Thank you very much for playing my Pink Floyd preset. Great video, as always!

The Atrophy parameters are a genius touch! Well done Behringer🫡

@DinoSvanhvit

5 ай бұрын

Sounds great.👍

Just got mine this week. I really don't care if it sounds identical to the Oby, this synth is absolutely beautiful in its own right. I love it.

I love Tim's videos. Insightful, informative, and most of all, entertaining.

@Waldemar_la_Tendresse

5 ай бұрын

I'm assuming you've simply forgotten "musical".

Always interesting seeing and hearing your new toys Tim. I know your review will be as stellar, in-depth, entertaining as the standards you've set and maintained over the years. Congrats, it sounds mega!!

Thanks Tim. Very informative video. Your insight is always very much appreciated . Definitely interested in this.

Had mine since 1/10…such a beautiful unit. Behringer really did a great job with this unit. At $1200 there’s 0 complaints. Best synth for the price.

@DendriticFractals

5 ай бұрын

1200? Wow

@dstrats

5 ай бұрын

Im so happy to read such a comment. So awesome it’s a great sounding synth with no complaints! And yes $1200 is a steal for such a synth reissue!

@fortheloveofnoise9298

2 ай бұрын

even the keybed?

@BritoWorx

2 ай бұрын

@@fortheloveofnoise9298 honestly I’m not a keybed snob. It’s just fine not having any issues at all.

Thank you for this - very helpful & informative. Also I loved the snippets you played - very atmospheric and melancholy.

Love how you Zimmered it nicely, love the sounds and barbebone as it is the video is classy

This is by far the best demo of it I’ve seen. Your choice of voicing makes it sound beautiful.

Many thanks for this interesting initial video about the UB-Xa in the usual quality and wealth of detail in the presentation. I'm already looking forward to the following videos, especially when I think about the Atrophy settings. You are certainly the right person to shed some more light on this. Thank you also for highlighting the difference with the Poly-AT.

Top notch as always! Thank you so very much for sharing!

Not only do i love your reviews Tim but you're playing is also great.

The zoom sounded fine. Thanks Tim, your videos are always a treat.

Well produced and this seems to be better than what most were expecting ,

Great video !! Thanks for making this one mines coming in today can’t wait.

Thanks Tim, great presentation

Dearest Tim, it was an absolutely lovely video!

Great Overview Tim , UB-Xa sounds great! Loving the Atrophy parameter options! Game changer!

As always a great video Tim👍

Brilliant précis as ever, Tim. This one is certainly on my later-base😊 thanks for your efforts👏🏻

First, a grainy cell phone video with an equally grainy microphone will still make your content better than 99.999% out there and I hope you figure out the issue (it was rats eating my cables without me knowing they took up residence that did it to me once). You continue to explain things in both an approachable and highly useful way Tim. To me, your explanations remind me of catching those key words I know would mean I would like a particular wine back in my restaurant management days. I know, based on your explanation, I will like this synth. You bring so much knowledge to all of us, and I am very happy to see you are doing some "work" for company's like Cherry Audio. Unassuming intelligence in a strange and disjointed world, you actually calm those of us watching your videos down as we think of our next purchase (I agree about your point of there being way too much more to care about than Behringer keeping an esthetic for this synth). Keep up the great work Tim and thanks for all you do for us amateurs!

Sounds huge! thanks for the video 🤘

I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for the overview!😊

Tim - great vid as usual! Love th UBXA

Was waiting for this 😊 Thanks

Just when I had myself convinced I dont need this, you made me need this. You got lovely sounds out of it.

Thank you for lovely introduction! Im really happy to see PolyAT working like this. Really perfect design choice. Also I think it is a good thing to not include performace controls and performace LFO into presets, but fully understand the point and it might be a good thing to allow that through FW update and leave that on users.

Thx 🙏 for review and first impression of a synth which I will love to buy.. one day ❤

Tim always a pleasure!

Great demo and impressions Tim!

Fantastic video TY !! ❤️

Nice overview. Totally agree the display placement, should have been centered. And overall the knobs are good feel, but the data select encoder is a but more wobbly than I'd like when pressed. I have issues that it sometimes will shift 1 value when clicked less than purely vertical. BTW- The aftertouch configuration is under accessed via the VEL/AFT button (Shift 2 in the "Available Preset Recall" section on the far right and you can select Hard, Medium or Soft for the AT curve, as well as the slew rate with the "AfterTouch Fltr" setting. Not the full configuration as the Hydra, but you have some choices for one's AT style.

Been hoping for an looking forward to videos on this one. 🎉

Have been patiently waiting on our man in London's word on this one and am happy to see it passed muster.

Thanks for the review!

It's an excellent sounding synth, I am acquiring a ASN Explorer for the PAT keybed for the teased and hopefully released UBXa module. Great vid once again Tim as usual!

“Heavily inspired by certain classic vintage synthesizers from the very early 1980s??” nearly fell off my chair lol…Love the humor you sneak into these videos Tim! Keep up the great work!

Love the production credits! 😂❤ Also love the Interstellar quotes. Beautiful. I used to quip, back 30-some-odd years ago when this thing was first announced and teased to the public, that, “I can’t wait to _not_ buy this!” Although this offering doesn’t change my opinion of Behringer as a company, I definitely award them a lot of points here. They obviously really did do their homework on this one and appears not to be the slap-dash also-ran that the vast majority of their offerings are. I won’t be getting one, but I think anybody that does is probably getting a pretty good piece of kit.

Great video. Some beautiful sounds and great insights, brevity be damned. Looking forward to a more expansive tour of this synth.

sounds gorgeous Tim, great price too, thanks !

Added it to my wish list thanks to this.

I love my UB-Xa so much

Like I need another synth! I'm into sound and control and this one has unique control and sounds great. Your in depth description on aftertouch was excellent, thanks for that.

Tim, I'm so happy to be able to live vicariously through you, Oh man of means. I get the impression that you work very hard to earn your money. Anyway, YOU HAVE to buy the BEHRINGER MS-5 and do a review. LESS expensive than the UB, by far. Back when I had every HARDWARD synth except the CS-80 and the JUP 8, I used to SALIVATE over the SH-5 and SH-7; I never found one....and then I sold them all. I still miss my Andromeda. Mark

I see those machines - I feel happy. Arpeggiated lines like in the end just make me happy, as simple as they may be.

Its beautiful

Thank you for the video! The pressure on polyphonic aftertouch was quite interesting and also the part about the non-saveable performance section! I totally agree about the screen, they placed it on an awkward place. I would have preferred if it would be bigger and in a blue colour. Looking forward to the next video!

I've heard lots of good things about the UB-Xa and so glad to hear they've done good work with the poly aftertouch. Aftertouch is such a key thing in expressive playing. When I'm building a software synth in VCV Rack or PureData, I always put a slew limiter on aftertouch, as so many keyboards fail to make the aftertouch something you can bring in gradually. At least with a slew limiter, you can force slower onset and release.

Such an awesome synth :) I ordered one last Friday and hope to receive in about a month.. that's what Thomann is indicating anyway. Can't wait to give it a good spin.. it sounds delicious in this video anyway!

You make a good point about all the issues in the world and choosing to be very angry about a synth.

@martattacks

5 ай бұрын

While I did comment on how I liked the way Tim presented his opinion, I do not 100% agree with the gist of the statement, because: Behringer's attitude towards people and companies in the business actually IS a part of what's wrong with this world.

@gregmakesmusic8805

5 ай бұрын

@@martattacks Same here! He surely meant nothing bad with it but I also thought it was a little bold to say so.

@martattacks

5 ай бұрын

​@@gregmakesmusic8805I think, Tim wanted to avoid the odd B-bashing in the comments and therefore tried to get that matter out of the way right from the start. I guess, therefore he also chose this rather forward approach. Fine by me.

@theboofin

5 ай бұрын

Well, he's just addressing the often petty concerns of social media idiots that frequent comment sections user groups...

Sounds nice, mine arrives tomorrow!

Great man and great video

Thanks for a great pre review review. I got mine yesterday and I'm also enjoying the fantastic sound and the wonderfully simple and direct UI. What reverb did you use in this demo? Sounds great.

You had me at that first sound. I am a sucker for auto panning. Thanks for the video.

Thank you Tim, Placed a back order for this two months ago. Still not yet arrived, but maybe you can make suggestions in advance when it arrives how to connect this to my System 55 setup.

I'm looking at the Ub-Xa as a possible midi keyboard controller as well as its musical instrument function. Thanks for going over the keyboard functionality, its very helpful. At its price point it seems to be the best bang for buck solution.

There are barely reviews online, it’s even courageous to do one with all the hate going on. I think it’s a work of love with lots of input from the community. Thank you for your initial thoughts. If it sounds anything like an ob-xa I’ll take this one, can’t afford a 5k synth and life is too short to save up for one. I mean we even have MPE.

Just wondering if the SYNTH TRIBE software for the UB-Xa would have controls for the aftertouch settings?

Subscribed! An honest review without the nonsense.

Thanks Tim, very good overview of details which - to my knowledge - were not covered by others. If your studio is too crowded and that is the reason for the current disfunctionality, then please feel free to send over the excess gear, so that you can tidy up. All in your best interest, of course 😉

Every time I watch another video of the UB-Xa, I get the uncontrollable urge to shell out cash. I have yearned for this sound ever since Thompson Twins in the early 80s, but space, people, space! Nice video though, and just another reason to want it. Trying my best to hold back the GAS.

Great video. Mine arrives Wednesday. Good to know about the Performance LFO quirks before mine arrives.

Great video

Hehe, congrats... I have mine since end second week Dezember, I was under the first get the delivery from Thomann... Was my Christmas Gift to myself, right time for the Fiesta... Very happy with it, cant get my fingers off it.

If you had to choose between the Moog One and the Waldorf MK2 what would be your pick. I plan on getting a MPC X SE to connect the keyboard to then then do all my editing in Fruity Loops. The Waldorf for me reminds me of a vst called ElectraX2. I understand the mapping and how get the sound I want. My only concern is that this is one of the best sounding keyboards on the market with rich mind blowing sound I can use to increase my style of production. I usually have 3 synths going at the same time per lead synth with delay reverb and 2 filters in automation. Same usually for the pads and plucks as well. Would the MK2 make the most sense to get or are their other keyboard you would recommend? I am looking for something with alot of warmth to it and clarity that I can cut away at to make a perfect track rather than always adding more to make a VST synth sound bigger. Thank you for your time!!

Thank you Tim, great video as always! why do I think about Tangerine Dream while listening to these arpeggios? I mean general feeling not chords of course

Can’t wait for more future videos on this, outstanding as ever Tim 🫡

I was hoping you would do a video on this. Great stuff Tim. Just saw them tease the Jupiter 8 clone, will that be of interest to you as well?

Really nice to have time to watch your videos! Just a quick question: what type of lamp/light do you have on the lower side of the synth that´s above the UB-Xa?

enjoyed the funny intro credits!

Wonderful timing; as recent days have narrowed choice down to UB-Xa. Will companion Deepmind 12 _ bringing OB-X8 tones aboard. THX Tim Shoebridge, looking forward to your follow-on impressions. 🙏🏻

Not saving the performance section is a bummer but the rest seems great. Can the screen colour be changed in settings?

Wow, I'm impressed to see you reviewing Behringer. Turn the other cheek I guess, you have taken the high road. I guess I should too!

What an extraordinary piece of hardware. Looking forward to own one this year. Tank you very much Tim.

waiting for mine for a few months hope it is here soon

+1 for saying Behringer right and not calling it "Berrindjer" like so many on KZread wrongly do x3 Really well done overall in a way to make it an equally first out of the Box impression of what to expect.

@GBehringer

5 ай бұрын

I can only agree since I have the same last name 😊 A great first review by Tim, everything summed up perfectly.

@ScottsSynthStuff

5 ай бұрын

Except...if you watch Uli Behringer in any video, he pronounces his own name as "Behrin-jer". Seeing as that's how he pronounces both his own name AND the name of the company he named after himself, I'm going to say that the owner of Behringer knows better how to pronounce his name than you do. Do a KZread search for "ULI BEHRINGER - AGRADECIMENTOS" and you'll hear him pronounce it.

@Raumfalle

5 ай бұрын

Yes, Uli does that intentionally to connect with English-speaking customers. Uli Behringer has German roots, and that's why the name is pronounced the way Tim does.

@patsonmusic

5 ай бұрын

@@ScottsSynthStuff Yes, because he wants to communicate with an international audience. Still in German it is a soft ending and not pronounced with a J (as in the wine maker). I'm actually struggling myself with using either or, so depending on the context I sometimes pronounce it like Tim, sometimes as ringer (of Notre Dame 😉 )

@leegswindon

5 ай бұрын

I go the other way - it's makes me twitch hearing you say it that way in English! 🤣The other way is the "correct" way to pronounce it in English, the hard g is the correct way in German - Uli seems to agree. I'm kinda the same, when I'm in a foreign country I'm happy to have my name pronouced the French/German/US way - all of which are different - makes me feel like I'm fitting in!

Received mine today. I owned a four voice OB-X for about ten years, and missed the immediacy of programming it as well as the great sound. Based on a few hours getting to know it, the Behringer has everything I liked about the OB-X but with the extra features of the later OB-Xa and OB-8. The "atrophy" feature gets it into the "wobbly" territory of the OB-X which was constantly drifting because it used almost entirely discrete components unlike its mostly IC based successors. But with the Behringer, I'm hoping it doesn't just break down all the time like my Oberheim did.

Are there separate user atrophy slots and/or can you rename the provided eight?

@TimShoebridge

5 ай бұрын

There are just the eight. I'm presuming you can rename them but I haven't tried myself yet.

Hi Tim great video. For tweaking the AfterTouch response, Vel/Aft menu and then "AT Curve" - just soft medium and hard. The performance LFO settings are manual and you are right to assume the same as in the original. The performance panel settings can be saved within split/double programs - if that's any help to you at all.

Thank You!

@zizgraphics

5 ай бұрын

I noticed on their upcoming "JT-16" (Jupiter8 clone using the ubxa form factor) ...the display screen is at the center octave, just a pinch to the right of the center of the entire instrument. I own a Hydra49key, and space is scarse, so I had planned on getting the Desktop UBXa... but I might be tempted to get the keyboard version of the JT-16 one day.

Very nice thank you! If I may ask, what kind of effects did you use?

@TimShoebridge

5 ай бұрын

Just little reverb (lexicon)

4:18 - actually you were correct the first time, it's an LCD. :) Although it's backlit with LEDs, so there is that.

maybe i missed the info, plastic or metal chassis?, thnaks tim.

@TimShoebridge

5 ай бұрын

Metal. And some nice polished wooden end cheeks 👍

@patriciaoudart1508

5 ай бұрын

​@@TimShoebridgeI'm hard to know if it's Iron or Aluminium. On my deepmind it's Iron, and for me sad because I have a old Dx 7, and just a lack of paint and with time all the button panel gone rusted. On the Deepmind, rack holes have no paint, so sometimes I would prefer plastic front panel, or why not, Wood. My Jupiter 50 is aluminium, so hope the next Behringer keyboard will jump the step over, that can be wood and just plate front for buttons. Also vertical racks are coming to a new birth, that yould be good for seeing the display, this lets me thinking about separate Keybeds, double keybeds, and a vertical wood rack that could support three expanders, one meter long, that would not need to change the internal architecture, can imagine in my dreams, UB Xa, and Behringer Jupiter 16 expanders , over a double poly aftertouch full 88 keybed. And place for integrated analog effects modules! So the question about plastic, Aluminium, metal should be part of future Behringer, and others like Korg, dilemnas 😊.

That intro…❤

Im not sure its the left/right location of the screen as much as the fact its flat and slightly recessed tgat is more problematic?

Hello Tim, thanks from germany…..

What's the keybed like ?

3:40, sooooooo true, spot on.

“There is so much shit going on in the world to be angry about, not something like this”. Great sentence.

Dear Mr. Shoebridge- thanks for this (and your many other) detailed video(s). I enjoy watching your channel for the calm, measured quality you bring to your in-depth analyses and reviews, which are mercifully devoid of the “hyper” or overly flamboyant style of some other reviewers. I am a semi-pro/ semi-amateur (😂) guitar player (I.e. I perform guitar parts in a Pink Floyd tribute band) who has an old Alesis 88 key Quadrasynth; it’s a monster from the 90s, and is great, but I am looking to get either the Hydrasynth Deluxe or the UB-Xa for 21st century conveniences, even though I realize that’s a bit of a contradiction in terms for the “U-Behr-heim”. I am aware of the differences between the two, and more importantly, the important similarities (polyphonic aftertouch). I noticed that you have done reviews on both these synths. Do you have a preference for one over the other e.g. feel, quality of factory presets/ patches, or ease of ability to create “realistic sounding” instruments like pianos and organs from these synths? Any notable/ glaring shortcomings that might make you choose one over the other? I realize this question might be akin to choosing a favorite child, but the reason I ask is because, like you, I do not perform keyboards live, and am primarily looking for a SINGLE “master synth” with great patches, that I could also use as a controller for other modular devices in my studio. I live in the USA, and so am uncertain of ASM vs. Behringer’s after-sale service (if ever needed) and whether that influences your decision in any way. Sorry for the long question/ comment, and thanks in advance. Cheers

@TimShoebridge

19 күн бұрын

Hey. Great to hear you enjoy the channel. The hydrasynth is definitely going to give you the widest range of sounds, you can coax some very nice organ sounds, electric pianos and even choir sounds out of it. The synth engine is very flexible allowing you to build your own wavetables from the factory waveforms provided. Working with digital synths is not for everyone, and I guess the question for you is how important is that warm, analogue, imprecise quality? Because it is that quality that you get from an analogue polysynth like the UBXA. If I was pushed, I think I would go with the hydrasynth for its flexibility, but I do think that pairing it with an all analogue polysynth is an amazing combination.

Another great video!

I wish they would give you the option to open up the upper frequencies on the open filter more like ob-8x have more presence and sound less muddy in general.

awesome! subbed! greetz from switzerland 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🔥🔥🔥🎹🎹🎹

Way to go Tim.

Thanks. As always You are very precise and by the Musician point of view. The few sounds you played shows the better I listened for this time why this instrument is on my list, because It's certainly close to what I myself stand for, which is expression and harmonics creation, enrichment of synthetic sounds to reach a living music landscape. Behringer have lot more dilemmas to solve, as they announce more instuments, particularly the Jupiter 8, I imagine with a memory polyphonic aftertouch keybed?. Suddenly, I realize I've not veryfied if the matrix of the Deepmind 12d I have, is able to save external keyboard parameters, perhaps in the application. My SL88 studio have It's proper aftertouch preset's app, so this need to be studied for me but it is technical, and not my pleasure, I play, my settings and push two times the button Write, then the :) like conbination, in the middles of hundred presents with no interest for me. Can't stand to do the same with the OB Xa. The legacy mode presets are amazingly precise, add lot to the instrument, you are the own to have hold this to our Knowledge, thanks to You.

Great video, exciting synth for sure. Looking forward to the Behringer JT-16 Jupiter-8 recreation. 😉

Behringer do a lot of cool things now! I wish they could add more flexibility to Pro-800 too. Modulation amount (from PolyMod) is very modest in the latest firmware. This makes some of my "very wanted effects" impossible to create. I could workaround this with LFO but it's only one for all 8 voices unfortunatelly. I've seen a website where several hardware mods for Pro-800 are described. And there is even a mod for doing this :)

Great first impressions. Many thanks. I have my UB-Xa since a month, great synth, great value for money, good construction quality, except for the knobs, thin and too plasticky. Hopefully there will be a third party replacement available for them.

@thelantern9075

5 ай бұрын

The original knobs on the OBXA probably aren’t much better. Lol. I’ve got one, it’s needs servicing, but they don’t feel premium either. But true, fitting gear with nice feeling hardware adds to the user experience.