Juno 106s are selling in the UK for over £1200 (I sold mine for £1150 last year and bought several Behringer synths with the money). They could have just knocked out a Juno 106, would have been a big hit in the UK. IMO this is their best effort: 12 voice poly with 1024 memories, extensive modulation and multi FX, full size keyboard with AT etc. The DeepMind 12 is the exception as its got the 4 octave keyboard and although clearly inspired by the Juno, it is not a clone. The UB-X is in the pipeline and that would provide the shell for all the big polysynths such as the Prophet - and remember they already have a mono version of the Rev 3. So maybe the Poly D/ MonoPoly is the stepping stone to the larger 5 octave form factor. The Model D is a fine module but I reckon those that can afford it will sell it for a Poly D. Behringer reduce the form factor and add stuff like sequencer or effects.Īll their synths sound excellent but I want full size synths. What is interesting is although they are reissuing these vintage synths, with the exception of the MS1 and the Odyssey, they are not exactly clones. They did it successfully with the modules. However It has inspired me to spend more time with my original! That's always a good thing!īehringer are now tooled up for this "minimoog" form factor so expect more releases that use it. If the monoPoly is less money, I am interested, because mine is very old, tuning is a wee bit suspect, and it might be nice to have midi (I never got the retrofit) It is is the same as the Poly D I would probably go Poly D, because it addresses all my gripes above except I believe the Poly D has a spring loaded pitch wheel. Its' nice to route it to the cutoff, and change filter settings in real time with the wheel and that would work better it you could leave it in position, like the original. I also hope the pitch wheel isn't spring loaded. Built in Delay would have been great (delay is all over the introductory video) and also that poly D chorus for those who want to do a lot of polyphonic playing. It's not too bad at fast speeds and I often only use two oscillators, which diminishes the effect a little.ģ. Portamento is polyphonic even in monophonic mode. Arpeggiator up/down mode always repeats the top and bottom notes. (The reface is pretty good, though still.mini keys)īut I was also hoping for a couple other tweaks:ġ. I've hated the feel of all their mini keys. I"m sure the Kronos 61 has a good keyed, but its' out of my range. Korg's keypads have been pretty unimpressive to me other than the weighted 88's. The Poly D pretty much addresses that, but something tugged hard on my heart strings when I saw this.įor me I knew it was coming from someone, either Behringer or Korg, and I mostly was hoping it wasn't mini keys. I think I always had a sort of wish my mono/Poly was a minimoog instead, even though in many ways the mono/poly is capable of a lot more. I own an original Mono/Poly and have sort of been lusting for the Poly D, then I see this video this morning and get quite excited.and I'm not sure why?
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