Moog MP-201

[gfriden]

Anyone planning on getting one of these? I recently bought three Moogerfoogers (MF-101, 102 & 103) and was about to buy a whole bunch of expression pedals when I realised this one was on its way. Adds a lot of cool new functions too! Should save me a lot of floor space (soon to be taken up by more Moogerfoogers!). According to someone on the Moog forum

in its most basic function the MP-201 is a single expression pedal with four outputs, and you can select which of the four outputs are used. You can output on all four channels simultaneously, or just one at a time. Or anything in between.

It gets more advanced than this - you can program the depth and even the direction of the outputs - Say one output goes 0 to +5, one goes +2 to +1, one goes +4 to +5, and another goes +5 to 0. This is all from the same motion of the one expression pedal on the MP-201. This is how you can "morph" from one group of CV settings to another. With a single moogerfooger, like the ring mod - you can think of it as having presets for your moogerfooger, and having the ability to morph between "presets" of the moogerfooger.

Beyond that the outputs can also be configured as LFOs, with the expression pedal controlling either rate or amount. LFOs on different channels can be independent or synced together - and there are several waveforms to choose from.

So there's a LOT this thing can do for any CV setup.

There is also a MIDI output so most of the same things (except fast LFOs) that can be output by the MP-201's CV outputs can be output as MIDI CCs.

Sounds like a very good idea to me... 8)

[clubbedtodeath]

Mr Friden! Does this look like Sound Production?

Off to that forum it goes...

[gfriden]

Mr Friden! Does this look like Sound Production?

Off to that forum it goes...

Well, in the state I'm in at the moment (trying to re-write my entire thesis in one week) everything looks the same, so I really couldn't tell. I removed my glasses earlier today thinking they needed to be polished but soon realised it was my eye sight that was blurry. My apologies to the moderators and other VSE members. Now where did I put that brain...

[clubbedtodeath]

Well, in the state I'm in at the moment (trying to re-write my entire thesis in one week) everything looks the same, so I really couldn't tell. I removed my glasses earlier today thinking they needed to be polished but soon realised it was my eye sight that was blurry.

I was in that condition about a month ago. I wish you well, sir.

[gfriden]

Bump!

Same question again. I understand it's been available for a while now. Any opinions so far?

[monolith]

I'm really interested in this too. I'm quite curious to know what are the possibilities of using it with a Mono/Poly.
Speak up gents!

[gfriden]

That's Right! The Mono/Poly uses the volts/octave as opposed to the volts/hertz standard, doesn't it! Never thought about that. Wow, this makes the MP-201 even more interesting! The Mono/Poly is my favourite synth of the ones I own.

[monolith]

That's Right! The Mono/Poly uses the volts/octave as opposed to the volts/hertz standard, doesn't it! Never thought about that. Wow, this makes the MP-201 even more interesting! The Mono/Poly is my favourite synth of the ones I own.

Indeed. I just got a mono/poly about a month ago, it's a keeper! I really want to try a mp-201, but want to know exactly what can be done with it before outlaying the cash.
Do you run a sequencer with your mono/poly?

[gfriden]

Do you run a sequencer with your mono/poly?

Not yet, but I plan to. I have bought a Kenton midi/cv converter. Just never got around to learning how to use it. Damn thesis is taking up too much time... I'm more of a guitarist than a keyboardist, so my main reason for buying the MP-201 would be to get some real-time controll over my moogerfoogers. However, if it works with my M/P as well, that's a big bonus. (And you're right, the M/P is a keeper for sure!)