I just dont buy them. . When you buy dfam, you are not just paying for the raw material, components and assembly cost. I would and will buy this. Its too bad, because those were the most interesting synths theyve done. The Behringer Edge is priced at $219 USD. Our Professional Behringer defender. that you agree to the use of cookies for preferences, statistics and marketing (. what kind of a person would buy this. They added MIDI sync for the tempo (a useful change) and removed Eurorack compatibility to cut costs (a really unfortunate change). I dont see Behringers knockoffs as fundamentally bad and damaging, Im just amazed that more people cant see the obvious, like you do that Behringer makes the store brand knockoffs of the synth world. Mutable Plaits is the most popular eurorack oscillator at Thomann. the company employs according to their own data 3600 members of staff (status 2009). They are not. When I buy from a cheap brand and fail to get support, its of course disappointing but I knew that was a risk. I am curious to see these bills in order to underline how these people care about family businesses and supporting innovation. Payment can be made safely and securely with PayPal, Amazon Pay, Credit Card or Bank Transfer. Super internet sigh. Im glad youve had a good experience with Moog, Im sure others have as well. Keep cloning. No information about the availability and pre-order option. You can buy only behringer copy, but you need to understand the implication of what you are doing. Besides the main brand Behringer the following brands belong as well to the company tc electronic, Klark Teknik, Midas, TC-Helicon as well as Bugera. meh. Now do other knock-offs in neon blue, yellow and green so I can style my budget Kebu stack. I work in pro audio and ~50% of Behringer gear always breaks in a couple of years. Something like a Sub 25 or a Sub 37 is affordable, great sounding, well built and will keep most of its value. It has midi in/out/thru 5 pin, note number/note on+off, midi over usb, midi clock, sequence transpose via midi and I can convert midi data to CV via the assign output (I use this for extra modulation source ie. Behringer always says that their synths have a comprehensive MIDI implementation, but this generally means that they support note on and note off. Also, expect the $219 price to go up quickly after it starts shipping due to the on-going chip shortage. Im gonna check it out because the price is unbeatable. It was definitely enough to raise the bar on my next purchase decision with them. But for some professionals, the investment goes beyond the self-interests of the user. But one thing is different, the connectivity. Theyre very cheap. I have nothing against behringer strategy of remaking old synths that are out of production (and probably patent). Ive been doing this long enough that I feel like I cant afford to buy cheaply made gear anymore. For many, the Behringer Edge will be the perfect partner to Crave. Dongleboob youre reading things into what I wrote, instead of reading what I wrote. Still vapour ware, or have I missed a UK release date for this? Contacted support again, nothing again. im getting pissed from that wait, ill just buy a dfam and give my money to the company that deserves ot, Tbh every demo Ive seen the dfam just sounds so much more aggressive, maybe the edge has just had shit demos but honestly I hope the DFAM stands up on its own Ive refused to buy Behringer so far and I would love to keep it that way. Amazon is a lot worse from factories, unionization, employee attrition, product monopolies, ripping off third party sellers, Alexa, etc. Just Buy it or dont buy it FFS! Are the parts that different from the crave? We have sold this over 10.000 times. Behringer Edge will be available for $219 USD (list price). Unlike the Moog DFAM, Behringer has expanded it with MIDI and USB including MIDI clock and a clock divider/multiplier. This is a big reason why Behringer gear is cheap they dont have to invest in research and design, and they dont have to design and develop gear that might not be popular. The Edge is a clone of the Moog DFAM Synthesizer in pink, with USB + MIDI, and for significantly less money. Thats a good feature to have, but dont confuse that with real MIDI support. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This one seems ace, just maybe not the colour sceheme I would have picked! Because, if people keeps buying behringer stuff, companies like Moog has very little reason to innovate as its going to be mostly expense and risks all on their side, while behringer sits on the safe side (They check what sells well on Thomann and they copy it). We also offer our 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee for Behringer products, a 3-year warranty, and many additional services such as qualified product specialists, an on-site service department and much more. Im all for Behringer copying out of production synths and designing their own takes like the Deepmind but Im not alright with them cloning a synth currently in production by the original manufacture. Now lets just see where those who vigerously complain about Behringer ripping off small family companies buy their next furniture, their next car, their next clothes? If you use these, you support the website. We've been selling Behringer products since 1991, so for over 31 year(s).Behringer products are very popular with musicians! And I doubt the various parameters would be able to be CC controlled. How can anyone NOT realize this is a knockoff? There are always cheaper alternatives than Moog gear. B-word can get excited when they release new products. Many famous musicians use Behringer equipment amongst them the following Andre Berry, Gary Novak, Blake Lewis, Michael Ripoll, Gannin Arnold and Allen Hinds. BS? Did you contact them? With our cookies we would like to offer you the best shopping experience possible with everything that goes with it. The budget, the facility, the staff and keep stealing designs of gear that is CURRENTLY manufactured. He used it for three years and then sold it for two-thirds what he paid for it. 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Behringer products may well have deserved some criticism for being built down to a price instead of up to a specification, but their little Model D clone has allowed me to have a little box that I can use to play very nearly exactly the same sounds as a real 1970s Model D makes and that gives me a great deal of joy. When you buy products through links across our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Many of their designs are unaffordable for normal people, but extensive research and craftsmanship have gone into their designs. And compared to say, the non-boutique Korg stuff, Behringer synths arent even a good value in terms of features/price. The DFAM and M32 are now nearly legacy products with a well-established user base. Different voice chips here I have to admit I like the form factor. I suspect that it is more likely to be note, they would have to be converting midi to cv to do that or implement not far off patch memory to have digital control over values such as filter. Heres the thing: this is a con. Currently we have 542 Behringer products 343 of them directly available in our Treppendorf warehouse (and of course they can be tested as well in our shop) and 23 offers are in our current Hot Deals. Good. B-word COULD innovate and develop new and useful products. i dont rly get the move to knock off the DFAM, mostly because the DFAM sounds straight up dogshit. Like its inspiration, it features dual VCOs with pulse and triangle waves, oscillator sync and FM, to let you create a variety of percussive sounds. Behringer specializes in cheap knockoffs. Its not really something you absolutely need for any kind of music so just dont get it if you cant afford it, or save up. The Edge lacks Eurorack compatibility, which will limit its demand with more advanced users, but entry-level users will enjoy it just fine. I am sure there are many thousands like me. This includes, for example, suitable offers and remembering preferences. The fact that Behringer made an obviously noob screw up like that with the D makes me wonder what they screwed up that isnt obvious. I genuinely think the price of most Moog stuff is out of reach for a lot of people.. But copying stuff that is brand new (2-4 years) and still under production, thats a totally different thing. Unofficially because it was never communicated by Behringer, and because of the 3340 chip. I mean to say: the big Uli-con isnt stealing other peoples ideasits tricking people into thinking theyre getting something as good as [insert product inspiration here] for cheaper. Not only that, but implicit in that scenario is that you also now have MIDI control over the sequencer itself -- just by playing notes (or even another sequencer) into it. Seems reasonably comprehensive to me for an analogue synth. Therefor we need others on forums etc to go against their marketing strategies. I suspect neither market steals much from the other, but those who start with a cheapo clone may well be tempted to buy the big shiny one with the right logo on it when they can afford it. Every ninth Thomann customer has bought at least one Behringer product at Thomann. For a better experience on Gearnews, we recommend JavaScript to be enabled. Create something years behind competitors, completely derivative of an existing product, slap a coat of paint on it and call it the Edge. And companies like Moog and Sequential arent scamming people theyre creating original designs and trying to make enough money doing it to avoid the fate that killed them off in the 70s. Will it respond to MIDI note numbers in a standard chromatic fashion like most other mono synth modules? Surely, it does not sound exactly like a Moog. Im not new to synths, just new to witnessing the discussion and bedroom snobbery it contains. You just said you paid $400. If you believe what Behringer is doing is fundamentally bad and damaging, go study the fashion industry to realize how this economic dance actually works. Uli the disruptor sure knows how to disrupt threads. The same reason that we have cheap(er) knockoffs of Strats and Les Pauls: so that musicians without a lot of money can still afford an instrument with similar playability, design, features, and sound. And according to the latest news from today, the Behringer team was once again inspired by the Moog engineers in Asheville. Its not like the DFAM is a generic design from 40 years ago. And people who dont know or dont care can think of their own bottom line. I see plenty of Behringer hate here from some music pros, but let me underline what others here have said I guess I class as a hobbyist collector although Im not a synth room filler. I cant afford lots of things (including synths, really, despite my ridiculous pile of them). What will be the use for selectable MIDI channels on the Edge? There are enough people who disagree with Behringer's colour choices for multiple companies to have made a business out of it. I genuinely think the price of most Moog stuff is out of reach for a lot of people. Behringer products belong to the most visited ones on our website. For many buyers of equipment, the transactions are simple purchases, and not investments. I fully support Behringer with his vintage clones as you can no longer purchase the originals. The elite cant exist without the affordable masses. Thats BS. DFAM: onions, garlic and ginger (all fresh and hand selected for quality) prepared by a great chef and served to you immediately. So point not taken, sorry. I surely wont. Here its a different story. I dont understand why Behringer didnt make these Euro compatible, like the originals? I like the pink paint, Bubharmonicon next? I have their Werkstatt because it was affordable and I wanted to buy into Moog. Sweet work Behringer! But Im not in love with the toxic vitriol that some of these newer synth hobbyists bring to the community. no thanks. You could limit it to any number of steps you want, extend the number the number of steps beyond 8, run the sequencer backwards or randomly, and even program verses and songs. For a mono synth with no memory. Behringer today introduced what appears to be a close knockoff of the Moog DFAM, the Edge. You did highlight the reason people buy the Chinese-made copies, though. So he got a great value with it, and its definitely worth $400 to me. Sweet! Wrap the pitch sequencer through quantizers to pitch the DFAM/Edge, add pitch modulation with another B960. But, if your just dipping your toes into synths why not buy a Behringer? Theyre too cheap to be worth fixing. Behringer isnt the savior of music, theyre just a corporation that makes their money mass producing cheap gear for hobbyists. Now its time for a well-known drum Synthesizer. The Moog one probably wont, Behringer have to cut corners to bring the price down, economy of scale and owning your factory isnt enough. A hot pink paint job cant hide their lack of creativity. If you plug this in next to an actual DFAM Id bet youd see/hear that while there may be a 1:1 on features the DFAM will give you many many many many more sweet spotssettings where it all just sounds good. There are enough people who disagree with Behringer's colour choices for multiple companies to have made a business out of it. i guess every synth can be possibly patched in eurorack . I do remember the wait for the dm12 was at least a year from the first showing to when it was available in stores. You can program each sequencer with 8 knobs and select whether the oscillator responds to pitch or not.On the top, you have a 1510 matrix where you can patch your sounds or integrate them into any Eurorack synth setup. The first people using these new products are always the shills aka Influencers on internet. But given the option Id rather have paid far less for it because Im not exactly rich, Lame is obviously an opinion you can afford to have. Aww comr one. Not sure that the guitar market is a great example to follow, but anyway, same architecture, same concept , same patchbay.not a clone but a serious lack of inspiration and respect , just as the crave. The B960 is fun with a DFAM/Edge. If this is okay for you, simply click on "Alrighty!" Its almost as if Behringer chooses which products to copy based on their popularity on the site. I get the resale value is higher and the Moog is higher, and if you buy second hand you may even sell it for a bit more. Within the last month more than 4 million product pages of the manufacturer have been hit in our Online Store. Music Group was founded in 1989 by Uli Behringer. Quite funny, I hope Behringer carry on making cheap versions of everything going. I am very surprised no one is really talking about thisIt would be nice if he re-invents the company after a short break but if not thank you Jered for all of your sweat and You want all the latest news, rumours and everything else theres to know about Behringer? Synced lfo or slow envelope). How is this a knockoff? What theyre doing is lowering the barrier for the hobbyist that wants a collection of synths, by making commodity instruments just like you can get a Les Paul for $150. Behringer says that the Edge offers comprehensive MIDI implementation. Just placed my pre-order with Thomann. But theyre cheap enough that most people will probably be glad they had a few years of fun with it. Who the f*** is interested any more in further endless boring discussions about Behringer versus OEMs, the content of which have been posted time and time again already all over the internet. Details on availability are to be announced. Its such a clusterf*** that Behringer had to make a video explaining it. When it comes to versatile percussive sounds that [], Solids is a new sound library for Chromaphone 2 featuring 102 new designed patches by Francis Preve Chromaphone 2 is one of the most versatile percussive Synthesizer plugins on the market. And that, surely, is what its about. I will contact them later to find out. I think its a great strategy, a service to the community and not really damaging anyone (cause we are talking about synth that original manufacturer are not interested in making anymore). Behringer is your typical dealer that tries to sell junk to junkies. Yes it is based on the DFAM, but the DFAMwasnt anything new in euroland, its just based on a patch you can make with various modules.