Behringer Model D - processing external audio 

Use it wisely 😄

Yea, don't read the manual, come here instead! Ha ha, actually the manual is very well written, but I've learned loads from others on YT, so just doing my bit to contribute to the knowledge base...

yes, I remember reading that somewhere - Ext In internally connected, I think it based on an old hack where the headphone output could be sent back into the external in or something like that... I'm sure someone with better knowledge will correct me. Thanks!

no worries, cheers!

sure, I think I had my vocab compressor unplugged for this one!

very cool indeed. The filter would work very well as a 'DJ'-type filter-sweep effect!

Ha, I'll do my best! You're very welcome!

absolutely!

Nice.. those little Reface keys are fantastic, I want the electric piano one...

@@abominablemusic Got that one since I live in a Van (and wanted to keep my Hammond Organ/Leslie setup I had to part with my Nord NE-2, So I got the Yamaha Reface CP already. I have a "Rack" that has a Behringer Model D, a Roland VP-03 (String/Choir/Vocoder unit), an Emu MIDI Piano Module (archaic, but I like it's flexibility-octave transpose and MIDI Channel on the front panel-which I wish all MIDI modules had this all knobs on front panel). Also a Yamaha QY-70 (general MIDI) that travels in the case, plus a 3 in, 8 out MIDI merge box and a Basic Mixer.

@@craigbrowning9448 I bet getting rid of the Nord sucked, but maybe a small price to pay for freedom on the road.

yea, the second midi dim connector is MIDI THRU (rather than MIDI OUT), so will pass data from MIDI IN. To quote the manual "this 5-pin DIN jack is used to pass through MIDI data received at the MIDI INPUT. This will commonly be sent to another MODEL D synthesizer to run a Poly Chain or to a drum machine assigned to a different MIDI Channel.". So, the MIDI implementation is geared towards poly-chaining. As far as I know, the various controls on the D don't send midi cc (like say a controller does). I think you could send midi out from a DAW and that midi data would get to the MPC via the model D via MIDI THRU.

I don't see why not. That patch point is expecting an audio signal, I'm curious to know how it will handle a stereo vs a mono signal though - something to try! Also, I imagine the Kingkorg puts out a line-level signal - so should be plenty hot enough, but test at a low volume first - the filter on the Model D can be brutal (in a good way).

yes, the gate has to be 'opened', so it's not quite like a 'eurorack' filter, but there are ways of achieving this using arps and smart use of the amp envelope. This is my understanding.

@@abominablemusic mais c'est abominable :) I guess it has do with circuitry. I had a go with the Cat which has the same functionality. You can do a funny stutter effect with ext audio in and with ADSR into Gate on the patch bay. The cat has an ADSR repeat option

I'm not sure, the Kobol is hard to get hold of in the UK, most retailers are estimating March 2024 for stock. Once it's available here, I want to test this synth...

The audio in seems pretty easy to overload (maybe that's why they added the 'overload' led) so I guess it's expecting line level, and maybe instrument level). Yea, no sequencer on the D. I did a vid on using the TD-3 as a sequencer and those patterns on the D sound monster! After owning the D for a few months, think I'd like to have a mother 32! I hear this can't be beat for pure analogue goodness.

@@abominablemusic Mother 32 has some real sweet spots, I have two but at the moment only one in my set-up, to save space. You are welcome to buy my 2nd.

@@girlinagale Ahh, don't tempt me! I think Bella Donna has 5 of these! She's awesome...

@@abominablemusic 5 B Model D's would be incredible, maybe just get a Poly D.