Escapegoat wrote:But instead we get backwards-looking clones made to the lowest possible price point.
Meaning that many people who could never afford a real MiniMoog can now buy a cheap MiniMoog clone.
I honestly don't understand why this is a problem.
Again (third time now!) that is not the problem being discussed here. You consciously cut out the part of my posting that did talk about the problem. Why? That's wilfully being obtuse; there's no "honestly" about it.
And even in the bit of my comment you left, you edited out my context: on a personal level, I wish Behringer would advance music tech instead of copycatting. It's an opportunity cost. IMHO, that is a different (but important) problem to the one we are discussing.
Hugh Robjohns wrote:In the interests of transparency, legitimate forum members will be unsurprised to learn that it appears Ray_S, who claims to 'have no dog in this race', is actually posting from the same IP address as Behringer's Russian web host... Oh well....
Technical Editor, Sound On Sound... (But generally posting my own personal views and not necessarily those of SOS, the company or the magazine!) In my world, things get less strange when I read the manual...
Technical Editor, Sound On Sound... (But generally posting my own personal views and not necessarily those of SOS, the company or the magazine!) In my world, things get less strange when I read the manual...
An update on the RD-909, again from a reliable source (well he does own the company) over at 'the other world',
10 tool made samples are ready and there is a lot of extra features that they have added to the sequencer, such as the ability to use it to modulate the filter and analogue designer.
Targeting (excl. tax and import charges (pertinent to our American viewers)):
Dave B wrote:Yay! Just what the world needs! Another TR909 clone!
I know, I know but ... I'm still tempted
... as much for nostalgia as anything else. I always loved the way the 909 felt to use and I'm certainly not paying for a real one obviously, so this could be quite a fun little gizmo actually.
I'll wait and see what the general impression is when they hit the streets first though.
The fact that it is bloddy cheap will be the reason most people will buy it. I have a Model D and it's fantastic, not cheap-feeling even in the slightest and whilst I have never touched a real Moog, it most certainly has the 'Mini Moog' sound and that is all that really matters.
Plus by adding features over and above the original it gets away from people simply calling them clones.
Busted!.. 
