Synapse Audio Software did a nice job of adding 4 note polyphony and unison to the feature set, which makes the synth somewhat more versatile than “just” a monosynth. It’s Minimoog based, so 3 oscillators of which one can act as an LFO for modulation, a noise generator, a 24db low pass filter (which unlike on a Minimoog can be set to 12db as well), and a VCA. I’m not going into detail about the core architecture. When I’m playing this synth, its sound really gives me the feeling I’m playing a great analog synth with that rich “Moogy sound”, and that’s what matters most for me. Personally I don’t find it that important if the emulation is 96, 98 or 100% accurate. I played some other Minimoog emulations, but this one just sounds that tad better to me. I believe this synth is a really good emulation.

There’s a video on the website of Synapse Audio Software with a comparison between The Legend and a hardware Minimoog, and in a blind test I wouldn’t hear which is the hardware- and which is the software synth. Since I don’t have a classic Minimoog to compare with, I’m not going to judge how faithful the emulation exactly is, but it sure sounds very good and definitely like a Moog. Synapse Audio Software created this synth in cooperation with Bigtone Studios who brought in a well preserved Minimoog Model D to use as the reference synth to model the VST after. Looking at the GUI and listening to its sound it’s not hard to see that we’re talking about a classic Minimoog emulation here. This synth is positioned as an analog modelling synthesizer “faithfully recreating the most iconic synthesizer of all times”. A great rich analog sound and good bottom end. At the moment I fired this synth up and did a little walkthrough of the factory presets it immediately brought a smile on my face. “The Legend”… With a name like that comes expectation, and I can say this synth really delivers. The version I’ll review here is the VST version. There are two versions of this synth: a Reason Rack Extension for Propellerhead Reason and a VST/AU version for the VST/AU supporting DAW’s.

Propellerhead reason analog synth