From legion@netaxs.comFri Mar 10 11:35:13 1995
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 10:24:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Legion <legion@netaxs.com>
Cc: analogue heaven <analogue@hyperreal.com>
Subject: RE: Moogs that Suck...


I just have to pipe in here to give a word to a Moog that *doesn't* suck 
but not many people seem to know about. The venerable Multimoog.

This baby is one of the later models but isn't cheesy or cheaply made (a 
la Prodigy, Micro, etc). It has two Osc which can be synced and such but 
has a number of whistles and bells that I haven't seen on many other synths.

1. Assignable pressure keyboard. Kind of like aftertouch you can route 
the filter, pitch bend, Oscs etc to the pressure of the keyboard. This is 
very cool when you're going for a sexy physically tortured crying note or 
sound. 

2. S/H triggered from Keyboard or other source. 

3. A bizarre setup of two envelopes (attack and decay only) one on the 
filter and one called Loudness. 

4. Very good filter. It's got balls but can also do smooth and bizarre 
noises.

5. Varying Waveforms. On both Oscs. You can dial the waveform to 
gradients in between the actual waves. (the minimoog forces you to click 
it on one of the stages.) 

6. Filter contour, selectable release waves, cool ribbon cable assignable 
to A or A+B, assignable mod wheel, etc

7. Tons of inputs, outputs for controlling filter, osc., that damn moog 
s-trig stuff, a dozen trim pots or so, etc etc.

8. Easy to use! I did more on thsi in one night than I've been able to do 
on an Odysessy in months. It's laid out very well and rates, routings, 
and such are plainly displayed.

This baby is probably one of my favorite noisemakers to PLAY. With delay 
and reverb and a little creativity it can be a one man show in and of 
itself. Hit a note, bend an overtone with the ribbon cable, warp it to 
hell and leave it there with the filter contour, etc.

Physically it's about 3 1/2 octaves but not that deep. All controls are 
knobs and switches on the top and the keys are pretty hefty and feel 
strong (not clacky at all). 

Anyone else use one of these babies? I have some more technical info and 
a few questions if anyone cares to stab at them send me email and we'll 
trade notes. 

Also are there any other "forgotten" moogs that aren't on the Mini hype 
but really do standup one their own?


Dig 


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