The new Moog Messenger analogue synthesizer with 32 full-size keys, on a pole-style stand above an out of focus Moog Little Phatty - illustrating the previous "cheapest Moog keyboard ever" and last design from Bob Moog, and the new "cheapest Moog keyboard ever" and first from Moog under InMusic, almost 20 years apart.
The Moog Messenger and Moog Little Phatty Stage II
My Behringer MS-1 MkII in a box to post to a new owner as the Moog Messenger is just as immediate and responsive to play - and has a huge range of sounds and the ability to store presets...
The Messenger sitting on the stand above the Hydrasynth, giving me pads and leads, bass and drones within easy reach and playable just like my first days of synths. A Polyend Synth - now on firmware 1.3 - adds useful textures and extra sounds in an easy format, and 3-oscillator analogue comes from an IK Uno Pro.
The desk behind is no longer crammed - it just has my Analog Keys, System 55 modular and nostalgic JV-50 and a couple of small toys.
You could read my #moogmessenger review.
Or just look at the pictures and see what's gone from the studio after I got one...
www.geextreme.com/news/moog-me...
(Little Phatty advertised, BassStation Rack, Behringer MS-1, Yamaha SHS already sold, having thoughts about whether I need the IK Uno Pro)
06.08.2025 09:55 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
If you get the opportunity - machines are out there still, I know my first one was still around and the second (Bob Henrit's machine originally) is being restored by a proper electronics engineer who makes bits for rare synths and drum machines :)
05.12.2024 21:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Regrettably so - it didn't get used by many artists, and was hugely over-engineered and no VLSI or custom chips, so very big and expensive boards too. The sound was so clean - the aim was "studio session, in a machine" and they nailed it IMO. I sampled the sounds I had at least, for OP-1 and Circuit
05.12.2024 21:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Programming Inpulse One - a proper 1983-style "drum computer" - was amazing. Fine control over velocity, timing, real-time record (rubber pads, built like a tank), individual outs, and MIDI. It was going to get sampling too :/ But the sounds, recorded by Bob Henrit mostl, were too real, almost.
05.12.2024 21:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Inpulse One was something pretty special, but I also used a Drumtraks, DR-55, TR-505 and TR-8 - plus MR10 and other distractions. Never owned an analogue Roland or similar - feel less tempted by RD-clones and the like because "it's the future"...
05.12.2024 20:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yes, I used to be obsessed with my Allen & Heath Brunel Inpulse One - I've owned two, out of about 140 made! Parted ways with it last year after the repairs got beyond my ability. I don't know what counts these days out of Model:samples, Circuit or EP-133 but mostly use OP-1 or OP-Z to compose now.
05.12.2024 20:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
A picture of a packet of three-in-one coffee from Nescafé, resting on top of a black, flat synthesizer with blue, orange and purple square grid pads. A yellow themed oscillator is displayed on the synthesizer's screen. The coffee packet draws attention to the three synths in one format of the Polyend Synth – and also implies a lower quality experience than the 'proper' stuff, in exchange for convenience.
Hello everyone (eventually) – GeeXtreme has X-ited X, so you can find #synthesizer reviews and news, #retrotech and general #geekystuff here instead.
1st post, 1st look at the #PolyendSynth – a new, unusual sub-£500 synthesizer that offers players 3 synths at once
www.geextreme.com/news/polyend...
22.11.2024 11:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
