Moog/A6 was Re: [AH] Re: [A6] Re: [AH] New Track - Electro/Trip-Hop/Dub

[Chad Gould]

I'm going to limit this to the A6 list personally. :)

On 3 Dec 2005 at 9:48, F.A.S. Truhan III wrote:
> 	I've done that. Honestly, the first thing that came to my mind after doing
> so was how good a job Alesis did at achieving the Moog character with the
> A6's oscillators and filter. Does the Voyager sound bigger? Yes. Is it a
> cosmic gulf of transgalactic infinitiy-worth of difference that most people
> claim? No. It's quite a subtle difference, that all but the most anal of
> people will not notice.

My only question with the Voyager would be, "Is it easier to get that rattling bass on a 
Voyager versus an A6?" I know with an A6, you sometimes have to do some subtle 
tweaking here and there to get what you want. I've never played with a Moog 
Voyager, but the original Minimoog was pretty famous for being fairly easy for even 
synth novices to use and get great sounds out of. (The original Minimoog also has a 
limited sound pallate as a result, but hey.) Perhaps that explains some of the ire.

I can say that I've played the A6 live on several sound systems, and yes you can get 
good bass out of it -- even to the point of overpowering the bass guitar. I usually have 
to tweak the bass EQ down a little bit to get a proper mix, in fact. :)