Behringer UB-Xa Synth King Producer Pack Part 1/2
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- I was honoured to be part of the beta tester team for the Behringer UB-Xa.
We did a lot of measurements, analysed filter sweeps, studied the schematics, tested countless firmware updates, suggested additional features and improvements, designed our first own sounds and finally made music with this great instrument.
This particular unit shown in the video is a pre production unit (prototype) with the latest firmware. The final product could be slightly different.
Quite a lot of my sounds will be included in the factory library whereas the sounds presented in this video are part of my personal collection
available for purchase here:
www.particular-sound.de/downl...
Enjoy the music !
Bernd
0:00 Intro
0:15 Velo PWM Pad
1:32 Big Sweeper
2:50 Belly World
3:18 Synth King OB-Xa
4:29 Action Sync
5:44 Intruder
6:12 Pikatschu
6:54 chorus strat
7:38 clean strat
8:10 Perfect 4th
8:50 Latex Resopad
9:30 Piouuu Pad
10:14 PWM Warp
10:51 Dream Ocean
11:35 Poly Synth
12:13 S/Hly World
12:55 CS-80 Dream
13:33 Glorious Xa
14:11 Arps me up
15:17 Epic Pad !
Now available for purchase www.particular-sound.de/downloads/behringer-ub-xa-producer-pack-presets
Bernd,
I bought your patches but cannot seem to upload them to my UB-Xa.
I've backed up all 4 banks (using MIDI-OX) but cannot seem to find a way for the synth to receive the Sysex of your bank (into Bank D, as per the manual).
Help ... please!
@@stephencrane561 Have you tried the single presets? Just send a single preset to the synth and save the preset. Before sending the bank to the synth you need to specify the midi out (UB-Xa) in Midi OX. The midi thru function in Midi OX needs to be deactivated.
@@stephencrane561 feel free to contact me via Facebook messenger
Seriously gorgeous sounds. This is the best current demo I've heard.
Sounds better than most other demos of this synth.
Thanks a lot.
Really like your playing style, it’s about the music feel and vibe, not a bunch of nonsense noodling and “shredding”. Awesome.
My UB-Xa hasn't even arrived yet, and I've already purchased these. Thank you for your contributions to this synth.
You’re welcome
Magnificent demonstration !!!
You can be proud to have participated in the development of this synthesizer and even more because it has your soul.
No doubt that this instrument will soon be part of my set up and it will be all the more precious because I have seen it born through your videos.
A big thank you to you,maestro . :)
Thank you very much! It indeed has got soul and I am proud of having been part of the beta tester team. You won’t regret your decision. Greetings to your beautiful country, where I stay and relax almost every year.
Agree, this was for long, we stood in listening attentively your videos as from the OB-Xa, as a dream, and the Behringer, slow motion coming out, of those bunch of new instruments, we want All or almost, but yes, You can be Proud, all the team, and Beta testers are a big part for the artistic part, the Soul, the core of why a musical instrument is made. Thanks to you🧡
@@Bernd_Bruening Thank you from the bottom of my heart. :)
It's already out of stock, that was to be expected.
Thumbs up from Los Angeles. Sounds total wunderschön on my small iPad Pro. I've owned many Oberheim synths and this is definitely a welcomed guest of honor to this fine lineup of classics.
Your very first patch and musical demo are just AMAZING! Bought the product almost immediately!
Well done! Definitely getting the Oberheim vibe with those portamento bumps and sparkling resonance. Great patches! Glad to hear ones like these will be included in the release.
Your/OB's great sounds made me pre-order this cool thing. Now can't wait to get my hands on this amazing gear
Amazing work - actually brought a tear to my eye right at the end
really?
Amazing, takes me back to my teenage years! :) Cant wait for this synth to arrive and get back into music with my kids!
I can not wait to have this beautiful machine. I hope the wait is not too much longer. You make the best demos on this unit.
Fallen in love with the action sync. Thank you for your work
thats right! this really is great patch. Can you explain more or less how the patch works?, what is modulated by the aftertouch?
Hi Bernd, awesome videi, thanks for sharing. Love the 2 strat sounds and the CS80 pad and last pad, amazing synth, will be a great addition to my P6 and Rev 2🤩🙏
Sounds amazing! I’ve got mine on back order, can’t wait to get it!
Bought this soundset last night. Stayed up late loading and playing these till dawn. Thanks so much ! Great job you really bring out the sweet spots of this wonderful synth. Sounds of my childhood ❤
Thanks for the kind feedback. Glad you enjoyed it!
Well done with all your efforts. What an outstanding job the B team have done. I’m hoping a desktop model may be in the works. Cheers
lovely as always fella , nice one
Finally a good sounding demo of this beauty
Beautiful demo: this sinth sounds luscious
I got the Ub-Xa a few days ago and the first thing I did was go through all of the presets and assign my 15 favorites. All except two of those were yours.
I bought this pack last night and I am blown away by the quality. Your sound design is art in its own right. It inspires me to create, which is absolutely invaluable.
Glad to hear you like my sounds. Enjoy the music!
Wow! That's sounds *really* good!! It certainly has an Oberheim flavor to it!! Well done!!
Thanks a lot!
My my, they nailed it for sure. Bliss ❤
This is what it should sound like. Excellent !
Super Synth King ❤this is what we have been waiting for 🎉
That last pad (and piece!) just brought tears to my eyes (again) :)
Then you really enjoyed the music (and the synth of course)
My UB-Xa arrives Friday. I was up in the air about this purchase, but this video has made me see the potential. I'll be purchasing your sound pack.
Congratulations to your new synth! Enjoy!
This is the nicest sounding Behringer I've ever heard. If it ever becomes available in China, where I live, I'm definitely getting one. It'll be my first Behringer, even.
Glorious! 🤩
Perfect! If I close my eyes it's as I remember.
It is and even more than that.
Agreed! I love how Behringer is giving us pretty faithful affordable reproductions and adding new modern
features.@@Bernd_Bruening
Beautiful ! We have the big sound of Oberheim !
This is sublime!! congratulations!.... Awesome isn't a good enough attribute to be given! All respect Maestro :-) Love from Finlandia💜
Thanks you very much! Part 2 is coming soon
@@Bernd_Bruening you're welcome... looking forward to it :-)🙏
Sounds awesome!
Glad you like it
such a nice last gorgeous pad OMG
"belly world" is so insanely beautiful and has convinced me that i need this thing
More to come soon
wow - amazing sound
Lush! Excellent work! ❤ 👍
Wow I hear so many 80's soundtracks in these patches, perfect matchup with some Rockman guitars !!
great sounds , wow !!
Sounds very nice! Good patches! Thx
Glad you like it!
Very well done.
holy. crap. this sounds good!!!! 😎
Well done !!!!!!!!!!!
Man, that synth sounds so wonderfull
Thank you!
Killer sound designs! This instrument is going to be so awesome. I was alternatively looking the Korg Prolugue 16 for my setup I'm building as i was thinking either this was never coming out or not for a long time. Then ironically enough i find out Korg just discontinued, that synth and this was officially being released! But after hearing more about the final product I think this id honestly the better instrument overall, and it will be cheaper too. Can't beat that especially in these times. You're sound and preset contributions helped me see and hear alot of what i would use this for, so I can't wait to get mine now. It was worth the wait.
I think you owe it to yourself to try the Prologue if you can... I was so surprised by it , actually blown away... it is an awesome hybrid beast capable of classic and very modern sounds... this on the other hand is a classic sound that we all love cherish and mostly couldn't justify or better say afford to own, until now. In all seriousness they both (UB-Xa & Prologue) have a top place sound wise in my...💜
@@finspire8632 That is a good point! I actually have played the Prologue 16. It is a great instrument don't get me wrong. The compressor seems a bit gimmicky and I didn't feel like it did much for the sound overall. I don't personally think of using compression much for electronic instruments. I personally feel the UB-Xa features, overall sound, and workflow will fit me better but I do think it's sad Korg discontinuted it. I hope they make something as good or better in its place.
@@zechariahfrink3707 Absolutely understandable! I settled for a Prologue 8, it is good enough polyphony wise and smaller so it fits to the designated place... Don't care for compressor, have few hardwares to use if needed and I don't know was it just a placebo but it felt somehow a little bit better dynamically sounding than the 16 voices, but dunno... I'm so glad I got it, it isn't eve funny 🙂. From what I hear from Bernd's presets and custom patches, you're in for a classic threat with the UB-Xa... I'll be getting it for sure as well at some point sooner or later.💜
Excellent sounds.
In double mode, is it possible to run the arpeggiator on just a single 'layer'?
@@Goettel yes
Great demo! Amazing synth and the price is just wow! No brainer...
Thanks a lot. Part 2 is coming tomorrow
@@Bernd_Bruening Nice, I'll will listen to it.
Ohh btw .. besides the gear aspect of all this .. lovely playing, God blesses you with a good ear and big hands 👍
Thanks a lot!
Can’t wait! Félicitations !
Thank you very much
I know there are some people that are mad at this "copy" of the Oberheim but it seems they took this and made it their own beast. Adding things like the different "modes" and the layout of the sequence controls, etc really brings this into today's realm I think. It really sounds fantastic.
The Epic Pad is Epic !
It sounds huge! Lush, moody, organic. Great sounds!
It does! ❤
@Bernd_Bruening: around 4:40 mark, beautiful and outstanding demo of the poly-AT combined w/modulation! Sweet!
Got mine on pre-order!
I want the OB desktop but it’s 35 hundy thank you Behringer for making this killer synth affordable
Great sounding synth & patches!
Thanks a lot, Ingo. More to come.
thanks man!
I have my answer, those are the sounds I need for my Music. 👍 Those presets are landscape brushes the UB-Xa needed to paint.
In a few days I’ll add the download link in the description. There are 64 presets in the producer pack. I’m sure you’ll like them.
@@Bernd_Bruening I Will , certainly! For now, as old french retired woman, I began to put little money aside and will buy the UB-Xa to complete the Keyboard's Synthesizers part of my Studio. Presets are useful to begin with and transform to our needs, soundscapes and inspirational sound takes in Nature are my journey, the starting point for creation. I Brought the Deepmind 12 D, and i'm setting my new presets using the favorites, to rewrite my proper set, but this is only a step, I play hours constantly rewriting, like I do on my Juno 6, the good thing is to take easily memory of the settings that results of the creation process.
Greetings to France, Patricia! I lost my heart in Brittany!
Have one on order here in the states. Had seen a sum total of one of the Oberheim originals back in the 80's. Intend to get this one for me.
Thank you
The "Action Sync" patch alone makes me think about getting the UB-Xa!!
There is a lot more to discover in this synth. Part 2 of my video is highly recommended
Tolles Demo. Sehr chillig und schöne Harmonien mit super Sounds, dazu toll gespielt.
Danke dir !
Holy fuck, that sounds glorious #respect!!!
Good work, really good. I can't wait to get my hands on mine. Unfortunately it will arrive (maybe) next January. 😢
It’s worth the wait
2024 or 2025?
@@wolfgangwiesinger9502 january 2024 for sure.
I mean…I’d probably buy this synth just for that last patch. Whoa.
Amazing. 😎 Please tell us more about the action sync sound! 🙏🙏🙏
Well, it uses the mod matrix to full extend. Poly aftertouch as source for VCA, VCF filter frequency, LFO speed and oscillator 2 pitch, which is synced to oscillator 1. As far as I can remember there is even more going on. I find it very impressive, how the LFO speed is different for each voice depending on the aftertouch pressure and how they finally run perfectly in sync at the end of the example.
Great thynk you for explaining, i had exactly the same question..@@Bernd_Bruening
nice!
At the 8:10 mark he plays the Perfect 4th. That is definitely an original patch from the OB-XA, as I used to own one. I used to love that sound, and included it in a demo of my OB-XA on UA-cam several years ago.
You got a good ear. I slightly modified the sound and used it as intro for my demo „Milestone“
ua-cam.com/video/8nsYKADtKew/v-deo.htmlsi=1dZ78uPyUBXNOW9i
I’m itching to buy one. The price is so good when looking at the real one
What a programmer! The synth sounds incredible and great work as a beta tester and these custom patches sound great. Just a quick question, do you like the keybed on it? I really enjoyed the Poly D but had issues with the uneven response of the white and black keys, especially when being used for midi, so I'm just wondering if they fixed those issues with the keybed with this one.
Thank you for your kind words. The keybed is great. Please listen to 4:29 Action Sync once again. There you can hear/see how smoothly the LFO speed can be controlled by poly aftertouch.
It seems you are using an external reverbering unit. Very good set of patches. Great synth!!!
Yes, I’ve used a bit of reverb and delay where suitable. Thanks a lot.
Deine Presets für diesen Synth sind allererste Sahne. Trotzdem bleibe ich bei meinem OB-X8; ist einfach vielseitiger.
One question I have is that compared to the OB-Xa, I find the UB-Xa to sound a little bit "stiff" like the sounds have a less organic, drifting movement to them. Is there a vintage/slop control on the UB-Xa that can reintroduce some of that organic aliveness?
You can tweak the UB-Xa to your personal preference. Please check the manual and study the function of the atrophy parameters.
16:28 nice composition :)
Sounds great! Big, Lush, just like the OB-X(a) sounded! This gonna be really hard to resist to buy! 😅
Does it have pan spread/voice panning?
Listen to 0:15 with headphones. Mod matrix LFO to pan plus voices are individually spread in panorama position
Was that Flash Dance I heard on 1st patch?
We have a local release for mid Feb so good timing.
Flash Dance ??? Please elaborate or post a link? All the playing you hear is basically improvised and the video is actually an edited single shot video.
@@Bernd_Bruening it just sounded similar, sounds great, thx for your great work.
I can heard almost the same sound as my Matrix 6 😊
Matrix 6 and UB-Xa are miles apart.
I’m so confused im listening to this and others demos in proper headphones and all im thinking is that the new gforce plugin that was just released sounds better? I have an obx8 and that plugin and from what im hearing it just doesn’t seem to have any umph? Feels like its lacking low end. looking forward to getting my hands on one still as hoping it’s better in person? Thanks for the great video and playing as it’s always much appreciated.
Judging from your other comments, you need to check your headphones or your ears. I’ve played the OBX8 at Superbooth in Berlin and I really liked it very much. When you’re happy with it then everything is fine.
Clearly a great sounding synth on its own, and has an OB-XA feel at a great price.... I think to suggest its a bad clone misses the point given its simply so much more capable with all its (extra?) hardware capability.
how does the keyboard feel? Does it feel nice or close to as nice as a prophet 6's key bed? Also, do you think they'll still release the UB-X later on?
I really like the keyboard feel. Since I haven’t got a Prophet 6 I can’t compare. I don’t have any further information about the UB-X.
🟣 That's THE sound, incomparably better than an other vid recently posted by someone else.👌
Since that one sounds 100x better I hope & pray that manufacturing- & component tolerances won't be that erxtreme like Alesis had (not only) with their Andromedas.They partly really messed it up. I've layed my hands on 4 of them. None sounded identic, the worst one even like a cheaply comverted mp3 of the better ones. You wrote the production units might slightly differ. I hope feature &/or soundwise there are't any limitations to expect. I've already read the user manual. I'm glad about the almost complete Pg. 2 & were even more if a future update brings us the three missing port. parameters: Poramento:match/quantize/P-Env. 🔮 Kind regards!
Gerald
Thanks a lot. With my comment in the video description I was more referring to the outer appearance (proper labeling, wooden side etc.). For the chorus strat preset I’ve used the 2nd page functions. There are a lot of additional features enabling you to create sounds the original OB-Xa can’t do.
@@Bernd_Bruening Yes I know. Since the UB-Xa's first discussions about 6 years ago I've been the first one demanding to inherit OB8's Page 2 (& explained all the reasons why) when everyone else on social media just yearned for the dead simple OBXa. About that time I've asked two by Uli behringer featured artists &'ve sent an expressive e-mail with Pg. 2 content from my own user manual to behringer & Uli Behringer as well (from my "Daniel Francois Gerard" fb account) back then. I can not express how lucky to be that its almost fully implemented ✨🌟👾🌟 ...because honestly I've definitely not believed that especially those features would become real with that project. 🥁 ☄️🎉
@Gerald_Daniel they heard you ;-)
How does the keybed and the poly aftertouch feel?
Great! You might listen to the "action sync" preset once again. There you can see/hear, how smoothly the LFO speed can be controlled via poly aftertouch.
I've eagerly awaited this video. Really shows what this synth can do. I didn't think I needed an analogue polysynth but I'm starting to change my mind.
Everybody needs an analog poly synth. And it’s the first one with 16 voices.
@@Bernd_Bruening Rev 2 has 16 voices too. Even forgot the prologue... And the Moog one
and the andromeda is 16 voices but this one sounds better and is way cheaper!
@@miffebarbez you’re right. I hadn’t these synth on my list
@@miffebarbezrev 2 = dco not vco. Only prologue moog one and ub xa offer true 16 voice vco
Does it SEND poly-aftertouch? Any controller features with regard to this?
Yes
Hi there ! amazing work . I did download the patch but i am not super confident on how to upload it on the unit .... is there a tutorial for for dummies? regards A
Use a sysex app of your choice (midi-ox/sysex Librarian). Connect UB-Xa via usb. In your App select “UB-Xa “ as midi out. Load the producer pack sysex file into your app. Activate “send sysex” and wait until the data has been transferred to the synth. You’ll find the new sounds in bank D. Be aware that all sounds in bank D will be overwritten. My sounds are located in Bank D 1-64, presets 65-127 will be init sounds.
Ok the after touch pluck patch shows that this is a whole different ballgame
Absolutely
Great demo, wonderful sounds! How does the keybed feel compared to other Behringer synths like the Poly D or Deepmind?
Thank you. The keybed feels nice and is for my taste much better than the Poly D. The action sync preset in this video shows quite nice, how smoothly the poly aftertouch controls the LFO speed.
@@Bernd_Bruening Thank you, Bernd, sounds very promising!
I think it sounds okay. I just don't like that unwanted saw buzz in the high end you don't get with an OB-X8. You can really hear the differences there.
It is a copy of the OB-XA not the X8 which sound different in itself.
What buzz?
@@dreamwalks8200 The OB-X8 combines the three different voice architectures of the OB-X, OB-Xa, and OB-8 into a single instrument. The individual filter types and other unique characteristics of each model have been faithfully reproduced, giving you the most authentic OB experience possible.
@@SPAZZOID100 If you can't hear how off this sounds I can't help you. Please don't troll. You know damn well this sounds cheap compared..
I played an OB-Xa that sat on top of my Dyno Rhodes in the 80’s .. nightclub rig. I don’t know how the action is on this thing .. but it sounds great .. just like I remember. By 1989/90 these things were regularly listed in the recycler used gear ads for $500.00, heck even my Jupiter 8 only fetched $450.00 when I got rid of it then. I’m sure there is a good number of boomer aged players who now wish they’d not sold their stuff then, to buy our old gear back used is ridiculous these things get on the market, even forking out 5k for a modern OB-X8 is a real hard swallow at 5k, I mean who wants to pay 10 times the price of what they sold it for! This thing makes sense .. if it’s got a half way decent action that is .. my DeepMind 12 has the cheesiest action I’ve ever felt in doing this for 45 years now. Ok now we need the Behringer Fairlight, PPG, and Synclavier II 😉
Action feels pretty good to me.
Sounds amazing❤ How far is the Master Tune range? Could it be tune to "A" 432hz? ✌️
Good question: normally it should be one semitone up/down, which would enable to tune it to 432hz.
The machine got balls no brainer to buy it
When can w buy this awesome Synth. 😎👍🎶💖
I'm guessing the first batch is going to pre-orders. Andertons show an expected shipment date.
Here in the states, I'm expecting one in late Jan. or Feb.
Sounds better then last videos! Are there some effects added here? Are you going to sell the presets later or will they be free?
Yes, I used a delay for the arp sound and a bit of reverb for the „action sync“ sound. The entire bank with 64 sounds can be purchased soon.
So you made the presets your selling on the prototype or the final version? I really feel there is more then 2 patches with added reverb here, if thats not the case its quite a step up compared to your other videos that are raw! Anyway im a bit more relaxed with my preorder now
@@Bernd_Bruening
No, I made them on the synth in the video. It is the second last electronic hardware revision with the latest firmware.
@@jd808 agree, I'm enthusiast ! . Manufacturers makes a mistake in designing presets for a large bunch of users they think would buy their product, but we need in fact artistic use of a synthesizer, more than technical experiments. Generally I first change presets for my use, but to purchase the instrument I want to listen how its abilities goes together when the artistic feeling is played by a guy able to make sense to it. So now, as I have a car to buy first, I will put aside for the UB-Xa little by little, bu it's already on my wish list at Thomann germany.
Ah ok just this confused me "This particular unit shown in the video is a pre production unit (prototype) with the latest firmware. The final product could be slightly different."@@Bernd_Bruening
How does the downloading for the sounds work?
You just need to enter your email and your payment method. Then you’ll get a download link via mail. You’ll get further instructions in a readme file.
Would anyone be so kind as to walk me through the necessary settings/ process to load sounds to the UBXA? Attempting to use Sys EX. program sees the keyboard but I'm pretty sure I'm missing settings in the board necessary to complete the process.
Verify that the synth is set to midi channel 1 and sysex is enabled.
@@Bernd_Bruening Thank you for the reply. Currently it seems I can send and receive files from the UBXA to my Mac but am not able to receive files from Mac to UBXA. I do have confirmation files are being sent from my Mac but I probably have a UBXA setting wrong that is not allowing files to upload/write to the board. Midi looks be set to channel 1 as you said and I thought sysex was enabled but I'd bet I'm missing the correct menu and may not have sysex enabled properly.
@@1899Dan keep in mind that my sound bank is sent to Bank D (!!). Single patches are sent to the momentary selected preset.
Beautiful synth. One question: is it possible to quantize once it is recorded on a daw?
Midi without problems, Audio always with some sort of artefacts. But that has nothing to do with the UB-Xa. It’s the DAW (Logic, Cubase, Ableton,Protools,, etc.)
I agree with Bernd, what are you actually asking? MIDI data can always be quantised up the Yazoo all you like, but if you're recording the audio, then you're likely to be massaging that audio as you mess with it.
What I am asking is: Can a real synth such as this one receive MIDI data and generate the actual sounds based on its own sound engine and patches?
@@GoldnhourMusic yep. That’s the whole point of MIDI In on a device such as this: to enable external control of the hardware from another source of MIDI data.
Dare I say this sounds better than OBX8. More analog bite with sharper crispy filter sizzle.
Man I wish that was true...
It does sound good though.. it had that annoying reedy thing in the mid range though in every sound that kind of drives my crazy.. this is nowhere near a obx8, that thing is just pure magic.. butt who can afford it? I'm probably gonna get this.. it is pretty sweet.
@@wurlinnawurl He's not the only one who thinks this sounds better than the OBX8
Behringer sound way better
filters on the obx8 are definitely better
@@kujumz806 folks want to think that then that's cool.. I'm all for people saving and not going broke on toys.. synth's are so expensive anyway, take what wins you can get.
I'm still content with my prophet 6 as my only analog poly and have been for six years and still don't really want either of these.. the world is too crazy to be spending so much on a synthesiser.. and I love love synth's.. but get the Behringer.
Think I stick to my old OB-XD.
where are the basses in this synth? I never hear demos of their abilities to create bass lines or bass lines.
ua-cam.com/video/8nsYKADtKew/v-deo.htmlsi=P0bNWN8Rgb3wM88n
Right in the beginning