Moog Packs A $13,000 Synthesiser Into An iOS App

Moog Packs A $13,000 Synthesiser Into An iOS App

Moog’s first iPad app, called the Animoog, did an incredible job smashing together iPad tech and old analogue instruments, back when tablets were very much a new thing. It’s nearly five years later, and Moog has launched an all-new app, digitally memorialising its classic $US10,000 ($13,351) Moog Model 15 Synthesiser. Luckily, the app comes at a 99.7 per cent discount.

For $46.99, the Moog Model 15 Synthesiser recreates the classic synth’s sounds, as well as a faithful representation of its knobs and switches for controlling its oscillators, filters and so on. As with the original, it’s got a patch-based design, which has been replicated in lovely graphical form. Being an iOS app, navigation requires a lot of tapping and zooming. You can also swipe around to explore the synth’s many modules. If you don’t know where to start with the synth, we can help you out.

The Moog Model 15 works on iOS 9.3 and on an iPad Air or better. The app is also available for iPhone if you have device that’s newer than an iPhone 5s, though, trying to play a synth on such a tiny screen would likely be a lesson in frustration.

Moog’s first Animoog app quickly became loved by professional artists and amateurs alike. Since then, storied companies like Reason and Native Instruments have dropped some very sophisticated music apps — not to mention the scrappy developers who are churning out bonkers software at an alarming rate. Still, we expect a lot when we see the name Moog, and from the looks of it, the Model 15 app is true to its pedigree.

[iTunes via Wired]


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