Best Companion Synthesizer

Behringer Neutron: Best Value Semi-Modular Voice & Patch Bay Companion

Two analog oscillators, a multimode filter, BBD delay and a 56-point patch bay that turns it into an expansion bay for your rack.

The Neutron is the most cost-effective way to add an entire second voice to a system. It is a semi-modular: everything is normalled internally so it makes sound the moment it is powered, and every one of those connections is broken out on the patch bay.

What is inside

Two Curtis 3340 oscillators with a continuously variable waveform blend, a multimode filter, a BBD delay, an overdrive stage, two ADSR envelopes, an LFO and a 56-point patch bay. The oscillators track well and the filter has real character, which is more than the price suggests.

The patch bay is the point

Fifty-six patch points turn the instrument from a synthesizer into a rack extension: you can take the oscillators and use them as sources in your modular, or feed your modular into its filter and delay. Mounted in an 80 HP skiff, it becomes a permanent part of the system rather than a box sitting beside it.

Best Companion Synthesizer

Manufacturer
Behringer
Category
Semi-Modular Synths
Hardware role
Dual Curtis 3340 VCOs, Multimode Filter & 56-Point Patch Bay
Retail partner
Thomann / Sweetwater

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