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Hello.
Before some hours i ordered my first moog synth, the slim phatty !!!
I am waiting for it impatient and i am sure it will be a great addition to my DSI Tetra.
I also have a Kurzweil K2661 and a Creamware B4000.
I am very happy that i will be a moog owner !!!

Antonis.

Hi Antonis, and welcome!

That's an excellent group of instruments you mention. I think you'll find that the distinctive sound of the Moog adds an excellent balance to your mix. In addition to all the great new tones from the Phatty itself, I suggest you try running the K2661 output into the Phatty external input, to run the Kurzweil sound through the Phatty filter. This is one of my favorite tricks for digital synths. You'll want to turn the Phatty Oscillator 1 & 2 Level down so you only hear the external input.

Have fun,

Amos

Hi Amos.
I'm very happy to be a part of moog family.
Be sure that i will have to do many "tricks" as that you wrote.
I order an ampiltube irig so i want to run my slim phatty, my tetra or my stylophone through filtatron...or to run moog through live mode of my K2661.
I have lot of experiments to do....
Thank you !!!

Today 31/12 i finally receive my lp. When i came back from work i saw the package from DV247.
I ,always, not be very excited the first days when i buy a new instrument... i will write my opinion after a few days. The first thing is that lp sounds not so different,in my ears, from tetra...
But i have a little "problem" that i must write it in a new thread.
I don't listen any tuning problem, but i will see it again tomorrow.

Happy new year to all of you !!!

Hi!

Enjoy your LP!!! It definitely sounds much better then the tetra. Have some time with it and a new world will open for you. What can also be the case is that you listen to it when going through a soundcard or mixing desk. Of course I don't know your situation (gear wise) but I know my phatty sounds a LOT better when heard with the built-in headphone output compared to the sound when converted with my soundcard.

For me it's the best synth I have ever owned. Great sound with great controls!

Up to now no virtual analog even comes close to the real thing (for that matter, why did moog license to arturia??)

JWaltman wrote:
Enjoy your LP!!! It definitely sounds much better then the tetra.

It's no way better sounding than Tetra. It is different sounding but not better, just like a Gibson with a Fender guitar. Both great but differnet sounding...
Sp is a fine instrument. Yesterday i recorded it for first time. I play a bass line in a new song of mine. No problem with tune. I have set it to autotune and after 15 minutes is perfect !!!

Underground wrote:
It's no way better sounding than Tetra.

Phatty = VCO
Tetra = DCO

Each to his own... (IMO The Tetra doesn't sound much better than a microKorg, but keep in mind that around here nobody will admit that they have ever heard anything that touches the Moog sound, except maybe a dotcom modular... )

Welcome to the Moog community!

Hi Krinor and thanks you very much.

Because tetra oscilators is digitaly controlled, this doesn't mean that they are not analog(http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/ ... rtid=7#/62), read the "need to know" section...
And Andromeda oscilators are digitaly controlled but it is one of the best analog polysynths ever. Tetra is not a VA, and believe me i have heard too much VA's...
By the way ,I am so happy that i bought a moog synth after so many synths i have bought in the past....

And I also made an honest mistake, for some odd reason I thought you meant the Virsyn Tera. Which obviously is a VA.

My mistake, although I also think the moog sounds better then the tetra, but by a lesser margin, I used to own a P08, but when I got the moog I didn't use it anymore, so I ditched it..hehe

but also the DSI stuff is better then VA of course!

Underground wrote:Hi Krinor and thanks you very much.

Because tetra oscilators is digitaly controlled, this doesn't mean that they are not analog(http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/ ... rtid=7#/62), read the "need to know" section...
And Andromeda oscilators are digitaly controlled but it is one of the best analog polysynths ever. Tetra is not a VA, and believe me i have heard too much VA's...
By the way ,I am so happy that i bought a moog synth after so many synths i have bought in the past....

I know DCO's are not digital. They just sound... er... different
Personally I'd take an old battered Korg Polysix (VCO) over an Andromeda or anything from DSI any day. But as I said - it's all a matter of taste. I'm sure Doug Curtis and Dave Smith have their followers...

Enjoy your Moog.

I'm a long time Moog lover but I finally have one for my very own. I just unpacked my new Slim Phatty a few hours ago and it sounds amazing. I did have to do a complete calibration, though, but it was pretty easy. I also own a Dave Smith Mopho and it's a totally different beast than the Phatty. Both sound great in their own right and I'm satisfied with each of them. While the Phatty and Mopho overlap in certain areas, each has their own defining characteristics.

The Slim Phatty is a bit more playable due to a more ergonomic design that was really set up for tweaking. You also can't mistake that classic Moog sound which is one of the reasons I bought it. The Mopho has a lot more options which gives you the ability to do some really wild things with it but it's quite a bit less user friendly when it comes to tweaking. If you're not content with setting up new patches via the software interface, then it's certainly not for you.

Well, after years of trying to find a classic Moog that was in the right condition, I'm happier that I was able to grab something new. I've been waiting for a desktop sized Moog for quite a few years and the Slim Phatty fits the bill nicely.

I am pretty sure that you will enjoy your sp as i do(i have it since last friday).
I already recorded a bass line from it in my new track. Huge sound. I also recorder some sounds from my tetra(pads and strings are excellent from this little box)
Every time i play with my sp, i wish my tetra have more controllers to tweak. I am thinking to buy a mopho keyboard to poly chain my tetra for better tweaking. It will be a top 5 voice analog synth...

You can use pot mapping to define what midi CC is sent by each knob or look up what CC is sent by each parameter of the SP, turn local control off and use each of the phatty's knobs to control parameters of the mopho/tetra.

Thank for the information, i will try it.

I have tuning problems, at last. I have the latest os.
Is it a sp issue or it's overall moogs behaviour ? It's my first moog i am confused ?

After a 15 minute warm up (30 min in a cold enviroment), tuning should be stable.

I wonder if it is an OS 3 issue since that added the ability for user defined tunings other than equal temperament.