Open Mic: For the holidays, our wish is that you have family, health and peace.
And, yes, since this is Synthtopia, maybe a little gear under the tree, the new app that you’ve been wanting or some great new music.
This year, ‘Synther Claus’ left us a classic ‘Moogsploitation’ album, Switched On Santa. It features Mooged-out arrangements of traditional Christmas songs, complete with sleigh bells and jazzy Moog solos.
Did Synther Claus bring you something nice this year…..or a lump of coal? Let us know in the comments!
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I guess I was good this year, because there was a Moog Spectravox under the tree!
OK – I bought it as a present to myself. But I was still pretty good this year.
So far, I’m liking it. A lot of the synthfluencers were kind of ‘meh’ about it, because they were looking at it as a vocoder with modular patch points. To me, it seems more like a FFB or Buchla Spectral Processor, crossed with a basic monosynth voice.
I already have more toys than I deserve.
Bought myself a Kijimi mk2 very recently. I guess that counts. I think we all know that buying surprise musical gear for someone is extremely tricky, unless you get very specific in your wishlist (effect units come to mind, like stereo delay/reverb combo pedal, which gives you room for surprise). But with synths, especially with people who use them insttead of collect them, synth choices end up being hyper specific to fill a notable gap in your synthesis options/sound.
The Minifreak 3 update is just wonderful!