Later Moog products did use sliders, notably the Radio Shack Moog, PolyMoog (which was probably marketed to institutions such as school music departments as it was an early polyphonic analogue) and the Opus 3, but ARP's most popular products did indeed use sliders in much greater proportion to knobs.
The ARP Odyssey (the direct competition to the MiniMoog) and the ARP 2600 (nothing else quite like it in the day, that's why I kept it and sold the Mini) are loaded with sliders for most of the major functions. When they work right, they're fine, but they are much more prone to damage from environmental contaminants than are rotary pots.
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Originally posted by slang
What happened to it Ep, the Smithsonian come by and claim it?
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I was forced to sell it during a period of abject poverty last summer. I now regret it deeply. It is second one I've had to sell under similar circumstances. Damn it, what good is it to have a collection of expensive toys if you can't *hold on to them*?!
I have found some solace in Virtual Synths running on my computer, but they suffer from the same sorts of shortcomings as older digital synths. It is difficult to work all the virtual knobs with a mouse, and I can't justify the expense of a MIDI knob box quite yet.
For maximum synth porn content, go to
http://www.synthmuseum.com/ . Tons of pictures and lots of great info for those who have no lives. I think there's even a couple of pics on that site that I took of a friend's Odyssey and some other stuff.