Behringer today introduced the Spring Reverberation 636, an unofficial copy of the Grampian 636 spring reverb, in Eurorack format.
The original was used in genres from rock to spaghetti western soundtracks to dub. Here’s what Behringer has to say about it:
“Emulating our heroes is one of the many things we can have fun with as musicians which is why we wanted the SPRING REVERBERATION 636 to be as faithful as possible to the original Grampian Type 636 used by Pete Townshend and legendary reggae dub master Lee “Scratch” Perry.
Now you can have their legendary secret ingredient added to your setup so you can create your very own masterpiece, or to just have fun with.”
Behringer appears to have translated the original design into Eurorack form factor fairly literally, resulting in a large hardware effect that takes up a lot of rack space – 72HP – while only offering three controls. The design also doesn’t add any modular CV control over the effect.
The 72 HP width may also strike some synthesists as awkward, since it’s wider than Behringer’s 70HP Euro synths, like the D, and narrower than the 80 HP width of the Neutron and Pro-1.
Unusually for the company’s products, the Behringer Spring Reverberation 636 is more expensive and takes up more rack space than some readily available options. Other solutions generally mount the spring reverb in the case, so the panel is only as big as needed for the controls. For example, the Doepfer A-199 Spring Reverb Module offers more control in 8 HP, for about $50 less.
Because of these design decisions, the Spring Reverberation 636 may appeal more to people interested in an inexpensive copy of the Grampian 636 than to synthesists interested in a hardware reverb unit.
What do you think? Check out the video, and then share your thoughts on the Behringer Spring Reverberation 636 in the comments!
Pricing and Availability
The Behringer Spring Reverberation 636 is expected to be available within 1-2 months, priced at $199 USD.
“the Spring Reverberation 636 may appeal more to people interested in an inexpensive copy of the Grampian”….or just musicians and people who make music.
This looks great, also it is not a eurorack module, the video shows it to have its own case
Behringer puts it in the Eurorack Effects section of their site, describes it as a “Legendary Spring Reverb with Overload Circuit in Eurorack Format”, and notes that it is 72 hp.
Very cool, should launch this during the spring months
Unfortunately, the spring section itself doesnt sound all that good tbh.. Preamp is decent tho
Interesting new path Behringer is taking here. There are indeed lots of cool effect units, which could be re-made, when the synth or drum market is dryed out for options 🙂
Behringer has been copying effects units forever.
They knocked off of the entire BOSS pedal line about 20 years ago and got sued. So they made changes to make it less blatant.
Tonestart put together a list of all their pedal knockoffs:
NO. BEHRINGER PEDAL ORIGINAL
AB100 Guitar/Amp Selector Nobels AB1 Active A/B Selector
ADI21 V-Tone Acoustic Driver DI Tech 21 SansAmp Acoustic DI
AM100
AM300 Acoustic Modeler Boss AC-2 Acoustic Simulator
AM400 Ultra Acoustic Modeler Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator
BCH100
BUC400 Ultra Bass Chorus Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus
BDI21 V-Tone Bass Driver Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI
BEQ700 Bass Graphic Equalizer Boss GEB-7 Bass Equalizer
BLE100
BLE400 Bass Limiter Enhancer Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer
BO100
BO300 Blues Overdrive Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
BOD100
BOD400 Bass Overdrive Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive
BSY600 Bass Synthesizer Boss SYB-5 Bass Synthesizer
BUF300 Ultra Bass Flanger Boss BF-2B Bass Flanger
CC300 Chorus Space-C Boss DC-2 Dimension C
CD400 Chorus Space-D Boss DC-3 Digital Space D / Digital Dimension
CL9 Compressor/Limiter Ibanez CP9 Compressor/Limiter
CO600 Chorus Orchestra Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
CS100
CS400 Compressor Sustainer Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer
DC9 Dynamic Compressor MXR M-102 Dyna Comp
DD100
DD400 Digital Delay Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
DD600 Digital Delay Boss DD-5 Digital Delay
DM100 Distortion Modeler Boss DS-1 Distortion
DR100
DR600 Digital Reverb Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb
DR400 Digital Reverb/Delay Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay
DW400 Dynamic Wah/Human Voice Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah
EM600 Echo Machine Line 6 Echo Park
EQ700 Guitar Graphic Equalizer Boss GE-7 Guitar Equalizer
FD300 Ultra Feedback/Distortion Boss DF-2 Super Feedbacker & Distortion
FL600 Flanger Machine Line 6 ToneCore Liqua-Flange
FM600 Filter Machine Line 6 ToneCore Otto Filter
FX100
FX600 Digital Multi-FX –
GDI21 V-Tone Guitar Driver Tech 21 SansAmp GT2
HB01 Hellbabe Dunlop DB-01 Dimebag Cry Baby From Hell
HD300 Heavy Distortion Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion
HF300 Hi Band Flanger Boss HF-2 Hi Band Flanger
HM300 Heavy Metal Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
IG9 Intelligate MXR M-135 Smart Gate
NR100
NR300 Noise Reducer Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
OD100
OD300 Overdrive Distortion Boss OS-2 OverDrive/Distortion
OD400 Overdrive Boss OD-3 OverDrive
PB100 Preamp Booster Nobels PRE-1 Preamp/Booster
PH9 Phaser MXR EVH90 Phase 90
PO300 Power Overdrive Boss PW-2 Power Driver
RM600 Rotary Machine Line 6 Roto Machine
RV600 Reverb Machine Line 6 Verbzilla
SE200 Spectrum Enhancer Boss SP-1 Spectrum
SF300 Super Fuzz Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz
SF400 Super Flanger Boss BF-3 Flanger
SM200 Slow Motion Boss SG-1 Slow Gear
SM400 Super Metal Boss HM-3 Hyper Metal
SO400 Super Octaver Boss OC-3 Super Octave
SP400 Super Phase Shifter Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
TM300 Tube Amp Modeler Tech 21 SansAmp GT2
TO100 Tube Overdrive Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive Ibanez TS808 Vintage Tube Screamer
TP300 Ultra Tremolo/Pan Boss PN-2 Tremolo/Pan
TU100
TU300 Chromatic Tuner Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
UC100
UC200 Ultra Chorus Boss CH-1 Super Chorus
UD100
UD300 Ultra Distortion Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion
UF100
UF300 Ultra Flanger Boss BF-2 Flanger
UM100
UM300 Ultra Metal Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
UO100
UO300 Ultra Octaver Boss OC-2 Octave
UP100
UP300 Ultra Phase Shifter Boss PH-2 Super Phaser
US600 Ultra Shifter/Harmonist Boss PS-5 Super Shifter
UT100
UT300 Ultra Tremolo Boss TR-2 Tremolo
UV300 Ultra Vibrato Boss VB-2 Vibrato
UW300 Ultra Wah Boss AW-2 Auto Wah
UZ400 Ultra Fuzz Boss FZ-3 Fuzz
VB1 Vintage Bass EHX Bassballs
VD1 Vintage Distortion EHX Big Muff
VD400 Vintage Delay Boss DM-3 Delay
VM1 Vintage Time Machine EHX Deluxe Memory Man
VP1 Vintage Phaser EHX Small Stone
VT911 Vintage Tube Overdrive Chandler Tube Driver
VT999 Vintage Tube Monster Ibanez TK999 Tube King
WD300 Warp Distortion Hughes & Kettner Warp Factor
XD300 Distortion-X Boss XT-2 Xtortion
If they really wanted to copy something interesting, they’d make a modern Lexicon 224 clone!
Not sure how a classic spring reverb is less “interesting” than any Lexicon.
The Lexicon 224 is the Vangelis Blade Runner reverb, kind of a holy grail for synthesists.
This spring reverb is a more of a big deal if you want do retro guitar.
I guess when we talk about high-end effect devices, then we are in another league [Lexicon, Eventide & AMS…etc..] where it is more about coding and algo?
If you know anything about effect pedals then you know every famous circuit has variations by different builders. These already come in a wide range of prices. And Behringer isn’t able to compete with Chinese budget brands like Mooer. They got their own range with TC Electronics and TC Helicon, which are usually decent, with great construction. Unlike Behringer’s electronic instrument range.
The most coveted effects will never be made again due to the rarity of the components. They were made by limited leftover stock, and when stock runs out, there’s no means of getting that exact tone. It’s why fuzzes from different batches can sound quite different.
Really like this, may end up with one of these.
If Behringer if capable of producing a reasonable spring reverb, why is the spring reverb in the 2600 such absolute crap?
One problem is since Accutronics moved overseas their pans don’t sound as tight as the classic pans.
Best current production spring reverbs are coming from Surfy Industries, but even those aren’t a match to a vintage unit.
The OG Behringer 2600 knockoff used an emulated sprint reverb.
With the later 2600s, they cheaped out on the spring reverb, so it doesn’t sound right. I’m guessing that it’s a lot smaller than the original to fit in Behringer’s smaller case, but I have not personally compared this.
the demo sounded unexpectedly musical when mixed in just a little.
Whatever helps me make more dub.
I can’t imagine that my eurorack enthusiasts are going to be interested in this one. No CV control and huge HP. It might as well just be a pedal.
love it! more!
It’s pretty stupid to be honest. All of the other Eurorack spring reverb units only take up like 6hp. They are just the preamp. It’s up to you to mount the spring tank in your case, or lay it awkwardly across the top so you can drop pennies on the springs etc.
This 72HP behemoth isn’t even stereo. I’m not sure why any person into modular would give up half a row just for one reverb sound that isn’t under any kind of CV control. On the plus side, at least they didn’t rip off the Doepfer or Intellijel spring modules.
5990 aud for the original here in Australia. I’m sure it wonderful but not 6 grand wonderful, thanks again behringer.