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Description	A rinky dink version of the Minitmoog for budding synthesists from the early seventies. The Satellite is shaped after the organ-type synthesizers from its era. Although cased in a nice looking wood case the Satellite boasts little features. The Moog Satellite is a single oscillator performance synthesizer that was comparable if not created in response to A.R.P.'s Soloist synthesizer. Preset sounds include brass, reeds, strings, bell, and the far-out new lunar sound. The 37-note keyboard is slim and presets are selected from the clunky flip-switches just below the keyboard. Left hand performance controls offer modulation, pitch bend and filter sweeps. Some unique to the Satellite features are Touch Sense which was an early aftertouch method by pressure on the keys. You won't find much use for a synth like the Satellite these days but it would make a nice collector's item. Can be found build-in as part of other instruments like the Cordovox CDX 0652
Brand	Moog
Model	Satellite
Device	Synth
Type	Keys
Engine Type	Analog
Engine	VCO
Voices (max)	1
Oscillators	1
LFO	Y
Engine Detailed	1 VCO with presets: Brass, reeds, strings, bell, and lunar sound.
Memory	12 Presets
Keys	37
Key type	Keys
Velocity	No
Aftertouch	No
CV-gate	CV/GATE
Produced:	1975 - 1976

Legend:		Obvious	Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO	Voltage Controlled Oscillator	DCO	Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO	Low Frequency Oscillator	Sub	Sub Oscillator
VCF	Voltage Controlled Filter	VCA	Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity	As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key.	Aftertouch	Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

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