We'd like to apologize to all you 80s music connoisseurs out there, Depeche Mode's sophomore album was of course 'A Broken Frame'. Patrick's late nights preparing the script and editing the video obviously caught up with him. We will send him a big bag of coffee so that this travesty of justice never happens again😄
I was saying the other day to a friend and fellow musician "I have enough synths in my studio and shouldn't buy any more as it's becoming a seriously expensive habit" ........Saw this video..... Slapped myself and said "Never say anything as Blasphemous as that again you fool!". Fantastic demo and will be purchasing at least one (possibly 2) of these little beauties' very shortly, those oscillators are SO warm that it brought back childhood memories of Alan Parson's "I Robot". Thanks for the great tunes, that was some great sequencing and real time filter tweaking.
This is Behringer at its best. Bringing back those rare pieces that us plebs could never afford or acquire otherwise. Then taking all that engineering knowledge and creating something unique like the hopefully released soon Proton. The Kobol sounds delicious and I would totally buy this AND the additional expander/utilities with a few tweaks.
It's been decades since I instantly fell in love with the sound of a synth based on purely the oscillators and filter, but this one has done the trick. I'm in love.
A Broken Frame just happens to be my favourite DM album. Mentioning that this synth was a main part of it is too much too resist especially at that price. Keep this up and people will need to add a Behringer wing to their home.
Iam a very very big Fan of your Company! THANK YOU SO MUCH! For having access to such gear for normal people! Thank you so much! And **** to all those haters who are always bashing and do not give a *** about people who cannot buy a synth for 5000 €uro!
I´m very curious if they manage to recreate the massive subbass of the Polivoks. A feed most recent clones (including the excellent Erica Synths System) didn´t fully succeed in.
@@die_konkurrenz I hope so too, something tells me it might come up short just because it likely won't have the same soviet era components. I just know I'm likely to never get an original, maybe a few years a go I could have afforded one but they are way too rare to find now and when you do they are very expensive. The polivoks pro that elta made a few years back with Vladimir sounded pretty rad but alas no more of them either
Nice one Behringer! I have to mention that i really appreciate the new video format, ranging from the vhs effects, history of the synths to the product itself. But man, that tune that plays over the history part is just amazing!
Thanks mate, I try my best on these videos, and I love to 'Lo Fi' things up for that vintage feel, glad you noticed :). The tune I use as the backing track for the historical parts I made with the Crave for the arpeggio and a deepmind for the subtle pads. Cheers, Pat.
Great video patrick and the music is and arp lines are on point! Maybe i missed it due to it being way past my bedtime but i assume its a monphonic synth? How does it compare to pro1 in this case? Cheers 🎉
@@AnalogFlava Hey man cheers. It is indeed a mono synth. Bare in mind this is all subjective. I'd say the character is very different to the Pro-1, has a more rounded bigger feel to the bass, can be a good thing or bad depending on the track/vibe. Kinda like a Moog, the bass can just sound huge on this and covers alot of the frequency spectrum, so can be tricky to fit in other elements. But yet it's versatile at the same time, wide pallet of sounds with the continuous wave shapes and muchos options with the patchpoints. I feel the filter is smoother than the pro 1, has a glassy feel to it, really analog vibe is the feeling I got from it and it saturates rather nicely.
Great demo. I used to subscribe to E&MM - the magazines were our primary source of info back then! We had to pick up morsels of info here and there unlike today where an hour or so nets us more information than we can handle.
Bro I know, I messed that one up, it's just me doing all the music and scripting then editing the videos, it's quite a workload, somethings unfortunately slip through the net. I'll address my unforgivable mistake in part 2 ;) Cheers, Patrick.
Guys, I love you and have always followed you buying your products, I speak well of you, always! But please, when you think of good wine and above all good food, remember that you can only find it here in Italy!
Brilliant and I think Jarre used RSF Kobol with the MDB Polysequencer on the Concerts in China album and that sounded amazing, so I look forward to the possibilities of this!
Magnifique! cocorico! 😀 the kobol sound is back in ... 2023! If there was an old analog synths to resurrect it was the kobol synths, they were as good as rare. Nice to see the expander version of the kobol, with the patch points like the original, good for peoples with other other modern modular or semi modular synths, or modules, like the neutron. Just in this video we can hear the character of the sound , it is a good come back to the 80's. Next the kobol . ... and the polykobol? 😉 It looks like it is already a succes in shop.
Finally ... mine was shipped today (pre-ordered). Looking forward to add it to my 'collection' (Poly-D, Odyssey, MonoPoly, 2x Pro-1, 2x Pro-800, K-2, Neutron, Cat). I hope the Proton is coming soon.
A little update. Like all your reproductions, I love the sound of the Kobol. The envelopes are lightning fast, the waveforms sound fat and warm and that filter is so creamy. It has that typical French vibe (Jarre / Vangelis) but is still capable of experimental sounds (although not to the extent like a Cat, Odyssey or 2600). I just wish, you implemented the ability to save sounds / presets. The voltage controlled parameters offer that possibility.
Oh, well, this Kobol sounds just so nice! After getting the Pro-800 in July I did not plan on any new purchases until the 2XM, UB-Xa or maybe either the Pro-16 or the MS-5, but now I suddenly started longing for this one, not having even considered this earlier. Still on the fence regarding the ProVS mini, too. Thanks, Behringer, for making this even harder for me 😜
Behringer allows people like me to be able to create and enjoy music otherwise unattainable. Great company and I always stick up for you guys over at synthesizer circle jerk
Looking folwald to this one - sounding good. The leal dleam is the mighty PolyKobol II so I hope we get one of those one day.. pletty impossible to find a used one these days 😊
They are working on it, but it is a complex synth. I really hope that they would succeed. I like the modulation section they have done for the New polykobold. 😂
Bravo. It sounds rich! Beautiful on top of it. Please keep this up! You're giving us so much to our sound pallets. And you're making history as a point in music.
Is the MIDI to CV converter like the Neutron? If it has the Assign feature for aftertouch control of filter cutoff and VCA (even if hidden as a configuration parameter) that would be absolutely amazing for us wind controller players! The Neutron's converter is the best I've come across for compatibility with my Roland AE-30 wind synth. Aftertouch for breath control, _proper_ handling of legato, and no dead spot in the middle of the pitch bend ... perfect 👍👍👍👍👍
Yes, as usual when you demonstrate one of these recreations from the ancient of days I start remembering bits and pieces of music but clearly had this bit of equipment in it
Come on Bheringer, when are you going to hit us up with that distant 'kin' of the synthesizer, the digitalized version of the reel-to-reel tape recorder? Back in the day the synth was coupled to the long-playing recorder, it was part of the process, something we now take for granted. These largely anonymous contraptions preserved those happy accidents so that they could be recalled and noddled into something joyous. These days we have the Daw, or the digital recorder but you can't just leave those things running, instead you have to make that conscious effort set them up and then to hit record, by which time that spark of an idea, has been and gone. So how about it Bheringer, something new, something borrowed something true. You can make this happen. A device which is always on, always in your audio chain, always recording waiting for you to hit record ' after the event', to preserve the last wow, the last minute, the last 5 mins, the last 10 mins, or the last 30 mins of recording. You would just hit the appropriate button 1 5 10 30 for that span to be saved to SD as a lossless file. A forever moment. [This must read like something from the first episode of that netflix series Black Mirror.] The SP404 has something called the 'skip back' providing a miserly 40 seconds of audio recall. This might be ok for a beat, but its not nearly enough for any other kind of instrumentalist. If this were 5 mins i might have jumped on it. If you could make a device to take a verity audio input/output types with a high enough audio quality to auto-loop for at least 30 mins, I and other musicians across the full spectrum of music would thank you for this 'forever machine'.. Anyone who has ever jammed and thought 'if only i could have recorded that', will thank you. It would open the gates to original and spontaneous. It would change music. From a record of familiar muscle memories, or labored notation into a real stream of consciousness.. You could transition from practice into creation and not stop to turn something on . After the basic 'reel-to-real' version you might add effects, and extend the time and features, it would be its own thing, a new whatchamacallit.
Great! I like everything you are doing with the recreation of synths!!! (Side note: I would never buy the ripoff of the Keystep though, this crossed a line)
I've been waiting on this!!!! I'm in the middle of a hurricane in FL and this is the best news!!!!! Thank you for making my terrible day better!!! Love yo Behringer!!!!
Jeez I haven’t heard about this synth since I was a kid in the early 80’s lol. I was into Kraftwerk , Tangerine Dream and J-M Jarre so I had magazines on them and on the gear as I was looking to buy a synth back then, my first one. This one is extremely rare and you will never see one in person. Sounds good.
We'd like to apologize to all you 80s music connoisseurs out there, Depeche Mode's sophomore album was of course 'A Broken Frame'. Patrick's late nights preparing the script and editing the video obviously caught up with him. We will send him a big bag of coffee so that this travesty of justice never happens again😄
We forgive him, since his demos are pretty kick ass we'll let it go this time haha
a broken flame was the bootleg version ......that ending demo was spectaculer, think I might need to add this one to the collection
All good. Things like that happen. ❤️
Don't forget to give us the excellent Maxi-Korg monster, please!
@@dalejason It's a common saying 😉 www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/3dduvx/why_is_the_phrase_sophomore_album_used_but_not/
I was saying the other day to a friend and fellow musician "I have enough synths in my studio and shouldn't buy any more as it's becoming a seriously expensive habit" ........Saw this video..... Slapped myself and said "Never say anything as Blasphemous as that again you fool!".
Fantastic demo and will be purchasing at least one (possibly 2) of these little beauties' very shortly, those oscillators are SO warm that it brought back childhood memories of Alan Parson's "I Robot". Thanks for the great tunes, that was some great sequencing and real time filter tweaking.
The character of It's sound brings so much memories and joy back in time. Thank you!.. thank you! Behringer for making our dreams come true.
The character of its sound doesn't need an apostrophe! 😉
This is Behringer at its best. Bringing back those rare pieces that us plebs could never afford or acquire otherwise. Then taking all that engineering knowledge and creating something unique like the hopefully released soon Proton. The Kobol sounds delicious and I would totally buy this AND the additional expander/utilities with a few tweaks.
Well said.
I almost shelled out 5k for one
🥰 Meine güte...Auf den Kobol habe ich lange gewartet. Hoffentlich ist er auch bald verfügbar!
Hi, hast Du mitbekommen wann er verkauft wird und um wieviel?
Ab sofort und für 199 Euro...wenn Thomann nicht wieder einen Bonus beaufschlagt.@@wolfgangwiesinger9502
@@wolfgangwiesinger9502 Man kann schon vorbestellen.
I have to admit, this sounds very cool. Well done you guys, and it's good to see the collaboration with the original designer.
I just love Behringer, the way guys you managed to bring back to us legend synths to your sauce, which is much better in many cases.
Uli please start making cars and motorcycles and houses 🙏
Yes, I'll have a Behramborghini Miura please for £15k...
It's been decades since I instantly fell in love with the sound of a synth based on purely the oscillators and filter, but this one has done the trick. I'm in love.
Excellent video. This is Behringer at their best. resurrecting history and putting it in our hands. Well done, Behringer.
A Broken Frame just happens to be my favourite DM album. Mentioning that this synth was a main part of it is too much too resist especially at that price. Keep this up and people will need to add a Behringer wing to their home.
That jam at the end 🤯
Iam a very very big Fan of your Company! THANK YOU SO MUCH! For having access to such gear for normal people!
Thank you so much!
And **** to all those haters who are always bashing and do not give a *** about people who cannot buy a synth for 5000 €uro!
This looks and sounds great. I'm really hoping we get one of these videos for the polivoks soon.
I´m very curious if they manage to recreate the massive subbass of the Polivoks. A feed most recent clones (including the excellent Erica Synths System) didn´t fully succeed in.
@@die_konkurrenz I hope so too, something tells me it might come up short just because it likely won't have the same soviet era components. I just know I'm likely to never get an original, maybe a few years a go I could have afforded one but they are way too rare to find now and when you do they are very expensive. The polivoks pro that elta made a few years back with Vladimir sounded pretty rad but alas no more of them either
Das ist mal wieder eine Überlegung wert! Hoch interessant!
great sounding synth! Now on my to be purchased list!
Nice one Behringer! I have to mention that i really appreciate the new video format, ranging from the vhs effects, history of the synths to the product itself. But man, that tune that plays over the history part is just amazing!
Thanks for the great feedback. The tune you are referring too is one Patrick made perhaps he can share what synths he used to make it.
Thanks mate, I try my best on these videos, and I love to 'Lo Fi' things up for that vintage feel, glad you noticed :). The tune I use as the backing track for the historical parts I made with the Crave for the arpeggio and a deepmind for the subtle pads. Cheers, Pat.
Great video patrick and the music is and arp lines are on point! Maybe i missed it due to it being way past my bedtime but i assume its a monphonic synth? How does it compare to pro1 in this case? Cheers 🎉
@@AnalogFlava Hey man cheers. It is indeed a mono synth. Bare in mind this is all subjective. I'd say the character is very different to the Pro-1, has a more rounded bigger feel to the bass, can be a good thing or bad depending on the track/vibe. Kinda like a Moog, the bass can just sound huge on this and covers alot of the frequency spectrum, so can be tricky to fit in other elements. But yet it's versatile at the same time, wide pallet of sounds with the continuous wave shapes and muchos options with the patchpoints. I feel the filter is smoother than the pro 1, has a glassy feel to it, really analog vibe is the feeling I got from it and it saturates rather nicely.
Top classe cocorico la bestiole !! Le MIDI IN devant et le Thru au cul ! C'est du parfait !
Le thru au cul 😂😂😂😂😂
Never heard of it, but mon Dieu! It sounds so good! Vive la France!
Man that jam at the end was really nice. I’m so stoked this one is so affordable!! I absolutely must get one…after the VS ships of course
Sounds and looks incredible. Enjoyed the backstory as well. Well done on the overview and demo Patrick and Behringer team.👏👏👏
Thanks Tiger Arcade, we appreciate the motivating feedback. Cheers
Oh putain !!!! That sound !!!!🥰 Merci les gars !!!
Great demo. I used to subscribe to E&MM - the magazines were our primary source of info back then! We had to pick up morsels of info here and there unlike today where an hour or so nets us more information than we can handle.
Bro, it's "Broken Frame". Good job, editing crew.
music enthusiasts
PÉCHE DEMODÉ
Bro I know, I messed that one up, it's just me doing all the music and scripting then editing the videos, it's quite a workload, somethings unfortunately slip through the net. I'll address my unforgivable mistake in part 2 ;) Cheers, Patrick.
Whaaat another one we absolutely need to have from You 😅🤣🤩
Guys, I love you and have always followed you buying your products, I speak well of you, always!
But please, when you think of good wine and above all good food, remember that you can only find it here in Italy!
And our towers are made of stone and not so straight... Ah, ah, just joking. I love France and french people, really!
@@wonderwheel80s i know, joke me too 🥹 🇮🇹 ❤️
Damn! Y’all just don’t quit!!! Tell Uli he is the Man! Love y’all
Brilliant and I think Jarre used RSF Kobol with the MDB Polysequencer on the Concerts in China album and that sounded amazing, so I look forward to the possibilities of this!
Magnifique! cocorico! 😀
the kobol sound is back in ... 2023!
If there was an old analog synths to resurrect it was the kobol synths, they were as good as rare.
Nice to see the expander version of the kobol, with the patch points like the original, good for peoples with other other modern modular or semi modular synths, or modules, like the neutron.
Just in this video we can hear the character of the sound , it is a good come back to the 80's.
Next the kobol .
... and the polykobol? 😉
It looks like it is already a succes in shop.
Again Behringer...this synth sounds amazing! Another one I need to save for❤ Thank you guys for doing what you're doing ❤
ALLONS ENFANTS DE LA PATRIE
Addicting sounds! Looking forward for Part Two! :)
Really nice jam man. Another beautiful sounding synth!
Finally ... mine was shipped today (pre-ordered). Looking forward to add it to my 'collection' (Poly-D, Odyssey, MonoPoly, 2x Pro-1, 2x Pro-800, K-2, Neutron, Cat).
I hope the Proton is coming soon.
A little update. Like all your reproductions, I love the sound of the Kobol. The envelopes are lightning fast, the waveforms sound fat and warm and that filter is so creamy. It has that typical French vibe (Jarre / Vangelis) but is still capable of experimental sounds (although not to the extent like a Cat, Odyssey or 2600). I just wish, you implemented the ability to save sounds / presets. The voltage controlled parameters offer that possibility.
Really great sound design. Musical. ❤
Really nice 👌
Son merveilleux!
Oh, well, this Kobol sounds just so nice! After getting the Pro-800 in July I did not plan on any new purchases until the 2XM, UB-Xa or maybe either the Pro-16 or the MS-5, but now I suddenly started longing for this one, not having even considered this earlier. Still on the fence regarding the ProVS mini, too. Thanks, Behringer, for making this even harder for me 😜
I actually got my preorder in right away I'm pretty excited
Looking forward to the Part two! 🙂
sh!t... after the PRO-800 now this. It will be hard to resist. (I think that my wife will hate you Behringer)
Awesome! I have to make some space in my rack for this
Well done Behringer!
I just hope some of the synths you've announced will be available in my country someday. So far they're merely myths...
Behringer, you have outdone yourself again!
That's interesting, and look at all those patch points...
It was on the original model.
It was for a modular thing with an expander 2 including à LFO, and patch between both box.
Patrick we're stoked to have you back bro!
Cheers brutha
I freakin’ love you guys.
Sounds so very pleasant, heavenly!
It sounds excellent!
Behringer allows people like me to be able to create and enjoy music otherwise unattainable. Great company and I always stick up for you guys over at synthesizer circle jerk
looks very nice! also cool video with the history!
This one is fire, I need it asap
I might have to try this and give it a place next to my Wasp and Cat next. I am still hoping for an OSCAR desktop to compliment this!
Did you use SSI chips?
Incroyable. ❤
a broken fRame not flame
when part two ? have already preorder the synth
Looking folwald to this one - sounding good. The leal dleam is the mighty PolyKobol II so I hope we get one of those one day.. pletty impossible to find a used one these days 😊
They are working on it, but it is a complex synth.
I really hope that they would succeed.
I like the modulation section they have done for the New polykobold. 😂
Behringer, you are on fire!
I need it quick! 😁👍 Vive la France! 😎👏
Thank you for the choice you gave to us normies with your products!
“really fruity.” Exactly what I look for in a synth😄
really cool!!
Wow another amazing synth!!! Thanks Behringer
The last song is for an album! GREAT song!
Nice!
Tres bien.
What the odds you could make a sort of "K-5" an MS-50 expander module Korg likely isn't bringing back to pair up with the K-2 or MS-20 mini.
Bravo. It sounds rich! Beautiful on top of it. Please keep this up! You're giving us so much to our sound pallets. And you're making history as a point in music.
Sounds fabulous.
@behringer if this does really well, what are the chances of getting the RSF kobol expander II to have the full system??
Is the MIDI to CV converter like the Neutron? If it has the Assign feature for aftertouch control of filter cutoff and VCA (even if hidden as a configuration parameter) that would be absolutely amazing for us wind controller players!
The Neutron's converter is the best I've come across for compatibility with my Roland AE-30 wind synth. Aftertouch for breath control, _proper_ handling of legato, and no dead spot in the middle of the pitch bend ... perfect 👍👍👍👍👍
Nice choons mate
Cheers fella :)
excellent
Beautiful demo. Well done.
Happy!
what bout the expander 2 ? i need one :)
Sounds like the Airwolf theme will be easily recreated with this synth.
Sounds great and wonderful video. I will purchase. Cheers
Yes, as usual when you demonstrate one of these recreations from the ancient of days I start remembering bits and pieces of music but clearly had this bit of equipment in it
Come on Bheringer, when are you going to hit us up with that distant 'kin' of the synthesizer, the digitalized version of the reel-to-reel tape recorder?
Back in the day the synth was coupled to the long-playing recorder, it was part of the process, something we now take for granted. These largely anonymous contraptions preserved those happy accidents so that they could be recalled and noddled into something joyous.
These days we have the Daw, or the digital recorder but you can't just leave those things running, instead you have to make that conscious effort set them up and then to hit record, by which time that spark of an idea, has been and gone.
So how about it Bheringer, something new, something borrowed something true. You can make this happen. A device which is always on, always in your audio chain, always recording waiting for you to hit record ' after the event', to preserve the last wow, the last minute, the last 5 mins, the last 10 mins, or the last 30 mins of recording. You would just hit the appropriate button 1 5 10 30 for that span to be saved to SD as a lossless file. A forever moment. [This must read like something from the first episode of that netflix series Black Mirror.]
The SP404 has something called the 'skip back' providing a miserly 40 seconds of audio recall. This might be ok for a beat, but its not nearly enough for any other kind of instrumentalist. If this were 5 mins i might have jumped on it. If you could make a device to take a verity audio input/output types with a high enough audio quality to auto-loop for at least 30 mins, I and other musicians across the full spectrum of music would thank you for this 'forever machine'.. Anyone who has ever jammed and thought 'if only i could have recorded that', will thank you.
It would open the gates to original and spontaneous. It would change music. From a record of familiar muscle memories, or labored notation into a real stream of consciousness.. You could transition from practice into creation and not stop to turn something on .
After the basic 'reel-to-real' version you might add effects, and extend the time and features, it would be its own thing, a new whatchamacallit.
oooo very nice. hopefully a polykobol one day!
Vive la Trance 😊
When??? I love this! Love Behringer
Great! I like everything you are doing with the recreation of synths!!! (Side note: I would never buy the ripoff of the Keystep though, this crossed a line)
I bought the Swing- if it broke any law let Arturia worry about that.
Actually I love using the keystep pro with my behringer synths
@@RealityShiftUK The Keystep Pro is on another level- but very expensive
@@Andronicus2007 true behringer synths can be great value for money
@@RealityShiftUK Yes they are amazing, I've own a few.
Nice history lesson, cool synth too!
Hmmm gorgeous! But waiting for the polyphonic version.
15 seconds in and in already mad.
Of course i'm italian
is casu martzu the smelliest cheese? 🐛
I've been waiting on this!!!! I'm in the middle of a hurricane in FL and this is the best news!!!!! Thank you for making my terrible day better!!! Love yo Behringer!!!!
Stay safe!
@@geerhoar thank you
Good luck Nicholas, hopefully it passes safely.
at this point, behringer is goated.
Doooooooppppppeeeeeeeee❤️❤️❤️
Please make more than 800 😂
I will definitely get this when it’s released! Sounds amazing and will round out my collection nicely.
Voltage controlled waveshape, resonance and envelopes make this pretty dang interesting...
I'm keen on watching Part 2
When is Part Deux?
One step closer to the PolyKobol
Jeez I haven’t heard about this synth since I was a kid in the early 80’s lol. I was into Kraftwerk , Tangerine Dream and J-M Jarre so I had magazines on them and on the gear as I was looking to buy a synth back then, my first one.
This one is extremely rare and you will never see one in person. Sounds good.
Badass, can't wait for more demos.
Fade to grey material, sounds amazing i must say...
Oooh tempting.