Synthesist Starsky Carr shared this head-to-head comparison between the Behringer BM-15 MURF Box and the device it copies, the classic MoogerFooger MIDI MuRF.
He questions whether he got a broken unit, because of the significantly higher noise level on the Behringer version. “I hope they’re not all like this!” says Carr. “Hopefully it’s a dud – but it should never have got through Q.”
But several early purchases have commented on his video that they had the same issue their units.
Because multiple buyers have reported this issue, it’s possible that there’s a design or production issue with the initial Behringer BM-15 MURF Box batch. We haven’t seen any official word from Behringer on this, but it looks like they have taken down the intro video for the BM-15 MURF Box.
Based on this, Carr’s video appears to be a fair and accurate comparison, based on the Behringer BM-15 MURF Box that’s currently shipping. We will try to share more information, or an updated comparison, if it becomes available.
If you’ve purchased a Behringer BM-15 MURF Box, share your experience with it in the comments!
This is disappointing.
I was looking forward to checking this out, as the original MuRF is one of the most unique effects ever made. But it looks like Behringer shot themselves in the foot by not doing enough testing.
Hopefully they’ll get this quickly sorted out.
sounds crappy
I own quite a few Moog Moogerfoogers: Behringer bringing some of these products out is good. Sad they didn’t do enough testing to catch these errors.
Behringer removed all traces of this pedal from their Youtube channel and their website. I guess it wasn’t ready?
Oopsayy!!
Mine arrived in Seattle today, having ordered it from Anderton’s in the UK who had it in stock. More than $100 in fees to DHL for paying the $2 tariff later, it’s exactly as Carr finds it. Inescapable whine, no matter how it’s set. The intended sounds are likely great, but it’s akin to hearing coil whine in a PC. Will cost me more to return it than makes sense, so fingers crossed that Behringer can fix via a patch somehow.