Overview of Moog's Limited Spectravox Synthesizer

In this video from Youtuber loopop, we get a thorough overview of the Moog Spectravox, a combined semi-modular synthesizer and vocoder that was debuted at Moogfest 2019 as part of Moogfest’s Engineering Workshop.

Video Index

• 0:00 What is Spectravox
• 1:15 Synth features
• 1:45 The carrier filters
• 3:50 Spectral shift LFO
• 4:25 VCA and EG
• 4:50 EG triggers
• 6:00 Hiss and Buzz
• 6:30 How vocoders work
• 8:45 Spectravox vocoder
• 10:25 Patch bay
• 10:50 Ringing filters
• 11:30 Beats as modulator
• 12:20 Workshop unison
• 14:00 Drone – jam #1
• 15:50 Rhythm – jam #2

It’s not clear whether the Spectravox will become commercially available, but we can certainly hope so! It’s certainly a possibility, seeing that the Moog DFAM, originally introduced at Moogfest 2017, was later released to the masses.

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