Get your hands on a legendary synth that has shaped countless hit records with the
Behringer Poly D, a 4-voice polyphonic/paraphonic fully analog synthesizer sporting four VCOs with five variable waveforms, a classic 24 dB ladder-style VCF, and an analog VCA. With 37 semi-weighted full-size keys with velocity sensitivity and aftertouch, the Poly D is a performance-friendly instrument.
The keyboard features adjustable keyboard tracking for 1/3, 2/3, or full tracking. An easy-to-use 32-step voltage-controlled sequencer with 64 sequence locations provides an exciting new way to craft sounds with the D-type circuitry. The Poly D includes an arpeggiator with a wide selection of patterns. The analog LFO sports triangle and square waves for modulation, while the noise generator provides further expansion of the Poly D's sonic palette. Onboard FX, including an authentic recreation of a famous stereo chorus and a fully programmable distortion section enable you to further spice up your sounds. As if the Poly D wasn't sonically versatile enough, you can also switch the VCF between low-pass and high-pass filter modes. With the audio input, you can use all of this to process external signals with hands-on control. And with 84 controls total, including a fully featured mixer section, output loudness contour section, tuning, damping, portamento, and modulation mix, just to name a few remaining controls, the Poly D ensures you can tweak to your heart's content.
The 1970s spawned the first truly portable analog synthesizer, the Moog Minimoog. And while it was quickly adopted by lots of renowned musical artists including Jan Hammer, Chick Corea, Rick Wakeman, Jean-Michel Jarre, Isao Tomita, and Keith Emerson to name a few, it was somewhat temperamental and very expensive. An affordable homage to that iconic synthesizer, with all the features of the original and then some, the Behringer Poly D lets you conjure up virtually any monophonic or polyphonic sound imaginable with incredible finesse and ease.
Great care has been taken in designing the Poly D, including the true to the original D-Type circuitry with its matched transistors and JFETs, ultrahigh precision 0.1% thin-film resistors, and polyphenylene sulphide capacitors. This highly focused attention to detail is what gives the Poly D its ultraflexible sound-shaping capability, which covers everything from superfat bass and lead tones, stunning effects, and progressive organ sounds, all the way to the otherworldly sounds of your imagination.
The inspired synthesizer tracks laid down in the 1970s and '80s are etched in the annals of progressive rock, new wave, and synth pop music forever, making them truly classic in every sense of the word. Poly D's pure analog signal path with legendary VCO, VCF, and VCA circuits, lets you recreate all of that magic—design incredibly fat and original sounds that will make you a legend in your own right.
With the Poly D, you can get the best of three worlds by switching between monophonic, polyphonic, or unison modes. With the Poly D set to Mono, you can have the characteristics of a classic monophonic synth, with fuller, more expressive solos, bass lines, and portamentos.
Flipping the switch to Poly allows you to play more than one note at the same time to produce stunning chord harmonies and luscious pads that add soul and depth to your music. Unison Mode thickens up your sound by layering all of the Poly D’s voices on top of each other, adding more harmonic content and creating a richer sound.
The Poly D has four highly flexible voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) that provide an incredible range of five waveforms for sculpting the perfect sound. Oscillators 1, 2, and 3 options include triangular, triangular/saw, saw, square, wide pulse, and narrow pulse, while OSC 4 features triangular, reverse saw, saw, square, wide pulse, and narrow pulse. Additionally, all four VCOs can be adjusted across an extremely wide 6-octave range (low, 32’, 16’, 8’, 4’, and 2’). This flexibility gives you all the tools you need to be your creative best.
The very heart of the Poly D's sound is its highly flexible 24 dB ladder filter, which lets you freely experiment with the cutoff frequency, emphasis, and contour, to dial in the perfect sound. Poly D's Filter Mode switch can be set to either low- or high-pass for selecting the range of your choice. You can also adjust the attack, decay, and sustain controls to affect the cutoff frequency with time.
For those who want the numbers, Poly D has 84 controls, all laid out in a highly intuitive format that puts the joy back into your music creation. Input and output connections include:
- Audio input for processing external audio signals with Poly D ladder filter and FX
- MIDI I/O and thru over USB and 5-pinI DIN
- After-pressure and velocity outputs with their own dedicated volume controls
- Internal and external V-Trig I/O
- External loudness, filter, OSC, and modulation source outputs
This unit is used but is in perfect working order and comes with the original power supply!
