SOUND ON SOUND

[The Elf]

Multi-colour LEDs. That's the killer feature.

[DGL.]

From Behringer FB: Assembling a new prototype Me want!

[Hugh Robjohns]

Still waiting for a DS80 here....

[DGL.]

Still waiting for a DS80 here....

I'm guessing we'll see the Ub-Xa and DS-80 in quick succession as I would assume they have similar firmware and the idea is that they want to get the firmware fully sorted for the Ub-Xa before they get too far on the DS-80.
Of course a VCS3 is a much simpler synth than a CS-80 so development time will be much shorter, plus with synth teams in multiple countries (at least china, UK, Germany, Italy and Japan) I would assume the UK team will be on the DS-80 alongside the Ub-Xa so the release of other synths is not of much concern

[Hugh Robjohns]

Interesting point...

I did wonder if part of the delay with the DS was due to re-making all the custom IGxxx chips for the oscillators and filters etc.

[DGL.]

Interesting point...

I did wonder if part of the delay with the DS was due to re-making all the custom IGxxx chips for the oscillators and filters etc.

Given AFAIK we have only seen renders so far I would guess that it's still a while off, I guess if they can get some of the chips used in the CS-80 then they can de-cap them so they can remanufacture them then that would be handy, probably wouldn't even matter that they are destroying very rare chips that are needed to repair CS-80's as I would guess Coolaudio clones would work in the originals and as such would actually be a positive thing for CS-80 owners.

[N i g e l]

I think they would have done the chips first. After testing, they could then protoytpe with them ?

No sign of the PPG either...

[DGL.]

I think they would have done the chips first. After testing, they could then protoytpe with them ?

No sign of the PPG either...

Though there was a prototype BBG so that something, plus they have got Hermann Seib on board so it's pretty much going to be a guaranteed success.

As for the VCS 3 more pictures have emerged today, sorry Elf there is no internal PSU

And pictures of an assembled prototype have appeared on the Behringer FB page with some more info, naturally it's all analogue but they have added some extras in combination with a UK VCS modder so that sounds promising, plus it's a real wood case and yes it does have a real spring reverb inside.
Shaping up to be a real winner.

[Arpangel]

I think they would have done the chips first. After testing, they could then protoytpe with them ?

No sign of the PPG either...

Though there was a prototype BBG so that something, plus they have got Hermann Seib on board so it's pretty much going to be a guaranteed success.

As for the VCS 3 more pictures have emerged today, sorry Elf there is no internal PSU

And pictures of an assembled prototype have appeared on the Behringer FB page with some more info, naturally it's all analogue but they have added some extras in combination with a UK VCS modder so that sounds promising, plus it's a real wood case and yes it does have a real spring reverb inside.
Shaping up to be a real winner.

Beautiful, if it ends up like this I’d pre-order one today.

[BJG145]

Beautiful, if it ends up like this I’d pre-order one today.

Arpangel, LOL. We've been through this before.

[The Elf]

As for the VCS 3 more pictures have emerged today, sorry Elf there is no internal PSU

There's not much they could have done to make me less interested in it, but adding a spring reverb and an external PSU are two good ways.

Not one for me.

[Eddy Deegan]

In light of my earlier protestations about the Keystep ripoff, here's what the money I was going to spend on the Behringer 2600 clone went towards in the end:

[Hugh Robjohns]

Beautiful, if it ends up like this I’d pre-order one today.

It's like Groundhog day....

[BillB]

Beautiful, if it ends up like this I’d pre-order one today.

It's like Groundhog day....

"It's a doozie!" (one of the memorable lines from a great film)

[BillB]

In light of my earlier protestations about the Keystep ripoff, here's what the money I was going to spend on the Behringer 2600 clone went towards in the end:

Wow! Righteous moral indignation leads to copious synth module purchase....

Must try asserting the moral high ground with Mrs B.
Not sure it will work out well for me, somehow.