Behringer today introduced the Hirotribe, a portable groovebox in the company’s ‘Soul’ format, engineered by Hiroaki Nishijima, who designed the Korg MS-20 and Monotribe.

The Hirotribe is an analog groove synthesizer with a four-part drum machine, 2-oscillator synth voice and sequencer.

“The ‘Hirotribe’ is one of the analog synthesizers I always wanted to achieve,” notes Nishijima. “I designed and developed the Korg Monotribe, but I really wanted to make an evolved version of it.”

Features:

• Analog groove synthesizer with built-in drum machine and sequencer
• Analog signal path with DCO, VCF and VCA
• 2 individual oscillators with saw, triangle and square waveforms
• Noise generator
• LFO with 3 wave shapes for modulating both pitch and filter cutoff
• Single knob envelope generator with 3 continuous parameters Attack, Decay and Sustain
• Analog drum machine with bass drum, snare, closed hi-hat and open hi-hat
• 16-step motion sequencer with and memory slots
• 27 touch-sensitive keys
• Sync Input and Output to synchronize with your other synthesizers or drum machines
• USB Micro connector allows powering via smartphone, power bank or computer
• MIDI implementation (including NRPN/CC control of all parameters and bulk load/save)

Pricing and Availability

The release date for the Hirotribe is to be determined, based on availability of semiconductor components. The suggested price will be $99 USD.