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Moog Prodigy
Experiences
The prod is the one bit of kit which is not actually part of my MIDI setup although it is possible to get retrofit devices. One of note would be the synhouse midijack from the States.Early taping efforts aside, the way I use the Moog is to play the whole song (or sections of into a Cubase Audio track and then sync it back into the song it was played to - easy. And the results are always good.
The prod
is an excellent source of inspiration - not in the way a good preset
synth is but because you can change one control and suddenly the sound
is way different! When you lock both oscillators, the pitch wheel only
operates one of them so a great phase shifting effect is implemented
between the two.
Sounds
These are a few simple demo sounds I just came up with:| Sound | Settings | Audio |
| Phase shifting effect. Single held note showing mainly the wonderful effect achieved by locking both oscillators together and varying the pitch of the second one. The emphasis is also increased towards the end for a filter sweep. |
Osc1: 32' sync=on
wave=pulse Osc2: 8' int=unison wave=saw Glide=4 Tracking=half Contour amount=7 Emphasis+cutoff=varied Filter mod: Attack=1 Decay=10 Sus=10 Sustain=off Loudness countour: Attack=1 Decay=10 Sus=10 Pitch=varied Modulation=0 |
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| Classic
squelchy bass line. Emphasis is kept around middle to 3/4 Cutoff is kept around low to middle. Tempo 140BPM (supposedly) |
Osc1: 32' sync=on
wave=saw Osc2: 16' int=-P5 wave=triangle Glide=4 Tracking=half Contour amount=8 Emphasis+cutoff=varied Filter mod: Attack=1 Decay=1 Sus=0 Sustain=off Loudness countour: Attack=1 Decay=1 Sus=0 Pitch=center Modulation=0 |
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| Housie bassline. Tempo 120BPM A nice sound but it has little in the way of bottom end. Perhaps it would have a second sub-bass beneath it or just a good deep bass drum. |
Osc1: 32' sync=on
wave=saw Osc2: 16' int=unison wave=square Glide=4 Tracking=half Contour amount=7 Emphasis+cutoff=varied Filter mod: Attack=1 Decay=1 Sus=0 Sustain=off Loudness countour: Attack=1 Decay=1 Sus=0 Pitch=center Modulation=0 |
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Family
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Moog have been producing electronic music instruments since the beginning of time, well before my time anyway! The family includes keyboard devices such as the Mini moog featured on the left, the Micro Moog and the polyphonic Poly Moog . |
Large moogs I have seen include the Moog modular - not that I have actually played with it. For those who don't know it is modular in design and oscillators, filters, LFO units, amplifiers, mixers and so on are chained together to make sounds. The modular principle uses patch bays and jack ended fly leads to facilitate connection.
The unit
I saw
took up the whole of on side of a wall - impressive!
Incidentally, there used to be a modular on display in the basement of Turnkey Music in London. The idea was you could sample it if you bought a sampler from them (a small price to pay!!!). It was not there last time I looked so I have no idea where it is. Surely they can't have lost it :(
The latest addtition to the family (as on Aug 2006) is the
Little Phatty Tribute, and it looks fun :) It may just be me, but I
definitely see some similarity going on here. Excellent!!!
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