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Posted : Apr 19, 2012 21:45:21
I cannot stress how good the Moog MF-102 Ring Modulator sounds. Good thing it has a Carrier In input so I can send patterns from any source to do consonant clangs and bell tones, or controlled dissonant weirdness.
It is THE '50s sci-fi/Dalek effects module.
Love it!
Picked up one of these for £50!
Haven't tried it with synth yet but sounds awesome with a tiny bit of wet on a guitar
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Posted : Apr 20, 2012 14:12
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On 2012-04-20 14:05, MJ12 wrote:
Picked up one of these for £50!
That's dirt cheap! I trade my MF-107 FreqBox for the MF-102 and a ProCo Rat 2 pedal for the x0x0x....still have a 50€ credit with Thomann.
Make sure you use it with a synth, and send another synth line in the Carrier In for controlled clangs and bells. The overdrive add some nice warm grit as well.
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Posted : Apr 21, 2012 14:43
nice thanks for the sample , posford style
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Posted : Apr 21, 2012 15:29
The good thing about the MF-102 is that is has a Carrier In signal, that effectively by passes the Frequency knob that commands the frequency of the VCO in the MF-102. So having that input means that I can send the output of the x0xb0x (or any soft synth) in the Carrier In input with a corresponding MIDI file (that can varry from the MIDI sequencing the Phatty...something that was not possible in my old Doepfer modular when using Ring Mod patches) to have consonant clangs when processing the Moog Phatty, or controlled dissonant chaos.
On top of that when not using the Cariier In input, I can manual tweak the MF-102's frequency knobs that makes brilliant sounding metallic FM sounds. It also has an LFO that adds movement.
On 2012-04-20 14:05, MJ12 wrote:
Picked up one of these for £50!
That's dirt cheap! I trade my MF-107 FreqBox for the MF-102 and a ProCo Rat 2 pedal for the x0x0x....still have a 50€ credit with Thomann.
Make sure you use it with a synth, and send another synth line in the Carrier In for controlled clangs and
bells. The overdrive add some nice warm grit as well.
Peace.
currently have only one synth (it's a novation x station so more of a midi controller) but have started saving for studio equipment. Dsi tempest in a few weeks!!!!!
How is the Rat overdrive compared to the boss on the xoxbox?
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Posted : Apr 22, 2012 15:46
I don't have the BOSS pedal. The Rat has that raw edgy sound I really like, although the distortion I get from overdriving the x0xb0x in the Moog Phatty is also brilliant, it just does not distort as much as you can distort the RAT, but the tones are different, yet both are very usable.
Must say that the MF-102 and MF-108 give a very warm subtle over drive that is different to the RAT and the Slim Phatty.
I have never really seen a vst plugin that has good ring modulation, I guess one really needs to utilize Mr Moogs machine, I would love to hear some more samples Nectarios!
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Posted : Apr 23, 2012 10:57
Will do. Using it quite a bit on the ManMadeMan collaboration I am doing at the moment on a tune called "Dementia".
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Posted : Apr 23, 2012 22:10
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On 2012-04-23 04:21, Upavas wrote:
I have never really seen a vst plugin that has good ring modulation, I guess one really needs to utilize Mr Moogs machine, I would love to hear some more samples Nectarios!
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Posted : Apr 24, 2012 22:44
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I have never really seen a vst plugin that has good ring modulation, I guess one really needs to utilize Mr Moogs machine, I would love to hear some more samples Nectarios!
Will do soon. I am using it a lot on the track I am currently working. I am also using this baby a lot
The ProCo RAT2 is like some really strong acid in waveforms, scratching you behind your eyeballs in the nicest possible way It makes Logic's ES2 come alive. F@ck Decapitator and switching modes and fiddling with knobs trying to find the sweet spot...you just run something through the RAT, turn up the input gain and you're home. This is the real deal.
currently have only one synth (it's a novation x station so more of a midi controller) but have started saving for studio equipment. Dsi tempest in a few weeks!!!!!
