Keys, Synths & Samplers

[SoundwaveLove]

Where the hell did he pull this price out of?

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/msg/1035269454.html

[Yoozer]

WITH OVER 25 YEARS EXSPRINCE I think he calculated 25 years of inflation with that, too.

[oldgearguy]

doesn't matter about the price, they're a waste of time.

[RonJoseph]

Old one: Why are they a waste of time? I've always been curious about them.

[evildragon]

Infamous instability? It even betrayed Jarre on one occasion There are videos supporting that XD

[Ed A.]

At about 1:43: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5AjT_AaLY

[kpatz]

He probably thinks they're worth more than the Jupiter-8. Which brings up a good question, which synth *is* worth more? JP-8 or MM?

[moog man]

The MM is the phattest synth I have ever played, though I have never played a Model D or a JP8 so I am not sure how it compares. From what I've heard I think I'd take a MM over any other synth

[soundxplorer]

Old one: Why are they a waste of time?

I think it was a jab at the OP.
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2243188

[SoundwaveLove]

At about 1:43: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5AjT_AaLY

Why didn't he just jump onto one of the other 9 synths on stage?

[oldgearguy]

Old one: Why are they a waste of time? I've always been curious about them.

Soundxplorer had it right -- just a jab at another thread.

In practice, when I had my MemoryMoog (LAMMed too) I rarely used it. It was big and fat and limited (from a sonic palette view). I know I'll get a lot of crap from MM lovers for that, but the fact is, why equip a machine with 18 oscillators if it's more versatile with most of them turned off?

If you want/need a big blast of raw analog, the MemoryMoog is your go-to machine. For everything else, I had machines that created what I needed better faster and more seamlessly.

Yes, you can create a delicate string sound, or a solo flute type patch, but why unless it's your only synth.

The bottom line is that the idea of owning a MM was better than the reality of actually having it.

[Ed A.]

In practice, when I had my MemoryMoog (LAMMed too) I rarely used it. It was big and fat and limited (from a sonic palette view). I know I'll get a lot of crap from MM lovers for that, but the fact is, why equip a machine with 18 oscillators if it's more versatile with most of them turned off?

That was my experience too. The MM definitely did have a limited sonic palette compared to a lot of other synths. I got bored with it quickly.

[krinkelfish]

It's a scam... listed here in Mpls too...
:cop:

[augerinn]

Hi !

I am very much interested in your (Memorymoog Plus - Vintage - $5121) and wish to purchase said item in great trust immediately.

I am prepared to pay the asking price, in addition to the extra amount of $1500.00 dollars US for your trouble. I ask only that you accept a Money Order drawn on the bank of buttfuck, which you will deposit into your account while sending to me the funds, less the price for your item and resonable expenses for you time.

[cyranew]

("Where the hell did he pull this price out of?") I know it may sound ridiculous, but I actually sold my MM+ a few years ago on eBay for $3,800, to a techno guy in Europe. So this seller's price is pretty darned steep, but there are folks out there who just must have this board. It brings up the question -- what's a fair market price for something increasingly rare, when you've got to have a particular sound and can't get it with modern gear? In that vein, I wonder what I'd pay for a mint Matrix-12. More than I should, probably.

[Markyboard]

I know I'll get a lot of crap from MM lovers for that....

[COLOR="Red"]
And there you have it...sir

[oldgearguy]

When I choose to reply in this forum or any other, I have 2 choices. I can tow the party line and spew the same rhetoric that you can find with a google search or I can relay my own experiences based on actually owning all this gear at the same time.

a) Wow! MemoryMoog - like 6 MiniMoogs in one! Biggest baddest synth ever!


b) For me, the MemoryMoog was a limited synth compared to the other vintage analogs I had at the same time and I found it harder to fit into a mix than any other synth I owned. The MIDI, even with LAMM, was fairly primitive, and as a result of all that, I decided to sell it.

[evildragon]

Harder to fit in a mix? Man, this thing can cut through STEEL in unison mode! Oo'

[ChromaLord]

It would be worth it if it had all the modifications and updated MIDI. AND was in the excellent shape it appears to be AND came in a road case AND included all shipping/insurance/Paypal fees AND you were a Moog collector. Remember they were almost that price new. Its really not THAT far fetched.

[soundxplorer]

Anyone care to take a chance on an $1800 MemoryMoog DIGITAL synthesizer? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250375595027 Seller looks legit....sorta....I guess. His other items are a bunch of beauty supplies and Rogaine. EDIT: (5 minutes later) Well, it's gone. Someone got a deal.