Synth 

Moog to end the Voyager line in 600pcs – upcoming Minimoog?

Moog says – 14000 pcs are enough. To be exact they seem to do 600 more and then stop the production. Maybe the next thing could be a classic Minimoog which fits in to the neo-re-issue scheme of Korg, Roland etc.. so a 2500€ Minimoog with MIDI / USB – the original sound – could make the race and be the successor of it.. Nach dem Voyager könnte ein Minimoog kommen – es sind 14000 gebaut worden und jetzt sagt Moog – das reicht. Für mich passt es am meisten,…

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Moog to end the Little Phatty Synth

they set the Little Phatty to end of line status – maybe in favour of the sub phatty which has knobs – but sounding a bit different – well I still have one and like it’s sound and response (envelope). so it’s now – Little Phatty built 2006 – 2013 „it’s a statement for Bob – to keep his work alive and right“ so – the Little Phatty will be / is discontinued now. designing circuitry on another (not so physical/technical) level. lil’phatty not the best name (sorry that’s true,…

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Korg Electribes MX/SX are discontinued – new Electribe 2 in 2015

販売完了製品|KORG INC.. says my beloved Electribes (SX and MX) are officially discontinued? I heard some very vague rumours there might be something coming. I am not happy to say, that also the Volca series isn’t at all anything like a replacement as well as the Gadget App which are nice but not even close complete – the real thing on tribes was – you could make your music incl samples and had enough tracks to make it work – more is nice – polyphony as well and dynamics as well. but…

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