Based in concept from the Oberheim OB-Xa. This is analog and will take about a year to develop – they’re letting this development slowly mature and not rushing. Being done by the Midas developers in Manchester UK, the people who did the Deepmind. Say what you like, Behringer is determined with a long-term vision to establish their reputation as a synth maker. Only my opinion, but it seems to me they will spend several years making quality recreations of classic products and developing their own engineering skills and reputation before moving on to more original designs.
I believe Gibson still owns the rights to Oberheim Electronics, though they have licensed the trademark to Viscount, unless Nick knows something we don’t. I do not believe Tom O. ever got the rights back.
Uli/Midas could try reaching out to Tom O. and hiring him as a consultant or something. His involvement would add quite a bit of luster to the UB-Xa. He has done consulting work before - Roland and Akai for example.
Similarly, they should hire Pete Zivoniev as a consultant for the VCS-3 clone
I didn’t hear any squeal, but maybe my ears are old and busted? Still seems like it’s a long way off, as they only hit a few keys and swept the filter a couple times. I wonder if all this cloning is paying off for Behringer, or if they’re barely breaking even.
I heard the squeal too, very loud to my ears, but it’s still in development and I’m sure that won’t be there on the final product. Would love to see more footage once it’s a little further along.
i am surprised they made that thing so big, i like it. I think this will cost a lot more than the deepmind.