SYNTH ANATOMY uses affiliation & partner programs (big red buttons) to finance a part of the activity. If you use these, you support the website. Thanks! Behringer FOUR PLAY is a new DC-coupled quad VCA and mixer module for Eurorack that works with audio and CV signals. Behringer has not caused any big surprises lately. This is also due to the fact that many products were teased months in advance. This has changed recently. Many of the current new announcements (Brains, RD-8 Mk2…) were only teased briefly and only released when they were finished. Today they are showing another product that has never been shown before. It is a new module named FOUR PLAY for the Eurorack format. Behringer Four Play Behringer FOUR PLAY FOUR PLAY is a new quad VCA and mixer module for the Eurorack format. According to Behringer, it is based on the high-performance Coolaudio V2164A VCA chip. Each channel has an input/out and a CV input with a dedicated attenuator. An additional bi-color LED is included to indicate CV input activity and polarity. Then, you get an input boost switch on each channel that adds extra gain for lower-level input signals. With the curve controls, you can set the ideal CV response curve from fully exponential to linear, or any combination of the two. As usual, the level parameter controls the VCA gain and allows manual control over the signal output. Nice, the VCA’s are DC coupled means you can process both audio and CV signals with the FOUR PLAY module. Intellijel Quad VCA Clone It looks like FOUR PLAY is a clone/rip-off of the Intellijel QuadVCA module as it has the same layout and functions. Even the positioning of the knobs and switches are identical. It’s a shame because Behringer has the power to develop its own modules without looking at small companies. Please support the original developer Intellijel. The latter is a small Canadian company that has turned its passion and synthesis knowledge into a profession. Behringer Four play Intellijel Behringer FOUR PLAY will be available soon for $99 USD. |
