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AnX · Post by **AnX** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:08 pm

https://www.instagram.com/p/CH8OZLSAbWg ... qodma0yerc

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:09 pm

Love it

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:10 pm

Be even funnier if Arturia cloned something of Behringer's- maybe the Neutron

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:11 pm

ibtl.

Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:57 pm

Edited

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:04 pm

TBH, I wonder too. I don't care much if they rip off Arturia, but, if I would be in charge of product design, I would really appeal to my own honor a bit. You can very well create a similar product without copying every corner of the competing product.

Their synth clones aren't blatant copies of the original in regards of the design in most cases as well. Wonder why they had to do that here, especially when it's not a product whose copyright is long expired.

As Arturia's keyboard is hardly more expensive, I'd do it safe, and go for that. The keys are great, and I don't know if Behringer did well copying that as well.

jdoo · Post by **jdoo** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:28 pm

This one, was just poor form all around by Behringer. They're not offering any real reduction in price ($10?) and Arturia put all the cost and effort into research and design. I'm not a Behringer hater.. but this puts me off, big-time. Again - bad form, Uli.

revvy · Post by **revvy** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:16 am

Brilliant!

Why did the other thread on here get locked?

srcodling · Post by **srcodling** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:30 am

jdoo wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:28 pm This one, was just poor form all around by Behringer. They're not offering any real reduction in price ($10?) and Arturia put all the cost and effort into research and design. I'm not a Behringer hater.. but this puts me off, big-time. Again - bad form, Uli.

This exactly... I like my Neutron and I like my BoogD - Neutron is new, and BoogD saves about $3k on something not in production...

But this, this is just poor form, and not even any cheaper... Plus the keystep is older - if they WERE going to do this I would have thought the KeystepPro...

Shabdahbriah · Post by **Shabdahbriah** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:34 am

Indeed.

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:58 am

I don't claim to follow this stuff particularly closely, but Behringer seem like a bunch of c**ts. A guy I know who owns a studio said he considers them "thieves" or somesuch.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:10 am

It’s one thing to clone a synth that’s been out of production for 30 years, but a current product? What’s his game plan? Put everyone out of business so all synths have to be purchased from Behringer? I’m already planning on getting a PolyBrute this Christmas, but now I’m going go PM him a photo of me unboxing it.

revvy · Post by **revvy** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:32 am

zerocrossing wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:10 am It’s one thing to clone a synth that’s been out of production for 30 years, but a current product?

You imply this is the first time they've done that...?

lfm · Post by **lfm** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:10 am

So this is not another photoshop of something that Behringer supposed to make?
There are plenty, even listed on some online shop of CS 80 in many forms.

And don't forget how many products you find on Amazon under different names, the exact same one in looks - just a brand name difference.

Arturia Keystep is not another one that existed?
And were promised exclusive until a certain date or sold number.

I cannot see the business side of making this one - they are not cutting any costs that benefits consumer. Completely out of line with Behringer IMO.

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:24 am

Behringer is always innovating new ways to rip off other company's designs.

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