# Minimoog question to vintage experienced
**URL:** https://forum.moogmusic.com/t/minimoog-question-to-vintage-experienced/22886
**Category:** Minimoog Forum
**Created:** [June 24, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.moogmusic.com/t/minimoog-question-to-vintage-experienced/22886 "2024-06-24T09:01:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@joaquinmack](https://forum.moogmusic.com/u/joaquinmack)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.moogmusic.com/t/minimoog-question-to-vintage-experienced/22886/1 "2024-06-24T09:01:23Z")
I am not sure if to get a minimoog 2022 edition just for the sake of having the synth I dreamed of decades ago. What I am curious over is how complicated they are owning in general when it comes to requirement of service and calibration (major calibrations). I belive the newer re-issues should be way easier to handle thanks to modern aproach in some of it’s design and modern electronic components. Are there any good documentation avaliable of how to make a calibration?
Else I am very satisfied over my Sequential Pro 3 and the minimoog would only be a nice thing to own.
Thanks and please tell me your experiences!
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### Author:  [@VCO](https://forum.moogmusic.com/u/VCO)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.moogmusic.com/t/minimoog-question-to-vintage-experienced/22886/2 "2024-06-30T11:38:33Z")
I have a Minimoog Voyager and a PRO3. I would think a Minimoog and a PRO3 would be a great combination.
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### Author:  [@VCO](https://forum.moogmusic.com/u/VCO)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.moogmusic.com/t/minimoog-question-to-vintage-experienced/22886/3 "2024-06-30T11:41:12Z")
Sorry don’t have a 2022 MiniMoog
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### Author:  [@VCO](https://forum.moogmusic.com/u/VCO)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.moogmusic.com/t/minimoog-question-to-vintage-experienced/22886/4 "2024-06-30T11:44:26Z")
My 2015 Voyager is Thru Hole as is the 2022 MiniMoog Reissue .
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### Author:  [@ummagumma](https://forum.moogmusic.com/u/ummagumma)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.moogmusic.com/t/minimoog-question-to-vintage-experienced/22886/5 "2024-07-02T20:57:27Z")
I have a 2016 RI and it has been rock solid.
I don’t know if I’d bother with a vintage one, would be fun to own but lots of unkowns & $urprises, same as any other ancient electronics. Once rebuilt they’re probably fine though, and easier to work on than most modern electronics too, so that’s a plus.
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### Author:  [@ummagumma](https://forum.moogmusic.com/u/ummagumma)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.moogmusic.com/t/minimoog-question-to-vintage-experienced/22886/6 "2024-07-03T15:54:42Z")
The other thing with vintage minimoogs is maintenance on the keybed contacts & such. Although again, once done it’s probably good for a while.
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### Author:  [@Analog\_Prophet](https://forum.moogmusic.com/u/Analog_Prophet)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.moogmusic.com/t/minimoog-question-to-vintage-experienced/22886/7 "2024-07-09T08:57:06Z")
I had a vintage Model D before and had a lot of tuning issues. It ended up I made MiniMoog sound with other synths instead due to calibration (the wholes at the rear) every time the temperature in the room changed a single degree.
Replaced it with a Voyager but I had wrong expectations and thought it would replace the Model D - it didn’t and I was disappointed (anyhow it’s a great synth by its own).
Bought a Model D 2016 ReIssue and couldn’t be happier - sound as great as my former vintage Model D but without any tuning issues plus it has MIDI, CV and an extra LFO. I assume the ReIssue 2022 would be very close to the 2016 and that you will be happy with it - if it’s that kind of sound and workflow you’re heading for.
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### Author:  [@till](https://forum.moogmusic.com/u/till)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.moogmusic.com/t/minimoog-question-to-vintage-experienced/22886/8 "2024-07-10T15:33:15Z")
If got a 1979 Minimoog. It is way more pitch stable than other analog synths I owned from the seventies. And it was only calibrated once in the last 40 years.
My 2016 Reissue Minimoog works like new. Never recalibrated.