Behringer UB-Xa - Synth King Presets
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2022
- I had the honor to be part of the beta tester team for the Behringer UB-Xa. We worked very hard during the last few years to get everything spot on. All members of the team had a vintage OB-Xa and OB-8 for in depth comparison and measurement. This video showcases a few of the custom presets I´ve created for the UB-Xa. The sounds were recorded without any effects, dynamic processing or whatsoever straight into the audio interface. For the performances in split mode I´ve added a slight touch of reverb. The synthesizer in the video is an early preproduction unit with the firmware in development.Stay tuned, there is a lot more to come. Enjoy the music, like the video and subscribe to my channel.
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Listening to this demo has restored my faith in the potential of this synth after the Andertons demo.
Yes agreed
I mean, it *is* Andertons... There's a reason I avoid their synth demo videos.
VCOs sounded as though they were phase-locked in the Andersons demo. Think they had a faulty synth..
omg... I thought it was just me.....
Yeah I was gonna say, the Andertons demo felt very rushed and half-assed. Usually I like that reviewer for more all-around gear, as he doesn’t seem to take himself super seriously (which is great for overviews), but minor tweaks to presets and widdly-woodly aren’t enough to do justice to something claiming to be following in Oberheim’s footsteps. Sorry dude. 😅
That patch starting from 01:15 had me on the verge of tears :)
+1
Agreed my friend!
For me the tears flowed freely. Didn't want to let anything or anyone hold me back from letting it all go.
agreed : perfect melody too
Interstellar!
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the sound of hope restored
Guys! Don't pour! Compared to his first disastrous debut on Andertons Music channel , this dude squeezed something out of him that truly deserves respect. Thanks Synth King! 👍
Thank you very much
@@Bernd_Bruening🗣🤷♂️ But it's true! You welcome ❤👍
What Andertons that bad? I also like that demo.
@@Dolle_Man it showed the cool features--the bitimbrality has me SOLD, but it also needs good sound quality and they really did something wrong with their recording setup. No warmth to the sound, and the dreadful funk left hand stuff he was doing didn't show off at of the strengths at all.
@Rhizosphere I get what you mean, it is a pad monster. But Prince did some great work with the OB-XA. All in the wrist ;)
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I have to say, while this synth sounds BEAUTIFUL and I am very excited for it's release, your musicality is what's selling it for me. Wonderful playing.
Thanks so much!
Totally agreed.
Edit: My wallet does not agree though.
@@Bernd_Bruening 0:10 you should have played Forever young
Definitely a better demo than that "other" video we had to experience.
Anderton's tester is a very good organ and E-Piano player, but he can't play a synth to safe his life.
There is a ton of haters on Anderton's video who want to see this fail. It's clear there are technical issues with their vid.
This shows how well the synth behaves, it sounds lush, poignant and very alive.
I am going to call one specific poster out, Leviathon, someone who is hell bent on trying to bury this synth.
Given you lie about so much, trying digging yourself out of this one now.
Synth King, I don't care about politics, this synth shines and you have proven it.
Succeed or fail I’m still buying one.
@@djstatix26 I hear what you're saying, I have room for 1 more synth, I want it to be a master keybed too and the PAT + MPE makes this a worthy contender.
The analog stuff with 16 voices seems to be coincidentally a massive bonus, I will be interested in the quality of the keybed, the DM12 was bad and I hated it.
Either way you look at this synth, you cannot seem to lose.
@@dankeplace its gonna contribute to my GAS for sure.
After seeing this I think Anderton's needs to man up, do the right thing and remove that video from YT. They f'ed up. They should own it. This synth is back on my buy list.
@@djstatix26 It is on my short list too.
Sounds just like the real thing I played around with in the late eighties!
This is an impressive instrument, and I love your presets! Thanks for the lovely demo.
That last piece is gorgeous, well done!!
I'm glad to see there is an affordable option for the many people complaining about the price of the OB-X8. This synth should serve them well. It sounds good.
Who’s complaining? I mean, it’s certainly not affordable to me but it _is_ a genuine Oberheim. Were the legacy brands expected to drop prices to justify the fanboys’ Behringer hate? 😄
@@crnkmnky It's been 3 months and I can confidently say plenty of people are complaining about the price of the OB-X8, and they're not all Behringer fans from what I'm seeing. I see a lot of people who have modern Sequentials complaining about the price. The OB-6 is seemingly more appealing to many.
Lets be real, genuine or not, it's overpriced. No matter how many basic presets they match semi-convincingly to the originals, it's not quite there. It's good sounding, don't get me wrong. I'll probably get one because it's as close as I'm personally going to get to owning that OB sound, but If I do I know I will be doing so paying an Oberheim name tax, I'll just call it. AKA getting ripped off by, it wouldn't surprise me, a couple thousand or more than it's worth.
@@noimalma Have you ever looked inside the X8? Have you ever looked at Music Tribe's (Behringer, among a dozen more brands) facilities? Because if you had you couldn't call it a "synth sweatshop", not while being intellectually honest anyways. It's actually pretty awesome. It's like a mini city.
Most parts, for any brand of synths, come from the same places. Asia, which use slave African mined materials.
At least Music Tribe actually makes some of their own chips under the name Coolaudio. Not that it's all that much better ethically because much of the raw materials still come from slave labor.
No, you can actually buy an ethically made guitar, you just have to hire someone to do it for you. Synths, that's a lot harder to come by, if it's even possible.
Nice! A million times better than the other recent video. Great patches!
What a journey in the OB territory... That demo gives me hope for the future of this synth !
Thanks for that great video !
This demo alone earned you a sub. Look forward to hearing more on this fine looking and sounding homage.
I don’t think I’ve ever returned to a demo to listen this many times.
Very much appreciated. Glad you like it!
Haha back again myself two weeks later for about the twentieth time. NEED MORE DEMOS!
Finally a good demo of what the synth is capable of. Really nice patches. Great job👌
Beautiful synth, sounds and playing!!
Great demo - I've very encouraged by what I hear from the UB-Xa...fingers crossed it comes out well. Amazing to potentially have affordable OB style analogue.
I’m really excited about this. I’m mainly a guitarist and drummer but have always been loved synths despite not being much of a player. As a huge fan of Rush, Queen and The Police, I always wanted an OBXa but could never justify the price tag. This gives me hope.
Wonderful! Behringer really did pull it off. 😊
Wow that DOES sound pretty nice! And it even looks like the OB's I loved so much! SWEET sounding filters! :)
I can't wait... gonna be amazing
Amazing demo and another amazing synth from Behringer....
Can't wait for it ! Synth King is the King... your presets are awesome, will be so happy to find them in the factory presets ! You are the best ! Come on Uli ! when are the pre-orders ?!
People are chasing a particular sound, I think this synth can do more than just what it is supposed to do.
I take this as a pad monster with PAT and MPE, this is a no brainer purchase if keybed is of good quality.
Amazing. The patches, the playing, the sauce. Amazing.
Ok, this is THE demo I've been waiting for 😍😍😍
Well that's more like it! Just what we wanted to hear. Great patches and playing.
Stunning pads with real warmth and depth. Unbelievable that it's the same instrument that was tested on the truly awful Andertons demo. Would like to hear how it handles bass sounds and how snappy its envelopes are.
God those Andertons synth demos are dreadful!
The Andertons synth guy sets all the hairs on my arms and neck UPRIGHT! I rarely go there now. Same yuck-award, but to a lesser degree, applies to their Level-not-42 bassist.
Andertons have done great demos for guitar, synth, and bass products, but when they pull off a turkey, it's a big, fat Butterball of a turkey.
I've seen amp demos where everyone else got great sounds out of them with little to no effort, but somehow they managed to screw up royally from simply not following common knowledge practices in terms of speaker impedence, and or wattage matching.
I know it can be a technical issue, but their video of this synth was truly awful, and obvious they didn't take much, if any time to delve into it in any great depth.
@@Ndlanding Haha! I always thought of him as a Mark King wannabe too. And their synth guy strikes me as someone you might get in a pub brawl with, because you looked at his girlfriend. I also play guitar, and their guitar content is insufferable too. But at least Chapman isn't around any more... The lord, king wank at Andertons... Haven't heard much about him in a while.
Sounds great, can't wait for the release!
Killer demo, king 😎🎹 this synthesizer sounds incredible
Can’t wait to try this one out! Thanks for restoring my faith in this synth :)
An honor, as you say so well in your description, to be part of the testing of this synthesizer! :)
Great demonstration.
This is a truly beautiful sounding beast!
Finally a decent and well prepared demo, I would have to agree with Juxty, thank you !!
Beautiful very warm presets that have movement. Excellent demo performance!!!
01:15 straight into my soul and beyond! You just sold me a UB-Xa, subbed!
agreed - breaks your heart eh :-)
I agree. Most beautiful sound & harmony. This Behringer/Oberheim sounds great.
Check
I already see you sitting in the middle of the night in your spaced out studio playing chords on this thing @dolleman
@@paulhellings
Ahhh…UB-Xa, the apology. Many Bothans lost their lives listening to the Andertons vid that day. This sounds within the boundaries of what the various OB-Xa’s out there do sound like. That said, I do appreciate the multi-synth capabilities of the OB-X8 more and don’t mind giving the cash to the innovator over the imitator, even at a huge price gap.
Oh wow yes 😍 It sounds absolutely gorgeous. It's going to be very good for writing soundtracks so very much my kind of sounds there 😁👌
Second patch is simply FANTASTIC, and melody is well chosen...I am in the row for ordering...
Nice, organic and warm… A good analog poly full of potential ! Reassuring after the recent mishap :)
Not only has he the the new incarnation of the classic but below is THE CLASSIC!
Can't wait to get my hands on this one.
Excellent demo! This thing sounds a lot better than I thought.
Thank you. You’re welcome
That was sweet, the synth sounds awesome.. and thanks for the great music..
these are some of the most beautiful and captivating sounds ive heard come out of one single synth, wow. top notch playing and sound design - and ofc an incredible synth
Finally a real demo! Now I want this synthesizer!
I still find it amazing that that other review made it all the way through recording, editing, and uploading with out anyone from that other company thinking maybe there was something wrong.
@@BurkhardusX it's bad
There was nothing wrong......that's the standard quality of anderton's demos.....
@@csabakerekes3848 that's the wrong part: running that channel for synth demos ☠☠☠
Sad thing is there were a whole lot of posts saying they were going out to get the real Oberheim the next day and glad they weren’t bothering to wait for the Behringer.
Maybe, just maybe, they did it on purpose, to ruin the anticipation of the B-UB-Xa...
Finallly a promising demo! Sounds great! 👍
beautiful demo and playing - nice patches too
Behringer needs guys like you - I think this vid will move lots of units :-)
This is definitely the best I've heard this sound
Still amazed Andertons made the UB-Xa whine and honk that badly. This, and not the Andertons demo, sounds like my OB-8.
Nice work Berhinger. Mission acomplished.
They actually might, give these other guys a headache.
Thanks for posting. Sounds fantastic without comparison to the original.
This might be behringer's greatest synth to-date. The specification is incredible and i think once people dig in deep its going to be an amazing classic. Can anyone understand how the Andertons demo was so poor? Its hard to understand tbh as this demo truly shows us this is the synth we have been waiting for! Thanks
I think the reason the Andertons demo was so bad was a rushed recording setup. Seems like they just plugged the keyboard in with the gain way too high so it was clipping the whole time. This is total speculation, but it definitely sounded like that’s what happened to me.
@@CallumBarnham thanks Callum, definitely appeared that way, it sounded dreadful which was worrying. I do think its going to have amazing capabilities so will certainly buy the desktop version once released. 😋
To be honest, I think a big part of it is Jack's overall playing style. He's a great player and I love a lot of his demos, but he doesn't necessarily play (or choose patches) in a very "Oberheim"-y way, if you know what I mean.
He does lots of staccato, short release (think clav.) patches, funky bits, or gospel-y sounding piano parts, which is fine but not really what people are looking for in an Oberheim-style product demo. I even noticed the way he talked about it was like, "from what I understand, people interested in this type of synth might want to hear the filter," and so on.
Obviously, the way he played it wasn't wrong but maybe not ideal for a "first glimpse" video of this particular product.
@@JeffPalmer83 that is a possibility for sure. It was difficult for me to see exactly how did it go so wrong but playing style certainly was one piece of the puzzle.
Because Andertons are a pair of "Whoo-hoo yahoo" bros, that are glorified shop salesmen. In fact I take that back, I worked as a instrument salesmen and I met a lot of super talented guys on the shop floor. Andertons sure ain't them !!
Hi Bernd,
Awesome Demo! Synth and patches sound perfect!
Cheers
Ingo
Thanks a lot, Ingo! Hope to meet you soon.
Oh yes I'm in love 😍Fantastic demo!
What an amazing outstanding video, excellent plane, and the demos are insane. Thank you so much Synth King!
Thanks a lot. This really helps me to go on with more videos and demos.
Stunning demo 🙌🏼
That beginning riff was unbelievably tasty…. And beautiful. I want that chord progression!
I can't wait any longer, this sounds like Gold to my ears!!!!!!!!
Great demo and a wonderful synth. Hope to see the UB-Xa for sale soon.
Beautiful job. Great demo.
Can’t wait to get mine. So in love. 🥰
This is a must buy!! ❤️ I can’t wait!
Congrats on your 2K subs, every one worth your efforts.
Thanks a lot! Really glad to have you here.
That's what we were waiting for, what a gorgeous synth.
This synth is awesome! Thanks a lot for this demo. We have been waiting since 2017 (5 years) for this UBXa and finally it seems that this is the final year and it sounds powerful.
well worth the waiting. I am so happy Behringer makes these legends available for a lot more people than just rich producers.
Great! My favorite bit of this demo was the last 2 minutes, although the whole thing was great.
@9:17 - all day long - thanks for a great demo. Sounds dreamy.
Absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing!
The chills! This 100% passes the goosebumps test.
Great demo, I am very much looking forward to the release of this synth, as I just bought the Pro-800 and am very satified with the quality of instruments Behringer is producing.
Shouldn’t take too long and the amazing UB-Xa is yours
I was put on a waiting list last year. Finally got mine yesterday and for anybody out there that doubts after this video somethings wrong with you anyways after receiving mine I couldn’t be more pleased. I haven’t been this excited in years. Happy to do music again. Thank you, Beringer.
I’m sold! What a great demo, you’ve really shown off how good the UB-Xa sounds
Better low end then the deepmind....it is a no brainer for me....thanks too the full team that made this supersynth...it is def. worth waiting for....looks and sounds wonderfull:+)
I did some experimenting with the DM12, after pairing it with a DBX120a sub rack unit I managed to get much more out of it.
deepmind is average I’d much prefer to wait for this & other more serious models they have in the pipeline.
@@squoblatnever knew the dbx thing existed
Already preordered mine😊😊😊😊
Will take me a few sleepless nights just getting to know this beauty. Excellent demo as always.🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Boomer… was just told a few minutes ago by my Sweetwater insider “It does look like they readjusted the ETA on those. All of them are note expected until the 2nd qtr of 2024. I would take their etas as very much an estimate for these, it will likely change before then again” I hope they readjust it on our favor. Has been a looong tortuous wait ☹️☹️☹️
I’m really stoked for this to release, along with the Pro-16.
Me too !!
Beautiful playing that showcases the amazing tone, as well as depth of stereo this instrument has ❤️
Eagerly waiting for this one, might be Behringers best clone they've ever done. Glad this demo exists too, I was really worried the Andertons demo was actually how it sounded.
Shouldn’t take too long anymore.
That opening pad sound. Good grief.. so sweet. No VST can touch that.
Thanks, Raymond
I actually think a few VSTs are right there now. But obvi there remains a place for these hardware synths.
Even this synth sounds with a bad signal chain like a rusty bucket. In the end it is always the output that counts in terms of sound (what depends on several component), not so much the input.
Super powerful sounds you could definitely record an entire full length recording 4 to 5minutes each song and it would sound so amazing you have got great talent.the Oberheim sound is just one of my mega favorites.thanks for sharing this video that was the Best.
Thank you very much!
@@Bernd_Bruening Do you have access to the production unit to give us another demo please. Many people in forums are loosing heart and jumping to the Obx8 as we dont see this coming any time soon. Hopeful you can restore some faith by giving us another demo 🙏
@@xntricity6446 unfortunately we need to wait for news from Behringer.
Well that’s an add to cart moment, that is hypnotically beautiful. I hate this, the waiting… so much waiting 😢
Whew... I believe in this synth again
After Jack did his thing... I was CERTAIN it wasn't that bad.
It couldn't have been that bad
Jack and he’s Falcon lol.
Wow, sounds lovely. Great job! Thank you!
Wow, this thing sounds amazing. will be buying as soon as it's available.
THANK YOU!!! That is a demo that does the UB-Xa justice. Love it.
Decided to come back to this video again despite me receiving my OB-X8 last week and totally blown away by it’s beautiful sound. I like the UB-XA for the fact that its sounds Oberheimy but a bit less in your face aggressive . Might spring for one of these to go side by side with OB-X8. I like the tone of the UB-XA better than the similarly priced Korg Prologue 16.
Damn what a warm sound. This one will be mine one day. Hope soon. Thanks for the vid!
Very, very nice. Hope this one will stand the test of time as the original cause, I gotta have me some!
great patches. sounds very nice and much better than the initial demo from Andertons.
Great demo and I just love that it turned out to be 16 voices instead of 8, can't wait to get it.
Confessions of a keyboard player.
For years since I couldn't find you, I started playing with others to fill the void many times taking it as far as playing endless nights with multiple ones only to wake up in the morning and realize you are still the true love of my life UB-Xa😍
My sentiments exactly. I’ve owned a CS - 80 for decades and in my humble opinion Oberhiem is the synth king. Just saying
Best demo I've heard so far might buy one
This, the juno X, moog subsequent 37, all set for the classic sounds 😎🤠
A more than accomplished instrument, with an (foreseeably) affordable price tag, in the hands of a capable technician with the right skills as a keyboard player. It is heartwarming, to hear the reinstatement of such an historically authoritative synthesiser, through the resort to some aptly majestic musical moods. Sometimes people forget that the true scope of original electronic keyboards was to make the sonic worlds of the distant impossible available to the average man.
Beautifully put!
Awesome synth and awesome playing as well, Thank you! I‘m sold!
Thanks a lot.
The power of the 1st & 2nd set of opening chords had me instantly weeping. Can't explain it other than the synth being able to hit me so hard with beyond powerful emotions that had me reflecting on life, the remaining time I have left. It fucking got real with me and shook me down to my very core.
Absolutely beautiful in every way.
This is what's it's all about.
Thank you Uli Behringer for making this instrument available to this entire fucking planet.
#MadeWithLove
Well said, couldn't agree with you more, beautiful and feel the Love.
Almost crying reading your word
Better not listen to the original OB-Xa, then.....might be fatal......Doug McKendrick/Klassic Keys GB
down bad
Behringer is slowly becoming as influential, important and formative for present and future generations of musicians as Roland was in its heyday for electronic dance music (those days are long gone).
The synths sound fantastic and they are within reach of young talent. What an exciting time!
the thing is , their synth creations are mainly clones now (adding a few things here and there but it's mostly classic synths for a lesser price. I did bought a few of their products since they start reproducing popular analog synths, but so much for creativity tho.
@@noimalma I agree with you though, specially since young guys who don't have much money yet still have access to good instruments in order to create good music. ( I was blown away by their DFAM clone recently, for 1/3 of the price).
Watching this is reassuring to say the least. I'm pretty sure that if I buy it, I'll be doing a lot of Minneapolis sounding stuff in the style of Little Red Corvette, 1999, The Time, etc.
Beautiful analogue sounds for the rest of us < 3
Stunning playing man these chords and this synth are perfect
@@colinodea2407 Thanks a lot !