[sdiy] new Moog

[Aaron Lanterman]

> bunch of buttons to control the settings of 2 oscillators.  From a design
> perspective, I don't see how making that comment is akin to saying I want it
> to give me a massage.  I find it funny that few of those defending the
> instrument actually talk about the instrument specs themselves, but
> exaggerate the claims of detractors to make them sound unreasonable.

I wasn't referring to any one person's comments in particular, just the 
overall mood. Your comments are all legitimate concerns; I'm mostly 
concerned about some of the other over-the-top rhetoric. Do the control 
routining options seem unncessarily limited, based on public info? Yes. 
Does that mean it should be stillborn? Probably not. Give it a chance.

Someone referred to the new Moog, which again no one has yet played, or 
know the true price point of, as an "insult to their intelligence," 
automatically implying that thought that anyone who would buy one was 
stupid. That's a bit over the top.

A Moog synth costing less than the Voyager won't have all the stuff a 
Voyager has on it, and compromises HAVE to be made if people want 
something at a lower price point. Unfortunately, a lot of the cost in a 
unit like that is in the interface hardware. If you don't want to 
compromise on the hardware making the sound... well, some of the front 
panel has to go.

Ask Paul Schreiber how much he spends on pots, front panels, switches, 
jacks, etc. vs. how much he spends on op amps and OTAs. (I haven't asked 
him, but now having looked over quite a few of his units I could take a 
guess.)

I'm not particularly one of the _defenders_ of the new Moog; if I had $$$ 
to spend now, I would go for a DSI something-Evolver, since I like the new 
territories it explores. (I'm also a heretic in that I think some 
softsynths - Reaktor and the Arturia CS-80 - sound fantastic. Don't tell 
the AH people I said that.) But that's me; someone else may be dying for 
an afforable Moog sound.

I'm just saying let's not dig its grave before anyone's even laid hands on 
it.

- Aaron

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