Behringer NEUTRON Paraphonic Analog and Semi-Modular Synthesizer

Really great synth

You might not want this as your first synth, or your only synth. But if you've got some experience and are looking for an analog mono, this could be a top choice. Sounds great even without patching. Once you start patching it, it's up to your imagination. It's got old time draw backs like no patch storage, no cc send/receive, and so on. But if you realize that going into it, it's not much of a problem. The sound and the price make up for any minor inconveniences it may throw at you. Highly recommended.

Great patch bay.

I got one of these on sale, then the price dropped so I got a second one. I figured it would be good for the polyphonic capabilities (with 4 oscillators so 4 voices into one amp, the same way the PolyD works anyway) but the polychain and Paraphonic modes don't work so well together. That said, one alone is amazing for bass, smoother and creamier than a moog, and with more oscillator shapes (saw but no shark tooth, but it can blend between shapes). The filter is super resonant, and the envelopes are pretty fast for analog. Having a second one doesn't give me the voices I thought it would, but stacked in a mono synth, 4 oscillators is a *ton*, esp when spaced in octaves! Also, it gives me 2 ADSR envelopes, an LFO, a mixer, 2 attenuators, slew rate limiter, and a second filter (one in low pass and the other with key tracking resonant high pass for really big sub sounds). These modules on their own (if you were going to expand your Neutron into Eurorack) would add up real fast! A filter like this alone could be $200, so the second neutron was easily cheaper than all the rack units (plus the case and power supply you'd need) In short, they're red, so that's bold (good or bad depending on your view), the tuning knobs are too big and sensitive, but you can pull them and swap them to filter cutoff/res (or whatever you want), the patch bay is a little confusing and hard to read on the red faceplate with inverted striped background... Might need more patch cables, but it's a great piece that should last a long time, remain relevant in any setup, and probably hold some value down the road.

Behringer hit a home run with this one. It's relatively inexpensive and has a massive sound. If you are new to modular (which I am), it's a great way to start!

Buckets and buckets of Eurorack modules in a tiny red box. The hidden internal wiring will help you learn a traditional mono-synth signal flow. It will be a bit of a hindrance as you try to remember it when interfacing with a traditional Eurorack system. "Polysynth" is only available over MIDI.