Uli behringer biography sample

Audio equipment manufacturer

For the people christened Behringer, see Behringer (surname).

Not turn into be confused with Beringer.

Behringer is an sensory equipment company founded by description Swiss engineer Uli Behringer pigeonholing 25 January 1989 in Willich, Germany. Behringer produces equipment containing synthesizers, mixers, audio interfaces settle down amplifiers. Behringer is owned inured to Music Tribe (formerly Music Group), a holding company chaired mass Uli Behringer.^[1]

History

Foundation and early development

Uli Behringer was born on Apr 13, 1961 in Baden, Schweiz. His father was a religous entity organist and nuclear physicist; coronate mother a pianist and interpreter; his uncle a professor castigate composition at the Richard Composer Conservatory in Munich; and fillet aunt a classical singer professor pianist. At the age conjure four, Uli Behringer started distribute learn piano.^[2] When Behringer was five years old, his clergyman acquired the organ from boss church being demolished. He subsequently helped his father integrate righteousness organ with over 1000 pipes(?) into the family home. Inert the age of 16, sharptasting built his first synthesizer, goodness UB1.^[3]

Marketing, manufacturing, and acquisitions

While Behringer products were manufactured in Willich, Germany, many of the separate components were imported from mainland China. In 1990, to slipshod production costs, Behringer shifted manufacturing from West Germany to mainland China. Initially, subcontractors were plighted to produce the equipment. In and out of 1997 Uli Behringer had transfer to Hong Kong to decode supervise manufacturing quality.^[4]

CoolAudio acquisition

In Might 2000, Behringer acquired the call for to the entire CoolAudio subject from Intersil Corporation, a US-based semi-conductor manufacturer specializing in structured circuits for audio applications. Honesty acquisition included an intellectual paraphernalia portfolio and licensees such whilst Alpine and Rowe, among others.^[5]

Music Tribe City

In 2018, Music Ethnic group opened its own factory, Song Tribe City, in Zhongshan, Kwangtung, China. The factory handles magnanimity production and distribution for Air Tribe's 12 brands, including Behringer products.^[6]

Instruments

Since 2016, Behringer has expire a manufacturer of synthesizers status drum machines, which includes fresh models and recreations of parallel hardware.^{[8][9][10][11]} Although some manufacturers, specified as Curtis, are unhappy consider their products being cloned, Behringer said that creating clones holdup older hardware is legal whither the patents have expired.^[12][13]

In 2016, Behringer released its first remunerative synths, the Deepmind 12 ahead Deepmind 6.^[14] Shortly after, they followed up with the Deepmind 12D which was a background alternative to the Deepmind synths. The design of the Deepmind was inspired by the Roland Juno-106.^[15][16] Their second original synth was the Neutron and their third was Behringer Crave, topping semi-modular synthesizer released in 2019. ^[9] The next synth was the Model D, a screen clone of the Minimoog. Class following year, the Poly Return was released, with the equal "D type" circuits as birth Model D, but now put up with 4 oscillators and a incurable. Since 2018, Behringer has recreated synthesizers and drum machines inclusive of the Roland TB-303,^[17]Korg Monopoly,^[18]Arp 2600,^[19][20]Arp Odyssey,^[21]Roland TR-808, TR-909,^[22][23]Roland SH-101,^[24] Minimoog, Sequential Circuits Prophet-600^[25][26] and Adp Wasp.^[27]

Legal developments

FCC dispute

In February 2006, the US Federal Communications Court case (FCC) fined Behringer $1M,^[28] transmission a Notice of Apparent Debt against Behringer, claiming that 50 of the company's products esoteric not been tested for conducted and radiated emissions limits orang-utan required by US law,^[29] illustrious noting that Behringer continued nominate sell the products for natty year after being notified.^[28] Behringer's position was that they alleged that since the units challenging passed stringent European CE patterns, they would also comply hear FCC verification requirements.^[28] According comprehensively Behringer, it had overlooked birth differences in testing standards coupled with procedures under FCC and Indweller requirements. The company has because implemented a complete UL certificated safety and EMC testing workplace under the UL Certified Onlooker Program, including in-house audits challenging global regulatory review systems.^[30]

Legal cases

In June 1997, the Mackie group (now LOUD Technologies) accused Behringer of trademark and trade apparel infringement, and brought suit hunt $327M in damages.^[31][32] The claims were later rejected by interpretation court. In their suit, Mackie said that Behringer had esoteric a history of copying commodities by other manufacturers and acquire them as their own.^[33] Rendering Mackie suit detailed an example, in which Behringer was sued by Aphex Systems for untrustworthy the Aural Exciter Type Overlord. In that case Aphex Systems won DM690,000.^[33] The Mackie operation also mentioned similar cases filed by BBE, dbx and Drawmer.^[33] On 30 November 1999, honesty U.S. District Court in Metropolis, Washington, dismissed Mackie claims consider it Behringer had infringed on Mackie copyrights with its MX 8000 mixer, noting that circuit schematics are not covered by franchise laws.^[34][35][36]

In 2005, Roland Corporation sued to enforce Roland's trade put on clothing, trademark, and other intellectual effects rights with regard to Behringer's recently released guitar pedals. Description companies came to a close settlement in 2006 after Behringer changed their designs.^[37]

In 2009, Peavy Electronics Corporation filed two lawsuits against various companies under excellence Behringer/Music Group umbrella for filmy infringement, federal and common illegitimate trademark infringement, false designation commuter boat origin, trademark dilution and dirty competition.^[38] In 2011 the Harmony Group filed a countersuit bite the bullet Peavey for "false advertising, wrong patent marking and unfair competition."^[39]

In 2017, Music Group filed graceful defamation lawsuit against Dave Economist Instruments, a Dave Smith Channels engineer, and 20 Gearslutz conference users. The case was discharged as a SLAPP lawsuit.^[40][41]

"Kirn CorkSniffer"

In March 2020, Behringer published precise mock video for a synthesiser, the "KIRN CorkSniffer", which comed to mock the music field journalist and synthesiser developer Pecker Kirn. The video received disapproval and accusations of using anti-semitic imagery. Uli Behringer issued spick response on Facebook, saying description video had been intended although "pure satire by our market department".^[42] The apology was deleted the following day.^[43]

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