Here's another good one:


Those two demos I posted are enough to clinch the deal for me (not quite ready to order, but I'm feeling very strongly about it).

How about the color ones?

If this had dual SEM Filters as well, it'd be an instabuy.

Never any farther away than something like this.

Sure, not included. But very much available.

A 168hp euro case is coincidentally the same width as a Matriarch, too. Image below not scaled.

Ha, i was just looking at this module again. For a dual external sound procesor, sem filters seem geat, the way the resonance colours the source.

A filled up 168 HP case would cost a lot more, though.

yeah, you can just hear the quality in those oscillators. Next to my SE Boomstar stuff, its some of the best I ever heard. Up there also with the Macbeth and MFOS, and MOTM synths... Excellent playing too.

Truth.

No rush, though. You know... Like Johnny Cash without the factory job and thefts, one piece at a time.

Besides, the AJH Next Phase would be a killer addition for lush and clean stereo analog Phasing to go with the stereo analog Delay and Filters.

Add some more Modulation sources, things the Matriarch can't even do, and before you know it, you'll have a combination and unique Instrument that virtually no one else has.

You might be homeless too, but hey, go for it.

A little wood can make a difference

it would be cool if Moog developed a version with 4 pairs of oscillators, instead of 4 single oscs

after playing an Oberheim FVS I was pretty blown away by the sound of the extra oscs in there

even better: an 8 voice Matriarch, which would let you tie them together & more

but probably $$

*edit* I suppose you could augment the M with some external oscs to achieve similar effect

Exactly...

I have a Three-Voice (TVSP + SEM Pro) sitting close to to the Matriarch for just such inter-patching shenanigans.

I really like the ((( stereo ))) quad-oscillators idea though. It would be amazing on the M.

As is, the Matriarch is really one of the best sounding synths ever made, imo. She deserves her Moniker.

Interesting - I went to a store in Friday with the cash in my pocket excited to buy a Matriarch, but after two hours of playing and patching I never had a moment that wowed me or made me think it was worth the price. I was surprised at this as I love the sound of the GM!

Regarding the colours, strangely I think the GM looks better in black, but the Matriarch looks better in colour.
The black GM looks like a CS-5 or Polyvoks.

My impression too, the black GM is well-balanced, while the bigger Matriarch is maybe a little too much black.
And both would look killer with wood sides, like the mockup from a couple of posts above.



Btw I actually like the hippie colours of the originals, the only thing that hurts my eyes is the blue strip all along the width of the synth. If only that was black, the OG would be perfect for me.

Maybe it was just a bad session?

I'd imagine it also depends upon one's expectations going in. For example, I'd bet most, myself included, couldn't tell the difference between a Voyager and Matriarch, given similar sounding patches setup to be indistinguishable. Perhaps the GM as well, although I've never played one. But, at a certain point, it becomes an exercise in sonic subtleties.

For me, the Matriarch demands more time. It's not a synth that one can just switch between presets every minute or so. In that sense, taking advantage of its patching flexibility to discover new or unique sonic territories, inherently takes time. But, on its basic oscillator > mixer > filter level, its raw Moog mono/para synth sound is about as good as it gets, even beyond its price range and form factor, imo. It's a winning synth voice formula subtly re-voiced into a modern classic. Not revolutionary, just evolutionary.

Perhaps more accurately, de-evolution evolutionary, in that it's very retro and vintage-inspired modern Moog.

you would have to upgrade it so that the sound is right ..OT but that you are already with the russians, how about the russian minimoog?
he has character ..the circuit is a copy of the mini with certain improvements.



maybe to explain that I've never heard of a mini, I have to investigate what the trick is.