new controllers form behringer

darclex · Post by **darclex** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:27 am

i've just come across some new midi controllers from behringer

http://www.behringer.com/02_products/b- ... N=80263021

they look pretty sweet, does anyone else have the dirt on these three?

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 7:05 am

$249 List ain't bad for motorized faders. at first i thought only 8 sliders was too little but then i see that it has 4 groups so that would be plenty for me. plus the price and small footprint make it even cooler. very nice...

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:12 am

What floats my boat about these behringers is the LED embedded in each button. I'd use it for showing track mute/unmute stauts or show me which scene was currently playing.

i will not look at the laptop
i will not look at the laptop
i will not look at the laptop
i will not look at the laptop
i will not look at the laptop
i will not look at the laptop

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Martyn · Post by **Martyn** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 10:28 am

Damn, they look good don't they! Anyone wanna buy a uc33?

The Hulk · Post by **The Hulk** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 2:19 pm

they do look good. but at a glance the UC-33 still looks more resolved for use with Ableton Live. A great balance of knobs and faders. Simplicity.

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:59 pm

yeah, but they are built by behringer - which means they will break after 3 months and you will have to wait 9 months for the spare parts

mosca

darclex · Post by **darclex** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:01 pm

hey mosca-

are you serious about behringer parts breaking? can you speak a little about your experience because i'm really considering getting one of these bad boys...but if it'll break it isn't really worth it.

where else am i supposed to look for cool controllers for live?
how would i trigger start songs on a midi controller? in arranger view? on console view?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:28 pm

I've had a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI floor controller for almost 2 years. It's built like a tank, still works flawlessly was a quarter the price of what I paid for the Roland FC200 which is less programmable and whose *single* expression pedal died just after the garuantee ran out. I've also used a little Behringer 8:2 mixer for over 4 years on many occasions as a sub-mixer live, again built solidly and hasn't been a problem. Had two original Composers for 3 years as well, still working as well as the day I bought them.

The sonic quality of some behringer stuff can be questioned but not the build quality in my experience.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:56 pm

ditto,Behringer 1010, eurorack 4 channel mixer, headphone amp. all at least a year old, 1010 is 2 years old and after many dozens of gigs and its just fine. Really hard to beat behringer for the price, and I bet its as well built and sturdy (if not much more robust, from the looks of it) than evolution or m-audio stuff.

Ryan

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 11:41 pm

We had a Behringer 24-ch mixer that stood 3 years of serious dub-mixing/touring abuse. When we finally "upgraded" to the Mackie SR24 equivalent it was f*cked in 9 months.

Who can say what quality control is affected by? Depends where they get the parts for that particular model, how much attention the assembly-line worker was paying that day...etc etc

Though we were surprised to see the "budget" brand so seriously outperform the "classy budget" brand. Every company has its Edsel.....

fsk · Post by **fsk** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:37 am

behringer looks solid to me, swear u could drive over most of their stuff and they'd still be in good condition

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:07 am

another happy Behringer owner here. my Eurorack mixer has been going strong for two years now, so did the one before it. never had a problem.

psalad · Post by **psalad** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:32 am

fsk wrote:behringer looks solid to me, swear u could drive over most of their stuff and they'd still be in good condition :P

Well, they'd still be in the SAME condition anyway... :)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:27 pm

[quote="Pitch Black"]We had a Behringer 24-ch mixer that stood 3 years of serious dub-mixing/touring abuse. When we finally "upgraded" to the Mackie SR24 equivalent it was f*cked in 9 months.

Strange what you are saying... not that I don't believe but I had the opposite experience..
behringer 24 channels desk bought new after one year several mic preamps gone to hell + the master fader.
Sold it and bought a mackie 24.8 second hand with 1 year of life, and still rockin' after 5 years working.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:42 pm

that would put the behringer at 6 + years old. Maybe quality control wasn't all that back then?

new controllers form behringer

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