The $499 Roland 100% analog boutique Minimoog !

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  1. trz303

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    Isnt it crazy as hell ??

    $499 boutique série Minimoog by Roland / Studio Electronics called SE-02

    100% Analog !

    Sequencer !

    ByeBye Behringer ! ;-)

    https://www.roland.com/fr/products/se-02/
     
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  3. tooloud

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    I can't think of anything I don't like about this. I'm even happy about its boutique size. It can sit at my right hand at my desk. I have to get up to play my Minimoog. Sorry Moog, you might feel a little ignored soon.
     
  4. realitybytez

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  5. nycdl

    nycdl Kapellmeister

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    You cannot compare this to moog this sounds plastic like the other boutiques
     
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  6. tooloud

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    It must be great to just say everything is shit and walk about with your head held high, filled with self righteousness, believing that you have knowledge of facts that you cannot possibly have in your possession.
     
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    mild pump milk Russian Milk Drunkard

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    Maybe slight difference, nuances. But who cares nowadays? Can you describe analog sound consists of? Can you measure warmth and analogness? How much does it sound analogly?
    Imho you will fail AB Testing comparison of Moog vs hardware clones vs plugins..
    It is like almost all top pro engineers from gearslutz can't hear difference analog vs digital, only after answers of where is analog and where is digital all guys says analog is analog, digital is digital, but before answers revealed they almost all fail test. And try not to agree.
     
  8. E.C.R

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    with Studio Electronics involved i think you are of the mark, not comparible to the other boutiques either, a must have imho
     
  9. Bill Vkerchi?

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    I must say that in the roland video it sounds way better and moogier than in the hands on video that realitybytez posted.
     
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  12. Herr Durr

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    nice one @E.C.R this guy is giving me gear fever ...it might not be as good as a real minimoog.. but definitely has some balls

    vs $3500 for the model D ... sort of a no brainer...this thing has enough quality to qualify


    then again I'm getting a gear-on for that tape machine too... lol is it a Teac ?
     
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  13. Ted Smithton

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    This is a cheap piece of Chinese garbage

    Looks a lot better than it sounds

    Shame on Roland for continuing their aggressive campaign to rape a few more cents out of the consumer.
     
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  14. E.C.R

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  15. Ted Smithton

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    Have faith in the craftsmanship of the Chinese people. Roland does.
     
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  16. kimikaze

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    Craftmanship of Chinese people are no less than equal of every other nation in world. I say they are one of best if they have proper qualification. The question you should ask, is problems with QC, which is most of the time responsibility of a brand.
     
  17. Herr Durr

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    yeah and China has a big problem with QC as most of it is carried out by.. Chinese...
    it ranges from shoddy workmanship.. down to outright counterfeit.. even counterfeit baby formula that killed infants in country...

    so @Ted Smithton does have quite a valid point on that score....
     
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    Must agree. It sounds cheap.
     
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  19. fiction

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    Hope it sends MIDI CC so at least I can use it as a Diva controller :rofl:
     
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    Yeah and who is exploits poor labor legislation in China? Right...Companies from all over the world. Brands who want to save at the expense of poor control and cheap labor. Something that respectable brands should never do as with that, they help maintain a status quo for cheap but poor working environment in China. Not to mention we still pay full price for that product as product is still build in more wealthy countries. Poor craftmanship has noting to do with people itself(apart from bad persons in leading positions) most of the time, but with all the rest. You can find proper Chinese companies that are competitive as hell and can beat every european, american or whatever product in craftmanship, yeah you will pay for that, but still less as they are in better position to get lower prices for raw materials.
     
  21. Herr Durr

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    not hard to be competitive when you are stealing billions in intellectual property every year... and simply churning out your own
    version... A Chinese woman I knew personally .. told me one time, that cheating to Chinese is the same as intelligence..

    have seen this borne out time and again in many situations....
     
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