Behringer MonoPoly - An Ultra-Affordable Homage to the Original Go-To Synth!

[@jeg1972]

Behringer have their detractors, but in the last ten years their quality and the sheer array of stuff they're producing now has come on hugely.

[@cpms45vn55]

They have produced some cool stuff lately, but the quality suck.

[@andewprod]

@@cpms45vn55 why? Do you own a Behringer Synth?

[@cpms45vn55]

@@andewprod I had a DM12, I have a TD3 and a mixer.

[@andewprod]

@@cpms45vn55 well, the mixers used to be low quality back then (idk if you have the xenyx series but i have that.. you get what you pay for xd) but i bought the crave, which sounds incredible for its price and is also rich featured! I also have the 20€ reverb and its not the best but its defently usable. I also bought 5 eurorack modules from behringer and they sound and function just perfectly, also the build quality from all their recent stuff is also really good! What are your specific complains about the behringer stuff?

[@cpms45vn55]

@@andewprod Xenyx QX2442, and yes you get what you pay for, that is sort of my point.

[@StolTechInc]

That intro is piece of heaven. Up there with Mozart and whatnot. This synth is so raw, so direct, so brutal. Must have one!

[@spazkong]

Definitely getting one of these. I have the Poly D and I reckon it's brilliant especially for the price.

[@kevroyo]

Good god that reverb is just beautiful.

[@chickenlickin3820]

does it have reverb?

[@joeyxl3456]

@@chickenlickin3820 he's using a UA FX pedal?

[@georgegeez8708]

Yeah that Universal Audio Golden Reverberator makes it sound ridiculous.

[@StevenClements]

@@georgegeez8708 plug any synth into any reverb hardware unit pedals or racks from the 80's to now and they come to life.

[@georgegeez8708]

@@StevenClements Yes for sure. I have a few nice rack reverb units from the 80s and they do sound beautiful.

[@scothinckley]

The Anderton's carpenter needs to get back in there and build Jack a table that doesn't wobble.

[@han1218]

It's pretty wobbly for how solid it looks.

[@snakeindigo7085]

Sounds good augmented by your selection of effect pedals.

[@andrewfrancisjames]

Bit dodgy thanks for pointing out

[@JayTheLane]

Best to just hear the raw synth for a clear picture. Though decent pedals can be bought cheaply.

[@sammcdermott9210]

Jack! Absolutely love your videos, so entertaining and informative! Don’t want to pressure you, but I’ve been eyeing the monopoly and would love to see a comparison between that and the poly d. Take care!

[@sonarfreq]

Great job and very thorough, cheers Jack!

[@SPAZZOID100]

Just got one. Totally worth the $699. Sounds gritty and saturates nicely.

[@EdEditz]

I got mine a while ago. Got a great deal on Bax Music at a little over €400,- Now they're back at the €700 price point. I noticed the Behringer synths going up in price a lot lately.

[@Zwopper]

If you turn down the volume on the carriers while using the effects it will be more prominent.

[@dxutube]

20:40 sounds like the start of Pole Position I on the C64

[@wormeister]

You just brought me back 30 years 🤣🤣

[@dawsonzinza1671]

Hey..... are you still planning on making a comparison video of the Poly D and MonoPoly? I am personally trying to decide between the two and it is not easy. A video comparing the difference and character and practical use would be very helpful. Thanks, I love your videos.

[@christopherrusch]

THIS PLEASE

[@MulletGains]

THIS PLEASE

[@TooSlowTube]

How much for a Behringer house on Park Lane?

[@benzimmermannde9579]

Thank you for this great video, love the MonoPoly

[@TheDavidPoole]

Lovely intro Jack.

[@schance1666]

Got one and love it! The keybed isn't great on mine (the black keys are harder to hit than the white ones) but I did get the first batch when they came out. Such a great synth, insane the sounds you can get out of it. And c'mon, what other non-modular synth has 4 VCOS!! I loved learning more about it from your vid, but I also like the fact that it can get so complex that I can just explore it without understanding it - just turn some knobs and flick some switches and you're in another dimension.

[@StikxWoW]

Spreading the thicc jam on my toast at the start.

[@blackmirror5559]

. I love this guy and really love this synth! .

[@stuCameraman1]

Wow.... At 5min 16sec that detune sounds exactly like that 80s Arcade sound (it was a popular sound for alot of arcade titles). I have a groove box.... But haven't had a keyboard since my late 1980's yamaha keyboard, the one with the blue drum pads along the bottom 😂

[@aefonta]

I really loving the sound on this! Not sure why, it sounds like a modern classic. I like the poly D also, but this sound superb.

[@ReformedWhiteKnight]

It is a classic (Korg Mono/Poly)! That's why it sounds like a classic! ;-)

[@Paul-js9eq]

Hi Jack, a great demo. Could you please tell me what effects you were using, epically which echo pedal

[@RayyMusik]

3:42 The Nick in Jack. :)

[@danielwit5708]

Pedals are more expensive than the synth lol 🤣

[@user-JM1967]

Has Monopoly stereo outputs?

[@petebraven1522]

Reminds me of a thing the makers of the Wasp were playing with before they folded. Might have to dig out the money tree.

[@kylewalker1872]

Can’t believe how good this synth sounds. And it’s one I could actually afford. Great video!

[@brendanpatrickmusic]

I literally JUST bought a MinologueXD... This thing sounds huge!!! Almost the same price. I guess the MinologueXD is probably still more feature packed though. At least I have the MonoPoly VST. Good enough for me.

[@jann_rygh]

Minilogue has - much smaller and cheaper keys - only 2 OSCs and the features you meant 2 years ago were the "FX"? they're ok for live but if you record in your DAW they're unusable

[@brendanpatrickmusic]

@@jann_rygh You're pretty much spot on. Minilogue XD has a 3rd digital oscillator. Had a lot of scaling potential with community members adding custom waveforms to expand the sound design capabilities. I do wish it had analog sines though. Most of the sounds you can make are either chirpy, or filtered out ambient pads. It's also hard to drive the digital osc louder than the analog oscs without compression. Also has a built in sequencer where you can record/automate filter sweeps and stuff.

[@jann_rygh]

@@brendanpatrickmusic they AutomationRecord is cool, right. For me, both Synths didn't do the Job, Minilogue too harsh, Monopoly too muddy^^

[@Goettel]

Just use it mono and you have an amazing synth

[@danielcolfer4671]

Why just 3 octaves? Full key range please. How much more would it have cost with the original amount of keys? Are you listening beringer?

[@andertonsfan3144]

I'm guessing you could always plug in a 88 key Midi controller.

[@Thoracius]

Just use a midi controller.

[@danielcolfer4671]

@@Thoracius Yeah bringing another keyboard to a gig that’s always convenient. If they’re going to clone the keyboard just give it the same amount of keys of the original I’m sure people wouldn’t mind paying an extra hundred or 200 bucks if that’s what it would cost.

[@danielcolfer4671]

@@andertonsfan3144 In the studio that’s fine but not live. My point is if berringer is going to clone these synths just make them with the same amount of keys.

[@SPAZZOID100]

????

[@aftertheendtimes]

Very nice demo =)

[@Dolores5000]

Daam I love this

[@epicon6]

I don't like knockoffs but Korg is not smart enough to re-release this either.

[@florianrachor7796]

Hm, but as a hardware company, wouldn't you rather focus on developing new gear then copying your past successes? I mean granted, they do copy their old stuff all the time, but I guess the market for synths like the Minilogue XD is just bigger then for a straight copy of an old synth.

[@gersonpagan]

@@florianrachor7796 Look up "then" and "than" if you have time.

[@wilsonjaksetic6009]

@@florianrachor7796 no. I want cheap homages to great synths.

[@SnaFOo75]

@@florianrachor7796 no. let behringer and us have fun with these knockoffs. I hope they start developing new stuff tho, true!

[@epicon6]

@@florianrachor7796 They just released a bunch of new synth though. Opsix, Modwave, Wavestate and are releasing classics: miniKorg 700FS, ARP 2600M and the MS-20FS, so i don't think bringing classics back will slow the development of new things

[@digitaldiezel5870]

Good for Behringer! And the effects sound great! I'm sure allot of people will like it.

[@kentaccordionist]

Jack wasn’t born when most of these classic synths were first on the market and in the charts. But the dude sure knows how to make them sound good. Where’s the Maltese Falcon gone to though, Hope he’s not got Covid .

[@tommyfoley]

Jack making the envelopes so wet.

[@Massproduce201]

Hey are the knobs midi cc mapable? None of these Behringer synths have that which would be awesome

[@SPAZZOID100]

For $699??? Nope.

[@synthsforfunk]

Great demo of one of the best analog synths around! Thank you! Love my MonoPoly. Check out some of my demos of this synth if you are into a funk music.

[@michaelmoore1434]

How much

[@entropybentwhistle]

Do any of those UA effects need attenuation or are they all synth level capable?

[@fortheloveofnoise]

Every effect pedal I have ever used worked just fine with synths....pedals with a volume/input volume knob even more so......I have had some pedals that ONLY worked with line level signal (like some I have made) but never one that did not.

[@vryc]

$700. Behringer, how are you doing this?

[@metmain5]

They make it in China

[@armandoruizmartinez4848]

@@metmain5 and they own the factory and manufacture their own parts for the bigger part. If you own all the tools and have enough customers, you choose what price to charge. Definitely helps that they're made in China.

[@SPAZZOID100]

@@metmain5 just like your $1,200 smartphone????

[@donkeevney]

How many patches can be saved ?

[@PaulJonesy]

I think it’s 0 - there are no presets and no patches. Possibly there is a software editor with a librarian.

[@TooSlowTube]

@@PaulJonesy It's 1. It remembers the position you leave the knobs in :) There is no software editor because it's a pure analog circuit, with no way of saving or recalling patch memories. Apparently, it has chord memories, so maybe you can save those to a computer though.

[@SPAZZOID100]

????

[@H-4-D3423]

22m15s, 3 sperm whales gather off the Brighton coastal area, answering Jack's MonoPoly outro mating call...

[@FakeGlasses]

Can I ask a simple and potentially stupid question: What is the difference between this and the Poly D? Is it the filter? They seem like two clones of similar mono/paraphonic synths.

[@TooSlowTube]

The Poly D is based on the Moog MiniMoog Model D circuit, plus one extra VCO, and the MonoPoly is based on the Korg MonoPoly, so there are some differences, including the filter, but they are broadly similar too.

[@armandoruizmartinez4848]

One difference is that the Poly D has a sequencer built in. Sound wise they can achieve a few similar sounds but the biggest differences are the sounds they both uniquely are able to create, that and some filters. I hope that helps.

[@christopherrusch]

monopoly vs poly d video please??

[@JohnLozo]

they had a killer, original hit with the Neutron and they haven't been back since lol

[@cnfuzz]

Yes neutron is great , most of the clones have limited interest , but each has to decide what they like

[@Xul]

@@cnfuzz The DeepMinds are awesome and dirt cheap, I'd hope they would go more in that direction of improving successful old concepts instead of straight out replicating old machines with some of their flaws.

[@cnfuzz]

@@Xul it sure is flexible but to much emphasis on the fx routing with at the basic level the tone is perceived as thinny for an analog synth , dm is more a digital synth with analog filters than a polyphonic analogue , but for that price there is no real competition

[@Xul]

@@cnfuzz I'd agree that the presets are a bit overloaded with FX. But on the other hand you don't really have to rely on those presets (they are way too many anyways, only having 20% of thebetter ones would have been enough). But I won't complain about such a strong effects section that I'd otherwise pay in 6 units of "stomper box currency". I was very glad not having to constantly carry my H9 from my main music room to another room where I have the DM6 for those moments when you just want to jam for yourself without going to your whole gear. As for the "thin" sound: I wouldn't phrase it that way. Sure, it might not be on the levels of a Peak/Summit, but it is also half the price so I didn't expect that. But In general I was quite surprised how fat even the cheapo DM6 sounded. For Bass sounds I even prefer it to my BassStation II a lot of the times (which was the only comparable real analog I have at home). The more I hear all those "analog warmth and fatness" claims the more I get disillusioned - most of the time I can't really hear that dramatic differences. I'd say all of my hardware synths (granted, most are digital: i have a Nord Wave 2, blofeld, BSII, DM6 ... and a Buzzy next to my Digitakt ;) ) have such a broad range from disappointingly thin to impressivly fat sounds that I don't even care anymore what type of synth it actually is - because it basically is so much more depending on the patch, the mixing and other factors (like my shitty playing ;) ).

[@LukezyM]

@@Xul What’s Buzzy?

[@JoseAngelMorente]

Now, everyone is copying Claudio Passavanti's style. Sadly, not everyone has got his skills as a musician. BTW, great synth. Couldn't be better for the price.

[@autoy]

The sync sweep sounds weird and very unlike the original.

[@eastwoofer]

Why don't you go tell your mommy.

[@ShakaCthulu]

Agree. You need to have had an original MP4 to understand this. The filter also isn’t as syrupy as the original SSM vcf. Good sounding synth, but seems about halfway to recreating the Korg’s sound.

[@BarbieChaite]

you need to use 3 expensive pedal fx...

[@redkris1972]

is this below Behringer Poly D or above ?

[@geetarbube]

They’re the same price with the Poly D being a 70s synth and this is an 80s. Moog vs Korg, respectively.

[@Dolores5000]

Want

[@SteelObelisk]

Get down with your bad self!

[@andrewverran3498]

Lol, almost 1000 quid of effect pedals on the output...cmon get real. 🤣

[@quantumeseboy]

Do yourself a favor, spend a little more and get yourself a DSI.

[@SPAZZOID100]

?????

[@carl156]

does not get close to the original in Kebu Comparison! Pro One is the closest they got.

[@maccagrabme]

Not true, he said it was very close and the differences were greater between the two originals he owned, mainly down to a fault with his live version.

[@JoseAngelMorente]

Just not true. Furthermore, Behringer and other youtubers have explained how to calibrate the Behringer MonoPoly to make it sound dirtier, even closer to the original.

[@eastwoofer]

What video did you watch? It was spot on.

[@SourDiesel69]

This thing sucks. No low end. Returning for grey meanie.