From Giles Ward Sent Sat, Feb 10th 2018, 01:26
From Giles Ward Sent Sat, Feb 10th 2018, 01:26
This is a prototype that they've sent to him. Uli Behringer said on Gearslutz that they're still deciding if it will be an actual product. On 09/02/2018 23:58, Steven Clements wrote: > has it hit the stores yet? > > * > Steven*** > > On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 3:40 PM, Giles Ward <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>> wrote: > > Hmm! > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2oumeL_-4 > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2oumeL_-4> > > On 09/02/2018 22:31, Michael Taylor wrote: > > This is going to sell to indie rock kids. > > It will sell for the same reason the microkorg sold in the 00's. > > All our synth gobbledygook only really matters to synth people. > You really don't need my in the way of synthesis to play > strings, chords, and melodies in a five piece rock band. > > On Feb 9, 2018 5:20 PM, "Mike SynMike" <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> <mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>>> wrote: > > On Feb 9, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Marshall Craig > <xxxxxx@xx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxx@xx.xxx> > <mailto:xxxxxx@xx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxx@xx.xxx>>> wrote: > Question- why have a string machine, when you can have an > analog(-ish) poly? Weren’t string machines a sort of > stop-gap 70’s > poly, and faded when real polysynths became available? > > > String machines sound different from synthesizers because > of the top > octave generator and divide down and the chorus circuits. A > synthesizer can close to the sound sound, but it’s not exact. A > synthesizer is far more versatile, so better for most > people. But if > you want “that” sound, you need a string machine. > > That said, I don’t expect this Behringer to be successful. > I think > the guys who play string machines choose them at least in part > because they are old, ugly fake wood, limited, quirky, > brand names > that nobody but synth geeks recognize, and there is no way > the guy > down the street has the same one as you. > > Also, these days I prefer /no/ keyboard and at least 8 > voices. I > already have some nice 76-key controllers. > > > I understand the choice for no keys. But if it has keys, > then it > should have enough keys to let the instrument do the job > properly. > > For you, it sounds like 76 keys is a good number. I like 61 for > polysynths; With split keyboard 76 might be better but I’m > willing > to live with 61 for portability sake. A vocoder with 4 > octaves is > okay. A monosynth with 3 octaves is okay. But the synth > industry is > chasing the customer. Customers seem to be voting with > their dollars > with bigger numbers buying the cheapest stuff out there. So > one way > to lower price is to cut an octave off. > > This Behringer needs 4 octaves like the Roland it copies. The 3 > octaves is way too limited for using the Split keyboard > function; > The lower side is only 1 octave. > > > On Feb 9, 2018, at 11:34 AM, Mike SynMike > <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> > <mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>>> wrote: > > I’m intrigued to try it. > > Unfortunately, many of the new synths coming out > these days that > interest me have 1 less octave than I want. > That should have 4 octaves instead of 3. > The Deepmind 12, OB6 and Prophet 6, System-8 and > JD-XA, should > all be 5 octaves instead of 4. > The race to the bottom continues. > > The number of 4 voice synths bothers me too. In the > 80s the synth > industry kind of settled on the idea that a > polysynth needs at > least 6 voices. > > > On Feb 9, 2018, at 5:13 AM, Kenny Balys > <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> > <mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx>>> wrote: > > > First analogue stringer since the Hohner String > Performer in 1981! > (as far as I know) > > https://i1.wp.com/www.synthtopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/behringer-string-synth-vocoder.jpg > <https://i1.wp.com/www.synthtopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/behringer-string-synth-vocoder.jpg> > > <https://i1.wp.com/www.synthtopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/behringer-string-synth-vocoder.jpg > <https://i1.wp.com/www.synthtopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/behringer-string-synth-vocoder.jpg>> > > > > > >