Moog Reintroduces The Minimoog Model D

[@LeslieRollins]

A great demo by someone who's obviously spent a lot of time with these instruments and still retains the pure joy that playing with them can bring.

[@SupaSandeep]

This man has "Moog" tatooed on his arm, I trust what he says

[@nightnaj5278]

haha true

[@kucing1111]

ahhaha agree

[@JonathanKayne]

Nick is an awesome guy

[@dantemyers1073]

lol

[@TheDanGore]

He is! Just met him at the Moog store a few days ago. Genuine, kind, and passionate about his craft!

[@undergroundjohnny]

OMG , the Model D is back!! I am a Voyager owner and I am so excited to get this incredible Beast! WOW!

[@smokey5100]

3 yrs later I still love this video & my Model D Reissue...

[@stockjonebills]

warmth, organic, analog. I love it. Moog always makes me reminiscent of the days when we had great progressive rock.

[@Psychlist1972]

Going to tell my kids that Santa got shot down this year. I want one of these so bad.

[@therealborischang]

I’m gonna tell my family they can keep warm this winter by peddling my stationary bike-generator.

[@RayyMusik]

4 years later: discontinued. Perhaps there will be a reissue of the reissue some day?

[@oak_meadow9533]

Adding the further control with the LFO makes this MOOG gold, and I love recapitulatimg the after pressure.

[@Audiotecna]

The best analog monophonic synthesizer ever made. Period.

[@OFR]

Have you heard the original, Moog modular? It's the king.

[@christopherpederson1021]

Tonto

[@perfectx7962]

From the bottom of my greedy little heart thank you

[@t3l3phasicworksh0p]

So simple in architecture and yet so complex in timbre. Awesome.

[@christopherpederson1021]

I am gonna venture out and say this is one of the best ideas moog has ever had with this reissue. Now let's get that polyphonic

[@jorgebohyn]

My god, what a beast of a synth. All those sounds that it produces... I really want to have this thing! Always wanted a Voyager before but this video really convinced me. Hopefully it's still available after a while so I can get the chance to have one. Anyway, thanks for posting!

[@Guitavatar]

Great demo. Feel the passion, love the oscillation.

[@janklosowski]

A solid presentation of an amazing instrument.

[@RalphBaumgartl]

I never thought I would be interested in another mono synth as I still own a lot of vintage gear. But this video made me change my mind. Awesome synthesizer!

[@grb1184]

Nick just knows Moog and synths. He knows and appreciates the history but thinks far beyond those ideas. And so strong on the tech side. Thanks Nick! G~

[@jeansebtremblay]

OMG ! that sounds just incredible !

[@axelguizar1]

Love has come to town

[@SpyrosVJ]

Dr. Bob would be proud!

[@SunsetRC]

Wow, this sounds great. I SOLD my Voyager Blue because it sounded way too perfect. I'm getting this.

[@christopherklein4203]

Sunset you sold that... that synth is INCREDIBLE. I have both.. lol why not...

[@AudiosErgeonPOGZ]

Awesome!!! Just Awesome!!! I just ordered the mother 32 three rack setup and I am just amazed at the products you guys make :D The mini Moog D is my next wish list item.

[@scottwylie8568]

Beautiful.

[@DaveBessell]

I really hope this goes into full production. It sounds fantastic and the new features are very well judged. Unfortunately I can't drop everything and get to moogfest to buy one but I will be in the queue if they go into regular production.

[@Houzmon05]

I just purchased one today! can't wait to play on it!!!!

[@Biosynth]

great vid with a passionate guy. rock on ! :D

[@Mark_Ocain]

If there is one hardware synth I MUST own - it's this one here. I kinda hope they sorted the tuning drift without killing the sound quality.

[@machiwoomiapoo]

This will probably be my first Moog! I can't wait to play it. :)

[@couchcamperTM]

did you manage to get one? they are not available anywhere.

[@machiwoomiapoo]

@@couchcamperTM No. I bought the Roland SE-02 instead. It's pretty sweet 👍. I don't think I'll buy a Moog.

[@couchcamperTM]

@@machiwoomiapoo Coincidence? I just got a Roland RS-70 "the better Juno D" It's fun. Just 180° different from a minimoog. I'll buy a moog one day. give it 10 years, maybe^^

[@Zanthxs]

That sound is addictive and unique.

[@PaoloJSB]

I love the way this guy is so moved when he says "it's there, I mean. It's the Moog sound ! The Minimoog sound !!"

[@smokey5100]

I need that!

[@jamesbtex58]

I remember going into a music shop in the 5th grade trying to figure out what band instrument I wanted. Originally I wanted Trumpet but the owner convinced me my lips were not suited and suggested the sax, he was RIGHT! However before leaving I played with a Prodigy. Got done, thought I was leaving started to walk away and that darn thing started playing itself and pulling me back. Still at that age I could not afford one but I was hooked. As an adult I own every moogerfooger models ( except I have the delay but not the SUPER delay), the Stage II Phatty (a conversion I did from the Stage 1), and the Sub37. I couldn't be happier with them, LOL! My favorite is the Sub37.

[@eyeprod3101]

whoa, hey Nick. I wondered what happened to you. Nice to see you're doing well! Last time I saw you we did a show at humboldt brews with VPO's and I had my white Liberation.

[@chieftp]

will these drop in value to $150 when Yamaha releases a rerelease of the DX7? I might buy one then.

[@xs10tl1]

we all scooped up some bargains back then, eh mate?

[@Jaesee]

Booold of you to assume that that's ever going to happen :(

[@KereyMusic]

@fooloof I know that. I was saying that it's bold of him to assume that Yamaha will ever rerelease the DX7

[@Jaesee]

@fooloof clearly you don't understand what I meant but ok :-)

[@Jaesee]

@fooloof I understood it perfectly :> I made a joke in response to the OP about the direction Yamaha has gone in with their recent synth products and it went completely over your head

[@ernestbuckley8671]

Well, I was eyeing the Sub37 for the last 2 years and never pulled the trigger... then I saw this video... I think I found my next synth. What a beauty. The warmth, the fatness, the beef, the soaring.... its all here. Long live Moog!

[@Mr_ToR]

I am a proud owner of an original "R.A.Moog" Minimoog Model D, serial #1079, (which is the 79th actually, they start from serial #1000), with the first revision filter board, which has matched transistors in it's ladder filter and the first revision oscillator board. just like the original filter board, the original oscillator board was produced about 150 units i guess. I happen to own the other two revisions of the oscillator boards and a muSonics Minimoog Model D as well. Now i definitely have to get one of this as well :-) Minimoogs after the first 150 (i guess) did not have the matched transistors in the ladder filter which made all of them sound a bit different. (The sound myth is partially due to this, it's not completely about the oscillators but the VCF and VCA as well) Now i really would like to hear a comparison of this Minimoog's filter between the original R.A.Moog Minimoog filter. Also, the original minimoogs VCA sound quality was properly bad, and it made the synth sound very good (thats what was missing in the voyagers, bad VCAs, high quality VCA makes the sound kind of sterile, thats part of the vintage charm thats going on heavily these days, bad VCAs :-) ). I really would like to compare the new VCA wth the original VCA as well.

[@theinterruptor]

The audio of the synth seems heavily processed. There is some stereo effect to make it sound fatter. Not fair.. First I thought it was the room ambience but the speaker's voice is pure mono!

[@noiseg33k]

No.

[@curtismurphy3207]

The speaker's voice also sounds weird at the very end of the video compared to the middle, wonder what happened there

[@faybiens]

The audio of the video is a mix between dry and microphone of the guy. Sure we will get new demos

[@syncworm]

Yes! Midi at last! I love my Voyager OS but the lack of midi was a major drawback. Def on my list! Way to go Moog!

[@Rhythmicons]

10:57 he is channeling his good friend Bernie there. RIP.

[@Areuxii]

The Model D is the muscle car of all the portable synthesizers.

[@jgooch99]

Thank you

[@Areuxii]

It would have been practical to route the aftertouch to oscillator 3 and/or the dedicated LFO. But hey, the Sub 37 does that.

[@dilliot2k]

heyyyy how come my sub phatty doesen't sound like that

[@gregkrukemeier2003]

+dilliot2k Because a Sub Phatty or Sub 37 is not a Model D. And was never intended to be one.

[@eatshrots]

+Greg Krukemeier why is that exactly? I was considering a sub 37 after I sold my sub phatty, but I didn't dive in. Now they release this and I'm trying to understand how the oscillators differ. Is it something with the rest of the circuitry?

[@gregkrukemeier2003]

That's exactly it. The circuitry is different. The filters are not the same. The Oscillators are not the same. There where 3 different MiniMOOGs. Version 2 was the most common and what you hear the most. And all three versions sound different with slightly different Filters. Actually no two Analog Synths sound the same back in those days no matter what the Model or make was. I Own a Sun 37 and MIDI a Slim Phatty into the Imput of the Sub 37 as a Third Oscillator at times. I love this combo. The Sub 37 is a Much better Synth that the Regular Sub. More Modulation options and nearly everything is on thing is accessible without menu diving. This new Model D will have modern circuitry and hopefully ultra stable Oscillator's like the Phatty's. I'm actually a big fan of this and is why I own my Sub 37 and DSI MEK. But that Model D sound just because of the way it is Layed out will always be slightly different than any other Synth because of the way it is designed and the path of it's circuitry. For example you can create a type of pulse width on the classic Model D with out a pulse width adjustment knob, that cannot be created by any other synth. Hope this helps.

[@ettubaby]

you phatty is all surface mounted stuff. only the audio path is analog. knobs and CV are all digital which is not necessarily a bad thing

[@gregkrukemeier2003]

That's not true. Phatty are all 100% Analog Signal Path. All Pots are Analog Non-Quantized Values during performance. The only time a pot is Quantized Value is when it is stored as a patch. Phatty's have a new Tech unlike DSI Digital Pots where both Performance and Patch Saving are Quantized. And CV is Voltage Controlled which it does not matter if it is Digital or anolog which sources the voltage. A volt is a volt..

[@sotirisnikolaidis4835]

amazing video 👍🎹🙏🏻

[@IanPageEchols]

I've got a D and this makes me want one of these new ones. Or maybe finally give in and mod mine? The extra lfo mod has always seemed really useful. Also, I'm really curious to see what happens to the prices of the originals, especially if they add this to regular production.

[@SynthesizerPlanet]

I like that it “smells like a Minimoog” too.. my final synth purchase is this (uh-huh), held out as long as I could, but put my order in today, “one Moog to rule them all and in the darkness bind them”...

[@ScottMcDavid-Music]

Geeezzz... If only I had kept my Model D that I bought slightly used for $300 back in 1976... still, this is awesome, dope, bomb, and all those other adjectives!!!

[@okaybenji]

I hear MIDI support for note on/off, pitch bend, aftertouch and velocity. What about modulation (mod wheel)? Not supported, or just forgot to mention it? Already pre-ordered my new Model D. :P @Synthtopia @midiwall

[@Alexander-yf3ff]

It seems they used some stereo tools or there was some sort of delay between channels. It should be mono synth, not a stereo one :)

[@SocialmotionMedia]

Please 101 ol' skool moi...does this new MiniMoog Model D have a sequencer built in?? So all one would need to get flowing on this is an amp? Thx! much, - MGM

[@wwktpplonius2675]

I want a synth that sounds the way this guy talks about that synth. I played with an original this week, it was not in top shape, but still, everything comes out of it being very musical, it's very tame in a sense. It never screeches at you, the mid highs are always rolled off somehow, everything you do sounds like it could be in a Air song as is.

[@SynthtopiaVideo]

Nick had a great perspective to share on the Minimoog. He also plays in the band The Volts Per Octave.

[@silverlicious2086]

I have one of the originals. Mint condition. Never been on the road or in a cold garage. Anybody have an idea what it's worth?

[@GB3770]

THERE IS def something special about this synth....

[@mrfett]

Great demo, but he should've qualified his statements about what an original Model D can do. If you add a CP-251 or a MP-201 to a Model D (or any other external LFO source) you can send those modulation sources to the stock Model D's CV inputs and replicate all those same sounds. It's interesting that they chose to emulate the famous "early oscillator" boards but used the ridged mod/pitch wheels from (mostly) post serial # 10,000 units (most early oscillator units had the smooth wheels).

[@DarrenGlen]

same components inside? same thru-hole PCB boards? or is it all mini component surface-mount now?

[@atomi4553]

things that you own end up owning you

[@w0mblemania]

I'm OK with that.

[@Rialas]

atomi We own nothing, we’re just custodians lol

[@joekarmazyn2825]

Idk how I feel about a Moog tattoo lol. But crazy cool synth.

[@1234321mike1234321]

don't get one then! :p

[@attiliobastosguarnieri5416]

Esse é o tipo de instrumento que desperta curiosidade e emana criatividade. From Rio de Janeiro.

[@dannybrazen]

i didnt need it before i watched this. now i need it

[@coreysublett8473]

It's time to start selling kidneys. I need you model D!!

[@Fluidstructure]

If i didnt already have a model d, id be all over this. It sounds great

[@SPAZZOID100]

Dedicated LFO!!!

[@gregkrukemeier2003]

I'm trying to save up for my first Modular and you do this to me MOOG. All I know is if I was at MOOGfest. One would be coming home with me.

[@BeansMaskSheen]

the greatest synth of all time..someday you will be mine! sounds at 10m reminds me of the movie Flash Gordon

[@chriswatson2407]

Last patch sounded like my ancient shortwave radio

[@Digiphex]

Interesting concept. Make what the customer wants and sell it. Roland has not learned it. They could remake the TB and TR series and I am ready to buy, but they won't sell me one. I will buy this Model D though. Sold.

[@KortKramer]

Glad to have the Mini back - thanks for sharing this!

[@edielehmannboddicker5377]

Check out Synthplex in Los Angeles, March 28-March 31, 2019! More info and tickets at Synthplex.com - and hello Nick!

[@DoctorMaxMoebius]

Why is there a clipping sound around 7:23 - 8 in a few spots? One is probably a dirty pot, but there are two spots I hear noise that seems like it shouldn't be there. Nick, you should use the synth as you explain it from the beginning.

[@saxmidiman]

I also wondered this...maybe the aftertouch? I have encountered this from AT when either not working properly or not programmed well.

[@Sjobeck7]

MUST HAVE!!!

[@synthartist69]

Thank you Moog for bringing it back and doing it right... For me, I wish it had patch memory, just a little simple numberical led, nothing fancy. Roland, are you watching? Bring back the Jupiter 8..the right way

[@chieftp]

LOL. the voyager had patch memory. if the jupiter 8 was remade (which it can't - because all the thousands of ICs they used are no longer available,) they would cost $20k+.

[@synthartist69]

The voyager does not sound near as good as a model D. Jupiter 8 20K.... maybe, who knows, maybe a lot of the components are not necessary to bring back the Jupiter 8 now.... wishful thinking, I don't know. I am glad I have a Jupiter 8 but I would buy a new one if it was produced and under $5,000.00.

[@chieftp]

***** even if they used the same components, everyone would complain that it didn't sound as good. and they'd only sell about 50 of them.

[@synthartist69]

Well, and.... most people don't give a shit about having a Jupiter 8 like I do. I am an 80's guy, I love that sound and music so a Jupiter 8 is perfect for me... :) People today would complain that it has too many keys and the keys are too big and that it has too many voices... lol

[@chieftp]

I love 1968 Torinos, but they probably won't make them again because a few hundred people want one. roland makes tons of other stuff that people can buy. the resurrected version of moog kinda just has that one thing. and if you open up a mini verses a jupiter, you'll find the parts in the mini are a lot simpler, where as the jupiter would be more like trying to recreate a texas instruments TI99.

[@takashikojima4849]

omg too many new hardware synths and I want em all

[@saxmidiman]

Okay, how much would I get in trade for my family? Great demo. It really bothers me when I see demos of precious gear by people who have no idea how to play a real synth. There were no obvious effects, and the signal manipulations were just how I would treat the instrument. It would be nice if they could put the aftertouch attenuator on the control panel. But I understand that could detract from the retro beauty...still...could use that function all the time....Thanks for a fantastic presentation of the only synth that can come close to the complexity of playing a guitar (hahaha). Peace, My Babies!!!

[@AgiIeBeast]

I've been looking for a synth like this one to create music for a few of my video games, I'm assuming this one is very expensive though.. is there a good, affordable alternative with similar features? I'm thinking about 600-700 bucks.

[@abinard2]

AgiIeBeast if you want to stick with the moog sound, the sub phatty is what you're looking for. mother 32 is also in that price range, but it's more difficult to use

[@RolandMunyard]

Pleased they're re-introducing the Model D and puzzled they ever stopped making them. Why discontinue something which works so well?

[@davidslauson2412]

Sales had been dropping off, and the big new thing in the early 80s were digital synths. The Yamaha DX7 and the like killed off analog synths for a number of years...

[@syntheticpaul]

Polymoog 280 please.

[@cretinvert]

Sounds demo begins @ 7:11

[@LeviMatza]

Lol thank you man!

[@vicshere99]

Put me down for one, please. Where do I sign?

[@jdk997]

Any effects on the synth or is this a dry recording?

[@SupaSandeep]

+Justin Kee sounded like some reverb to me too

[@midiwall2]

+Justin Kee it certainly sounds like it's got some width. Hmmm...

[@faybiens]

For me it is a mix between dry and the microphone of the guy

[@Bigmojo75]

I think there is something but there’s also I think a bit of the room. You can hear it when he switches plugs on the back.

[@gijsjaradijsja]

So i wrote this song: Buttons On My Minimoog, whilst i dont have a minimoog, I need a minimoog, bitches be crazy....

[@davidstewart4780]

Add on LFO great idea!

[@michaelbauers8800]

Nice oscillators

[@freebreeze9042]

How about a bend range control?

[@okaybenji]

That would be so great!! How about it? @Synthtopia @midiwall

[@SPAZZOID100]

The new features added are far more important.

[@freebreeze9042]

A bend range control would be great. It can't be that hard. It sucks when you try to bend notes on a mini. It just sucks!

[@okaybenji]

+Spam Thatidontread No, it hasn't. It has a pitch wheel, but you cannot set its range without modifying the instrument.

[@freebreeze9042]

No kidding.

[@SherbetHead66]

his laugh at 10:56 tho LOL

[@rareform6747]

Working on my Phatty into a PA with Subs , really can get all that and so much more !

[@Madrrrrrrrrrrr]

Much better than all that new moog crap. Sorry but thanks!

[@tyranic1]

Agreed, never rated most of the new moogs except the Minitaur and Mother-32 as in regards to fatness, use to own a moog source and once you've experienced that sound the new stuff just doesn't cut it.It's when you start adding digital control of the tuning and O.S it's just too regimental and although it keeps thing stable and in tune you loose the imperfections which gives it that sound which the 60's -70's synths mostly have. But today you can get that sound through the eurorack/ modular world. A modern desktop synth you can buy today which has that sound for example is Analogue Solutions Leipzig -S at less than £800.I'm gonna start saving for that Model-D It's the first Synth i'm lusting for. I hope they make s..t loads of them. And the used prices for the originals are sure to drop.

[@SPAZZOID100]

tyranic1 erebus

[@lenaoxton3999]

I want an Eau de Moog aftershave. Get on it.

[@mikeday62]

I like that Nepalese bagpipe fuzzer effect.

[@NorfolkParanormal]

the os voyager is the nearest thing to the model D, so what can the D do the OS cant???????????????

[@SuperGeorge2112]

I will have to make do with my sub 37.

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

The cheeky laugh at 10:56 😅😅😅😅😅

[@fredtree1133]

I'm guessing it will be $3999.

[@dcashley303]

Mmmmminimoog

[@hafstrat]

Wow.

[@HOOKmusicUK]

In other words, its a voyager made to look like a model D

[@zedster911]

Like the Tatoo

[@SPAZZOID100]

The synth is better

[@stephenjames4937]

What a beautiful, fat sound! You know you're a company man when you tattoo your employer's logo on your arm. I never did that, but then I did work for one snot gobbler after another. It obviously makes a difference that Mr Montoya's employer allows him to play these beautiful, inspiring instruments.

[@themaritimegirl2]

Really ought to be designated Model E, I think?

[@mamakuproject]

i hope they can make enough to make them affordable

[@SPAZZOID100]

$3,500

[@SPAZZOID100]

$3,500

[@mamakuproject]

+James Reeno yes but if they only make 10 thats not gonna help....

[@christopherpederson1021]

and $3500

[@EvilDragon666]

Does the pitch bend wheel snap back to center? It didn't do that on the original Model D, and these days it's de facto obligatory that it DOES snap back to the center.

[@mmerc808]

I don't suppose there is a VST that sounds like this? Are there any that sound close?

[@lbsmoothmusic]

monark kinda close enuff