Topic: First, know this
Falco !a7Q.SWNEJw started this discussion 9 years ago #61,839
If it sounds good to you, it is good. As a corollary, some prefer this or that sound; the Minimoog sound is iconic but that doesn't mean anyone is wrong if they prefer a) some other sound b) the sound of a Minimoog knock off or c) don't feel the difference in sound between a Minimoog and a knockoff is significant enough to justify the price difference. Second, build quality can be important if you depend in any way on an instrument's reliability or if you just see a purchase as an investment. You're less likely to get good build quality. Third, you may or may not have qualms about the concept of knockoffs--thie Behringer is one, but how you respond to that fact is up to you. Fourth, it's perhaps worth examining why anyone would crave a knockoff (assuming that emulation will never be exact) anyway--i.e., what is it about the Minimoog or any other synth that would make one want an imitation of it, given that, even at a discount over the original, it still represents a significant purchase? I haven't sprung for a Minimoog and probably never will (for one, I got the deal of a lifetime on an Arp 2600 a few years back and feel my iconic analog monosynth bases are pretty well covered...for another, I do feel there's a distinctive Moog timbre--of which the Miimoog is the most famous exemplar--and that the Sub 37 nails it more than well enough for me, should I ever decide to go that route)...but for $400, and this may be just me, I'd be looking to stake out my own sonic territory rather than buy an imitation of what is already thoroughly explored sonic territory. I would rather spend that on something like the Evolver desktop or some other synth that I wasn't buying just to have sounds that sound like what other people are convinced a synth should sound like because still other people made famous recordings with them.
In Behringer v. Moog you have kind of a perfect contraposition of a brand that is seen as an unqualified good (Moog) and a synth that is, for many, the ideal against which other synths are measured (Minimoog)...against a brand (Behringer) that is widely seen as disrespectful of intellectual property and given to churning out, as Steven put it well above, "junk products with cheap components"--so it's unsurprising that passions will run high on this one.
There are people who will defend Moog because they love the brand and its synths in good faith; there are people who will slag on Behringer because they hate the brand and its products in good faith. And then there are people who will do either or both because both things have become easy signifiers on the Internet of being a member of the cognoscenti, whether those attitudes are earned or not.
Live life. Make music with what appeals to you and what you can afford--factoring in things like reliability and originality, if those things are important to you. And try to giveth not a fuck about what others think.f it sounds good to you, it is good. As a corollary, some prefer this or that sound; the Minimoog sound is iconic but that doesn't mean anyone is wrong if they prefer a) some other sound b) the sound of a Minimoog knock off or c) don't feel the difference in sound between a Minimoog and a knockoff is significant enough to justify the price difference. Second, build quality can be important if you depend in any way on an instrument's reliability or if you just see a purchase as an investment. You're less likely to get good build quality. Third, you may or may not have qualms about the concept of knockoffs--thie Behringer is one, but how you respond to that fact is up to you. Fourth, it's perhaps worth examining why anyone would crave a knockoff (assuming that emulation will never be exact) anyway--i.e., what is it about the Minimoog or any other synth that would make one want an imitation of it, given that, even at a discount over the original, it still represents a significant purchase? I haven't sprung for a Minimoog and probably never will (for one, I got the deal of a lifetime on an Arp 2600 a few years back and feel my iconic analog monosynth bases are pretty well covered...for another, I do feel there's a distinctive Moog timbre--of which the Miimoog is the most famous exemplar--and that the Sub 37 nails it more than well enough for me, should I ever decide to go that route)...but for $400, and this may be just me, I'd be looking to stake out my own sonic territory rather than buy an imitation of what is already thoroughly explored sonic territory. I would rather spend that on something like the Evolver desktop or some other synth that I wasn't buying just to have sounds that sound like what other people are convinced a synth should sound like because still other people made famous recordings with them.
In Behringer v. Moog you have kind of a perfect contraposition of a brand that is seen as an unqualified good (Moog) and a synth that is, for many, the ideal against which other synths are measured (Minimoog)...against a brand (Behringer) that is widely seen as disrespectful of intellectual property and given to churning out, as Steven put it well above, "junk products with cheap components"--so it's unsurprising that passions will run high on this one.
There are people who will defend Moog because they love the brand and its synths in good faith; there are people who will slag on Behringer because they hate the brand and its products in good faith. And then there are people who will do either or both because both things have become easy signifiers on the Internet of being a member of the cognoscenti, whether those attitudes are earned or not.
Live life. Make music with what appeals to you and what you can afford--factoring in things like reliability and originality, if those things are important to you. And try to giveth not a fuck about what others think.
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