@macteacher: how are you liking your Moog One? I just acquired one from Sweetwater a week ago, and now I’m lost in it and loving it.
Regarding presets, when you register your instrument, if you login and go to your account, you’ll see six sets of presets that you can download. I’m just starting to go through them now, and there is a lot to learn from them.
Rick
Final Analysis....
Re: Final Analysis....
i got mine not long ago. im not the biggest hardware guy, but i do have a few different synths in my studio, mostly rack units, like the 90s roland romplers n stuff like that. anyway, while waiting for my moog one to arrive i ended up buying a ob-6 just to scratch my itch. alot of people were praising the keyboard and ease of use and all that. i do agree with some of it, but i wasnt really loving it, and after a few weeks i didnt use it much at all. at that point i was starting to think i might not get the moog one hype eiter. and i have heard alot more bad stuff about the moog one than the ob-6 tbh. however, the moog one came and it blew my mind. the keys are so smooth, the knobs are just prefect. some of the click buttons may be more satisfying on the ob-6, but more noisy.
They sounds coming from the moog one was just so damn lush and smooth, never really experienced this feeling in a synth before. one of my arguments for paying stupid amounts of money on this synth was that it might be able to just fill my GAS hole, cus its hard to top this one. and it kinda did.
i dont really wanna say anything bad against the ob-6, though. i think that i was trying to use it as a moog, and it just simply isnt. its different and does different sounds. i guess the point i was tryna make was that the moog one might be a good choise for u if it s what ur looking for. for me its alot about the ladder filter.
If u compare it to something like the ob-x8 its really a beast almost within the same price range. the ob got 2 oscs, i believe, while the moog got 9. i believe the moog also got twice as many polyphonic voices.
They sounds coming from the moog one was just so damn lush and smooth, never really experienced this feeling in a synth before. one of my arguments for paying stupid amounts of money on this synth was that it might be able to just fill my GAS hole, cus its hard to top this one. and it kinda did.
i dont really wanna say anything bad against the ob-6, though. i think that i was trying to use it as a moog, and it just simply isnt. its different and does different sounds. i guess the point i was tryna make was that the moog one might be a good choise for u if it s what ur looking for. for me its alot about the ladder filter.
If u compare it to something like the ob-x8 its really a beast almost within the same price range. the ob got 2 oscs, i believe, while the moog got 9. i believe the moog also got twice as many polyphonic voices.
Re: Final Analysis....
I've had mine about a month. I affectionately call it my $10,000 Lemon.
It's an incredible sound, but there are so many little issues...
I mainly use it in the studio. It's MIDI is "difficult" (actually, it's flakey). I've been using MIDI for 30 years. I'm still trying to find out why it does not respond to CC5 (portamento), and trying to get the FX to be controlled via MIDI CC...and how do I simply sync it to analog TRIG???...and why does the sequencer act weird with MIDI CLOCK....
I have studied the manual and taken notes, but still sooo many questions.
My advice:
1) yes, definitely buy it
2) study the manual like you are studying for an exam
3) Moog tech support are sloooowwww
4) treat it like it's a synth from 1978 - it's got lots of "idiosyncrasies"...!
5) Focus on what it CAN do.
6) learn to smile when it has stuck notes...
It's an incredible sound, but there are so many little issues...
I mainly use it in the studio. It's MIDI is "difficult" (actually, it's flakey). I've been using MIDI for 30 years. I'm still trying to find out why it does not respond to CC5 (portamento), and trying to get the FX to be controlled via MIDI CC...and how do I simply sync it to analog TRIG???...and why does the sequencer act weird with MIDI CLOCK....
I have studied the manual and taken notes, but still sooo many questions.
My advice:
1) yes, definitely buy it
2) study the manual like you are studying for an exam
3) Moog tech support are sloooowwww
4) treat it like it's a synth from 1978 - it's got lots of "idiosyncrasies"...!
5) Focus on what it CAN do.
6) learn to smile when it has stuck notes...