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Do you really like Moog?

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Nabby

Jan 21, 2009
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#1
As I was reading the "Do you actually like EHX?" thread...it had me thinking. Do you all actually like Moog or do you just respect them for their uniqueness? In my opinion/experience, they make some of the coolest effects out there, but ,other than the LPF, in a band setting they can usually only be used in pretty specific settings, unless you base the entire song around the bass (Not that there's anything wrong with that :D ).

Discuss
 
#3
the moogerfoogers are excellent rack modular synth components. they double as stompboxes, but aren't really designed as such (at least that's their excuse of the absurdly noisy bypass on otherwise excellent boxes).

they're not for everybody, but if you want full-featured bass as modular synth, a set of several is probably the best way to go. just be sure to get a multilooper :P

As a company, Moog is not the most reliable. I gotta say it. Example: I registered a product with them and they logged my registration more than six months later. MORE THAN SIX MONTHS

I told the guy who handled that stuff and he was pretty embarrassed

great stuff, but would I pay them, say, a deposit on a new taurus? uh, no.
 
#7
I owned the freqbox and failed to see the usefulness at the time. Now I deeply regret selling that off, as it would be so useful for my current project. I have the Bass MURF, and it is a fantastic box. I am working on an electronic / ambient project, for which it is extremely useful. You can also set it to do a cool phasery sound, not just choppy arpeggios.

I GAS for a Little Phatty so hard.
 
#14
almix12 said:
my ring mod had a really good bypass
but i sold it... cuz it was a ring mod
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and now you're looking for a heliotrope? think twice if you hate ring mods. honestly.

The moogerfooger is the best ring mod I've personally used. If you learn how to use it, it's MUCH more practical and useable than anything that's currently on the market

it can do an amazing off-kilter, irregular tremolo effect with only minor ring mod popping, for example.

and if it didn't pop, it wouldn't be a ring mod. kind of like a dog without fleas
 
#15
Is it possible for a Mooger Fooger to be totally noiseless?

I bought a Voodlab Power Plus 2 just to power it up but there's still noise

Would it be possible to modify it to true bypass or something to cut out the noise?
 
#16
Gonna rant a little bit here.

Everyone complains so much about the bypass on moogs.

That's your own damn fault, learn to set it right. They work perfectly if you use it right (the single knob bypass on the 101 and 102 is not as easy as mf-103-107, but they are all perfectly capable of getting a good bypass signal).

I own the entire moog product line (minus the ring mod), I have no problems with any of the pedals. And I really don't mess around when it comes to my bass tone, amp, effects, anything....part of the reason I went all Moog, they were the best I found, and nothing sounds quite like them. Also using the bypass on the LPF improperly turns out to be one of the best sounding natural overdrive's I've ever played with (think outside the box).


So in answer to the question of the OP... Yes, not only do I like moog, I love them.
 
#17
Prataz said:
Is it possible for a Mooger Fooger to be totally noiseless?

I bought a Voodlab Power Plus 2 just to power it up but there's still noise

Would it be possible to modify it to true bypass or something to cut out the noise?
Click to expand...

Use the L5 and L6 outputs with the white tipped (reverse polarity) jacks.

No noise. I power my Frebox and Delay this way with no problems at all.
 
#20
Ron Now said:
Gonna rant a little bit here.

Everyone complains so much about the bypass on moogs.

That's your own damn fault, learn to set it right. They work perfectly if you use it right (the single knob bypass on the 101 and 102 is not as easy as mf-103-107, but they are all perfectly capable of getting a good bypass signal).

I own the entire moog product line (minus the ring mod), I have no problems with any of the pedals. And I really don't mess around when it comes to my bass tone, amp, effects, anything....part of the reason I went all Moog, they were the best I found, and nothing sounds quite like them. Also using the bypass on the LPF improperly turns out to be one of the best sounding natural overdrive's I've ever played with (think outside the box).
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My personal complaint has more to do with how the bypassed moogers effect and are effected by other pedals in the signal chain, this is sometimes a good thing such as with a guyatone TF-2 the bypassed moog's pre makes that pedal's lows really come out and makes it just sound better, on the other hand having it in between a fuzz with BIG LOWS like a BMP of a DE Cherry Pop and a comp BAD things happen. Actually I am pretty sure my Mooger LPF and my Compulator HATE each other!
 

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