Those are great sounds too, but to my ears, they are dirty and digital and more chintzy, unlike the clean analog filter pinging circuits of the 78
Behringer continues to flirt with the idea of doing the hex input guitar synth, the ARP Avatar. I had posted about it earlier.
They put a render up on their FB page. This is only a proposal for discussion towards a possible design.
There are lots of ways this could be used besides as a guitar synth.
Are Avatars essentially Odysseys with audio to cv inputs ? Iâm not too familiar with the differences
letâs get the discussion ball rolling with
it might need a hex input then
https://www.vintagesynth.com/arp/avatar.php
most notably: âThe Avatar makes a great and more affordable way to get Odyssey sounds.â
BUT this has 1/8" jacks for all the sliders and each modulesâ output. like itâs between the Odyssey and the 2600âŠ
this wasnât unheard of, by the way. for people to mod their Avatars into mini 2600âs. not sure if it was because they were cheaper so you cried less modding it, or if itâs because the internal construction made it easier (such mods to the Odyssey did happen, but were uncommon).
edit: what I was thinking of was that someone produced a patchbay expansion kit for it:
From what iâve gathered the Avatar did find a lot of âoff labelâ uses. It was, and still is, rather an odd duck, and is quite rare. I hope Behringer siezes on this and accentuates the odd usage angles of this, and includes some of the better mods.
Also as i posted earlier i hope Behringer uses this as chance to do a reasonably price good hex output guitar.
ADDED : The original took the 6 inputs, and measured the signal strength of them all, and then picked the âstrongestâ to send off to a pitch to CV conversion unit. That in itself is a useful bit of technology. ARP spent a fortune in the day to develop this, or is the verb âlostâ instead, as they sold so few, and it was their final released product.
Iâve got to say, if Behringer is so obstinate, and insists on only doing enhanced âcopiesâ, pulling out uncommon but interesting historic machines and doing good things with them, meets my favor.
We have not actually heard any of the last three ( except in our imaginations ), so hopefully they sound good. They all have a certain interesting quality though.
They added a little to the sh101 clone but also missed a few things. Itâs still very usable though
But some synth clones seem to have nailed it.
Iâd buy more if I thought Iâd use them.
oh yeah didnât they mess up the glide? one of the most distinctive features of the SH-101.
wtf
Why is this on Modular Grid? Is it even gonna happen? Meh! Iâd be all over this if they did the RD-9 in modules too
Nice isnât it.
Does Modular Grid make it official ? I did post about it in this thread, in November 2020, but it was only an idea back then.
Behringer seems to be going even further into Eurorack.
Nah! It just has this about it mate.
It looks amazing @Jukka but I wish they wouldnât put things on websites that donât even exist lol⊠pisses me right off that. However Iâd love Behringer to release it and make modules from their RD-9⊠theyâd sell shitloads
So i just ran across this. Behringer snuck into SynthFest France a week or so back, and showed a real version of their Bi-Phase pedal.
Hereâs the article from AudioFanzine in French, go down toward the bottom :
I canât read French well, and the google translate sucks. Canât tell if it was Uli himself at the show, or a company rep. The report said they heard the Bi-Phase live and that it sounded very good. When to expect this, who knows, but i am guessing this could be coming along sooner.
Funny how i havenât seen a report of this anywhere else.
Oh and there is this if you want a massive photo.
Behringer wasnt there, but the pedal was on the stand of âNicoÂlas FrauÂdet, alias Goujiâ.
Never trust Google Translate:
French original :
BehrinÂger sâĂ©tait bien invoÂlonÂtaiÂreÂment invitĂ© au SynthÂfest sur le stand de lâami NicoÂlas FrauÂdet, alias Gouji.
English translation :
Behringer had involuntarily invited himself to Synthfest on the stand of friend Nicolas Fraudet, alias Gouji.
I saw someone had one in a guitar pedal group Iâm in. Iâm not sure if itâs true, but someone was saying that Mutron hit them with a legal claim and they are having to change the look a bit and maybe the name for the second run of them. A few seem to have made their way into the wild, but supposedly it sounds good.
Anyone mentioned this yet? I just opened ModularGrid to do some rack rearranging on my lunch break and saw it at the top of New modules. Obviously still very âin-progressâ but interesting nonetheless. https://www.synthanatomy.com/2022/04/behringer-enigma-a-399-buchla-easel-208-synthesizer-clone-replica-for-eurorack.html