Maybe Behringer Will Finally Do It.

[tim gueguen]

The brand everyone loves to hate is hinting they might be going to make a synth.

[Bitexion]

More like us too, us too
Soon Volvo will start making synthesizers too.

[Rokk]

I don't care if it's behringer. I've had some of their gear that worked just fine. And what they are doing lately is pretty cool. I believe they have all the potential to make a good synth. I hope they will pull out the best out of this survey.
Maybe they WILL make a modern analog sub $1000 poly so many of us is waiting for. Who knows. I know some will have to get pass the idea of having behringer written on a synth, but what the h**l....why not?

[Walter Ego]

If Alesis and Akai can make synths, why not another recording/audio processing company?

Other companies have done it too. Casio was a watch and calculator manufacturer. Still is. Technics is a home audio maker, and they made a mono in the late 70s and a couple of innovative digital synths in the 90s.

It would make sense that a company that already deals in electronics would have much of the production resources in place to make electronic instruments.

Now for the fun part...what will they name it?

The Behringer Frustratatron? The Phailophonic? (7.5 note polyphony--if you're lucky)

[Cumulus]

If Alesis and Akai can make synths, why not another recording/audio processing company?

Other companies have done it too. Casio was a watch and calculator manufacturer. Still is. Technics is a home audio maker, and they made a mono in the late 70s and a couple of innovative digital synths in the 90s.

It would make sense that a company that already deals in electronics would have much of the production resources in place to make electronic instruments.

Now for the fun part...what will they name it?

The Behringer Frustratatron? The Phailophonic? (7.5 note polyphony--if you're lucky)

Actually, it will be only 5 note polyphony but the sound will be fat and thick with a very long release time.

[ppg_wavecomputer]

More like us too, us too
Soon Volvo will start making synthesizers too.

Great, I'll have a V70R Mk. 1, please.

Dear Mr. Behringer,

if you can read this, please make a new rendition of the Hartmann Neuron which actually works. You can call it whatever you please, but please make it a working one.

Thank you. Big hug,

Stephen.

[corndogssg]

lol, "one light up key, cowbell sound"

[ninja6485]

I project they will probably make a fairly lush sounding DCO synth on account of some inevitable oscillator drift. Will it stay in tune? Behringer DCOs= who knows. I suspect it would have tons of features, tons of knobs (although most of them will loose the end caps and feel sketchy), a s**t load of polyphony (maybe not the richest, creamiest sounds despite the drift), and no doubt extras like a sequencer, multiple outs, etc. Get the warranty, even if that bumps the price up to $450.

[tim gueguen]

An obvious question is why it took them this long to get around to the idea.

[calaverasgrande]

I don't care if it's behringer. I've had some of their gear that worked just fine. And what they are doing lately is pretty cool. I believe they have all the potential to make a good synth. I hope they will pull out the best out of this survey.
Maybe they WILL make a modern analog sub $1000 poly so many of us is waiting for. Who knows. I know some will have to get pass the idea of having behringer written on a synth, but what the h**l....why not?

I own a Realistic MG1. I got no problems with the brand name for 'looks'. If anything I've always kind of got off on rocking the c**p out of cheap gear, especially when opening for dad rock bands with salaryman priced gear.

I think the big question is whether it will be a blatant copy of a Roland or just look like one.

I'm also already wondering, now that analog synths are on the verge of jumping the shark, what is the next revival?
Wavetable is starting to show up in more modular versions. It might be interesting to see some more advanced wavetable polysynths now that memory and processing are much more plentiful. (and has analog multimode filters!).

[meatballfulton]

now that analog synths are on the verge of jumping the shark, what is the next revival?

Hardware samplers

[calaverasgrande]

now that analog synths are on the verge of jumping the shark, what is the next revival?

Hardware samplers

maybe we can finally get some decent resolution.
Or what would be more hilarious, CV/Gate controlled samplers.
Shoot now that I've said it, I'm positive it must already exist in Eurorack.

[Bitexion]

Behringer presents: The Woopiter-8

[Stab Frenzy]

now that analog synths are on the verge of jumping the shark, what is the next revival?

Hardware samplers

maybe we can finally get some decent resolution.
Or what would be more hilarious, CV/Gate controlled samplers.
Shoot now that I've said it, I'm positive it must already exist in Eurorack.

There's quite a few samplers available in Euro and have been for some time. The ADDAC and Doepfer ones spring to mind.

As for there being a hardware sampler revival, me and my octatrack are just gonna sit over here in the corner until it all blows over.

[commodorejohn]

I'm also already wondering, now that analog synths are on the verge of jumping the shark, what is the next revival?

I'd like to see some real digital synthesizers again, rather than just generic sample-munging workstations and elaborate but underwhelming imitations of analog synths. Give me something like the DX7 that creates sounds in a way that analog can't do or has trouble with, or something like the D-50 that uses some of the basic ideas of analog synthesis but achieves a completely different kind of sound with it.