All user reviews of 4/5 for the Moog Music Prodigy

As for the technical aspects I think all t say is the Moog beginning 80's.

USE

For the simplistic side, yes it is in, there's no clearer. A key / knob function, basic what. Obviously no possibility edition but it keeps your rglages the lights, so no need to start all over relighting. Otherwise it .... and everything. In short this is the most easy to access this super synth.

SONORITS

.... The sounds are quite low and very expressive characteristics leads its manufacturer.
I got it for 1 year so I had time to go around and it must be said the Prodigy is somewhat surpassed. Some will tell you that it is the master of the bass but forget to tell you that over 28 years have couls since his first placing on the market. Me, I like to believe I am sr it had its place but today it is not possible to see all the hay that is done on this machine.
Ok, ok it's Moog, a very pleasant look, a keyboard very honest and good resistance to years. The bass is deep enough and it is easy to play and move osc or filters at the same time, so 100% super easy and intuitive to play obviously.
Its architecture and the components considerably limit and it is impossible to create original sounds (nothing to do with the Mini or Voyager). In fact, the Prodigy is the largest of the pre Phaty with a little more potato (lightweight) but less than possibilities.
Probably great and revolutionary on the day of its release (1979) but a little fashion victim today at least not at the price or is proposplus 700 !! ??) that approximates the scam.

NOTICE GLOBAL

Use for 1 year and I did not gard it did not convince me of a lack of diversity. Certainly there are the low Depeche Mode Speak and Spell period and many bands Techno / cover but is it good enough? Purchased 500 I sold the same price a friend who was inflated with 2 Foogers, just to give it a little more flexibility. But if we want to use it via Midi is with Kenton and +200. In the end the Prodigy all equipped and 'expand back trs / too expensive for what it is.
Finally I would say that Prodigy is visually beautiful beast, quite poor in possibilities and become in a few months overpriced.
A test based on their tastes and do not buy more than 500/600.
A word ...

I do not m'tendrai the above. Everything said or t crit ... you can find everything on the net when the technical specifications.

UTILIZATION

Yes, it is simple to use even simple ... trs. And that's good. What makes a keyboard for the IDAL live. Even without memory, we move quickly from a low trs a lead with a little LFO. And since it is relatively strong and lasts well in time, I'd say it's not so far from flawless.

SOUNDS

The sound ... well it's something personal trs. Some love the grain Moog, others not at all. It sounds Moog, no doubt. It sounds fatter than a Little Phatty is also certain, as the VCO are not always properly calibrated and that it still does not keep a perfect tuning of the 100me Hz .. Envelopes are fast, allowing to make beautiful bass quite frankly. We can not do anything with. In my opinion it lacks an S / H, a ring modulator, a few more modulation possibilities ... A Pro-One goes much further in this area. But a possde dlicieux Sync which is almost forget everything else. So forget the FX madness, or other sounds which an ARP Odyssey, an MS-20 or a Yamaha CS-15 are kings. The Moog Prodigy is a small simple monophonic, which is good bass, nice leads and other small effects crmeux very nice. Note that plugging a squenceur (in my case a small Step 64 of MFB via CV), we get about the results very nice dj!

There is not much, but what he does, he does it well trs. Note that for a good sound, it must sound good or good amp too ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a long time dj. This is the mono that I take with me on scne. Thanks its strong its great simplicity of use is really the companion IDAL. In the studio, I prfre by far my CS-15, more powerful in terms of possibility, but that requires much more time to find its appropriate.

The problem? The name and price that follows ... Personally, I got mine for 350 francs (200 Euros) in the United States, in perfect state, really like new. I know the rating on this site is only indicative, sometimes even compltement false, well for the Prodigy is the case ... was not worth more than 350 to 400 Euros. And yet ... in a perfect state. But these are almost all Moog who suffer from this problem.

But for someone looking for a little Moog with a big sound and easy to use trs, who does not want to take the head with possibilities closer to a modular (as a CS-30 ), and if there is a reasonably priced, it is an instrument that will bring him much pleasure.