Moog Music today announced a free update to the Minitaur Analog Bass Synthesizer that adds patch memory, new performance features and a number of user-requested updates to Minitaur and the free Minitaur Editor/Librarian.
Here’s what’s new in Minitaur Revolution 2:
- Minitaur REV 2 owners can now create up to 100 presets and store them directly within their Minitaur. Presets are managed from within the free Editor/Librarian software and can be recalled from the Minitaur’s front panel controls.
- Also in REV 2, a new operational mode for the Decay/Release knob provides users independent control of Decay and Release times from Minitaur’s front panel. Users can easily switch between this new mode and Minitaur’s legacy mode from the front panel.
- In addition, Minitaur’s CV and Gate inputs are now assignable from the Minitaur Editor/Librarian software. The Pitch and Mod CV inputs can be routed to any function, while the Gate input can be routed to functions with on/off behavior
- REV 2 also enables Minitaur to effectively function as an intuitive CV to MIDI converter.
The firmware update is a free download via the Moog site. Currently registered Minitaur owners will receive an email from Moog with download instructions.
If you’ve tried out the Rev 2 firmware, let us know what you think of it!
Great upgrade and nice that it’s free to existing owners. Thanks Moog!
Patches are a nice addition, but he cv to midi is the real gem in this upgrade.
Never heard of CV to MIDI on a synth module before!
very interesting update. makes this alot more appealing.
The Peavey 1600/1600x has two CV inputs that you can use as rough CV-to-midi convertors, see dnigrin post at http://www.defectiverecords.com/pc1600/1600cv-midi.txt . They are pretty useful devices.
The general CV-to-control any parameter on the minitaur is a GREAT update. Thanks, Amos! I was all over the minibrute, but am now biased towards /taur. Every time I hear a minitaur, it sounds bigger than I expected. Every time I hear a minibrute, it sounds thinner than I expected. Someday, perhaps in 2015, Guitar Center will have some Brutes for me to hear live…
I know they are in different categories, but for the price…Mininova or Minitaur?…For you which one has the best cost/benefit ratio?..Thx
The short answer is cut out the Frappucinos for 6 months and buy both.
Having used the MiniNova, I came away impressed by the synth’s power, flexibility and build quality. If you can’t make good sounds on it, you need to try harder.
The Minitaur just got a massive update and we have not had a chance to check it out yet. The Minitaur has some obvious limitations, like monophonic output, but it is a really cost-effective way to get into analog and it sounds fantastic.
So, the long answer is to cut out the Frappucinos for 6 months and buy both.
I hope that was helpful.
Thx Bunch…You are right …bye bye Frappucinos…Hello MIni- taur/Nova!
Just got home from work and watched this video and holy crap this adds a lot of functionality to the Minitaur!
Before it was a cool analog synth module – this maikes it more like part of a modular setup.
Very cool update, makes me actually start considering the Minitaur as a second analog synth alongside my Slim Phatty.
I wish they would also increase the note range – the original Minitaur was limited to C4 – nothing played any notes pitch wise above this. Nothing in the update I’ve seen says they removed this silly limitation – so I’m still happy I didn’t buy one. The MiniBrutte is working awesomely and the entire sonic range is available.
“The limit is due to circuitry. Moog went to great lengths to replicate the original Taurus pedals. The oscillators were v/hz in contrast to the more common v/oct. V/hz is cheaper to build, lent itself easily to the one octave pedalboard, and lack of LFO/pitch bend (in the original) did not require v/oct. But V/hz has a smaller pitch range because the voltage doubles for every octave and you quickly reach the power supply voltage, and you can’t go higher than that. That’s why it has an upper limit.”
Probably wont happen, unless you want something extremely unstable, even then you’d probably need to mod it yourself.
Do you think that a Capacitors mod can do the trick, perhaps?
The installer which is supplied for this update doesn’t work.
The firmware removal tool does nothing and the firmware update seems to be sending midi data just fine.
Anyone else experience this wonderful update yet.. ?
So you can’t change the presets with program changes then?
Or well?
you can change presets using sysex. These can be stored on your sequencer and sent along with the program changes in the first bar. should work nicely.
yes, there are some controllers which can convert CV to MIDI, but this is a synth module that works as MIDI control and CV converter, awesome!
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I honestly tried it out. I might not be objective since I tried loading my own patches from old version of the editor to the new one, but I find some minor differences in the sounds stored on the computer vs. sounds stored on the onboard bank. Also, I feel like the sound is a bit different, oh I don’t know. I’m quite sure there will be a 2.0.1 sometime soon.
Minitaur’s CV and Gate inputs are now assignable from the Minitaur Editor/Librarian software. The Pitch and Mod CV inputs can be routed to any function, while the Gate input can be routed to functions with on/off behavior
Any Function???!??? Details please!