Moog Sub Phatty (disassembly and filter pot repair)

video upload by John L Rice

Checkout additoinal posts featuring John L Rice & the Moog Sub Phatty here.

"When I dove into this repair I had no idea how it was put together but I thought "how hard can it be?"! 😅 Now that I know, it would take me less than half the time I spent to do this repair so I hope someone else finds this video useful. 😎

Index:
0:00 - Beginning With Demo Of Control Defect 👶
0:56 - Introduction 👋
1:36 - Knob Removal 🤏
3:06 - Adventures With Control Panel Removal 🙄
6:06 - Adventures With PCB Replacement 🤓
13:06 - Adventures With Reassembly 😤
14:06 - What You Need To Know In A Nut Shell 👍
15:36 - Finishing Up 😅
16:46 - Post Repair Test 💪
17:56 - End 👴

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Thanks for watching, rating, sharing, and commenting! 🥳"

Variation On "Carol Of The Bells"

video upload by John L Rice

"Happy New Year! I was just going to record myself with an iPhone playing Carol Of The Bells on just the Aluphone but one thing lead to another and I had to finally stop adding tracks and tweaking things! 😸

Acoustic Percussion Instruments Used:
Aluphone Standard (plus 2 extra notes)
Yudin Workshop Pulsar (chromatic whole-tone pair)
Zildjian Crotales and Finger Cymbal
Musser Orchestra Bells and Chimes
Sleigh Bells
LP Pin Chimes
Energy Bell

Electronic Keyboards Used:
Moog Sub Phatty (thank you Moog Music and MATRIXSYNTH!)
Mellotron Micro


Other Gear Used:
Canon C100 MkII camera
Xeen 14mm lens
Neumann KM183 microphones and KH 120 A monitors
John Hardy M-1 mic preamps
TK Audio Transceiver
Lavry Blue AD/DA converters
Magix Samplitude DAW
Coleman Audio M3PH
PMC DB1+ monitors and XB1-A sub
Aventone Mixcube monitors

Thank you for watching, rating, and commenting, it means a lot to me! 🤗"

Replacement Wood Side Panels for Moog Sub Phatty Side Panels Going Tacky

A few pics of the Moog Sub Phatty with Synthcraft woood side panels in via John L Rice. Synthcraft makes side panels for others synths as well. You can find them directly on their website, as well as their Reverb shop.

John let me know the orginal side panels on his Sub Phatty have started to feel tacky to the touch. I just checked my Sub Phatty and sure enough it is a little tacky as well. I wish manufacturers would stop using finishes that break down over time.

On a separate note, you can find videos by John featuring the Sub Phatty in previous posts here.

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GRP R24 - Second Test

Published on May 11, 2017 John L Rice

"I almost didn't post this since I wasn't happy with certain aspects of it but . . . if you are familiar with my YouTube channel you know I'm not so concerned with only posting the "best" that I can do. ;~)"

GRP sequencing a Moog Sub Phatty.

First part here.

GRP Synthesizer R24 Sequencer - First Test

Published on May 9, 2017 John L Rice

"Unpack and let the camera roll! I wasn't happy with the lighting
and focus so I threw an effect on the video.

More info at: http://www.grpsynthesizer.it/index.ph..."

Update:

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Journey Of The Toys by John L Rice

"Here's something I threw together recently. It was just a test I wasn't even going to record and then the concept quickly started to become a multi-tracked audio/video monster that needed too many more parts and fixing/redos so I threw in the towel and just left it as-is and audio only. :-/

First heard is a Moog Sub Phatty through a Strymon DIG but was tacked on later and I had plans to add some drone and percussion stuff underneath it that I never got around to adding.

This project actually began with a patch on my big 5U modular synth using 3 Synth Tech MOTM-300 VCOs with both Triangle and Saw waves each into the first 6 channels of a Modcan Scanner 69B then out to two Happy Nerding FM AIDs, a Super Sawtor and Fun VCF and then finally to a Synth Tech MOTM-190 VCA and two MOTM-800 EGs. That's the sequenced "clack clack clack" in the background and driven by a Moon Modular 569 sequencer amd 569ESB+569EGB expanders with transposition handled by a M-Audio Keystation 88 through a Synth Tech MOTM-650 MIDI to CV module and the keyboard's MIDI out was also controlling a Mellotron M4000D Rack at the same time with a couple different choir sound sets.

The first main melody section starts out with drums from a Zoom 234 drum machine played by hand (I did a track of just bass and snare first and then another track of just ride cymbal). There is also a track of 2 acoustic dumbeks (hand drums) mostly buried in the mix. A Moog Sub Phatty through a Strymon DIG is used for the melody solo.

The next melody section is played with the Sub Phatty + DIG again and also there is a track of acoustic xylophone.

At the beginning of the last melody section the Mellotron sounds bigger because I started playing chords and the sequence might sound subtly different at times depending on how I hit the chord and which note was grabbed for the transposition. The ascending synth voice that fades in is a Moog MinitMoog through the DIG pedal, the chimes are actual acoustic ones and the fast descending arp that fades in last is the Sub Phatty + DIG again.

(note: the picture associated with the soundcloud track isn't the modular patch used in this piece, it's one I took months ago)"

Dance Party

Published on Jan 16, 2016 John L Rice

Potentially NSFW at 3:27 - 3:35.

"For the fun of it! :-) This is somewhat random jamming with a Moog Sub Phatty synth MIDI'd to a Mellotron M4000D Rack while a Yamaha RM1X was playing a factory preset pattern. Strymon BigSky and DIG effect pedals used as well as a Roland RSP-550 effects rack.

Special thanks to:
http://www.matrixsynth.com/
http://www.moogmusic.com/
http://www.strymon.net/

Also see:
http://www.mellotron.com/
http://www.pond5.com/"

Chopped Noodles

Published on Jan 10, 2016 John L Rice

"My bad week long head cold helped to produce this somewhat randomly noodled and edited video of the excellent Moog Sub Phatty synth and Strymon DIG delay pedal. No other synths or effects pedals used. It may take a Devin Townsend fan to appreciate the last half due to the heave saturation and distortion! ;-) Speaking of Devin Townsend here is one of my favorite songs by him: https://youtu.be/B00jJ9NSVfc"

http://www.moogmusic.com/products/pha...
http://www.strymon.net/dig/

Moog SUB PHATTY Explorations

Uploaded on Aug 30, 2015 matrixsynth

Update: After hitting play, set the quality to HD under the player settings wheel on the right.
Also, apologies for the slight overdrives at 1:33, 2:35 and 3:07. I corrected them as I caught them while playing.

http://www.moogmusic.com/products/phattys/sub-phatty

Exploring the mellower side of the Moog SUB PHATTY. I love this synth!

Also see: Moog Sub Phatty Exploration by John L Rice

Moog SUB PHATTY Explorations 2

Published on Sep 7, 2015 matrixsynth

Set to HD for best quality.

http://www.moogmusic.com/products/phattys/sub-phatty

This video is a bit long for what it is, but there are some sweat spots so I went ahead and uploaded it. The SUB PHATTY is being sequenced by StepPolyArp on an original iPad. One sequence throughout. Dry signal up to 1:42 and then liberal effects - mainly reverb & phaser. As always, just tweaking and exploring sound. Think of these more like enjoying flavors of sound rather than compositions of music. A bit like sonic wine tasting! :) Remember to set it to HD otherwise your will be denying your sonic palate!

Follow-up to Moog SUB PHATTY Explorations 1.

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Moog Sub Phatty Analog Synthesizer

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via this auction

"The Moog Sub Phatty is a great little synth!
It's marketed as a bass synth but it can do so much more. This thing is a future classic."

Don't miss the Sub Phatty video by John L Rice here.

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Moog Sub Phatty Exploration by John L Rice

Published on Aug 13, 2015 matrixsynth

Hi everyone!  Moog Music was gracious enough to send over a Sub Phatty.  I know John L Rice, and love his videos, many of which you have seen here on MATRIXSYNTH.  I asked him if he would be interested in giving the Sub Phatty a go and making an unboxing video.  He obliged and here it is!  Enjoy!  Side note: I have some engagements to attend, so this will likely be the top post until I start up again tomorrow.  Until then, catch up on posts!

You can check out the Moog Sub Phatty at

http://www.moogmusic.com/products/phattys/sub-phatty

And of course the multitude of posts here on MATRIXSYNTH (remember you can sort by date up top).

And the video description on YouTube for completion:

"Moog Sub Phatty unboxing video and demo by John L Rice. An exploration of presets, live tweaking, and processing with external effects and modular gear.

Huge thanks to Moog Music for the Sub Phatty and John L Rice for taking the time out and make this video!"