Behringer has announced that the Edge – a hot pink knockoff of the Moog DFAM semi-modular drum synth – is now “in production and ready to ship.”
The Behringer Edge follows the precedent of their Crave synth, recreating a popular Moog Eurorack format synth as an inexpensive desktop module.
Edge is a semi-modular percussion synth. Like its inspiration, it features dual VCO’s with pulse and triangle waves, oscillator sync and FM, to let you create a variety of percussive sounds.
In addition, it clones the DFAM’s dual-row 8-step sequencer, so you can control two aspects of the drum synth’s voice on each step.
Details are to come, but Behringer says that the Edge is ready to ship and they’ve previously said that they are targeting a $219 price.
Bernd Bruening, aka The Synth King, shared this sneak preview of the upcoming Behringer UB-Xa, a knockoff of the classic Oberheim OB-Xa.
What Bruening say about his audio demo:
“This video showcases a complete song I’ve composed and produced with sounds exclusively from the Behringer UB-Xa (except drums).
The opening bass line was made with the built in step sequencer running in sync to the DAW. I’ve used a single reverb and two delay plugins for this track. There is no EQing or dynamic processing involved. All sounds were recorded directly into the audio interface.”
While they have not announced a released date, Behringer says that the UB-Xa, originally introduced in 2018, is moving into production:
“The UB-Xa is one of our most complex products we have ever designed in our 35 years of history. 15 engineers worked over 4 years, delivering 8 hardware revisions and countless firmware upgrades, while co-innovating with 20 beta testers who all own the original OB-Xa synth. Our objective was to spend as much time and resources it takes and only release it when it is perfect.
The UB-Xa is now completed and we’re ramping up for production.”
Details on pricing and availability are still to be announced, but Behringer has previously said that they are targeting a $1,500 price for the UB-Xa.
Behringer has shared this official video intro to the Toro, the first look at their knockoff of the classic Moog Taurus bass synthesizer.
Behringer says that the Toro is “an authentic recreation of the legendary Moog Taurus Revision 1”, but without the foot pedals. In case there was any confusion, they have copied the Taurus look and given the synth a knockoff name and logo.
The synth is a dual-VCO VCF VCA design, with envelopes for filter cutoff and volume. Like the original Taurus the synth features four preset sounds (Tuba, Bass, ‘Toro’ and Variable).
Features:
Analog Bass Synthesizer with 2 VCOs, Ladder Filter and Presets in Eurorack format
Recreates the circuit design of the Taurus I bass synth
Analog signal path
2 VCOs
5-octave range
VCO A and B mix fader for full control of the internal balance
Classic low-pass ladder filter with Cut-off and Emphasis controls
Envelopes for filter cut-off and amplitude
4 ‘magic-sound’ presets: Toro, Tuba, Bass and Variable Glide, featuring Amount slider and a dedicated On/Off button
Large Filter cutoff and Volume knobs
CV, Filter cutoff and Gate inputs for external control
16-unit Poly Chain allows combining multiple synthesizers for up to 32 voice polyphony
Eurorack format
23 controls give real-time access to key parameters
MIDI implementation with MIDI channel and Voice Priority selection
Behringer originally targeted the Toro with a $199 price point, but now says it has an estimated price of $349. They say that they are shipping the first units from the factory now, so the synth should be available soon, at least in limited quantities.
