Played the MF107 @ NAMM

sir_dss · Post by **sir_dss** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:42 pm

Ok...

I played the 107 at NAMM Friday. Fantastic!!!

As a guitar processor it's amazing it can also be used as a extra VCO with yr. Voyager, Lil Phatty or other 1v/OCT synths. Yes it tracks 1V per Oct.(told to me by Nick from Volts Per Oct bbw).

SO many different kinds of distortion can be made from this. Total Octavia Hendrixism to Jesus and Mary Chain barb wire kisses. My Bloody Valentine/Ramones/Sonic Youth/etc dreamy...

The FM allows you to dial in so much style and texture. WAY more musical than I had imagined...also more rock n roll too... AC/DC at times.

Turning the SYNC off allows you to get into drone/doom/raga mode and with a little envelope and FM added you will be putting babys to sleep and making soundtracks for midwest makeout parties(maybe making babies?).

If you are waiting to play a true analog guitar synth you may be getting your wish in the future. The MF-107 is another step forward.

analoghaze · Post by **analoghaze** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:39 pm

What would be the best way to wire that in as another oscillator for the Voyager? How do you think it will sound in the effects loop of the Moog delay?
I think I want 2 of these.

CTRLSHFT · Post by **CTRLSHFT** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:52 am

sir_dss wrote:Ok...

I played the 107 at NAMM Friday. Fantastic!!!

As a guitar processor it's amazing it can also be used as a extra VCO with yr. Voyager, Lil Phatty or other 1v/OCT synths. Yes it tracks 1V per Oct.(told to me by Nick from Volts Per Oct bbw).

SO many different kinds of distortion can be made from this. Total Octavia Hendrixism to Jesus and Mary Chain barb wire kisses. My Bloody Valentine/Ramones/Sonic Youth/etc dreamy...

The FM allows you to dial in so much style and texture. WAY more musical than I had imagined...also more rock n roll too... AC/DC at times.

Turning the SYNC off allows you to get into drone/doom/raga mode and with a little envelope and FM added you will be putting babys to sleep and making soundtracks for midwest makeout parties(maybe making babies?).

If you are waiting to play a true analog guitar synth you may be getting your wish in the future. The MF-107 is another step forward.

what was the range of the oscillator like, if you don't mind sharing? do you think it could act as a decent LFO in addition to its audio duties?

sir_dss · Post by **sir_dss** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:15 am

No It didn't seem to go into the LFO range I could be wrong but I didn't notice any sort of tremolo or vibrato that you would get with the range of a LFO.

For another VCO You would have to use the VX-351 KEYBOARD OUT in to the MF-107 Frequency IN then the VCO OUT of the MF-107 into the Voyager's EXT signal IN.

The MF-107 may be using different names for the in's in out's. I only looked briefly at the back of the unit. It did have jacks for every control on the front as well as a Envelope and VCO out.

As far as in the effects loop of the MF-104 Delay? It really depends how you would set the thing. Make every delay get more distorted and weirder each pass. Using the Envelope out of the 107 into the delay time would bend the delay rate...but you could already do that with the MF-101...

CTRLSHFT · Post by **CTRLSHFT** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:25 am

sir_dss wrote:No It didn't seem to go into the LFO range I could be wrong but I didn't notice any sort of tremolo or vibrato that you would get with the range of a LFO.

For another VCO You would have to use the VX-351 KEYBOARD OUT in to the MF-107 Frequency IN then the VCO OUT of the MF-107 into the Voyager's EXT signal IN.

The MF-107 may be using different names for the in's in out's. I only looked briefly at the back of the unit. It did have jacks for every control on the front as well as a Envelope and VCO out.

As far as in the effects loop of the MF-104 Delay? It really depends how you would set the thing. Make every delay get more distorted and weirder each pass. Using the Envelope out of the 107 into the delay time would bend the delay rate...but you could already do that with the MF-101...

thanks for the response, regardless!

talon · Post by **talon** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:53 pm

sir_dss wrote:Ok...

I played the 107 at NAMM Friday. Fantastic!!!

As a guitar processor it's amazing it can also be used as a extra VCO with yr. Voyager, Lil Phatty or other 1v/OCT synths. Yes it tracks 1V per Oct.(told to me by Nick from Volts Per Oct bbw).

SO many different kinds of distortion can be made from this. Total Octavia Hendrixism to Jesus and Mary Chain barb wire kisses. My Bloody Valentine/Ramones/Sonic Youth/etc dreamy...

The FM allows you to dial in so much style and texture. WAY more musical than I had imagined...also more rock n roll too... AC/DC at times.

Turning the SYNC off allows you to get into drone/doom/raga mode and with a little envelope and FM added you will be putting babys to sleep and making soundtracks for midwest makeout parties(maybe making babies?).

If you are waiting to play a true analog guitar synth you may be getting your wish in the future. The MF-107 is another step forward.

everything you said here excites me. i cannot wait to own one of these!

bunnyman · Post by **bunnyman** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:32 pm

Isn't this a bit similar to the Electro-Harmonix Bass Synthesizer? You know, except with Moog filters and lots of ins and outs? I'd _LOVE_ to get the '107, but I already have the EHX box and no $$$...

Lengai · Post by **Lengai** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:04 pm

Why did Moog go 101,102,103,104,105...107? IS 106 an unlucky number or something?

theglyph · Post by **theglyph** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:09 pm

Was there a 906 in the modular line? I was looking at Moogarchives and noticed it skipped the number... 901,902,903,904,905,907

How about an MF-160

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sir_dss · Post by **sir_dss** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:24 pm

About the EX Bass Synth...The 107 does not track pitch. It is not a guitar synth.

CTRLSHFT · Post by **CTRLSHFT** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:49 am

theglyph wrote:Was there a 906 in the modular line? I was looking at Moogarchives and noticed it skipped the number... 901,902,903,904,905,907

How about an MF-160 !

good catch! but they also skipped 908, 913, 915-919 and so on.

the only way to be sure is to wait for the next fooger, and see if it's a 109.

...and a fooger sequencer would be way cool.

matt the fiddler · Post by **matt the fiddler** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:10 am

I want an expansion chip/ user programmable sequencer for the MURF personally. I would pay good money to be able to write my own patterns.

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:22 pm

theglyph wrote:Was there a 906 in the modular line? I was looking at Moogarchives and noticed it skipped the number... 901,902,903,904,905,907

How about an MF-160 !

There was no Rhodes mk VI either. Is this some sort of superstitious thing in the music industry?! There's something strange going on here....

dr_floyd · Post by **dr_floyd** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:35 pm

re: no Mark VI Rhodes - maybe because the Selmer Mk. VI Saxophones were already the standard Mark VI in the music world.

Actually I read somewhere last week during NAMM that someone asked about the Mark VI Rhodes and a Rhodes insider said there was one but its demise is an ugly story that will probably come out at some later point.

Probably there is an Mooger MF106 that wasn't ready to be unveiled yet. I would guess a flange/chorus modulation effect with some bizarre twist to fill out the standard Mooger effects. I don't think we'll see a dedicated Mooger pitch to voltage converter because it has such limited appeal and can be difficult to set up properly - especially if it remains all analog.

Pat.

eric coleridge · Post by **eric coleridge** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:02 am

bunnyman wrote:Isn't this a bit similar to the Electro-Harmonix Bass Synthesizer? You know, except with Moog filters and lots of ins and outs? I'd _LOVE_ to get the '107, but I already have the EHX box and no $$$...

The 107 is considerably different than the EH Micro-Synth.

The EH is an audio divider(also called a sub-oscillator) with a filter and envelope follower. So the input signal gets divided and filtered.

The MF107 is a real VCO that can be both controlled and modulated by the input. There is no filter. The input signal is just mixed with the modulated VCO signal.

The end result may sound similar under some conditions, but the two pedals are doing very different things. Plus, unlike EH effects, the Moogs are like full featured synth modules with all kinds of CV and audio input/outputs. I think you get a whole lot more for your money with the Moog effects.

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