Behringer PRO-800 8-voice polyphonic synthesizer starts shipping in April 2023
First announced in September 2020, the Behringer PRO-800 created a lot of buzz online. The PRO-800 is a clone of the iconic Sequential PRO-600 released in 1982. Behringer took the design, made it eurorack compatible and upgraded it with 8-voice polyphony.
Behringer finally has announced that their PRO-800 synthesizer will start shipping in April 2023.
Shipping and cost
Behringer says that the first batch of PRO-800 synthesizers will ship between January and April 2023. The estimated cost right now is $599 USD, which is not a lot for all the features included.
Features of the Behringer PRO-800
The PRO-800 comes with a lot of features at its price point.
Some of it's features include:
- 8 voice polyphony, with per voice 2 oscillators (VCO)
- Analog filter with ADSR
- Noise generator
- LFO with 6 waveform shapes
- Preset storage, with a maximum of 400 presets
- Portamento
- USB and MIDI input
- 2-track sequencer (perfect for DAW-less jam sessions)
- Oscillator SYNC
- Eurorack, desktop and rack-mount compatible
- Pulse-width modulation
- VCA overdrive for extra harmonics (saturation)
- Full MIDI CC control over all parameters
Sound demo
Behringer has uploaded an official sound demo on their YouTube channel, showing off some of the presets included with the synth. Many of these presets show what this synth is great at: lush brass sounds and pads.
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