THIS is why I bought a Moog Matriarch [Matriarch and Eurorack, Pt. 1]

As inspiring as it is on its own, I bought my Moog Matriarch specifically for its semi-modular capabilities. I envisioned placing it in front of my eurorack system, and I haven't been disappointed. Today I'm exploring using an external sequencer (Eloquencer) to sequence each of the 4 oscillators independently.
*MULTI-SAMPLE PACK* from this patch: bit.ly/Matri_Paraseq
*Get your own Matriarch from the good folks at Perfect Circuit: bit.ly/PCMatriarch
Or an Eloquencer: bit.ly/wintermodulareloquencer
0:00 - patch preview
0:33 - why I bought this thing
1:04 - Matriarch with external sequencing (per oscillator)
2:40 - what's going on in this patch
3:44 - faking a bit crusher on the Matriarch
4:35 - playing chords with fixed bpm sequencing
5:35 - getting more random by modulating the clock
6:40 - demo in mono mode
7:08 - end result and paraphonic magic
8:49 - I turned this into a multi-layered sample pack
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[@JamesonNathanJones]

Oh here's part two if you just can't get enough dead-pan dry humor.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/pompiICIaq-Ygqc

[@Q-BOT]

Ooooooh that patch is gorgeous!! You made my face contort in funny ways hearing 7:25 onward. those lower left hand notes brought this patch to life. Excellent programming, thank you for the treat!

[@nonospezial]

great catchphrase - really like it 🦄 keeps me engaged. eagerly awaiting the next one, yeah!

[@powlobo.m.b.]

been scratching my head on how to make my behringer neutron spice up my matriarch and your videos gave me some good ideas! love the sounds!

[@ConatusModulari]

Sounds awesome, thanks for the inspiration.. Decided to set up my Matriarch again after having it set aside for a while 🙏

[@MatthewLowes]

Very nice patch! I've got the same Pittsburgh case and a Matriarch too, but I rarely cross patch them. Looking forward to where you go with this. Cheers! :)

[@jon_gee]

Hahaha awesome work man. No catch phrase!? Great patch man. Looking forward to the next one!

[@alanmodimages]

Your channel is so much fun 🙂

[@Fedor_Tkachev_Music]

really good ending catch-phrase) beautiful sounds, too)

[@benoftroy]

lovely patch

[@VinylWave11]

Thank you for the video and inspiration. I love my Matriarch, it’s a great instrument! Also, I did order an Iridium keyboard version. I can’t wait to layer these two together! I am so happy to get further away from tweeting in a computer screen. Hoping to get a workflow with push 2/ Abelton being my biggest computer interaction. I wish I had a 8 or 16 track recorder.

[@JamesonNathanJones]

Should be a powerful combo! Congrats!

[@jlaudamusic5190]

Love your videos man!!

[@JamesonNathanJones]

Much appreciated! 🙏

[@robertsyrett1992]

Gotta say that is a fantastic patch!

[@mistergenerator5430]

I eagerly await episode 2. Well done.

[@JamesonNathanJones]

Thanks! Already working on it 👍

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Really interesting. I have yet to combine the Matriarch into the modular (what I have of it) so this would be an awesome series yes please. Nice one.

[@JamesonNathanJones]

Thanks! Definitely more on the way 👍

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

Hi Popes - i found this dude Yesterday - , and Whoooeee - another dude with BIG ears and AWSOME gear ! ;-)

[@pawnotdaw4559]

Cool. I’ve been doing similar stuff but with a Roland System 100 101 synth and Eurorack.

[@marcthomas8192]

Awesome!

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

Excellent Sounding ideers ,-

[@aenamabag]

Great video. I'm new(ish) to synths and just threw down for an Erik Needham Matriarch 6u eurorack extension. Still trying to design the rack (currently a DFAM, M32, Maths, Rings, and Metropolix) so there's around 100hp of space plus 150 of 1u rack space. This video has got me thinking of which modules I might want to use to sequence or modulate each oscillator.

[@ZachSprowls]

Money 💰. Keep these videos coming!

[@rodrigolaporte274]

Very veeeeery cool

[@alkali6]

great video, patch sounds great and is very interactive i had this exact same idea with the matriarch and the eloquencer, only issue is that i dont have a matriarch lol

[@JamesonNathanJones]

Haha I had that very same problem for quite a while 😅

[@daojea]

🔥🔥🔥

[@blkrbbt]

I can never get enough deadpan dry humor

[@petersirca223]

Man, Matriarch sure seems more and more tempting, watching your videos. A question: so when you press down a 4-note chord, three of the notes pressed are being changed by the sequencer by adding octaves/fifths/seconds ? Does that mean Eloquencer sequence has to be in the low octaves in order to keep the transpositions from going too high ?

[@JamesonNathanJones]

You can determine the range within the Eloquencer, so it will play a set interval per step - although you can add some randomness if desired. Since it’s just cv controlling each oscillator’s pitch, the starting point will be determined by the tuning of each oscillator. Hope that helped :)

[@lefunghi6151]

Lovely video! Also, did you release whatever the tune underneath the end section is? Sounds very nice!

[@JamesonNathanJones]

It’s the opening track from my album “Signals.” You can find it anywhere you listen to music :)🖤

[@lefunghi6151]

@@JamesonNathanJones fantastic, thank you so much!

[@edmc2]

😎👍🏻

[@dizzysdiamonds]

Oh yes !!!! You my friend are the sole reason I'm getting a piggybank for a matriarch !!! An awe inspiring video to say the very least!!!

[@LordoftheBadgers]

Any other suggestions besides eloquencer? Pams? I don't have a whole lot of hp left!

[@JamesonNathanJones]

Hermod is a bit smaller and is packed with useful things (maybe too many). Pam’s would be a great choice too if you need something smaller. Also the Malekko Quad LFO is really underrated; even though it’s an lfo, you can record automation for every parameter and come up with interesting, sequence-like patterns.

[@LordoftheBadgers]

@@JamesonNathanJones interesting, i also have disting EX which i need to full explore (not had time of course) and the OCHD lfo(s) (which is soooo good)

[@pubdigitalix]

An interesting point is how to interface eurorack with external audio without using something like Strymoon AA.1 or anything similar. It's possible to use the matriarch for this task? What are you using send signals from your eurorack system to your audio system? Sorry for my awful writing skills. Thanks in advance.

[@JamesonNathanJones]

Eurorack levels are higher than line level (output of most synths and interfaces), so anything that can add enough gain to external signals without introducing noise will work. Several eurorack mixers can output back down to line levels. I use a Boredbrain Monitr for this. The Matriarch has eurorack level outputs in addition to standard line level outputs.

[@deonlee7353]

Do you have the midi connected from the Matriarch into the midi eurorack module or from elsewhere?

[@JamesonNathanJones]

No midi. It’s all done with cv in this patch.

[@Wagoo]

Nice one, matey! I just have a Granny, but the Matriarch is definitely on the list👵🧓

[@JamesonNathanJones]

They’d make a great combo I have no doubt 🙌