Product: Moog MG-1 Concertmate
Price Paid: US $50.00 used
Submitted
03/03/2000
at
09:00am
by
Andreas Gregor
Email: collectiva<at>sympatico dot ca
Ease of Use
:
8
Very straight forward for an analog synth. Everything is done with buttons and knobs. Some of the terms on the front panel may be a bit misleading.
Features
:
7
Has 2 VCOs that can be synced together. Unfortunately only triangle and square waves are available.
Has an LFO for VCA, VCO of VCF.
The VCF is exellent, controllable with ASR envelope. It can oscillate on its own, which is cool if you are using an auto trigger to sweep it.
The synth is semi polyphonic. The standard VCO section is Mono, but there is also an organ style polyphonic sound that can be mixed into the overall sound. CV and Gate input and output through a stereo 1/4 inc connector
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
7
If you like Depeche Mode' first two albums, then this is the synth for you, as far as bass is concerned. Cheesy Vince Clarkian leads are easy to do as well.
Not touch sensitve.
Reliability
:
10
Rock solid tuning!!!!!
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
8
I just bought it. I've already used it in recording my next album.
I like it better than a Korg 770, Yamaha CS-10. It is a cool bass board, and makes great New Wave lead lines
Product: Moog MG-1 Concertmate
Price Paid: N/A used
Submitted
01/10/2000
at
08:28pm
by
Anonymous
Ease of Use
:
9
Several switches and sliders make this thing pretty easy once you figure them all out but generaly it's pretty self explanitory. The keys are a little slow sometimes at triggering the notes but other than that just play and tweak your heart out.
Features
:
7
this thing is monophonic unless you crank the "polyphony" slider which is like an organ section of the mix and enables you to play every note on the keyboard. the ring modulator ("bell tone") is alright and the white noise generator is sweet. no arpegiator though.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
7
the filter is pretty nice. not great bass sounds but great special effects and tripped out noises. the autotrigger modulation is neat. the two oscilators are warm and detunable. cool real analog sounds for this price range.
Reliability
:
7
seems pretty reliable but victim of the classic analog ailments. those tricky trigers are bad too.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
7
good analog sound from moog and radio shack for a reasonable price. ($200-$300 should be about it) it's like a cross between a liberation and rogue
