Minmoog Model D DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE. Facebook: Like me please! / musictrack.jp What kind of music gear do you have? " musictrack gear " is now ready to open !! gear.musictrack.jp/
Awesome review , Ujiie-san. Now I want one ! LOL.. They certainly gave the consumer a reasonably faithful reproduction of the original here - I like some of these slight and tasteful revisions to the new 'D'. Very nice. I enjoyed the side-by-side 'comparo' - it shows how closely voiced these are yet have their own character. The nice thing about the 'D' was that no two were exactly the same . The original here has that classic 'driftiness' in it that some loved and some hated (for the tuning aspect of things). Still, a recognisable quirk and somehow very comfortable. Again, domo arigato, Ujiie-San from down here in Australia! Keep up the great work! (90 degree bow)
Wonderful demo. 14:22 made me laught. So, you and Dave Smith have got something in common. The Minimoog was the first synth you ever bought. Dave said he bought his even earlier, in 1972 and it is still apparently in his office! I just noticed how huge the fine tuning knobs are - because they are IMPORTANT!! :-)
I owned a Minimoog back in the 70's, and recently got the reissue. Complete and total deja vu...Moog really nailed the mojo of the Mini with the reissue. The differences between the two here is really not much different than the normal manufacturing variations back in the day. What does the old Mini have that my new Mini doesn't? Background noise and VCA bleed...! I also owned a Voyager for more than a decade, it NEVER sounded like this!
Ujiie, you have reviewed everything from this, a remake of a 70s analog mono legend, to the Yamaha Montage, a nearly fully featured digital monster workstation. What do you want the industry to come out with next that they havnt quite yet made? Also, what do you expect to be the next step from the industry, if not quite your dream item?
The Mini sounds great and it's great fun. But it's not worth 340,000 Yen ($3200) to buy one--that(s the cost of a new Montage8! Fortunately, Behringer has come out with the Model D, which is a perfect clone that costs only 40,000 Yen ($350)--about 1 tenth the price. And the sound really is indistinguishable. So get one and have fun.
I'm watching this on my phone and listening through the internal speaker, and I can hear the difference between the two. your old Moog has more of a bite to it, it's more aggressive, like the oscillators are driving the filter harder and giving it more of a burn when the filter snaps closed with a sharp envelope setting. it also sounds a bit louder, but that may just be a discrepancy between the knob settings.
days? nah. the circuit boards and other components are probably assembled in china and then they just put the parts together in Asheville. it's assembly line just like any other product.
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