Tear down photos of my personal TB-3-GP, Analog bassline synthesizer, or as I like to call her Motoko.
The TB-3 is behringers version of the classic (and completely unavailable) Roland TB-303, the sound of acid. it is also, annoyingly, just slightly wider then my light box, which made taking these photos more of a pain then I expected.
I really like the transparent plastic style on these, really reminds my of stuff I saw as a kid,. I also like that the named the colors as flavors, GP of course standing for grape.
Note the through hole electrolytic, and selected film capacitors, Very nice attention to detail, and good little boost for repairability.
As a synthesizer it is more versatile then I expected it to be, As well as the mandatory acid jams, and some trance, I recently used this to record all the lead lines in my Wagner cover, below.
Of the Behringer synth clones I own (the MonoPoly, Poly D, MS-1 and Odyssey) I have to say the MonoPoly is the most fun, barely beating out the MS-1. The range of sounds it can make is incredible, and you can get really wild with it if you want to (something the MS-1 is good at too, despite its relative simplicity).
"Use the switch to disconnect the cap or resistor that feeds from the output of the frequency doubling pair to the input."
"the cap in question is through hole, so easier to work with. Desolder it. Solder 2 wires where the cap used to be. Then solder switch as shown."
Behringer - SUPER FUZZ SF300
mods
"* Sound quality=change input capacitor = acoustic metalized film, change output stage electric capacitor = MUSE, and change bypass line cutoff frequency lower one step.
* Added an octave ON/OFF switch. As a result,
* Mid and high range sparkled.
* extended bass band. Also, clearly octave sound."
When you use a synthesizer without patch memory/presets, one solution is to take a picture of the front panel and name the picture something that will hopefully make you remember what it sounds like.
I call this patch Grandpa's Diapers. Feel free to recreate it yourself.
I really wish Behringer would settle for selling their cheap gear and counting their money instead of continually doing things that make me feel compelled to apologize for owning and using their stuff.