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 Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:09 am Post subject: Moog unveils Little Phatty Analog Synth - Tribute Edition |
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Hand-built quality and that unmatched Moog sound, at a price every musician can afford, Little Phatty was designed with portability, expressive and intuitive playability, and the timeless quality only found in a Moog.
Little Phatty - A Tribute to Bob Moog
The Little Phatty boasts a 100 percent analog signal path, 100 user editable presets and a 37-note keyboard with +/-2 Octave Transpose. Additional features include:
- 2 Ultra-stable Oscillators
- 1 Low Pass Filter (Patented Moog Ladder Filter)
- 4-Stage Analog Envelope Generators
- RAC™ Real Analog Control is a proprietary technology enabling the performer to directly interface with the analog circuitry via the knobs on the control panel, without any digital processing.
Top view of the Little Phatty
From studio to stage, the Little Phatty is a musician’s dream. Moog’s innovative engineering and tried-and-true manufacturing mean you can have the sound you want at a price that’s well within reach.
-100% All Analog Signal Path
-Sound Engine From Bob Moog
-Low Price
-Designed for Performance
-Looks Cool
Moog will initially release a special, limited edition run of 1,200 individually numbered Bob Moog Tribute Edition synths.
The limited run, Tribute Edition of the Little Phatty has special Moog wood side panels, a Bob Moog signature plate across the front and rear, comes with a CD-ROM featuring highlights of the Bob Moog Memorial Celebration Service and a special Bob Moog poster. If you have been waiting to go analog, your wait is over.
The Little Phatty from Moog Music has arrived. Moog authorized dealers will be the first to have the Little Phatty.
Find out more at http://www.moogmusic.com
Specifications:
The Little Phatty is a monophonic analog synthesizer, with 100 user editable presets.
Synth Engine:
Sound Sources are two ultra-stable analog VCOs. Parameters for the VCOs are:
- Osc. 1 Octave: 16’, 8’, 4’, 2’
- Osc. 1 Wave: Continuously variable from triangle through saw and square to skinny pulse.
- Osc. 1 Level
- Glide Rate
- Osc. 1 2 Sync On/Off
- Osc. 2 Frequency
- Osc. 2 Octave: 16’, 8’, 4’, 2’
- Osc. 2 Wave: Continuously variable from triangle through saw and square to skinny pulse.
- Osc. 2 Level
- Fine Tune (for both Oscillators, located at the bottom left of the panel)
Sound Modifiers include a single VCLPF: 24 dB /Oct Moog Ladder filter, with filter Overload control and a single Output VCA. Filter parameters are:
- Cutoff
- Resonance
- Kb. Control Amount (how much the Key CV modulates the Filter)
- Filter Env. Amount (how much +/- the filter envelope modulates the filter)
- Overload
- An Envelope Generator section provides two ADSR EGRs: one to modulate the Filter (Filter EGR) and one to modulate the VCA (Volume EGR). For each EGR, the parameters are:
- Attack
- Decay
- Sustain
- Release
The Modulation section contains a 4-waveform LFO, and a 1x1 Mod Buss with 6 possible mod sources and 4 possible destinations. Its parameters are:
- LFO Rate
- Mod Source: (LFO triangle, LFO square, LFO sawtooth, LFO ramp, Filt. EGR, and Osc. 2
- Mod Amount (the amount of modulation w/ the mod wheel all the way forward)
- Mod Destination (Pitch, Osc. 2, Filter, Wave)
The User Iinterface (UI) section is described in the UI spec, below the LCD and UI controls are the following:
- Performance controls:
- 37-note keyboard
- Spring-loaded pitch wheel
- Mod Wheel
- Glide On/Off
- Octave Down
- Octave Up
To the right of the front panel is the Output section. There is a Master Volume control, an Output On/Off switch, a Headphone Volume control, and a headphone output jack (1/4” TRS)
The side of the instrument houses the I/O of the instrument.
Little Phatty I/O Panel
- AC In (100-250VAC, 50-60 Hz
- Power On/Off
- Audio Out
- Ext. Audio In (accepts +4dBu line level signal)
- Pitch CV In (1 V/Oct)
- Filter CV In
- Volume CV In
- Keyboard Gate In
- MIDI In
- MIDI Out
Dimensions and Weight
26.75" X 14.75" X 6.75"
22lb
Basic Editing of sounds
Sound editing of continuous parameters (like Filter Cutoff) is done from the front panel by enabling a parameter with its switch (its LED becomes illuminated), and then adjusting its value control. There are 4 value controls, one for each section: Modulation, Oscillators, Filter, and Envelopes. Each is surrounded by a ring of 15 LEDs that show approximately the stored or edited value of the current parameter. The value controls are analog, and when a parameter is activated, the analog control signal is switched to directly control that parameter (RAC™ or Real Analog Control). For each section, only one continuous parameter can be activated at a time for editing. For parameters that have multiple possibilities (such as Mod Source) pressing that switch advances through the possible Mod sources. For On/Off type switches like Osc. Sync, the LEDs are On when that parameter is on or Off when the parameter is off.
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