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are pulse (variable), saw, and triangle. The pitch of each oscillator can be controlled by dual LFO, one by contour, and the other by the other oscillator. One can adjust the temperament of the Sonic Six to play scales that have less than 12 notes per octave. The Sonic Six also features pink or white noise. Although the oscillators are temperature-compensated, their pitch tends to drift, as on many analog synths.
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The Sonic Six's contour generator is a simple design as compared to other synthesizer models. Attack and release are settable. Sustain is set by a switch, offering infinite (while a key is held) or zero sustain times. Only a single contour generator is shared by both the VCA and filter. The filter
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The Sonic Six is a two-oscillator duophonic synth. It can be set for duophonic, (two notes at a time... one oscillator takes high-note priority and one oscillator takes low note priority), monophonic (both oscs), or monophonic with a drone (one osc changes pitch, one does not). Available waveshapes
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The Sonic Six is the result of Bill
Waytena, then the owner of synthesizer manufacturer Musonics, acquiring R.A. Moog Inc. Interested in the marketing opportunity afforded by the Moog name, Waytena acquired R.A. Moog Inc., moved the company to Buffalo, New York, and renamed it Moog/Musonics (which
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The Dual LFO design is unique. A mix control allows mixing of each LFO source, while voltage control of each LFO allows additional rate control not often seen in portable synthesizers. Each LFO can produce saw, reverse saw, triangle, and square wave outputs. The Sonic Six also features a
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eventually was shortened to simply Moog Music). It was under this new brand that a new version of the
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