Suggestion for the next OS update

Helge · Post by **Helge** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:20 am

Yes, a tap tempo on the lfo/arpeggiator would make the phatty the ultimate live synth!

DeFrag · Post by **DeFrag** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:16 am

Arpeggiator.. umm, definately yes!

nathan · Post by **nathan** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:29 pm

Defrag has a freqbox? are you teasing us?

DeFrag · Post by **DeFrag** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:16 pm

Its a gunna be

doctorno · Post by **doctorno** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:49 pm

My suggestion would be to improve the LP´s functions as a controller keyboard:

- a keyboard split function would be great

- all parameters of the synth should send midi controller data (currently a few don´t) including the Filter Overload, OSC Waveforms a.s.o.

Little John · Post by **Little John** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:26 am

I third or forth the request for an arpeggiator.

That would make me smile alot.

lovedroid · Post by **lovedroid** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:00 am

But, hmm, if you're going to make an arpeggiator, please make it a bit more intuitive than the "press this and that button for up, down arp, and that and this button for down, down arp" feature that was added to the Evolver Keyboards...
-I think that arps are rather useless anyhow, but when its like that it's almost completely useless!

rachel · Post by **rachel** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:20 am

A step sequencer could be setup with the row of buttons that make up 8 notes or so.
The EG section would be ideal.

Perhaps you could store, per patch, a simple sequence of 8 notes, set to any pitch
or off. You could create the sequence by selecting the buttons in the EG module
and then selecting a note on the keyboard (or a rest). The sequence would trigger
back either just from clock and then running from the memory and/or triggered
from the keyboard so it only runs when a note is depressed. In addition,
any key pressed would play back the sequence in that key!

Now that would be cool. Whether there is enough memory onboard to do that,
is anyone's guess. An aftermarket firmware and memory upgrade would work here.
A synth like the OSCar has a similar ability already, but it was made to do it.

But not everyone wants an Oberheim Cyclone built into their phatty. I know I do,
but how much can be done before it has to have some physical upgrades done?

rachel

Assar · Post by **Assar** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:50 am

How about this, instead of an built-in arpeggiator in the LP:

Moog develops an external arpeggiator box that can run any midi synthesizer through midi or cv/gate.

lovedroid · Post by **lovedroid** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:12 am

There are at least a few external arp boxes out there already.

Little John · Post by **Little John** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:33 am

Can you elaborate, I would like to find one

rachel · Post by **rachel** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:24 pm

lovedroid wrote:There are at least a few external arp boxes out there already.

Most of them aren't very good except for the Cyclone and none of them are made any more.

An Arp/Step sequencer in the same form factor as the LP would be a great idea.
It could then have more features and memory and not look out of place alongside
other Moog products.

rachel

Assar · Post by **Assar** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:03 am

rachel wrote:An Arp/Step sequencer in the same form factor as the LP would be a great idea.
It could then have more features and memory and not look out of place alongside other Moog products.

It could also work on different midi channels at the same time, making it possible to sync arpeggio on several synths ...

lovedroid · Post by **lovedroid** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:06 am

Alright, I'm not that into arpeggiators, so I only know that I've read about a couple of external ones, e.g. Waldorf Gecko, plus MAM and Oberheim "something"...
And then there are a bunch of hardware step sequencers as well...

But perhaps there's a niche here then if the arps that are available aren't that good. A Moogerfooger arp/stepseq?

kcabdeef · Post by **kcabdeef** » Sun May 06, 2007 2:17 pm

midi clocked LFO
Osc2 fine tune (press osc2 freq button twice toggles between coarse and fine tune)
when osc2 is selected as mod source make "pitch" destination only osc1
Bipolar Mod amount like env mod