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> Which is noble, except they do this entirely by ripping off other people's R&D and undercutting lots of people including smaller players.

Most smaller player are also ripping off "other people's R&D". The only difference is that they charge 5x, 10x what Behringer charges. An extremely small number of people are doing new stuff.

It's even worse with guitar stuff. There are several Tube Screamer clones that sell for 250, 300, while the original is still under production for 120. The constant complaining about Behringer's one that costs $20 is petty and privileged.

No to mention Behringer has some pretty cool original designs. The Deepmind comes to mind.

Poor people also deserve to make music. You can bet I'll keep supporting them.

[posterboy]

> Poor people also deserve to make music. You can bet I'll keep supporting them.

Get a free software solution.

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I'd rather that poor people have an option. There's nothing wrong with Behringer.

Also, free software is nowhere near as good as dedicated hardware or as paid software, IMO.

[posterboy]

quack, softsynths work very well.