Moog Minitaur Reviews

a beast

this machine is a beat. sounds epic and it does exactly what it says on the tin. the external audio in is perfect for adding that moog filter to other sounds and the extra computer editor is great for storing patches for recall. moog moog moog.

true analog synth!

I bought this one to add to my analog setup for that real Moog sound and bassline. This guy does the job very well. I would recommend it to everyone as an entry-level synth. It's straight-forward and easy to use, you can either play with a keyboard or sequence it, the oscillators are beefy, the filter is adorable, and overall feel is great.

buy the synth, love the filter

There is no hype behind the Moog brand: what they produce are nothing but outstanding products.

This is probably the cheapest Moog synth you can buy, and I feel like saying that, if you can afford buying only one synth, make it this one. Its biggest, and in my opinion, only limitation is the number of octaves it covers (it is a bass synth, after all).

You may want to try some of the built-in factory presets, but honestly after 30 minutes of playing with it, you will forget about presets, plugins, and any digital witchcraft (that the Minitaur supports anyway): you will just want to turn knobs! It will be at this point that you understand what they mean when they talk about 'shaping the sound with your hands'. All the controls are so intuitive and responsive, that you just know what to do.

And it because of its great responsiveness and intuitiveness, that I also use it a lot as a modulation filter on practically anything. This is probably not as complete and featured like the Moogerfooger MF-101, but until I can afford buying one, the Minitaur will act as an excellent stopgap.

One last note: with the latest firmware revision, the Minitaur can also work as a MIDI2CV converter. This is not listed among the feature in the product description at the time I wrote this review.

Real Moog fat bass!

For the price this is the real deal of Moog bass in a very well made and functioning module. You need to register and download the software to access the 'hidden features' and presets, which is a little frustrating I suppose but the software is very good so its not a big deal.

My main gripe with this module is that it is limited how high up the scale you can play, so it's limited pretty much to bass which is annoying. But if it's bass you want (and if you're looking this then it probably is) then it is fat and funky.