Minitaur Moog Vst

This panel has been designed to work with the Minitaur which is a compact and powerful analogue bass synthesizer created, produced and sold by Moog Music Inc. This panel will allow the user to have access to this powerful synthesizer as a VST/AU enabling the user access within programs such as Ableton Live and Logic Pro using full automation.

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This panel is still in development and I look forward to any comments, suggestions and recommendations. The purpose of this project is to allow my son access to this device using full automation in the aforementioned programs. I have been developing and testing as a standalone panel and am ready for some initial testing and feedback on the panel.

The controls on the first tab (Minitaur Editor) use a vertical drag to alter them and they show a bubble with the value. The second tab (Under the Hood) uses a rotary drag to move the knobs. This screen will also allow one to position the knob at the point where they click on the knob, eliminating some of the need to drag. The third tab (Miscellaneous) uses a horizontal drag. Both tabs 2 and 3 do not show the bubble when dragging. All three tabs allow the user to double click to set value back to Default as specified in the Minitaur manuals and documentation.

Please feel free to test and provide feedback on anything. Currently, avoid using the Erase Firmware and Save Firmware functionality on the Miscellaneous tab. Those setting may require physically putting the |Minitaur in a special mode, so avoid those at this time. On that tab is the Set All Defaults button. This button may be useful if settings go astray.

Overview The Moog Minitaur is a tabletop monophonic analog bass synthesizer with MIDI In and USB for playing with a keyboard or controller. It also features CV and Gate inputs as well as 100-patch memory for storing preset sounds. It is one of Moog's most affordable synthesizers if you're looking for that classic Moog ladder filter sound.
Minotaur BOOG analog bass synthesizer by KAiTOP's VST Plug-ins based upon mimiking the sounds that can be made by Moog Minitaur and Taurus bass synth.

When using some of the settings it may be necessary to either Send Snapshot or Receive Snapshot depending on where the change was made. Once Set All Defaults is performed one may want to hit the FW VERSION GET button and watch the firmware version on the screen get updated. Also, the FW VERSION DISPLAY has your Minitaur show its display by flashing the Oscillator button LEDs.

The Refresh button on the Under the Hood tab will update you MIDI settings so one may also select and make changes from those LED style list boxes. I also have not tested anything on the Hardware/Calibration page. Use that at your own risk and really only if you know what you are doing.

All the Presets buttons work now. The Save Local Preset function is identical to functionality on Moog’s Minitaur Editor, except for a slight difference in two of the settings. Those settings are:Glide Type and LFO Clock. Work is still being done to better the functionality on this tab but it is now fully functional needing some User Interface improvements as well as perhaps correcting the aforementioned difference.

The panel is downloaded from here:

Download Count: 2,871 Panel Size: 5.0 MB

Getting the Minitaur to perform properly with Ableton wasn’t as self-explanatory as I would have hoped. For days I was convinced the Moog was actually broken on arrival.

After exhaustive Google searches, I contacted my Amazon seller and Moog Support to inform them of my issues: hardware glitches, Ableton’s external instrument failing, the whole project crashing sometimes, lack of MIDI automation, just about anything and everything. My audio interface was crashing, my USB ports were freaking out, the Minitaur would disconnect or drop from Ableton’s list of devices – my absolute nightmare.

Now, it’s important to note I really wanted to be able to record MIDI automation using the Minitaur Editor, which is a VST that becomes available after you register the device. I knew it offered this functionality, and at this point, the best I could do was run the Moog as an external instrument. When it was NOT connected via USB, it was completely stable. So let me stop here for a moment.

This is how analog gear was originally made: as an instrument intended to be played, and captured as a live audio performance. And here I was, trying to get this thing to function like a VST.

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I wanted to run it as a hardware interface to Ableton, whilst generating amazing deep bass. I wanted to capture that automation, with the ability to go back and modify those envelopes. And I thought it could, even Moog has three videos showing it in action.

And after two weeks, I finally found the fix online (screenshot below):

In the Ableton Preferences, MIDI tab, be sure that IF the Minitaur is featured in the topmost list of connected devices, you remove it. Switch the Control Surface, Input and Output drop-downs to None. Yes, remove it.
Down below, under MIDI ports, enable Track “On” for Input: Moog Minitaur and Output: Moog Minitaur, as well.
Create a new MIDI track, add an External Instrument. For MIDI To, choose Moog Minitaur. For Audio From, choose whatever audio channel you are receiving via your audio interface – eg., Ch 1.
At this point, your Minitaur should be connected via AC power, USB, and have a mono 1/4″ audio cable running from the Moog output to your audio interface’s direct input. You should also have a MIDI controller connected (keys / pads) ready to trigger sound.
After a number of different setups, I found the Minitaur was most stable when it had its own dedicated USB port – you may need to secure a powered USB hub for your other devices.
If you registered your Minitaur thru Moog, they should have sent an email with a link to download the Minitaur Editor (which is pretty sick, btw). Drag an instance from your plugins directory onto this same MIDI track.
Click the wrench icon from the plugin device to open the Editor – and before you get too carried away flipping thru presets, make sure in the Editor Settings you have the MIDI Input and Output set to Moog Minitaur. I also have Echo MIDI enabled, which updates your physical knob tweaks to match the on-screen Editor.

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After making this one change (step #1, above), all my problems were solved. It seems that, for some reason, if the Minitaur is listed in the top list of USB connected devices, AND the I/O MIDI ports are enabled down below, some sort of MIDI conflict occurs. It ultimately confuses the gear, the data, and the software. By simply disabling it from the device list, you’re golden.