Deadband Mod on 70's Minimoog
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Deadband Mod on 70's Minimoog
I'm considering doing this to my Mini. I can't find too much online about this. Does anyone have any links to details, if they've done it? Thanks.
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What is a Deadband Modification?
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I think this refers to a common pitch wheel modification:
It gives the pitch wheel an electronic "dead spot" in the zero position - a small range that causes no change in pitch despite little movement of the wheel.
Virtual Music in Austria had offered this
https://www.virtual-music.at/de/moog/
It gives the pitch wheel an electronic "dead spot" in the zero position - a small range that causes no change in pitch despite little movement of the wheel.
Virtual Music in Austria had offered this
https://www.virtual-music.at/de/moog/
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I see. I had read before about pitch wheels being problematic and not returning correctly on the most recent Minimoog RI. I believe they are spring loaded in the current reissue . Not sure if the pitch wheel was spring loaded in the 2016 Minimoog or not . I have a voyager and its pitch wheel is spring loaded. It would be very different to have a pitch wheel
That wasn’t spring loaded. I would think pitch bending would be very different.
That wasn’t spring loaded. I would think pitch bending would be very different.
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I would assume some people might prefer one type of pitch wheel over the other. I would think there would be pros and cons to each in relation to performance. I have a pitch wheel on a keyboard that I use as a midi controller and it’s the best pitch wheel I’ve ever come across. My pitch bending on it gives me best performance of any other pitch wheel I have on my other synths and the keyboard isn’t even a synth. Its pitch wheel is spring loaded. It’s a Yamaha keyboard.
I wish my voyagers pitch wheel performed as well . I guess I could midi the Yamaha and use it as the master and controll the voyager with it . I’ve never tried that. I would assume those 70s minimoogs never implemented a spring loaded pitch wheel even near the end of the production run although I’m not familiar with all the changes that moog might have made. I know some things were changed over the years. I’ve seen comparisons on utube. I don’t recall anything with the pitch wheel. I believe cosmetically they changed the color of the mod and pitch wheels from clear to white or vice versa.
Not too many vintage minimoogs left . You have the holy grail of mono synths.
I wish my voyagers pitch wheel performed as well . I guess I could midi the Yamaha and use it as the master and controll the voyager with it . I’ve never tried that. I would assume those 70s minimoogs never implemented a spring loaded pitch wheel even near the end of the production run although I’m not familiar with all the changes that moog might have made. I know some things were changed over the years. I’ve seen comparisons on utube. I don’t recall anything with the pitch wheel. I believe cosmetically they changed the color of the mod and pitch wheels from clear to white or vice versa.
Not too many vintage minimoogs left . You have the holy grail of mono synths.
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Re: Deadband Mod on 70's Minimoog
In the new Moog biography, “Switched On”, Bill Hemsath is quoted as saying that they developed a spring returned pitch wheel in the first Mini prototypes. I wonder what happened in production, or maybe some early minis had sprung wheels? Anyway, according to this source, the idea of a sprung wheel was there from the very beginning.
BTW, Bob Moog also wanted the original Minis to have aftertouch.
BTW, Bob Moog also wanted the original Minis to have aftertouch.
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I read that the recent Minimoog RI has a spring loaded pitch wheel and deadband if I’m remembering right.
Not sure about the 2016 Minimoog Reissue. Hope modifications can be implemented easily and cost effectively.
I would think maintenance would be imperative for a Minimoog that old. I have a 43 year old grand piano I just recently
Had serviced and it plays better than it ever has. Fortunately it wasn’t used in a manner that would hasten its aging. I would hope the same for that 70s minimoog. Nothing like the real thing. They don’t make them like that anymore. Something special.
Not sure about the 2016 Minimoog Reissue. Hope modifications can be implemented easily and cost effectively.
I would think maintenance would be imperative for a Minimoog that old. I have a 43 year old grand piano I just recently
Had serviced and it plays better than it ever has. Fortunately it wasn’t used in a manner that would hasten its aging. I would hope the same for that 70s minimoog. Nothing like the real thing. They don’t make them like that anymore. Something special.