Review: Moog Matriarch
Moog Matriarch is the new flagship of the Mother Series, previously consisting of the Mother-32 and Drummer From Another Mother (DFAM), Eurorack-compatible desktop devices and the Grandmother. With quadruple paraphony, it joins the ranks of the monophonic Grandmother and the duophonic Subsequent and the polyphonic Moog One.
Vintage design
With its slightly slanted user interface, typical Moog controls and narrow white pitch and mod wheels, the handcrafted Matriarch is inspired by old Moog classics such as Prodigy and Rogue, and the pastel colours add a nice touch of 70s flair to the design. This colour scheme has already established itself with the Grandmother, as it clearly separates the individual modules of the sound generation. The finishing is excellent, the synthesizer is very robust and with its 11 kilograms also quite heavy.
As with the other synthesizers of the Mother series, the Matriarch's sound generation is uncompromisingly analog; there are no menus or sound memories. You get a modular system with a keyboard, similar to the legendary modules of the 9xx series, where the most important connections for direct playing without patching are already pre-wired.
Four octaves with aftertouch
The keyboard covers a full four octaves, 17 keys more than the Grandmother
