Muff's Modules & More

revmutt · Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:16 am Post subject:

I think the Wiggler part is a little tough on EH purists.

Peake · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:37 pm Post subject:

I'd wondered a bit about it and am happy that I was correct- it is indeed a term both (silly) sexual AND Electro-Harmonix (who took the cake for such things, at the time).

Not offensive at all. What would be offensive are those without enough of a sense of humor about it...amusing that it became a positive conversation piece smile

modularland · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:17 pm Post subject:

harmless- but not the best branding for the best community of musicians in the last 100 years.... would be better as 'diode wiggler' more subtle humor :-)

nerdware · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:53 am Post subject:

I just assumed it refered to a cat thing. Cats really like it when you stroke the fur on the top of their heads. Now, if that fur can be called a muff, and the gesture can be called wiggling...

No, not even remotely offensive. Obscure, yes. Feline, definitely!

Anyway, synths and muff wiggling (as defined above) go together for me, coz I experience a similar level of bliss when I'm twiddling synth knobs.

money bags · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:22 am Post subject:

all i have to say is to hell with 'BEING' PC.

if you are talking about the only black guy in the room. just say 'the only black guy in the room'.

Something i dont miss about the west coast is how PC people are. DONT CALL ME BIG BONDED unless you now big by BONE is. I'm FAT

uahh i need to sleep i hope this makes someone cry

Kent · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:38 am Post subject:

O.K. Imagine the Worse Case Scenario: It stands for some immaterial offensive act/thing... And what if it was meant to infer whatever it could be that could be deemed 'offensive'... did anyone die? Did anyone have a worse day because of it?

If so, that person needs more than what this forum can offer.

darenager · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:02 am Post subject:

Not at all offensive, great name, great forum.

And to all those "PC" people, grow up and get a Mac lol

Celtic Peasant · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject:

Muff I think you have an awesome forum and, having been on other forums, I really think you are the best moderator I have seen.
thumbs up

"Muff Wiggler" offensive - never. I never thought of it as anything other than a really cool and catchy name!!

I know it was a few years ago, but thanks for sharing the 'beginnings' of the name and your site with everyone. smile

Take care,
Zoie

neandrewthal · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:42 pm Post subject:

I'm offended by the thought of entertaining the idea that Muff Wiggler might be offensive SMACK!

Just me · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:09 pm Post subject:

As a newbie, I'm just going through the old posts. It's funny, but the first time I heard of MuffWiggler, I thought of old EH stompboxes. I've had so many of them over the years and have done the same sort of thing with the names. Used StoneFinger once years ago. It (the forum) could be called Uterine Vomit or Supporating Pustule for all I care, the content is great.

Liddlepud · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 4:07 pm Post subject:

It's never really made any sense to me. I always thought that wiggling applies to something that protrudes like a joystick. A muff is an opening and doesn't protude so how do you wiggle it?

MrBiggs · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject:

Dr. Sketch-n-Etch · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:34 pm Post subject:

I think the name is pretty funny. The only time it gave me reason to pause was when I recently gave a presentation on synth DIY to the "Arts Science" class at my daughter's high school. (It's a science class for kids in the arts program, in case you're wondering -- a perfect opportunity to talk about synth DIY, complete with a powerpoint presentation and a hands-on modular demonstration). Anyway, on the last slide of my presentation, I had listed a bunch of cool web resources for anyone interested in synth DIY (MFOS, Catgirl, Electro-Music, and... Muff Wiggler). I wasn't sure how that was going to play to a room full of 15-year-olds (and their teacher) but I made a mild little joke out of it, and it was fine. (Truth be told, I'm not even sure anyone there understood the reference... innocent little darlings).

vav · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:46 pm Post subject:

Re: Is it offensive?

I hope so.

Also, my fiance at one point was yelling at me because i spent too much time on the wrong muff.

The_Crooked_Man · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject:

I stumbled upon this site after being reprimanded on Gearslutz for making a sexually suggestive comment about a piece of gear, so imagine my surprise to find that not only is there a site named after such a thing, but it's also dedicated to synthesizers AND cats! A match made in heaven, I must say.

As a side note, the funniest thing that I've heard in a good long time was the other day when my girlfriend said something to the effect of, "would it absolutely kill you to spend 5 fewer minutes per day on that vagina smacking, cat fucker site of yours and do the dishes?!"

Dick Champion · Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:14 am Post subject:

Just fell over this as I was surfing the gold mine that is Muff Wiggler.

In my mind the verb for patching a modular synthesizer is "to wiggle".
I guess that says a great deal about what Muff has meant for the synth community.

And a Muff could far fetched BE a modular... though I'm familiar with EH stompboxes and own a Big Muff, the word Muff actually is a name here in Denmark.
In fact it's my girlfriends middlename. She gets a lot of requests on Skype for private conversations.

But i'd hate to be the teenager searching for porn and ending up watching a video with James Cigler patching a Wogglebug...
If anything it is offensive to the hardcore porn fans out there. Soapbox

Trivia:
BYOC version of Big Muff is called Large Beaver. I like that.

DC

Hanz · Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:59 am Post subject:

Tobor · Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:34 am Post subject:

my fiance said to me: "what? you surf a site with that name, you dirty pornographer!!!!"

my answer:

"dear, you know what a wiggler is? It is a series of magnets designed to periodically laterally deflect ('wiggle') a beam of charged particles! and a muff is a fashion accessory, usually of fur, for keeping the hands warm... therefore this site talks of furry nice synchrotrons"...

end of the questioning...
hihi

Enginear · Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:32 am Post subject: Muff Wiggler offensive?!

I have frequently heard Steve Winwood's brother "Muff" being talked about on FM radio here in Canada.
Given what the CRTC (our bone-headed regulator) did to Dire Straights over Money for Nothing recently for its reference to a type of rustic English meatball, I can only conclude that Muff is not at all offensive!

Anyways, those that can be offended by a simple word have bigger problems than those that use the words, IMHO!!

doofa beena · Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:55 pm Post subject:

i always thought it was a reference to the female anatomy,
seeing as how there are so many cats around here!!
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