Moog Liberation Questions. (Price / Bassrange)

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Hello everybody!

I’m new to this board, not to the world of analogue synthesis and moogs. Have been reading along on here for a long time now, had to join now. :smiley:

I have some questions about the LIBERATION:

I currently have the rare possibility buy a black Moog Liberation in mint condition for approx. 2800 USD (i live in Europe). This is indeed a hefty price-tag, considering that for the same buck or slightly more i could get myself a used Voyager or a Source AND Juno-60. But while those often appear on ebay/reverb, the Liberation doesn’t, especially not in Europe…

First Question: should i go for it? :mrgreen: I’m unsure if i would be able to resell the thing at such a high price, if i’d ever become bored or annoyed with it. Any opinions? Is this thing worth this high premium and will it hold it’s value? Should I wait until in the unknown future, a more affordable offer comes by?

Second Question:

The owners manual mentions the reference frequency for the lowest key (F) on 32’ to be at 43.65 Hz (look @ attachment). This really is far from sub-bass-territory. A normal bass-guitar goes a half-step lower than that. Is it possible to transpose the whole instrument one octave down by recalibrating the whole thing? Or do i risk damaging/frying something? (I would obviously see a technician for this procedure, i obviously ain’t one.)

My other workaround would be to connect the Liberation to the external in of a Minitaur/Slimphatty (plus Pitch-CV & some workaround for the S-Trigger to Gate), thus generating a Quad-Osc-Hyper-Bass, capable of creating black holes. I still wouldn’t be able to use the Liberation “Standalone” for dat sweet beefiness though…

thanks a lot!
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I used to own a Liberation.

Look elsewhere. Liberation doesn’t do good bass. In fact it doesn’t do much at all. And I’m no slouch at synths.

If you want bass, Source is far better.

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What if i primarily want a Keytar-Synth for playing lead and to go bonkers on stage? And the bass would be more of a nice addition? (i could always combine the Rogue and the Liberation?)

Is the Liberation REALLY worth 2.8k USD, even from a collector’s-POV?

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$2.8K USD is outrageous for a Liberation. Almost triple what they’re worth.

You could use the Liberation to control other analogs as long as you have the original power supply that came with it.