Muff's Modules & More

whitewulfe · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:59 pm Post subject:

I personally love the edgy/punchy feeling the MiniBrute gives off, especially with all the flexible power under the hood... My only beef is the same as one of the ones that has already been listed - keyboard's too damn small!

But for $500, I don't really care, since the size I want would probably have doubled the cost...

dopefiend · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:02 am Post subject:

Funny thing about Gordon Reid: he finds the choice of filter "iffy" because it's a 12-dB instead of 24, yet he worships his Yamaha GX-1.

And I question that, in 2012, people want YET ANOTHER Moog-filter-based synth. The Moog standard has been so hyped and overstated that, IMO, is now trite and worn out. There is already a Moog in production, so why come up with another one?.
Reminds me of the commercial: "this photocopier has features that makes it as good as a Xerox," the salesmen would announce to the potential buyer in 3 different stores. Then finally he goes to a fourth one, and asks: "is this as good as a Xerox?" the salesman replies: "it is a Xerox!" If we want Moog, we get a Voyager or a Phatty or a Taurus or a Moogerfooger...... or any of the other miriad of emulations.

I personally think that the choice of Steiner filter was excellent. Makes this thing sound DIFFERENT, for a change. You don't read or hear about Buchla trying to produce a Moogla-sounding filter, do yah..?
This thing seems to have a sound that rips through concrete. Notwhitstanding the very short keyboard, I think it's an incredible instrument, and a 3-octave one would be PERFECT, even if they keep the one VCO architecture.

I want one, but first I'll buy the Studiologic-Waldorf love child... w00t!!

r05c03 · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:22 pm Post subject:

Hmm. Preordering from MF, when did you order? Could their be a batch coming out in April and a batch later in the summer depending on when your order came in?

Squigg · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:34 pm Post subject:

Chuck E. Jesus · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:46 pm Post subject:

kind of feel silly pre-ordering, but at least it's paid for...

itijik · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:19 pm Post subject:

This really should have been a cheaper version of a Moog. I don't like it.

chando · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:30 pm Post subject:

itijik · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:33 pm Post subject:

That is a joke, of course hihi

Christopher Winkels · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:56 pm Post subject:

clusterchord · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:13 pm Post subject:

cudos to Gordon Reid for synth secrets.. truly amazing and helpful series.

however, this is not the first or the last time he made such stunts in reviews. he and several others in SOS have a long history of tad biased or ill-informed reviews. not just that but serving plain out inaccurate data... like refering to Jupiter 8 as a CEM based machine. or saying SE Omega sounds like MKS80, and they are both no better than his (UK made of course) Novation SuperNova. what utter rubbish.

so, whenever you read anything on the net, any article where author is getting payed for, you should read with a HUGE grain of salt. no matter who he is. just saying.

i stopped reading payed reviews like 15 years ago, when i stopped my kbd subscrition too. haven't missed either. there's always a better way to find out things about a product than reading SOS. luckily we have internet. just wait till some ppl buy it, use it.. talk about it. safest route.

maybe its an old english - french feud or something. SOS almost never gives a negative review of anything Mr. Green

drewtoothpaste · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:18 pm Post subject:

Mine doesn't have a back-order date. I'll let you touch my arm for a dollar.

fluxmonkey · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:38 pm Post subject:

NAAAOOOO... yr filters only got 12 dbs, innit? whereas MY filters go to 24... --Nigel Tufnel

Sir Ruff · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:01 pm Post subject:

Squigg · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:07 pm Post subject:

ringstone · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:25 pm Post subject:

Chuck E. Jesus · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:06 pm Post subject:

suboptimal · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:40 pm Post subject:

I bet the touch would be worth it. He's meaty, after all.

Jason Brock · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:53 pm Post subject:

dopefiend · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:01 pm Post subject:

Look at the crazy popularity of the Serge synthesizer......2-pole filters and all.
The Yamaha CS-80 has been touted to be one of the fattest-sounding poly synths in history, 12-dB's notwithstanding!
Anyone want to question the obesity of the Oberheim SEM?

I think that the argument of the Arturia (or any other synth, for that matter) being inferior for having 2-pole LPF's instead of 4-pole ones is pretty lame.
And while we are on the argument of screwed-up views from those SOS reviewers, I remember the reviews of both the Analogue Systems RS Integrator and the Doepfer A-100 in the late 90's done by Chris Carter. He gave a raving review of the AS, praising the "high construction quality and excellent sound" of it, while giving the Doepfer a tepid, lackluster one. At that time I personally had the opportunity to try out both of these systems. I had a generous Doepfer rig, and wanted to expand it with AS, so I purchased 3 VCO's, a mixer and and a filter, and what a disappointment!! The PC boards were bent at their attachment to the front panels, the front panel legends were cheap-looking and barely legible (font too thin) and some were fading (in all fairnesss to Carter, he did briefly state that the front panels looked cheap). The jacks were as loose as the Doepfers (not mentioned by CarterThe filter was kind of bland for me. Chris Carter wrote that they "oozed quality" (WTF!!! angry

).
In all fairness to AS, a few years later I bought a Bode FS clone, and the build was better, with great sound, even though the front plate was still hard to read and cheap-looking. I have therefore declared, based on my experience, the Doepfer to be overall superior to the AS, and have stuck with it since.

Now, I am not implying that the SOS staff is British-biased, but in my personal experiences with these instruments I just could not see what this dude what describing in his reviews, and since then I take his opinions with a heavy sodium load. Nevertheless, I still love some of their articles, especially Gordon Reids', and I think his review of the Buchla was fair, in spite of how bruised Don's feelings got.

mhtones · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject:

Latest from Musician's Friend.

Spoke to a CS rep today because I just received another backorder automated email after receiving a similar email a couple weeks ago. He indicated that I still had a tentative backorder shipping date of end of April. The date on their website for July is for anyone ordering a Minibrute today. He indicated that they had 97 pre-orders and I found out that I was somewhere between #60 - 70. They are expecting 90 Minibrutes at the end of April. So, 91 - 97 will be filled upon their 2nd shipment, hence the July date.

One thing to note: You will fall off their pre-order waiting list if you do not contact them within 60 days of your order. So, if your a part of the first 90 and still want your Minibrute tentatively shipped in April, you'll need to call them and let them know. By calling, they reset your 60 day grace period.

Now, all this is what I was told by MF CS. I take it all with a grain of salt. I'm hopeful for April, but prepared for actually receiving this later. Will give me more time to save up for it. hihi

And sorry if someone else has already posted all this, I didn't want to read thru the hundreds of posts. Besides, figured this was an update that some might appreciate.
Small Type: I do not work for nor am I affiliated in any way with Musicians Friend or any other retailer for that matter. thumbs up

What??? No 24db filter, crap I'm cancelling my pre-order. hihi