All the synths Behringer is definitely on a mission at the moment to bombard us with everything they’re working on. A fair amount of criticism has been levelled at Behringer for creating all this fervour but without actually having a product to bring to market (it’s the lack of chips – we know about the chips). It has responded with photos of more synths in production and an assurance that every single one will be delivered. Today Behringer shared a photo or two of the previously revealed MS-5 clone of the Roland SH-5. It looks fantastic, what else can you say?
Behringer MS-5 Yesterday the company broke more hearts with this photo of the long-awaited and not quite ready UB-Xa. Behringer UB-Xa BCR32 update There’s been much speculation over the proposed update to the BCR2000 MIDI controller, announced as the BCR32 Controller and “Zaquencer” with a built-in sequencer. Behringer shared a couple of photos of the prototype and talked about the firmware development being done by their German team.
Behringer BCR32 Mini Synth tweaking In response to the many many comments on their Facebook page on their slew of mini synths Behringer started crowd-sourcing opinion on some changes. The first thing that changed was the replacement of the MicroUSB port with the more popular and robust USB-C. Then the names have been changed from the slightly cringy “Soul” and “Spirit” to the much more straightforward “Mini” for the larger Pro-VS and Saturn sized mini synths, and “Micro” for the JP-4000 and UB-1 smaller sized mini synths. They’ve also been gathering opinions on the key bed colour. Behringer Mini Synth updates Behringer Mini Synth updates – not properly sized for comparison While this level of community interaction is awesome and it’s a great way to gauge opinion and make crowd-pleasing changes I’m not sure that something designed by committee is ever going to innovate or push any boundaries. But this is about having all the synths, so I imagine that innovation and design flair are not particularly important. Behringer just needs the chips. I’m sure there’s plenty more to come and you can count on finding my honest thoughts and opinions expressed here on Gearnews.com. |
