The quality not meeting the bar? Who knows. If anyone has heard what an Anadigm chip can sound like or knows what it could be capable of, please feel free to comment.
What would I want from Moog? Just the other day I was playing with a Minimoog Voyager. I thought how cool it would be if you could put an expander in the space behind the front panel when open. That would be nice. Feel free to share what you would want. The person that gets it right gets bragging rights. : )
Update: Check out this shot of the Andromeda on the Anadigm site. Note that the Andromeda uses custom ASIC in-house chips for it's synthesis engine. The question would be what does it use Anadigm chips for.
now THAT's a great idea! i had no idea such chips exist... you'd probably need more than 1 for a full poly synth. but... hmm i'm thinking diy...
ReplyDeletekraenk - I spoke to James about just that - and he said there are pretty huge development costs in using such a thing - although there is a $200 evaluation kit you can buy.
ReplyDeleteAs for Moog - my money is on a $1,000 all analogue monosynth with 2 oscillators, plastic end panels, 2.5 octave keyboard, 1 filter, MIDI and program storage.
Oh, I really hope they keep with the 3 osc. design!
ReplyDeleteSo many current designs feature only 2 osc. (pulse, bass station, MS-404 etc...)
Def. good suggestion to lower cost by dropping those wood end panels and shorten it.
Make it ugly and cheap!
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TBH the things that really interest me at the moment are the new interfaces out there... Lemur is one of the shining examples
ReplyDeletesound sources are a dime a dozen, and of course there is always room for more... but
lets make some REALLY NEW music
i think the thumbjammer is very close to awesomeness - but im still interested in some sort of hyrbridized guitar-like synth interface... where you can note-on with a very small to very large amount of force, and of course much faster than pressing a key (by strumming strings).. and also the ability to bend pitch from like -8 octaves to +8 and anything in between
the SynthAxe guy might get there at some point, but at the rate he is going it could take him quite a while... I dropped him a line and tried to influence him in my direction... but you know creative types... hell i know em too
Moog is in a tough spot. If they release a 3-osc monosynth for only $1000, they're going to decimate sales of their Voyagers. I'd be ok with a nice, warm 2-osc monosynth based on an Anadigm chipset, just because it would be so out of left field. And Kraenk, Anadigm chips do look neat for DIY, but I suspect it'd take a *lot* of effort to create a viable synth.
ReplyDeleteAh yes the Tenori-On, posted here for those that missed it.
ReplyDeleteAs for what Moog will release at NAMM, it will be interesting considering the OMG leak.
There's a post on VSE that disappointingly says there'll be no new Moog at Namm, and we'll have to wait until Music Messe.
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of the Tenori-On, I just found this awesome video demonstration of the Tenori-On that I hadn't seen on the music gear blogs.