So the announcement of the discontinuation of the Little Phatty says that production will continue until components run out which is about two months…
…which puts that to early November - two months before NAMM.
Is there a big new product on the horizon? or two?
I also find it interesting that the Voyager is still going strong, which uses rapidly depleting through hole components on its most dense PC board - the analog board.
Something else in the Minitaur format, maybe? A ‘NanoMoog’, with basic Model D capabilities and some hidden/software editor-only parameters squashed into that footprint, that could be rack-mounted right alongside the Minitaur? I know I’m not going to get a PolyEvolver-style unit with no knobs and four Voyager voices editable from the Voyager panel, so naturally I won’t mention it;)
I think it’s going to be an extensible 4-voice. I’m guessing majorly but thinking of a company of Moog’s size, it’s going to be tough to go out and make the 12 voice that everybody is dreaming of. Dave Smith did it, I have no idea how…
But if Moog can craft the oft requested SubPhatty in rack or standalone format and use those as extra modules for a 4-voice base, I think they will get some takers. Dave Smith has the Mopho x4 which you can add a Tetra to… not sure how many he sold in that combination but it seemed smart.
What about a 2-voice, maybe something with 4 octave keyboard, Sub-phatty on the left side and another type of voice for the right hand of the split with extensibility?
Maybe a moog bass guitar,somewhere along the lines of the paul vo 6 string? dont think they’ll bring out a poly just yet ,but when they inevitably do, it’ll sell!