From the Studio - Kobol Expander

[@nyanko2077]

I really love the character on this one. It's incredible how good it sounds for its price.

[@leftmono1016]

Just paid £139 for one of these. Insane value for money!

[@mrpbody44]

One of my favorite synths from the Behinger line. I use mine all the time and it is always fun and surprising to play.

[@kezstone1]

Thank you for the demo, appreciate your uploads and honesty. Out of all the Behringer mono synths this one just seems to stand out IMO. It is so simple yet everything appears to work in synergy. It's the only recent synth from any manufacturer that just calls to me.

[@waggon321]

Sounds proper!

[@Julian-g3e2e]

It's strange how, in Canada's largest city, none of these new Behringer synths are actually available. It makes one wonder if these are just limited runs of products, going mostly to social influencers to create demand for a supply that's intentionally shorted. But the best synth is one that actually exists in people's hands...so don't believe the hype.

[@Wizoomi]

Not really. Same here in France, you wouldn’t find any Behringer synth in Paris biggest stores. B. has decided to sell mostly through online retailers and in EU at least Thomann and Anderton signed some kind of exclusive commercial relationship.

[@inversion66]

Behringer was trying to market their stuff in Canada exclusively through Cosmo Music in Richmond Hill. it doesn't seem to have quite worked the way they wanted to, as Long and McQuade has started carrying much of their line again. No sign of the Kobol yet on L&M's website. Cosmo Music lists it, but also says it's not in stock.

[@turbochargedfilms]

Exclusivity deals with online retailers, like Thomann for EU and Sweetwater for NA (more do sell them though). The worst thing about this business model is that in countries where the lower MSRPs of Behringer's synths matter more than in first-world countries, the markups in price over their western counterparts is outrageous. A Behringer Crave costs the equivalent of $340 here in India!

[@kierenmoore3236]

A kind of brighter, grittier, fizzier Boog?

[@kierenmoore3236]

Wasn’t the original a French Model D clone? So, now Behringer sell a clone of a Model D, as well as a clone of a clone of a Model D. 🙃 #Cloneception

[@cardboarddog2010]

It has been referred to as the French Model D, but apart from the envelopes they're not particularly similar in terms of tone and modulation capability

[@kierenmoore3236]

@@cardboarddog2010 Ah, OK. Yeah - I thought it sounded maybe brighter, grittier, fizzier than a Model D?

[@turbochargedfilms]

A Kobol is a "Model D clone" in the same way a Polivoks is: they were inspired by and attempted to recreate the Model D for their home markets, but in actual sound and usage they're pretty much different synths.

[@kierenmoore3236]

@@turbochargedfilms Got it. Thank you, Sirs! 👍🏼🙏🏼

[@Magnus_Loov]

It's got a SSM 2040 filter (as the original, but a clone), which is far from a Model D ladder filter. It was in the first Prophet 5. It also has pwm on both oscillators which also is on the Pro 5/pro one. Some say that this in combination with the very snappy envelope makes it sound like the Pro 1 in some situations. But when you crank up the resonance, Kobol has more bass kept, more like an old Oberheim SEM filter. So more kind of a mix between a Pro-1 and an old Oberheim SEM style synth. With additional patch points... Nowhere near a Moog, which also have 3 oscillators. This only has two. (You can do a trick that kind of gets three though). And the oscillators are unique (not Moog-ish) and you can morph between waveforms. The Moog ladder filter is famous to lose a lot of bass when cranking up the resonance. This doesn't do that (more like an Oberheim or some older Roland stuff).