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I found that the heart of analog delay - BBD are no longer produced.
That explains limited offer of Moogerfooger 104z, and Doepfer BBD modules, as well as high prices for guitar delay pedals.

I think I should get an analog delay ASAP. Moreover, it will fill the gap in my planned CybOrc setup.
Planned external part will be:

• Jomox M-Resonator
• some Valve distortion (possibly Radial Trimode)
• and an Analog Delay or two

The best AD candidate is Maxon AD999. 900ms of delay!
Boss AD9 is only 300ms max, but 3 times as cheap.
MF-104Z is a luxury, 1000ms at $750 - not for me.

On a Music-Moscow 2007 show I had a chance yesterday to try out Moog Little Phatty Stage edition.
Here are my impressions.

On the positive side:

1. Very fast, punchy envelopes.
2. Smooth filter overdrive control, sound very good
3. Wave morphing sound cool (Moogs have continuous wave-select control for oscillators, from Saw to Trianlge to Square to Pulse)

On the negative:

1. Cheap feel. Mostly, because knobs are loosy. Plastic side panels also contribute to the feel.
2. It has one potentiometer per section.
   I.e. one for Oscillators, one for Filter mangling, and one for Envelopes. It looks like encoder on the photos, because of the LED ring, but it is not. It is a real continious potentiometer (it feels like it), and LED ring just approximates its position. I suppose, the control electronics is a number of Sample-and-Hold units, and mode buttons connect the potentiometer to appropriate S&H.
   A clever idea, but because of one knob per section, you can’t, for example, lower the filter cutoff and raise the resonance without jumps:
   • you press the cutoff button
   • adjust the cutoff frequency
   • press the resonance button
   • LED ring shows the current value of the resonance
   • BUT: the knob itself is where you left it in cutoff mode
   • when you touch it, the resonance will jump to the current knob position

Overral, for me it is not worth the money ($1500).
I have an Andromeda, and its Filter2 sound very Moogish, so Little Phatty does little here.
Then, it is very limited in its modulation possibilities, and I find myself drifting toward modulars.

But it has its own character. Filter overdrive, fast envelopes and wave morphing sound awesome.
If you don’t need flexible real-time tweaking, and complex modulations, if you want just play your cool lead and/or bass solos, it is a very musical instrument. Yes, not a just synth, but an instrument.

There was a beautiful storm yesterday’s night.