Behringer BM-12 Ring Modulator

Cool metal & Dalek sounds with the BM-12 Ring Modulator

With the BM-12 Ring Modulator, Behringer presents a clone of the Moog MF-102 Ring Modulator from the popular MoogerFooger series. Behringer has succeeded in faithfully reproducing the distinctive sound of this classic in every detail. As a ring modulator, the effect imparts a metallic character to any signal you feed into it. Whether it’s a guitar, synth or drum machine, the results are, across the board, quirky, wild and experimental. If you use a microphone at the input, you’ll sound like the Daleks from Doctor Who. The internal oscillator can be replaced by an external signal; so there’s nothing to stop you, for example, from ring-modulating two individual outputs from a drum machine against each other. In Low mode, the effect spectrum shifts towards tremolo. It sounds absolutely brilliant with strings, chords and anything with a long sustain, but here too, experimentation is key! The LFO, with sine or square waveforms, modulates the oscillator’s frequency parameter, instantly producing those iconic effect sounds. The input stage is designed for line and guitar levels and can be overdriven; in most cases, this sounds very musical and has a harmonic character.