Grey or not, Monark is one of the more visually distinctive Minimoog impersonators. Having dragged the Monark ensemble into the main screen you can feast your eyes on the grey panel with its grey knobs (what's the universal fascination with grey these days?). Having activated Monark via the Native Instruments Service Centre, you click Reaktor's Player button and locate it in the browser. Whether or not you have a Moog‑sized gap in your virtual studio, Monark offers a fascinating glimpse into the ongoing exercise to analyse and replicate the subtle behaviour of classic 40-year-old electronics. It's steadfastly monophonic and steers well clear of the extras sometimes added to a Mini by enterprising technicians (or crazy wreckers, depending on your point of view).
Monark is not a stand‑alone virtual instrument, but runs either within Reaktor 5 or the free Reaktor 5 Player.
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Now the time and technology are ripe for Native Instruments to have a crack, although their web site and manual deliberately omit the words 'Moog' or 'Minimoog', preferring 'king of monophonic analog synths' instead. Oddly enough, one of the most convincing wasn't even specifically a Minimoog, it just copied key sections such as the oscillators, envelopes and filter. So yes, we've seen countless software Minimoogs already, each edging gradually closer to the sound of the real deal. Just because something's been done before doesn't mean it can't be improved upon, as anyone who sat through Ralph Bakshi's 1978 film of Lord Of The Rings will testify. The Minimoog is not exactly short of software tributes.
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