Got myself a Little Phatty

Just got my Little Phatty Stage II a few days ago. I am LOVING it. So many amazing sounds....and using my CP251 (in a very basic way since my understanding of it is still evolving) makes a whole new slew of sounds.

Anyone here playing a Phatty? Any tricks with the audio/gate/filter/pitch/volume inputs?

I've just plugging LFO outs from Moogerfoogers into the inputs to hear the different waveforms modulate different aspects of the Phatty.

no Phatty love?

Give the natives another day or two to respond.

They're cool.

I didn't dig it so I returned it for a Voyager. I grew up on a Mini, so therein lay the problem.

ENJOY!

This is now a voyager thread. Oh man i want a voyager.

not a Voyager thread. and i want a Voyager too.

Yeah, Phattys are cool. But this is now an "XTks with dogs" thread.

I too love the Voyager's sound but not the weight or size. That is where the phatty is so gig worthy. However you start hooking up things to modular it and it becomes a studio piece to me. It is still a great machine though.

I didn't dig the Voyager and got rid of it. I'm much happier with my Slimphatty.

The Voyager is just way to complicated IMHO for a monosynth. Loved those Thomas Wolf sounds though.

I agree the Voyager makes me feel very ignorant when trying to program it from scratch. I am just so used to simple tweaking and layering. I felt the same way about the PEK.

A Slimphatty and a Nord Lead 2x do me just fine.

I still wish Dave Smith would come out with an 8-voice digital based off the PEK.

A Slimphatty and a Nord Lead 2x do me just fine. I still wish Dave Smith would come out with an 8-voice digital based off the PEK.

Miss my 2X tons but would get a WAVE if I got another shot. Samples and built in effects are more needed for me than 4 slots of sounds. Many would disagree of course.

I liked it: http://carbon111.com/moog_lp.html

I consider a Wave from time to time, simply because it has an LCD screen. Also, the price has been dropping on the retail market. You can get one for $2000 now. More visual feedback is often needed and if that price gets a little lower, I may invest in one myself.

Does the LCD screen on the wave give you tweaking feedback in the display?

I did the exact same thing.

Agreed, the Voyager is deceptive that way, you don't realize what a pig it is until you lift it up.

Thing weighs a ton for something that 'looks' small, but its not small.

i recently spent a good bit of time with the great big long Voyager, the XL i think it's called. i just kept calling it 'big ass voyager'.

just like the regular voyager, i got the impression that there is just a lot going on for an instrument with such a limited application. it's so flexible, every possible control is broken out to the front panel, but at the end of the day it's still a monosynth. it also has what i like to call the Moog2000 sound - that dried out thinner minimoog sound that the latest generation of moog products all seem to have. not into it. i'd rather have a micromoog than a voyager i think.

conversely, i actually like the way the little phatty sounds, and it's a much more sensible purchase for most of us.

to the OP - you've got the right idea, just plug voltages and expression pedals into all the CV inputs and see what happens. probably something neat.

Dried out, thinner?

I dunno man, mine sounds pretty juicy and fat, I wouldnt call it dry and thin by any means.

Dried out and thinner? No way..Voyager and Phatty use the same OSCs with different filters..and both sound phat as you like. The only difference in the new ones is that the components used have much better tolerances so the sound is tighter and more produced and the waveshapes are slight different but i love that and love that the new ones dont sound like the old! Although i own old moogs 9 out of 10 times its the new ones that make it to my tracks anyway. Gotta love em.

Ooooo I like the blue lights!

Congrats on the LP!

I got one a few months ago & have beer really enjoying it. I'm also using it presently as a controller for my Evolver.

The power-up sequence is mesmerizing, especially if the room is dark.