MOTM

I've owned two minimoogs and a memorymoog plus.  I also own at 
present two Studio Electronics SE-1s which is sort of a mini in a 
rack with programming.  (I've probably owned more synths than 99% of 
the people in this group.)  One of the mini's sounded substantially 
better than the other.  The older one of the two definitely sounded 
better, but it was also less stable.  I didn't think the memorymoog 
sounded nearly as good as either mini.  The SE-1s are close to the 
mini sound, but not quite there either.  I also have had experience 
playing the big moogs and other modulars such as buchlas amny years 
ago.

I would say that you absolutely can replace a mini with a MOTM.  I 
recently recorded a mini style lead part.  I used 3 300s mixed with 
an 830, into 2 440s in parallel controlled by two 800s, into a 
second 830 and then into a 110 controlled by a third 800.

The MOTM has ballz!  It is fat (phat?)  It has that growling 
snarling low end that so many synths lack.  It sounds way better 
than any of my digital synths, better than the SE-1s, better then 
the Andromeda.  

I sold all my moog stuff a few years back and I often regretted it 
until I got my MOTM.  Although I would probably use the SE-1s in a 
live situation strictly because of the ability to rapidly switch 
between patches, in the studio the MOTM is the first choice.

Paul Haneberg (A hoosier with 200 acres but no cows)