r/moog

Found a rare Moog White Elephant while going for a walk today. It was covered in dirt and it rained the day before so who knows how long it was out there. I cleaned it up, plugged it in, and it’s producing sound but very very quietly. Anyone have any thoughts about fixing it up?

I recently ordered a Moog Messenger and an Ableton Move. Both new but with quality issues.

Moog Messenger: New product ordered from Amazon. The left page button was faulty. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. I requested a replacement. Amazon sent me a renewed product by mistake. This one was perfectly fine but since it was a renewed product, I got a partial refund and kept it.

Ableton Move: New device ordered from Ableton. It looked fine at first. As I started jamming, I noticed a stain. I couldn’t get it removed. It turns out it’s a small cut in the pad which is disappointing for a new product. I was afraid it might tear if I keep using it. Another issue that shows careless QA is the uneven cuts of the edges around pads. So I just contacted Ableton’s support and requested a replacement. I will update here as soon as I hear back from them.

I ordered 2 new products and both were defective. How common is that? This is so disappointing to see such quality issues from big names. It kills the excitement and the return process is so frustrating.

I just wanted to complain and share my frustration. Sorry folks.

Thanks to everyone who advised to reconnect it

First ambient jam I’ve made with the sound studio and some help from the microcosm! Still learning how it all works but I’ve fallen in love :) The picture is of some old digital art I made and never got around to using for anything.

Just got it today but looks like it’s only ducking the volume

Mpc live 2 & moog grandmother

I’m buying a Vintage Vibe electro acoustic piano and putting my minimoog on top. It’s a tale as old as time. I love the way J3PO pulled this off with the aid of a desktop stand. Most everything I’ve found online is either too flimsy or too small. Anyone know of a heavy duty stand that can support the weight of a mini?
Thanks

Hello everyone. I hope this doesn't seem too self promo-y but I interviewed French musician Colleen recently and we got into lots of Moog talk, particularly about the Matriarch, which she used to record her excellent new album Libres antes de final. I thought it might be of interest!

https://soundcloud.com/line-noise-podcast/line-noise-267-colleen-returns

From about 11 minutes in.

And an excerpt for you:

Q The album is all made on the Moog Matriarch?

Colleen Yes, the whole album.

Q Why did you want to deliberately limit yourself to one instrument?

Colleen

This process of limiting myself has been going on for quite a few years. When you last interviewed me for my previous album, The Tunnel and the Clearing, that was super restricted as well because it was one synthesiser, which was monophonic, and just two delays, which is a very, very minimal setup. In this case, you could say it's more minimal because it's one synth, but it does have a delay that's integrated, and it's paraphonic.

Not going to go into too many technical details, but paraphonic is not exactly the same as polyphonic. To shorten it, it does mean you can play chords and a melody. So for me, that was a big shift from the previous synthesiser, the Grandmother. It's just such a beautiful synthesiser. I worked on this album for about a year and a half, and even after a year and a half of really digging into it, I'm still just at the tip of the iceberg. It's just a really amazing synthesiser.

The setup:
Mother-32
Subharmonicon
Aira P6 (drums)
Korg SQ-64 (subh, m32, p6 control)
Empress Zoia (effects for the 2 MOOGs)
Reface CP (Solo, chords)
Specular Tempus (effects for Reface)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm3YL1DryIE