The Moog Matriarch - There's a New Mother In Town!

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Jack D sat down with Alex (AKA mylarmelodies) to explore the mighty Moog Matriarch. A paraphonic semi-modular analog synth, the Matriarch is built on the Grandmother formula, with heaps of fresh features that take it up a few notches (including stereo outputs) - check it out!
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[@ChillMode34]

I periodically check in to this video for the tutorial elements. Very excellent laid back vibe yet very informative. 🙏🏾🤟🏾👍🏾

[@Robguitarjarvis]

What a fantastic synth 👍

[@patcupo]

I love what Moog has done with the Mother line: Mother 32 > Grandmother > Matriarch. I really hope that they do the same thing with DFAM.

[@Jim_Thomas_Draper]

Drummer From Another Grandmother. That would make it the DFAG though, which is a name they might want to avoid 🤔

[@jaymelee]

I love my DFAM, Im totally saving up for a Grandmother and maybe later this year i'll get the Mother 32 and Rack it with my DFam..Im still really new to Synth so im learning how to use them.

[@CRLFNKL]

@@Jim_Thomas_Draper no, no. I have to disagree. DFAG is the ultimate name. So thank you. I do like the idea of a DFAM on steroids

[@istvantoth7431]

Yeah, a Moog MILF would be stellar ... an absolute banger!!

[@TrendComa]

Excellent video! I'm pretty old and have a few too many keyboards. ;~} I've had my Matriarch for about 10 months and it might the best bang for buck of any keyboard I've ever had. It's a living, breathing machine, deep and really fun.

[@obwanz1921]

INCREDIBLE! Thanks, and yes I’m a mylar melodies fan as well! Best demo for this by miles!!

[@soundmapper]

Andertons, hands down, provides the most entertaining, and value added videos on music gear on KZbin. I enjoy watching the moog videos as well as anything fender related. Thank you for putting these out. I own a grandmother, and will be looking at a matriarch in the near future. Something moog should look at in the future is a matriarch design that could allow a mother32/dfam/subharmonicon to mount to the back, like the 2 or 3 tier racks, but the brackets built into the sides of a key synth.

[@jackduxbury1632]

Thanks so much for the kind comment ZMB X

[@redirishmanxlt]

A Moog Model 10 costs $10k, has only 3 Oscillators (Matriarch has 6), no sequencer, no delay, and no keyboard. Yes, the Model 10 has an awesome filter bank, but you can do a lot of things with that extra $8k? The Matriarch is a bargain!

[@bluehole6019]

redirishmanxlt the model 10 is a very different synth. I absolutely DON’T think it’s worth $10k, it would be a much more realistic price at around $3.5K. But Moog is selling them as collector’s items, essentially. They understand that most casual synth enthusiasts aren’t interested in diving into something as unforgiving and complicated as a model 10/15, so they price accordingly. All Moog synths are overpriced, really. Although they’re some of my favorite, we’re really buying a name with a lot of what they have to offer.

[@Robert-kx8mp]

Blue Hole no, just because the industry is suddenly flooded with equivalent of fake Rolex watches, that doesn’t mean small manufacturers like Moog with 250 employees and maybe 8M in revenue are overpriced, do you really think anyone at Moog are getting rich by as you claim it overpricing their instruments? what about selling fake watches, is that guy getting rich?

[@bluehole6019]

Robert Moog synths are pretty objectively overpriced for what they are. Actually, I’m a watch enthusiast and Rolex is a great example to back up my point. All Rolex actually has is a name, branding, heritage. Their movements are a step up from what you’d find in your average watch, but there’s a reason Tudor exists. Tudor is made BY Rolex, same parts, same materials, same quality and craftsmanship, but guess what it’s missing? A stamp that says Rolex on the face. That’s why a Tudor Black Bay and a Submariner have about a $4,000 price difference. And the knockoff metaphor backs up my point as well. The market IS flooded with fake Rolexes, lots of them are made identical to Rolex to a TEE, and you can get them for ~$500. But someone who’s shopping for a Rolex isn’t a casual horological enthusiast, they’re people who are willing to pay a premium for someone to look down and see the word Rolex on their wrist. I.E, people with money. You can literally go online and buy a “Rolex” right now, same parts, same build quality, same everything. For like, 1/20 of the price, but that doesn’t affect the price of a real Rolex because Rolex aren’t marketing to people who want a fake. A Daytona is tied with an Omega Seamaster as my favorite watch of all time, and I’d personally buy one at full price if I ever came into some money. I can’t bring myself to buy a fake, because it doesn’t seem right, even though Rolex is NOT hurting financially and, again, it’s essentially the same product. That’s why “pride of ownership” was invented by marketing teams. To make people who are too broke to buy something as extravagant as a Rolex feel bad for getting what’s really the next best thing, because nobody without a microscope will be able to tell, and realistically they’re so well made that you’d still have to be an expert to differentiate. So yes, Rolex is fundamentally overpriced, and they built their whole brand on that idea. Getting back to the synth side of things, that’s all Moog has; brand name, good marketing, and heritage. They have a history of being pioneers and innovators in the synth world, (although that was really Bob Moog, not anyone who’s at the company currently) and they were the first company to do what they do and they got it VERY right on the first try. But there’s actually a replica synth market as well, you can go to Club Of The Knobs, Synthesizer.com, even BEHRINGER soon, (I’ve owned both a Moog model D and the BEHRINGER clone) and get a clone of a model 15 for much less money than what you can buy a Moog for. And the only difference is that one panel says COTK or Behringher and the other says Moog.

[@HotStrange]

Blue Hole I don’t think the Matriarch is overpriced at all.

[@zaneaustin22]

Blue Hole try buying yourself a nice woodwind or brass instrument or really any hand crafted classical instrument. I bought a nice getzen trumpet for $2,600 a few years back

[@edwardprue]

"They've never had a Squier Moog" -- awesome! :)

[@shaft9000]

It's called the _Realistic Concertmate_ MG-1...

[@vaspers]

I love you guys! You do a terrific job explaining synths, and spicing things up with rapture and humor. My Moog Matriach is the reigning queen of my studio now! Thanks for inspiring me to get this synth, you and Lisa BellaDonna. If nothing else, this is the ultimate drone machine. Retro sounds from circuits based on vintage Moog modules.

[@jackduxbury1632]

Thanks so much for the kind comment Steven. Glad to hear you got your hands on one, I can only dream of such a thing!!! Sending my best wishes and thanks again X

[@edwardprue]

I love that "Songs In The Key of Life" was a fixture in these Andertons videos!

[@lordmidas6940]

Nice, Andertons. Fabulous video showing off the Matriarch. Love these demo vids.

[@jonbellido]

34:18 That fm drone jam was super immersive, thank you very much

[@paradiddle16]

Thanks for the walkthrough Mylar M. u always have some nice tips about usability and creative explorations! Fav demo of it so far.

[@mylarmelodies]

[@paradiddle16]

Just bought one btw about a week ago. :)

[@Infinifiction]

Wow, what a fantastic team, you are the best thing out there right now :)

[@strangersun7721]

The world is currently going to hell, and I have one of these arriving this week. What a way to fiddle while it all burns. Thanks for the deep dive. Love your videos.

[@shivercanada]

Wow congrats have fun man!! I just bought some astrophotography gear so don’t want to but I’m considering the Mattiarch too. The sound...damn

[@DamienMacLean]

lol the world is still going to hell and I jut got mine this week too !

[@prodby_luffuate]

oh how much worse its gotten lol

[@fromgreetings]

Idiot

[@chuckybastard]

Looking forward to creating the soundtrack for the 8th Circle with this thing

[@jcbarker1]

Love you guys

[@mrbreaker101]

I love how Jack pretends to "not know much about synths" but he actually knows his shit

[@elainefisher1023]

classic setup, one plays dumb and asks the questions they already know the answer to, and the other answers them for the viewer lol

[@johnpaulpatton9786]

Nice to see someone making sounds with this fantastic synth that aren't fuzzy, vintage pads. This synth is so much more capable than that!

[@mildwestmusic]

Jack, you're excitement with new synths is so genuine and awesome. Love when you get your hands on new synths.

[@BarbieChaite]

he's paid dude...

[@mildwestmusic]

@@BarbieChaite 🤷🏻‍♂️ does that matter? Still will make my own decisions based on the synth but doesn’t change my opinion on his style.

[@BarbieChaite]

@@mildwestmusic if nothing matters...

[@jbowmanmusic]

Jack - as you're into drones you should check out the Soma Lyra 8, Russian drone synth, like an analogue synth version of the bagpipes ;-) The Matriarch sounds very lovely.

[@NeuronalAxon]

I love Russian/Soviet gear.

[@OriginalDarkMark]

I can’t believe they’ve put this package together for only £6. Probably worth a punt.

[@dazeja]

I'm saying this now the Matriarch is this generation's Minimoog!

[@HotStrange]

Man 28:40 would’ve sounded amazing with that delay. I can’t wait until mine comes in. This is the synth I’ve always wanted. Moog really packed a lot of features into this thing. The under the hood features open it up even more.

[@SRV2013]

I live mine. The Matriarch is a beast.

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

This is the next synth I'm adding to my studio. That stereo filter, bucket brigade delay and sheer quality of the Moog oscillators + paraphony makes this a no-brainer. Incredible :)

[@HotStrange]

I have on preordered as well. Can’t wait. It’s the synth I’ve always wanted.

[@mackmccord3743]

@@HotStrange same to both of you. Eye have a pre-order a well. Hopefully Eye'll be retired from gear shopping for a while after this. It should keep me busy for about 10 - 60 years (-8

[@ZappaBlues]

The Pipes!! Aye Laddie !!!!

[@alfiedotwtf]

IMHO this synth should have been called the Moog One as it's all of Moog heritage boiled into *one* synth

[@alfiedotwtf]

"F-ing wow" indeed. Also, bagpipes.

[@mentalfortitude5718]

Alfie John did you forget to switch accounts or did they delete their comments?

[@alfiedotwtf]

@@mentalfortitude5718 Sorry, my comment is a year old so I can't remember the context... but I think either there's a point when he says in the video "F-ing Wow", or there was a comment before mine. The bagpipes comment was me laughing at the drone-bagpipes bit of the video

[@mentalfortitude5718]

Alfie John all good my hemorrhoid isn’t that infected anymore

[@alfiedotwtf]

@@mentalfortitude5718 just remember to apply the cream twice a day after you pass a stool

[@rcom9880]

I feel like if Jack were my co-worker at a dreary office job, I'd never have a bad day.

[@wordsoundpoweri8149]

ROB A If Jack were my coworker, I’m fairly certain managment would seperate us.

[@Phychologik]

When your parents call your bluff and put you up for adoption: *THERE’S A NEW MOTHER IN TOWN*

[@sarmism]

I love this and I want one!

[@shogunai]

I know that you guys are a shop, and as such you would normally only review instruments that are available for purchase, but I would give my left arm to watch an hour long review of the UDO Super 6 with Jack playing it!

[@g3cd]

My favorite two dudes playing on a Moog (or rather Mylarm Melodies playing and Jack being excited like a toddler in a candy store). This has been a really fun video (and I watched it to the end). Modular isn't for me - I like to save my sounds and get more control over it and also patch cables get me very confused (that's why I got the Norand Mono), but I really enjoyed the video 😍

[@SONICrider]

This is fun and inspiring in one - thanks. Kinda convinced the Matriarch will enter my new studio - with some extra m2 - till then I enjoy this vid \0/

[@SONICrider]

36:50 lovely drone \0/

[@vaspers]

Fantastic improvised drone performances. This Matriarch would fit in nicely with my Sub 37 and my Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms System 201. Wonderful to have great vintage Moog modules arranged in a semi-modular format like this.

[@tarekmansur]

I'm buying it - oh my god

[@viarnet]

amazing! in stock at Andertons when?

[@marcusjohnson2995]

Just got mine today, I blame Jack and Alex! Now off to ignore my family for the weekend

[@treblegrey]

@7:09 There's never been a Squire Moog: *And now, introducing new for 2024:*

[@OttosTheName]

25:13 That's interesting, in the Grandmother manual they say you can use it as a mixer, but only for Audio signals, not for CV signals. I always thought the only difference between an LFO or Envelope out and an Oscillator out is the frequency and it's all somewhere in the -5 to +5 (or -8 to +8 or whatever) range. Edit: Probably has something to do with the outputs you're combining having to be 'AC Coupled' in the Grandmother. Not entirely sure what thaty means. But yeah in the Matriarch manual it does say you can combine CV signals and Audio signals, so it does seem to be a different Mult design.

[@shaft9000]

AC = bipolar voltage = goes to + and - , with 0 in the middle = produced by audio signals and looping modulators, bipolar tends to be cyclical DC = unipolar voltage = 0 to + only = produced by envelopes, pulses, gates, S&H etc, unipolar tends to be momentary I say "tends to be" since functions such as inversion, offsets and rectiification may alter these signal to be used as uni or bi.

[@kierenmoore3236]

Jack ‘Hype-Beast’ D … gets super excited, even at the thought of his Grandmother being on top …

[@noisevector]

That drone @34:19 is insane.

[@xs10tl1]

When will someone test these Keyboards in a live situation? That's why people loved Minimoogs, B3s, and ARPs....they Cut through.

[@mackmccord3743]

Hmm! That's a really good question. Eye don't think enough of the right people have received theirs yet.

[@ernestbuckley8671]

Check on Lisa Bella Donna performing live with just the Matriarch. Its quite impressive.

[@Jin-Hu]

I can’t count how many stank faces this caused me! Epic!

[@sorcelord65]

If it was a way to save patches I’d be all over it lol

[@particular_noise]

Jack's a trip

[@maroonblood151]

I really wish there was a way to save patches so this could also be a performance synth. I would love to revisit sounds for a live performance. I can only see this used in a studio where patches are sampled or recorded.

[@Funkbutterfly]

Look up Lisa Bella Donna. She performs the hell out of it.

[@maroonblood151]

Funkbutterfly ya I’ve seen her performances but they’re improvisational. Like I said it would be nice to be able to save a patch without having to take a picture or memorize how the patch was made

[@dionysiaex5538]

Yes! My favourite double act is back! Better than Kirk and Spock! Better than Han and Chewie! Better than Yogi and Boo-Boo!

[@HotStrange]

Don’t forget Luke from Korg. I’d love a video of the 3 of them.

[@dionysiaex5538]

@@HotStrange Not sure Jack is up for threesomes!

[@HotStrange]

Herr Absurd I’m sure he’d make an exception for Luke.

[@Yasha_1oo]

31:28 digitally controlled LFO? that means the LFO is digital?

[@leNotstrom]

The Osc on the Voyager have seamless blending waveform knob, i doubt that these are derived from the Voyager. But thank you for this nice overview!

[@HotStrange]

How does that mean the oscillators can’t be closely related to those then? I don’t get this comment. Pretty sure the guy works for/with Moog very closely so I reckon he would know. Unless you work for them also and have some insider info?

[@hoagy_ytfc]

"Unapologetically stereo" - not really, the mixer needs to be stereo. You can hack it with a lot of cable patching, but it's a pain. On the other hand, I do live the analogue stereo delay.

[@tapastro]

Wish Alex would just link this on mylarmelodies, I'm video-starved... Congrats to him on the babe though!

[@mylarmelodies]

kzbin.info/aero/PLmYpnwqLK2TMHLXJvCb3uvfOCIIg5ULxe < here's a few to get yer teeth into m8 x More coming!

[@pageljazz]

I sometimes get the feeling Jack is being silly... 😂

[@MikeDoesColour]

34:19

[@Kumbia_keyz]

Im new to Synthesizer and I am interested in this one. I am wondering if we can save the sounds we make as presets?

[@samjhylton]

Nope, but that's a great way to learn synthesis, always having to recreate patches

[@whitenoiseratio]

I swear Jack s micro dosing

[@T.H.W.O.T.H]

Clean your room. That table is a mess! 😁

[@NeuronalAxon]

Thanks, Dr. P!

[@Art-zs6sl]

Iconic albums to remind them off what to shoot for!

[@06dreamliner]

il est TOP rien à voir avec le korg arp 2600!!

[@rareform6747]

move forward 16:08 for sounds . In The Light

[@HotStrange]

Lmao Jack at 37:00

[@hooch8395]

buchla easel modulation

[@MediaMusik777]

Is it just me but the mother 32 sounds the best out of all the tones

[@FrancisMaxino]

What, no lab coats ?

[@emilyschmanks]

the one thing i cant get over is the price (compared to the GM). this thing is an absolute beast though.

[@leNotstrom]

It is reasonably priced. If you compare it to a modular system with similar features, you will end up more likely with a 3,5 - 4k € pricetag, and don´t even have a case, nor a FATAR Keybed, nor sequencer included.

[@emilyschmanks]

i said compared to the GM. not compared to modular. its 2.5x the price of a grandmother for 2x the features.

[@joeboonmusic4004]

@@emilyschmanks I don't think that's a fair comparison of the price, then. Why compare it to the Grandmother? It looks like a bigger version, that's about it. What pulsn mentioned is correct, compare it to what it's actually similar to.

[@emilyschmanks]

​@@joeboonmusic4004 why compare it to the grandmother, are you kidding? because the matriarch is basically two GM's put into one case? unless you're seeing something that i'm not, the architecture and modules are essentially the same except that it has twice the functionality of the GM.

[@joeboonmusic4004]

@@emilyschmanks If you think the Matriarch is just two grandmothers side-by-side, I'm done.

[@sam-no5qb]

What would the difference be going this route vs something like a Subsequent 37? I want a synth that has some growling bass and just great, diverse bass sounds and for some reason all the videos I've watched on this, the minimoog, even the behringer model d seem to have these kind of clearer, more incorporated top end sizzle that add to this "vintage" almost acoustic if you will, bass sounds. What does that come from? What synths would you recommend that could accomplish great sounding, clear deep bass?

[@ll-mc8bx]

I've just gotten a matriach and you can get some gnarly Reese basses pretty fast with little fiddling.

[@amillionorangedolphins9663]

I want one badly, but I want a black one. The colours don't go well wtíth the mothers and dfams and the rest of my studio :)

[@AdelaTomankova]

Same, I like scary haunting noises on synths but the colours kind of ruin the creepyness (does that make sense?). I think polymoogs look "creepier" but there's no way I'll ever afford to have one

[@excitationofstereocilia2103]

Paint it 😊

[@StpSqncr]

Ffffffff ac_i nating!

[@BarbieChaite]

25:57 il branche et on entend pas le son alors il débranche et parle encore et encore... pénible.

[@adamjerzyrodewald5752]

Now Switch the Patches on the Gig ...lol

[@HotStrange]

I’ve used synths without presets live many times. Once you learn a synth it’s very quick to change presets.

[@SPAZZOID100]

Adam Jerzy Rodewald they did it back in the day. So can YOU.

[@michelegammarota4492]

parkinson?

[@crolodon8024]

Alex, you should shave your head and get super ripped. That's the way forward for you man, I'm telling you. Get rid of the hair.

[@HotStrange]

I don’t think he needs to get ripped, but with his head shape + beard, he’d definitely look good if he went bald.

[@crolodon8024]

@@HotStrange Yeah he would. Never hurts to bulk up at least a little when going with the bald look, it's guaranteed to be cool.

[@mylarmelodies]

Crolodon Haha don’t worry, I will before long - go the slick way of Amos Gaynes!

[@crolodon8024]

@@mylarmelodies Party on my dude!

[@CLaw-tb5gg]

As cool as this is, Grandmothers are currently going for about 600 nicker if you're patient on eBay, and this is.. two grand. Nyargh.

[@alexyoungbased]

Charles Carr Quite different beasts though. This is certainly a deeper and more powerful instrument.

[@SPAZZOID100]

Charles Carr u get what u pay for in life.

[@criqdekuyper9259]

All those keys. Learn how to play more than 1.

[@jackduxbury1632]

🤣

[@excitationofstereocilia2103]

It's like me playing 😂

[@cores303]

58mn of nothing worst video of MM

[@jackduxbury1632]

Thanks for the feedback X

[@cnfuzz]

Looks like a bag of haribo , very boutique with matched pricetag, a modular user will look elsewhere and a gigging musician also ,what is the target audience of this?

[@NeuronalAxon]

Hipsters.

[@sqwr.z2357]

Are you deaf ?

[@mildwestmusic]

Wilco, radiohead, mogwai, about 1,000 other bands. Like the great Moogs off the past, this thing is going to be all over records for years.

[@cnfuzz]

well at least it sounds better than the moog one thats for sure , no synth released today can compare to the greats of yesteryear , the component side (equivalents) has changed much of the sound , analogs today sound harder and more brittle wich of course can be something you like or dislike

[@NeuronalAxon]

@@cnfuzz - Hunh? Have electrons changed since the 60-70s then, or what? o_0

[@BarbieChaite]

they talk a lot and at the end they play shitty sounds... but they are paid so they overact the "wow" reactions.

[@jackduxbury1632]

Shame it came across that way to you Barbie. Thanks for letting us know though x

[@McSynth]

Was there a woke feminist on the product design team at Moog ? Apart from the bizarre new (ish) naming convention, the synth sounds good - but looks bloody awful. Like the Realistic / Tandy Concertmate, but worse. Just Garish and painful on the eyes.