Occasionaly you might want a sharp harsh sounding lead or bass in your music? Just an idea. I have an M-Audio venom which is fully digital and I love it. Digital can make some sounds analog would never be capable of. On the other hand Analog can make sounds a digital synth would never be able to achieve.
Personally for myself a mixture of digital/analogue works quite well. I was looking at the Blofeld recently, really need a synth that can sound really digital if it wanted.
Some people like what people consider the negative characteristics of digital, for example people who are into chiptunes. The SID ships in the c64 (commonly used in chiptunes) provide digital oscillators in 8 bit, but are very sought after.
@patriciasmokes fkn someone who has bad taste in music gear- if being hip is knowing that digital sounds like shit compared to analog then im the hippest cat in the universe
no it's not about taste. taste is subjective. however, you are saying that EVERY piece of digital gear sucks and that's just extremely retarded. a lot of analog stuff does sound more human and warm by nature, but that doesn't mean that "all digital stuff" sucks.
@patriciasmokes actually i use a korg ms 20 ic controller with the legacy software- its close to the original for 200$ used instead of 1800 for a real analog original- its passable but ok ill say 95% of digital stuff sucks in regards to synths- ofocurse i use logic etc for recording because of affordibilty but if i were a big artist i would record all to analog tape because it sounds better hands down
@salvadory Tools are tools, just because you want to swim in your self-made ocean of analogue jizz does not mean your music will be better. I've seen people use the latest and greatest, ran through valve amps etc. They've made nothing but boring lifeless shit, IMO.
People argue about which gear is the best rather than actually making music need to grow up. It's not what you use, but HOW you use it.
@TheShledge once again if you cant hear the sonic difference then that says alot about your poor audio sense and perhaps your age as many people are used to overcompressed mp3 files etc so you have no comparison- tools are tools and a mountain of analogs played poorly wont make great music- yes this is very true- however a mountain of digital gearplayed poorly will sound alot worse
@salvadory I own two analogue synths (MFB Synth II and a Doepfer A100 modular system) so I'm well aware of the subtleties of their sound. It did not however convert me to go all analogue and I still find digital synths to be quite appealling. A Yamaha DX7 would be nice.
I never argued that there's no difference, so don't put words into my mouth. I basically said that good music is not tied down on what gear is used. However, "good music" is entirelly subjective and never factual.
@bloodySunday77 sonicstate review says it all about the gotharman- painful harsh cold glitchy and hard to get around the parameters cumbersome etc- ie not very musical and time wasting- like 95% of digital gear and even some modern analog stuff and va synths- great for shitty thin trebly techno-noise if youre into that sort of thing
@bloodySunday77 hes right- we want real time knobs- not edit modes parameters and all that digital crap- the mopho sounds great looks like a joke and has a unfriendly user interface
@salvadory No, he is not. I HAVE spent time with the Mopho, and its interface is excellent. As for the "digital crap"... man, take good sounds wherever you find them and throw any prejudice in the garbage where it belongs.
@bloodySunday77 i owned a mopho and hated the interface- though admittadly i hate anything with scrolls and menus and that includes the moog little phatty which also suffers from the same problem as well as loooking cheap and plastic- as far as digital id agree i have used an occassional digital synth or drum machine but since analog does everyhting warm and musical and better i seldom need to
Straight up i love your reviews and usually i am with you but for this one i got to say you are wrong. The synthesis power is amazing on this thing and really unique compared to most of the stuff that gets reviewed. while a lot of synth companies strive to make their synths as soft as they can this synth went in the other direction and has some great results. i really would like to see more reviews of the little guys. they got some great stuff too.
FYI all - I just read on analoghaven's site that Gotharman has updated the deMoon with corrected envelope scaling, 24 bit DACs and a bunch of other improvements. These are currently 599 in the USA.
I actually quite like the sound of it. It has some awesome grit that i would personally find very useful. I do however dislike the interface - on that account i'm more for Rolands current design-philosophy, like the Gaia SH-01 or before that, the SH-201...
Redo it in a 25/32/37 -key keyboard with more direct controls, and it'd be a classic of its kind...
i like the sound, but is it worth it? im looking for another synth under 500, 600 max (USD). i have a good controller so i like the idea of a modular synth. Other than this im looking at the new m-audio venom. Any places where i could get this cheap? or any other good cheap synths? thanks.
Ugh! every other video is that piece of shit controller M-Audio's "Axiom." I had lost $300 because it broke. I recommend to everyo0ne NOT to buy M-Audio Gear!
But the Gotharmans deMOON sounds really warm and classic. I'm interested.
@LittleNegrilio call m-audio, their customer service is awesome. i lost some parts for an old piece of gear and they sent the parts and extras for free. no haggle, just free. i know others that have had similar experiences.
@adimsimion5 ... You won´t find a better synth for that price... And the parameters are all (except the sequencer) very easy to map to a midi controller, so its very easy to use in real time.
@BJJLH there is probably a way... it's not ideal for that however, if you're just going to the effects of the audio input, the WMD geiger counter is cool.
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The Waldorf Micro Q can do these lo-fi type of sounds as well as hi-fi. I guess what we have here is something designed by an engineer with nothing better to do with his or time.
I love waldorf products, but has the Micro Q got a filterbank, granular fx sweapable waforms? no... Maybe you can make some sounds on the two that sounds alike they are cokpletely different beasts... check demoonsynth on myspace for more sound examples...
sounds digital and nasty.. in a good way. Would really compliment some of my smoother analog gear and would sound great through some filters as well. The key is how it sounds with everything else one is doing and sometimes this sound sits well with nicer sounds. Glad to hear this thanks!
Great review, and I agree with what you say mate but here is what I don't get, it's got an awful user interface and sounds very digital...so why not just use software VSTI's? I mean what's the point of a hardware box offering this..I like hardware cos it offers something different to the game, weather be it analogue or a unique sound or good user interface you can tweak all day.
@BJJLH Yes, this is easily possible, althought the audio doesn't come through unless a notes are being triggered..the step sequencer is perfect for this, and is triggered by the button in the middle (possible with some gentle toe action). The audio comes through all gated and filtered and/or distorted. It makes a great effects unit - seriously glitchy.
3:26 the Slow attack sounds wonderful. Very Boards of Canada.
riaiaikido1 1 week ago 4
Occasionaly you might want a sharp harsh sounding lead or bass in your music? Just an idea. I have an M-Audio venom which is fully digital and I love it. Digital can make some sounds analog would never be capable of. On the other hand Analog can make sounds a digital synth would never be able to achieve.
IAmBound 2 months ago
@IAmBound
Personally for myself a mixture of digital/analogue works quite well. I was looking at the Blofeld recently, really need a synth that can sound really digital if it wanted.
Some people like what people consider the negative characteristics of digital, for example people who are into chiptunes. The SID ships in the c64 (commonly used in chiptunes) provide digital oscillators in 8 bit, but are very sought after.
TheShledge 1 month ago
its digital so by its nature it sucks as all digital stuff does- long live analog!!!!
salvadory 3 months ago
@salvadory
fkn hipster
patriciasmokes 2 months ago
@patriciasmokes fkn someone who has bad taste in music gear- if being hip is knowing that digital sounds like shit compared to analog then im the hippest cat in the universe
salvadory 2 months ago
@salvadory
no it's not about taste. taste is subjective. however, you are saying that EVERY piece of digital gear sucks and that's just extremely retarded. a lot of analog stuff does sound more human and warm by nature, but that doesn't mean that "all digital stuff" sucks.
patriciasmokes 2 months ago
@patriciasmokes actually i use a korg ms 20 ic controller with the legacy software- its close to the original for 200$ used instead of 1800 for a real analog original- its passable but ok ill say 95% of digital stuff sucks in regards to synths- ofocurse i use logic etc for recording because of affordibilty but if i were a big artist i would record all to analog tape because it sounds better hands down
salvadory 2 months ago
@salvadory Tools are tools, just because you want to swim in your self-made ocean of analogue jizz does not mean your music will be better. I've seen people use the latest and greatest, ran through valve amps etc. They've made nothing but boring lifeless shit, IMO.
People argue about which gear is the best rather than actually making music need to grow up. It's not what you use, but HOW you use it.
TheShledge 1 month ago
@TheShledge once again if you cant hear the sonic difference then that says alot about your poor audio sense and perhaps your age as many people are used to overcompressed mp3 files etc so you have no comparison- tools are tools and a mountain of analogs played poorly wont make great music- yes this is very true- however a mountain of digital gearplayed poorly will sound alot worse
salvadory 1 month ago
@salvadory I own two analogue synths (MFB Synth II and a Doepfer A100 modular system) so I'm well aware of the subtleties of their sound. It did not however convert me to go all analogue and I still find digital synths to be quite appealling. A Yamaha DX7 would be nice.
I never argued that there's no difference, so don't put words into my mouth. I basically said that good music is not tied down on what gear is used. However, "good music" is entirelly subjective and never factual.
TheShledge 1 month ago
@salvadory Old joke... not really funny anymore.
bloodySunday77 2 months ago
@bloodySunday77 sonicstate review says it all about the gotharman- painful harsh cold glitchy and hard to get around the parameters cumbersome etc- ie not very musical and time wasting- like 95% of digital gear and even some modern analog stuff and va synths- great for shitty thin trebly techno-noise if youre into that sort of thing
salvadory 2 months ago
Great review. The menu interface reminds me of editing patches on my old Roland D50 back in the bad old days.
pgmjsd 3 months ago
Actually, the 2nd from Denmark--Abildgard's Droid-3 was the 1st. Similar digital
-2 bit sound.
wtb0 3 months ago
A very good review of a weird item- amazing so much stuff is in a small box - I probably won't be on their buying list either!
templarseries 3 months ago
Reminds me of the desktop MoPho. A great sound engine with a shit interface. Make a keyboard version with more knobs and then we'll talk.
jpmartineau 4 months ago
@jpmartineau Have you actually spent any time at all with the Mopho? A considerable amount of time to form your own opinion?
bloodySunday77 3 months ago
@bloodySunday77 hes right- we want real time knobs- not edit modes parameters and all that digital crap- the mopho sounds great looks like a joke and has a unfriendly user interface
salvadory 2 months ago
@salvadory No, he is not. I HAVE spent time with the Mopho, and its interface is excellent. As for the "digital crap"... man, take good sounds wherever you find them and throw any prejudice in the garbage where it belongs.
bloodySunday77 2 months ago
@bloodySunday77 i owned a mopho and hated the interface- though admittadly i hate anything with scrolls and menus and that includes the moog little phatty which also suffers from the same problem as well as loooking cheap and plastic- as far as digital id agree i have used an occassional digital synth or drum machine but since analog does everyhting warm and musical and better i seldom need to
salvadory 2 months ago
Straight up i love your reviews and usually i am with you but for this one i got to say you are wrong. The synthesis power is amazing on this thing and really unique compared to most of the stuff that gets reviewed. while a lot of synth companies strive to make their synths as soft as they can this synth went in the other direction and has some great results. i really would like to see more reviews of the little guys. they got some great stuff too.
my4trackmachine 4 months ago
Interesting but not 600$ interesting lol.
module8 7 months ago 5
i think its a little too compact
lukezim5 7 months ago
I like that it's so rough designed all the way thru!
SLagerZahne 9 months ago
i really like the blunt styling..I like that basic look with the retro moog knobs
renegadesoundwaves 9 months ago
30 years ago this would be great...
clowdsurfer 10 months ago
@clowdsurfer flat screen televisions would have been nice 30 years ago too :)
Xend54 4 months ago
Great review.
bradtwo 10 months ago
great review!
AvgOpinion 11 months ago
FYI all - I just read on analoghaven's site that Gotharman has updated the deMoon with corrected envelope scaling, 24 bit DACs and a bunch of other improvements. These are currently 599 in the USA.
AlexAlcyone 1 year ago
great review... feel like a sound trip somehow... keep it up!
tipitier 1 year ago
blind me, scaling detail on Release.!!! Well spotted! It does matter the scaling yeah!
tipitier 1 year ago
I actually quite like the sound of it. It has some awesome grit that i would personally find very useful. I do however dislike the interface - on that account i'm more for Rolands current design-philosophy, like the Gaia SH-01 or before that, the SH-201...
Redo it in a 25/32/37 -key keyboard with more direct controls, and it'd be a classic of its kind...
MarctheDarc 1 year ago
sounds dirty !
fuckingharpsichord 1 year ago
i like the sound, but is it worth it? im looking for another synth under 500, 600 max (USD). i have a good controller so i like the idea of a modular synth. Other than this im looking at the new m-audio venom. Any places where i could get this cheap? or any other good cheap synths? thanks.
SuperNaviator 1 year ago
I SO have to agree with ya.
For me, I probably won't be putting myself on that waiting list, it's just Not the synthesizer for me.
chrishooper68 1 year ago
can I work for sonicstate? lool
RamzGT 1 year ago
It's not the only danish synth as far as i know...
What about Droid-3 and i think also Kjærhus Audio made 1 hardware thing...
zoolog2012 1 year ago
Sounds pretty good to me, however like all things Danish, you need to be intoxicated for it to make sense (yes i'm a Dane).
nittenthamayn 1 year ago
You already make me buy the Doepfer D.E and now I'm ready for the deMoon!
Thanks for your review, very interesting and useful
thibz84 1 year ago
i like this bloke,hes like sum one off a tv ad lol
dinoblackgrape 1 year ago
Ugh! every other video is that piece of shit controller M-Audio's "Axiom." I had lost $300 because it broke. I recommend to everyo0ne NOT to buy M-Audio Gear!
But the Gotharmans deMOON sounds really warm and classic. I'm interested.
LittleNegrilio 1 year ago
@LittleNegrilio call m-audio, their customer service is awesome. i lost some parts for an old piece of gear and they sent the parts and extras for free. no haggle, just free. i know others that have had similar experiences.
mathornlucid 1 year ago
really nice and danish synth. gotta love it.
pomfrit93 1 year ago
375 eur ex VAT is too much for it. Very hard to work with it in real time.
adimsimion5 1 year ago
@adimsimion5 ... You won´t find a better synth for that price... And the parameters are all (except the sequencer) very easy to map to a midi controller, so its very easy to use in real time.
abcWellington 1 year ago
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Thanks for the video.. Do you have any idea, if this machine can operate with a bass-guitar, ass part of a pedal board-setup ??
BJJLH 1 year ago
Thanks for the video.. Do you have any idea, if this machine can operate with a bass-guitar, ass part of a pedal board-setup ??
BJJLH 1 year ago
@BJJLH there is probably a way... it's not ideal for that however, if you're just going to the effects of the audio input, the WMD geiger counter is cool.
mathornlucid 1 year ago
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abcWellington 1 year ago
itty bitty synthy
plasmaforce11 1 year ago
very impressive synth.... reminds me of a kind of DIY TETRA 4
KaslarProductions 1 year ago 2
Thanks!
mikelislapsa 1 year ago
Far out, crystal castles would love this synth.
mrpeanut25 1 year ago 3
pretty awesome synth! love that BIG knobs!
Zkrudriverz 2 years ago 2
SLagerZahne, yes then buy one little wanker. I bet thats great for silly noise white trash techno.
Neocron 2 years ago
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What a piece of crap. But i guess you can sell everything that makes noise these days.
Neocron 2 years ago
Listen to it you dumb ass fuck! It's really harsh but cool!
SLagerZahne 2 years ago
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The Waldorf Micro Q can do these lo-fi type of sounds as well as hi-fi. I guess what we have here is something designed by an engineer with nothing better to do with his or time.
orbithesun1 2 years ago
I love waldorf products, but has the Micro Q got a filterbank, granular fx sweapable waforms? no... Maybe you can make some sounds on the two that sounds alike they are cokpletely different beasts... check demoonsynth on myspace for more sound examples...
danimuschi 2 years ago
Where can I buy one in the UK please, thanks
kingofkeyboards 2 years ago 3
search for highendtentacles... he is the distributor
danimuschi 2 years ago
sounds digital and nasty.. in a good way. Would really compliment some of my smoother analog gear and would sound great through some filters as well. The key is how it sounds with everything else one is doing and sometimes this sound sits well with nicer sounds. Glad to hear this thanks!
syzygywell 2 years ago 3
sweet.
lesscunning 2 years ago 3
Great review, and I agree with what you say mate but here is what I don't get, it's got an awful user interface and sounds very digital...so why not just use software VSTI's? I mean what's the point of a hardware box offering this..I like hardware cos it offers something different to the game, weather be it analogue or a unique sound or good user interface you can tweak all day.
vinyljunkie07 2 years ago
Too, too digital, too harsh, meh
wrmusic 2 years ago
I happen to like the sound of it!!! Not a pad machine, but it doesn´t have to be!!!
FuturosDivorciados 2 years ago 16
I'm not sure what to say on this little box. I hate the keys on my Xio-25.., but I'd rather have it over this box with very few controllers.
squeakD 2 years ago
...and not for me either. generally interesting idea but seems a bit soulless. sorry...
michal23pl 2 years ago
you should have your own tvshow, your reviews are always top notch and detailed.
123stefannnnn 2 years ago 81
true that,,
does anyone know, if its able to use the deMoon on bass ??
as part of a bass-pedalboard ?
BJJLH 1 year ago
@BJJLH
It's got an audio input, so that you can run signals through the filters, distortion and granular fx...
danimuschi 1 year ago
@BJJLH Yes, this is easily possible, althought the audio doesn't come through unless a notes are being triggered..the step sequencer is perfect for this, and is triggered by the button in the middle (possible with some gentle toe action). The audio comes through all gated and filtered and/or distorted. It makes a great effects unit - seriously glitchy.
abcWellington 1 year ago
always love your reviews, you make me reach for my wallet!
udon001 2 years ago 4
its very basic I assume.
The sounds are there, but it sounds very very basic.
Also the thing is pretty small. Which could an advantage off course.
Not something for me, but who likes it. Go for it. Thnx for the review
DJTriplestar 2 years ago
I like it.
cyyr 2 years ago