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FREE Update to Version 1.5 Now Available...
Arturia Minimoog V - Panel Closed
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Arturia Minimoog V
NAMM convention 1971 - Bob Moog introduces the Minimoog, the very first
compact and affordable synthesizer for musicians. With its excellent
fat sound and its unparalleled filters, the Minimoog eventually becomes
responsible for some of the best analogue synth bass and lead sounds
ever.
NAMM show 2004 - Introducing the Arturia Minimoog V, a faithful reproduction
of the Minimoog. Offering all the features of the original, the Minimoog
V also brings polyphony, MIDI management and presets. But that's not
all - beyond the control panel are some additional hidden features:
a modulation matrix, a LFO, an arpegiator, a chorus unit and a delay
effect.
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"Arturia has done it again. The minimoog V's sound quality
captures the magic of the original classic Minimoog. The graphic
interface looks classy and responds smoothly, making it fun
and easy to use.
We at Moog Music are happy to lend our name to this fine product."
Robert A. Moog
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TAE® - 'True Analogue Emulation'
Thanks to TAE®, Arturia's proprietary technology for emulating analogue
circuits, the Minimoog V offers an unrivaled quality of sound. Sharp filters,
aliasing-free oscillators and soft-clipping guarantee you have the best
analogue emulation on the market.
Arturia Minimoog V - Panel Open
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Benefit from the experience of the best sound designers
The Arturia Minimoog V comes loaded with more than 500 presets made
by a selection of talented sound designers and world-renowned musicians,
showing off its classic sound and extended features, instantly bringing
new dimensions to your musical palette.
What's new in Minimoog V version 1.5?
Since the first release of the minimoog V, Arturia had it foremost
in their mind to make a playable instrument rather than a technical
tool. Since then they have gone to great lengths to listen to all the
remarks and advice from users, journalists, experts and officianados.
They considered every comment very carefully and then set to work to
create a Minimoog emulation that's better than ever!
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"...it would be a braver man than I who would
now
claim to be able to distinguish the software synth
from the lump of wood and metal."
Gordon Reid - Sound On Sound July 2005
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While keeping the ease of use and the musicality already loved by users
of the Minimoog V, Arturia improved on the details and refined the application
of their TAE technology for the Minimoog V to be even closer to the original
Minimoog. Now with Minimoog V version 1.5, you can be sure to have the
the most intuitive and musical Minimoog emulation available on the market
today.
Minimoog
V 1.5 Update Page - Click here...
Here is an outline of the improvements:
Filter: The filter has the same sharp and precise sound as before,
but now it is more agile and responds to envelopes and modulations faster
than before. FM modulation on the filter is a good place to exploit this
improvement.
Here is a example of FM on the resonnant filter:
Real
Minimoog resonnant FM filter
Arturia
Minimoog V resonnant FM filter
(Sampled and generated @ 44.1 kHz)
Oscillator: Square pulse-width now defaults to 48%, making it closer
to the original - the original Minimoog had an average pulse width of
48%. You can obviously tune the pulse width of the Minimoog V to the previous
default of 50%, and don't worry - presets made with previous versions
of Minimoog V won't change.
Hear the difference: (Good monitoring system required)
Real
Minimoog square wave and Arturia MinimoogV square wave
Real
Minimoog square wave and another Minimoog emulation square wave
(Sampled and generated @ 44.1 kHz)
The ramp/triangle and triangle waveforms are now nearly indistiguishable
form the original Minimoog. The pulse width modulation on these waveforms
has also been extended. The Pulse Width Modulation on the ramp/triangle
and triangle waveforms is an unique feature on the market, only possible
with the minimoog V. It produces a very particular sweet sound, especially
on the ramp/triangle waveform.
Envelopes: Now the retriggering behavior of the envelopes reproduces
the original contour behavior exactly:
Real
Minimoog - Envelope on the resonnant filter
Arturia
Minimoog V - Envelope on the resonnant filter
Unison Mode: This mode is now more musical, with some fine-tuned
inter-oscillator drifts to produce a fatter and larger sound.
Efficiency: Now you can use FM and soft clipping without using
an exhorbitant number of CPU cycles. This allows you to achieve complex
sounds without any risk of freezing your computer!
Many other improvements have also been made to the sound of Arturia Minimoog
V!
An original Minimoog
Demo Songs
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5 blips
house - Fabrice Gabriel
11 Minimoog V instances were used in this demo song.
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Elektro
side of the minimoog V - Jean-Michel Blanchet
12 Minimoog V tracks in Cubase SX. No sample (drums were made with the
Minimoog V...) All the sounds used in this piece are available in a
preset bank of the Minimoog V plug-in.
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Brandenburg
Concerto no. 3 - Mateo Lupo
A fragment of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st movement.
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OnTheOtherHand
- Scott Solida, aka The Prayer Capsule
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Mooglinger2
- Vincent Guyard and Michel Geiss
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Minimoog
demo by Mitsuru Sakau - Mitsuru Sakaue
A Minimoog V demo song inspired by Chick Corea, Jan Hammer, Rick Wakeman
and Pink Floyd.
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Features
- Stereo synthesizer
- Mono / polyphonic (up to 32 voices per instrument with unison possibilities)
- Soft clipping function
- No aliasing from 0.1 Hz to 20 kHz
- 64-bit floating point precision
- Sampling rate: up to 96 kHz
- More than 500 presets, made by talented sound designers and artists
- Playable through a MIDI keyboard
- 3 voltage-controlled oscillators (with 5 waveforms)
- 1 LFO
- The 24 dB/oct filter!
- 1 noise generator
- 2 ADS(R) envelopes
- 1 VCA
- 1 mixer
- 1 modulation matrix offering up to 6 different connections (12 sources,
32 destinations)
- 1 arpeggiator
- 1 stereo delay
- 1 three-mode chorus
- 1 external audio input
- 1 external oscillator and filter modulation input
System Requirements
PC: Pentium II 500 MHz, 128 MB of RAM, Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP
MAC: G3 500 MHz, 128 MB of RAM, MacOS 9.2.2 or higher, Mac OS
X 10.2 or higher
Universal Binary (Mac Intel Compatible)
Sound Card: Any sound card compatible with DirectX, ASIO, SoundManager
or CoreAudio
Copy protection: The installation CD is only required each time
you want to import new banks of presets or when you install an update
patch of the product.
A 230-paged paper manual is provided in 3 languages: French, English
and Japanese.
Compatibility Matrix
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