GForce Software Minimonsta2
Computer Music|June 2023
What's that coming over the hill? It's the latest incarnation of the Moog Model D from soft-synth pioneers GForce Software...
GForce Software Minimonsta2

The mere mention of the Minimoog will bring a smile to the faces of most musically minded people. But, there are times when you want just that little bit more. GForce Software are on hand to provide and deliver a Mini, with a hell-of-a-lot more.

Classics reimagined

We love the original Minimoog, and with plenty of great reimaginings in the software domain, we’re rather spoilt for choice. If you’re only interested in the basics, you will not be disappointed; a quick trip to the preset patch browser reveals the Init Patch button, which will reduce this plugin to its barest essentials and a good place to start our critique; the architecture is reassuringly familiar to all who’ve previously used a Minimoog, with three oscillators providing the initial heavy lifting.

There are six waveforms, with a new Pulse Width control, which is hard-wired to Oscillator 1, for use with the square/pulse waves. This takes the place of the tuning pot, which remains in place for Oscs 2 and 3 for fine or hard tuning against Osc 1. Each oscillator also provides triangle, saw and shark-tooth waveforms, with a 5-octave range pot. A further sixth pot-position provides ‘Lo’, should you feel you need to be traditional with your LFO modulation, spawned from a regular oscillator.

Mix and more

At the mixer stage, you’ll find Noise, in both pink and white variations, and a dedicated Feedback loop, providing the virtual equivalent of routing the headphone output into the external input.

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