with the VC340 primarily, but a couple of instances of other synths connected to the external input). All string and human voice sounds are the VC340. The bass was recorded on a Behringer D. The drums were sequenced on a Korg Triton LE."

(I Find Myself) At a Loss for Words

Published on Jun 16, 2019 Trent P. McDonald

"A quick demo of the Behringer VC340 - all sounds were created with or through the VC340 - a few sounds used the Behringer Model D (aka "Boog") as the "instrument in" for the vocoder - bass lines at the beginning, whisper voice, "percussion", lead line, etc. All other sounds just the VC340, though, of course, manipulated with my voice via the vocoder. This is in 4 main section, the last having lyrics (sung through vocoder). Images with microphone are mine, the other is from the Behringer website. The phrase 'at a loss for words' is a joke since nobody seems to know what to say when confronted with a vocoder ;) 'This is a vocoder!' is a common test ;)"

first vc340 vocoder test

Published on Jun 10, 2019 Trent P. McDonald

"I received the Behringer VC340 this morning and did a real quick, down and dirty test of the Vocoder. Nothing too fancy - I was holding the mic with my left had because I didn't have a mic stand close! So I had a hard time playing, but... The image is from the Behringer website and I don't claim ownership of the image."

Behringer VC340 Vocoder USER REVIEW Synthesizer

Published on May 4, 2019 gstormelectro

"Audio and Video by G-Storm Electro c. 2019

Today I am giving a user review of the new Behringer VC340.
The VC340 is billed as a complete reproduction of the Roland VP-330 all-analog circuitry.
I have some experience having owned an original VP-330 MK1.
And previously reviewed the Roland Boutique VP-03 [posted here] which had an Achilles heel IMHO.
How does the VC340 measure up?

0:00 What is the Vocoder VC340
1:07 Build Quality
2:50 Sound & Features
9:10 Summary of Final Thoughts

Recorded direct to Tascam DR-05.
No other effects nor processing of any kind."

Behringer VC340 Midnight Phaser Experience VP-330 Vocoder Analog Synthesizer Rik Marston

Published on Jun 16, 2019 Rik Marston Official

#behringervc340 #rolandvp330plus #analogsynthesizer
"Behringer VC340 Midnight Phaser Experience"
Synthesizer Demo by Rik Marston
***Watch in HD!!*** ***Turn it UP!!*** ***No Talking!!!***

Behringer VC340 (Roland VP-330 Plus CLONE)
Vocoder, Human Voice & String Synthesizer!!
This video is a request from an awesome subscriber,
I demoed the VC340 thru some Phaser FX
Wet 40% Freq 23% and some sweet Reverb 18%
Recorded into Ableton LIVE with Phaser & Reverb FX! ;)

Thank you for watching!

Behringer VC340 Vocoder analog synthesizer, impressions and sounds of this beatiful synth

Published on Aug 2, 2019 Expanding Sound

"After being on a preorder list for months, my Behringer VC340 finally came in the mail! I was very excited to get it out of the box and start fiddling away with the sounds. This is from my first hour or so with the VC340, I think it sounds fantastic. It has some weight to it. It feels very well made, which I think is a contrast to the Deepmind 12. While I liked the sounds of the Deepmind 12, I think this VC340 has a superior build quality. I would gig with it with no stress.
This is just a few minutes of sounds and tweaks of all sections of this beautiful new vocoder synthesizer! The nostalgia flows right out of this board, and its inspiring to write new music with. Hope you enjoy! what do you think of the sound?"

Aerated Distortion: synth track criada com Moog Sub 37 e MPC One

video upload by Marcus Padrini

"Durante a pandemia, registrei algumas ideias com setup alternativo. Agora, aos poucos, vou transferindo as faixas para o setup principal. É o caso da faixa Aerated Distortion, criada a partir de um preset do Dave Smith Tetra, com uma sequência do Arturia Keystep pro, strings do Behringer VC340 e lead do Moog Sub 37. De todos eles, somente o Sub 37 permanece no setup.

O Tetra e o VC340 foram substituídos aqui pelo MPC One e seus instrumentos virtuais. Recriei o timbre do Tetra utilizando o Jura (juno 106) e os strings com o Solina do MPC. Incluí um baixo do ARP Odyssey (também do MPC) e mantive o mesmo patch de lead do Sub 37. Tudo sequenciado no MPC One.

During the pandemic, I recorded some ideas with an alternative setup. Now, little by little, I'm transferring the tracks to the main setup. This is the case with the track Aerated Distortion, created from a Dave Smith Tetra preset, with a sequence from Arturia Keystep pro, strings from the Behringer VC340 and lead from the Moog Sub 37. Of all of them, only the Sub 37 remains in the setup.

The Tetra and VC340 have been replaced here by the MPC One and its virtual instruments. I recreated the Tetra timbre using Jura (juno 106) and the strings with Solina from MPC. I included a bass from the ARP Odyssey (also from MPC) and kept the same lead patch from the Sub 37. All sequenced in MPC One."

Behringer VC340 - Part 2 (Walkthrough)

Published on Feb 14, 2018 MrFirechild

"Here is a walkthrough of the Behringer VC340 prototype. A clone of the legendary Roland VP-330 Choir/Strings/Vocoder machine. We start with the Human Voice section and the Strings section and of course we compare the VC340 sound with VP-330 clips as well. The walkthrough completes with some unearthly beautiful singing through the Vocoder section! No multitracking and no additional effects are used in this video. Just the naked truth. Enjoy! Produced and performed by www.firechild.se"

Behringer VC340

An Update on the Upcoming VC340 from Behringer

via Behringer off of one of the forums:

[P.S. you can find a demo of the prototype by MrFirechild here.]

"I like to discuss the status of the VC340 with you and appreciate your feedback.

As we have often explained to you, our pricing model is defined by a straightforward "bottom up" calculation, which means we multiply our manufacturing cost by a factor of approximately 3 in order to arrive at the US MAP (Minimum Advertised Price).
This will allow us to pay for our development and manufacturing cost but also enable distributors and retailers to distribute the product to you and equally pay for their staff.

In terms of the Vocoder VC340 we are struggling a bit. This is a pretty exotic synthesizer and many people told us that we're totally crazy to invest so much time and effort to bring it back to life.
People who are familiar with technology understand that this is a very complex analog product as it contains over 3,000 components of specified with very low tolerances.

While we have not decided to actually manufacture the product, I personally like to bring it back as it's such a beautiful instrument. In fact it's a synthesizer I feel very sentimental about as it was one of those synths I always wanted but could not afford when I was a kid!

Now here's where we are:

1.) If our order book covers at least 1,000 units, it would allow us to sell the VC340 for US$ MAP 999.99.
2.) If we can collect orders for more than 5,000 units, we could actually lower the price to US$ 799,99.
3.) If we cannot gather at least orders for 1,000 units, we unfortunately would have to abandon the project as we would loose too much money. In this case I have at least my own prototype:-).

Please share with us your level of interest. Thanks for your help - I truly hope we can make this happen:-)

Uli"

Behringer VC340 No-Ensemble Strings thru Nyle Steiner String Filter - Mark Steiner

Published on Aug 18, 2019 Mark Steiner

"Pure VC340 Saw sound (mod bypasses Ensemble BBD's) through a Nyle Steiner String Filter and then through Valhalla Shimmer. Incredible power here with the 'full' polyphony (all 5 octaves of notes can sound at one time if enough fingers are available) of the VC340.

At one point, the Shimmer is dropped and the sound goes through Valhalla Delay (another amazing plugin). Then near the end we hear the VC340 through the Steiner String Filter with no reverb or delay.

It is way, extremely long. But fun. This is the whole session. So quite archival but jump around and try out some sections.

I adjust the Steiner filter occasionally and a few times put it into it's own LFO mode. It gets a great formant filter sound as it uses 24 band pass filters in parallel. Nyle made about 12 of these.

He developed this while doing the sound track for Apocalypse Now.

One of the synthesists in the synth orchestra used a Moog String Filter and Nyle thought about how he could do a string filter with a more simple circuit and for far less expense.


The one in this recording and image seen is the prototype."

You can find previous posts featuring the Steiner String Filter here.

06-The Behringer VC340 Vocoder-Part 6-The Vocoder

Published on Oct 24, 2019 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the vocoder present in the Behringer VC340.

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The theme was created primarily with the Behringer Vocoder VC340. The bass was performed on a Behringer D. The drums were sequenced on a Korg Triton LE."

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New Behringer VC340 Demo by MrFirechild

Published on Feb 9, 2018 MrFirechild

"Behringer VC340 is a clone of the legendary Roland VP-330 Vocoder,Choir and String machine from the late 70s. This VC340 unit is a prototype but fully functional and the sound is to die for! Composed and produced by www.firechild.se"

Behringer's VC340 Vocoder String Synthesizer Goes Into Production Priced at $999 or Less

The two images to the left say quite a bit. While Roland is making mini boutique software based emulations of their classic synths, Behringer is making full blown analog clones, for cheap. That robot kind of reminds me of Behringer with a "don't kill me" smile (I don't think that image is from them BTW).

Amazona.de is reporting that the upcoming Roland VP-330 clone from Behriger, the VC340, is going into production. You can find the post in German here.

Google translated from that post:

"Just talked to Pete Sadler and also received a written message from Uli personally 'We will do the thing'.

There is still no fixed release date, but yes, the thing goes into production. The poll numbers therefore looked very positive. Thus, the targeted VK somewhere somewhere between 700, - and 1,000, - USD would be. So we are curious."

Regarding the price, see this previous post.

Click here for video demos of the prototype Behringer VC340.

Salvation Session # Dubtechno Jam

Published on Nov 11, 2019 VØSNE

(Tempest DrumImpact VC340 SpaceEcho Prophet6 Perfourmer Strymon..)

#vøsne #ThomasCarmody #Khlev #spclnch
Thomas Carmody & Khlev - Save Me (incl Vosne remix)
Released on Spclnch 2019
https://spclnch.bandcamp.com/album/sa...

"Dubtechno session played live & recorded reel to reel, using revox b77, roland space echo re-201, Arturia DrumImpact, Behringer VC340, Sequential dsi Prophet 6, DSI Tempest, Prophet 12, vermona perfourmer mkII, elektron octatrack & Analog Rhythm, Strymon Bigsky & Timeline, Jomox T-Resonator II, livid cntrl-r, Ableton live for samples.
All the synth on the stand are going thru the mackie mixer. All the synth are midi slaves and sequenced by the Octatrack. DrumImpact patern is going thru VC340 vocoder (sequenced by OT) + Jomox T-Resonator II. To fade in or out a synth, i use the cutoff filter mostly and when the sound is almost vanished, i shut down the sequenced midi channel on the Octatrack. On the Mackie mixer are coming external auxilliar fx like Space echo, Time line & Bigsky. Each channel/synth can get the proper amount of fx i want at anytime. Also i root 3 output channels from the Tempest to the Mackie : 1 stereo & 1 mono. I can use the send fx on those channels (usually stereo is for tempest synth and mono for rhythm elements). The Mackie stereo output is going to the soundcard Input channel. Midi Clock is from SND Acme-4. Concerning Ableton, i control the mix, the send fx & mute with livid cntrl-r. I play samples (Voice & Chords from the original track)


I hope you will enjoy this one too !"

Behringer VC340 Strings Human Voice Vocoder VP-330 Plus Analog Synthesizer Rik Marston

Published on Jun 14, 2019 Rik Marston Official

#behringervc340 #rolandvp330plus #analogsynthesizer
"Behringer VC340 Strings & Human Voice"
Synthesizer Demo by Rik Marston
***Watch in HD!!*** ***Turn it UP!!*** ***No Talking!!!***

Behringer VC340 (Roland VP-330 Plus CLONE)
Vocoder, Human Voice & String Synthesizer!!
Right out of the box with 20 minutes warm up time.
I demo Strings & Human Voice in this video demo.

Recorded into Ableton LIVE with Reverb FX! ;)

Thank you for watching!

GEOSynths - Synth Show Reviews - Behringer VC340 Vocoder and String Machine

Published on Apr 23, 2019 GEOSynths

"Here's my Review of the Behringer VC340 Vocoder - Choir - String Synth.

I grew up hearing the Sound of String Synths and have always loved the "rough" texture of them, the chorusing etc Now that Behringer have released the VC340, I had to get one, so off I went to pick one up."

05-The Behringer VC340 Vocoder-Part 5- The Human Voice Part B

Published on Oct 10, 2019 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is part two of a two-part demonstration of the sound and functionality of the Human Voice present on the Behringer VC340."

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Superbooth 2018 Day One - Behringer VC340

Published on May 4, 2018 Animato Audio

"Behringer brings back the vocoder classic in their VC340 product released at Superbooth 2018. Thanks to Erik for the awesome demo despite the various technical difficulties encountered :)"

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New Behringer VC340 Vocoder Production Pics

Back in September we heard the upcoming Behringer VC340 (Roland VP-330 clone) was going into pre-production with a targeted MSRP of $999. Uli Behringer shared a few more pics with the following:

"We're excited to announce that the VC340 Vocoder is now in pre-production. It's all looking good and we're confident to soon switch to full production.

That's one great sounding vocoder!

Uli"

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Behringer VC340 and Roland VP-03 together - Combining the analog and digital synthesizer vocoder

Published on Nov 2, 2019 Expanding Sound

"I've seen quite a few videos comparing these two units. For my money they both sound great and each have useful qualities. The VC340 is analog and has a rich warm sound with a full size key bed and great build quality. The VP-03 has it's portability, sequencing ability and built in audio interface as features that stand apart from its remake counterpart.

I wondered, instead of pitting them against each other, like others have, how do they sound together? They are so similar in tone that using them together just adds more fullness to the sound. The only difficult aspect to navigate was using a microphone. I decided to run a mic into a mixer and split it into both units. The result is a little airy as the mixer isn't the best quality, but with the strings and voice patches you can really hear how great the two sound added together. I was going to sell my VP-03 after I got the VC340. Now, I'm not so sure!"

03-The Behringer VC340 Vocoder-Part 3- Strings Part 2

Published on Oct 4, 2019 AutomaticGainsay

"The theme was created primarily with the Behringer Vocoder VC340. The bass was performed on a Behringer D. The drums were sequenced on a Korg Triton LE."

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