16th October 2012
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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Moog Minitaur V2 Firmware Update
Awwwwww, yeah. http://www.moogmusic.com/news/minitaur-revolution-2
Separate control of decay/release
100 patches that can be stored in front panel
CV input routing to any paramater
Thanks, moog!
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16th October 2012
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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That's great  But still the upper limit of MIDI note number 72 (C4) :(
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16th October 2012
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#3 | | Lives for gear
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Cool, can't wait to get home and check out the decay release thing.
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17th October 2012
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#4 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by Analog Prophet  That's great But still the upper limit of MIDI note number 72 (C4) :( | That's never going to change unfortunately due to the nature of how they replicated the OG taurus's voltage etc.... the power supply can't handle it. But I do believe that while that can be considered a limitation for doing higher register stuff, it is the reason why the low end is more solid then the phatty and voyager and minibrutes etc...
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18th October 2012
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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It's funny how Moog advertises a firmware update as a whole new instrument...(rev 2) I like the new features but no...it's not a (rev 2)...for me at least. A redesigned Minitaur in hardware level, would have been a proper rev 2.
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18th October 2012
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#6 | | Bace
Joined: May 2012
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Had to bite, thus giving up on the 5089 Boomstar. They had a few with Prime shipping left on Amazon. I've come to the realization with most of my synths; I use the filter to get high timbers not the keys so I'm guessing the note limitation won't bother me.
So very happy to have real Moog bass now & with full CV over all parameters!!!, come on, how can you pass that up?
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18th October 2012
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#7 | | Gear addict
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Preset storage! Very nice.
And they can be changed while away from the computer. That's a huge convenience bonus for me.
Good job, Moog.
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18th October 2012
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#8 | | Gear addict
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Nice update! Makes the MT even more tempting...
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18th October 2012
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#9 | | Gear interested
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| 100 Presets!
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18th October 2012
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#10 | | Lives for gear
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18th October 2012
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#11 | | Gear interested
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you can also change the presets with the traditional Program Change message, via MIDI
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18th October 2012
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#12 | | Matrix Modulator
Joined: Jan 2009 Location: Vibration
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Anybody doing the overdrive headphone out to audio in trick with the Minitaur?
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18th October 2012
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#13 | | Lives for gear
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Wait... the Minitaur didn't have seperate delay/release settings before? That seems like quite an oversight.
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19th October 2012
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#14 | | Bace
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Originally Posted by shponglefan Wait... the Minitaur didn't have seperate delay/release settings before? That seems like quite an oversight. | Yeah, i didn't understand that either, cuz they are both labeled on the unit. Perhaps it was not as dynamic to switch between them before.
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19th October 2012
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#15 | | Gear addict
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They were the same knob I believe
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19th October 2012
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#16 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by asynchro_nous Anybody doing the overdrive headphone out to audio in trick with the Minitaur? | hell yes
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19th October 2012
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#17 | | Matrix Modulator
Joined: Jan 2009 Location: Vibration
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Sounds like you love the result
You wouldn't happen to have any audio examples that you can post, would you?
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19th October 2012
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#18 | | Gear maniac
Joined: May 2012
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And with that, the Minitaur jumps up to the top of my new gear list. Still getting a guitar....but this will delay the Tempest. Next year can't come soon enough.
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19th October 2012
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#19 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by shponglefan Wait... the Minitaur didn't have seperate delay/release settings before? That seems like quite an oversight. | Without the software, the only way you could adjust the release was to lose the decay function, pushing the glide button enabled the release portion of the envelope on the decay knob, so either parameter was mutually exclusive. Now, you can adjust both from the unit as opposed to requiring the editor, which is nice.
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19th October 2012
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#20 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by Spectral Climax It's funny how Moog advertises a firmware update as a whole new instrument...(rev 2) I like the new features but no...it's not a (rev 2)...for me at least. A redesigned Minitaur in hardware level, would have been a proper rev 2. | i think it's fair, it opens up a lot of functionality and features users have been asking and pining away for. If they called it "Minitaur 2" or something, that would be another issue, but Rev 2 is fine for a firmware update, and including that in their advertising alerts those that may have strayed away due to some perceived lack of functionality may take another look.
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20th October 2012
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#21 | | Gear addict
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The addition of patch memory is awesome and turns the synth into a great live instrument as well as a studio instrument, it's definitely going on my list now!
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20th October 2012
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#22 | | Bace
Joined: May 2012
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Just got mine today. Have to say, it sounds incredible; smooth as creamy peanut butter. I was triggering it from my Minibrute and honestly it gets to 90% of what the MB can play as far as pitch, so I wouldn't fret about the C4 note limit, who likes treble anyway :p
It's a little goofy to have the sustain dial after the release dial, but oh wells.
It's a genuine slice of true Moog bass and filter for a decent price. After the v2 update, I'd take it over the Minibrute if I had to choose. I'd compare the two as the MB being a rocky surf beaten shore and the MT being smooth sailing. They do compliment each other wonderfully though. I'd dare say if you get both it would be the best $1100 you can currently spend on analog synthesis, and always sell-able at any point for nearly what you paid for it new. God I love hardware.
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20th October 2012
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#23 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Feb 2011
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With Guitar Center's current promotion you could get one brand new for $499. With these new features it's now very tempting...
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20th October 2012
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#24 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Gil missFlag The addition of patch memory is awesome and turns the synth into a great live instrument as well as a studio instrument, it's definitely going on my list now! | I don't get it... we talk about an ultra simple synth...why someone would want patch memory (especially if it's going to be used in a studio)? I don't have a problem with that feature of course,but, I wouldn't care if it wasn't there either.
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20th October 2012
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#25 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by Spectral Climax I don't get it... we talk about an ultra simple synth...why someone would want patch memory (especially if it's going to be used in a studio)? I don't have a problem with that feature of course,but, I wouldn't care if it wasn't there either. | As I said, the addition turns the synth into a great live instrument. Of course in the studio it doesn't really matter. But when I'm on stage singing, playing keys and operating a bunch of synths at once I don't have time to manually change patches one knob at a time in between songs.
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23rd October 2012
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#26 | | Bace
Joined: May 2012
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I love the idea of patch memory, but I'm finding it kind of wonky. It seems the LFO doesnt work properly after switching presets. I thought I read something about a mod wheel needing to modulate the LFO to get control back. IDK, I have to read some more; didnt seem too straight forward though.
I also couldn't seem to get the 'pass through' mode to work, only the other mode for knob snap worked for me. Anyone else??
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23rd October 2012
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#27 | | Lives for gear
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I love this synth. It's so warm and gets really really growwly when you want it to. I am sad that they were able to do a rev 2 while I'm still waiting for a rev1 minibrute. Le sigh
#firstworldproblems
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27th October 2012
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#28 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by hogo I love this synth. It's so warm and gets really really growwly when you want it to. I am sad that they were able to do a rev 2 while I'm still waiting for a rev1 minibrute. Le sigh
#firstworldproblems | I think that it's only a firmware update...Moog just advertises it like it was a hardware update...
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27th October 2012
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#29 | | Lives for gear
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I finally tried the Minitaur today.
I was doing wup-wup basses to my hearts content, couldn't help myself :D
The bass really sounds killer, the upper registers felt a bit boring, perhaps because of the missing pwm, but I sure would like one for bass duties, especially with the new v2 preset software. Nice filter, obviously, very nice indeed! 
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29th October 2012
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#30 | | Gear interested
Joined: Oct 2012
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Originally Posted by asynchro_nous Sounds like you love the result
You wouldn't happen to have any audio examples that you can post, would you? | I'd also love to hear this. It was cool to hear audio examples of this from the Minibrute.
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