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Behringer believes in carefully listening to its customers and providing them with life-changing products at prices so they can fulfill their musical dreams.

History

From a “kitchen-table startup” to One of the Largest and Most Successful Pro-Audio Companies in the World.

Uli Behringer, the company's founder, was committed to music and technology from a very early age, and had constructed a synthesizer (the UB-1) by the age of 16 in 1977.

Founded in 1989, as a struggling musician and sound engineer, Uli Behringer couldn’t afford the necessary equipment for his own studio. Initially building products for himself only, he soon supplied them for his friends, too. This led to Behringer’s philosophy to deliver life-changing products at prices everyone can afford.

Ear logo

According to Uli Behringer his piano teacher, impressed with his sense of perfect pitch, nicknamed him "The Ear", the inspiration for the Behringer Ear logo. The highlighted "ING" stands for "diploma engineer", or the German academic title "Dipl.-Ing", which he received upon his graduation from the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf.

The logo was updated to the current logo in September 2010.

Behringer Acquired Coolaudio

In May 2000, Behringer acquired the rights to the entire Coolaudio technology from Intersil Corporation, a US-based semi-conductor manufacturer. Coolaudio is a high-power Class-D amplification technology with power ratings up to 4,000 watts and efficiencies up to 90%, which has been rated as high audio quality.

Behringer City

In 2002, Behringer completed its own factory, Behringer City, in Zhongshan of China's Guangdong province after it consolidated more than ten separate production locations into one vertically integrated plant. Comprising eight buildings that produces electronics, speakers, guitars and digital pianos and also hosts an onsite health clinic. This strategy was different than that taken by other musical instrument companies who used third party manufacturers. Choosing to run a self-contained plant allowed Behringer a greater level of quality control. The 1,200,000-square-foot (110,000 m) manufacturing complex in Zhongshan ships more than 2.5 million Behringer products per year to markets around the globe. The plant turns out over 50,000 mixers per month.

Behringer University

Inspired by lean manufacturing, and driven by the Kaizen philosophy of continual improvement, Behringer makes efforts to help its employees to improve. "Behringer University" supplies employees with training resources and E-learning courses to hone their career skills within the company. This project includes classes for management, career planning, health, language, and general knowledge.

Music Tribe Expansion

In a comprehensive interview with Uli Behringer, Peter from Amazona.de talked about Behringer's expansion and how it has grown enormously in brands in recent years.

Behringer mentioned: "...In the 30 years that Behringer has existed, we have learned that customers reward us with loyalty according to the motto - "Do good things for customers all the time and you win them for life"...

Music Tribe is a superordinate “enabler” or “facilitator” whose internal customers are the 12 brands. So it is a "shared service" that enables brands to develop and concentrate on what is important for their customers, e.g. B. Product development or customer interaction. Functions such as production, financing or sales can be taken over as a joint service - and this is exactly what Music Tribe does."

Awards

In 2008, Uli Behringer was one of 60 finalists in "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young of Germany.

In 2016, Uli Behringer received the award "Global Audio Industry Leader in recognition of his visionary leadership in creating and strengthening the International MUSIC"

In 2012, Behringer brand has received NAMM’S 2012 "Best in Show" award for "Companies to Watch".

Behringer X32 Wins Prestigious MIPA Award

4/16/2013 FRANKFURT, Germany — Musikmesse International Press Awards (MIPA) mipa-awardshonored Behringer’s X32 Digital Mixing Console with the highly coveted award for Best Mixing Desk (Live) at the annual Prolight + Sound event. Nominated for two separate awards, the X32 edged out the DiGiCo SD5 and Soundcraft Si Performer consoles to take the top prize in the Pro Audio category.

Since debuting in the summer of 2012, Behringer’s X32 has received accolades from both the media and audio industry professionals for sound quality, ease of use and versatility. Close to 30,000 consoles have already been sold, making the X32 the fastest selling digital consoles in the world.

“It is truly an honor to receive this award, especially against such formidable competition,” remarked Uli Behringer, CEO for Behringer’s parent company, Music Tribe. “The fact we were selected over such well-respected and much higher-priced brands inspires us to keep innovating and pushing the envelope. We are indeed proud of the X32.”

Behringer X32 Honored with WFX "Best Digital Mixing Console" Award

10/3/2013 Seattle — Worship Facilities Conference and Expo (WFX) has just announced that the Behringer X32 is this year's recipient of the highly coveted "Best Digital Mixing Console" award. This represents yet another milestone in the game-changing X32 console's growing list of industry acknowledgements.

The editors of Worship Facilities, Worship Facilities Designer and Church Production magazines, along with members of the WFX Advisory Board and Management participated in the annual voting process. The prestigious award is the industry's most comprehensive for the house of worship market, recognizing outstanding product innovation for applications in churches of all sizes and worship styles.

Since debuting in the summer of 2012, Behringer’s X32 has received accolades from the media, as well as audio industry professionals for sound quality, ease of use and versatility. More than 40,000 consoles have already been sold, making the X32 one of the fastest-selling digital consoles in the world.

"It is truly an honor to receive this award," said Music Tribe CEO Uli Behringer. "The fact that we have been recognized by an organization whose main mission is to guide houses of worship in their ministry investments, tells us our products are an excellent fit - regardless of the size or format of the venue. We are indeed proud of the X32 and wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to WFX for this acknowledgement. All of our X32 family products will be on display at WFX 2013, booth #617 — please stop by and check them out."

Behringer RD-8, Best Music Machine

The Behringer RD-8 was the most exciting product of 2019 for one simple reason: it finally gave 808 fans what they truly wanted. The original hit the market in 1980 and radically altered the future of the music industry. Nearly 40 years on, its mark is everywhere, from multi-million streaming pop, grime and trap to house, techno, electro and beyond.

Roland had already furnished us with its own remake, the TR-08, but in a decade when the analogue revival proved one of the biggest music tech trends of the decade, this digital version was a misfire, sounding great but squashed into a compact device with some features that seem designed to annoy fans of the original. Perhaps they failed to realise just how ‘classic’ a classic the 808 is. And when a device hits the 808’s level of acclaim, the public doesn’t suffer total rewrites gladly.

Behringer’s RD-8 turned up a little late to the 808 revival party, following several delays, but looks and sounds amazingly close to the orginal, with a modern-day facelift and an affordable price tag. Sure, there’s been plenty of 808-inspired kit, but none goes so readily for the original’s throat. It’s a big, solid machine with individual line outs, which the TR-08 didn’t, and a transient design which allows you to shape drum sounds. A compressor was usually the first port of call for producers using the original 808, especially for shaping its legendary kick, so this is a welcome addition. It also features a stereo analogue filter, three trigger outs, sync via midi/USB/clock, a polyrhythmic 64-step sequencer with step repeats, note repeats, real-time triggering, track muting and track soloing and pattern mode for chaining patterns into songs. Back to the future.

Europe's Top Brand

Behringer top sellers in the following product categories USB Audio Interfaces, Analogue Mixing Desks, Drum Machines, Active Stage Monitors, Digital Mixers, Wired In-Ear Components and DJ Mixers.

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External links

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• Guitar amplifier manufacturers
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