Gaz is so charming. He is a great teacher and gets just as excited about new equipment as I do.. I'm getting my Neutron from eBay tomorrow Thanks my synth captain!.
Gaz - Your insight, taste and talent are a welcome respite in this world and your enthusiasm is downright infectious! Thank you for doing what you do and being who you are. You, sir, are an inspiration. Peace.
This is exactly what I needed. I just bought a Neutron and wanted help to know how to use it. I am watching many dofferent demos, I learn a little more in each one.
Excellent demo Gaz. A very solid sounding synth. The filter has a nice aggresivr gnarl to it. Sound good for doing some nice bass guitar emulations with that bottom end :-)
The filter is nice and smooth with the resonance going gritty at high levels sounds nice, with a nice PWM too, almost endless patching possibilities and the bright red colour scheme definitely makes it stand out. Nice demo! 😎👍🎹
Sounds great Gaz; thanks for the videos. I'll post it to all my social media. Perhaps we'll see you tomorrow on the podcast. Cheers from across the pond in Toronto!
Hi Gaz! This is a great overview of the Neutron! Exactly what I was looking for. I've just subbed and look forward to watching more. Keep up the great work!
I started to think you may of got rid of your abyss as I’d not heard you mention it for a while, good to see you still have it, and Neutron is certainly on my shopping list.
Chief Sound Engineer Gaz tells Captain Nick the Neutron will take 1 HOUR to tune. He then tunes it in half an hour and spends 30 minutes playing with it on his secret TH-cam channel.
Gaz! Don't fear the patchbay. Looks like you have only just got started with this machine. This is the machine from Behringer that has me very excited. Massive breakthrough machine for price vs. performance. Have you ever considered getting an intern to help with the show? You look like another set of hands, eyes and ears would streamline everything. Just a thought. Your doing a great job of it by yourself!
I got the Behringer D and cannot wait for the Neutron! P.S. Nice Dreadbox pieces. Proud owner of the Nyx, Erebus, and Hades. Would love an Abyss one day.
Hey Gaz, Appreciate your time. I bought this the other day and still not played with it. I would love to see lots and lots of patching options. Form what I can see it was a great choice for a 1st synthesiser! :)
I'm waiting on mine to come in the mail! I kept putting it off but now that I understand subtractive synthesis more I'm ready to take the plunge into the modular world lol
.......... it’s like a Moog Mother 32 with extras at a fraction of the price. And it sounds really good. My only concern is that Behringer won’t be able to meet demand for this thing. Hope they can as I already want one.
the coolest review. by the way i've just bought the keystep so this seems to be kinda double-tutorial for me) thanks Gaz, this vibe is warm like analogue sound
I'd already decided to wait for this over the model D, and now I'm convinced this is the synth for me. But Gaz, you really need to learn how to use the patchbay, especially how to use the attentuators properly to refine lfo modulations etc.
Sorry for commenting on an old video but I have the option of buying this or a Dreadbox Typhon for the same price, I can see the Dreadbox having more high end features via menu diving (not a fan of doing that) but the Neutron looks more accessible but with perhaps less features, you no doubt have played with both, did you favour one over the other? Which would you rescue from a fire?
Starting @45:05 to 48:25 in a loop, if you play Gaz's video in a pet shoppe through an 80s boom box, the guinea pigs for sale become violently loud and horny! LOL
Thanks for the video Gaz! Looking forward to the next vide, a few questions. I like to see how well the LFO will sync to both midi clock (if it even does sync to MIDIclock?) and analog pulsewave (TRIG in)..is it tight even if you slow down the clock to like 10bpm? What are the min-max speeds it will sync to? And how about when it is synced to a analog clock (like one of the VCO's)…how well does it respond if you change the speed of the clock speed? It would be cool to patch the squarewave from the second VCO on the synth to the LFO trig in … but most importantly, will the LFO reset to MIDI start/stop?? (many synth designers miss this feature, bassstation2 comes to mind) I dont see a LFO reset but i guess it does reset when it finds a new tempo via the LFO trig in or keysync. Also when it is in sync either via MIDI (if there is MIDIclock sync that is) or the TRIG IN… will the rate knob/CV be a divider/multiplier of the locked clock? and i wonder the same for the delay, how well it syncs,/copes with changing clock speed, and how fast it can sync…could you please test by patching in 1 VCO (squarewave) to the delay trig in…maybe the delay can even be played from the keyboard then…i wonder if it would sound like tuned notes at high speeds? MIDIclock sync? More info about the MIDI in general would be cool…what if i wanted velocity to filter?? Do i need to use the assign out if i want velocity? Then what about aftertouch? Can i only have one or the other? I dont think they should have wasted jacks with mults (better to just use splitter cables)…have more useful outputs like MIDI velocity, aftertouch, mod, midi clock out, midi clock reset, out how slow will the VCO’s go …LFO territory? That BIAS thing i think is if you like to open the VCA without using CV or keyboard…so you can use it as a drone note without holding a key. Sorry for all the questions :D this thing looks so interesting! Thanks
Oh, that is a shame...midi interface seems to be a little lacking (still great for the money)...i guess i will hang onto the minibrute for a bit more (it has a super tight LFO that is always in sync with midi) :D ...so is the LFO TRIG IN on the neutron just a LFO reset...or is it like a tap-tempo thing?
Regarding sound quality on TH-cam (as you mention around 41:00 or so) I've heard that if you upload a 1080p video that it preserves the sound more betterer. I can't comment on the truth of that myself however. YMMV
Unfortunately, live streams are automatonically streaminged and saved as 720p. It doesn't get more betterer than this as long as it's live. Even at 1080P, the videographical and soundological components are compressionated quite a bit from an origininous file.
Seems like an ideal piece for a beginner as an introduction into subtractive synthesis or for those curious to the possibilities of modular synthesizers. Affordable, intuitive layout, flexible I/O and nice sound. Though, I don’t care for the color scheme and graphics. Looks like they are going for a 2000 raver look. Enough time hasn’t passed yet for that to be retro. I see this uses the 3340 VCO clone, but does it use the 3320 clone as well?
This is a brilliant design. Dual oscillator where both have sine as well as saw/square, etc., for an incredibly affordable price. Sine wave is a must along with saw & square, and the fact the Mother-32 and Model-D don't have sines makes them a complete pass for me, besides how overpriced they are for what you get. And I prefer the sequencer to be separate anyhow, so the fact there's no sequencer is fine with me-- I already have a Beat Step Pro which should work with this quite well. I suspect not only are these going to fly off the shelves, many people will probably buy more than one. It's definitely on my must-buy list, this one kicks major butt.
great vid gaz..if you get the time could you do a vid were you sample the neutron in halion 6 and create a new halion 6 instrument..when i get a neutron thats the main reason i wanna buy it too combine both to create unique instruments .. watching the vid you did on sonicstate showcasing halion 6 got me to buy h6 ad its brilliant but its headscratchingly hard at times too understand the layouts with halion 6 so if you could do another vid id appreciate it.
Hi, Gaz! Thanks for detailed look on waves and morphing! i'm surprised that Overdrive isn't level-compensated... maybe it's impossible in some cases, IDK... but it can be done fairly easily IMHO... People, did anybody of you bought V3205 on Ali? As i know these are produced in China... i'm struggling with the wish to buy and try it :) but i fear of fakes... BBD's strongest side (for analog synths) is that you don't need to make DAC-ADC routine. PT2399 is nice but has some serious limitations. VCA Bias is a zero level for VCA. Usually it's set to 0 by design. Here you can choose (to make drones for example). Gaz, maybe you need some small oscilloscope screen, it will be showing a lot. Here are a plenty of non-expensive solutions...
Thanks, really nice synth test! I see you got a dreadbox Erebus on the back, i have one too and i am interested of getting a Neutron, did you tried cross patching on those two ?
Hey Gaz, loved the video. Do you know much about the midi dipswitches? My synth currently drones without stopping and I'm trying to figure out how to stop that. It's connected via midi to an alesis VI61 and when triggered thru midi is fine it just doesn't stop playing.
Question- I saw the presentation on the Arturia minibrute S2 and that has a patch bay. Are the S2 and Neutron patch signals compatible? I would love to cross modulate the S2 and Neutron.
Great job Gaz...you squeezed out some pretty good (and interesting) tones, AND you semi-advertised the Dreadbox guys as well. Are you hitting Superbooth this year? If "Ja", I'll see you there. Cheers...
Hello, it's the first video I watch from you and I liked it very much, very nice and simple explanations of the mechanics of the synth ! However I have a comment on the video making side of it: next time put your camera not on the other side of your adjusting hand, it's to bad we don't see how and witch knob you turn because your hand is in the way.
very ambient review :D but i like it!! how would you compare sound wise this to analog 4 if that is even possible. i am asking mostly about warmness and rawness rather than sonic possibilities. THANKS!!!
Last day of the year, last question: I'm trying to daisy chain the waldorf blofeld (with external midi keyboard) with the mighty neutron but I really can't understand how to do it. The Blofeld has no midi outputs (only one input) but has two normal jack outputs (L stereo and R). Anyone have any suggestions? I've already tried this: Keyboard midi neutron midi in- neutron midi thru to blofeld midi in, but nothing will happen :-( Thanks in advance and have a nice 2020!.
You are the Bob Ross of Synthesizers. I love you.
accurate af
I was going to say Karl Marx.
Aww ^^
He is Bob Ross, with his happy little fat square waves with their envelopes and LFOs.
he's somewhere in between bob and karl - neither as happy as, nor as resentful as either.
Gaz is so charming. He is a great teacher and gets just as excited about new equipment as I do.. I'm getting my Neutron from eBay tomorrow Thanks my synth captain!.
Gaz - Your insight, taste and talent are a welcome respite in this world and your enthusiasm is downright infectious!
Thank you for doing what you do and being who you are. You, sir, are an inspiration.
Peace.
This is exactly what I needed. I just bought a Neutron and wanted help to know how to use it. I am watching many dofferent demos, I learn a little more in each one.
That was fantastic. I look forward to more of your videos. Thank you for taking the time to present and engage.
💜
Gaz.... you Sir are a ray of light... in a dark dark world. Thanks for the great vids!
100 % agreed!
Sold. I was really interested in this thing already and after the video I immediately spent my 300 bucks^^
Thank you for the amazing demo.
This experimentation, and a great sale, prompted me to buy my own. Thank you for your diligence.
For the price this thing is ridicilous and it sounds so good, too 🔥😳!!! Love, how much fun you had while playing it 😎
You're my favorite bleep bloop daddy.
Lmao
Must be a good filter .... you just woke my dog up - always a good sign x
nick bad sine
Gaz, it is a pleasure to see you having so much fun. A very, very nice hands on with the Neutron! Thank you, sir ♥️!!!
Thank you so much for this exploration. Very interisting.
Waitin for this review , thk you
Behringer Is really doing it right , shout out To them !
Excellent demo Gaz. A very solid sounding synth. The filter has a nice aggresivr gnarl to it. Sound good for doing some nice bass guitar emulations with that bottom end :-)
Thank you Gaz for this awesome demo! A++++++++++++++++++++++++++
What a great time to be alive! With all the cheap(ish) new gear coming out over the last few years. All the best Gaz!
Thanks for a very helpful video! Your delivery is wonderful.
Gaz has his own channel?! Where have I been this whole time?
Thanks for the thorough overview! It does seem like a no-brainer. It would pair well with my Moog Mother 32 for vast sonic possibilities.
Always love your enthusiasm and knowledge...brilliant.
Gaz- at !4.50 you have become ONE with the machine. Your face sums up the whole synth experience. Nice one!
Gaz you beautiful soft spoken man! You put me to sleep with your angelic voice as you serenaded the Neutron.
The filter is nice and smooth with the resonance going gritty at high levels sounds nice, with a nice PWM too, almost endless patching possibilities and the bright red colour scheme definitely makes it stand out. Nice demo! 😎👍🎹
Love you, Gaz. The World needs more Gaz! 😀
Think this is one of the most interesting synths to come out in a long time. Thanks for this:)
Lovely stuff
Sounds great Gaz; thanks for the videos. I'll post it to all my social media. Perhaps we'll see you tomorrow on the podcast. Cheers from across the pond in Toronto!
Finally, I am able to say the word Behringer without feeling ashamed or disgusted.
Absolutely.
Hey Gaz! It was great to see you at NAMM back in 2017. Finally got one of these and checking out your video. Just a monster of a module.
Hi Gaz! This is a great overview of the Neutron! Exactly what I was looking for. I've just subbed and look forward to watching more. Keep up the great work!
I got off the 'buy new gear makes you happy' horse at last. Sold everything and just use some soft synths and a midi controller. I feel cleansed
you'll be back
Ofc he will be. Plus he sold everything half price
This is fun, I'd love to see it more often. You're awesome Gaz. The music was fun while having psychedelic times.
I started to think you may of got rid of your abyss as I’d not heard you mention it for a while, good to see you still have it, and Neutron is certainly on my shopping list.
Chief Sound Engineer Gaz tells Captain Nick the Neutron will take 1 HOUR to tune. He then tunes it in half an hour and spends 30 minutes playing with it on his secret TH-cam channel.
I was planning to buy a used dreadbox Erebus, but this synth sounds even cooler. It's also red! Red sounds best! ;)
Gaz! Don't fear the patchbay. Looks like you have only just got started with this machine. This is the machine from Behringer that has me very excited. Massive breakthrough machine for price vs. performance.
Have you ever considered getting an intern to help with the show? You look like another set of hands, eyes and ears would streamline everything. Just a thought. Your doing a great job of it by yourself!
Didn’t know you had a channel and found this by accident. I guess that is what they call a “happy accident”. Great video!
👍👍👍 Fantastic, thank you.
Gaz,you look like a biblical figure...and you are talking about synthesizers......absolutely fantastic
Hes synth Moses
Thank You.! I'm sold on the product!
Hi enjoyed your video thanks 👍
I got the Behringer D and cannot wait for the Neutron! P.S. Nice Dreadbox pieces. Proud owner of the Nyx, Erebus, and Hades. Would love an Abyss one day.
NEOREV Murmux2
Hey Gaz, Appreciate your time. I bought this the other day and still not played with it. I would love to see lots and lots of patching options. Form what I can see it was a great choice for a 1st synthesiser! :)
You just sold me this synth :D Thank you Gaz!
I'm waiting on mine to come in the mail! I kept putting it off but now that I understand subtractive synthesis more I'm ready to take the plunge into the modular world lol
Very good show Gaz...and just let them come...we are waitng from day one ;)
Gaz, great live broadcast and first look at a new synth look forward to Pt2 and more of the 2nd Oscillator and patch bay :-)
.......... it’s like a Moog Mother 32 with extras at a fraction of the price. And it sounds really good. My only concern is that Behringer won’t be able to meet demand for this thing. Hope they can as I already want one.
The excuse me at 15:26 is my favorite.
This synth I now own and love! A must have . Peace Christo 👽
Loved the demo! Thanks
The Bob Ross of synths ;)
At this point it's "shut up and take my money!" time. I never really had a chance of holding onto my $300 once I saw Gaz's face light up.
Yeah...I want! When it is available? None of the usual retailers seem to have stock.
Gaz is my favorite reviewer....just love his fun snd genuine style. Thanks Gaz!
Great video, entertaining and informative, love the mouth movements.. wop, wop, wop :)
the coolest review. by the way i've just bought the keystep so this seems to be kinda double-tutorial for me) thanks Gaz, this vibe is warm like analogue sound
It's perfectly aligned with Ensoniq Fizmo and Waldorf XT to burn your eyes out!
Amazing demo thanks !
I'd already decided to wait for this over the model D, and now I'm convinced this is the synth for me. But Gaz, you really need to learn how to use the patchbay, especially how to use the attentuators properly to refine lfo modulations etc.
Sorry for commenting on an old video but I have the option of buying this or a Dreadbox Typhon for the same price, I can see the Dreadbox having more high end features via menu diving (not a fan of doing that) but the Neutron looks more accessible but with perhaps less features, you no doubt have played with both, did you favour one over the other? Which would you rescue from a fire?
tldr
Really enjoyed this video.
Starting @45:05 to 48:25 in a loop, if you play Gaz's video in a pet shoppe through an 80s boom box, the guinea pigs for sale become violently loud and horny! LOL
I think midi controlled dynamic stereo effects would greatly expand the sound space it produces.
Thanks Gaz!
Cool to see that you are also on of the Beta Testers of it :)
This thing sounds really, really good. Imagine if we could have seen this coming back when the Monotron came out!
Only 150 British squids for a brand new monosynth with patch bay....that’s nuts!
Thanks for the video Gaz! Looking forward to the next vide, a few questions.
I like to see how well the LFO will sync to both midi clock (if it even does sync to MIDIclock?) and analog pulsewave (TRIG in)..is it tight even if you slow down the clock to like 10bpm? What are the min-max speeds it will sync to? And how about when it is synced to a analog clock (like one of the VCO's)…how well does it respond if you change the speed of the clock speed? It would be cool to patch the squarewave from the second VCO on the synth to the LFO trig in …
but most importantly, will the LFO reset to MIDI start/stop?? (many synth designers miss this feature, bassstation2 comes to mind) I dont see a LFO reset but i guess it does reset when it finds a new tempo via the LFO trig in or keysync. Also when it is in sync either via MIDI (if there is MIDIclock sync that is) or the TRIG IN… will the rate knob/CV be a divider/multiplier of the locked clock?
and i wonder the same for the delay, how well it syncs,/copes with changing clock speed, and how fast it can sync…could you please test by patching in 1 VCO (squarewave) to the delay trig in…maybe the delay can even be played from the keyboard then…i wonder if it would sound like tuned notes at high speeds? MIDIclock sync?
More info about the MIDI in general would be cool…what if i wanted velocity to filter?? Do i need to use the assign out if i want velocity? Then what about aftertouch? Can i only have one or the other?
I dont think they should have wasted jacks with mults (better to just use splitter cables)…have more useful outputs like MIDI velocity, aftertouch, mod, midi clock out, midi clock reset, out
how slow will the VCO’s go …LFO territory?
That BIAS thing i think is if you like to open the VCA without using CV or keyboard…so you can use it as a drone note without holding a key.
Sorry for all the questions :D this thing looks so interesting! Thanks
Magnus Andersson divkid said the lfo won't sync :(
Oh, that is a shame...midi interface seems to be a little lacking (still great for the money)...i guess i will hang onto the minibrute for a bit more (it has a super tight LFO that is always in sync with midi) :D ...so is the LFO TRIG IN on the neutron just a LFO reset...or is it like a tap-tempo thing?
I didn't know Gaz had a channel of his very own. Subbed and bell'd.
OP looks like Charles Marx neutron is red
my stomach does difficulties.
karl*
Dude, the patchbay isn´t just for decoration...
he does use it... actually this video is really quite good in exploring all the textures
I’m in love again!
Regarding sound quality on TH-cam (as you mention around 41:00 or so)
I've heard that if you upload a 1080p video that it preserves the sound more betterer. I can't comment on the truth of that myself however. YMMV
384kbps 96 kHz AAC audio with 1080p video, drops to 128kbps 48kHz at 720p and below.
More bettered ?....omg
@@donkeevney No, more betterer. .... I enjoy adding extra suffixes to some words sometimes. :P ;)
Unfortunately, live streams are automatonically streaminged and saved as 720p. It doesn't get more betterer than this as long as it's live. Even at 1080P, the videographical and soundological components are compressionated quite a bit from an origininous file.
Seems like an ideal piece for a beginner as an introduction into subtractive synthesis or for those curious to the possibilities of modular synthesizers. Affordable, intuitive layout, flexible I/O and nice sound. Though, I don’t care for the color scheme and graphics. Looks like they are going for a 2000 raver look. Enough time hasn’t passed yet for that to be retro. I see this uses the 3340 VCO clone, but does it use the 3320 clone as well?
Nice, Gaz! I wonder if you could place your camera/phone so that it is filming from above the synth instead of at an angle.
Very cool synth. So is that red painted on, annodized, or some kind of plastic overlay?
This is a brilliant design. Dual oscillator where both have sine as well as saw/square, etc., for an incredibly affordable price. Sine wave is a must along with saw & square, and the fact the Mother-32 and Model-D don't have sines makes them a complete pass for me, besides how overpriced they are for what you get. And I prefer the sequencer to be separate anyhow, so the fact there's no sequencer is fine with me-- I already have a Beat Step Pro which should work with this quite well. I suspect not only are these going to fly off the shelves, many people will probably buy more than one. It's definitely on my must-buy list, this one kicks major butt.
great vid gaz..if you get the time could you do a vid were you sample the neutron in halion 6 and create a new halion 6 instrument..when i get a neutron thats the main reason i wanna buy it too combine both to create unique instruments ..
watching the vid you did on sonicstate showcasing halion 6 got me to buy h6 ad its brilliant but its headscratchingly hard at times too understand the layouts with halion 6 so if you could do another vid id appreciate it.
Hi, Gaz!
Thanks for detailed look on waves and morphing!
i'm surprised that Overdrive isn't level-compensated... maybe it's impossible in some cases, IDK... but it can be done fairly easily IMHO...
People, did anybody of you bought V3205 on Ali? As i know these are produced in China... i'm struggling with the wish to buy and try it :) but i fear of fakes... BBD's strongest side (for analog synths) is that you don't need to make DAC-ADC routine. PT2399 is nice but has some serious limitations.
VCA Bias is a zero level for VCA. Usually it's set to 0 by design. Here you can choose (to make drones for example). Gaz, maybe you need some small oscilloscope screen, it will be showing a lot. Here are a plenty of non-expensive solutions...
Thanks, really nice synth test! I see you got a dreadbox Erebus on the back, i have one too and i am interested of getting a Neutron, did you tried cross patching on those two ?
Hey Gaz, loved the video. Do you know much about the midi dipswitches? My synth currently drones without stopping and I'm trying to figure out how to stop that. It's connected via midi to an alesis VI61 and when triggered thru midi is fine it just doesn't stop playing.
Question- I saw the presentation on the Arturia minibrute S2 and that has a patch bay. Are the S2 and Neutron patch signals compatible? I would love to cross modulate the S2 and Neutron.
Mark Sieczko why not? I have s2 and model d, and them patchs :)
Great review. Great synth. But the color... I hope there will be other versions of the front panel.
Whats up Gaz Nice to see you at NAMM .Does the usb midi provide midi out so I can use it as a midi controller as well?
Thanks Gaz
Great video!!!
Great job Gaz...you squeezed out some pretty good (and interesting) tones, AND you semi-advertised the Dreadbox guys as well. Are you hitting Superbooth this year? If "Ja", I'll see you there. Cheers...
Hello, it's the first video I watch from you and I liked it very much, very nice and simple explanations of the mechanics of the synth ! However I have a comment on the video making side of it: next time put your camera not on the other side of your adjusting hand, it's to bad we don't see how and witch knob you turn because your hand is in the way.
Thanks. It was an early video for me but it still is a mistake that I make. Thanks for pointing it out and I’ll be more mindful of it going forward.
Nice review. Is it possible to make this synth sound stereophonic? Thanks.
very ambient review :D but i like it!! how would you compare sound wise this to analog 4 if that is even possible. i am asking mostly about warmness and rawness rather than sonic possibilities. THANKS!!!
..... it’s actually looks fantastic next to the green Erebus and Blue Abyss. I don’t like red synths but I love the Neutron.
Nice demo Gaz!
this is not a beard, it is a noise source meant for microphones :D
Last day of the year, last question: I'm trying to daisy chain the waldorf blofeld (with external midi keyboard) with the mighty neutron but I really can't understand how to do it. The Blofeld has no midi outputs (only one input) but has two normal jack outputs (L stereo and R). Anyone have any suggestions? I've already tried this: Keyboard midi neutron midi in- neutron midi thru to blofeld midi in, but nothing will happen :-( Thanks in advance and have a nice 2020!.
Do you have the Blo set to the same MIDI channel as the keyboard?
Carlo Stagnoli It’s not going great so far
I need one of those
Hee Gaz, love your channel. You also got that post enlightment Jim Carry look going !
thank you!
I would make some early Gary Numan music with this
Those oscillators are. Most prominent in the Oberhiems. Peace Christo 👽🔦🎶🙏🙏🙏✌🏻✌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️🛸🛸🕺🕺
3:16 Pinocchio: *blushes*