IgorCristo wrote:At first I thought it was a great piece of hardware. The small print is very appealing to me and the full knobbed interface makes it even better. It has a lot of upgrades, like the noise generator, sub-oscillator, LFO being able to modulate 3 parametes at once...
After hearing all the available content of it, I can say this: I like the sound, but it's not the Phatty's sound I'm used to hear. IMHO the original Phatty sounds better... it's overload is very creamy and not this multidrive sterile sound.
The stability of the oscillators seem like a nice upgrade... it was not a problem for me, since I live in a very very very hot country.
Correct me if I'm wrong about it, but don't you agree with something I've said?
PS: They should've used something else for the interface, instead that "white in your face" thing. Maybe black + yellow?
I agree with most of what you said.
My opinion on the 'look' and 'sound' of it, is that Moog is reaching out to appeal to a wider audience now and the over-driven, wave folded, distorted sound is what the 'kids' are after these days. You won't see much of any of the demos playing what I consider the normal Moog timbres except Dan from Sweetwater couldn't help it.
If you are old school, like I am (and I mean OLD in terms of my age), you somehow arrive at something that Keith or Rick sounded like much of the time.
The look certainly grabs attention, especially from Euro (and I mean Euro modular) crowd. I really think that adding a simple CV Pitch and Gate out would have attracted a few more percentiles of the demographic but logistically, WHERE do you put such jacks, etc. Clearly, they are using side panels from Phatty, and maybe even some of the internal components such as the jack board. Cost is the #1 thing for most of us working stiffs and the street price that Sweetwater ran out and advertised of $999 is the NICE price.
I was somewhat concerned that the MS-20 re-issue would be a bit of a threat or distraction but Korg's choice to release is miniature version, was, I think a mistake. This is good for the Sub.
I'm still on the fence on buying one for myself simply because I already have so much gear and really do still like my Tribute Phatty. Still, I'm a fan of this and hope it puts Moog on a bigger map (obviously we are all here because we are already big fans of their work!).
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