I currently own a Roland Juno 6, RS-09 and SH-09. I also recently acquired a Minimoog Old School and am absolutely in love with it.
I’m thinking about expanding into more of a Moog based-sound, with the Little Phatty being my likely next synth.
However, should I give up my SH09 for a Little Phatty? I kind of like how my SH09 and my RS09 match up, like brothers, and they both have loads of character, but a Little Phatty would be my Minimoog’s little brother with new benefits, like MIDI and patch memory.
Also, how would you factor in the Arturia Minibrute?
It all comes down to how much you love the tone and ease of the SH-09. It is worth way more than it’s feature set because of it’s vintage status. The Old School should be able to cover most of it’s sounds with a different character. But the immediacy of a very simple monosynth can not be ignored. Just instant fun.
The minibrute adds another flavor to the mix, so that choice has merits.
The new Elektron A4 has a nice CV sequencer that would work well with the OS and rolands and 4 separate analog monosynths inside. The filters seem to have a different character from the Moog ladder.
I bought a MiniBrute a couple months ago and I think it’s great. Loads of character, not like a Moog at all (which is a good thing), arpeggiator, MIDI clock sync, and it’s perfect for throwing in a backpack and running around with. You can take it anywhere and just whip it out when you get a minute to play.
That being said, you sound pretty set in your mindset of wanting a Phatty. In that case, just stop asking questions and just buy one I guess? I’m wondering why you are apparently not interested in the Slim though. It’s just a Little Phatty without a keyboard. You have a Voyager, so control it with that.
Really? Yet I could not have the VOS’ keyboard pitch CV out accurately controlling the LP pitch. One octave higher the reference, it goes off <1 semitone flat.