[A6] A6 vs Minimoog soundbites

[Colin Chung]

- The A6 can do a similar type of sounds, but not as throaty sounding.
It sounds more like the mini on 16' VCO setting rather than 32'.
And dimensionally and sound stage wise sounds more squashed.
The Mini just pushes more air in an amplitude sense, even though the A6 can
match it down low.
A6 sounds a bit more metallic as well on open filter settings.
Different type of tonal colour, kinda more yellow - I see colours in sound
:)
Leads do sound very similar though.
The resonance on the Minimoog goes down at low frequencies,
so you have to modulate that on the A6 to get closer.


Even the Sh2 I have doesn't quite sound as sweet as the Mini,
Conversely the Sh2 is lot more aggressive and percussive that the Mini :)
they all have their own things they are good at
You can actually get the Mini very clean and pure, with very low mixer
levels.
- Sh2 is a lot dirtier sounding than the Mini, which sounds quite
sophiscated :)
The waveforms on the Sh2 has all kinds of grit in the harmonics

some Mini vs SH2 comparos as well -watch the word wrap or go to directory

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/blitzforce/Mini_vs_Sh2/CCJ_Minimoog_vs_S
H2_DubBass.mp3

also the fact the Minimoog's filter resonance drops down at low frequencies,
means it can't match the Sh2 for percussive thump.

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/blitzforce/Mini_vs_Sh2/CCJ_Minimoog_vs_S
H2_ResoSAW.mp3

dual VCO version, minimoog sounds nicer here.
Also the low freq res drop on the mini sounds more musical in this sound,
and doesn't create the attack amplitude spike of the Sh2 - something I
noticed in the waveforms

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/blitzforce/Mini_vs_Sh2/CCJ_Minimoog_vs_S
H2_ResoSAW.mp3