Behringer Pro 800 - First impressions and overview

In this video i am sharing my first impressions of the Behringer Pro-800 and a brief overview over its functions.
The sound was recorded directly from the mono output without any effects.

[@tomnoise23]

Hello, in this video i am sharing my first impressions of the Behringer Pro-800 and give a brief overview over its functions. The sound was recorded directly from the mono output without any effects.

[@CLaw-tb5gg]

I’ve always felt very iffy about the ethics of Behringer, but I think I’ve discovered that an 8-voice analogue synth for £300 instead of £2000 is how much it takes for me to not care about ethics any more..

[@pickyyeeter]

This is the most nuanced and honest Behringer take I've ever seen, and I'm 100% in agreement

[@CLaw-tb5gg]

@@pickyyeeter in a perfect world, I would buy the Prophet 6 desktop over this (not least because it’s almost certainly better overall). It does feel nasty buying knockoffs, especially when they’re made by a company as big as Behringer who have the ability to bury the smaller companies who actually come up with the originals. But at the same time.. yeah, £2000 for the Prophet 6, vs £300 for this. Realistically I’m never gonna buy a Prophet 6 - they’ve priced themselves beyond my wallet - so I suppose you could ask how much in practice Behringer are actually hurting people’s business.

[@deegee8645]

:D every man has his price

[@seanywarsong]

I feel you, but I don't think this and a P6 are in the same league, sonically speaking. The Monopoly clone is just about spot on though, don't ask me why.

[@justins-d9825]

If you don't want to support Behringer, then wait a year and buy it used. They see no money from it and you save some money yourself.

[@adammann9371]

I'm surprised how powerful this is. Behringer and Gligli did a good job!

[@ShakaCthulu]

So rare for a demo to just be the DRY sound & I appreciate that.

[@xray2785]

Excellent! Many thanks for posting this Behringer, Pro-800 feature, it keeps me going whilst I’m waiting for my one to arrive!

[@angeldc54]

Thank you so much for offering us the dry sound.

[@n.oneimportant5]

Awesome demonstration as usual. Thanks so much. Ordered mine! 😎

[@57muzic]

Thanks for the raw sounds; no third-party effect processing, I'm not sure if I'll pull the trigger on this one; but for sure on the UB-Xa!

[@schragemusik]

A superbly informative review. Danke schon.

[@lundsweden]

Wow, you got some great sounds out of this synth!

[@criwimarkers5524]

Vielen Dank für die Mühe dieses Video über den Pro-800 zu machen. Der Pro-800 wurde sehr gut erklärt und für mich ist dieses Video eine sehr gute Entscheidungsgrundlage. So stelle ich mir ein "Erklär"-Video vor, wo die Schritte erklärt werden. Ich hoffe, dass auch Behringer auf deine Videos aufmerksam wird. Nochmals vielen Dank. Video wurde geliked und Kanal abonniert.

[@tomnoise23]

Wie nett, danke für das Feedback!

[@jjrusy7438]

This is killer for $400usd. I have too many synths already. These are the times I wish I was just starting out. I would get this for the big sounds. However, I am waiting for the "U-berheim" .

[@sauermusicDE]

Einfach mal Danke für die Mühe. Daumen geht hoch. 🙂

[@federicobersano]

VERY good review / tutorial. Thanks.

[@unclemick-synths]

It definitely sounds retro. It's on my "maybe" list - I have resolved not to buy any more synths until I have mastered programming on all the synths I already own! 🙄

[@_thevaporz]

It's the most no-brainer $400 synth ever made.

[@maccagrabme]

They might have put the price back up by the time you want one due to demand, its a giveaway price right now, I paid more for a mono.

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

@@_thevaporz Yeah, but I realised maybe a little late that buying all the "no brainer" Behringer bargains was starting to get very expensive by the time I'd bought their 5th clone..... That said, I am eyeing up this one...

[@RealityShiftUK]

the model d was definitly worth it it’s my go to sub bass synth I can imagine a poly synth might be worth it depends what you have

[@hummingrhizomes]

Great overview! Subscribed:)

[@texacomann]

The postman Was sick on saturday, fxxk, my 800 is still at DHL Wagon🤦today, I am not at home, tomorrow I will get it 🤑but now I am watching your video. Nice. I am excited.....

[@Subtronik]

I can’t wait to get mine 🤤

[@YeLLGoYeLLGo]

Ist ja schon mal geil das Gerät, hervorragende Vorführung👌🎧🔊Habe das Pro1, ich denke das Teil wäre der Hammer noch dazu🤪✨🤍💫 PS. Geiler Kanal …bin dabei 👍

[@tomnoise23]

Vielen Dank! Ja, der 800 passt ganz gut zum Pro-1.

[@YeLLGoYeLLGo]

@@tomnoise23 Danke Dir ✌️

[@texacomann]

Your video ist the best of All! My pro800 arrived save. But after start I always have to tune it and after 20 minutes again, but then its ok

[@tomnoise23]

Same here, I’d consider it as normal for an analog synth. Thanks, glad if you like it.

[@texacomann]

@@tomnoise23 Yeah thats good know.

[@ioth953]

great video! Super glad you talked about the different envelope shapes. I saw a video where someone talked about the slow envelopes, very nice that this is included. Does anyone know, if the LFO has Key Sync and/or Midi Sync? if has those behringer will definitly get my money on this.

[@tomnoise23]

No reset or sync for the LFO. And I forgot to mention the additional Vibrato LFO. Thanks for the comment!

[@kilianteichgraber-mittwoch6000]

Exactly what I thought. In the other video he said that the release stops suddenly. But he didn’t get the envelope menu. That was a no for me. Now I know better and still hesitating but I think I will crack some time. 😬

[@alexmacfarlane994]

sending midi cc's is a great feature, would make a good controller for u-he repro!

[@kilianteichgraber-mittwoch6000]

Super Überblick, was alles machbar ist. Und das sehr strukturiert. Da können sich Manche noch ne Scheibe abschneiden. Danke hierfür! Ich werde den Kanal gleich mal abonnieren. P.S. Memory 😁

[@tomnoise23]

🙏🤦‍♂️😂

[@kilianteichgraber-mittwoch6000]

@@tomnoise23Passiert den Besten…. 😁

[@tomnoise23]

@@kilianteichgraber-mittwoch6000 ich hatte das Wort Memory nicht mehr in meiner Memory 🥳

[@kilianteichgraber-mittwoch6000]

@@tomnoise23 😆

[@projectvime]

What Info is stored in the patches? Does it override the actual positions of the knobs and dials? Or how does it work?

[@tomnoise23]

It’s working as every other synth with presets and SysEx dump. It will overwrite what is stored in the memory and the new presets will be placed in bank b from 00 to 05. Then you can load them from there. Of course the controls are not reflecting the stored values of a preset.

[@danwentz]

The only thing I haven’t figured out is where to you rename patches. I guess it’s somewhere in the software app

[@KyoshoVintageBuggys]

Best 600 for less. I own this synth and I'am very proud of it. Nice Vid, bro.

[@telesonica72]

very cool stuff! I just got one myself. How do you know all the funtions inside the menus? I cant find anything in the manual as there is only a quick start availible, Thanks for the tutorials!

[@tomnoise23]

There’s a manual for the prophet 600 gligli mod which has some information about the parameters. I found it with google.

[@telesonica72]

@@tomnoise23 got it , thanks! That really helps

[@RayyMusik]

Sounds awesome! Can the envelope curves be stored per patch?

[@fortheloveofnoise]

would be weird if they could not.....so I hope so

[@tomnoise23]

Yes, they can. Forgot to metion this.

[@TheGuitarModder]

I bought one of these recently and every video on KZbin I have seen, when people twist one of the knobs, it shows the value on the LED panel, but mine doesn't do this. It just always shows the preset number. Is there a way to enable this?

[@tomnoise23]

Did you check the settings menus? I think you need to press settings, then 7 for one or two times to enable it. On mine it was enabled by default.

[@imaginingthat]

@@tomnoise23 this is the correct answer. press settings, then press 7 until "display parameters" then turn value knob

[@circuitslave]

It looks like you have that KSP going over USB MIDi to USB MIDI??? I didn’t know that was possible 😮. So it’s being powered by the Pro-800?

[@tomnoise23]

No, both the Pro-800 and the Keystep Pro are connected to the computer 🙂

[@vampolascott36]

The Prophet 600 was my first poly-synth. It was loud and proud but the features are very basic when compared to modern synths.

[@Andronicus2007]

The Pro800 has a few more features, like the addition of noise, 2 extra voices and snappier envelopes (that's the Gligli mod part).

[@lownrgy]

basic is good

[@SPAZZOID100]

Some of us adore raw analog tones.

[@vampolascott36]

@@SPAZZOID100 I sold it because it was so basic that I got bored with it. My Rev2 is a much better synth and sounds just like the 600 if you don't add effects.

[@centralbpm]

hello. does it do unison detune?

[@tomnoise23]

Yes

[@technodrone313]

looks neat but i love my sh-4d.

[@PsychologyAcademia]

If you love something you shouldnt be looking . But you are. Actions speak louder than words.

[@friendlynoise]

Klanglich ein würdiger Ersatz für den Prophet 5/10?

[@tomnoise23]

Gute Frage, ich kann leider nicht mehr direkt vergleichen aber aus meiner Erinnerung heraus würde ich sagen: Für manche Sounds ja, für andere keinesfalls. Mein alter Prophet 5 hatte doch noch einen sehr viel schöneren Filtersound und auch mehr "Schnappdizität" in den Envelopes ;-) Trotzdem, ich bin beeindruckt was zu dem Preis so möglich ist. Und ich bin verknallt in den PWM Sound von der Kiste.

[@Andronicus2007]

​@@tomnoise23 Nick Batt just entered the chat ...

[@hexahexametermeter]

No effects or chorus, correct? Mono sound output?

[@tomnoise23]

Correct

[@WackyJackyTracky]

Too bad they didnt implement the stereo-output mod of the 600 where you can set the stereo-pan for every voice

[@titovalasques]

@@WackyJackyTrackyAhh, forget me previous question in a different thread. I see what you mean now. That mod sounds distinctly Oberheimish.

[@Sashabooboo]

Any idea what year this will be released in the USA?

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

The dude from sweetwater said August

[@imaginingthat]

Got an email this morning that my preorder was filled, website still says "on the way" but I called and they are in stock as of this morning. You might have to call idk

[@NickHowesAstro]

Great job, maybe an update for the 1.26 firmware next, but seriously great job, saved hours of manual diving

[@tomnoise23]

Thanks for watching. I’m glad if it’s useful for you.

[@WackyJackyTracky]

Sadly they did not add the stereo-output-mod available for the original

[@titovalasques]

? Pardon my ignorance, but what part of this synths signal flow is actually stereo? How would they achieve a stereo output and not just another output with the same exact signal? I’m sorry I just don’t get it. Just to compare, the reason I think the Juno-106 had a stereo output was just for the benefit of the chorus effect, remove that and it would be mono too.

[@WackyJackyTracky]

@@titovalasques There is a mod for the Prophet 600, which takes each voice signal befor the point they are mixed together and gives you a pan-pot for each voice and a stereo output. This is especially cool in the unisono mode, less in polyphone mode

[@WackyJackyTracky]

Yea you still have the signal on the normal mono-output but additionally 6 pan-pots and a stereo out. Really good work by the developers!

[@mass-1128]

Why do you say that the Pro 800 is not very flexible?

[@tomnoise23]

Because there’s many other Polysynths on the market which have a much wider range of possibilities. That’s my subjective impression. Functionality wise It’s not as deep and complex as for instance a Prophet 6 or Rev-2. Plus, at the point when I made the video, the firmware was a very early one. Later improvements raised the flexibility for sounds a bit.

[@_thevaporz]

Anyone in US receive theirs yet? Sweetwater told me October...

[@fortheloveofnoise]

You should have ordered it from Germany, I did that when the RD-8 came out and got it many months before Sweetwater had it

[@_thevaporz]

@@fortheloveofnoise You're in US? Which online retailer did you buy it from? Import tax?

[@ElektronicCricket]

Like the sound … for this price … I think , about built quality, you can have problems with the push buttons over time. (Such as unreadable text ) behringer should make this more on a higher level quality …

[@CaidicusProductions]

I don't own anything Behringer, but if I WERE to buy something... This would be it.

[@CaidicusProductions]

Oh, and thank you for the presentation!

[@CaidicusProductions]

That connector is called USB B. :D USB 2, or 2.0, is mainly about speed and various features that weren't in 1.0 and that 3.1 and 3.2 have that 2.0 does not. When it comes to connector shape, though, USB B is that square shaped one that most audio gear uses.

[@zyxyuv1650]

A lot of people aren't cool enough to use Behringer because they aren't cool or unique enough on their own so they try to front some coolness from their gear.

[@tomnoise23]

@@CaidicusProductions Thanks for the heads up!

[@learn2xpand862]

@@zyxyuv1650 if you’re talented, than you can make great music from anything, I’m in full agreement with you

[@mickwilliams910]

Sounds thin to me. Not a patch on the original 600.

[@titovalasques]

I don’t agree. It sounds pretty much spot on to how I remembered my prophet-600.

[@bram9498]

oh

[@tomnoise23]

Ya

[@mikamulperi]

He: be careful this will be loud Me: WHAT

[@tomnoise23]

:)

[@christiantorma2440]

LFL😂

[@michaelpierce3264]

sounds super hog fat

[@VagPoop_]

everything has the same tone. its a pass for me dawg

[@Station2Station-du2gh]

that's the author Dawg. He didn't change the VCO type nearly the entire time. Shocked you didn't notice that,

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

@@Station2Station-du2gh shhhh Let this person not buy one so the rest of us get one.

[@fjfrancois]

Get a Digital synth 😂

[@tomnoise23]

Don't judge the synth for my poor playing. This is just an overview of the features. I admit, there are better demos that show more of the sound. :)

[@kilianteichgraber-mittwoch6000]

@@tomnoise23Don’t get too bothered, please. You just have a perfectly sense-making concept. And you showed the different waveforms. The person who commented this should perhaps by a ROMpler. 😁