From Peter Forrest Sent Wed, Oct 17th 2018, 17:36
Fair enough - we're pretty lucky to have so many options. -----Original Message----- 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 $1400-plus. Part of = me thinks that vintage prices will crash... but if you look at the = electric guitar world it maybe tells a different story. When far = eastern copies started appearing at 1/5 of the price (or 1/10th) and = then Fender etc started doing look-alike 'relic' re-issues, it didn't do = much to lower the price of the real old original stuff. > And Uli's copies aren't visually the same either, unlike many of the = guitars. > So all-in-all it's probably the best of both worlds - originals to = cherish & keep at home & record with, Ulis to buy and gig with. > (and of course there's the added bonus that using the Uli copies, = having useful things like patch points, MIDI etc., isn't going to wreck = the originals' er... originality.) > And in the long run, people who use the copies will one day, if they = get to a stage when they can afford it, often want an original. > Peter >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Giles Ward [mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx] > Sent: 17 October 2018 16:54 > To: Analogue Heaven > Subject: [AH] Behringer Pro 1 >=20 > From the desk of Uli Behringer: >=20 >=20 > Here is a quick update. >=20 > We have just approved the final pre-production sample and are now > gearing up for mass production. As you will notice, we have added = quite > a few more patch points as well as other features. >=20 > I am quite excited about this synth as it turned out really well :-) >=20 > We're targeting a MAP price of US$ 299. >=20 > Uli >=20 > - >=20 > Photos: >=20 > = https://www.gearslutz.com/board/showpost.php?p=3D13575915&postcount=3D109= 8 >=20 >=20