Grab the detachable left-hand expression controller, strap on the MS-1 MKII, and step out from behind the keyboard rack and into the spotlight--like Devo, The Prodigy, and The Chemical Brothers! Despite the fun factor and showmanship potential, it's far more than a “Key-tar” or a simple 80s-inspired novelty. The Behringer MS-1 RD is a formidable, 32-key vintage-style analog mono-synth--upgraded with digital connectivity, pro features, and amazingly affordable. Like its vintage counterpart, the MS-1 MK II can deliver a fantastic range of classic analog tone-shaping flexibility. Use your ears and imagination to operate the 57 intuitively laid-out dials and sliders to control the completely analog pathway. Even with limited or no experience using old-school analog controls, you’ll quickly revisit (or create) thick and screaming lead sounds, punchy bass lines, and otherworldly effects.

Vintage-style analog sound generation starts with Behringer’s re-created 3340 ‘Curtis-style’ chip-driven oscillator. This VCO can generate up to 4 simultaneously mixable waveforms over a 4-octave range, giving your creativity plenty of room to flow. At the heart of things, the MS-1 MKII’s incredibly flexible VCF features fader-style controls for Frequency, Resonance, Envelope, Modulation, and Keyboard-follow sliders for quickly zeroing in and tweaking your sound. The Filter can be modulated with ADSR, LFO, keyboard tracking, and a bender controller, multiplying sonic possibilities and ease of use. ASDR (Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release) control faders give you a graphic-style view of your control over each note’s shape for sculpting tones with a hammer-like snap-- or a softly bowed violin.

The MS-1-RD is equipped with a programmable 32-step sequencer that can recall up to 64 patterns stored in 8 banks of preset buttons, plus an 8-pattern Arpeggiator that can be triggered by any chord you play. The MD-1 MK is also updated with 32 full-sized, semi-weighted, velocity-sensitive keys, a noise generator, portamento, MIDI In/Out/Thru, a USB port, a detachable left-hand expression controller, and a guitar strap!

• Analog Synthesizer based on the 1982 SH101
• “Keytar” style performance with 32 semi-weighted full-size keys, detachable grip, and strap.
• 3340 style Analog Oscillator
• Resonant VCF with modulation via ADSR, LFO, keytrack/bender controller
• 6 FM Nova Mod sources for creative VCF modulation and filter effects
• ADSR envelope generator
• 32-step sequencer with 64 memory slots
• 8- pattern Arpeggiator
• Noise generator
• Portamento
• Inputs (1) 1/4"
• Outputs (1) 1/4", (1) ¼” headphone jack
• MIDI I/O In/Out/Thru/USB (TYPE-B)
• Available in multiple colors