Moog Matriarch vs Moog Grandmother - Daniel Fisher 

It was the first synth I bought after the sound studio. It’s my favorite piece of gear after heavy collecting guitar and amp stuff for 20 years. Just amazing.

You should be in the room with one. Seriously, RU-vid compression kills the tone. It brings out goosebumps!

Same here. Bass player.

Get a 303 clone instead you guitarist dudes are slaying the acid sounds

I laughed so hard at this.

I want to buy GM but this thing with spring reverb worries me a little. Can you turn of the reverb totaly that it does not make noises because I am playing in a extremely loud band so I am not sure if the vibrations would trigger it on stage. What's you experience? Thanks and best regards. :)

Duško Rudan yeah you can turn it off completely.

I perfectly understand what you're saying. The Moog sounds fantastic! I'm a Finnish musician and I've used a lot of new and vintage synths. These Moogs have voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) instead of DCOs with a digitally controlled perfect pitch. An old school VCO synth naturally sounds bigger right at the beginning. In many of those synths the tiny amount of pitch drifting makes a difference but in the case of Moog there's more than that to make it sound really good. You can't go wrong by choosing a Moog. I know it can take a bit more work to make a DCO analog synth sound bigger but you can usually get there and have the warmth in your sound as well. I just think that the Novation Bass Station II (I guess you meant the version 2 and not the first humble synth from 1993) is also great. It's a very hands-on and versatile little synth. You could say it's a low budget sound designer's dream because you can save the patches as well. You also need a digital control to save them of course. Is there someone reading this and thinking of buying a synth with a lower budget? My advice is to give the Novation Bass Station II a chance. There's some ways to make it sound bigger. One typical thing to do is to use two oscillators at the same pitch but then detune the 2nd oscillator just a bit. You can even use pulse width modulation on two oscillators at the same time. Using a slight amount of natural sounding vibrato (an LFO modulating the pitch) in just the right speed is always a good option. You could also use that vibrato with a different depth on each oscillator. You might like it. If you still decide that the Novation synth isn't for you then spend some more money and definitely get a Moog. Michael Healy knows what he's talking about but it's always best to try any synthesizer yourself. You're in control. You can definitely do a lot with them. Take care and have a fantastic day.

@@Vimana For the price, the Novation BS2 is fantastic! I recommend just running it through a bass amp to get a fuller sound, also. Cheers.

Makes sense.

I have a Grandmother and a One, too, but for some reason I still feel like I want the Matriarch.

Eric that is because the One lacks sonic character.

Spazzoid Studio I don’t agree. I think the Moog One has a character similar to the Sub 37 and less like the Model D or Grandmother/Matriarch... so a bit less warm. I can get a lot out of the One, and it’s fun to program. I’d love to use the Matriarch with my Eurorack rig.

Hi yobhsiFehT. I can live with that. Thanks for watching!

Sweetwater lol I knew I liked you for a reason 😉

Hi Andrew. If they'll make it, I'll play it! Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

Lol, $20,000

They have It is called the one

BOOOO! 😝 lol (Sorry, I LOVE the wonky color scheme! 🤷🏼‍♂️😄)

Or GrandmotherMother?

Hi TheNimasan. The Moog team spent many hours finding that exact reverb behavior. -_Daniel_

I have both. Completely different concepts. The pro 3 is wonderful. It’s very flexible. The matriarch oscillators are amazing. It feels a lot more experimental.

Hi SilverSulu. We've never had the big Moog Modulars and the Matriarch available to shoot at the same time. But here are links to my demos of several Moog Modular synths for comparison: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n3K_fZDvINs.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-53AfNa-l8gI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VKfrGQyv5_g.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RuS3uaf9KFI.html Just open the videos up side-by-side, and set each to the moments when I'm testing a single oscillator.

SilverSulu Nahhh. I think these two synths make it clear that nobody REALLY needs a full-on modular system.

SilverSulu in a final mix, why would it even matter???

Hi Dusko Rudan. There is a knob on the Grandmother called REVERB MIX that adjusts the mix of the reverb. If you set that knob full counterclockwise you won't hear the reverb. Thanks for watching!

Don’t put it straight in front of the speaker and no problems will occur . Played with diverse springreverbs on stage and never experienced big problems ..

Model D is boring

Maybe the signal line is shorter and more direct that way . Also the delay probably will take away character due to ad-da / bucketchips conversions ?

@@christopherpederson1021 Unless you know how to actually play., rather than holding down one note while twisting a noise filter knob.

Hi @ianmeredith6217. I can't argue with any of that :-) -_Daniel_

for those times when you're playing Chopin Fantasie Impromptu in C# minor on your Moog?

@@station2station544 no. For those times when I need the next white key up.

@@MrStupidHead set the oscillator "foot" settings to your desired 4 octaves prior to playing. I've never run out of range on a mono synth that is 4 octaves.

use a midi controller

Hi EthanRMus. Because both synths are truly modular with In/Out jacks for every module, you can insert an audio signal into the ADSR-controlled filter, the ADSR-controlled amp, as well as the spring reverb or dual stereo delay. -_Daniel_

Bucket delay chips : noisy and frequency top off…

Hi Brian. That stand is from Gator Frameworks: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/XStdDbl2TF--gator-frameworks-gfw-key-5100x-deluxe-2-tier-x-style-keyboard-stand Thanks for watching!

Bonus! Thanks for watching!

It was pretty cool feeding the output of the GM's reverb into the input of the Matriarch's Delay, and then feeding a little of that back into the reverb:-)

As your professional adviser, I fully agree!

@@sweetwater you're my favorite music **cough** dealer **cough**

Hi Dan. Correct. No reverb on the Matriarch, and no delay on the Grandmother. But here's a video I made showing a low-cost Spring Reverb pedal and comparing it to the Grandmother: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DkY6d2eDBT8.html Thanks for watching!

You need the Matriarch and any other Moog synth(s).

Hi Sashabooboo. I talked with some of the merchandizing folks and we've decided that we're going to send you that chip and smudge so that you can apply them to your next synth. No need to thanks us. That's just how we roll!

@@sweetwater you should get out of music and into comedy because that was more funny than what I wrote :)

Lol

Hahaha

Spazzoid Studio agreed. And so much less expensive.

Hi Apple Kid. They don't. For more details, go to 4:51 starting with "and the Filters, definitely a difference..." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X-XancYyXY0.html Thanks for watching!

I want you to know that this comment wasn’t wasted. Well done, sir.

"I've gotta' be me🎵🎶" -_Daniel_

Making sounds from scratch is half the fun, discovering the sound is almost as fun for me as playing it, I find both equally satisfying, when I experiment with my Matriarch.

I think you bought the wrong synths!

Interesting. I feel like musical results basically fell out of my Matriarch from the first time I played it. I will be buried with mine.

Very different beasts, all wonderful. No skipping necessary! I think the Matriarch is a little more unique than the One for example, just preference I suppose!

No need to skip... All 3 are unique, I think the Matriarch is the most unique to be honest.

Def get all 3.