Behringer DeepMind 12D 4-stars Reviews

Good synth for the price. Has it's limits though

It's probably the best value synth for this price. I do tend to end up in the same kinds of sounds with it though. The oscillators are a little limited with only two waveforms and the effects are cumbersome to program (but really flexible though). It's got its own sound. Most controls are easily accessible. The detuning/voice stacking works wonderfully. It just can't really compete with the top synthesizers nowadays (such as Peak or Hydrasynth). If I was buying my first poly synth, I would save a couple more bucks and get one of those (unless you really dig the sound of the Deepmind)

Deepmind 12D

Early days in terms of reliability, but the sound is fantastic.

impressed

very nice synth, 12 voice polyphony for the price it's a steal.

Build feels solid, but the fader caps are not the best (some don't sit straight in the shaft, so they look off, still they work perfectly).

Sound-wise i'm positively impressed, although I'm not really in love with the VCF yet...

A pretty cool poly synth

It takes some time to get into, but after you familiarize with the controls this synth really opens up. With a wide variety of modulation possibilities, FX and their routing options it can be anything ? from an evolving drone/pad machine to an aggressive dubstepish bass synth.

Definitely a machine worth buying, especially at its price.

Great value for money

I bought it as a sort of polyphonic synth workhorse but after spending some quality time with it I must say it's way more than that!

Ok, It excels at vintage Roland-esque tones, but it would be an error to consider it as a one-trick pony or a generic-sounding device.

The highlights of course are the extensive modulation matrix and the included effects (internally modulatable). But envelope inversion e the possibility of setting curve per envelope stage are just wonderful!

The UI is well laid, and there is a bit of menu diving, but nothing too cumbersome.

As often noted, It's a bit limited in the oscillator department (the waveform choice is really really limited) but it doesn't seem a real problem to me, whit the effects and the massive modulation capabilities.

I have to add that it doesn't feel cheap at all, It's well build and I like the form factor (I have the desktop version).

I plan to use it in the studio, so I can't really comment on using it on stage.

The only shotcoming is, in my opinion, the filter resonance. It get nasty very quicky, hard to tame when you are past 70% of the fadr range.

All in al it's a nice device, capable of a wide range of tones, a real treat for sound designers. There are better polysynths, of course, but not at this price point. Kudos to Uli Behringer and the Midas team!