It's rare to find a video that's both informative and so much fun. Great job on this. I pretty much agree with your assessment. Personally, I really like how engaging and musical the Softube synths sound. I actually want to fiddle with them and not just slap on a preset and be done with it, like I do with most soft synths.
@@EarlyMist No idea, but it would have provided for a better evaluation if soft clipping had been turned on. FYI, I recently got Moog Music's Model D soft synth, and the overdrive is way closer to how the original synths seem to behave. I wish that soft synth had been included in this lineup.
No still sounds terrible and worse the soft clip effects the output and doesn’t sound natural at all. Just muffle and thinner. Honestly Arturia Mini is pretty bad and I’ve had it since 2003. That might be a clue as to why.
The Arturia emulation is probably the worst one, the minimonsta 2 is clear the settings can’t be matched in the same way than the behringer or the UAD. I own the UAD version and I’m quite happy with it, it’s incredible.
I fully agree with your conclusions. Very fun, right to the point and effective comparison. If only shootouts were all like this one! A minor note: +1 for adding Synapse The Legend to the test.
This is my second time watching this video and I still find it informative.. I purchased the Boog Model D a year ago and I still find it an amazing instrument.
My opinion is pretty much the same. I have everything in the comparison except the GForce version. I think the Softube Model72 sounds really good, but the Uad seemed to consistently sound the most like the ModelD. I think Softube did a little better overall with the Model 84. I like some of Arturia’s instruments and effects, but they should probably revamp their Mini. The Arturia will produce usable sounds, but it seemed to be the least authentic. The GForce was sounding thinner, and a bit harsh to me.
Great video! I've got a Behringer and to me, it sounds great. I've seen the comparisons online and it's very very close to a real Moog, and there is enough variation between Moogs that it's in the ballpark of Moog because there isn't a 'perfect Moog' to use as a benchmark.
The arcade video style was really nicely done! I also agree with you conclusion. The Arturia seems to sound the least accurate. The real hardware sounded the best.
You weren't very honest with the Arturia. At 1:24 you didn't detune it like the others, making it sound thin in comparison. At 2:29 you used a saw on one oscillator and a saw-tri on the other two, instead of saws on all three like in previous examples, making it sound radically different. The Mini V isn't the best pure emulation but it is a decent synth in its own right.
It’s not as simple as you say. Detune isn’t static in analog. It has flux which varies the detune sound and helps create that pleasent “alive” rather than static detune effect. You can certainly detune Arturia much more but I’d you take it as far as hardware it starts to sound less useable because it doesn’t fluctuate. Put another way, the Behringer here was probably very slightly detuned whereas you have to highly detune the Arturia to get the same maximum beating, but since it’s static it isn’t very pleasant and would sound more like just out of tune. Similar to why tape warble can sound nice compared to a fixed warble without subtle fluctuation. All issues in the video are things I’ve noticed for years using Arturia. I wish it weren’t the case but it simply is.
@@sibbyeskienot true… This test is poorly done! Arturia have the control “voice detune” at 0 (now Arturia have the control “analog”). The GForce is not a Minimoog model D emulation (is a Voyager emulation). The parameters must be matched with ears!!! Arturia have a very good emulation of Minimoog, similar to UA and Softube.
Behringer Model D, then UAD Minimoog, then Softube Model 72, then Minimonsta 2, then Arturia Mini V3 a very very distant 6th.. but of course they have a V4. I kinda wonder where the Legend fits in here. I was also surprised how off the Minimonsta 2 is.
The sounds are so different across each brand I've got to say this isn't a great comparison video. Different detunes, vastly different filter settings/sounds. It's almost impossible to use this video as a comparison video Which is a shame because the effort is really good otherwise and I love the idea and style. So 10/10 for that..just wish the effort went into making the sounds similar!
Great video! One of the best synth comparison videos I've seen! I agree with your assessment of the various merits of the emulations. For certain examples I liked the character of the GForce. I had a nice 1977 Minimoog which sounded amazing but I preferred the Moog reissue because of the Fatar keyboard and some of the extra features they added. I never tested the feedback trick on the reissue though. None of your examples remind me of my Minimoog's external input overdrive but I think that has a lot to do with the oscillators pitch and waveforms settings. For feedback I like to use 3 saws tuned to Root, Octave Down, and a Fifth (can be up or down). Oscillator set to a fifth should be down a bit in the mixer a bit. This gives like a guitar powerchord type sound that sounds really good with the feedback trick.
I own a vintage Minimoog. Recently purchased the UAD. IMO the UAD is the only software version I’ve heard that captures the analog sound of the original. Worth noting, just like the real Mini, the UAD does not let you play chords on your midi keyboard. Maybe that is why it sounds so fat and nasty.
Great job! In college, I played Rhodes and a MiniMoog in our band, and as much as I love the MiniMoog, I'd have used a software version in a heartbeat if one had been available, because the MiniMoog would, every once in a while, go horribly out of tune. These days I use the Mini V3.
I have a Behringer Poly D, Model D and Moog Gramdmother and they are all very Minimoog-y. The Behringers especially are very stable and take only a minute to warm up. The Moog is closest in overall character, very stable but takes about 10 mins to warm up. I think those older designs were more prone to annoying tuning issues than today.
Behringer the best for me no doubt. Its an actual analog engine, more pleasant tone and obvious the only one with real analog feel. People go by brand.. UA is not magic, is hard to fight analog gear with a plugin.
I agree that the Behringer sounded best. The Arturia is the only one in This group that I have, and it seemed to lack character compared to the others. The Arturia sounded flat. The G-Force sounded the most different, but It has a character all its own. I would like to hear Cherry Audio’s emulation next to these.
I have a Poly D, so I'm a bit biased - I love the Model D and Poly D Behringer sound. I think it mashed the soft synths in the face! I was disappointed with the Arturia sound in comparison to the rest. Really great video! 😀
Hello, I'm with you concerning the Arturia. I didn't know to be disappointed until I got a Model D and went to the Arturia and couldn't get it to sound nearly as warm. The Model D bass has a certain tightness that I could not get from the Arturia.
Boog is Boss! We all know how good UAD and Softube VSTs are so no surprise but I was expecting better from Arturia whereas the GForce, which I didn't know, sounded the weakest in almost every fight.
After watching again the video, I was almost to buy the UAD version, which is currently $65 only, but I decided to compare my Minimonsta 2, which I like very much how it sounds, and I couldn't believe it is so far away from Model D, as shown video. I was able to get it far closer to Behringer and UAD versions, than in the video, with the first patch (Funk Bass) - close enough to make me wonder whether buying the UAD version is justified even at this price.
Great video! I think the vsts generally do a pretty decent filter emulation but those lovely fat oscillators moving around on the Poly D make the software sound very cheap. Especially in the attacks, always changing, that's where I find the software versions unusable.
Lovely production, but the sounds aren't well matched, the Arturia one, while my least favourite, can sound better than shown here. Your Detuned Saw had almost no detune to speak of in the Arturia one. Hold Shift to avoid the half-note steps for proper detune, for example. Filter settings between the synths also seem super off. As a comparison, this is difficult.
I agree the arturia sounds are complete different patches almost. Different filter amount, resonance, no detune almost at all. The funk bass was a totally different sound too. Almost seems like they are asking you to not like Arturia haha
Really?!?! This test is a joke! Totally wrong!!!! Unmatched parameters, plugin which are not emulations of the Minimoog model D. Wake up guys… This is a shit comparison! Totally useless!! Arturia have a V4 version and it sounds very similar to Softube and UA
I used to have an early 70's Mini on loan fora couple of years. Used it on a ton of stuff. I still use samples I recorded of it despite owning a dozen synths and twice that many soft synths. Surprised at how different they all sound from each other. The overdrive was an interesting difference. Most of these apps/hardware don't replicate the way that resonance and overdrive compete for control. You can dial in a certain amount of overdrive then almost remove it by increasing resonance. This isn't strange actually. It's similar to how opamps use feedback to linearize the signal. Also on a real Mini there are a lot of little things that don't always show up in emulations. Like the way the mixer of it clips asymmetrically. Or how the noise behaves. It's not pure white noise. There is a kind of living quality to it that I've never heard replicated. Even the Minimoog re-issue doesn't get it right. I did a ton of patches based on modulating the filter with noise and once you hear it you know. But then it's also an aspect of that filter that is hard to recreate. Even for Moog. Of all of them I really liked the UAD. I have a lot of UAD DSP so I might have to pick that up next time they have a sale. Also, why not the Moog music Mini App? It's on Mac OS now and it is really good.
Fun part with Softube is that you get components for their Modular environment if you buy their synths. The UAD sounded nice though. Wonder how the Synapse would do.
How come Music Music's own Moog soft synths aren't included in this comparison? Some Behringer owners have said they said more faithful to the original vs the Boog hardware.
Nice vidéo wonderful 8 bit stuff. All Presets could have been closer to the Behringer with more tweaking. Vst requires more fine tuning adjustments to sound the same.
Hi there agree that despite the technology progress in software instrument development the hardware is still ahead of plugin equivalent soundwise! Thanks for the comparison . You may check out some of my hardware analog synthesizers demos including Behringer Model D and Poly D. Great job! Take care
Im not surprised about Arturia. Ive owned the hardware CZ1 , Martix 6 ,and the SQ80. And they don't even come close.i can only imagine how far off the others sound.
Yeah I agree. It must have been possible to match the sounds more, I’m sure. WIth the detuned saws for instance, on the Arturia they were hardly detuned at all it seemed, it almost sounded like a single oscillator.
No. I think this is another one of those “Knob Position” comparisons. Which is absolutely silly. Even two hardware synths won’t sound the same with knobs in the same position.
The detuned saw examples sound very different and sometimes not so convincing. The best is always the Behringer. It's so cheap, why should you use the software?
Dang, Arturia's sound really is different. Closer to digital. But does an average customer know the difference if we add sound goodizers? I say it does what it does.
The softube actually sounded the closest to real minimoogs that I've heard. The behringer sounds better than all of the plugins but it's not really a minimoogish sound. The nice sizzle in the top end is missing.
This is a much better constructed demo than most that showcase the differences. I have a few Moog-likes and a Moog and software versions are always off in so many ways. The detune and oscillator character is always really simplistic sounding. Drive (especially on Arturia) is iffy. Mixer saturation and how it suppresses harmonics not right. FM usually sounds like simple digital (again, Arturia wtf?). Amazing how all of these small parameters combine to make such a complex one that’s still very difficult to emulate. PS> to my ears the official Minimoog app on iOS comes closest. It’s pretty impressive for software emulation.
Fantastic video format, loved the music too! I agree Minimonsta 2 doesn't sound very accurate, but it does sound very nice. I bought it. Hoping to pick up a boog at some point though!
I would be curious how Moog's own software synth would perform in comparison. What I can definitely say after watching the video is that the GForce is the least satisfying to me, unfortunately followed by the Arturia although I am a regular customer at Arturia. In this comparison the most attractive software attempt seems to me the UAD, followed by Softube.
I have hardware and several software and no software comes close but the iOS Moog Minimoog is closest. Could even pass for the real thing sometimes. It has 96khz internal processing too so aliasing isn’t much of an issue except maybe on very fast envelope transients. It’s definitely the only software version I consider as a “mix ready” instead of placeholder for later firing up my hardware instead. Check it out.
The best comparison❤ BUT you are wrong with the Arturia. I've just checked with Mini V4 and it's VERY close to the hardware.
Arturia sounds shiddy as alwayw
@@brennendehexe7934 V4 it really sounds good!!
In this test it was used the V3 with ‘soft clip” disabled and the ‘voice detune’ off.
It's rare to find a video that's both informative and so much fun. Great job on this. I pretty much agree with your assessment. Personally, I really like how engaging and musical the Softube synths sound. I actually want to fiddle with them and not just slap on a preset and be done with it, like I do with most soft synths.
You have to flip the "Soft Clipping" switch on the Arturia to get a controllable overdrive, as instructed in the user manual.
Will this make it sound more authentic? It doesnt sound so in this demo.
@@EarlyMist No idea, but it would have provided for a better evaluation if soft clipping had been turned on. FYI, I recently got Moog Music's Model D soft synth, and the overdrive is way closer to how the original synths seem to behave. I wish that soft synth had been included in this lineup.
@@michaelsnowviolin well it should make sense Moogs own version should emulate this! They wouldnt put their name to it otherwise
No still sounds terrible and worse the soft clip effects the output and doesn’t sound natural at all. Just muffle and thinner. Honestly Arturia Mini is pretty bad and I’ve had it since 2003. That might be a clue as to why.
@@michaelsnowviolin If AM I correct the "original" softsynth should be the one from UAD ?
For me the UAD version is the one that I liked most consistently. It sounded great on all of the tasks.
Most entertaining synth video I have ever seen!
We need an update with the new Mini V!
it happened at last
This was fun to watch. Great Street fighter edits.
The Arturia emulation is probably the worst one, the minimonsta 2 is clear the settings can’t be matched in the same way than the behringer or the UAD. I own the UAD version and I’m quite happy with it, it’s incredible.
I fully agree with your conclusions. Very fun, right to the point and effective comparison. If only shootouts were all like this one! A minor note: +1 for adding Synapse The Legend to the test.
Dude keep this up and you’re gonna go TH-cam gold, trust. 🎉
Well done and fun to watch, but there's one very important contestant missing: The Legend from Synapse Audio.
It's good I use it a lot for bass but it's not a minimoog clone
@@dan-starwhy? 3 oscillators. Looking pretty MiniMoogish for me
@@andivax if only it was that simple
@@dan-star nonsense ... no more words are needed
This is my second time watching this video and I still find it informative..
I purchased the Boog Model D a year ago and I still find it an amazing instrument.
I am grateful to TH-cam for recommending this channel to me.
My opinion is pretty much the same. I have everything in the comparison except the GForce version. I think the Softube Model72 sounds really good, but the Uad seemed to consistently sound the most like the ModelD. I think Softube did a little better overall with the Model 84. I like some of Arturia’s instruments and effects, but they should probably revamp their Mini. The Arturia will produce usable sounds, but it seemed to be the least authentic. The GForce was sounding thinner, and a bit harsh to me.
Very creative way to present a video and also a very good comparison.
Great video I'm just sorry you didn't use Synaps Legend, I think it would have added a lot
I agree. I have that and really enjoy using it. Would have been nice to see here.
Extremely well put together video format. Great fun and excellent pacing. Model D for the win.
I agree that the Behringer Model D does the best job overall at modeling an analog monosynth. That's probably because it *IS* an analog monosynth!
Why isn’t synapse audio in this?
The Legend is an absolute monster!
Great video! I've got a Behringer and to me, it sounds great. I've seen the comparisons online and it's very very close to a real Moog, and there is enough variation between Moogs that it's in the ballpark of Moog because there isn't a 'perfect Moog' to use as a benchmark.
Behringer wins by far in this test. Very nice sound.
I own an original Minimoog, not a reissue. The Behringer sounds the same.
I learned synthesis on a vintage minimoog, and the UA plugin is by far the most spot on.
Damn, i dont give a damn about the topic Minimoog vs Minimoog so much, but that video was very well done! Awesome! Sub.
wow. That UAD and Arturia filter sweep though. Super crisp.
What a fantastic presentation! Bravo!
Bravo pour l'esthétique jeux vidéos années 90 du clip !
Hope you keep this format of videos
The arcade video style was really nicely done! I also agree with you conclusion. The Arturia seems to sound the least accurate. The real hardware sounded the best.
You weren't very honest with the Arturia. At 1:24 you didn't detune it like the others, making it sound thin in comparison. At 2:29 you used a saw on one oscillator and a saw-tri on the other two, instead of saws on all three like in previous examples, making it sound radically different. The Mini V isn't the best pure emulation but it is a decent synth in its own right.
It’s not as simple as you say. Detune isn’t static in analog. It has flux which varies the detune sound and helps create that pleasent “alive” rather than static detune effect. You can certainly detune Arturia much more but I’d you take it as far as hardware it starts to sound less useable because it doesn’t fluctuate. Put another way, the Behringer here was probably very slightly detuned whereas you have to highly detune the Arturia to get the same maximum beating, but since it’s static it isn’t very pleasant and would sound more like just out of tune. Similar to why tape warble can sound nice compared to a fixed warble without subtle fluctuation. All issues in the video are things I’ve noticed for years using Arturia. I wish it weren’t the case but it simply is.
@@sibbyeskienot true…
This test is poorly done!
Arturia have the control “voice detune” at 0 (now Arturia have the control “analog”).
The GForce is not a Minimoog model D emulation (is a Voyager emulation).
The parameters must be matched with ears!!!
Arturia have a very good emulation of Minimoog, similar to UA and Softube.
Liked this as soon as I saw the ode to Street Fighter! Nice job!! The Softube sounds fantastic.
Behringer Model D, then UAD Minimoog, then Softube Model 72, then Minimonsta 2, then Arturia Mini V3 a very very distant 6th.. but of course they have a V4. I kinda wonder where the Legend fits in here. I was also surprised how off the Minimonsta 2 is.
What an awesome video and comparison! It deserves more views!
The sounds are so different across each brand I've got to say this isn't a great comparison video. Different detunes, vastly different filter settings/sounds. It's almost impossible to use this video as a comparison video
Which is a shame because the effort is really good otherwise and I love the idea and style. So 10/10 for that..just wish the effort went into making the sounds similar!
Thanks for the dragon punch in the childhood. Amazing
I just want to say well done for such a great thumbnail (or cover) photo for this video, super cool 😎
Great video! One of the best synth comparison videos I've seen! I agree with your assessment of the various merits of the emulations. For certain examples I liked the character of the GForce. I had a nice 1977 Minimoog which sounded amazing but I preferred the Moog reissue because of the Fatar keyboard and some of the extra features they added. I never tested the feedback trick on the reissue though. None of your examples remind me of my Minimoog's external input overdrive but I think that has a lot to do with the oscillators pitch and waveforms settings. For feedback I like to use 3 saws tuned to Root, Octave Down, and a Fifth (can be up or down). Oscillator set to a fifth should be down a bit in the mixer a bit. This gives like a guitar powerchord type sound that sounds really good with the feedback trick.
Agreed on the GForce. On the feedback trick, I know for sure that for the Voyager this is a big no-no which is a bummer.
Unbelievable! This beat is on a whole new level! Amazing production, bro! 🎶🔥
I own a vintage Minimoog. Recently purchased the UAD. IMO the UAD is the only software version I’ve heard that captures the analog sound of the original. Worth noting, just like the real Mini, the UAD does not let you play chords on your midi keyboard. Maybe that is why it sounds so fat and nasty.
Fantastic video; I’m a huge street fighter fan, (and the music of it). Cheers.
Great production! Those UAD and Softube plugins sound really good and usable, could have easily replace the hardware in a busy mix.
Even in a minimal mix IMO!
No bullshit plugin will ever replace the hardware…
Man the work🎉 you gotta do more
this video idea was amazing! thanks for reminding me of my childhood while guiding me on making a good decision for music 😂😂
Loved the SF2 theme cover at the end!
Nice and informative video! Great and fun idea :)
Great job! In college, I played Rhodes and a MiniMoog in our band, and as much as I love the MiniMoog, I'd have used a software version in a heartbeat if one had been available, because the MiniMoog would, every once in a while, go horribly out of tune. These days I use the Mini V3.
I have a Behringer Poly D, Model D and Moog Gramdmother and they are all very Minimoog-y. The Behringers especially are very stable and take only a minute to warm up. The Moog is closest in overall character, very stable but takes about 10 mins to warm up. I think those older designs were more prone to annoying tuning issues than today.
Behringer the best for me no doubt. Its an actual analog engine, more pleasant tone and obvious the only one with real analog feel. People go by brand.. UA is not magic, is hard to fight analog gear with a plugin.
I agree that the Behringer sounded best. The Arturia is the only one in This group that I have, and it seemed to lack character compared to the others. The Arturia sounded flat. The G-Force sounded the most different, but It has a character all its own. I would like to hear Cherry Audio’s emulation next to these.
Great video! Very informative, and fun!
I have a Poly D, so I'm a bit biased - I love the Model D and Poly D Behringer sound. I think it mashed the soft synths in the face! I was disappointed with the Arturia sound in comparison to the rest. Really great video! 😀
Yeah the Arturia is defo a few steps below the rest.
Hello, I'm with you concerning the Arturia. I didn't know to be disappointed until I got a Model D and went to the Arturia and couldn't get it to sound nearly as warm. The Model D bass has a certain tightness that I could not get from the Arturia.
Amazing Video!
Boog is Boss! We all know how good UAD and Softube VSTs are so no surprise but I was expecting better from Arturia whereas the GForce, which I didn't know, sounded the weakest in almost every fight.
Awesome video! Behringer definitely has that thick/deep sound,might have to get one!
After watching again the video, I was almost to buy the UAD version, which is currently $65 only, but I decided to compare my Minimonsta 2, which I like very much how it sounds, and I couldn't believe it is so far away from Model D, as shown video. I was able to get it far closer to Behringer and UAD versions, than in the video, with the first patch (Funk Bass) - close enough to make me wonder whether buying the UAD version is justified even at this price.
I love how you did this video ❤
I love the Softube sound.
Great video! I think the vsts generally do a pretty decent filter emulation but those lovely fat oscillators moving around on the Poly D make the software sound very cheap. Especially in the attacks, always changing, that's where I find the software versions unusable.
Thats wasn't the Poly D, that was the Model D, but I agree. I actually have the Poly D and it sounds lovely
Lovely production, but the sounds aren't well matched, the Arturia one, while my least favourite, can sound better than shown here. Your Detuned Saw had almost no detune to speak of in the Arturia one. Hold Shift to avoid the half-note steps for proper detune, for example. Filter settings between the synths also seem super off. As a comparison, this is difficult.
I agree the arturia sounds are complete different patches almost. Different filter amount, resonance, no detune almost at all. The funk bass was a totally different sound too. Almost seems like they are asking you to not like Arturia haha
And then the overdrive has different filter settings for each sounds making them obviously different and totally incomparable.
What about Synapse Audio's The Legend?
i ended up getting the UAD on sale.
Thanks for doing this. Now I'm considering the UAD instead of the Arturia.
Really?!?!
This test is a joke!
Totally wrong!!!!
Unmatched parameters, plugin which are not emulations of the Minimoog model D.
Wake up guys…
This is a shit comparison!
Totally useless!!
Arturia have a V4 version and it sounds very similar to Softube and UA
I use to have the Model D and a Minimoog, I would say the Model D is the closest for me - Cheers!
You meant Poly D?
No, the Model D just like in the video @@bengsynthmusic
@@ackzz
Oh okay. The Behringer Model D. I was confused and thought you meant Minimoog Model D.
This video is so good
Bloody amazing video, ao entertaining 👍👍👍👍
Absolutely brilliant 😅classic production, loved 👏👏
I used to have an early 70's Mini on loan fora couple of years. Used it on a ton of stuff. I still use samples I recorded of it despite owning a dozen synths and twice that many soft synths.
Surprised at how different they all sound from each other.
The overdrive was an interesting difference. Most of these apps/hardware don't replicate the way that resonance and overdrive compete for control. You can dial in a certain amount of overdrive then almost remove it by increasing resonance. This isn't strange actually. It's similar to how opamps use feedback to linearize the signal.
Also on a real Mini there are a lot of little things that don't always show up in emulations. Like the way the mixer of it clips asymmetrically. Or how the noise behaves. It's not pure white noise. There is a kind of living quality to it that I've never heard replicated. Even the Minimoog re-issue doesn't get it right. I did a ton of patches based on modulating the filter with noise and once you hear it you know. But then it's also an aspect of that filter that is hard to recreate. Even for Moog.
Of all of them I really liked the UAD. I have a lot of UAD DSP so I might have to pick that up next time they have a sale.
Also, why not the Moog music Mini App?
It's on Mac OS now and it is really good.
Softube💪
Fun part with Softube is that you get components for their Modular environment if you buy their synths. The UAD sounded nice though. Wonder how the Synapse would do.
Amazing video!!!
How come Music Music's own Moog soft synths aren't included in this comparison? Some Behringer owners have said they said more faithful to the original vs the Boog hardware.
Is the Arturia just not able to do detuned SAW? What's the deal with it
Now lets try the new Minimoog VST from Arturia : Mini V
Nice vidéo wonderful 8 bit stuff. All Presets could have been closer to the Behringer with more tweaking. Vst requires more fine tuning adjustments to sound the same.
Synapse Audio - The Legend is probably gonna be the one to get closer to the hardware
Edit : take a sub for this video alone !
extremely well done, I could only dream of making a video this good lol
Legend from Synapse vs model d 😊
Hi there agree that despite the technology progress in software instrument development the hardware is still ahead of plugin equivalent soundwise! Thanks for the comparison . You may check out some of my hardware analog synthesizers demos including Behringer Model D and Poly D. Great job! Take care
all sound great, the most important it which one you will choose when inspired by. call you. 🤔🤔
Im not surprised about Arturia. Ive owned the hardware CZ1 , Martix 6 ,and the SQ80. And they don't even come close.i can only imagine how far off the others sound.
It would have been interesting to see the iPad Moog Model D as a contestant in this fight… Great comparison, thanks!
jajaja awesome! veery good comparison! Behringer; winner, arturia looose
The patches do not sound audibly matched, especially oscillator detune and filter settings - were they matched by parameter positions?
Yeah I agree. It must have been possible to match the sounds more, I’m sure. WIth the detuned saws for instance, on the Arturia they were hardly detuned at all it seemed, it almost sounded like a single oscillator.
No. I think this is another one of those “Knob Position” comparisons. Which is absolutely silly. Even two hardware synths won’t sound the same with knobs in the same position.
Behringer kills them all. Damm, real analog has still got it!
Cherry Audio Miniverse is missing. It's the least expensive. And the best.
I love that, thanks.
Great fun well done
The detuned saw examples sound very different and sometimes not so convincing. The best is always the Behringer. It's so cheap, why should you use the software?
Dang, Arturia's sound really is different. Closer to digital. But does an average customer know the difference if we add sound goodizers? I say it does what it does.
lovely Numan riff...
The softube actually sounded the closest to real minimoogs that I've heard. The behringer sounds better than all of the plugins but it's not really a minimoogish sound. The nice sizzle in the top end is missing.
Love grows where my rosemary goes -bass line
My question is: do SMD caps sound different from good old caps?
This is a much better constructed demo than most that showcase the differences. I have a few Moog-likes and a Moog and software versions are always off in so many ways. The detune and oscillator character is always really simplistic sounding. Drive (especially on Arturia) is iffy. Mixer saturation and how it suppresses harmonics not right. FM usually sounds like simple digital (again, Arturia wtf?). Amazing how all of these small parameters combine to make such a complex one that’s still very difficult to emulate.
PS> to my ears the official Minimoog app on iOS comes closest. It’s pretty impressive for software emulation.
Great production on the Video. Arturia not quite there, that’s the last and worst place. Terrible; since they consider an emulating company 😢
Would you be able to share the funk bass preset for the Softube 72?
Fantastic video format, loved the music too! I agree Minimonsta 2 doesn't sound very accurate, but it does sound very nice. I bought it. Hoping to pick up a boog at some point though!
Very interesting. Did you set the controls identically on each synth, or were you trying to make the same sound come from each synth?
Great vid bruw! UAD aaaaall the way!!!
Everything but the Moog.
Sounds like a band!
I would be curious how Moog's own software synth would perform in comparison. What I can definitely say after watching the video is that the GForce is the least satisfying to me, unfortunately followed by the Arturia although I am a regular customer at Arturia. In this comparison the most attractive software attempt seems to me the UAD, followed by Softube.
I have hardware and several software and no software comes close but the iOS Moog Minimoog is closest. Could even pass for the real thing sometimes. It has 96khz internal processing too so aliasing isn’t much of an issue except maybe on very fast envelope transients. It’s definitely the only software version I consider as a “mix ready” instead of placeholder for later firing up my hardware instead. Check it out.
berhinger polyd ?
love the vid
Who the hell will use these sounds in their songs?
Gary Newman
hey im looking to buy the UAD plugin but im wondering how CPU heavy it is, anyone got an idea?
Pitty that there is no Legend synth and Monark :(
and Legend is the lightest plugin among these