13th August 2005
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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter  | Arturia Moog Modular
I've only had this for a couple of days, so I'm just getting the hang of setting up patches (total synth neophyte, here), but so far it's pretty sick sounding for a virtual instrument (Yeah, hate to drag the real Modular out to gigs and sessions, anyway.) The presets are mostly useless; I guess a couple of the Taurus ones are OK. They all seem to have either that freaky chorus or the phaser on them anyway.
Anyway, this thing is a gas to use; it seems to make all the synth sounds I like and none of the ones I really don't like. Anyone else like this thing? And what of the other Arturia synths? Anyone got the Arp 2600?  | 
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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i've been using MMV for about 2 years i think? it's really great.
their new minimoog v is also pretty good as a softsynth.
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#3 | | Gear nut
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I use Minimoog V, good for triangle leads and funky bass sounds. I have tried using CS80 and I can't really get into it, it looks nice though. Only thing I don't like about Arturia plugs is that they are pretty harsh on CPU.
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#4 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Red_venom Only thing I don't like about Arturia plugs is that they are pretty harsh on CPU. | Yeah, that's for sure. I've been working around that, and it's been fine, though.
I demo'd the CS80 and I wasn't too hot on it either.
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14th August 2005
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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Love the CS-80V here.  Also the Minimoog V gets lots of use. But, I'm also a synth programmer so I just make it work until I'm happy with the final sound. I'm just to lazy to pull out my Jupiter 6 and plug it in. 
Shane
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#6 | | Lives for gear
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So maybe I just don't get the CS80V. I was pretty tuned out synth-wise during it's heydey, so I'm not really familiar with it's legacy.
How would you characterize it?
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#7 | | Gear maniac
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Howdy
I've not checked out the modular. I do have the Mini and CS80. I found the Mini to be really good. I mean, if you're a hardcore "MINIMOOG" cat, you'll always find something to nitpick. But as a plug-in, I think its really usable.
I really like the CS80. All the cool arpeggiation patches, the ribbon controller...it has its own sound. Sometimes, it can almost be "Absynth of the 70s"...its very cool.
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#8 | | Lives for gear
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the cs80v is amazing, sounds like a hybrid between a real cs80 and a modern VA synth (which it basically is). Outstanding | |
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#9 | | Lives for gear
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Love the Moog modular
can be a cpu hog at 96K though
It will crash occasionally
but man it sounds cool...
..can get some of those Led Zep Physical Grafitti["In the Light"] drone type sounds thumbsup
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#10 | | Lives for gear
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Anyone checked out Minimonsta?
ruudman
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by RoundBadge Love the Moog modular
can be a cpu hog at 96K though
It will crash occasionally
but man it sounds cool...
..can get some of those Led Zep Physical Grafitti["In the Light"] drone type sounds thumbsup |
This is basically why I'm finding the Modular so cool. I haven't run it at 96 yet, and so far it runs fine as a plugin with a mild number of tracks happening. If I do something stupid (like try to open it with the transport rolling) it'll crash PTLE. Seems ya gotta be cool with that stuff.
Hey, anyone found a user patch upload site for this thing?
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#12 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Ruudman Anyone checked out Minimonsta?
ruudman | No, but I figure I'm gonna have to get the M-Tron. The basic is like $100. Shouldn't be too hard to nail a mellotron as long as you have one that works well enough to start with.
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#13 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by max cooper ...the Modular... I haven't run it at 96 yet | If this is the case for you with the cs80v too, that's the reason you didn't dig it. Run the cs80 at 96k, it's WICKED.
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#14 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by juicemaster1500 If this is the case for you with the cs80v too, that's the reason you didn't dig it. Run the cs80 at 96k, it's WICKED. | Are you recording your whole project at 96k, or is there some way to use the plug-in at 96 in a 44.1 project? (Running it on a separate computer to get 96k emulation then recording the audio at 44.1? Is there really an advantage to that, if that's what you're doing?)
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#15 | | Lives for gear
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Yeah, this would be my question too. My sessions are all at 44.1/24 but it'd be no problem to track the Modular at 96 (I'm using a Rosetta 800 with a Digi 002 so I'm limited to two tracks of 96 at a time) but I'm wondering if I'll hear enough benefit when it goes to 44.1 (I'm gonna try it, just wondering what the 'word' is.)
The 002's 2 tracks @ 96 limitation isn't the reason I work at 44.1, I just find that the the benefit isn't great enough to warrant the necessary effort. But if it makes the VI's sound better, I'm totally into it.
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#16 | | Lives for gear
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The moog modular doesn't benefit that much from 96k compared to 44,1 (at least not since v2), the cs80v does.
I run everything at 96k, I have a seperate computer for cpu heavy synths.
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#17 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto
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Arturia Moog Modular is an awesome synth! Arturia in my experience releases really quality synths! Also, native instruments are awesome as well. Between these too companies you can't go wrong!
I wonder how it compares to a real moog though?
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#18 | | Lives for gear
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Last night I went through a bunch of the factory patches on the Modular, since I'm beginning to get the hang of building sounds on it; I've noticed that in a lot of cases, many of the patch cables aren't doing anything functional (like a low-pass filter with all the inputs connected, but nothing coming from the output.)
I wonder if this is by design (to confuse me!) or not.
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