Home Log in Join Register a product MOTU.com Home | Products | Software | Bob Moog Foundation Encore Soundbank | Overview Buy Now Inspired by legendary design A custom synthesizer-style panel lets you edit each preset quickly and easily with familiar subtractive synthesis controls like those that Bob Moog made an industry standard. Contributing artists and sound designers A star-studded cast lends their personal touch The Encore Soundbank contains over 2,000 pristinely recorded 24-bit original samples (over 2 GB) from a who’s who list of synthesizer industry luminaries. Each artist thoughtfully constructed material inspired by the memory of Bob Moog and his contribution to modern music as we know it. This A-list group includes rock legends, synthesis icons, seasoned synth designers, epic DJ/remixers, music industry luminaries, top producers, pop artists and legendary sound designers. And now their shared inspiration can be at your fingertips. Vince Clarke Al Kooper Jordan Rudess Suzanne Ciani Larry Fast Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream) Thorsten Quaeschning (Tangerine Dream) Goldfrapp (Will Gregory) Kevin Antunes Adam Holzman Erik Norlander Peter Gorges Amin Bhatia CJ Vanston Drew Neumann Kevin Lamb Jack Hotop Jerry Kovarsky Kent Spong Klaus Peter Rausch Taiho Yamada Michael Koehler Chris Cox "Magic" Dave Roberts Marty Cutler Dean Honer (I Monster) Jarrod Gosling (I Monster) Marc Doty Advanced virtual instrument technology Advanced features include MIDI control of nearly all parameters, 256-note polyphony per instrument, ultra-low latency, efficient disk streaming for fast preset loading, all driven by the world-renowned UVI Engine XT™, known for its superb sound quality, universal plug-in compatibility and stand-alone operation. Universal compatibility: as a plug-in or stand-alone The Bob Moog Foundation Encore Soundbank is a UVI-based library that runs in the free UVI Workstation instrument software, which is compatible with all major plug-in formats on Mac and Windows, so you can easily run it your favorite host software. UVI Workstation also runs as a stand-alone application, turning any laptop or desktop computer into the ultimate electric keyboard instrument. The Encore Soundbank is also fully compatible with MachFive 3, allowing you to load sounds side by side with all of your other MachFive 3 libraries. Studio-quality FX The Encore Soundbank takes full advantage of the massive effects processing power of MachFive 3 and the UVI engine XT. The presets make extensive use of mastering-quality EQ, keyboard-oriented modulation FX, vintag and modern delays, filters, compressors and limiters, stereo imaging, overdrive, distortion and, of course, stellar reverb effects, including the acclaimed UVI SparkVerb. Over 200 presets Over 200 presets are organized into ten categories ranging from basses to leads to FX, so you can quickly zero in on the sound you are looking for. Basses (50) + Brass (9) + Comps (20) + Drums (17) + FX (27) + Grooves (12) + Leads (31) + Pads (38) + Pianos (13) + Strings (19) + Artist demo: Suzanne Ciani Suzanne Ciani is a composer, recording artist, and pioneer in the field of electronic music and sound design. She is best loved for her fifteen albums of original music which feature her performances in a broad array of expressions: pure electronic, solo piano, piano with orchestra, and piano with jazz ensemble. Her music, renowned for its romantic, healing, and aesthetic qualities, has found a rapidly growing international audience, and her performances include numerous benefits for humanitarian causes. Suzanne has been nominated for five Grammy Awards. Artist demo: Larry Fast Larry Fast is best known for his series of pioneering electronic music albums recorded under the project name SYNERGY. He is also known for his work with Peter Gabriel; playing synthesizer on records and on tour, and rounding out the production team on many of Peter's albums for nearly a decade. Starting with the first SYNERGY album, "Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra" recorded in 1975, and through the most recent SYNERGY release in 2002, Larry's ten albums of electronic music have been on the cutting edge of studio production techniques and the development of new music technologies. Artist demo: Amin Bhatia Amin Bhatia is a recording artist, film, and television music score composer and producer. In 1981 his compositions won the Roland Corporation International Synthesizer competition for two consecutive years. The judges included Oscar Peterson, Robert Moog, Ralph Dyck, and Isao Tomita. The exposure led to projects with David Foster, Steve Porcaro, and a solo album on the Capitol Records Cinema label called The Interstellar Suite, which launched his career in music for film and television. Instruments used to create the soundbank Over 20 instruments were used to create the samples in the Bob Moog Foundation Encore Soundbank including: EMS® Synthi A and VCS3 Buchla® modular Yamaha® CS-80 Alesis® Andromeda Sequential Circuits® Prophet Hammond® B3 organ Korg® MS-20 Polivoks Minimoog® Moog® modular Moog Apollo Moog Liberation Moog Prodigy Ondioline Theremin Upright and grand piano Mandolin Acoustic Drum Kit Various effects pedals Bob Moog Foundation Encore Soundbank Feature highlights All proceeds benefit the Bob Moog Foundation and Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool. Custom 2.4GB sound library for MachFive3 with over 2,000 24-bit samples. 236 presets in 10 intuitive categories custom-voiced for MachFive 3 and UVI Workstation for maximum playability and musicality in the spirit of Bob Moog’s vision for a connection between instrument and artist. Album-ready sounds created by 29 leading artists and sound designers specifically for this library. Original multi-samples carefully crafted and customized on the source instruments. Dedicated graphical editing panel with familiar, classic controls including filter cutoff, resonance ADSR and AHDSR envelopes. Powerful Multi FX including EQ, modulation, imaging, dynamics, delays and reverbs. Superb sound quality driven by the 32-bit UVI Engine XT™. Disk streaming for fast preset loading. Extensive, adjustable polyphony & ultra-low software latency. Universal compatibility with all major plug-in formats on Mac and Windows. Stand-alone operation in UVI Workstation on Mac or Windows. How to get started Details on how to install and use the Encore Soundbank » Acknowledgements MOTU and the Bob Moog Foundation would like to extend special thanks and recognition to Erik Norlander, Arnaud Sicard, Ben Scibelli, Chris Talbot, Robin Buyer, Campbell Payne and the team at uvi.net for their invaluable assistance in producing this project, as well as to producer Nate Donmoyer who created the audio samples for the product. The Bob Moog Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to ignite creativity through the intersection of science, music and innovation. The Foundation’s hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, is an innovative ten-week STEM-based curriculum that teaches children the science of sound through music and technology. The Foundation also works to preserve and share the vast materials in the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, including schematics, photos, recordings, prototype hardware, and more. 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