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*some soldering required


Looks cool!

Looks like they are a reality

http://www.maindragmusic.com/moog-werks ... y-kit.html

Cheap as chips , and much less greasy

Looks like the Werkstatt-01 will be available for $329.00.
Novamusik and other select dealers are offering a pre-order.
Novamusik per-order Werkstatt-01

Moog Compact Patchable Analog Synthesizer No-Soldering-Required DIY Kit

Front panel
Oscillator section
Single VCO with frequency control (8Hz to 16KHz)
Saw and square waveshapes with control for square pulse width
Envelope or LFO selectable mod source that can be assigned to PWM or pitch with amount control
Ability to PWM the square wave
Filter section
Classic 4-pole Moog Ladder Filter with resonance control (20Hz-20KHz)
Select between the envelope generator and LFO as mod source
Polarity switch (+/-) and amount knob for control of filter cutoff modulation
LFO section: selectable square or triangle waveshape with rate control (2Hz-600Hz)
VCA/amp section: select between the envelope generator or on/drone
Envelopes section: controls for attack and decay time with sustain on/off switch
Keyboard section: one octave low-note priority legato keyboard with glide control
Patch panel
VCA input
0V to +5V in VCA envelope generator mode
+/-2.5V in VCA on/drone mode
VCF input: -5V to +5
VCO linear FM input
+/-2.5V
Note: this is an inverting control input
VCO exponential FM input
-5V to +5V
1V/octave trimmable
LFO CV input
5V to +5V
Note: negative CV slows LFO more than the panel control
VCF audio input: unbuffered/unmixed AC coupled input to VCF
2 × keyboard CV output
3V/semitone from 1 keyboard
Note: attenuate for 1V/octave
2 × trigger output
5 msec pulse
0 to +5V signal generated from low-note priority
2 × gate output: 0 to +5V signal generated from low-note priority
2 × envelope generator output
0 to +5V signal
Simple attack/sustain/decay or attack/decay type envelope generator
2 × LFO output
-2.5 to +2.5V triangle or square wave
Wave selected by panel LFO wave switch
2 × VCF output: -2V to +2V signal for audio or CV uses
2 × VCO output
0V to +5V VCO signal
Wave selected by panel VCO wave switch
Rear panel
Audio output: nominal +/-1.5V signal
Power
+12VDC center positive with 1.2A wall transformer
Power consumption: 1.8 watt average

The Werkstatt 01: Moogfest 2014 Kit is a patchable and compact one oscillator analog synthesizer. It was originally created as a kit to be the foundation for exclusive 'Engineering VIP' workshops at the Moogfest 2014 festival. Due to a number of requests, Moog is offering a no-soldering-required version of the Werkstatt 01: Moogfest 2014 Kit in limited quantities.

Assembly is extremely simple: any user can quickly build an analog synthesizer based on classic Moog circuits and, if desired, modify it. Werkstatt was created to be an educational tool, but it is also a very powerful, compact analog synthesizer from Moog.

Werkstatt is 100% US made.

Main Drag in Brooklyn are taking orders as well - http://www.maindragmusic.com/moog-werks ... y-kit.html

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Here's a 22-minute video showing the Wekstatt connected to various external devices via Control Voltages and Audio In:
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http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Werkstatt

just
ordered

First post.
...and I just preordered my first Moog from Sweetwater! I'm really looking forward the the werkstatt!

I'm curious if anyone knows: There does not seem to be a headphone jack, or a volume control... Does that mean that I'll need to run it through a mixer or maybe a Kaoss-pad in order to play with headphones?

Thanks!

Is it possible to use Werkstatt in Europe too? I'm asking because of the voltage.

I got this message:

I'm sorry to inform you that we are unable to ship Moog products outside of the USA. Please contact your local Moog dealer for more information regarding the purchase of a Werkstatt. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

and this one (from another dealer)

Unfortunately, we are only authorized to ship our products within the United States.

So I learned that a US company is not free to sell an US product (a Moog product) outside the USA??? Is there any reason for this?
And why I got the information about the availability - direct form Moog? So how can I order one...

Really strange

There are probably legal reasons for this. Also, the very limited number of units available might not help matters.

But why would anyone, who already own a Voyager XL, a Sub Phatty, a Theremin, multiple Moogerfoogers, a GRP A4, would want such a simple toy soooo badly ?

Buy yourself a Korg MS20 re-edition and you'll get twice the number of oscillators, twice the number of filters, better envelopes, a more complete patch bay, and a better keyboard...
Or maybe the complete set of Volca mini synths (for about the same price as the Werkstatt).

Of course you wouldn't get a genuine Moog ladder filter and a genuine Moog sound, but you already have that in spades.

But why would anyone, who already own a Voyager XL, a Sub Phatty, a Theremin, multiple Moogerfoogers, a GRP A4, would want such a simple toy soooo badly ?

... the list is not complete - you forgot the Grendel Drone Commander...

Touché.

Ironic considering the name is in German... Can you get them in Top America Alien?

I doubt it, even though I'm just a few hundred miles away from Moog Music.
If they say that they don't ship internationally, that usually includes Canada too.

Wot???? No CPU? No firmware? No midi over USB to interface to ProAbleLogicBase? This thing will never sell....

Now if you"ll excuse, got to go back play my Prodigy, or model D