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

[Scott Metzger]

Well is my Andy defective?  The one I have doesn't come close to my moog for
bass..

On 12/3/05, F.A.S. Truhan III <vampeiyre at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>         I notice there's some wicked cross-posting going on. I hope there
> aren't
> alot of angry people and the AH and A6 lists over this, this seems like
> valid subject matter for both lists.
>
> > Even My Jupiter 8 can't touch the moog.
> > I am using Event ASP8's, with a M-audio Sub.   Playing bass patches with
> > the Voyager, I can shake the room so hard you would think there was an
> > earthquake.  No other synth I own can do that.  I downloaded every
> Andromeda
> > patch I could, tried them all.. Nothing can compare to the strength of
> the
> > Voyager.  I even asked many times from people to proove it, and they
> never
> > got back to me about it.  Perhaps everyone that says the Andy can get
> Moog
> > bass needs to listen to a Voyager Side by side with an Andromeda.
>
>         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.
>         Now, a more valid argument would be the difference in sound
> between the A6
> and the very characteristic and unmatchable bark peculiar to the original
> MiniMoog's filter. I've only heard modular gear capable of doing that.
> Then
> again, even other Moogs (Voyager included) can't match that bark so that's
> probably a moot point.
>
> >  My Micro
> > Korg can get better sub osc than an Andromeda.
>
>         Oh come now, you're just being silly. The MS-2000 I have directly
> over my
> A6 verifies that quite handily.
>
> > Don't get me wrong, the
> > Andromeda is great. I love it, but I just don't think you could even
> > justify a statement  like moog bass.  Does anyone else have a sub hooked
> up
> > to an Andy, and a Voyager?  If you can't hear a huge difference, then
> let
> me
> > know.
>
>         I'm using KRK monitors and sub, I'm officially letting you know.
>
> > I have a Voyager, and an Andromeda A6.
> > The Andy doesn't come close to moog bass.. I don't know why people keep
> > trying to convince them selves.
>
>         An A6 is not the only thing that can duplicate 90% or more of the
> Moog
> sound. Ken MacBeth's M5 is a good recent example of that. I mean come on,
> are we talking about instruments or talismans of hipster cool? Making
> music
> or 'making the scene'?
>         I just don't understand the insecurity so many Moog owners seem to
> exhibit
> when their Moogs are compared to non-Moogs. I never see that kind of a
> reaction when people for example say they prefer a CS-80 to a Jupiter 8,
> or
> Prophet 5 versus an OB-X.
>         My Ferrari-is-better-than-your-Lamborghini arguments are just such
> exercises in futility, no one is ever going to agree. Why must people
> insist on having them? If what you own works for you and you enjoy it,
> it's
> worth every penny, but why must everyone try to convince everyone else
> that
> their personal opinion or preference is so much more valid than anyone
> else's? It's not. That's why different companies make different products
> for different people. An opinion can be expressed without denigrating
> someone else's opposing opinion. It's not a black and white, us vs them,
> polarized situation, nor should it be.
>         Can't we all just get along?  ;)
>
>
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> everything you know about these red-bearded men who smell of ham...and
> VOMIT!"
>
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