Behringer JT-4000 Is it any good? First Play No Talking

Now updated to v1.1 with drawable LFO for any CC

My Behringer JT-4000 arrived today, My first play of this great little Roland JP8000 clone with no talking so you can hear the sounds in all their glory. Towards the end I tweak the midi CC of the hardware with a custom Reaktor Ensemble. Based on Sunborn's JP8000 ensemble. Does it sound good? Let me know!

The Reaktor template is now available on the Reaktor user library. Have Fun!

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[RaquelFoster]

Hopefully the fact that a $49 synth has a better screen than a $400 Roland boutique will shame people into putting better displays on things.

[scheetmcborsten]

I don't regret buying this yesterday. Big sound coming from such a small synth.

[JonManness]

This is one badass little synth! I play on giving it to my daughter, but I'm for sure going to travel with this guy.

[midinotes]

Got mine today and have to say this is one amazing little synth for just over £40! Noise level is excellent, sounded amazing through my Yamaha HS monitors. The user interface is very intuitive and responsive, despite the tiny controls. You really forget this is paraphonic, compared to my Behringer Poly D this plays polyphonically much better. The twin oscillators give you thick sounds, also having PWM and Super Saw really beefs up the possibilities. There's a USB-C socket for powering the synth, plus it supports midi over USB. Nice thing is that if you use a controller keyboard from your computer connected to the JT-4000 you get velocity sensitivity, pitch bend, modulation wheel and full midi control over the filter, resonance, attack, decay and much more. Easy to dump and reload patches over Sysex or via the Behringer app. The only thing that took me a while to fathom out was how to get the arpeggiator working - eventually realised you have to go to settings and switch it from the keyboard to the arp. It doesn't have any digital effects on board so adding some external delay and reverb does enhance the sound a lot. The 12-bit DAC gives it a nice retro feel and the analog filter, whilst only 12dB per octave is a lovely touch. Great sounds and so much fun to play with!

[glenesis]

Thanks for making and sharing. I just backordered the synth and im very excited! Thanks also for the excellent Reaktor template! I had never thought of making synth editors in Reaktor so this vid opened up worlds of ideas for me.

Happy New Year everyone!

[Imetalman]

I’m here in the US and I just ordered mine from overseas at a marked up cost. This thing punches way above its weight class. I went from “I might get one” to “I need to be the first person to have one.” 😅.

[dmallegro]

Thanks a lot! Verty inspiring demo, really drawing me to play with it ... And thank you for the editor!

[CarfDarko]

Gonna put this one on top of my JP8000 as soon as it arrives and make it sing!
Thanks for the great demo!

[djkanyon]

Dude it sounds HUGE, and kinda reminded me of classic Roland synths! Wow that's a no brainer.

[davidm]

behringer are absolutely killing it omg!! LOL

[stationlightyears]

Ordered one on the back of this video! Thanks!

[chrisconnollyofficial]

Received mine yesterday. Cant wait to start playing it!

[GraydonAudio]

I don’t even understand how they did this for $50. It sounds incredible.

[DJDigitalJosh]

I loved my old JP-8000 & JP-8080. You could have upper 2 osc, lower 2 osc or combo for 4 osc beastly sounds. There are Virtual recreations that are worth listening to out there as well.

[NatLifeSounds]

It sounds defintly better than new Roland Gaia2 😁

[evh]

Physical synth the price of a VST not a bad deal

[BlackRegent]

For 49 (dollars, pounds, euros) this sounds incredible.

[ProfessorSaibertin]

For the price, it sounds great. Thx for the video.

[andyturner]

One of the most amazing synths for the price range I've ever seen. Just wish I had bought these instead of my Korg Monotrons. Definitely buying 2 of these 👌

[blankfrancine]

Are you using external effects on the synth? It sounds amazing. The reactor template is awesome!