ONLY Moog Would: $5000 Worth of Feelings 😬

[@OscillatorSink]

Please, I'm begging, can we have a 1 hour supercut of you just jamming on vocoders and chilled out vibes? Please and thank you.

[@Cosmic_Sunrise]

I second this! Please and thank you!!!

[@gladlawson61]

NO ... U GOTTA MEET A PATREON GOAL

[@AlexBallMusic]

That Moog does sound glorious. Nice honest review and enjoyed the music. I snagged a Seekers Voice Spectra on a whim some years back and it transpired that it's a superb analogue vocoder. Unfortunately they have become incredibly hard to find. The old Roland SVC-350 is another nice one and the Roland Jupiter-X/Xm has a deep vocoder section. There's the MicroFreak too. But nice suggestions from you too, many ways to vocode in the 2020s.

[@compucorder64]

I guess for tight budgets, there's Behringer's VC340 vocoder / string / voice / ensemble. Their take on Roland's VP-330, the keyboard cousin of the Roland SVC-350. For a Behringer, they got the aesthetic more right than they usually do. I quite like the look and feel, simplicity, compactness and sturdiness of it. There's XILS V+ for a software emulation. For the Korg VC10, FBVC is an emulation by Full Bucket Music.

[@m.o.pmystic9110]

What would you consider a reasonable prize for the Voice Spectra? :) Checked out your video of it and I love the sound. Brighter and sharper than the Moog but not necessarily in a bad way. Cheers, //I

[@AlexBallMusic]

@@m.o.pmystic9110 The main problem is finding them. People contact me offering money for mine. I know people who got lucky with £400 or similar. I think mine was £700 in mint condition. Might be easier to find outside the UK, I don't know.

[@m.o.pmystic9110]

@@AlexBallMusic Okay, I see! Thanks for the fast reply!

[@anastasia0zardonova]

Damn this thing sounds amazing. And the People from Perfect Circuit are awesome.

[@Mostlethal]

OK, so here goes my $GME gains or whatever!! #TakeMyMoney 5:19 YES! YES! #YOLO!!! Love you man, so happy to see you drop a new viddy today.

[@my4trackmachine]

I couldn’t justify the price but damn it sounds good. It might make more sense for a recording studio to invest in one. It could be a decent incentive piece for their clients.

[@Pacman1ac]

Thanks Stephen, I always enjoy your videos and the "tone of voice" you use. A simple and cool approach together with a creative vibe is what makes your content great and unique.

[@biomechanoid]

Pro tip - how to get a moog vocoder for free in three simple steps: 1. Open Guitar Center credit card and buy the vocoder 2. Pay nothing on the loan 3. When they will start to constantly call you from random numbers, just answer them through your new vocoder. They will think it’s robot and won’t call you further. Easy.

[@Om_aum_ohm]

Wow great video quality - love it!

[@benoftroy]

I absolutely love the opening juxtaposition of the $150 plastic fantastic Korg Volca Sample through the most luxurious vocoder of our time. 🤣Great vid :)

[@legitimatefrenzy]

I'm glad you are back after a long hiatus you're definitely one of my favorite KZbin channels and I got a tempest let alone off of your advocacy. I know normal life eats up a great chunk of time but I love to see your content and I'd be really interested in you talking about some of the zenology pro stuff from Roland

[@0VRLNDR]

Wooooo! Been waiting for this video!

[@MattGreerMusic]

And then Casio (of all brands) comes out with the most progressive vocal synthesis keyboard (maybe ever) for $450 USD. That being said, I would LOVE to have the Moog unit. I get the collector's piece aspect too. My wife very kindly gave me a Moog Claravox Centennial Theremin for Christmas. I kind of have no business owning that. I don't have any idea how to play Theremin but I love it regardless.

[@DebtFreeDee]

How cool to be able to review such a piece! And points 3, 4 and 5 😂 maybe not with Guitar Center (though almost at one point in my life 🥴), I've been there smh. Great video!

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Deeeeeeee, hey girl, I’m happy to see you wonderful face here, it really makes me smile. Now, I’m doing my taxes, it’s been painful…looking forward to seeing what you do around this time of year 😊

[@StephenMcLeod]

This is so cool.

[@deathmetalhell]

man THIS is the synth content i love. complaining about how expensive it is and then talking about vst options with demos is like the EXACT thing i want to hear haha im dead serious

[@JeffreyFournier]

"Expensive gear always isn't that much fun to play with". For real. Got a piece once that I had always wanted through years of playing and eventually got rid of it because it was hard to move around and always required expensive maintenance. Don't regret getting it. Don't regret selling it either.

[@JorbLovesGear]

From checking the manual live on stream, to ripping that bass patch. 🔥🔥 Great stuff, always happy to see your work come up.

[@fullyard-art]

11:27 - best moment! thanks for this awesome review. i just have to take some of my hard saved up money and get me one right now! you getting a provision, right? haha. no seriously. love how you always stay true to the facts and being honest and i can only approve. 5000$ seriously?? the alternatives are pretty decend and owning a mininova myself, i feel confident now that you have approved it!

[@Ellende]

The Moog looks so good. We have had the Roland SVC-350 for years and it sounds great.

[@m.o.pmystic9110]

Thank you for making a proper video on this! I've been looking for some good resources about this piece, and apart from Daniel Fischers review, I haven't really found what I was looking for. Looking to decide whether it's worth the leap just became a bit easier. Much appreciated. //I

[@ltnjones1714]

It’s great to hear this wonderful gear in action. Thank you for this review and video

[@MaLiCeCoLtRaNe]

Great video, and a bit of everything, production wise. The vocoder does sound phenomenal. My grad school had one of these to go with its massive E-mu system. The purpose of gear, regardless of price, is to enable the music making, no? Did this, or any other pricey borrowed gear, give you any valuable song ideas or tracks to develop before you had to return it? The music samples you made sounded pretty dope. Maybe we’ll wait and see in a future video…

[@Slurkz]

Great fearure! Thanks man. 💜

[@jmcbeady8210]

Great piece. The background music was nice too.

[@TeddehSpaghetti]

8:40 Man I love my Mininova. It as my first decent synth, and every time I look at the Hydrasynth, Modal Argon/Cobalt, or some other gear, I first go back to my Mininova to see if there's anything missing that warrants my GAS. So far, I always end up falling in love with it over again, especially with patch design via the VST. I haven't messed with the vocoder much though, and now I wonder whether there can be some cool patches that can be made for modulating external signals/voice. Hmmm. (If I get anything, it'll probably be an Arturia MKII keyboard mainly for Spectrasonics Omnisphere/Ableton. I ultimately upgraded my CPU to the Ryzen 5950x in lieu of some expensive synth because I already have the software. And being a super computer nerd, I am super interested in DIY computerized DSP. ***Also queue 1010Music's new Lemondrop and Fireball synths!! :D ***.)

[@NicStage]

All my friends told me my squat-and-tilt test for synths was ridiculous. I bet they feel dumb now.

[@yewrforstnaymhearyewrlayst5566]

perfect circuit always has the coolest shit

[@if_dots]

I wish you'd talked on the Microfreak vocoder if at all possible here (it's my only one, not counting the TAL)! This was an amazing video about something I wasn't really interested in though, it's very obvious how much you care about the sound and feeling of it.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Hey Rainbowmessenger 🤗 yeah, I need to return to the Microfreak, I just looked at it way before they released the vocoder update. I’ll get to it eventually…… In 2025 😁

[@mbessey]

It's pretty funny. I listen to this, and other videos of people using this Vocoder, and I think: "that is BY FAR the nicest-sounding vocoder out there", but then I think: "no way in hell am I spending $5k on that". Because it would totally be a gimmick piece for me. But, you know, if you were really wanting to focus on THAT sound, I can totally see how this would be a "reasonable" purchase for someone. Then again, I've bought some weird stuff that other people would probably consider vastly over-priced, so I guess it takes all kinds.

[@eugenecanady5452]

when i see the pricing on this, it makes me question the value on any Moog stuff.

[@datashat]

You need to send synth sounds with filters completely open into a vocoder so that the modulator input (called 'program' on this) has a full spectrum of overtones to make use of... super nice demos all the same though!

[@KattKirsch]

Can't believe you managed to restrain yourself from doing that big cross-all-the-wires robot voice in this video. Watching you mess with this box for a few hours was a real treat, and the quality of the unit speaks for itself; but it's a rather extreme example of an extremely niche boutique item for those with an exacting use-case; i.e. wannabe Troutmans. That said, I'd definitely listen to an album of a wannabe Troutman betting the farm on this unit's sound, for sure. Do we get a compressor round up soon? XD XD

[@zajdima]

You mentioned Mininova, I would suggested Microkorg, for its age and price and vocoder it's great litttle synth/vocoder too!

[@UltimateWobbleBoss]

Great now I need to watch the Bode Vocoder video another hundred times

[@AnalogAudio1]

Great video... but it would have been nice to ask me before taking fragments of my Korg VC-10 demo video.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Hi, my apologies. I typically just work with fair use in mind, but I can blur the footage if you wish, or add a link in the description. Let me know what I can do. Again, my apologies.

[@AnalogAudio1]

@@NoirEtBlancVie To add a link to my video in the description would be okay 🙂

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

@@AnalogAudio1 will do! Thanks again for the use of it! Do you mind if I email you in the future to ask if I can for future videos. (You have really good footage 😉) Link added! I didn’t know you could tag channels, but you can!

[@MarshalArnold]

Man really wish the Moog One Vocoder sounded this good.

[@DEADLINETV]

Great video! And yes, 5k is a lot of money for a very limited piece of gear. Can you imagine all the things you can buy with that amount of cash! Plus I think it's hard these days not to immediately think of Daft Punk, who, I think, really gave it a great second life!

[@Somewhere_sometime_somehow]

Very awesome!

[@kvmoore1]

Excellent video! Also, that's an excellent tip about using a compressor on the mic signal before sending it to the vocoder for a smoother tone. I did that years ago. I had my condenser mic running to a preamp, then to a compressor. I then sent that processed signal to a DAW, which may have had some additional added processing done to the signal (I don't quite remember), then bussed that signal to my Mininova. The results were amazing!!! The voice was very clear and intelligible. In fact, it could probably be used as a lead vocal in a song. The difference is night and day compared to plugging a regular mic straight into the vocoder (Mininova). I agree, the Mininova has a very nice vocoder, which was the reason I bought it. BTW, I feel ya concerning your mentality towards ultra expensive gear. It can definitely make you feel a certain way towards it (extremely careful) and you would certainly treat your most expensive piece differently compared to other gear...not that some of the other gear isn't expensive as well...but not quite as expensive as that most expensive piece which may cost over $4000 or more. It's the simple thought of wanting to keep it mint and not wanting to get a single scratch on it, let along break it, knowing it cannot be easily replaced or cheaply fixed. Yeah, I'm definitely with you on that! Synths like the Polybrute and Prophet 10 come to mind here. I don't own a Moog One, but I would certainly feel that way about it if I did!!!!

[@els1f]

Fr, Super expensive equipment makes me feel freaked out and not very "let's create and have fun! 🙌"Lol

[@Mefistophelees]

I believe it is indeed a rebadged Bode design, they worked together quite a bit. Harald Bode was the guy who got Bob Moog into synths in the first place - he had built a poly synth back in 1937!

[@prinzbach]

Excellent video as always! I don't think I'll ever own a piece of gear that's 5000S (But if I do > It would be the DSI Prophet X). That being said, as an "investment" for the (already) rich ones out there > This would be a great deal since those Moog units sell for double the price after they discontinue them (like in 3-5 years)... Just look at the insane prices people are asking on Reverb for the Moog pedals. Anyway, it sounds amazing regardless!

[@RegebroRepairs]

Oh, heck, yeah, adding a bit of vocoder to the bass to add interest... *facepalm* why have I never thought about that!?

[@KarlAdamsAudio]

I'm looking to design and build a vocoder inspired by the Bode / Moog 7702 schematic, which I'm in the process of reverse engineering. I could easily end up spending more than $5k before I'm finished, of course - but it's not like you embark on projects like this as a way to acquire equipment, and certainly not to save money.

[@virtuosomaximoso1]

Good preamble to the video.

[@TobiasRoest]

I'm lucky enough to have a spectravox vocoder, although with 10 bands I find it limiting for actual vocals as they are not as intelligible through it. My favorite thing to use it for is to run random stuff through it, like you did in the intro. It's great as an effect to run a drum machine in, with chords on the carrier. You get this kind of pitched modulation sounding effect that can be really inspiring. I highly recommend using vocoders with other stuff than the human voice because that way they immediately lose the gimmicky vibe they can often have:)

[@Pacman1ac]

"they also have regular sales and stuff, which is pretty sweet" ..LOL

[@aquaticborealis4877]

Like the vocoder funk sounds. The bass patch was nice too.

[@popcycles]

10:00 they're available at a reasonable price!

[@CoolJacketCoder]

Have you tried the VoiceLive from TC- Helicon?

[@dalecutlemusic586]

I've always wanted to try the Moog vocoder but know I will never get to. I bought the Roland vt4 almost a year ago and only started using it a few days ago. It does the trick for me. I will definitely check out the vst you mentioned. Thanks for the video!

[@AlecBoyd]

Not a huge Behringer fan, but I think the vocoder clone they make is one of their better units

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

100% agree, I actually have a whole video on the VC340, but, it will never come out 😪

[@zajdima]

@@NoirEtBlancVie Why?

[@CraigMaloney]

Honestly, if I were going for that Herbie Hancock "Rockit" era sound and had $5K burning a hole in my pocket this would be a no-brainer purchase. Other than that, oh hell no.

[@bassnsax]

ENDLESSLY COOL video! But I completely agree with you on instrument pricing - I had the opportunity to play on my bass professor's 1920 upright that cost more than all of the music gear I've bought in my lifetime. It is a phenomenal instrument...but I don't play enough or at a high-enough level to justify a purchase like that. And I love getting great tones out of more affordable gear, too! This was a great deep-dive on the Moog Vocoder - vocoders are a sweet instrument, but probably nothing that I would *always* play on. For my purposes, I think the TC-Helicon Talkbox Synth will "take my ass to the grocery store" 🤣Or the Arturia MicroFreak or the Roland JDXI.

[@LORDLOBO]

Bring back the Bundaberg! I also thought you’d have revisited the Microfreak.

[@tomlavelle8340]

Hey if it makes you feel good, buy it. I personally think all these electronic music devices are so awesome! I’m still learning to play the digital piano.

[@henryhill92]

The Arturia Vocoder V is based on the Moog/Bode, it's another great alternative. Better than any other VST I've tried for sure

[@johnrichardson3297]

Personally I hope they continue to keep the Moog 16 channel vocoder in production without having to downsize or at least keep all of the features in a downsized version

[@supercompooper]

I bought the eurorack Fumana Spectral Filter Bank. It's realllly nice. A million parts in it and sounds great!

[@0VRLNDR]

Anyone else have a hard time speaking/singing monotone when using a vocoder? I end up singing the pitch even though it's unnecessary, and with a vocoder, should probably be paying more attention to formants.

[@MattGreerMusic]

I think it's nature to try to sing what's being heard back out of it. In terms of syllables, I've found if you super over emphasize the shape of your mouth when speaking, it directly translates into intelligibility in the vocoder.

[@chrispuhl6598]

5000 units of terror.

[@robertsyrett1992]

Perfect Circle, you know what you need to do. ;)

[@MirageIV]

So now to redeem yourself you need to test the new 500$ Casio vocoder ;) Very nice sound :)

[@Joltjoppe85]

What is your settings on the jdxi for another mic?

[@TuzXMr]

Really nice to see you again we've missed yah! BTW what'd you use for the bassline in the underscore, I'm assuming the sub 37?

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Yup, the bassline is the Sub37 through the Moog Vocoder 😊

[@Decoy303]

Been missing your content.

[@brodylowe644]

For real tho... I want that jacket.

[@jgoney]

Some gear is designed (and priced) with studios in mind, not necessarily individual musicians. I think this one probably falls into that category.

[@78thandSynth]

I like it.

[@gladlawson61]

I would buy the GRP vocoder

[@Sound_ology]

Another nice video, I've wondered about this vocoder for a long time...like how could it possibly be so expensive?! I suppose it could be a brand prestige thing, if anyone could pull something like that off it would be Moog. Always enjoy your opinion, thanks

[@soundmapper]

It is a very expensive badge. I love, and own a bunch of moog products, but this will never be one.

[@sergiosensation6]

What about Roland VT-4? Feel like it definitely is top 5 especially since it has other voice effects

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

It definitely could be, plus it’s not too pricey.

[@bakerbakerbaker305]

sounds gucci🧐🤔😤

[@rgcmusic]

Noir Daft Punk Album needs to happen.

[@ScottsSynthStuff]

I have the same opinions! I too use Tal Vocoder when I need something in the box. For hardware, I use the vocoder in the JD-Xi, which I agree is an excellent (and fun) vocoder. One you missed that I also use a lot is the vocoder built into the System-8. While not quite as good as the JD-Xi, it's still quite usable. The vocoder built into the MODX is miserable, it sounds dull and lifeless, and I don't use it.

[@mindexpansionpuzzles]

Roland SVC 350 might be a slightly less expensive option.

[@MarcEdwards]

Thumbs up for “both will take your ass to the grocery store”. 😂

[@markgriffiths5122]

Great video. One question - did you find anything interesting / musically useful if you cross patched the bands? I tried this in some digital software vocoders and I didn't really get anything particularly interesting. Analogue vocoders were always expensive, I think the Korg VC-10 was probably the cheapest, the Roland SVC 350 next and then the Sennhieser, Bode/Moog, EMS ones were always really, really expensive, even when they came out.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Honestly nothing really musically relevant to me happens when cross patching. I don’t want to be the person to say it’s a waste, but I just can’t think of a time besides a special effect (which is less than 1% of the time for me.) They were going for a reissue, so I kinda get it.

[@markgriffiths5122]

@@NoirEtBlancVie thanks for that. It seems that many of the early really expensive vocoders allowed this kind of modification but later cheaper models didn't.

[@LouisSerieusement]

🖤🖤🖤

[@Yelloweden]

Good video

[@johnrichardson3297]

Noir Et Blanc Vie Korg R3, Radias have 16 Band Vocoder’s maybe MS2000 also

[@electrowayne2918]

My classic vintage Roland SVC-350 unit does the trick for me. The moog is super pricey hahaha.. but sounds good! Just couldn't justify it owning a svc 350. Now if money weren't an issue.. maybe

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

The fact that I don’t even own a hardware analog vocoder is problematic…how could someone like me not 😫. Definitely can’t be this Moog one, but I wish it could be…though, Moog isn’t gonna give me a free one just for nothing (even though technically it’s free marketing for their product that they’d have to pay like soundonsound for😂)

[@electrowayne2918]

@@NoirEtBlancVie ​ The vintage svc 350 is reputable unit... You can get one in great condition for under $2000 sometimes. But I would agree. Moog should at least give you a discount lol!

[@Yelloweden]

Nice

[@justjoeblow420]

That is a very lovely sounding vocoder but not 5K worth of lovely sounding to me. Sadly a lot of Moog's stuff falls into the sounds great but would probably never buy it category for me as I think even a lot of their synths are a bit steep for what they offer but damn it if the only thing that sounds like a Moog to me is a Moog. I'm just happy I even had the chance to use a System 55 at one point years ago.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

In all reality most normal people can’t and shouldn’t buy any instrument that costs $5000, that said, I own a Quantum, it was a dent/scratch unit and cost $3600…though, I make money off music, it’s still pretty insane. 😫

[@justjoeblow420]

@@NoirEtBlancVie Oddly the price you had to pay for your Quantum doesn't bother me that much, but I used to own a 4,000$ trombone at one point that was a gift from my music teacher. Even that Moog vocoder wouldn't bother me if it was a synth but as a single4 function device I just could never see spending that much.

[@WithTheGrain]

Hope we see Spectravox

[@meanguitar]

Yeah replaceability is a good point

[@macavree9464]

Bro you forgot to try “transformers more than meats the eye” 😂

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Damn, too true 😫

[@Anamnesia]

As a $5K Effect unit, would I buy it for the ONE thing that it does really well? No. But there's plenty of gear that $5K and over I would/might buy; a Rhodes piano is something I'd buy. The Rhodes only does "one thing", but it's an Instrument & not an Effects unit.... So I guess that's the question; Is the thing I'm considering buying an "instrument" or a "gadget" ???

[@JohnLRice]

Good video overview, lovely camera and slider work! 😎👍 But . . . mega band mega expensive vocoders aren't only made by Moog! 😁 Check out these two monsters that can cost less and have (can) have more features: * The Italian GRP Synthesizer V22 22 band vocoder for about $3,900 * The Portuguese Wave Front Audio (a subsidiary of Club Of The Knobs) 16 Channel Spectral Vocoder for $4,500 and Spectral Channel Manager accessory for another $1,900! Just buy all three to compare and then sell the other two you don't like as much, or keep them all, simple right, doesn't everyone have a spare $15k to $20k just sitting around in bags? 😅

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Hey John! Solid suggestions, I actually should ask about borrowing the GRP from Perfect Circuit, I totally feel like they could spare to let me semi-damage another collectors item Vocoder (long story 😅) Like, what if I compared the GRP to the Microfreak Vocoder. Total perfect “KZbin” friendly video. Miss you friend, I think 2022 we will see each other in person. I just have a feeling!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@JohnLRice]

@@NoirEtBlancVie haha, they should just trust you from now on and let you borrow anything you like! It's great promotion for their store . . . tell them I said it's OK . . .and they will respond with "Who the hell is John L Rice? NOOOooo!" 🤣 I hope we do cross paths again this year my friend! 🥳🤗

[@AppleKid]

After years of studying vocorders and tying to collect them. I have come to the conclusion that they all sound the same. I think something like the Thor from Reason makes better Robot Voices then these ones. Even though its 5 grand. I think its worth it to study programming or for someone to help study programming robot voices. Or even have the ability to code vocal recognition into certain styles and have it be in a petal.

[@benoftroy]

Also you are NOT careful with your 6, I have seen where you put your beverages, sir.

[@KirklandWilliamsWorkout3000]

Korg Ms2000 Vocoder is a Beast and the Jupiter X vocoder just got sum upgrades checkout doctor mix vocoder review of The X 2021

[@halcyo]

If you're Daft Punk, or somebody huge that has a sound that revolves around using vocoder stuff, then yea, but for anyone else this price is obviously ridiculous.

[@throughthesky6343]

thats so sick tf...

[@_P_M_]

I don't think 'Moog' and and 'value for your dollar' should be uttered in the same sentence.

[@Emily_M81]

lol "They'll both take your ass to the grocery store and back" XD For $5000 each one better be assembled on top of Robert Moog's grave (im kidding people, I mean no actual disrespect)

[@midnightsocean2689]

Aw dude, I love vocoder. Even more so when it’s you using it. Lol perfect circuit’s awesome. I used to get that nervous thing when handling ridiculously expensive gear in the studio. I think it’s actually a LOT worse when it’s NOT yours. Worth it? If you produce an album every year with that sound, yes, IMO. If you are just going to use it every once in a while though, no way. That’s the strange thing about expensive gear, if you are too nervous or don’t have the demand to use it heavily, you shouldn’t even think about it. I personally suffered that more than a few times. Finally get an expensive piece, barely use it and then sell it, because I just wasn’t getting enough use to justify the cost. So, if you go expensive, USE THE SH!T out of it. Don’t let worry over dinging it up stop you. IMO, the most sad thing in the audio world is stupidly expensive gear THAT ALMOST NEVER GETS USED. These amazing pieces of gear were designed/built to make music, not sit on shelf for bragging rights.

[@knotlock]

I want an analog vocoder but this one is way too expensive… I wish Moog would’ve developed one in the form factor of the Subharmonicon, DFAM, and Mother-32.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

They did, the Spectravox, but, well….they never widely released it, so it’s being scalped for crazy prices now.

[@knotlock]

@@NoirEtBlancVie Indeed 🤧 still can’t afford a limited-edition-super-exclusive-concept-demo version of the exact one I would buy 😪

[@rct3isepic]

Personally my vocoder of choice is the Electro Harmonix Iron Lung. 265 bands, low price, and extremely intelligible which is something I notice isn't that common in lower band vocoders.

[@ARVash]

AHHHHHHH this is awesome! Love moog, I just don't make enough money. Tell them to help us make more money so we can buy their stuff lol. Maybe they should offer rentals from their site because I feel like we could actually get a decent insurance policy if it was from moog themselves (they can repair their own stuff). I could imagine many more could justify dropping a couple hundred for vocoder for a song, rather than 5 grand. Either that or like an amusingly long payment plan where you can return it to cancel the payments.

[@TangoWithTheCobra]

Wait for the Behringer clone. I own tons of Moog equipment, but this is way out of my budget for a single effect. Sticking with JD-Xi or my Electro Harmonix V256 pedal. Wouldn’t mind getting that Spectravox though just to complete my triple M32, DFAM, Subharm setup. I was actually at Moogfest 2019 when they had the workshop for it, but it was still too expensive for me to justify building it (and not even knowing what you are building until the event started).

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Or they can finally just widely release the spectravox. That would solve the issue since it’s already a fleshed out product.

[@TangoWithTheCobra]

@@NoirEtBlancVie I’m sure they will eventually. The other workshop exclusives were.