Cannot think of a reason why I would ever want a MOOG -- and then I hear the most phenomenal bass sounds and profoundly inspiring tonality in the world! Then I start counting my money to see if I can afford one...
I played one of these in a Marine Corps travel show/rock band back in the day. Used to change and edit each patch live and on the fly manually LOL. Tried to understand in my 20's what a beast of a synth (with the multiple voicings especially) it is now I realize the treasure that was just sitting right there under my hands that I often took for granted and let slip away.
While the Moog One has a incredible sound complexity I still think it fails to capture the same aura, the richness, depth, and even the flaws in spite of all its power, grace, and appeal that makes the Memorymoog so spin chillingly human. This is one of my all time favorite synthesizers. This one is a particularly good sounding example too, a lot of them seem to have lost their edge over the years.
Another Moog One owner here, hate the company. Don't want to say anything nice about them because of their utterly shitty customer service regarding the state of the Moog One's firmware - but The Moog One is phenominal if you modulate, and run the filters in series. It will do the above.
This is something that isn't brought up much, but I absolutely love Jon Lord's use of the Memorymoog through a Leslie cabinet (on slow), on Whitesnake's Slide It In album (songs such as 'Gambler' and 'Love Ain't No Stranger'), as well on stage in 1983/4 and with Deep Purple in 1984/5. He created such a warm, luscious sound, which I hear wisps of in your 'Cinecitta' demo.
Olala,we always talk about the minimoog,but this one!!! waww the sound! it is so expressive! there is clearly a soul that you will never have using digital machines.The polyphony of the arpeggiator is enormous!
5:36, man that sounds so damn sweet!! Been brushing up on the Memorymoog for good measure, looks like the Moog One has taken some inspiration from this thing! Thanks Paolo!
Great playing and patches! Among other things, I particularly like the harp-like attack and decay with the sustain, slow vibrato, and filter modulation on 'Ultramarine'.
Mr. Extreme OMG it’s absolutely cinematic in sound, Super warm, it’s a bit rich for my blood in price LOL, but having one I would gladly dump VSTs and DAWs except ProTools for dumping this lush audio to HD. Gorgeous device !
Great sounds! With the new Moog One it's nice to compare it to their previous monster synth the MemoryMoog. I can definitely hear some of the MemoryMoog DNA in the One. Hopefully they will do better with it then they did at the time with the MemoryMoog.
@@SynthManiaDotCom Hey, is there any way I could get a sheet music (or other) version of these short songs so that I can play these songs on my own synthesizer? They sound so beautiful that I want to learn them, but doing it from watching a video (with out-of-focus keys) is not exactly easy lol.
Absolutely wonderful. I would LOVE a Memorymoog, and the only reason I haven't bought one is that I'm worried about instabilities and costly maintenance. This one doesn't have a great reputation in that regard. It sounds great, though, and clearly demonstrates how underrated the 3340 is.
Is there a small cigarette burn on the case under the keys between C4 & C5 somewhere around G4 & A4 give or save 1 ?? If so please reply... Thanks, ratzenhof
Moon Tides made my spine tingle. AMS are harder to find.. been trying to find one in USA for years and I have the money. Just literally impossible to find.
Dear Paolo: 4 years since this video, what is your opinion of the Memorymoog in terms of stability? Did you have any issues at all with it? I noticed that you have the first version, which, supposedly, is even worse! I'm looking for a MM, but I'm afraid of its history of problems, especially taking into consideration the price. Would you mind giving me your opinion? Thank you!
I bought my Memorymoog ten years ago and - knock on wood - it has never required maintenance so far. For comparison, the OB-Xa went in and out of "surgery" at least three-four time in the same period. However, if you're not fully prepared to spend the time / money / effort in the (almost guaranteed) event that a vintage synth will need maintenance, I'd suggest to you to consider the Moog One instead
@@SynthManiaDotCom Paolo, thanks for the reply! I actually have a collection of vintage synths. Problem is: we're short on maintenance service here in Brazil, so an unstable synth like the MM, that otherwise could be a good investment, may need some thinking before one decides to buy it. I really am in love with its sound, but the lack of techs here is what makes me afraid. The one good tech we have doesn't like to work on Memorymoogs. My OB-Xa, for instance, received some pretty good service from him, but the MM is a different story. Anyway, thank you for your kind opinion, I'll take it into consideration!
They should have gotten this right the first time. They might not have had to deal with coming back; they would have still been around. At least they got a second chance with the Moog One.
Possibly either the worst or best thing moog has ever put out. From what I hear, the circuitry is just awful. But it sounds literally better than any other synth I've ever heard. So full.
These two synths can't be compared , both are mythic , it is a nonsense to pretend to compare 2 very different synths,and both exellent it is like to compare Moog and Dave Smith,totally impossible.Like to compare diamonds whith gold.You also have to consider that UA-cam doesn't render an exellent sound, and it has nothing to see whith the reality.
MegaPhalaenopsis You mean one cannot compare different things? Interesting. Of course Oberheim and Moog are different. But I played both an OB-Xa and a Memorymoog in the 80s, and both were sounding really fat. Different things can have s.th. In common, like diamonds and gold which are both very valuable. And IMO an Oberheim and a Memorymoog do sound more similar than either of them compared to a Prophet.
What I was meaning, was that in fact,it is difficult for me to admit we could compare two jewels that really belong to the best , but are all different. They both have enormous qualities , and actually,all the factories that work to create numeric synths don't manage to really re-create their sounds,partiully the soul given by the fact they are analogic. Since the end seventies,till the mid eightees,many exellent analog synths have been created , that gave a very big sound panel for the musicians. I personally,have difficults to compare the synths from this period,as many of them had their own touch,and I always wanted them all. We also could tell about Korg,Roland ,Sequencial circuits,and several others that gave us real big synths that are always in the vibe today. Same thing about the drum boxes. Very dificult to compare.
Oberheims and Moogs are equally awesome but each unique in character. I have owned both over the years you know which one you are hearing when they play especially bass patches. All I can say is sometimes you need a Ob sometimes you need a Moog variety is the spice of life. I currently own a Moog phatty played the new OB6 recently sorely disappointed but I don't think it was an issue of design between Dave Smith and Tom Oberhiem I just think they did not get the right artists and sound designers to make worthy factory patches (should have called Jordan). Still might look at a SEM 4 voice next year. We have to keep the pressure on Moog to bring this one back they can have both my kidneys and my net worth for a new MemoryMoog.
This thing sounds great but when you look at the price of them it suddenly looks like dogshit. Just not necessary considering what you could get with that money.
This and the CS80 make me glad I'm alive.
Cannot think of a reason why I would ever want a MOOG -- and then I hear the most phenomenal bass sounds and profoundly inspiring tonality in the world! Then I start counting my money to see if I can afford one...
This particular model sells for only 20 000$
@@hardminder I had best invest some $$ into getting mine working again !! One each...an original and a PLUS Model
@@prosoloist i get the nickname now
I would pay to play it via teamwiever...
I can’t imagine what reasons you have for NOT wanting one…
I played one of these in a Marine Corps travel show/rock band back in the day. Used to change and edit each patch live and on the fly manually LOL. Tried to understand in my 20's what a beast of a synth (with the multiple voicings especially) it is now I realize the treasure that was just sitting right there under my hands that I often took for granted and let slip away.
While the Moog One has a incredible sound complexity I still think it fails to capture the same aura, the richness, depth, and even the flaws in spite of all its power, grace, and appeal that makes the Memorymoog so spin chillingly human. This is one of my all time favorite synthesizers. This one is a particularly good sounding example too, a lot of them seem to have lost their edge over the years.
You can achieve that by complex modulation if that’s your thing.
Another Moog One owner here, hate the company. Don't want to say anything nice about them because of their utterly shitty customer service regarding the state of the Moog One's firmware - but The Moog One is phenominal if you modulate, and run the filters in series. It will do the above.
@@LoveMeBack not really.
This is something that isn't brought up much, but I absolutely love Jon Lord's use of the Memorymoog through a Leslie cabinet (on slow), on Whitesnake's Slide It In album (songs such as 'Gambler' and 'Love Ain't No Stranger'), as well on stage in 1983/4 and with Deep Purple in 1984/5. He created such a warm, luscious sound, which I hear wisps of in your 'Cinecitta' demo.
This instrument makes me want to cry
6:55 if the Moog One could only sound like this I can honestly say I would buy one and never leave the house. NEVER!
That's factory program 21. Worth all $10K alone. I have to leave and go to work sometimes, though. :(
What a beautiful track Moon Tides is. I must have listened to that track 50 times already.
bc_uk, thank you
This is what a poly synth should sound like. I know Moog is working on one and it will see the light of day someday
So happy that I got to hear this, thank you. I want to listen to it many times over and over again.
Thanks for listening
This sounds absolutely beautiful, thanks for the fantastic demo of this beautiful instrument!
Prefer this sound over the Moog one
As an owner of the one, I can agree 100% this sounds beyond good.
But what the moog one can do is ridiculous and it still has a good sound.
The matriarch is another I prefer over the moog one
possibility the most powerful keyboard analog synth of all time.what a sounds.
Olala,we always talk about the minimoog,but this one!!! waww the sound! it is so expressive! there is clearly a soul that you will never have using digital machines.The polyphony of the arpeggiator is enormous!
5:36, man that sounds so damn sweet!! Been brushing up on the Memorymoog for good measure, looks like the Moog One has taken some inspiration from this thing! Thanks Paolo!
A fine taste of flavours, from the cool dynamic to the subtle meditation style of music on the last two.
+MaxxUnending Thank you, Maxx!
This is my first time to see this video. I guess I missed it. Very cool indeed. Great work. The Memorymoog is amazing! :)
Great playing and patches! Among other things, I particularly like the harp-like attack and decay with the sustain, slow vibrato, and filter modulation on 'Ultramarine'.
Seriously lush demo of this magical instrument. Thank you. You are spoiling us Paolo! Merry Christmas Mr Valardo!
LineofControl from Gearslutz.
+sunil solanki Thanks so much, Sunil! Merry Christmas to you as well!
Wow! Thank you for taking time to record and post this.
+David Wilson-Okamura David, thank you so much for watching!
My favorite all time synth!
Best synth ever.
Still one of the best MM-Vids
The whole thing is amazing but 6:55 Cinecitta is my personal favorite. So Pure!
Mr. Extreme OMG it’s absolutely cinematic in sound, Super warm, it’s a bit rich for my blood in price LOL, but having one I would gladly dump VSTs and DAWs except ProTools for dumping this lush audio to HD. Gorgeous device !
This is beautiful!
Absolutely gorgeous! Let my hair stands up. I desperately need a Memorymoog... Thanks a lot Paolo!
Thank you, Pete!
Cherry Audio have just released a virtual synth of this. It's very good.
Thank you Jay! I guess it’s affordable.
Great demo, better player and blow my mind incredible patches
Love the First Snow part, very beautiful
who are you
Woow! so beautiful. Loved it Thanks! :)
+Joacim Wennerberg Joacim, thank you!
80s synth sound power!!!
Great sounds! With the new Moog One it's nice to compare it to their previous monster synth the MemoryMoog. I can definitely hear some of the MemoryMoog DNA in the One. Hopefully they will do better with it then they did at the time with the MemoryMoog.
holy crap this sounds incredible.
Touches my heart❤🌌
Glorious beyond words
5:30 tides get my spine bathed in pure electricity. Did you compose that one or is a piece a can listen in other place?
This is a wonderful song, enjoyed over the years so thought I would donate this small amount for the pleasure of hearing this great tune / synths.
Thank you, Mark C!
@@SynthManiaDotCom Hey, is there any way I could get a sheet music (or other) version of these short songs so that I can play these songs on my own synthesizer? They sound so beautiful that I want to learn them, but doing it from watching a video (with out-of-focus keys) is not exactly easy lol.
I hope we get a Behringer Remember-1 that is a copy of this :-)
This must be what Heaven sounds like?
Beauty indeed! :)
+Retro Phaeax thank you :)
Dream synth! If I could have a MemoryMoog and a Prophet 5 both in good, working condition, I'd be a happy man.
I once saw an ad for a flat for sale in my area, the photo of the office showed 2 synths on the same stand : a Memorymoog and a Prophet 5 :)
You can come to my place in the Netherlands.. They are both here. Prophet 5 rev2
Emiel Hadderingh you know, I’ve always wanted to visit the Netherlands!
PLEASE, do more sound demo of a memorymoog! Thanks in advance!
I’m picking up one of these for free this weekend - now THAT is what I’m thankful for!
Absolutely wonderful. I would LOVE a Memorymoog, and the only reason I haven't bought one is that I'm worried about instabilities and costly maintenance. This one doesn't have a great reputation in that regard. It sounds great, though, and clearly demonstrates how underrated the 3340 is.
LAMM it.
All synthesizers bow down to the rightful king of the Andals and the First Men. We finally have the REAL ending to the Epic Saga.
Fabulous.
This has been my dream synth since I was 15 haha. Hopefully one day I can afford it. Going on 22 now.
well, im almost 24 and no closer
Amazing.
+Jason Tan Jason - thank you!
Brings back so many memory's of the time when I owned one of these beautiful synthesizers
That's why it's called the MEMORYmoog ;-)
Memorymoog is my dream, but in my country apartments costs as Memorymoog(
ps/sorry for my eng
+Lost on clouds Your English is very good - sorry to hear Memorymoog are so expensive in your country :-(
You mean there is a place where the memorymoog is not expensive?
Russia or Ukraine? Or some south-slavic?
+Balto Farlander liczę, że tego syntezatora w ogóle nigdy nie było w Rosji.
what a magical instrument. have been wondering whats in your signal chain? console, pres, interface and choice of daw.....thankss
sounds incredible but a bit swashy with the delay on EVERY SOUND... 10/10.
beuatifull timbrality
Getting stoned and playing a space video game now, brb
Is there a small cigarette burn on the case under the keys between C4 & C5 somewhere around G4 & A4 give or save 1 ??
If so please reply...
Thanks,
ratzenhof
About a thousand of those views is me 😳
Im buying one👍🏼👍🏼😀
6:55 brings me here at least 3 times a week 😑🎧
very expensive 9500 dollars and very hard to find i love this beautyfull beast
Sweeeeet! Are the displayed names Presets on the device or your creations?
The Memorymoog only displays "00" - "99".
kind of cs80-esque
some day .
Another great video, wow what a sound. Is it true you need to autotune the memorymoog every 20-30 minutes ?
Thank you. No, it's not true.
Moon Tides...😮🤯😎
epic
Moon Tides made my spine tingle. AMS are harder to find.. been trying to find one in USA for years and I have the money. Just literally impossible to find.
will .............. man I worked at Guitar center and we had a whole ams vintage rack call them see if they still have them
Where?
As a Memorymoog owner I think 2:15 is factory patch #3, and 6:55 is factory patch 21. But im not in front of mine so Im just guessing.
Just WOW @ 2:10
This style is used in great effect in the movie clockwork orange
Dear Paolo: 4 years since this video, what is your opinion of the Memorymoog in terms of stability? Did you have any issues at all with it? I noticed that you have the first version, which, supposedly, is even worse! I'm looking for a MM, but I'm afraid of its history of problems, especially taking into consideration the price. Would you mind giving me your opinion? Thank you!
I bought my Memorymoog ten years ago and - knock on wood - it has never required maintenance so far. For comparison, the OB-Xa went in and out of "surgery" at least three-four time in the same period. However, if you're not fully prepared to spend the time / money / effort in the (almost guaranteed) event that a vintage synth will need maintenance, I'd suggest to you to consider the Moog One instead
@@SynthManiaDotCom Paolo, thanks for the reply! I actually have a collection of vintage synths. Problem is: we're short on maintenance service here in Brazil, so an unstable synth like the MM, that otherwise could be a good investment, may need some thinking before one decides to buy it. I really am in love with its sound, but the lack of techs here is what makes me afraid. The one good tech we have doesn't like to work on Memorymoogs. My OB-Xa, for instance, received some pretty good service from him, but the MM is a different story. Anyway, thank you for your kind opinion, I'll take it into consideration!
Which reverb is being used please? Lexicon of Eventide? Thanks, Paul
Eventide - it says in the title...
@@SynthManiaDotCom i missed it as I was watching on my mobile phone small screen.
Are these personal or factory patches?
Brilliant. It's impossible to make a shit sound on it!
You don't have any demo presets of this beautiful synth on your site, Why ?
Haven't gotten around to it, yet
@@SynthManiaDotCom can you left me know if you could post all of these memorymoog presets on your website for download to load into a memorymoog?
Whoa you have an AMS delay too.
+Bobby Thompson I am a Martin Hannett fan
I'm not a specialist: this long sound from 0:57 you got thanks to reverb or delay effect?
it's actually both
Which patches are Switched-On at 4:40 and Moon Tides at 5:30?
Menuet from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. Stongly truncated , though
COME ON MOOG!! quit dilly dallying with modulars and bring this beast back in a stable form I will gladly throw
my money at you.
www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1221063-moog-one.html
They just did with the Moog One. But you do need quite a bit of cash for it indeed. But it's a monster!
Trust funds are a beautiful thing
Except that I don't have a trust fund. What I have is a lot of hard work. You should try it sometime.
SynthMania lots of people work hard. This guarantees nothing except MORE hard work.
@@SPAZZOID100 Do you work hard?
@asian boi 9000 And so is yours, bud.
this thing high end cost almost as much as my car lol
just incredible. 8:00 sounds like Majoras Mask
how much money do u even have
was this moogs only polysynth?
TestTubeBabySpy yeah but it was a total disaster
No. They also made the polymoog, but it sounded like a string machine. Listen to "cars" by Gary numan. The lead is a poly moog
Riano Elio disaster???
9:31 what???
They should have gotten this right the first time. They might not have had to deal with coming back; they would have still been around.
At least they got a second chance with the Moog One.
Larry Wilson i would take the MM over the Moog One.
@@SPAZZOID100 correct, most would
Possibly either the worst or best thing moog has ever put out. From what I hear, the circuitry is just awful. But it sounds literally better than any other synth I've ever heard. So full.
fattest sounding analog poly synth ever made
DIGITALSCREAMS Not fatter than the Oberheims IMO.
These two synths can't be compared , both are mythic , it is a nonsense to pretend to compare 2 very different synths,and both exellent it is like to compare Moog and Dave Smith,totally impossible.Like to compare diamonds whith gold.You also have to consider that UA-cam doesn't render an exellent sound, and it has nothing to see whith the reality.
MegaPhalaenopsis You mean one cannot compare different things? Interesting.
Of course Oberheim and Moog are different. But I played both an OB-Xa and a Memorymoog in the 80s, and both were sounding really fat. Different things can have s.th. In common, like diamonds and gold which are both very valuable. And IMO an Oberheim and a Memorymoog do sound more similar than either of them compared to a Prophet.
What I was meaning, was that in fact,it is difficult for me to admit we could compare two jewels that really belong to the best , but are all different.
They both have enormous qualities , and actually,all the factories that work to create numeric synths don't manage to really re-create their sounds,partiully the soul given by the fact they are analogic.
Since the end seventies,till the mid eightees,many exellent analog synths have been created , that gave a very big sound panel for the musicians.
I personally,have difficults to compare the synths from this period,as many of them had their own touch,and I always wanted them all.
We also could tell about Korg,Roland ,Sequencial circuits,and several others that gave us real big synths that are always in the vibe today.
Same thing about the drum boxes.
Very dificult to compare.
Oberheims and Moogs are equally awesome but each unique in character. I have owned both over the years you know which one you are hearing when they play especially bass patches. All I can say is sometimes you need a Ob sometimes you need a Moog variety is the spice of life. I currently own a Moog phatty played the new OB6 recently sorely disappointed but I don't think it was an issue of design between Dave Smith and Tom Oberhiem I just think they did not get the right artists and sound designers to make worthy factory patches (should have called Jordan). Still might look at a SEM 4 voice next year. We have to keep the pressure on Moog to bring this one back they can have both my kidneys and my net worth for a new MemoryMoog.
Nice, but tooo long for each sound. We do not need to listen your playing, but sound. 10 sec is enough
This thing sounds great but when you look at the price of them it suddenly looks like dogshit. Just not necessary considering what you could get with that money.