After the crises of the last few years, production at Behringer is back in full swing, with a new synthesizer coming onto the market every month. In addition to legendary classics, Uli also occasionally throws in exotic items like the EDP Wasp or the Octave Cat. Now there is a monophonic analog synthesizer inspired by the RSF Kobol Expander I in a Eurorack-compatible desktop case on our desktop.
RSF Kobol Expander I
Like the French original from 1978, Kobol has a fairly simple structure with two VCOs and a low-pass filter, but is semi-modular and therefore offers more sonic possibilities than one would expect at first glance. And the basic sound is also good. It‘s no wonder that British synth-poppers Depeche Mode, among others, used the Kobol in their early days. And Behringer offers the whole thing at a very affordable price of 199 Euro. There has to be a catch, right?
On the desktop or …
Kobol is in the same housing as the other desktop synthesizers from Behringer (K2, Pro-1, Pro-800 etc.). Only Crave and Edge were put into a different format to avoid trouble with Moog. Thewith a user interface that is slanted towards the user can be screwed into a 19-inch rack using optionally available brackets.
