Trend price : 3500-4000€
Born to be a simpler and portable version of the Moog modular systems without any complicated patch cords.
Overview
KEYBOARD 44 keys.Main panel features 6 selectors, 15 switch tabs and 21 knobs.On the left side there are 2 wheels for modulation and pitch, 2 tabs for EG decay.
Rear panel terminal connectors:
- audio outputs high and low impedance
- audio input line for external processing
- CV controls
Sound
monophonic synthesizer based on subtractive synthesis.A voice is composed by 3 VCO oscillators + 1 noise circuit.
Oscillators
VCO1: tri / saw/ sqr / wide pulse / narrow pulse / saw-tri
VCO2: same as VCO1
VCO3: tri / saw/ sqr / wide pulse / narrow pulse / saw reverse
Performance
- Glide function with low priority system, as it does not retrigger the EG during Legato play.
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EG decay switch with gate mode
Envelope
- EG1 VCF: 3-segments ADS + release
- EG2 VCA: 3-segments ADS + release
LFO
Third VCO can act as a low modulator and modulates:
- VCO pitch
- VCF cutoff
Filter
resonant lowpass at -24 dB/ octave filter with cutoff Frequency and contour amount around the Q point for resonance emphasis.
- external process input
- key tracking with 2 modes
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: cult / sound / fat / filter
NOT : price / no dedicated LFO
"Minimoog D is still a masterpiece of genius and not only a marketing product: a true musical instrument with a soul and a thundering fat sound never reached by any other monophonics. If you mean FAT sound ... you mean D "
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci