Moog updates Matriarch with performance tweaks, releases patching book and videos

Matriarch, Moog’s eminently patchable semi-modular paraphonic instrument, just got a slew of updates for playability. And there are new patch ideas, both in book and video form.

SynthieCat gives Ableton Live the deep matrix and effects of the 1971 EMS Synthi A

Max for Cats is here with SynthieCat. It’s like using Ableton Live in an alternate universe where it was developed at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Peter Kirn - February 8, 2023

Review: Here’s Moog Mavis, packing analog Moog modular essentials into a 24-jack, $349 box

It looks like another budget semi-modular, but look closer: Moog’s latest is a distillation of a lot of what distinguishes a Moog modular voice, with some significant twists (wavefolder!). And it can work on its own or as an ideal companion to other patchable instruments. Let’s break it down.

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2022

Dreadbox’s new 200€ Dysmetria kit is an insane amount of analog groove fun

Peter Kirn - May 16, 2022

Softpop SP2 is next-level analog synthesis and processing from Bastl and Casper Electronics

Peter Kirn - January 5, 2022

Reason’s Mimic sampler is here, and very Reason-y

Peter Kirn - August 11, 2021

All the KORG synth news: mini ARP modular, a reissued classic, more wavetables…

Peter Kirn - January 20, 2021

Deep dive: Master the Moog Matriarch – Guide

Peter Kirn - October 21, 2020

ARP 2600 will return with KORG, says Jean-Michel Jarre

Peter Kirn - December 16, 2019

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