Behringer Wave :)

[D-Fusion]

This one sounds awesome so I have to get this one
Looks like they gave our well known VPS Avenger Promoter a unit to play with

[cryophonik]

A 900% less cringe-inducing video for those of you who got 25 seconds into that video and had to hit stop (like me):



$599 is just nuts. I don't have space for another keyboard, but I'd definitely consider a desktop version if they ever release one.

[Vectorman]

Will definitely get one. If I'm honest, part of my motivation is having something that looks like a PPG (or at least as close as anything current gets to one) in my recording space, having wanted one since 1985 when I was a teen. I'll make room for it - no problem kicking the Alpha Juno off the top tier of my Spider stand, since I never seem to use the Juno anyway.

While sound-wise I can cover a lot of the same general territory with the Microwave plugin, there will be sonic variance between the two. One difference right off the bat is that the Wave uses a hardware recreation of the SSM filter from the Wave 2.2/2.3, whereas the Microwave software has an emulation of CEM filters.

[seafire]

Have we been spoilt, or does that seem expensive for a Behringer synth? I guess having the keyboard makes a diff, lots of the low priced stuff are modules....?

[dellboy]

Have we been spoilt, or does that seem expensive for a Behringer synth? I guess having the keyboard makes a diff, lots of the low priced stuff are modules....?

This is a clone of the original PPG Wave. The original cost £3995 in 1984. £569 forty years later seems very reasonable.

https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/ppg-wave-2-3/3354

[seafire]

Yeah, that's irrelevant.

[cryophonik]

Have we been spoilt, or does that seem expensive for a Behringer synth?

Seems dirt cheap to me.

[Vectorman]

Have we been spoilt, or does that seem expensive for a Behringer synth? I guess having the keyboard makes a diff, lots of the low priced stuff are modules....?

This is a clone of the original PPG Wave. The original cost £3995 in 1984. £569 forty years later seems very reasonable.

https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/ppg-wave-2-3/3354

I recall reading in Keyboard magazine sometime in (I think) 1985 that the original $9,000 USD price of the Wave 2.3 had been halved to $4,500. I would guess that was at a point where the company was heading into rough financial waters...maybe trying to raise funds to continue developing the Realizer?

Indeed, for a PPG hardware remake at $599 to be met with any dissatisfaction over the price, I'd say we have become very, very spoiled. I expected it would be south of $1K, but not quite that far south. But they have been surprising us lately, with lower-than-projected prices on the UB-Xa and Pro 800.

[Scotty]

A Poly Aftertouch keyboard and 8 individual outputs for $599.00 USD is insane value for the money. I suspect the commenter who has issue with the price doesn't know this synth well and it comparing it to one of the Mono synths which sell for around half that price.

Have we been spoilt, or does that seem expensive for a Behringer synth? I guess having the keyboard makes a diff, lots of the low priced stuff are modules....?

This is a clone of the original PPG Wave. The original cost £3995 in 1984. £569 forty years later seems very reasonable.

https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/ppg-wave-2-3/3354

I recall reading in Keyboard magazine sometime in (I think) 1985 that the original $9,000 USD price of the Wave 2.3 had been halved to $4,500. I would guess that was at a point where the company was heading into rough financial waters...maybe trying to raise funds to continue developing the Realizer?

Indeed, for a PPG hardware remake at $599 to be met with any dissatisfaction over the price, I'd say we have become very, very spoiled. I expected it would be south of $1K, but not quite that far south. But they have been surprising us lately, with lower-than-projected prices on the UB-Xa and Pro 800.

[cryophonik]

I've never owned a Behringer synth with a keyboard - just a couple of flavors of the TD-3s, and their 808 and 909 emulations. Surprisingly, I don't think I've ever really heard people say much about the keybeds in their synths. Are they decent, or are they just OK and people don't complain because they have low expectations at that price, or somewhere in between?

[aMUSEd]

Sounds amazing - sending tingles down my spine

[bmanic]

A Poly Aftertouch keyboard

Umm.. I don't think it's got poly aftertouch.

Still, the price is a bargain no matter. Unfortunately I'm in the same boat as many other users, I don't have the space for yet another keyboard but would buy a rack or desk version.

[ghettosynth]

Have we been spoilt, or does that seem expensive for a Behringer synth? I guess having the keyboard makes a diff, lots of the low priced stuff are modules....?

No, that's inexpensive. It appears to be similar in form factor to the deepmind. I don't need more keyboards personally, but I'd consider a rack version, but, I would have to compare it against the Korg Wavestate rack.

On edit: Yeah, I would buy a rack version as this has 2044 based analog filters.

[Uncle E]

Umm.. I don't think it's got poly aftertouch.

Sad to see them moving away from it. Hope it's not a trend.

[jocknaethick]

Is this actually going to be available any time soon? Not that I really care, can't stand the sound of this synth, just wondering if Behringer actually have it in production or if this is just another Uli fantasy...