Moog Rebuilding Emerson Modulars - Got $90,000?
- KVRist
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- 274 posts since 6 Oct, 2013 from South Australia
This might be old news to some of you but I just found out Moog are rebuilding a handful of Emerson Modular systems.... by hand with the original components and specs.
Apparently they will cost around $90,000 (which is to be expected).
I know that is FAR outside the reach of the vast majority of us 'ordinary' folk but it is interesting nonetheless. IMHO anyway.
http://www.moogmusic.com/news/moog-musi ... lar-system
Apparently they will cost around $90,000 (which is to be expected).
I know that is FAR outside the reach of the vast majority of us 'ordinary' folk but it is interesting nonetheless. IMHO anyway.
http://www.moogmusic.com/news/moog-musi ... lar-system
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 274 posts since 6 Oct, 2013 from South Australia
Can I borrow one for my next album? It might take a few years to record though.V0RT3X wrote:Yah I just bought 2.
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- KVRAF
- 8414 posts since 4 Jul, 2012 from Alesia
AusDisciple wrote:Can I borrow one for my next album? It might take a few years to record though.V0RT3X wrote:Yah I just bought 2.
If i actually had one sure. I imagine even if i had one It would probably end up not even being used considering I prefer the software workflow.
- KVRist
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- 274 posts since 6 Oct, 2013 from South Australia
Yeah. Even for a classic genuine Moog modular monster like that it's a LOT of moolah! That kinda cash would buy a WHOLE LOT of .com or Buchla gear (or even other Moog modular stuff), a few other classics and all the VSTi's in existence! Even if I had anywhere near that amount of money, I think I'd be hard pressed trying to justify spending it on ONE modular, no matter how supposedly 'prestigious' the purchase. At the end of the day, most of us are predominantly about making music.
Still, it's pretty cool that they're actually building these again when almost everyone else is going VA.
Still, it's pretty cool that they're actually building these again when almost everyone else is going VA.
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- KVRAF
- 8414 posts since 4 Jul, 2012 from Alesia
I bet deadmau5 bought one just for the heck of it.AusDisciple wrote:Yeah. Even for a classic genuine Moog modular monster like that it's a LOT of moolah! That kinda cash would buy a WHOLE LOT of .com or Buchla gear (or even other Moog modular stuff), a few other classics and all the VSTi's in existence! Even if I had anywhere near that amount of money, I think I'd be hard pressed trying to justify spending it on ONE modular, no matter how supposedly 'prestigious' the purchase. At the end of the day, most of us are predominantly about making music.
Still, it's pretty cool that they're actually building these again when almost everyone else is going VA.
- KVRist
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- 274 posts since 6 Oct, 2013 from South Australia
- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 274 posts since 6 Oct, 2013 from South Australia
Absolutely. They'd get a huge share of the market currently dominated by the likes of synthesizers.comV0RT3X wrote:I don't get why Moog does'nt start releasing Eurorack modules. They would probably make a killing..
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- KVRAF
- 5948 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Melbourne, Australia
So we can spread out the $90,000 over 200 easy payments, 1 module at a time?V0RT3X wrote:I don't get why Moog does'nt start releasing Eurorack modules. They would probably make a killing..
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- KVRAF
- 3080 posts since 17 Apr, 2005 from S.E. TN
It will never sell unless they put more knobs and switches on it.
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- KVRist
- 74 posts since 3 Dec, 2013 from Huntsville, AL USA
People have been begging the new Moog (well, I guess it's not all that new anymore, but...) to get back into modulars. This may be an exploratory effort.V0RT3X wrote:I don't get why Moog does'nt start releasing Eurorack modules. They would probably make a killing..
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- KVRist
- 83 posts since 3 Feb, 2011 from Iowa City, IA
It would surprise me if this was an exploratory effort, since the price tag would preclude a lot of people who would otherwise buy modules/modular systems - I mean, the most expensive preassembled dotcom system is what, $20k? I'm guessing you wouldn't get a very good market reading via something that's only for a very wealthy niche audience.
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- KVRAF
- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
So what will happen: collectors snap them up, not unpacking them or using them, locking them away, selling them on e-bay for $500,000 in a couple of years.AusDisciple wrote:Apparently they will cost around $90,000 (which is to be expected).