Moog Music Forum

Brad wrote:Come on, guys. No one is going to reverse engineer and set up manufacturing for a product that sells, maybe, 1000 units a year.

1000 a year where? US alone or do you mean internationally? I would assume Moog sells much more analogue synths than that.

How sure are we that analogue Synthesizers cant be counterfeited? China seems to be counterfeiting everything from mobile phones to cars.

Sweep wrote:... we do know that some parts of recent Moogs have been made in China. We know about keyboards, and I wonder if there are other parts as well.

So only the keyboard part is made in China? Hmm...
Why only the keyboard part? Where are the other parts made in? USA? Where are the Moogs assembled?

Thanks for replying guys. I too haven't heard of any synths being counterfeited by China. But someone suggested that EVERYTHING is copied by China. The cynical side of me widely assumes that maybe they are counterfeited and that some naughty dealers even sell those rather than the real thing. So I a...

I'm looking at the Voyager currently. But overall, are Moogs (or synthesizers for that matter) counter-fitted by China?
How do I know that my Little Phatty Stage II is the genuine article for eg?

Hi team!
I'm scared that I might come across one of these (if they exist).
How can I tell the difference between the fakes and real deal!?

Good stuff thanks. By the way, can I tune it to any semitone? Like if I'm looking to match foreign instruments, etc.

On both synths not all Oscillators have Frequency control. Why is this?

Where should this be in order for the Phatty to sound like the standard semitones of traditional instruments?