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Behringer Neutron

Synthesiser £299

Bruce Aisher gets patching with Behringer’s latest contender

for the affordable semi-modular crown

CONTACT WHO: Behringer WEB: www.music-group.com KEY FEATURES Semi-modular, paraphonic, dual analogue VCO synth with 12dB

multi-mode ﬁ lter, 32 in /24 out jack patchbay, ﬁ ve variable oscillator shapes with PWM + Noise, audio-rate LFO with ﬁ ve waveform shapes, key sync, delay and

MIDI sync, two assignable ADSR generators, Bucket Brigade Delay + Overdrive circuits, assignable Sample and Hold with Glide + Slew Rate Limiter

REVIEWS

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Summary of content (4 pages)

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FM | REVIEWS Behringer Neutron Synthesiser £299 Bruce Aisher gets patching with Behringer’s latest contender for the affordable semi-modular crown CONTACT KEY FEATURES WHO: Behringer WEB: www.music-group.
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Behringer Neutron | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + Value for money – little competes in terms of features at this price 3340 VCO – a clone of the legendary CEM3340 found in analogue classics of the late ’70s and early ’80s Patchbay – flexibility is key here.
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Reviews | Behringer Neutron THE ALTERNATIVES Moog Mother-32 £550 The first tabletop semi-modular synthesiser from the legendary Moog stable has a simpler architecture than the Neutron, but includes a step sequencer moogmusic.com Arturia MiniBrute 2 £529 This latest update to the MiniBrute adds (among other things) a second VCO and 48 point patchbay to the mix turning it into a semi-modular powerhouse arturia.
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Behringer Neutron | Reviews patchable nature of the synth comes into its own when modulating the LFO rate and depth to control the strength and tonality of these newly created side-band frequencies. Envelope 2, a straightforward ADSR, is also routed to control filter cutoff (via the Envelope Depth control). For fast to medium sweeps this works well, though it would have been nice to have longer maximum attack, decay and release times.