The lamp has a metal hood over a small glass dome for the bulb enclosure that rattles with significant bass. A funny side note is I have an overhead lamp in the studio I did my testing in. In many cases where I couldn't sonically hear a difference, I could feel it. With pulse waves, the Minitaur sounded a little more rounded, smooth and fuller.
This was clearly due to the extra parameters on the Voyager, and it reminded me that sometimes less can be more. I found myself spending more time attempting to get the Voyager to sound like the Minitaur vs. The saw waves were identical and the pulse waves varied a little, but I believe this was likely due to additional pulse width settings on the Voyager that the Minitaur does not have. Once I adjusted the envelope on the Voyager, they sounded nearly identical. An interesting thing I noticed was that the filter on the Minitaur seemed to open more than the Voyager, but then I realized that on the Voyager the filter opens up more if you apply the envelope to it. For the most part I could get the Minitaur to sound identical, but there were subtle differences. The Minitaur might be slimmed down in price, but sonically it has all the fat you will ever need.Īs the Voyager sounded closest to the Minitaur, I primarily focused on it for comparison. It was a bit shocking when I first heard it. The bass the Minitaur produces is as full as it gets and the filter gets wide open.
All three are extremely powerful sounding synths. Well, the Minitaur adds a massive fat bull. I used to think of an analogy where the Model D sounds like it has a Tasmanian Devil inside it, while the Voyager has Darth Vader. It's kind of like the original Minimoog has a wild beast inside it while the Voyager and Minitaur have managed to keep that beast under control. The Model D, whether due to age or physical design, has a brighter, fizzier, more unstable characteristic to it compared to both. Actually it was capable of sounding identical to the Voyager with roughly equivalent settings.
So how does the Minitaur sound compared to its siblings? Pretty darn incredible.įor this review I had access to both a Minimoog Voyager and a vintage Minimoog Model D for comparison, and the Minitaur more than held its own. A brand new Moog Minitaur will set you back $599, a Slim Phatty, $795, an RME Voyager, $2695.
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