beats me wrote:
If you have the money and you’re into hardware and Moog then that is cool. I have an irresponsible amount of redundant Apple hardware. And just like Apple their shit isn’t cheap, but if you’re looking to get an entry level Moog (what are there, like 3 in the $1,000ish range?) it’s confusing and it sounds like each has their shortcomings. They should just slap the best features of all 3 in a single unit, maybe offer it with or without a keyboard and be done with it. Then move on to their $2,000+ flagships. The way it is now it just reeks of milking things and trying to squeeze more money out of users.
I’m sure the sound is great and unique and I see the advantage of having instant hardware access to parameters, but what I meant by getting a similar sound out of software is the sound of an actual Moog isn’t going to be career changing if you know your software plugins well.
Hmm? This is weird? it's like Apple stole all your love for well built purpose specific items with huge price tags and left nothing for Moog? Here's a HUGE advantage of hardware, and Moog in particular, their stuff doesn't lose much value when it's 4-5 years old, and when it's 15 years old it's worth 2-10 times what you originally paid for it. It sounds like a Moog, there's no emulation, sampling, or aliasing involved, and this is the huge part, they're just really fun to play.
I write with soft synths, and I play with my Memorymoog. That 'play' translates to a good half of the songs I've written in the last ten years. Plus Moog is a great company, nobody I've ever talked to has ever had anything bad to say about them in terms of customer service and how they deal with music shops etc.
