Will you buy a FreqBox?

analoghaze · February 8, 2007, 10:12pm

Will you buy the new FreqBox?

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Wait to try one, or reviews.

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Do you plan on purchasing?

eric_coleridge · February 8, 2007, 10:28pm

Yes, I want one already. I always wait for things to sell second hand-- but in this case, if I have the money, I will buy immediately.

matt_the_fiddler · February 8, 2007, 11:00pm

I can already do a fair amount of what it can do on my modular… with hard sync and my ele guitar and all. I wait till i try one to hear the tone and it’s subtleties , and see what is up… I like it I just have a long list of toys i want

latigid_on · February 9, 2007, 12:47am

Hmmm, I just bought an MS-20…

CTRLSHFT · February 9, 2007, 3:58am

one for sure, i might get two if i’m happy with it’s congruity with the LP. A 3 osc LP / modular moogerfooger set-up will be really really fun..

moog needs to make a CP unit with an ADSR! i’d happily sell one of my cp-251’s if they did to make room.

chris_allert · February 9, 2007, 5:40am

i’ve preordered three of them. based on what i’ve seen, this looks like an incredibly useful module and is truly something new. true, i could probably coax my synthesizers.com system into doing something similar, but what i really appreciate about the moogerfoogers is having everything in such a small space prepatched in a useful and unusual way, but not prepatched in a way that restricts me. there is really nothing else in the synth world like the moogerfoogers, and each of them are a perfect balance of simplicity and flexibility. i wish they were all available in cp251-style enclosures, but that’s my only complaint about them.

if the 107 is a preview of things to come, then i’d say bob moog’s spirit is still very much alive at moog music. the 107 along with the 101, 102, 103, and a few 251s makes a very powerful and complete modular system in very little space. plug a theremin into the 107 input and a few expression pedals in to the other inputs and who knows what might happen.

CTRLSHFT · February 9, 2007, 5:53am

chris allert:

i’ve preordered three of them. based on what i’ve seen, this looks like an incredibly useful module and is truly something new. true, i could probably coax my synthesizers.com system into doing something similar, but what i really appreciate about the moogerfoogers is having everything in such a small space prepatched in a useful and unusual way, but not prepatched in a way that restricts me. there is really nothing else in the synth world like the moogerfoogers, and each of them are a perfect balance of simplicity and flexibility. i wish they were all available in cp251-style enclosures, but that’s my only complaint about them.

if the 107 is a preview of things to come, then i’d say bob moog’s spirit is still very much alive at moog music. the 107 along with the 101, 102, 103, and a few 251s makes a very powerful and complete modular system in very little space. plug a theremin into the 107 input and a few expression pedals in to the other inputs and who knows what might happen.

amen on the cp-style enclosures. i realize it would probably be a huge pain for moog to re-make everything into cp-style enclosures, but considering they already have great support for them, and many people who are more synth-oriented can probably agree the rack space/inputs on the top scenario is a bit frustrating, this would be an AWESOME way to maybe get more people interested in picking more 'foogers up.

i’d trade-up for all of em if they did this. might be a little late in the game, but if they started gradually, it wouldn’t be impossible. financially feasible/desirable? i’m not totally sure.

maybe i’ll make some mock ups. that’d be fun.

sir_dss · February 9, 2007, 7:14am

I played it at NAMM and I really want one!

the_bot · February 9, 2007, 8:39am

I’m champing at the bit for one. They’re what made me register at this forum.

peter_ripa · February 9, 2007, 11:01am

what chris allert and ctrlshift said

JSRockit · February 9, 2007, 4:21pm

I have one on order… very excited for it to ship…

ELECTROCHASM · February 9, 2007, 6:40pm

I want ,Iwant,I WANT!

redeyeflight · February 10, 2007, 12:31am

I have one on pre-order…I think it’s gonna be great with the resto f the moogerfoogers and it’ll give me a true modualr synth at my toes!!! Can’t wait for nova musik to ship mine out to me!!!

eric_coleridge · February 10, 2007, 7:25am

Before I bought my first MF (first the RM, then the LPF, then the Phaser), I held out for a long time because I didn’t like the idea of a $300 studio sound processor in a guitar pedal stomp-box.

But what I found after owning them is that they’re actually alot easier, more convenient, and versatile to use than a rack enclosure would be. In fact, I now hate rack equipment… they’re unneccesarily large, heavy, and cumbersome… and inconvenient to patch with jacks in back-- especially when racked.

Im also putting together a modular synth, but it won’t replace the quick, versatile, and portable functionality of the MFs.

True, a CP-251 style box would be better (or even just chop off the empty stomp switch portion)… but this is probably their marketing slant-- guitar pedals. Not much market for synth modules…

CTRLSHFT · February 10, 2007, 10:15pm

But just for the heck of it anyway, http://www.moogmusic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4184

chris_allert · February 11, 2007, 4:42am

i’d agree that rack mount equipment with stuff on the back is very inconvenient to use in a modular system. but i think the moogerfoogers kind of have the same problem. in my setup, i have my synthesizers.com system elevated off the floor, and then underneath it i have all the moogerfoogers lined up with the jacks facing me. this makes it easy to patch them, but then it’s kind of awkward to get at the knobs and switches because they’re upside-down. i don’t really like the rack-mount option for moogerfoogers either because they take up so much vertical space.

anyway, the main problem with them is that you can’t easily access the jacks and the knobs at the same time. but like you said, it’s not as bad as rack-mount equipment where seeing the front and back at the same time is basically impossible. and it is nice how portable they are. and i have gotten used to looking at them upside down, so i can’t say that they’re really that inconvenient to patch. but the cp251s are just so much easier to patch.

but if more guitar players are buying them than modular synthesizer users, then i guess the stomp box format makes more sense. does anyone know who buys more moogerfoogers? guitarists or keyboardists?

CTRLSHFT · February 11, 2007, 6:46pm

chris allert:

eric coleridge:

But what I found after owning them is that they’re actually alot easier, more convenient, and versatile to use than a rack enclosure would be. In fact, I now hate rack equipment… they’re unneccesarily large, heavy, and cumbersome… and inconvenient to patch with jacks in back-- especially when racked.

Im also putting together a modular synth, but it won’t replace the quick, versatile, and portable functionality of the MFs.

True, a CP-251 style box would be better (or even just chop off the empty stomp switch portion)… but this is probably their marketing slant-- guitar pedals. Not much market for synth modules…

i’d agree that rack mount equipment with stuff on the back is very inconvenient to use in a modular system. but i think the moogerfoogers kind of have the same problem. in my setup, i have my synthesizers.com system elevated off the floor, and then underneath it i have all the moogerfoogers lined up with the jacks facing me. this makes it easy to patch them, but then it’s kind of awkward to get at the knobs and switches because they’re upside-down. i don’t really like the rack-mount option for moogerfoogers either because they take up so much vertical space.

anyway, the main problem with them is that you can’t easily access the jacks and the knobs at the same time. but like you said, it’s not as bad as rack-mount equipment where seeing the front and back at the same time is basically impossible. and it is nice how portable they are. and i have gotten used to looking at them upside down, so i can’t say that they’re really that inconvenient to patch. but the cp251s are just so much easier to patch.

but if more guitar players are buying them than modular synthesizer users, then i guess the stomp box format makes more sense. does anyone know who buys more moogerfoogers? guitarists or keyboardists?

most guitarists probably don’t even know what moogerfoogers are (admittedly most keyboard players don’t either). it’s a slim minority who appreciate analog effects, and even slimmer who might appreciate moog stuff.

i think prog/indie/experimental guitarists are really the core of moogerfooger purchases on the guitar end.. i’m willing to bet the rest (eg, majority) are synthheads; moog does make keyboards, afterall.

giving the option for people to purchase stomp-style OR cp-enclosure-style moogerfoogers would really make their product line ALOT more attractive. not to mention they could market to the synth crowd a little better, or at least with as much gusto as they have with the Little Phatty.

..don’t have the stats though, i guess it could be the other way around.

the_bot · February 11, 2007, 9:03pm

Actually, there’s a lot of guitarists who are aware of and appreciate the Moog stuff, you’d be surprised. Admittedly not the general mass market, but there are loads of people who still appreciate analogue effects - remember most guitarists are usually against new technology (see valve amps vs modelling, any new design vs strat / les paul). Also John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a well known user of Moog stuff and one of the few ‘guitar heroes’ left.

I usually hang about on guitar forums and moogerfoogers get a lot of attention. They’ve also got the advantage of being reasonably expensive - everyone knows that money = tone.

redeyeflight · February 11, 2007, 10:01pm

I’m a guitar player and I use my moogerfoogers at practically every gig I play. I play reggae, hip-hop, rock, and whatever else the gig calls for and the moogerfoogers always come in very handy. And I’ve seen quite a few other guitars players in the seattle area using moogerfoogers as well. Often people will come up to me and ask me why I have four of the same pedal and I have to tell them that they all do different things but never a musician. You’d be suprised as to who is hip to the moog shit when you’re actually out there gigging a lot.

CTRLSHFT · February 11, 2007, 10:21pm

i don’t doubt it, but having a lot of friends who have worked at places like guitar center and know what people are usually purchasing gives me a different view point on the majority. i think the situation is pretty much the same in the synth community. lots of people are attatched to tritons and phatoms, not the real deal analogs. they might know the moog name, but only by proxy, not by experience. not looking to upset or insult guitarists here, just saying i think theres alot more hobbyist/enthusiast types out there that would rather get a Pod than one pedal. just like how theres alot more keyboard-oriented people buying crappy ROMplers than great analog gear..