What exactly is the D Mini?
Behringer has shrunk its Model D clone into something the size of a Volca. The D Mini is a three-voice paraphonic synth running the same ladder filter voicing the company put in its full-size Moog Model D reissue, only now it lives on a slab with 27 touch keys and a 16-step sequencer baked in. Three oscillators give you saw, triangle, sharktooth, square and pulse, fed through that vintage lowpass filter with resonance, a single ADS envelope, an LFO with four shapes, and white and pink noise. Voice modes run from unison and octave stacks through fifths, ring and a paraphonic poly setting that splits the three oscillators across held notes.
Is 99 euros actually a real price?
Yes. Pre-orders opened 8 June 2026 at Thomann, Music Store and the usual European shops, with stock penciled in for mid-August. For comparison, a full-size Behringer Model D sits well above that, and the original it copies costs more than most people's rent. The catch is the obvious one: paraphonic, not true polyphonic, so the three oscillators share one filter and one envelope. Hold a chord and it breathes as a single voice, not three independent ones.
A pocket Model D with a sequencer for the price of a nice dinner is the kind of thing that turns a curious bedroom into a studio.
What does it connect to?
USB-C does double duty, powering the unit and carrying full MIDI control over every parameter, including NRPN and CC plus bulk patch save and load. There is a 3.5mm headphone out and sync in and out on a TRS mini jack, so it slots straight into a Volca or Pocket Operator chain. Eighteen direct-access controls sit on the panel, and a built-in scaler keeps the touch keyboard in key while you record knob moves into the sequencer.
