Behringer The Cat

[vurt]

One of my friends has a cat called Roger, which I thought was a shit name until now.

roger the cat?

are you kidding? with those claws

[kylie]

I've been cutting my spaghetti in pieces since ... well, ever since. Rumour has it you might get expelled from Italy if you dare to do this in their county. Guess who has never been to italy...

Fun aside. I've been waiting for the Cat for years. When shroomz coded a module for the Creamware DSP platform I had my first encounter with it. At this time, a vintage Cat was available for somewhat below 1000EUR. Didn't buy one, though...

As much as I would like to see an ursified Cat - I almost definitely won't be able to resist when Uli's attempt hits the shelves.

[Elektronisch]

I want to hear Urs' opinions when he gets one.

Is there a Guitar Center in Berlin?

No, but they have some other music shops that are better than GC. I went to Berlin for a month last January. It was cool to see a poster in the shop for u-he stuff.

BTW, in case Urs reads this, or any other German natives. I was in the shop in Berlin and was with a girl who is an amazing vocalist. She uses really cheap microphones for her recording's, and still sounds incredible. I wanted to hear what she sounded like through some better microphones so asked the shop if they could unlock the microphone testing station (about 10 microphones to test), so we could test them. I was told in an irritated German accent, "Why do you need to test the microphone's?" I was thinking to myself "why do you think, dummy?, what kind of question is that?" I mean, in the United States, no one has ever bothered to ask that question or seem suspicious of my intentions. I assume they don't want you to test the microphones unless you are seriously looking to buy one. I just said we wanted to hear what they sounded like. Without any other comment they unlocked the door to the room. In the USA I would have decided not to support that store anymore, because I wouldn't have wanted to give them my business. Probably just a different cultural approach to selling gear. Rubbed me the wrong way, because I'm not used to it. I did understand I was in another country and it's different, so it's all good, no bad feeling's, but just was curious if that was normal?

Well think, you didnt want to buy the micraphone but just to test a voice. Im sure you are not the first one who does that, id also ask if you intend to buy or just wasting employee's time

[EvilDragon]

As much as I would like to see an ursified Cat - I almost definitely won't be able to resist when Uli's attempt hits the shelves.

Ursified Cat would be all three Cats in one plugin, along with extra modulations (courtesy of The Catstick)... Who knows when, though.

[toine6]

Germans don't suck up to customers the way Americans do.
Same thing in restaurants etc.

Sounds about right.

Truth is, I was not going to buy a microphone there, so I could understand them figuring out that was probably the case, so why bother showing me the microphones? Maybe I would just increase the wear and tear on them for no reason? So maybe that was their thinking.

Before testing the microphones, I was considering spending $20 on some nick-knacks for the gal I was with. So I didn't feel bad about testing microphones, I intended to spend a little money. But that kind of ruined the vibe of the experience, so I changed my mind and didn't buy anything.

As far as The Cat. It's all good. Had this synth come out 10 years ago we'd all be freaking out, but there's so many good analog synths now, and so much competition. I'm not sure I would buy this synth over several others that are out there right now. But the more the merrier. I need to hear more sound examples I guess, as that would have to be it's main selling point, it's pretty basic. Actually being basic is probably it's biggest strength, just a solid, simple vintage synth, no BS.

[kylie]

As much as I would like to see an ursified Cat - I almost definitely won't be able to resist when Uli's attempt hits the shelves.

Ursified Cat would be all three Cats in one plugin, along with extra modulations (courtesy of The Catstick)... Who knows when, though.

I'm gonna have to get the Double-U feature, then.

[e-crooner]

Truth is, I was not going to buy a microphone there, so I could understand them figuring out that was probably the case, so why bother showing me the microphones? Maybe I would just increase the wear and tear on them for no reason? So maybe that was their thinking.

Before testing the microphones, I was considering spending $20 on some nick-knacks for the gal I was with. So I didn't feel bad about testing microphones, I intended to spend a little money. But that kind of ruined the vibe of the experience, so I changed my mind and didn't buy anything.

I don't think they mind, Germans are not so obsessed with sales, profits, growth etc. They probably have their loyal customers and couldn't care less about a few unhappy non-customers.
The whole idea that the customer thinks he rules and tells companies how to run their business doesn't fly there.

[e-crooner]

The original seemed to be a rare, exotic synth similar to the Oscar.

I read that this Voyetra 8 thingy is a kind of 8-voice polyphonic version of the Cat:

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Consider they are making these to also appeal to Eurorack market, it makes a lot of sense to do it this way. It doesn't have to be a desktop module at all. It can be a part of your Eurocrack trip.

Literally 1 BILLION Poly-D pre-orders [pretty sure I heard that from Uli himself]*. The size of the Eurorack market has nothing on that.

The people have spoken. They want standalone synths with damn keyboards!

[*Yes, I'm exaggerating again.]

[TobyB]

I LIKE desktop units. I don't have the space for multiple keyboards ... I don't even have the space for lots of my boxes so only get out the one(s) I am using now so I also like cases/bags to put desktop's in (same with guitars, etc) ... and I am not much of a keyboard player, so my Linnstrument, Morph and MIDI guitar (and a Keystep ... of course!) are far more important when it comes to valuable desk space. I have a 61 keyboard, but it spends most of its time in a case against a wall.
I won't be buying a CAT ... but there are synths like the Quantum that I would look at seriously if I didn't have to spend money on a keyboard I don't want or have space for ...

[deastman]

The original seemed to be a rare, exotic synth similar to the Oscar.

I read that this Voyetra 8 thingy is a kind of 8-voice polyphonic version of the Cat:

I have a friend with several Voyetra-8’s, and he swears by it as being the best sounding analog synth ever made. I’m pretty sure he has a CAT too, although I don’t recall ever hearing it. I’ll ask his opinion on that.

[e-crooner]

The original seemed to be a rare, exotic synth similar to the Oscar.

I read that this Voyetra 8 thingy is a kind of 8-voice polyphonic version of the Cat:

I have a friend with several Voyetra-8’s, and he swears by it as being the best sounding analog synth ever made. I’m pretty sure he has a CAT too, although I don’t recall ever hearing it. I’ll ask his opinion on that.

The brass pad from 4:35 and the pad from 5:20 sound very nice to me.

"The Voyetra Eight was in many ways an 8-voice polyphonic CAT."
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/oc ... en-voyetra

[e-crooner]

there are a few good videos about (gforce did one) that showcase it, but for me, it's an fx synth, not something I would turn to for standard musical stuff.

Found it:


At 16:55 they mention an additional, very rare module for the synth, has Behringer included that somehow?

[codec_spurt]

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[roman.i]

Expectations matter. If it said Roland on the synth, more people would agree it sounds great

Maybe Behringer should create a luxury brand like car companies do. People expect and get more from a Lexus than a Toyota.

Roland? I have two of these $300 Behringer synths, and they both sound great. Never heard a great sounding Roland synth.

Do you expect us to take you seriously , ever played some vintage Roland stuff ?
Hence this thread
viewtopic.php?f=102&t=537084

Vintage? I'm living in 2020, so I'm comparing things I can buy in a shop today. They have only fake analog stuff emulating their own legends, so no analog - no respect.