Help, I Am Hopelessly Obsessed W the Moog Saw Trumpet Sound

[Naive Teen Idol]

You know the sound I'm talking about -- the lead at the beginning of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond." The riff at the climax of Tangerine Dream's "Kiew Mission." The melody of "Oxygene IV" (actually an ARP 2600) -- and so many others. It's one of the signature sounds of the 1970s.

About a year ago, I bought a Midimini Moog clone -- because I wanted that sound for myself. I had to have it. And since that time, I've found that I can play it, literally, for hours at a time. Some of it is just the saw wave itself -- as I don't care for acid, it's often my go-to for basses. And at times, I almost feel bad that other waveforms get short shrift. After all, that square wave is huge. Two narrow pulse waves with a soft filter give you the wonderful "Neon Lights" lead Kraftwerk used. The triangle wave with a little emphasis dialed in during the attack is incredibly warm. And of course, countless programmers have shown just how deep you can get with the three oscillators of a Minimoog.

But nothing makes me smile and noodle for hours like that saw-driven horn sound of the Mini -- it can be soft and ethereal or hard and aggressive. And while other synths can replicate various aspects of it (the CS-80 most obviously), no other I know of can nail all the variations -- the oscillator timbre, the fact that there are three of them, and the filter, of course.

Am I alone in harboring this obsession?

Edited for accuracy.

[tim gueguen]

To be picky "Oxygene IV" is an ARP 2600, not a Mini.

[Naive Teen Idol]

I know he used 2600's on Oxygene, but I thought there was a Mini in there, too. My bad, if so.

[Naive Teen Idol]

I think I may have also been letting my memory of Oxygene: Live In Your Living Room DVD (in which he uses a Liberation) cloud my memory.

Edit: Thought it was a Rogue -- not a Liberation. Confused by their rebellious names.

[nathanscribe]

Unless my own memory is clouded, I don't remember any Rogue in the DVD performance... There's a Liberation, Little Phatty, a couple of Voyagers, a Taurus (mk1) and indeed an original Mini - but I don't recall a Rogue.

[Naive Teen Idol]

And this is how misinformation on the web starts. You are correct.

[spacefolklore]

There isn't such a thing as too much Moog Trumpet, even if it is Moog Little Phatty trumpet. Here you go!

[walkathon]

No arguments here ... offhand, this is like patch #5 on the MEK, which does a pretty righteous job of it too, all said.

[Sexor]

No you guys got it all mixed up! It's not a Minimoog it's a Jupiter!

[nvbrkr]

Oh, I love synth horn sounds. I suppose The Voyager can pull of more authentic sounding ones than the Mini (especially with the FM enabled and with some clever modulation). They can sound a bit like the DX7 or something like that, to be honest. But I do love playing even with the cheesy 1-OSC sounds on my other analogs that don't have as extensive modulation options.

[elmosexwhistle]

i too love that sound, i think there's a naive beauty about it, pretty sure it'll be the first sound i dial in when my mono/poly arrives, the second, will be a face melting 4 oscillator PWM triangle stack