MFB II Should I or Should I Not?

cosmosuave · Post by **cosmosuave** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:15 pm

With the recent discussion of tweakable synths on another forum and seeing the specs on the MFB Synth II I have gotten the bug to get one but in order to do so I have to get rid of something... That something is my trusty Realistic MG1 (Moog) with midi... I have owned this synth for 10 yrs and it has been my favourite especially for bass... Upon checking the specs of the MFB it has a lot more features than the MG1 and is small for gigging use... I figure I would sell the MG1 for $500 someone back me up on this decision I feel it is a good sacrifice... Anyone here have one or played one (jonisfaster)?

MG1 specs...

http://www.vintagesynth.com/index2.html

MFBII specs...

http://www.mfberlin.de/Produkte/Musikel ... h_iie.html

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:56 pm

Your vintage Moog should surely be worth much more than USD 500? Anyway, if you are happy with it, I would advice you to keep it. The MFB synths looks fun, but you will never know how it will turn out.

corygilbert · Post by **corygilbert** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:59 pm

specially with midi!?!
I've been hauling around my old Juno 6 for years, sometimes you just wanna grab a knob, y'know?
but no midi on that,
Unless you're just ready for a change, then by all means sell the fucker.
Instruments are for playing, if you don't play it enough and someone else would, I say sell it.

bigbadotis · Post by **bigbadotis** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:52 pm

Sorry to interrupt... I want to add MIDI to my Liberation and was wondering if the polyphony comes through when you output MIDI from your MG1. Or does it only transmit the top note that triggers the "real" oscillators?

Actually, now that I think about it, you probably only have MIDI in going, right? MIDI out doesn't make too much sense. But it does on a keytar!

cosmosuave · Post by **cosmosuave** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:02 pm

bigbadotis wrote:Sorry to interrupt... I want to add MIDI to my Liberation and was wondering if the polyphony comes through when you output MIDI from your MG1. Or does it only transmit the top note that triggers the "real" oscillators?

Actually, now that I think about it, you probably only have MIDI in going, right? MIDI out doesn't make too much sense. But it does on a keytar!

Yes midi in (Synhouse Midi JacK) and only one note...

rikhyray · Post by **rikhyray** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:20 am

cosmosuave wrote:With the recent discussion of tweakable synths on another forum and seeing the specs on the MFB Synth II I have gotten the bug to get one but in order to do so I have to get rid of something... That something is my trusty Realistic MG1 (Moog) with midi... I have owned this synth for 10 yrs and it has been my favourite especially for bass... Upon checking the specs of the MFB it has a lot more features than the MG1 and is small for gigging use... I figure I would sell the MG1 for $500 someone back me up on this decision I feel it is a good sacrifice... Anyone here have one or played one (jonisfaster)?

MG1 specs...

http://www.vintagesynth.com/index2.html

MFBII specs...

http://www.mfberlin.de/Produkte/Musikel ... h_iie.html

For music sake dont. Unless you heard MFB and like it, but then you will be the very first person that I would know who likes anything MFB, except the specs. MFB is living testimony that analog does not "have to" sound better, rather freely sound worse then anything else I know of.

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:31 am

Cosmo, don't you already have an Evolver? If so why bother with the MFB? If I'm not mistaken the MFB has a few bugs in the sequencer, the PWM does not function properly, and the build quality is horrible. Give JSRockit on the VSE forums a PM and ask him about it. Maybe get the MFB and keep the MG-1, if you like the MFB, then sell the MG-1.

cosmosuave · Post by **cosmosuave** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:21 pm

Thanks for the advice... Ihave come to the decision of keeping the MG1 and nixxing the MFB... I feel I would regret selling it like the OB-Xa I once had...

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