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Hi all,

I'm new to the forum, but not new to Moog I've been through several Moogs the last 15 years, and currently own a Multimoog which I love.

I'm considering buying a Memorymoog with Kenton MIDI.
My question is; Does anyone here have any experience with a Kenton MIDIed Memorymoog?
Is the MIDI response quick enough, is it bugfree, is it easy to alter parameters, does it strain the CPU noticeably etc etc?

Thanks!
Nils, Norway

The Kenton MIDI retrofit is shoehorned into the key scanning circuit, it does not replace any ROMs or cpus in the MM. So it puts zero load on the stock MM cpu. Kenton works but is very rudimentary, it can send/receive note on/off but not much else. No sysex, no CCs for remote edit, no CCs for volume or filter.

Great, thanks for the info

Send options are basic but it can receive some CCs.
Here's the full spec;

This retrofit kit for the Memorymoog (Memorymoog Plus) adds the following MIDI control:

For incoming MIDI:
Any MIDI channel can be selected
Notes (MIDI note numbers 36 - 96) - transpose possible
Program change (numbers 1 - 40)
Pitchbend - (bends up and down as set for Memorymoog's own bender)
Mod Wheel
Filter cutoff frequency (of low pass filter)
Foot Controller #1 input
Foot Controller #2 input
Volume
Sustain (decay on-off)

By default:
pitchbend is controlled by pitchbend messages
mod wheel is controlled by Mod Wheel (CC#1) and also by Aftertouch messages
filter cutoff is controlled by CC#16
resonance is controlled by CC#17
Volume is controlled by MIDI volume (CC#7)
Sustain is controlled by Sustain (CC#64)

however, any controller or aftertouch or velocity can be mapped to control other things so for example velocity could be mapped to control volume.

For outgoing MIDI:
Any MIDI channel can be selected
Notes (MIDI note numbers 36 - 96) - transpose possible
Program changes 1 to 61 can be sent using a button press followed by a key press
No other MIDI can be sent - the retrofit is primarily intended to allow the synth to be played from a MIDI master keyboard or sequencer.

Hardware:
MIDI In, Out & Thru sockets
Push button (for programming the MIDI setup)
Setups are stored in non-volatile memory (Eeprom)