Other folks have strongly argued that Moog is exploiting a hole in the API market by offering a product where previously there had been none. In the modular synth market there are any number of Moog-ish clones, so perhaps there's a point to this. These are people who are prepared to pay $1,000 for an API-format mic preamp so an $800 filter won't make them flinch (much). As much as I think it's a slightly daft product the margins are probably fantastic. They probably will make as much profit selling one of these as they would on 400 copies of the Animoog app.
I've got a perfectly good Q150 for an affordable version of the Moog filter in 5U, and if I ever feel flush I'll spring for a Macbeth Mk.1 Filter A, so it's not like there's a dearth of Moog-like options already out there.
On 22 October 2011 08:58, Welton Barker <weltonb@pobox.com> wrote:
Forgive my woeful ignorance, but if it doesn't take CV, then what's the point of it? Is this another Moogerfooger? I've only been dabbling in modules for a couple of years now, and I'm more of a musician than an engineer. Plus, I'm getting really old, and I just want things to work. What's Moog's vision for this thing?
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Welton Barker wrote:
--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, Ross Totino wrote:
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> Keep in mind this module does not have any CV inputs. Also, I think series
> 500 modules are smaller than 5U?
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> > Anyone know if this new filter of Moog's will run off of a Dotcom format
> > powered cabinet? They may be ridiculously expensive, but I still kinda want
> > one. For those of you who haven't seen it, here's the Moog page:
> > http://moogmusic.com/products/500-series/500-series-ladder-filter
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> > $849 list, but most places are advertising $769 for its December release.
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