Moog Grandmother Synthesizer - First Impressions and Sounds with Justin Meldal-Johnsen

[@kellymerrill3131]

Is the next Moog sequencer gonna be the stepmother?

[@Alaska1925]

Effing brilliant.

[@xx-bg2dj]

LMFAO

[@BosseCory]

Nah, the next one is just called "Deadbeat Dad"

[@hiemehbarron9768]

Perfect.

[@Antonio229]

The Moog God Father is next

[@bernoinferno4389]

'It's got a built-in spring reverb'. Bashes the synth to prove it. Made me smile :)

[@juschu85]

3:31 That's cool. It makes absolute sense to put sustain on a fader. It's the only parameter in an ADSR envelope that is a level and not time based.

[@Hexspa]

Got my first real guitar from MF in '93. Glad you guys are still around. Cheers.

[@user-ig7nq7pc7k]

Love that smile on his face! I had the same one on my face.

[@matthewcody1757]

Ive been saving up for one and am so close im pacing in anticipation,

[@vladimirussachevsky1315]

Having a spring reverb makes me want it.

[@pirateradio808]

all of the GrandMother demos I've heard sound HUGE and vintage. Maybe it's the touch of spring reverb playing tricks on my ears, but that is what most impresses me about the synth.

[@lucio788]

man, wow, I'm not into owning synths anymore, back in the 2000s you had vintage or virtual analog only, this is amazing what's going on with analog synths, and this one looks like the rogue, my favorite moog back then, I would have gone crazy with this

[@avrilcadabra]

I only have one moog, the concertmate mg-1 and this grandmother seems like the mg-1's grandaughter, similar philosophy with the layout trying to make it more beginner friendly. It Audibly sounds like the MG-1 too. That said it has extra things the mg-1 does not, patching, spring reverb, sequencer. Hopefully it has a lot more room to grow.

[@mattsynth]

Finally a patch bay across the top. This makes so much more sense than side bays. Love that Moog filter.

[@ProckGnosis]

Bennies to both approaches I would say...I've heard it just as much "thank-god they didn't string the patch points all across the top of the module..." It is nice to have the patch points physically located near the function they support I agree, but I do get tired of having patch cables strung ALL across the surface versus keeping them nicely grouped on the side. Guess for me it depends on how MUCH patching I'm doing.

[@TheDungeonDive]

OMG! The Sustain is on a FADER? Holy. Shit.

[@jmjbassplayer]

I know, right? Sorry it blew your mind so much.

[@TheDungeonDive]

Finally some genuine innovation.

[@kengruz669]

And some genuine emotion.

[@TheAleandMarcoshow]

JMJ The Legend!!!!

[@jmjbassplayer]

you're most kind thank you

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

Alejandro Ruiz Justin is the BEST. Obviously a total genius combined with such a kind and inclusion human being. Witnessed him give an EarthQuaker Devices pedal demo at his studio once that was just so amazing, you’d just have to be there. JMJ clearly lives by his own code, as it should be. 🤘🏻

[@juno3242]

Thats so cool! He's a big inspiration, such a unique player and gear taste-maker.

[@jmjbassplayer]

Ur the best, Lisa. Hope to see you again soon!

[@sponseredskater]

I didn't know Napolean Dynamite was into Moogs.

[@jmjbassplayer]

I'm so into 'em.

[@BuildYourOwnBass]

The actual Napoleon Dynamite designed the damn Gramma (check out the vidya)

[@dulljumbo4321]

fuck I just commented napoleon dynamite 2 and

[@ludotex]

"The modulation section is really deep" ^^ ...

[@jmjbassplayer]

Makes me cringe. But in fact, it is pretty deep in terms of patchability, and in terms of what it competes with.

[@ludotex]

I like how simple it is, no presets, good sounding. Moog knows how to tune their circuits together to make musical machines. Looks like an instrument to me. Looking forward to try it. And the patchbay on top per section is great (I hate the side patchbay on the mother, never know if I should read on the bottom or top of the jacks...)

[@ProckGnosis]

Wasn't expecting something like this from Moog, and I think it's welcome addition to the analog synth fray. Somewhat unique yet still kind of familiar. Good job Moog.

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

I loooooooooove Justin!!!! 💞

[@rosscostuart3409]

Transtesticle moron

[@YannGuillermou]

Slider for the release time is clever!

[@sjcongo]

I m all digital nowadays but grandma is just wicked... i m in love with grandma 😍

[@christoroppolo8742]

I am drooling. A Semi modular legacy/ prodigy. I told you guys! Peace Christo 👽👽🙏🙏🎶🎶✌🏻✌🏻🛸🛸🐕🐕🔦🔦👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻🕺🕺

[@biggrime]

Sounds so good

[@JR-gw5sw]

And just think - I was ready to buy a new synth :)

[@thibaultleglatin3312]

and then I looked at my bank account...

[@amazeus1980]

Moogfest edition will be available in Europe any time soon?!?!?

[@Nomo_Popo]

But does the LP still lose bass when you turn up the resonance?

[@ubiquitousreverser]

Jsn Sdx As you’d expect. I guess they really aren’t listening to those cries. He he.

[@ChillMode34]

I’d wonder how it would change the sound though, because resonance does this excellent lead sound that I’ve only heard on parliament albums from the 70’s. I have a sub phatty also and resonance just seems to be more lead oriented. Though I will say my sub phatty has shown the ability fatten up the bass end if you make some tweaks coupled with the resonance.

[@jamesbirch9614]

Just got mine today - Googling around, I guess the Sustain slider is *supposed* to be that loose??? I was worried my slider was broken, but I guess not... Any other owners feel it's a bit too loose for their taste?

[@jmjbassplayer]

It's pretty, pretty loose I'll give you that. Wondering if there's an easy DYI fix to tighten it up.

[@scottfernelius9590]

I was a bit surprised by this at first, but after playing the synth for a while now I actually like the feel of it.

[@scottfernelius9590]

It is shocking that this machine is merely three hundred American dollars more than the Mother-32, given its available features.

[@noiselabproject9659]

This looks cool but the trouble is that I`m still just too damn allergic to Synths that don`t have a patch memory. I like to hallmark fave patches that I tweak to my loking and create n store stuff like bass patches from scratch. I guess the closest I`ll get to sommit like this is the Matrix Brute

[@Alaska1925]

It's kinda the opposite for me, I see a synth with presets and/or patch saving capability, and I immediately remove it from my list.. exact reason why I like the Matrixbrute as a concept (and also think it sounds veeery good) but I don't want one :P Whatever rocks our boats, right? The best thing about all of this, the whole synth market right now, is that we can choose. There are so many variables, so many sub-types.. pick and choose what you like best =)

[@alexanderreyes6874]

I love the Moog sound. I find the Matrixbrute to be a modern synth. For a monosynth with paraphonic capabilities it's a bit endless.

[@ubiquitousreverser]

Yep, synth lovers delight! I enjoy patch mem myself. But I venture into discovery with or without on my 2 little monsters. Subphatty keeps the presets, and the 0-coast, hits warp speed into endless soundscapes beyond imagination.

[@WeirdMedicine]

wait...given that the seq/arp module has nothing but OUTPUTS, how do you clock it from an external source?

[@seanspartan2023]

The arp/seq clock inputs are on the back panel along with the midi and audio outs

[@Antonio229]

Damn You Moog! Why do you create such awesome gear

[@WilliamCharlesShaver]

Antonio229 Its a mono synth...just a plain vanilla moog. What exactly is the big deal?

[@Antonio229]

What's your issue with a mono synth?

[@WilliamCharlesShaver]

Antonio229 I have nothing against mono synths; its just that there's tons of mono synths out right now and there doesn't appear to be anything especially distinctive about this new Moog offering. I'd like to see Moog return to offering innovative features (that would justify higher price tags)--especially since Behringer are offering, essentially, Minimoogs without keyboard for way less than this Grandmother.

[@SPAZZOID100]

Bill Shaver having a keyboard is making me want it more...

[@SPAZZOID100]

Bill Shaver it’s awesome.

[@Jkeane1337]

Dripping nostalgia like Razor Ramon’s jerricurl.

[@howdydoody2859]

anyone going to utilize the keys in any of these videos?

[@jmjbassplayer]

They cut out all my shredding. My skills would have melted your face straight off.

[@Loumont_2]

What stand is he using?

[@DanielTeoTN]

How can u find the bpm and sync with the song?

[@Heathcliff_hensel]

Daniel Teo it probably has midi clock sync.

[@nathankirklambo1986]

Cables

[@ChillMode34]

Tap tap tap

[@dcashley303]

"Hey, do you have any grandmothers in stock?"

[@fortheloveofnoise]

The knitting or baking kind?

[@gafproductions]

I

[@digitaldiezel5870]

#GranniesToGo

[@mpmi7588]

Can any sounds you make on this be saved internally?

[@seanspartan2023]

Nope, it's 100% analog

[@davidquakkelaar341]

At 3:12, why is he slamming the moog?

[@johnrussell4223]

spring reverb makes a cool sound when it is hit

[@deandavis325]

I make a cool sound when I'm hit too !!! LMAO

[@GorgeousRoddyChrome]

Maybe I should get this to use along side my vintage Moog Prodigy... hmmmm

[@jcruz6888]

or maybe not? hmmmmm?

[@GorgeousRoddyChrome]

Thanks for the dumbest comment ever!

[@ErichIzdepski]

Would be excellent with a late model or modded Prodigy with CV in/out.

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

GorgeousRoddyChrome I just set my Grandmother and Prodigy side by side together yesterday, powerful pair together!!! ❤️

[@GorgeousRoddyChrome]

Lisa Bella Donna Fanastic! Thanks for your comment.

[@ben-rosfeld]

Soooo good

[@BuildYourOwnBass]

All would have been lost if it weren't for the Reverb 100% Wet 👏👏👏

[@NicolasKernNk]

I love the watch, what is it? :P

[@Rated-R]

Enough! Napoleon Dynamite has convinced me! C'mon guys, Let's go buy the Moog Grandmother now!

[@simplestickman5513]

nice studio

[@frankcoleman9005]

Grandma just called and said you're supposed to go home.

[@estebanfigueroa2549]

It looks like realistic synth made by moog for radioshack

[@claytonlevibrown]

smooth

[@phaserman6657]

the Moog grand mother. the big mean wolf little Red Riding Hood patties,a little pot of butter and.....the deep forest. sound for analog stories.

[@ChristopherYabsley]

Moog Granny.

[@hightower196X]

We all are ready ! Gaaaassssss ! 😂

[@mauriziomauricone]

Sounds a lot like The Source, which isn’t a bad thing of course.

[@scoobysienna]

moog subsequent 37 going with moog grandmother?????///

[@imperialimperialimperial]

Who’s else ready for the sub harmincon?

[@SPOD_ZONE]

The first modern moog that sounds good! Whys it taken so long to have a modern analog sound inspiring?

[@SPAZZOID100]

SPOD ?????

[@SPOD_ZONE]

What can I say, i'm a synthman!

[@SpacehotelMusic]

Anyone gonna sell their Grandmother to buy this?

[@kevinking7720]

did he just punch the thing?

[@jmjbassplayer]

i did

[@Antonio229]

where does it stop? this is why GAS exist!

[@SRV2013]

And the boys at Moog destroy Behringer with the real deal. Forget the small knobs, now. I like the big ones, yes! I will buy this synth definitely.

[@undercoverneunzehn]

So the Moog sells for $299? If so they sure destroyed Behringer.

[@SRV2013]

Not that cheap, but it is real Moog modular in an affordable array.

[@johnsch8634]

Destroy them by making synths for boring old farts that are into Wendy Carlos?

[@SRV2013]

John Sch Destroy them by making Synths that everyone can use for whatever they want.

[@kellymerrill5294]

Behringer will do fine, you pay a lot for that moog logo.

[@alexandrosroussos]

once you found that crazy sound, how do you save it? no presets? really?

[@HazeAnderson]

Not the synth for you. Or me either for that matter, but yes, people do succeed with workflows that lack the ability to save patches.

[@bwest6275]

Saving a patch is as simple as taking a picture of the end result.

[@alexandrosroussos]

Haze Anderson well the limitation may actually be good in some cases as it helps to take decisions quicker in the creative process as you have to freeze a recording and build on it, or start from scratch if it ends up not sounding as you like. Also has that spirit of uniqueness that’s valuable in art. So as you say, it’s not suitable for everyone but it does have its reason to exist.

[@HazeAnderson]

Dammit. I had thread notifications turned off and now they are back on somehow. Alex, make up your mind man. 😂

[@gordrum]

$899 ... totally worth it.

[@synthdude7664]

Nice fro

[@marike1100]

Otherwise known as curly hair. Who cares?

[@HazeAnderson]

The 70s cares.

[@synthdude7664]

G Rarely see people with this style .

[@digitaldiezel5870]

That’s Bob Ross’s grandson...I dig it!

[@synthdude7664]

Breathmedia Breathmedia magical music hair

[@emiliorivera1045]

“The envelope I really like...” 🤔 🤨

[@foto21]

A lot of modern analogs bore me with their purity, but this thing sounds pretty intriguing. It has evil in it.

[@Dr-Stu]

Napoleon Dynamite found his calling.

[@jmjbassplayer]

I'm also a choreographer.

[@Dr-Stu]

Justin Meldal-Johnsen No way, THE jmj! I never clocked you with the glasses(or bothered to read your name in the description). I see you've tamed the 'fro, I saw you with Beck in Marlay park in 2006, it was colossal then. This drunk guy behind me wouldn't shut up the whole show talking about impressive it was.

[@masstrash]

3:13

[@jondorono]

how much??

[@CaalamusTube]

...that's a surprise!

[@Trottelheimer]

+Vlad Țepeș: Pathetic troll is pathetic.

[@marike1100]

Like all Moog synth, this one is made in the USA. But nice try.

[@CaalamusTube]

Is Asheville closer to Shenzhen or Beijing? :P

[@Melindaelectrica123]

Chinese parts assembled in the USA?

[@rt-uh6mt]

OH NO, IT SOLD OUT ALREADY!!!! ARGH

[@johnsch8634]

Has anyone at Moog had an original idea since the 60s?

[@barabanovainna]

John Sch old ideas catching fresh money

[@ollimoore]

Why would they bother? Innovation is always a risk, this kind of thing is obviously selling ok, and if any company should specialise in retro style analogue monosynths it would be Moog..... Do you also expect Fender to make 8 string fanned fret guitars out of carbon fibre? Should Steinway stop making grand pianos?

[@Endle185]

John Sch . Err Animoog

[@augustalchemy6835]

Thanks,,,,,, people talk about original ideas but then sleep on iOS devices. The animoog is amazing and it's only 20 bucks.

[@porcelainpussy]

Ask Roland?

[@حسامالغامدي-و5ل]

😘😘😘😘😘

[@MauroSkt]

0:19 ARE WE NOT MEN? WE ARE DE VO

[@xperimentador]

Thanx for sharing! I posted your video in our Moog Grandmother Facebook Group, if that is no problem? A facebook group for all Moog Grandmother enthusiasts! facebook.com/groups/1595071047258450/ You are welcome to join ;-)

[@graphene1487]

Can someone help this demo guy out. Fumbling.

[@dudemcguy4793]

Andy Samberg on a moog. NOICE!

[@kitchentable1362]

Drummer from another grandmother

[@mushahadabro4613]

「内容を明確にする必要があります」、

[@dulljumbo4321]

napoleon dynamite 2

[@Quodge]

Synths uhh finds a way..

[@motorhead412]

can't wait for the Behringer clone that's 10x cheaper

[@ollimoore]

Can't wait for a new synth release when people aren't just talking about Behringer the whole time

[@drake1011]

Sounds good but looks ugly

[@WannesHaxyl]

Pretty much any synth from the 80's

[@marike1100]

I think it looks awesome. Black boxes are so corporate square.

[@slipknotboy555]

G I think so, too. I like the aesthetic

[@SRV2013]

80's? This is prime '70's Cheeze. Look at the Moog Sonic 6, or the EMS Poly.

[@malkytrance]

Yeah awful colours I agree, but its all about the sound.

[@toddthomas4761]

Stop yapping and play the damn thing!

[@tomdamico1272]

seems like the same old junk to me!!! how about a new memorymoog!!!

[@SPAZZOID100]

Tom Damico $8,000????

[@rosscostuart3409]

BECK SUCKS.