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Bachus · Platinum Member Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 3126

Well.. it sounds like the next big thing..

I think it created enough Gas allready to warrant some good initial sales..

And it will make a great omnisphere 2.5 controller on top...
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Hooked On Sonics · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:49 pm Post subject:

2019 Synth of the Year ... Moog Won Laughing

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Hooked On Sonics · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:25 am Post subject:

Great Scott, FedEx just sent a text that says ... Hooked On Sonics, this Tranquility Base, Moog One arrives at your studio tomorrow. Count Down landing engines on, T minus 16 hours, satellite tracking engaged. After tomorrow, Stadiums will fall Very Happy

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RKfan · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 6:41 am Post subject:

Congratulations - have fun.

psionic311 · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:59 am Post subject:

It's been a roller coaster ride so far. My hopes and expectations and observations have gone up and down with demo videos, online forum testimony, and my own synthesizing experiments.

It's tri-timbral, so that means it plays well with my Kronos cover song combis. Now who gets top status, Kronos or One?

It's thick, it's thin, orchestral, bassy, brassy, cinematic, punchy, and more than expected from an analog poly. Beautiful and efficient UI.

It's got teething issues like background hiss, fan noise, and FX glitches, but the Moog team seem responsive and hopeful for the years of updates to come.

This is week 1 Cool

psionic311 · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:01 am Post subject:

It's been a roller coaster ride so far. My hopes and expectations and observations have gone up and down with demo videos, online forum testimony, and my own synthesizing experiments.

It's tri-timbral, so that means it plays well with my Kronos cover song combis. Now who gets top status, Kronos or One?

It's thick, it's thin, orchestral, bassy, brassy, cinematic, punchy, and more than expected from an analog poly. Beautiful and efficient UI.

It's got teething issues like background hiss, fan noise, and FX glitches, but the Moog team seem responsive and hopeful for the years of updates to come.

This is week 1 Cool

jeremykeys · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 7:42 pm Post subject:

$10,000 for the 16 voice here in Canada. The price puts it out of my reach.
Poo!
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Bachus · Platinum Member Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 3126

Bachus · Platinum Member Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 3126

From user reports so far..

The analogue part is brilliant
The user interface is intuitive
The software part is buggy at best
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psionic311 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:44 am Post subject:

Thought I'd check in. I'm frequenting the Gearslutz forum now, mostly in the Moog One threads.

The One really is a big analog, in more ways than one. I've gotten more accustomed to how the dual oscillators work, and how the dual filters work.

The state variable filter I find really intriguing. You can choose between notch, bandpass, highpass, and lowpass modes. Since it's basically two SVF filters working in concert, you can also choose between serial and parallel modes. Then there's the spacing between those two filters, ranging from -72% to 72%. The default spacing of 0% in parallel mode gets you close to an Oberheim type response. Dialing in serial mode with negative spacing gets you a more thick and less resonant response, I'm guessing like a Roland type LPF. Some variations within the SVF get you a vowel like response.

And then the SVF filter itself can be routed in serial or parallel to the Moog ladder filter. The ladder can be HPF or the famous Moog low pass filter. You can also choose from 4 pole (traditional), 3-pole (like TB-303 acid squelch), 2-pole, and 1-pole.

Each dual oscillator provides a much wider variety of tones compared to your typical static saw, triangle, and pulse waves. The pulse wave section is as expected. You then blend this with the other part of the oscillator, which can be a variably shaped triangle or saw. The triangle dialed in as a ramp gives the meatiest sound. Mixing the 2 types of waves creates new waveforms with slightly differing harmonic structures, as seen in the oscilloscope for each oscillator. These are true VCOs, and are therefore very thick, even before animating the waveforms via LFO or envelope modulation. With 3 OSC per voice, and 16 voices, you can understand how big a sound you can get.

Long story short, the One has a lot of sonic territory for an analog. It takes work to get to vintage analog territory, as the One has its own unique character thanks to its dual oscillator into dual filter design.

It took me an hour and half to create a 3 timbre Subdivisions patch that is stronger and more fun to play than my Kronos combi for Subdivisions, which I've been tweaking every now and then for a couple years. My Jump patch is still better on my Kronos layered with the Rev2, but I haven't spent more than 5-10 minutes addressing Jump on the One yet. I'm more interested in I'll Wait first.

The One was a big, rash purchase I could only afford thanks to Sweetwater's 2 year no interest payment plan, and them bumping my credit line to $4500 to cover most of the cost. I'll be paying $200 a month for the next couple years, but so far it seems worth it. My interest in synthesis has been re-kindled, and I can see years of fun with this One.