Moog Minimoog Reviews

I am an absolute beginner with any kind of synthesizer. I love 70's Prog Rock and most of those bands made heavy use of the Moog synthesizers, including the Minimoog. So far I have been able to recreate some of the sounds from my favorite songs. To me, anyway, it sounds just like what the real thing sounds like on my Prog albums. Maybe someone with a better ear might be able hear the difference but I am not that someone so I am happy with the sound quality.

The knobs are a little tricky to get used to. I don't know a simple way to resolve that but it could be improved. I guess the best thing would be an actual knob but you can't do that in a software application. If the application worked with a touch screen that might improve the situation. But since I don't have a touch screen laptop then that wouldn't help me.

If you have more than a few presets trying to find the one you want is difficult because you have to click an up or down button to scroll through the list. As a retired software developer I think that could be better handled by a combo box, drop down list or a list box. Especially one that has a search feature.

The oscillators have real weight, the filter responds musically, and the low‑end sits in a mix like hardware. This emulation has exceptional analogue warmth.

Minor criticisms include a relatively small preset selection, a lack of modern interface features like direct value entry.

It lacks built-in effects or extra modulation options found in some competing clones.

Would be nice to have a polyphonic option in the plugin.

No double click option for resetting parameters.