RE: [AH] Behringer Pro 1

From Peter Forrest
Sent Wed, Oct 17th 2018, 17:36

Fair enough - we're pretty lucky to have so many options.

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From: Giles Ward [mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]=20
Sent: 17 October 2018 18:35
To: 'Analogue Heaven'
Subject: Re: [AH] Behringer Pro 1

I wouldn't want an original though.  A big box with a crappy keyboard=20
and no MIDI.  The Boog format is a great size.  Small enough to fit in=20
but not so small that you need tweezers to use it.

On 17/10/2018 18:20, Peter Forrest wrote:
> $299 ..... and people are selling real ones for $1400-plus.  Part of =
me thinks that vintage prices will crash... but if you look at the =
electric guitar world it maybe tells a different story.  When far =
eastern copies started appearing at 1/5 of the price (or 1/10th) and =
then Fender etc started doing look-alike 'relic' re-issues, it didn't do =
much to lower the price of the real old original stuff.
> And Uli's copies aren't visually the same either, unlike many of the =
guitars.
> So all-in-all it's probably the best of both worlds - originals to =
cherish & keep at home & record with, Ulis to buy and gig with.
> (and of course there's the added bonus that using the Uli copies, =
having useful things like patch points, MIDI etc., isn't going to wreck =
the originals' er... originality.)
> And in the long run, people who use the copies will one day, if they =
get to a stage when they can afford it, often want an original.
> Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giles Ward [mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]
> Sent: 17 October 2018 16:54
> To: Analogue Heaven
> Subject: [AH] Behringer Pro 1
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>   From the desk of Uli Behringer:
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> Here is a quick update.
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> We have just approved the final pre-production sample and are now
> gearing up for mass production. As you will notice, we have added =
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> a few more patch points as well as other features.
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> I am quite excited about this synth as it turned out really well :-)
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> We're targeting a MAP price of US$ 299.
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> Uli
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> Photos:
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https://www.gearslutz.com/board/showpost.php?p=3D13575915&postcount=3D109=
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