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Published on 09/23/14 at 09:48Subtractive synthesis
Irreproachable manufacturing quality!
Hyper-responsive MIDI
No effects
6 soundbanks + 1 user bank
On the rack version there's a switch on the rear to change to balanced level with a 600-ohm impedance, which is indispensable for consoles or to go directly into a converter!
The panel lights up blue for live performances...Wow, it's simply perfect. When the luminosity is set to max you can hear some noise. It's the same with all Voyagers, so it's a defect, but it's not really annoying.
UTILIZATION
There's an excellent plug-in to integrate the Moog with a DAW (soundtower plugSE). It's absolutely awesome. All synths nowadays should have a control VST. Bye-bye to having to look up in the user manuals the CC numbers, or to configure every control by hand. automation has become child's play and the curves are displayed with their own names! You can record anything you want be it with a mouse, a controller or, preferably, with the Moog! Even the presets are saved with the DAW files! What else could you ask for? The best of both worlds combined.
It's perfect for a standalone application, live, for example. There's almost 1 control per function. By the way, the controls are big, solid and feel nice to the touch.
SOUNDS
The sound is incredible, it rocks! It's round, fat, powerful, clear, and even moving! The basses and sub are wonderful! I don't use it that much for leads, but you can certainly find something that pleases you among the 6 original banks of 128 sounds (plus a User bank, because it's a treat to dig into the synthesis of the Moog to create your own sounds).!
There are enough modulation possibilities to make the filter howl.
If you reduce the envelopes to the minimum on certain bass sounds, the result is awesome, I think that's one of the differences between the plug-in and the TRUE Moog.
etc etc
OVERALL OPINION
To mention some minor defects, personally, I think the update is a bit bizarre.
It might lack an entire arpeggiator, since it's a mono synth, it would've been perfect. And the cherry on the cake would be a built-in analog delay!
This synth is expensive (although secondhand not so much), but I for one do not regret my purchase in any way!
Irreproachable manufacturing quality!
Hyper-responsive MIDI
No effects
6 soundbanks + 1 user bank
On the rack version there's a switch on the rear to change to balanced level with a 600-ohm impedance, which is indispensable for consoles or to go directly into a converter!
The panel lights up blue for live performances...Wow, it's simply perfect. When the luminosity is set to max you can hear some noise. It's the same with all Voyagers, so it's a defect, but it's not really annoying.
UTILIZATION
There's an excellent plug-in to integrate the Moog with a DAW (soundtower plugSE). It's absolutely awesome. All synths nowadays should have a control VST. Bye-bye to having to look up in the user manuals the CC numbers, or to configure every control by hand. automation has become child's play and the curves are displayed with their own names! You can record anything you want be it with a mouse, a controller or, preferably, with the Moog! Even the presets are saved with the DAW files! What else could you ask for? The best of both worlds combined.
It's perfect for a standalone application, live, for example. There's almost 1 control per function. By the way, the controls are big, solid and feel nice to the touch.
SOUNDS
The sound is incredible, it rocks! It's round, fat, powerful, clear, and even moving! The basses and sub are wonderful! I don't use it that much for leads, but you can certainly find something that pleases you among the 6 original banks of 128 sounds (plus a User bank, because it's a treat to dig into the synthesis of the Moog to create your own sounds).!
There are enough modulation possibilities to make the filter howl.
If you reduce the envelopes to the minimum on certain bass sounds, the result is awesome, I think that's one of the differences between the plug-in and the TRUE Moog.
etc etc
OVERALL OPINION
To mention some minor defects, personally, I think the update is a bit bizarre.
It might lack an entire arpeggiator, since it's a mono synth, it would've been perfect. And the cherry on the cake would be a built-in analog delay!
This synth is expensive (although secondhand not so much), but I for one do not regret my purchase in any way!