Behringer DeepMind 6

So much thought put into this unit that I cannot be anything but impressed. And more than affordable too. 65 cm wide you easily put in you lap or over arm rests in your favorite chair.

Vast variety of sounds in place, 8 x 128, to just play or use as starting point making you own sounds. All overwritable.

Output is analog, what is not put through effects which are digital. You easily bypass effects if you want(FX button and turn knob) or change to send, meaning synth analog output is mixed with effects unit. If using as insert effect, all goes through digital section.

But effect section is sounding awesome, hi class stuff.

The feel of keys, fader and knobs is really nice. The clever use of display in conjunction with physical faders and buttons surpass what I ever saw(first synth 1985).

Pitch- and, modwheel can be calibrated so you can actually make it more or less sensitive as you feel is right. Same goes for aftertouch that you can calibrate to have max earlier etc. Starting point as well.

Crossmodulation between parameters is well made as well, with ease do you choose from over 20 sources to over 130 destinations, for 8 paramers of your choice. Each of the 8 with an amount you set. This for every preset you make.

The favorites list serves to keep references to whatever patches you just like, or what you are working on. Not sure how long this list can be, but did more than 20 and still counting.

Some buttons under display have double functionality and holding one and pressing another etc so a little read in manual is necessary. But manual is really good and extensive on anything you want to do. Example hold Program and press FX then +/Yes and current is added to favorites, hold Program and press +/Yes and you jump to next patch in same category, like pad or lead etc.

The six leds showing what voices are used is really good, in seeing as keys are pressed and you might start stealing voices from what is sounding.

Compare function when to store what you did to a new preset location is fundmental to be creative. So you can always preview the location you write to. Too many synths lack in this regard, you have to keep notes on the side which locations you are ready to overwrite.

And if you by accident change preset, you always have compare memory there as well - good thinking again Behringer. Press Compare and you get back to unsaved stuff you had.

DM6 does not have a performance memory, meaning you can stack parts or layer or anything like that - like some synths have. It's one sound/preset.

And maybe feel just having saw and square(pwM too) is lacking a bit. I would like triangle and sine as well. Some territory you cannot visit, but you can' have everything for nothing. And you hardly get everything in one unit anyway.

Behringer really sucked up all knowledge over the years on synths, and overtook the lead, kind of. It feeds creativity in how it is made.

The ordering went well and I received the synth a couple of days later. Just to find out that two keys didn´t work as they should (G and A in the second octave). Most often there where no sound at all, sometimes when hitting it a little bit harder there was a silent sound. During a couple of minutes they worked as they should just to be non functional again a bit later. So I returned it and will look for another brand.