OK, now they have. The new UB-Xa has a 61 Key Poly-Aftertouch keyboard. ( thread )
I’d be reasonably sure that they have done their own keybed, though it’s possible they are OEMing someone elses as well.
ADDED : From stuff written in the Behringer Facebook page, this is definitely their own custom design. And it is definitely also set up to drop into other designs, the keybed has it’s own processor, so it’s a com connection away from any of their synths in design.
But they said the development of this synth cost them $3.5 million, and i am concluding that a good portion of the cost on this is as a result of the tooling and design work on the keybed. This sort of stuff is costly to develop, and there is not a good way to avoid that cost. That’s why there are only a few makers of poly-aftertouch keybeds.
I expect Behringer to use this keybed in a variety of their projects, to amortize the cost, and also to differentiate their products from the competition.
ADDED : Indeed Behringer was asking for reactions on a product they called the PK61, a 61 key poly-aftertouch controller, back in was it April of 2022 ? I don’t think it is fully GIP, but they were talking a price of $200 USD, with all sorts of sliders and controls on it, which gives an idea of a volume price on their keybed. ( single post on this from the time )
Hopefully this keybed is competitive quality-wise, and i expect that it is. Looking forward to getting some competitive reviews.
So i’ve got a list of synths they may put it in. I’m also wondering if they will eventually do a high-level controller with it ? Hope so.