Behringer today announced that its Syncussion SY-1 – a knockoff of the vintage Pearl Syncussion SY-1 – is now shipping from its factory.
The SY-1 offers two drum synth voices, with six oscillator modes, each with a different character and timbre. You can choose from single oscillator, FM, dual oscillator mix, dynamic oscillator mix, FM/noise mix, and pure noise. Each mode can be shaped by adjusting the tune, decay, and filter cutoff controls. This lets you create a range of ’70s synth drum effects.
The Behringer SY-1 can be triggered by drum pads or sequenced via MIDI or analog gate signals.
Features:
- Copies original Pearl Syncussion SY-1 circuitry
- 6 oscillator modes featuring single oscillator, FM, dual oscillator mix, dynamic oscillator mix, FM/noise mix and pure noise
- Tune, decay and filter cutoff controls for a wide range of percussive sounds and effects
- Pitch sweep with speed, range and up/down controls for dramatic pitch dives and rises
- LFO with square and triangle waves for unique vibrato effects
- Sample and hold control for random pitch changes with each hit
- 30 controls for direct and real-time access to important parameters
- Module can be transferred to a standard Eurorack case
- Trigger via MIDI or Trig inputs
Pricing and Availability:
The Behringer Syncussion SY-1 is shipping from the factory now, priced at $199 USD. It can take a month or so for their shipping items to be available at retailers.
The VO in this video is super distorted and sounds like garbage. Not really a good look on someone shilling audio gear…
Sounds like they fixed it. It’s sounds clean now.
They definitely didn’t fix it.
They fixed it yesterday
We all love you Behringer thx 4 everything
I’m generally not interested in Behringer stuff, but this thing seems kinda cool?
Plus the layout isn’t nearly as cringe-inducing as some of their other euro knock offs.
Wouldn’t be surprised if they knocked off Raf Michigan Synth Works eurorack module designs for this retched form factor they use to house all of their ill gotten designs.
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Why does the admin on this website event allow these kind of comments “Uli likes to steal from the small companies”?
That is an accusation of an illegale activity, Im sure Behringer didnt break any laws here.
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this one makes me think: WHY
Why? Legitimacy. The more of these copies they release, the more people will associate the company with the idea of bringing back the past and of being a mainstay in the community.
A CV option for controlling the ABCDEF knob would have been great, seems like a big miss to not include it, though for the price it’s really not that bad.
That knob is a physical six-way switch. How on earth would you control it with CV??
more magical thinking will do it!
or a VST. lol.
A trigger signal could easily step through those modes. The physical switch could be replaced with a button and an indicator for manual use.
That’s what Michigan Synth Works did on their SY 0.5. But it is a CV, not a trigger. That way the mode you end up in is predictable.
CV is better for this task, stepping with a trigger means it’s looped and there is only one direction, with cv you can just play 1v/octave.
fair point.
From michigan synth works SY0.5 page:
“There are two options for mode, one will advance the osc mode with a trigger in the direction it was last selected manually (up or down) or you can select the mode with a CV, 0-5V. You can toggle between these functions by long pressing both buttons “
Throw a cheap arduino in there, and this could be modded fairly easily.
Or a vactrol
If they designed it differently, a CV option to do what I described. It’s not like that’s never been done Mr. Condescending pants.
Blame Pearl. if they had done it, Behringer would have done it as well. the value is in the recreation itself. adding features increases unwelcome risk, adds cost, and deviates from the original inviting *more* unecessary criticism.
seems like a good idea not to do this.
Thanks Uli. Good point. It’s best to just knockoff stuff exactly.
or just a separated cv input for the oscs, noise and fm amount.
gotta save something for the MKII, innit.
THERE is the kind of synth that one should copy.
These things are almost unobtainium at any decent price so why not copy this? I hope the Buchla 700 is next.
It’s still not the right form factor, that’s a big part of the design.
Thats what Behringer designs are famous for. Steal shit and create a crappy knock off.
Is it really a knock off if I have been collecting synths for 40 years and a still haven’t seen one in person?
Just Like Apple
Nailed it:
iPod – crappy knockoff of Creative Nomad
iPad – crappy knockoff of Microsoft Tablet PC
iPhone – crappy knockoff of Palm Treo
Apple Watch – crappy knockoff of Casio Data Bank
M1 MacBook Air – crappy knockoff of Chromebook
Uli, You can easily spend $5-600 on a beefy syncussion clone or even cheaper for one in euro format. They are not unobtainable.
Highly recommend the Michigan Synthworks SY0.5 if you want something integrated into your rack that’s just 10HP. I absolutely love mine.
This is nice for the price, but they should have offered just a single module as well. It’s just way too large as double wide.
A side by side comparison with other clones will be useful to compare sounds, but I’ll stick with my SY0.5.
Exactly, it loses the function of the other module. People seem to be glossing that over or not caring but it does actually matter in some designs and this is a prime example.
Stack em up. Boom, now you got two with the over/under form factor, problem solved;)
Thaaaanks….just what I wanted :/
I used to have the SY0.5, but quickly sold it after comparing it with 2 other clones. I think it sounds nothing like the original, or even good by itself. It lacks punch (the Behringer seems to have more than enough punch) and the Eurorack form factor doesn’t invite to play the synth as the original SY-1 does.
Is the tuning supposed to be stepped?
No, where do you hear that it’s stepped? If you want it quantized, you’d do that via quantized CV into this, or via MIDI, as it seems to be using via USB in the latter part of the video.
The tuning slider is most certainly stepped. Listen to it again, and carefully. It’s stepped. This makes me think that the oscillator may be digital, or more likely the steps are in there as the original was so difficult to tune- although I think that’s what gave the SY-1 its character.
The mk2 will be great
If I buy slider caps on Amazon, wll they slide over those piece of crap sliders? I want this, but the logistics of modding it to not be a POS turns me back off owning anything Behringer.
Would have gladly paid $210 for something with actual sliders but I guess that $199 price point is imperative to Uli. The MK2 will have upgraded sliders, right?
Is there a proper VSTi emu for this thing?
Yes right here :
https://tinyurl.com/ImpressiveSound
Yes! Thanks for the link.
folks can bemoan commoditization. but it’s gonna happen. so, suck it up kids, the game has changed once again. conservative tears are delishious!
The dirtier the better… NERDS.