Comments on: NAMM Picks: Moog’s Multi Pedal Controls the Universe From Your Feet

By: MaxvaX » Moog Guitar Brings Infinite Sustain, Ladder Filter, But It’s US$6495

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:01:46 +0000

[...] further evidence that Moog Music is generally trying to get guitarists’ attention, the new foot pedal we saw at NAMM was designed to be used with Moog effects boxes to place a suite of guitar-ready effects at a [...]

By: Create Digital Music » Moog Guitar Brings Infinite Sustain, Ladder Filter, But It’s US$6495

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:03:52 +0000

By: steve codling

steve codling — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:04:26 +0000

I agree with Paul and Peter… I love my Behringer (although the manual is hideous and without the user group I would never have even understood how to use the thing) in my studio, but I’m not sure I’d feel comfortable onstage with it… Moog’s build quality and the though that’s gone into it is clearly superior, but for my little home studio to control software and trigger samples and change patches, the behringer is awesome!!!!

By: teej

teej — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:29:06 +0000

damn, this would be a badass buddy for my Odyssey MK1

boner!

By: SLEW

SLEW — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:33:42 +0000

haha

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:52:24 +0000

Well, nothing against the Behringer or Yamaha pieces in this case, but I don’t think there’s a direct comparison. The larger pedalboards can actually be less convenient onstage. The build quality on this pedal is really superior — I’ve tried each of the units in question. (And the foot pedal is sort of the point.) And the Yamaha and Behringer units certainly don’t have internal LFOs or control voltage outs or simultaneous four-channel sends … or even onboard USB. Even assuming you ignore the CV aspect, you could use a *single* Moog unit with some clever programming to control both MIDI and computer stuff at the same time, but doing different things — meaning effectively you DO have two units, in the space of one. (or up to four, if you really make use of the channel sends)

That’s not to say the Behringers and Yamahas won’t work out for some people. But clearly there’s an application of the Moog that goes beyond the others.

I’ll reserve my final judgment until I have a finished, non-prototype unit to play around with, but that at least has the potential of being improvement. I’d buy it with or without a Moog logo if it can deliver. (and it really does feel a whole lot better.)

Yeah, if you’ve got a pedalboard already, you’re probably going to keep that. But if you haven’t bought one, I would try to avoid buying one before April, at least to give this a shot. And foot control is the last place I expected to see innovation. That alone is good news.

By: Paul Davis

Paul Davis — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:19:40 +0000

other than the incredibly hard to grasp manual (at least for audio tech geeks like me), its really hard for me to imagine how to improve on the behringer fcb1010. not only that, its one of the few pieces of gear that behringer makes which is not a direct copy of someone else’s design. live looping, DAW control, FX modulation … the thing is just fantastic! would i like a big extruded air-craft quality aluminum pedal? hell yeah. but i’ll happily take the lower cost of the fcb1010 and spend the rest on ice cream, because the pedals i have (2 of them!) aren’t breaking any time soon.

By: andi vax

andi vax — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:20:52 +0000

hmmm..
behringer fcb1010 - 200$
yamaha mfc10 - 300$

if you like moog - you will buy moog.
only for moog fans, i think.

By: celibacyclub

celibacyclub — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:07:28 +0000

“while your feet are controlling the universe”

this actually looks much more interesting than i thought it might be.

By: llamastorm

llamastorm — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:43:27 +0000

I can’t believe they didn’t put in a second pedal, really. That would have been perfect.