The EDP Wasp had a basic analog monosynth layout with a couple of twists. The strong buzzy nature of its analog sound gave rise to the name Wasp and to its distinctive black-and-yellow color scheme. The whole device fit into a lightweight plastic casing with enough room left for a small speaker and batteries, making the Wasp convenient to use as well as highly portable. Although he had access to a large Moog Modular system, he wanted something smaller and more portable, though ideally with an equally big sound.Ĭhris Huggett came up with the necessary circuit designs, and the pair matched these with a two-octave, non-moving touch keyboard that made great savings on mechanical component costs. In 1974, Wagner had created an excellent all-synthesizer concept album, Distances Between Us, and was keen to find some new instrumentation for a follow-up. It was the brainchild of composer Adrian Wagner-who sadly passed away in 2018-and electronics engineer Chris Huggett, who went on to work with Akai and Novation.
In addition to representing a price breakthrough, the it showed plenty of innovation in its technology, as well.Ī fledgling company called Electronic Dream Plant (EDP) launched the original Wasp. At the time, the Wasp was less than half the price of those well-established, all-analog monophonic synths.
It’s fun to look at the Wasp Deluxe alongside Behringer’s Model D and Odyssey, since the original Wasp competed with the Minimoog and ARP Odyssey on its release in the U.K.
Current Behringer synths also include less obviously derivative instruments such as the DeepMind (which the Roland Juno-106 influenced) and entirely original instruments such as the Neutron and Crave semi-modular desktops. This growing product line now takes in the Moog Minimoog (Behringer Model D and Poly D), Korg MS-20 (K-2), ARP Odyssey, Octave Cat, Roland Vocoder Plus (VC340), Roland Bassline (TD-3), Roland SH-101 (MS-1), and Sequential Pro One (PRO-1), with more expected in the coming months. The Wasp Deluxe is the latest in Behringer’s family of classic synthesizer tributes. A vintage English monosynth is reborn in Behringer’s Wasp Deluxe.
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