Shut Up & Play: New Sounds For The Moog Spectravox

Sound designer Anton Anru shared this demo of Modular Voices, a soundset for the Moog Spectravox semi-modular synth and analog processor.

Modular Voices features 50 presets for the Moog Spectravox, including 24 Synths, 13 Plucks, 6 Percs and 7 Drones.

Moog Spectravox is a versatile device that can be used in various ways:

  • It can generate a complete signal without additional devices and audio input.
  • It can produce musical tones that can be played from a keyboard or used with external sequencers and DAWs.
  • It can process external audio signals, passing them through the Filter Bank and modulations.
  • It can operate in Vocoder mode.
  • It also supports combinations of these different scenarios. For example, using the Vocoder with an external audio signal, plus playing notes from a keyboard or sequencer.

The soundset is presented in the form of downloadable PDF document. Each page contains notes that explain how the patch works, what parameters are worth tweaking during playback, and how to develop the timbre during a performance.

“If you make all the settings consciously and try the things mentioned in the notes, you will learn a lot about the synth and discover its true depth,” notes Anru.

The video contains demos of the following patches:

00:00 SY Tracking
01:59 SY Tangerine
03:07 SY Slender
04:17 SY Street Light
05:35 PL Spiral
07:14 SY Gloomy
08:23 PR Apollo
09:29 SY Hi-Tech
10:46 DR Numbers
11:54 PL Magnesium
13:36 SY Butterfly
15:14 PR By Train
16:23 SY Reflexion
18:03 DR Cold Stone
20:10 SY Brave
21:17 PL Tornado
22:02 PR Friction
23:10 SY Observation
25:19 SY Vice
26:30 PL Quartz
27:37 DR Stupor
29:24 SY Kinetic
30:30 PL Jade
31:46 SY Emission
33:10 PL Shamanic
34:17 SY Discotheque
35:23 PL Canvas
36:32 SY Snake
37:35 DR Spoiler
39:59 PL Knight
41:04 DR Anxious

One thought on “Shut Up & Play: New Sounds For The Moog Spectravox

  1. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a patch bank that was in PDF form. Very interesting. I just snagged one of these.

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