Ive had the pleasure of interacting with Robin via email a few times over the years. He is the expert when it comes to modifying your Roland X0X machine. I paid

Ive had the pleasure of interacting with Robin via email a few times over the years. He is the expert when it comes to modifying your Roland X0X machine. I paid him for a few hours of consulting time to modify my TR-808. This guy was more than fair about what he shared with me, and gave me extremely detailed notes beyond the scope of what I asked for. I've been following the Behringer "synth wave", and Ive purchased quite a few of them(RD-8, TD-3, K2, and WASP). I purchased the RD-8 as the platform to try the 808 mods since I didnt want to really tear up my 808. The other things I purchased were all out of print synths, and I think it makes total sense for Behringer to revive these models. They have the scale and tooling to make it happen at low cost, and I generally support that mission. However, Uli has a cloud over him regarding his business practices that never really goes away. In this case, I cant support Behringer at all. Boutique gear is always going to cost more, and if you want to use his designs (patented or not) you need to compensate the responsible party. He may not be legally entitled to, but ethically and morally its the right thing to do. I dont have a window of the economics of building the TD-3 or any Behringer synth, but I would imagine that R&D is pretty low. Existing schematics are used and most of the R&D would be around finding suitable replacements for the circuits if the original parts are not available.(or in Music Tribes case, they can reproduce ICs) I may reconsider future purchases from Behringer in light of these events...