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Hi Moog friends! Starting a thread here to encourage implementation of microtuning on the Moog One. Harmonicon has a just intonation switch for example.

If you are unfamiliar with how awesome this can be, go listen to Wendy Carlos - Beauty in the Beast. Good luck! She is not on any streaming platforms because she is in fact All That. It is an amazing album. It will blow your mind on many levels.

Anyway I have been composing with non equal temperament in Ableton for some time. I have almost my whole modular rig micro tuning cable via the Shakmat Bard Quartet and Blokes MidiHub. Techno genres in micro tuning is really bangin'!

My new project involves a friend who plays quartz bowls ("healing" bowls). They are Just Intonation A=432. I am DYING to incorporate the Moog One into this project but it cant play in tune with her! All my Korg synths can, and all Japanese digital synths from way back in the 80's-90's had this ability.

Back in 2009 Moog engineer Amos Gaynes says it will "definitely be a feature post firmware 1.0".
Help me make some noise!!!

This is imperative for Moog to include on a synth of this caliber.

Yes please! In fact Amos's promise of microtuning in response to my question in the Reddit AMA in 2019 was the deciding factor on my ordering a first batch Moog One, so it would be really nice to have the promise fulfilled!! It's my top wish for the One, as microtuning is an every-day thing in our studio and it's been a bummer leaving the One out of the picture in those tracks. I'd be happy with just support for MTS, though the extensive on-board editor Amos planned would of course be a total dream.

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lukexi: Hi Amos!! Will the Moog One support microtuning/MIDI Tuning Standard? This would be incredible : )

Amos_MoogMusic: I am so glad you asked! Microtuning is a passion of mine and I love the idea of supporting new/non-Western/non-12TET tuning. The Moog One will definitely support microtuning (post-v.1.0), with an extensive onboard editing system as well as MTS support.

I’m a 16 Voice Moog One owner. And it’s a shame that such a great synth, with such a great price (more than €10.000 here in yEurope) is absolutely incompatible with microtuning. Even through MTS (It must have microtuning capability in his own editor, but at least MTS compatibility).

I’m a PhD researcher in contemporary music, and I love Moog sound. I wish, and I’m trying to, that Moog synth would better and most considerate in the contemporary academic world as one of the greatest beans for sound exploration (such as Buchla, or even better, because it can fusion both sound design and music composition capabilities).

And Moog One could be, with its sound design capabilities, the best synth for research in new academic experimental music. But the lack of microtuning capabilities is a great missing for experimental composition with this synth. Make a firmware with microtuning (and if possible with polyaftertouch) capabilities and it will be the greatest synth for sound design and music composition. With both that capabilities, I’m sure many of my colleges will recommend Moog One as a synth that must be in every collage and university electroacoustic laboratory (I’ll promote it, but not now…). It will be a dream working with a Max, and Max for Live with a full capable Moog One, with microtonal and Polyaftertouch capabilities (both for academic music and also for commercial cinematic, soundtracks and even techno music).

Please, don’t abandon us, the user that pay such a great price for a Synth and don’t miss the opportunity of making the greatest synth of all time even for experimental, academic music research and composition.

Thanks.
Brais

Moog - I will purchase a Moog One 16 voice if you implement custom microtuning! It can be as simple as offsetting each pitch class by user-defined cents. It is vital to my music, and to the music for people all over the world, and the only thing stopping me from purchasing.