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[Bachus]

Isn’t it time for Behringer to give their view on digital keyboard workstations?

Might be that we need to turn our heads towards Behringer or even Medelli for some real innovation..
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[Koekepan]

I would definitely like to see what Behringer would do with a real workstation concept.

Doesn't even have to be a keyboard workstation, as long as it has MIDI in and USB host options. Give it hardware controls, a decent screen and synthesis and multitracking options, with plenty of audio in as well as send effect outputs.

Give it a nice internal sequencer, and you're off to the races.

[Musicwithharry]

Not terribly long ago, Behringer did pose the question on Facebook of what type of other synth people would want. Since they have released (or are going to release) so many analog variants that are somewhat copies of already created things, maybe they were interested in starting from scratch.

I posed a hardware workstation, similar to something from mid-career Ensoniq, similar to a VFX-SD or TS series (I have lots of Ensoniq in my studio and aside from my Korg Pa700, the Ensoniq VFX-SD is my other favorite).

I explained that they should certainly do wavetable synthesis, like the Ensoniq products, but add so much more. I could totally see a wavetable synth with the EFX structure of the Kronos (so many EFX at once) and other synthesis types, integrated into a single instrument with poly-aftertouch.

It would be neat to see how they would get their samples or who they would get them from. It would also be neat to see if they would integrate an engine similar to the Deepmind-12, for the analog component.

Of course, with Behringer's low pricing being pretty important, I would imagine a workstation like this would be around $1500-$2000 USD. Maybe they could do a flagship for that price and have scaled down versions for lower prices. A full-featured workstation from Behringer could totally be around $999 for a mid-level instrument (if comparing to a Krome or X2/3 or N264/364).

I would be interested in something like that from them, depending on how good the factory samples and such are.

Alesis had the Fusion workstation and those things were pretty low priced (around $1000 USD) and they were monsters for the price. Ensoniq was even blowing their ZR76 workstations out for $999 toward the end of their company life (after Creative bought them and phased them out).

I love my Korg stuff, but competition is crucial for future development. I am not a 'one brand only' type guy, but I do have favorites (as I listed above).

Let's see what they've got coming down the pipeline and maybe we will all be happy

Grace,
Harry
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[Musicwithharry]