new moog

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Introducing the Little Phatty™ Analog Synthesizer

Hand-built quality and that unmatched Moog sound, at a price every musician can afford, Little Phatty was designed with portability, expressive and intuitive playability, and the timeless quality only found in a Moog.

The Little Phatty boasts a 100 percent analog signal path, 100 user editable presets and a 37-note keyboard with +/-2 Octave Transpose. Additional features include:

- 2 Ultra-stable Oscillators
- 1 Low Pass Filter (Patented Moog Ladder Filter)
- 4-Stage Analog Envelope Generators
- RAC™ Real Analog Control is a proprietary technology enabling the performer to directly interface with the analog circuitry via the knobs on the control panel, without any digital processing.

From studio to stage, the Little Phatty is a musician’s dream. Moog’s innovative engineering and tried-and-true manufacturing mean you can have the sound you want at a price that’s well within reach.

-100% All Analog Signal Path
-Sound Engine From Bob Moog
-Low Price
-Designed for Performance
-Looks Cool

Moog will initially release a special, limited edition run of 1,200 individually numbered Bob Moog Tribute Edition synths.

The limited run, Tribute Edition of the Little Phatty has special Moog wood side panels, a Bob Moog signature plate across the front and rear, comes with a CD-ROM featuring highlights of the Bob Moog Memorial Celebration Service and a special Bob Moog poster. If you have been waiting to go analog, your wait is over.

The Little Phatty from Moog Music has arrived. Moog authorized dealers will be the first to have the Little Phatty. Click the ‘Dealers’ Tab above and put your Little Phatty on order today.

(Product specifications subject to change without notification)

Aside from that, it does look really intuitive and I can't wait to try one.

Now, that's what I'm talking about!

...namely...?

Cute-looking little thing, anyway. I like the style of it. I'm sure it'll be great.

Was there anything related to Waldorf at the Messe?

Also, as I am every year, I am again amazed at the sheer variety and quantity of high-end stuff available for ACCORDIANISTS. I get squeeze-box envy every time.

http://waldorf-music.de/

I ran it through bablefish, but the results were not very readable, though I laughed at "Waldorf" being rather over-literally translated as "whale village"! Ha! Any chance of skimming the announcement and giving me the bare bones of what it says in english, Colin?

Currently watching the messe '06 videos at sonicstate, incl a demo of the new moog, which is, uh, OK. I looked at some of the NAMM '06 clips there as well. WTF @ the korg radias demo clip, which screams "here is an instrument which will allow you to make cheeze trance AND NOTHING ELSE", even though uit's probably great really. Also the m3t4son1x vacuum tube synth demo, where when the inventor isn't being drowned out by the metal shredder a couple of booths along, the whole thing is like wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf.

-- Casuistry (chri...), April 1st, 2006.

midiclorian?

http://www.moogmusic.com/products/apps/animoog

^^ first actually playable iPad softsynth, $1 for a limited time before it goes to $30

the whole touch interface really changes the way you play it in many ways, because the GUI literally is the controller. I'm used to softsynths giving you control over the scale before, but not a synth where the keys you don't want to hit literally vanish off of the keyboard.

and while the GUI definitely fulfills the function of total eye candy, it's also completely utilitarian -- as each note you hold zips around the screen, it's showing you both the way it's mapped to timbre & its position in the overtone series

http://www.moogmusic.com/news/moog-music-resynthesizes-44-year-old-live-recording-grateful-dead-new-tools-artists

Grateful Dead expansion pack for Animoog, all sounds are from a 1968 concert. The sample clips are kinda o__O