Man... I don't ever intend to watch your videos or want to listen to the synths, but Daniel you kick ass at synthesis and man you know how to hit the sweet spots. I think I could listen to you noodle all day. Is there a sweetwater radio station I could tune into? ;)
Cant believe I haven't found this vid in over 5 years.... Daniel, this is awesome ,thank you so much. You can't find nothing like your demo out there on the internet, believe me: This vid is absolutely unique! I own a mother-32 for some time now still trying to understand semi modular synthesis. I'm reading and watching tutorials all the time. Your demonstration was such an eye-opener to me, constantly answering question after question after question ... this is what I needed, without even knowing! I'm feeling a much deeper relationship and understanding for my instrument now. Thank You again! A real spiritual moment for me ;- ) - haha!
NICE! I'm going to get three of these(with the three tier metal rack mount) and two more WerkStatts to go with my my already two WerkStatts and Little Phatty, plus all my other modular gear. Hooking all this up with all my Korg MS stuff(MS-10,MS-20 and MS-20M)...heaven, just heaven. I'm so ecstatic!!!
No one does a better demo than Dan! Just wanted to add a tip from the manual about High Pass with Resonance since it sounds kinda bad if you don't patch it. NOTE: In HIGH PASS mode, if the RESONANCE control is turned up at all, the High Pass Filter will NOT function fully as this will reintroduce bottom end into a sound, which may or may not be desired. TIP: You can provide resonance in HIGH PASS mode by patching the VCF output into the EXT. AUDIO input. The MIX control then becomes the resonance control for the High Pass Filter, even increasing to self-oscillation. For this to work, keep the RESONANCE panel control turned fully counterclockwise.
Thirteen Wheeler VCF SWITCH-High Pass Resonance Knob @ Full Counter-Clockwise VCF-OUT~~ EXT. AUDIO-IN MIX Knob will now control Resonance including self-oscillation.
+Michael N Thanks for the info, although NOW i can see your original full post. When I first read it, it stopped at, "will NOT function fully as this will...." Yeah, I thought something was cut off. Keep running into this on YT.
+Daniel Davis That's odd. There is a ton of knob twiddling in this demo from Daniel. The Moog Mother-32 demo was one of the most beautifully musical modular synth demos I've heard, way less "blip-blop", way more mellifluous.
Aphex David That is odd, the Moog Mother-32 demo was one of the best, most musical synth demos in recent memory. It has close to 2,000 Likes. I'd never call it a "blip-blop" demo lest people think I'm a total square. :-)
Very nice new synthesizer! I have a Micromoog and a Polymoog.I have some s-triggercables to trigger them. I guess the voltage of this Mother-32 is the same as the voltage of the Micromoog, so I can trigger and link the Micromoog as a slave.
great demo, and now i am MOOGified I prefer real lnobs and the sequencer over the Werkstatt the mother seems a good compromise for a 1 osc. synth. great for sequences and simple leads
In the video Daniel mentioned sending CV into other Moog gear but never showed this in the video. Can you have a 3.5 to 1/4 inch cable sending CV to say a Slim Phatty or Sub 37? This would be the selling point for me. Please make a video on this if possible it would be a great way to show off the last of the voyager models you have in stock as well! Thanks!
A few days after it was released I went in to the Asheville factory and was the first to demo it. The guy who worked in the factory wasn't sure about voltage compatibility either. I think in a few months more people will get their hands on them and see what this guy can do. Put it through a Voyager XL son!
The whole thing sounds great except for the High-Pass Filter. It sounded more like a band-pass and just felt wrong. Like it was letting frequencies through that it wasn't supposed to.
Hi there, great video and nice rhythms :) is the pitch drifting on high frequencies? im talking about at 13:00. Doesnt sound like a stable OSC. I have this with a monopoly which i very old, but never experienced it with Little Phatty. Im surprised. Its a great unit and possible look forward to buy it. thanks regards, Chris
Hi +kisho bhar. Unfortunately, no. The Mother-32 is a monophonic synthesizer with a single VCO. If that VCO is following the sequencer it can’t also do something else, regardless of any additional MIDI Note requests. Fortunately, Moog makes cool mini racks that can house either 2 or 3 Mother-32s! Thanks for watching!
+kisho bhar Well - yes it can actually - via the keyboard out cv and gate - as in the Mother will function as a simple midi to cv converter. just not polyphonically.
Can the Mother 32 be Patched with the Ms 20 Mini ... as i own a Ms 20 mini already and am looking for a good Step Sequencer ... I am already aware of the SQ1 which was my obvious choice, but till i stumbled upon the Mother 32 ... Please guide me through this ... Waiting ...
+Hiren Panchal Hi - the MS-20 mini could be sequenced by the mother's c.v. but i believe the gate polarity would have to be inverted. Problem is the oscillators won't track the 1 volt / octave signal properly, so they wouldn't be in tune if you played them together (or with anything else) The original and the mini both use the Hz./volt standard - The SQ-1 has both Cv standards, plus you can invert the gate, and it has midi out which the Mother does not have. Nothing to stop you from patching any of the Mother's cv outs into the MS-20's cv inputs or vise versa - They both operate at -5 to +5 v dc.
For what it's worth, I did see that the ms-20m does have the ability to take both kinds of voltages... Only the desktop "m" version though... Otherwise you'll need some kind of voltage converter...
Hi +odinmp5. The excellent, 60-page Mother-32 Manual and the panel-based Mother-32 Quickstart guide are available as free downloads on Moog’s Mother-32 product page. Thanks!
Hi, can anyone tell me if the voltages/etc.. for patching will work in conjunction with an Oberheim SEM patch, and/or a Korg MS-20? What limitations or concerns should I have about this? Thanks!
Hi Daniel! Thanx for your interesting explanation. I have a question. Is it possible to record a steps o notes from the notes cv inputs instead of midi inputs as you explained. I'm a Ms20 user. Is the cv korg compatible? Many thanx Matteo
Did the official Moog demo suck or what with those "whiz kids"demo weirdos? Jesus, Sweetwater blows them out of the water. I'm getting one as soon as i get enough money in the bank....Well christmas is around the corner. but it sucks to wait...wanted to get a UAD plug ins Apollo duo, but guess this is more bang for the buck....sigh.....
I don't know man, those initial videos sounded pretty great to me. Those "kids" are all legit artists who are impressive in their own rights. Don't fear the future of music.
Hi Clayton, the whole circuit board is also thin, which is important when used in a Eurorack. The enclosure is shaped to be convenient for tweaking when used as a table-top synth. Thanks for watching!
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Man... I don't ever intend to watch your videos or want to listen to the synths, but Daniel you kick ass at synthesis and man you know how to hit the sweet spots. I think I could listen to you noodle all day. Is there a sweetwater radio station I could tune into? ;)
Every synth demo should be done by Daniel !!! Mitch is great but Daniel really shows of the true power of the product!!! Great Demo!!!
Cant believe I haven't found this vid in over 5 years.... Daniel, this is awesome ,thank you so much. You can't find nothing like your demo out there on the internet, believe me: This vid is absolutely unique! I own a mother-32 for some time now still trying to understand semi modular synthesis. I'm reading and watching tutorials all the time. Your demonstration was such an eye-opener to me, constantly answering question after question after question ... this is what I needed, without even knowing! I'm feeling a much deeper relationship and understanding for my instrument now. Thank You again! A real spiritual moment for me ;- ) - haha!
This is the only demo I have found that actually approaches a synth how I would if I were able to try it out for myself!!
I'm so excited right now I think a bit of wee came out... gotta have this thing!
this was completely unnecessary
Lovely piece of kit, puts me in mind of Emerson! It certainly outperforms my 1975 Moog.
Hi Daniel. Thanks for a nice, detailed intro to the Mother-32
NICE! I'm going to get three of these(with the three tier metal rack mount) and two more WerkStatts to go with my my already two WerkStatts and Little Phatty, plus all my other modular gear. Hooking all this up with all my Korg MS stuff(MS-10,MS-20 and MS-20M)...heaven, just heaven. I'm so ecstatic!!!
+loftrecording cheer up
Bravo! Professor Fisher has slayed us again. Moog should have you do their professional demos!
he is the GOAT of synth demos
Great demo Danny! A huge win for Moog. Stellar!
Yet another great demo vid by Daniel.
There are some cool patches out here.
Dan ! You're the man.
Nice review and nice product.
No one does a better demo than Dan! Just wanted to add a tip from the manual about High Pass with Resonance since it sounds kinda bad if you don't patch it.
NOTE: In HIGH PASS mode, if the RESONANCE control is turned up at all, the High Pass Filter will NOT function fully as this will reintroduce bottom end into a sound, which may or may not be desired.
TIP: You can provide resonance in HIGH PASS mode by patching the VCF output into the EXT. AUDIO input. The MIX control then becomes the resonance control for the High Pass Filter, even increasing to self-oscillation. For this to work, keep the RESONANCE panel control turned fully counterclockwise.
+Michael N Could you elaborate? Not sure I'm understanding. How did you patch it?
Thirteen Wheeler
VCF SWITCH-High Pass
Resonance Knob @ Full Counter-Clockwise
VCF-OUT~~ EXT. AUDIO-IN
MIX Knob will now control Resonance including self-oscillation.
+Michael N Thanks for the info, although NOW i can see your original full post. When I first read it, it stopped at, "will NOT function fully as this will...." Yeah, I thought something was cut off. Keep running into this on YT.
This thing is nuts. My ear buds are making my head vibrate when he goes into the lower octaves. I'm afraid to play this through my subwoofer. HAHA
great tuba patch at 12:30 as well Dan!
very good video, thanks for that!
what a sweet demo (no pun intended)
Great demo. I was mesmerized the whole way through :)
Very cool.
Really good demo of what this thing really sounds like. Those Moog knob-twiddling blip-blop demos did nothing for me.
+Daniel Davis That's odd. There is a ton of knob twiddling in this demo from Daniel. The Moog Mother-32 demo was one of the most beautifully musical modular synth demos I've heard, way less "blip-blop", way more mellifluous.
That is odd!
+Daniel Davis Thats odd
Aphex David That is odd, the Moog Mother-32 demo was one of the best, most musical synth demos in recent memory. It has close to 2,000 Likes. I'd never call it a "blip-blop" demo lest people think I'm a total square. :-)
True...that IS odd ;-)
It sounds great! I just wish it had a VCO Sync input.
I will buy this from you guys soon someday I promise!!! This is my #1 synth of choice
did you ever end up getting it?
Very nice new synthesizer! I have a Micromoog and a Polymoog.I have some s-triggercables to trigger them. I guess the voltage of this Mother-32 is the same as the voltage of the Micromoog, so I can trigger and link the Micromoog as a slave.
great demo, and now i am MOOGified
I prefer real lnobs and the sequencer over the Werkstatt
the mother seems a good compromise for a 1 osc. synth.
great for sequences and simple leads
Great demo, are the buttons plastic or rubber? thank you
Hi +random oscillation! They're rubber, but they definitely have a very silky feel to them. Thanks for watching!
I hear they also do not rattle/move around as much as a lot of other rubber buttons
nor click like a bloody pc kbd /elektron mk1stuff/
In the video Daniel mentioned sending CV into other Moog gear but never showed this in the video. Can you have a 3.5 to 1/4 inch cable sending CV to say a Slim Phatty or Sub 37? This would be the selling point for me. Please make a video on this if possible it would be a great way to show off the last of the voyager models you have in stock as well! Thanks!
+Sam Gordon I have the same question.I think Moog stayed loyal to it's voltage-system. So this new synthmodule can be linked to your other moog gear.
A few days after it was released I went in to the Asheville factory and was the first to demo it. The guy who worked in the factory wasn't sure about voltage compatibility either. I think in a few months more people will get their hands on them and see what this guy can do. Put it through a Voyager XL son!
The whole thing sounds great except for the High-Pass Filter. It sounded more like a band-pass and just felt wrong. Like it was letting frequencies through that it wasn't supposed to.
FINALLY .... this confirms , ext Keyboard works too
Traded some old stuff for this mother 32 from guitar center I hope when I go to pick it up they not playing around with it
Can I clock this with external midi gear?
As in Can the Mother 32 be used as an external trigger device to trigger the Ms 20 mini ... Will it be able to be patched seamelessly ...
no midi out
Would love to see this 'patched' in to a minimoog performer/voyager
Forgive me for my utter lack of knowledge on this but: can this synth play full chords, is it polyphonic and if so how many voices?
+Martin Bjølstad No
+Martin Bjølstad It is monophonic.
Hi there, great video and nice rhythms :)
is the pitch drifting on high frequencies? im talking about at 13:00. Doesnt sound like a stable OSC.
I have this with a monopoly which i very old, but never experienced it with Little Phatty.
Im surprised.
Its a great unit and possible look forward to buy it.
thanks
regards,
Chris
Hi +whiteleafpictures! Nope. The pitch seems very stable! Listen at 2:15 as I go through all the octaves. Thanks for watching and commenting!
WHILE it is sequencing, can ext Keyboard also play OTHER sounds, via midi in ? at same time ,,,
Hi +kisho bhar. Unfortunately, no. The Mother-32 is a monophonic synthesizer with a single VCO. If that VCO is following the sequencer it can’t also do something else, regardless of any additional MIDI Note requests. Fortunately, Moog makes cool mini racks that can house either 2 or 3 Mother-32s! Thanks for watching!
+kisho bhar Well - yes it can actually - via the keyboard out cv and gate - as in the Mother will function as a simple midi to cv converter. just not polyphonically.
many thanks !
people know more than box movers eh !
hehe - box " pushers " - as "cool mini rack " solution LoLs
+SweetwaterSound He's not asking a VCO to do something else - that's just silly /
Never mind how it sounds, check DFish out, playing arps and more on the rubber chicklets - awesome! (Oh, and it does sound 👍.)
Never mind how it sounds? gee...
Can the Mother 32 be Patched with the Ms 20 Mini ... as i own a Ms 20 mini already and am looking for a good Step Sequencer ... I am already aware of the SQ1 which was my obvious choice, but till i stumbled upon the Mother 32 ...
Please guide me through this ... Waiting ...
+Hiren Panchal I want to know too...
+Hiren Panchal Hi - the MS-20 mini could be sequenced by the mother's c.v. but i believe the gate polarity would have to be inverted. Problem is the oscillators won't track the 1 volt / octave signal properly, so they wouldn't be in tune if you played them together (or with anything else) The original and the mini both use the Hz./volt standard - The SQ-1 has both Cv standards, plus you can invert the gate, and it has midi out which the Mother does not have. Nothing to stop you from patching any of the Mother's cv outs into the MS-20's cv inputs or vise versa - They both operate at -5 to +5 v dc.
For what it's worth, I did see that the ms-20m does have the ability to take both kinds of voltages... Only the desktop "m" version though... Otherwise you'll need some kind of voltage converter...
God damn I want one so badly. Can you tell me if the sequencer's MIDI clock can be controlled by a drum machine.. Using MIDI? Thanks
Where do I get the plugin? It's almost like a modern incarnation of the SEM
Is it possible for the sequencer to have more than one note in a step if it is hooked up to a keyboard controller?
how about the manual? does it help?? im tyred of equipment with 2 page manuals that assumes you work as a synth designer.
Hi +odinmp5. The excellent, 60-page Mother-32 Manual and the panel-based Mother-32 Quickstart guide are available as free downloads on Moog’s Mother-32 product page. Thanks!
SweetwaterSound thanks for answering me. next time i buy gear it will be from you.
So can you plug in a keyboard and play this thing normally?
Hi, can anyone tell me if the voltages/etc.. for patching will work in conjunction with an Oberheim SEM patch, and/or a Korg MS-20? What limitations or concerns should I have about this? Thanks!
+Jason Halliday Or with a Microbrute? With the patch bay, that would mean two enveloppes and two LFOs!?
Jason Halliday Check the voltage for each cv input.
Hi Daniel!
Thanx for your interesting explanation.
I have a question.
Is it possible to record a steps o notes from the notes cv inputs instead of midi inputs as you explained.
I'm a Ms20 user. Is the cv korg compatible?
Many thanx
Matteo
you can use this to control the MS20 as a sound module, but you'll need a converter to have the ms20 control the m32.
ok thanx a lot!!!
Curious as to what delay unit you ran the mother through in this video? +sweetwatersound
Hi DjRafiV, Daniel is using a TC Electronic Flashback Digital Delay set to an uncolored, ping-pong delay. Thanks for watching!
I've heard that as soon as you introduce any resonance the bass disappears. Any thoughts on this?
+Dogboy73 I'd like to hear a reply on THAT.
flaw mentioned elsewhere , no reso-bass lol, just fine sounds
issue is probably covered by the voyager/one ...
when he touches the unit @ 1:38 , the faceplate clearly wobbles around. whats up with that?
+Darren Cunningham If you notice, the mount screws are still out from when he was demonstrating the eurorack feature by removing the faceplate.
ah got it, thanks
🔥😭🔥😭🔥😭
Did the official Moog demo suck or what with those "whiz kids"demo weirdos? Jesus, Sweetwater blows them out of the water. I'm getting one as soon as i get enough money in the bank....Well christmas is around the corner. but it sucks to wait...wanted to get a UAD plug ins Apollo duo, but guess this is more bang for the buck....sigh.....
I don't know man, those initial videos sounded pretty great to me. Those "kids" are all legit artists who are impressive in their own rights. Don't fear the future of music.
I really enjoyed the official Moog demo of the Mother-32. I thought they did an excellent job of demonstrating the unit's capabilities.
if the chip that runs everything is so thin why is the product so thick or fat? that seems unnecessary. couldn't it be thinner?
Hi Clayton, the whole circuit board is also thin, which is important when used in a Eurorack. The enclosure is shaped to be convenient for tweaking when used as a table-top synth. Thanks for watching!
more of a comment less of a question considering you don't work for moog and therefore your opinion is worth about as sean Hannity.
extra space is an excellent stash dummy husssh