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PulseAwesome gesture by Arturia.
For those who haven’t heard, they will offer Minimoog V for free (only) on the 21st of June – World Music Day 🙂
The only restriction is that the rear panel features will be disabled – modulation. LFO, effects, mod matrix etc., things that weren’t there in the original anyways.
So, to those into synths, don’t miss the opportunity.
Here’s the link:
http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/products/minimoogv/minimoogv-original.html
All the Best
CC
rinxaiThanks for the heads up 8)
baconCool! I always wanted a Minimoog, and there it is! Not having all the extra stuff doesn’t bother me very much – this will be great for those classic bass and lead sounds.
The TelenatorOn the 21st, the offering listed above gets my rating of ‘best free Minimoog-type instrument’ currently available.
But if for any reason you miss this freebie, I find the Minimogue and MinimogueLUXUS to be just as good in the area of VA replicas. Both of these are always free, and both got a major update back in December I believe it was. In some respects the LUXUS version has Arturia’s offering beat for features anyway. Further, this site also offers a version of the old Arp 2600, called Arppe2600VA — always free also. These three also come with standalone versions, for those times you want an instrument (with keyboard included) to play quickly and without the extra hassle of having to start up a host and load a plugin.
The TelenatorI went ahead and got me one, supposedly the best virtual version of the Minimoog ever produced. It sure wasn’t a lot of fun, taking a full two hours to connect, starting at 4 a.m. Eastern Time in the States, and moving to the download page. They had to add a third download site in the middle of my trying to connect, as the Arturia site was clearly getting slammed hard. Even with a turbo connection, I was timing out repeatedly trying to hook up with their server.
I knew this would be a hot one. After all, it usually costs $259US and had Bob Moog’s official endorsement and name on it shortly before his death in Asheville, NC, in 2005. In fact, part of the reason for this one-day free release, besides this ‘World Music Day’, whatever that has to do with an American synth, is a tribute to Moog and all his achievements through the years. He was at work at electronic music and design until his death, and spent several of his last years also teaching Electronics & Music at the State University of North Carolina in Asheville.
Thanks to the performances of Walter (nea Wendy) Carlos on a huge Moog modular, I bought the hardware version of this VSTi, the original Minimoog, back in about ’74 0r ’75, so I’m rather curious to hear just how close this VA edition is. Those first encounters and hearings of the early synthesizers left a lasting impression on the lot of us aspiring young musicians — that distinctive Moog sound that one never forgets. As it has been talked about much, this free edition will actually be closer to the original hardware version, since it doesn’t include the modified back wiring that normally came with this soft synth. I need to give it a first run now.
This offering extends to all until midnight tonight at the link posted at top.
PulseActually it all worked from the first time here.
Anyways, I’ve been testing it almost all day long, and WOW. I am extremely surprised, pleased and grateful alike. Awesome quality, and x64!
I will not be able to afford a hardware moog (or any hardware synth, and other things, for that matter) even if I save for the rest of my life, so this is the closest we, broke musicians, will ever get.
As for the effects part: TAL Chorus, TAL Delays, TAL Filter, Nick Crow Tube Driver, and the today-released DDMF ColourEQ give spectacular results.
Ah, minimogueVA/LUXUS, I’ve been using them for years (and they received numerous updates in the last month, the latest of which just a week or so ago), and always reached for it when a more “analogish” sound was needed.
But minimoog V Original’s quality is so superior to my ears, and is yet another step towards a x64 DAW, so (as much as I don’t like it) I will have to let it go.
For those struggling to download it, choose the torrent version, it works flawlessly.
I guess it is Tangerine Dream time now 🙂
All the best
CC
4micaI must’ve been one of the luckier ones, as it only took about 10-15 clicks to download properly. Sooo much good free stuff out lately…
I’ve been aware of the MiniMoog for years, but when I saw Neil Young jam with Devo in Human Highway I was sold! Just YouTube it, trust me.
I say there’s never too many subtractive synths…one recent one I’ve had a helluva great time with recently, Mausynth: http://rinki.net/pekka/mausynth/
Never mind its funky look, just mess with it.
Good times for poor musicians, I tells ya!
PulseMauSynth is my current favourite. Pure quality.
@4mica wrote:
Never mind its funky look, just mess with it.
Yeah, the default skin is rather bizarre, but there’s a wonderful skin in the works now. Just scroll down a bit:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=346820&start=120
@4mica wrote:
Good times for poor musicians, I tells ya!
Oh, definitely, thanks to the generosity and talent of such guys many are still able to make music. 🙂
All the best
CC