Behringer MODEL D Analog Synthesizer Module, 3 VCOs, Ladder-Style Filter, LFO, Eurorack Compatible Format

Firstly, sounds fantastic. Solid metal chassis, but the knobs feel a bit cheap. Tuning can be a bit unstable until it warms up, but this is true of most VCOs. Like the original, the controls take a bit of getting used to. My main issue is lack of MIDI CC control, meaning you will need to use CV for any external modulation, but it's still incredible value for money. I've previously owned a Sub 37, and it arrived with scratched end-cheeks and a crackly headphone jack - considering this cost less than 7% of the price, I'm a very happy customer.

Forget the grime about the Behringer label, this is a fab little synth. It sounds brilliant. If you're after a hardware synth or looking to play with synths for the first time, this will fill the gap perfectly. Don't dally, buy. However....... As this is old tech revisited, it also has old tech issues. Like tuning. Don't get me wrong, tuning is easy to do but mine was unable to reach the pitch of A on osc 1. To counter this I tuned the synth to 'G' (hold A on midi keyboard and tune to G) and the once done, used the primary tuner knob to hit pitch. First world problems eh? Again, it is a great synth, tuning is simple - there are many vids online and behringers own is good enough in order to do this - just be aware that some, like mine, may not be perfect. If it went bang, I would buy again.

Sounds like a famous little moog for less than a night out. What is there not to love. Yes it takes 15 mins to warm up and the oscillators drift but that's the charm.

if i could give this ten stars i would - its just an amazing mono synth , cuts through the mix - great classic oboes and flutes , then theres the bass , its the best bass ive had from a synth - ive had dozens of synths - this one is the best value for money and dare i say it one of the best sounding - really sets a new standard - i know its copied the real model d , but how on earth they managed to make something so good for so cheap is remarkable.

Behringer has a reputation for selling cheap clones of popular equipment, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The Model D is a slavish copy of the Moog MiniMoog at around a twentieth the price of the real thing. It's forgivable because it sounds great. On a technical level it's very simple. It's a monophonic three-oscillator synthesiser that uses real analogue circuitry to generate its sounds, so there's no aliasing noise. It has a choice of waveforms, including several pulse waves, but it doesn't have pulse width modulation. It has filter and amplitude modulation, but it doesn't have ring modulation or any built-in effects, beyond a simple overdrive. It has an external input so you can use it to process your own sounds. It also has trigger inputs for the filter and amplitude envelope and so, with the right cables, you can use it as an external filter for other synthesisers. Apart from CV/GATE it also has MIDI and USB MIDI (it's class-compliant, so you don't need special drivers). There's no arpeggiator, no multi-timbrality, no patch memories, no splittable keyboard etc. You have to tune it every so often. Original MiniMoogs are well-made but the Model D is built down to a price, in particular I'm suspicious of the MIDI ports. They're very tight. The controls poke through holes in the front panel, but they aren't anchored to the case, so I'm worried that eventually the soldering holding the ports onto the circuit board will break. As with the MiniMoog the Behringer D has a limited bag of tricks, but - again, as with the MiniMoog - it sounds great, and that's what counts. The filter has a lovely warm tone, and even with a single oscillator the Model D doesn't sound harsh and electronic, it sounds cute and twinkly; if you turn on all three oscillators at once it sounds huge. It's very good at deep bass noises and smooth leads. The lack of PWM makes it less suitable for strings. If you have a DAW it's trivially easy to tweak the tuning slightly and layer several sounds on top of each other, in which case it sounds massive. It adds a few things to the MiniMoog spec. There's a separate LFO (you don't have to use OSC 3), an A440 tuning oscillator, and you don't have to physically patch the output into the input to use the overdrive effect, you just turn up the external input control. One oddity is that the filter and amp envelopes have separate gate triggers, so if you're using CV/gate you need a way to send two gates to it if you want to use it as an external filter, not just one. The outputs are unbalanced. MIDI support is essentially note on, note off, and pitchbend. Nothing else. You have to use the knobs. Use the knobs. The Model D is particularly useful if you have a DAW setup, but you want to add some analogue sounds. Compared to e.g. the Korg ARP Odyssey or a modular synth it's a lot less flexible, but if you want squiggly acid noise and thwumping 1970s Parliament / Funkadelic bass tones it's great. You can apparently chain several of them together to make a polysynth, and the box also comes with components to rackmount it, but it's very compact as it is. And that's the Model D. If you have no other synthesisers, no DAW, no other equipment you might be disappointed (unless you're a keyboard wizard - and perhaps you are - it works best as part of an ensemble). I'm also worried about its longevity, but if I was a gigging musician it would probably be cheaper to buy three of these for redundancy's sake than a single MiniMoog.

Was a little bit skeptical about the purchase and according to the price,was expecting poorbuilt quality and)or sound,not of nine The sound is the Model D one and the quality is really good.Only cons:some models are an semitone out of tune every two octaves,this one look ok,but if you d like to fix you have to open the Synth,and use a tester?All the steps are in the manual by the way.

Not able to plug it in yet as I now need an adapter because it only came with an EU plug but I need a 3 pin UK! So can't review but the plugs normally come with both...gutted

Nothing beats that feeling of trying to get different analoge synths in tune with each other - it's part of the charm. Impressive range of sounds from this little guy though. Lots of tutorials out there, but print yourself out some patch sheets if you ever want to get almost the same sound twice!