now that the moog guitar has midi

andrewh · Post by **andrewh** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:56 am

and it seems to track well, moog should release a 6 voice polysynth to go with it! it could be marketed as a 6-voice dream guitar synth, or the much-desired "new moog poly," when controlled with a keyboard via midi. lots of interesting possibilities there...

andrewh · Post by **andrewh** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:37 pm

just to be clear- I'm envisioning a rackmount synth, 6 voices=1 voice per guitar string, and everything designed so that it'd be playable with midi keyboard or this new moog midi guitar... things like 6 part multitimbrality so that each string could play a diffrent preset, etc

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:00 pm

It's a great idea, probably expensive though!

For the expander to appeal to both MG and keyboard players, it would have to sound like either the Voyager or the LP. That way the existing synths could be used as controllers.

As far as polytimbral goes, both the Voyager and LP require lots of circuitry to keep just one voice going. If a polysynth was monotimbral, less parts would be needed, reducing the cost.

donmacp · Post by **donmacp** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:51 pm

Who knows maybe they are saving this innovation for the NAMM 2011. Nobody does these things better

andrewh · Post by **andrewh** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:03 am

latigid- I think that the voyager and lp could still be used as controllers even if the synth didn't sound like the voyager or lp. that being said, I imagine that the proposed 6 voice guitar/key synth would sound pretty similar to voices of the lp or voyager, by dint of being all made by moog...

oilcanracer · Post by **oilcanracer** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:53 pm

how about a midi bass from moog too!!!!

Kent · Post by **Kent** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:09 pm

It would be nice, but it would likely never happen. Too expensive for too small of a market.

One can always go out and find an Akai VX-90. It's a 6 voice, all analog, synth with MIDI and it lives in a 2rU space.

superd2112 · Post by **superd2112** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:09 am

oilcanracer wrote:how about a midi bass from moog too!!!!

I want one too, but I'm not holding my breath. I think a good alternative (for me) would be to buy the Roland MIDI bass pickup ($189), a Roland MIDI converter ($499), and play my Little Phatty & Taurus 3 pedals from my MIDI'fied Jazz Bass. It wouldn't be a full-on Moog Bass with infinite sustain & string muting, but it would give real Moog bass sounds for only $689 (plus the cost of my paid-for Jazz Bass, LP & T3s), and that ain't bad...