On June 21st, World Music day, we are glad to offer you a commemorative version of the Minimoog V called Minimoog V original.


Functions behind the front panel are not available but all sounds and features from the Minimoog V2.5 (a $229/219Eur product) are included. Just like the original Minimoog.


http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/products/minimoogv/minimoogv-original.html


You will be able to get your free instrument on June 21st (CEST Timezone) on this same page. Please get back then.




This is in LESS than 2 hours from now at the time of my posting.

What's the catch?

Free is free, as far as I know. You can read the same page as I did and extrapolate what you will from that. Perhaps there is a registration.

What's "behind the panel" that's not included?  Just curious.

There are some further  tweakable features behind the omitted panel, effects [delay, chorus], Motion Recorder, LFO, vocal filter, mod matrix, arpeggiator, ect. ftp://ftp.arturia.net/pub/manual/minimoogV2.0_EN.pdf

It appears that whatever has been omitted is not native to the original Minimoog's set of features and that those under the panel features were merely enhancements developed by Arturia for the software emulation.

Essentially, you will have a free [software] Minimoog that is much like the original constructed by Bob Moog.

Yea, my minimoog doesn't have any effects, a separate LFO, vocal filter, arp or matrix.  It still sounds great, tho.

Thanks for the head's up.

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My download is underway. I did have to submit my email and name. There was no catch, except for being a recipient of the newsletter.

Rules:
Offer begins June 21, 2012 00:01 CET and ends June 22, 2012 00:01 CET. All participants will receive an automated email including a download link and a personal activation code. This distribution is limited to one code per partcipant. Any attempt by a participant to obtain more than ONE download by using multiple/different e-mail addresses, identities or any other methods will void all of that participant's entries. No mechanically reproduced entries are permitted. Minimoog V Original contains the Minimoog V synthesizer interface and sound engine as originally released by Arturia in collaboration with Bob Moog, without extra features available bellow the top panel. This version is granting no copy protection through eLicenser, no support whatsoever and no free upgrade by the manufacturer. Participants will be automatically included in the Arturia user database and will be sent the company's newsletter.

Website seems to be busy...

It is busy, but keep trying. Its only a 64 Mb download. Keep reloading the page and you'll get through, just as I did. The download is good for 24 hours.