Full Sub Phatty pricing, specs announced, plus video

 
Well, here it is.  Moog's latest and greatest, the Sub Phatty, in all its glory.  A 25 key pure knob affair, coming in at $1,100, meaning we'll see it at about $1000 as the street price.  It's incredibly similar to the Little Phatty in form, with the wedge shape being identical.  The main new ingredients are the improved oscillators, which take less time to warm up and are more stable, and the multidrive circuit, which should allow for better aggressive tones.

You can hear a myriad of demos on Moog's Soundcloud, or watch the video below for the full experience.  I'm really impressed by the Sub Phatty's drum sounds.  It seems like a full on improvement in sound quality from the Little Phatty, and that's no easy feat.

 

Specs from Moog:

·      Sound Engine: Analog

·      Number of Keys: 25

·      Type of Keys: Semi-Weighted

·      Other Controllers: Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel

·      Polyphony: Monophonic

·      Sound Sources: 2 Variable Waveshape Oscillators, 1 Square Wave Sub Oscillator, 1 Noise Generator

·      Oscillator Calibration Range: 22Hz-6.8KHz.Guaranteed note range at 8’ of Note 18 to 116

·      Mod Sources: Triangle, Square, Saw, Ramp, SH, Filter Envelope

·      Mod Destinations: Pitch, Osc 2 Pitch Only, Filter, Waveshape

·      Filter: Moog Ladder Filter 20Hz-20Khz

·      Audio Input: 1xTS

·      Audio Output: 1xTS, 1xTRS Headphone

·      Presets: 4 Banks, 4 Patches Per Bank

·      MIDI I/O: DIN In, Out, and MIDI over USB

·      CV/Gate Inputs: Filter CV, Pitch CV, Volume CV, KB Gate

·      Transposition: +/- 2 Octaves

·      LFO: 0.1Hz-100Hz

UNDER THE HOOD FEATURES:

·      Filter Velocity Sensitivity

·      Volume Velocity Sensitivity

·      Ext. Audio Level

·      Osc2 Beat Frequency

·      VCO Gate Reset

·      LFO Gate Reset

·      Pitch Bend Up Amount

·      Pitch Bend Down Amount

·      Glide Legato

·      Glide Type

·      Filter Poles

·      Wave Mod. Destination

·      LFO KB Tracking

·      LFO Range

·      Filter EG Reset

·      Amp EG Reset

·      Legato

·      Gate On/Ext.

·      MIDI Ch. In

·      MIDI Ch. Out

·      Local Control

·      14-Bit MIDI Output

·      MIDI Path In

·      MIDI Path Out

·      MIDI Merge DIN

·      MIDI Merge USB

New Moog is the Sub Phatty, according to NAMM Flyer (and First Front Panel Picture!)

Via Audiofanzine by way of Matrixsynth

So here it is.  The front panel of the new Moog, the Sub Phatty.  Looking at the image, we can see the new panel is a sort of mixture between the Voyager and Little Phatty, shedding the LED circled knobs and LED buttons, yet making up for them with a function-per-knob interface.  The obvious guess here is that this Moog dumps the Little Phatty's digital side, keeping only MIDI.  Without the digital brain, Moog should hopefully be able to reduce the price, hopefully bringing this down to the under $1000 level.  The new features mentioned before in the promo video are present-- noise, multidrive, and sub oscillator.  While the Sub Phatty doesn't seem to reinvent the wheel (and doesn't seem to feature any of Moog's mysterious new synthesis ideas,) the (hopefully) lower price point will bring in new customers.  The suboscillator and multidrive might swing back owners of the previous Phatties or Voyager as buyers as well.

Watch Herb Deutsch discover Moog's next analog synthesizer [Video]

Well, here it is.  The new Moog for NAMM.  Haven't even watched the video yet, just wanted to post it.  Awesome long video!

Goodie Bag! - Free Music

Hey everybody! Happy 2013! Here's a goodie bag of free stuff. Ten free tracks that I've selected, a great free mix from French Express, a free mash-up from our friend SilenX, and a free oldie favorite of mine. [Some tracks may have links in the description - or you may need to "click through" to DL, that is up to you!]  [Follow Synth Symp on Twitter]  ::  [Like us on Facebook]

Free Mix from Frech Express' Isaac Tichauer ::



Free "Mash-Up" from SilenX ::



And a Free Oldie Favorite  - a Kartell Remix of a Poolside jam ::




Stay tuned for more synth hardware news as well!! ~ sorry about the length ~

Artur Vilao - You Bring Me Joy (Original Mix)

Here is a small sample of a soulful producer from Germany. He uses a wonderful vocal sample from artist Ann Nesby to transform this darker track into a deep heart filled groove. Some interesting synth sounds compliment the strong and clean production.

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Hior Chronik - Still Foggy (Cosmonaut Grechko Remix) - Free Download

We've been following Cosmonaut for a few years now. It's amazing how the elements of his old stuff creep into his newer music ~ the wonderful arrangement, the bells, the feeling. This remix will take you to a sublime place - please check it out, show it some love, and download it for free!

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Is Korg planning an MS-20 reboot? Is the Analog King Korg real?

Word on Vintage Synth is that a new Korg MS-20 is coming through the pipeline and set to appear at NAMM 2013.  The leak supposedly comes from an Argentinian distributor for Korg.  The MS-20 appears to be the same as the Legacy Controller released some years back, but changes in the patch panel, and the fact that these screenshots don't already exist on the web indicate these are indeed new.  The picture below shows that this new MS-20 is miniature, and much smaller than its original older brother.  The MS-20 isn't listed as analog or digital, so it could go either way.  The mini keys make me think it's an expansion on the old MicroKorg, but the fact that Korg has had so much success with the Monotron and Monotribe makes me think they'd really go for it.

Also included in this leak is the King Korg, listed as an analog polysynth.  No real details can be gathered from this synth-- it's new, but certainly looks like something in the style of Korg.  While it's listed as analog, it could also be a virtual analog-- Korg likes to throw the word "analog" around, especially in the case of the PolySix iPad app.  CFNorENa on VS also points out that the XMT in King Korg's logo could be a hint at digital, as the Radias uses the MMT engine, and XMT could be the next generation of it.

My take on these?  They both seem legitimate.  The story checks out for me-- distributors get promo images and information early on, so a leak doesn't surprise me.  Both moves make sense for the company.  The MS-20 is popular enough to be a success if it's digital or analog, and the King Korg makes sense as a performance synth, which we haven't seen from Korg in a little while (they've mostly been putting out big workstations.)  My personal guess is that they're both digital...

Let's hope, regardless of analog or digital, they all have a great price.

Pictures taken from Vintage Synth