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Behringer | UB-1

Description

Uli Behringer, the company’s founder, was committed to music and technology from a very early age, and had constructed a synthesizer (the UB-1) by the age of 16.

Uli Behringer's describes the UB-1:

When I was a young kid, I built an electric piano/synthesizer called the UB-1. The synth had two analog oscillators and a filter that was so unstable that at times it acted as an oscillator - and this was not by design. 

The keyboard and the massive toggle switches on the right side came out of an EKO organ that didn't survive the impact of my screwdriver.

The UB-1 was nothing great by today's standards but I believe it is this very keyboard that sparked off my passion for music and electronics and later got me into this wonderful industry.

Unfortunately the UB-1 got lost during a factory move and for the past 40 years I always wanted to build a synthesizer again.
BrandBehringer
ModelUB-1
DeviceSynth
TypeKeys
Engine TypeAnalog
EngineVCO
Voices (max)12
Oscillators2
Sub1
Engine Detailed2 VCO
Filter (VCF)1
Envelope (VCA)1
Keys61
Key typeKeys
VelocityN
AftertouchN
Extra info1 unit made
Produced:1977 - 1977
Legend: Obvious Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator DCO Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO Low Frequency Oscillator Sub Sub Oscillator
VCF Voltage Controlled Filter VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. Aftertouch Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

Manuals, patches etc.

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