Published on Jan 9, 2013 MoogMusicInc·221 videos
Since the inception of the synthesizer, Bob Moog tested his ideas, instruments, and sounds with musicians and colleagues, most notably Wendy Carlos and Herb Deutsch on the Moog Modular systems.
This spirit of collaboration continues at the Moog factory to this day and is essential to our work. It is a key part of the product development process, as it furthers our ideas and helps us shape better tools for musicians."
http://www.moogmusic.com/sight-and-sound/product_demo/namm-2013-next-moog
Update: Some notes/analysis (I may add to this so check back and of course, feel free to add yours in the comments): It sounds aggressive. Note the Multidrive - pre-filter gain in addition to the overload on the Little Phatty. Also pointed out are the sub oscillator and noise generator.
It looks tiny! It will be interesting to see how it is ultimately packaged. The one Herb is playing in this video has a two octave keyboard and is smaller than the Phatty. A new mini Mini? A new Prodigy?
Note he never touches the left panel. On the right the large knob is obviously the filter cutoff knob. Bottom right of it is the Multidrive. I'm guessing the bottom left would either be resonance or possibly a separate gain knob for the Multidrive? The center knob to the left appears to be the sub oscillator. To the right you can clearly see what looks like two ADSRs and a Volume knob. Possibly a separate headphone volume knob? The bottom left knob on the board is the noise generator and to the right of it (the bottom left of the two adjacent knobs) I'm guessing is Filter Env amount as it adjusts the filter amount as he turns it. What's the knob to its right? A separate Res Env amount? That would interesting.
As for the left board, there are three switch type knobs in the top row. I'm guessing one selects the oscillator for the corresponding knobs, one for oscillator waveform, and one for octave pitch. What's not clear though is if this is a one osc plus sub or multi-osc plus sub synth. I only hear one osc plus sub. You don't hear the typical beating between oscillators, but then Herb mentions "stable oscillators" in the plural. The knob above and below the sub oscillator knobs are likely oscillator levels. The bottom row on the left looks like they could be a pitch envelope. Finally, a knob for audio in and the last two knobs for an LFO?
As for sound, my initial impression was that this sounds aggressive. More so than my Voyager. Similar to the Minitaur (see my review), but drier sounding for some reason. I'm guessing it's just the patch he's playing, but we'll see. To date, I'd say the Voyager, Phatty series, and to a large extent, the Minitaur all have the same tonal quality. They have that creamy analog Minimoog feel to them. It will be interesting to see if this synth can go in another direction. The first obvious thought would be Arturia's Minibrute. Herb doesn't make a point to call out a completely new direction for the Moog sound though. His message is the classic Moog filter sound with new Multidrive and Noise.
It looks like a next gen phatty. Hopefully they don't use the same horrible wedge design. They should put a hinge on the control boards. Maybe they develop the osc and filter separately since these control boards are separate. I would assume eventually they'll make it one board. The voice board seems to have six 1/4" jacks. I don't see midi. Looks nice and will do well if costs less than or equal to the phatty. If they keep the digital control portion out, it just might. Moog for everyone?
ReplyDeleteHmmm it looks like Moog was blown away by the Minibrute and wanted to contribute an alternative synth. My guess is... it's one oscillator, and a portable sized keyboard with standard sized keys, but a multimode filter? maybe not. Moog owns the market with it's big balls sound and they probably want to keep it that way.
ReplyDeleteIt seems this is moogs answer to the wave of dirty analogs from Aturia and DSI. The big question is if it can punch through in this part of the markt. Two oscillators would have to be a minimum to have a fighting chance against moogs own products, the Minibrute (wich is its only problem imo) and a better sync sound against the range of DSI instruments. Another question is why moog has felt it necessary to compete on the dirt front with a synth instead of doing so in moogerfooger department, which leads me to believe that there´s more then meets the eye in this video. There is also the chance that they have sniffed out some info from korg and are trying to corner the market before korg tries to get back to the analog market after their toy adventures. A new MS synth would surely make a dent in both Aturia and DSI´s markets and maybe moog wants a bite of that cake before Korg comes rushing in with bigger marketing budgets and a cheaper product.
ReplyDeleteIn the youtube video you"ll see a drawing of two oscillators + sub oscillator
ReplyDeleteAt 3.50 that is
DeleteBgscd1234, you're right
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