Moog MG-1

DirtyLarry · Post by **DirtyLarry** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:10 pm

who here owns one?
I love mine, it has simplicity but with a great phat sound. I don't think I'll ever need any other kind of moog except for maybe a prodigy.

radmike · Post by **radmike** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:23 am

Yeah- this thing can hang with the real moogs- I need an original manual, I'd also like to mod the input to the filter- bob even signed it- slickness

microscope · Post by **microscope** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 3:39 pm

Bought mine a couple of years ago from the original owner - not a scratch on it (even came with a flight case!). Tracked down an original manual and managed to get a copy of a another, different manual. Kinda cool to see the suggested settings.

DirtyLarry · Post by **DirtyLarry** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 5:43 pm

I actually own 2 of em, one works and one is pretty beat up...technically speaking. So i bought new sliders for it and im gonna get it repaired and sell it...any takers??

electrical_engineer_gEEk · Post by **electrical_engineer_gEEk** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:00 pm

Yeah, i've had my MG-1 for a several months....
so far i've done this:

*All new sliders
*originally half the keys didn't work so I got the service manual and tested the frequency divider chips (MM5***) to find one was broke so I replaced it and voila! they worked again
*I did the Input to filter mod from the synhouse website
*took out those ugly RCA jacks and put nice 1/4 ones in
*added a control pot for the input mod to vary input signal (still perfecting that)

Overall its greatly improved from the original mg-1 I purchased

I'm workin on a webite for it, but have been procrastinating finishing....
tell me if ya think it's sexxxy!

http://www.clarkson.edu/~dipietan/mg1.htm

electrical_engineer_gEEk · Post by **electrical_engineer_gEEk** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:05 pm

oh yeah, i forgot....

If any of you are planning on doing that Input mod, listen up:

You gotta hold down a key for anything to flow through the filter..... I'm trying to figure out how I can bypass the switching mechanism of the keys.... but i'm thinking that maybe it's much more of an in-depth proccess than I'd like to believe......

anyone else done this mod?

MC · Post by MC » Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:33 am

I think the Rogue has a bypass switch. I think the schemos are online too.

MisterModular · Post by **MisterModular** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 6:01 pm

Save yourself the effort use a piece of tape to hold the key down. That's what I used to do

electrical_engineer_gEEk · Post by **electrical_engineer_gEEk** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:05 pm

MC wrote:I think the Rogue has a bypass switch. I think the schemos are online too.

where would you think I could find these "schemos" ??
I been lookin over my service manual and it looks like if I find a 6 volt source and hook it up (with a switch) to U1013B I can sort of create a permanent sustain!......

hmmm... anyone else tried this?

electrical_engineer_gEEk · Post by **electrical_engineer_gEEk** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:13 pm

wait.... I'm a retard.....

I completely forgot i have the trigger interface port......
I just shorted that and it's done!

duhhhhh

DirtyLarry · Post by **DirtyLarry** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:52 pm

i plan on using the headphones jack as an input into my amp...but im gonna replace it with a new one, im also gonna clean mine out and lose the black gunk...anoyone know where i can get a replacement dust mat??

writeroxie · Post by **writeroxie** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:19 pm

Hi,
I'm new to the forum. I too have a MG-1... and love it.

Anyone here know how to make my MG-1 quieter? While it's powered up and plugged into in amp(at a reasonably loud volume), i can hear the filter and almost a monotone note humming very lightly.

I thought I might just have the master volume knob turned down too soft, but even up all the way, it's still there. I use the headphone jacks as my out. Would this be more quiet if i used the RCA's?

Your thoughts/tricks?

Also, after reading this thread, i'm definately gonna have those RCA's replaced with 1/4's

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