Behringer CAT


Some equipment arrived in the last years of inactivity. One important mate has been the Behringer CAT. It's a "clone" of the Octave CAT SRM II with some of its design flaws, and some other added... The one i'd like to discuss here is the LFO modulation ramping up on each note trig. It's that Behringer put an envelope to modulate the amount of LFO to modulate parameters, but the real problem about this is that the 0 time don't work. That means no parameter modulation possible on fast triggered notes, and for example, PWM on oscillator 1 being interrupted.

CAT plateCAT LFO ramp chips  

The problem about this is that it seems not possible to be fixed by software.

Another issue is the Oscillator SynC that although it was emulating the SRMII behaviour, creates audible interruptions in the synchronized oscillator in both A or B modes.

Of course, the sound is great and it has a very powerful oscillator/modulation specs, but it's a pitty to see an unfinished hardware. We should wait for mods to correct this.

 

CAT LFO ramp chips

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