Look at Arturia’s Minibrute-another company that debuted an analog hardware synth as their first dipping of their toes into the musical instrument hardware water. For a cheaper analog alternative today, outside of the mini keys Korg ‘minilogue? Not much out there.)Īnd for this to be your company’s first foray into synthesizers? This can be tricky ground.
Korg poly 800 encyclotronic full#
A full on analog polyphonic synthesizer? ( these hadn’t really existed new anymore until the DSI Prophet 08 was released a decade ago.–I’m ignoring the Andromeda, no one could afford that-More expensive analog polys today trend towards $2,500. And it has never failed) But Behringer has a reputation in some circles for gear that is only borderline acceptable. (ps: this mixer I gig with regularly: throw it in a milk crate uncased, throw it onstage and throw it back in the crate. I have had several Behringer pedals (meh) and mixers in the past, and still use a mixer nearly two decades later. Many will be surprised to hear that the Behringer is surprisingly solid.įirst off, I am not one of those Behringer huge fans or one of the ‘haters’. Quick revisions of the OS (currently 1.1.2) have cleared up many of the quirks. Another oscillator, arpeggiator, and most importantly, onboard high quality effects. But it needed to be noted that this wasn’t a Juno 106 clone, it was a lot more. When it hit the shelves in January 2017, it was buggy. I want no part of it” was a comment seen in many guises over and over. Many online judged it and poured out missives without hearing a single note-“It’s a Behringer, it’s going to suck. So let’s first look at what happened in the major synth forums: Behringer lit up the synthesizer boards online with news that they had planned to clone the Juno 106 in August 2016. Is this kind of judgement worthy or overblown hyperbole? Let’s take a look at this beast. It has polarized the synth community in opinion like no synth before ever has. News then filtered out that it was to be manufactured in China-well this sealed it for many who verbally dug their heels in and posted final judgements without ever touching one in real life. The rumor that it was going to be a remake of the iconic Roland Juno 106 caused endless debates of skepticism. Known by some for their borderline patent infringement copies of some famous gear and questionable quality control, people had this thing written off before a prototype version had even hit the streets. Much of this hand wringing has to do with the brand name on the case, Behringer. Not the Moog Voyager, not Korg’s Arp Odyssey, not the Little Phatty. I don’t think more ink has been spilled over a synthesizer either before or after release than the Behringer Deepmind 12. How does this thing SOUND? The lowdown on the Behringer Deepmind 12 ( Note: this was written after seven days of playing this) : This review is written for people who have seen a ton of analog synthesizers in their past.