via this Reverb listing
"The Moog Liberation (because it is a “keytar”) is probably the most criminally underrated synthesizer in the history of the Moog brand. Forget about keytars for a sec...
Features:
- 44-key key bed with channel aftertouch
- 3 oscillators + a noise source
- 2 oscillators that are basically identical with triangle, sawtooth or square wave shape (the duty cycle of the square waves differs on osc 1 vs. osc 2)
- oscillator 2 can be detuned from oscillator 1
- oscillator 2 can be hard-synced to oscillator 1 which can be controlled by mod sources
- the 3rd oscillator is a divide-down square-ish tone that‘s fully polyphonic with its own mixer channel that goes through the filter & VCA.
- the keyboard is fixed top-note priority, so, osc 1 & osc 2 stack as the top note of any chord you play. It’s big…
- a ring mod channel for cross-modulation of osc 1 against osc 2
- the filter is a classic Moog ladder - exactly what you find in synths from the same era (Rogue, Polymoog, Multimoog, Micromoog, Source, etc.) It’s massive-sounding & is unbelievably powerful & squelchy with all 3 oscillators driving it.
- the LFO can be routed to oscillator pitch via aftertouch or modulation wheel
- the LFO can be routed to the filter via aftertouch or modulation wheel
- (or pretty much any combination of those you want…)
- there’s an envelope for the filter
- there‘s an envelope for the amp
- controls on neck:
- fixed wheel for volume
- spring loaded wheel for filter cutoff
- fixed wheel for modulation amount
- ribbon for pitch bend with middle detent for bends up or down
- on / off switch for portamento
- fixed wheel for aftertouch amount
- switch for routing aftertouch to modulation or pitch bend
There are new, allegedly “modern” synths being made today that don’t have features this well thought-out for sound design or musical performance.
Also, most of these new units do not have this balls to the walls sound. You can make fun of keytars, you really can’t make fun of the Moog Liberation as a synthesizer."
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