For starters, I was hoping to keep the ethics of what Behringer did out of the conversation, but I suppose if somebody wanted to express their disappointment with what Behringer did (admittedly, even I think it was pretty dirty), I won't try to stop you.
But anyway, I had been looking for the real deal Mu-Tron Octavider for a while, but prices got a little inflated (and I didn't want the Octavider+). So, I started emailing back and forth with a nice gal named Ashley from Mu-Tron and she informed me that after a brief season of uncertainty on if the Octavider was going to stay in production, they decided to keep the Octavider+ and rerelease the "Octave Divider".. however, the ETA was uncertain and stock levels were up in the air for when they did get released.
In rolls Behringer, announcing their clone. For $99 I figured I'd preorder it and give it a whirl.. Ironically enough, by the time Sweetwater got the Behringer pre orders in stock, out comes Mu-Tron with an Instagram post saying that the Octave Dividers were finally in stock. The Behringer got delivered, the real deal is still on the way from Mu-Tron.
My first impressions of the Behringer (with the appreciation of the fact that I don't have an original or reissued Octave Divider to compare it to) - good grief, this thing is humongous. It's 2022, couldn't they have made it at least a smidgen smaller? The input/output layout is kind of annoying, but that could simply be a nod to the OG? And let's talk about the red power button on the face of the pedal - again, really necessary? I can easily see it getting bumped during a live performance and where that would get especially frustrating is that signal does not seem to pass through the pedal if that power switch is in the off position.
As for the sound, it's surprisingly fantastic.. like, really good. The tracking on this thing is seriously impressive. Not having spent a considerable amount of time with it yet, I would say that I fear it may be a little on the quiet side with no way to boost the volume, but I won't commit to the quiet assessment until I can play with it a little bit more and hopefully in a band setting. The tone knob takes you from pure, round, fat subby sounds all the way to dirty synthy sounds. The green Ringer really makes the sound pop, super cool. The "Stabilize" seems to do the opposite of what the name would imply, and actually seems to make tracking worse... but then again, maybe stabilize is just supposed to add "stability" to your sustained notes? I don't really know.
Anyway, more to come as I spend more time with it, especially when I have the real Mu-Tron to compare it to. However, I will say right now that this is a great option (ethics aside) for anyone wanting the Mu-Tron Octave Divider sound without spending $280 on the reissue.
But anyway, I had been looking for the real deal Mu-Tron Octavider for a while, but prices got a little inflated (and I didn't want the Octavider+). So, I started emailing back and forth with a nice gal named Ashley from Mu-Tron and she informed me that after a brief season of uncertainty on if the Octavider was going to stay in production, they decided to keep the Octavider+ and rerelease the "Octave Divider".. however, the ETA was uncertain and stock levels were up in the air for when they did get released.
In rolls Behringer, announcing their clone. For $99 I figured I'd preorder it and give it a whirl.. Ironically enough, by the time Sweetwater got the Behringer pre orders in stock, out comes Mu-Tron with an Instagram post saying that the Octave Dividers were finally in stock. The Behringer got delivered, the real deal is still on the way from Mu-Tron.
My first impressions of the Behringer (with the appreciation of the fact that I don't have an original or reissued Octave Divider to compare it to) - good grief, this thing is humongous. It's 2022, couldn't they have made it at least a smidgen smaller? The input/output layout is kind of annoying, but that could simply be a nod to the OG? And let's talk about the red power button on the face of the pedal - again, really necessary? I can easily see it getting bumped during a live performance and where that would get especially frustrating is that signal does not seem to pass through the pedal if that power switch is in the off position.
As for the sound, it's surprisingly fantastic.. like, really good. The tracking on this thing is seriously impressive. Not having spent a considerable amount of time with it yet, I would say that I fear it may be a little on the quiet side with no way to boost the volume, but I won't commit to the quiet assessment until I can play with it a little bit more and hopefully in a band setting. The tone knob takes you from pure, round, fat subby sounds all the way to dirty synthy sounds. The green Ringer really makes the sound pop, super cool. The "Stabilize" seems to do the opposite of what the name would imply, and actually seems to make tracking worse... but then again, maybe stabilize is just supposed to add "stability" to your sustained notes? I don't really know.
Anyway, more to come as I spend more time with it, especially when I have the real Mu-Tron to compare it to. However, I will say right now that this is a great option (ethics aside) for anyone wanting the Mu-Tron Octave Divider sound without spending $280 on the reissue.
