In the video, David Hilowitz takes a look at the new Moog Mavis and uses it to introduce the basic concepts of subtractive synthesis.
The concepts covered apply to essentially any vintage analog synthesizer.
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The UB-1, an Oberheim-inspired dual-oscillator paraphonic monophonic minisynth.
“ We’re just warming up”: Behringer launches $49 Oberheim-style UB-1 mini synth and hints at more to come.
Perhaps, you thought that Behringer’s synth launch deluge was done, think again, as it’s just announced yet another new mini synth, the UB-1. What’s more, in a further post, it says that it is “just warming up,” indicating that there could be more new products to come
Similar to Oberheim colours, the UB-1 is a portable analogue instrument that’s based on the 3396/3397 chip design found in that company’s Matrix synths. It features two DCOs, a 4-pole filter, VCF and VCA envelopes and two LFOs.
Other features include a touch-sensitive keyboard, an arpeggiator, 32 presets, an OLED display and USB/MIDI support.
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The Behringer UB-1 mini synth estimated price is $49, with availability to be announce once the chip available.
Behringer has introduced the Toro, a new bass synthesizer that they describe as “an authentic recreation of the legendary Moog Taurus Revision 1”, but without the foot pedals.
In addition to copying the Taurus design, the new Behringer synth uses a knockoff name and logo.
The Toro is scaled down to fit into Eurorack format and can be removed from its case for rackmounting as part of a larger system.
The synth is a dual-VCO VCF VCA design, with envelopes for filter cutoff and volume. The synth also features four preset sounds (Tuba, Bass, ‘Toro’ and Variable), like the original.
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Behringer has not shared any audio demos at the time. Here’s an example of an original Moog Taurus 1 in action:
Behringer says that the Toro synthesizer is fully developed, but production is waiting on chip availability. The price that they are targeting is $199.
