I read a person recently purchased and received a Bob Moog Tribute Edition MiniMoog and the keybed shifted and that the Power Light Indicator didn’t work and didn’t receive the case that was supposed to be included.
I received mine a few days ago and have been loving it, but there was an issue or two. The main issue was that the pitch calibration for all three oscillators was off by a half octave–I had to play an E key to get an A440 (all tuning knobs centered, of course). It was right on for that pitch, so it seemed deliberate, yet I couldn’t reason out why it would be shipped like that. Temperature- or handling-related drift would not likely have been that large or that much in tune! Anyway, I just had to retune all the oscillators using the procedure in the manual (fortunately I’m an electronics engineer with many years of hands-on experience), and it’s great now.
The other issue I’ve noticed is, I believe, design-related and probably not considered a “problem”, but it is nonetheless annoying since I guess I’ve been a bit spoiled by my experience with the much more flexible Subsequent 37 before buying the mini. I was looking forward to using afterpressure to do more touch-adjustable pitch bends during lead performances, but when I plug a TS patch cord into the PITCH CV input, there is a pitch offset (not quite a full semitone) when rotating the MOD wheel to enable the modulation, even with no afterpressure applied. From what I’ve read, this is an artifact of the latest left-hand controller board design.
In any case, I recognize that I need to align more with the “vintage” intent of the minimoog, which is, let’s face it, the three “S”s: Sound, Sound and Sound. In that regard, this unit solidly delivers on its decades-long promise! The mini’s advantages of much fatter sound and real-time playability over the Subsequent 37 are well appreciated.
-Doug
That’s good that you have the knowledge and expertise and can calibrate the tuning of the oscillators so it’s tuning is consistent and correct.I’ve read the tuning calibration is rather involved .