Arturia Minimoog.

Plastic Hassle · Post by **Plastic Hassle** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:05 pm

A bit OT...
Downloaded the demo and have finally found EXACTLY what I've been looking for in terms of sound and useability, since I got into this whole electronic music thing a couple of years ago. I'm really into 70s sounds, pre-Stratosphere Tangerine Dream, Popol Vuh, Klaus Schultze etc. It seems to work fine with Live too. Any one using this? If so what are you using for a controller? I checked out the Arturia forum but there's not much on there. I want an intuitive interface I can play with like a "real" instrument. I checked out this http://www.midisoft.de/ but it appears to be discontinued, it also costs a fortune. Thoughts? Ideas? Any help much appreciated.

evidentside · Post by **evidentside** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:50 pm

all of arturia's products are top notch. i have heard some say that G-Media's Minimonsta is better, but can't vouch for that.

Controller wise - you can't do better than Novation's Remote 25 SL - the ableton Live automap firmware upgrade makes it a joy to use with any vst inc the Minimoog V.

go check it out... I love mine.

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:04 pm

^Minimonsta rocks, definately check it out before deciding on arturias.

http://www.gmediamusic.com/gforce/minimonsta/index.html

ethios4 · Post by **ethios4** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:26 pm

MiniMoog + VintageWarmer = Virtual Analog Heaven!!
So warm!!

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:37 pm

you also might want to have a look at Creamware's Minimax ASB..
Then you have an excellent Minimoog clone + controller in one..
I recently bought one; the filter is sooo creamy..

http://asb.creamware.com/

!! the demo mp3's on that site do not represent, but you get an impression

bytheriver · Post by **bytheriver** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:49 pm

Does the Minmoog have MIDI learn, because Minimonsta does according to the site?

Nymbus · Post by **Nymbus** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:49 am

Arturia also makes an analog soft synth called Analog Facttory. It emulates the minimoog V, Moog Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V and Prophet VS. I really liked the demo, despite the fact that you can't edit the sounds much deeper than the ADSR and effects. check it out!

http://www.arturia.com/en/analogfac/analogfac.php

Plastic Hassle · Post by **Plastic Hassle** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:48 pm

Thanks for the feedback. The Creamware Minimax looks pretty good, I'm going to check it out. Tempted by the Novation SL as I'll be using Live 5 as my sequencer. Also loving the step sequencer on the Arturia Moog Modular. Is there a similar unit that would work with the Mini? Arrrrgh! Decisions, decisions...

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:54 pm

Check these out. Haven't done any A/B testing or even extensive playing with them. Bu they're free...

http://glenstegner.com/softsynths.html

Regards,
Mikael