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The /de part of that EU one makes it ask about cookies, in German, which is off putting because I can't translate the buttons. Using /gb instead makes it in English, but would you still get the commission?
The cheapest proper instrument I could buy from Amazon a few years ago was a plastic Yamaha recorder, it always plays in tune when played right, because of course it does.
@@NabPunkin Australia they make every child under 7 play one in the 90s. Big problem is that kids fingers couldn’t cover the holes properly and or didn’t care. So everyone had to do choir with recorder, playing the Australian anthem. Every man, woman and child who experienced that has some level of pstd.😂 That said it is lovely played by one adult but incorrect use enmase with children is a very bad idea
A lot of great electronic music has been made on cheap gear from pawn shops. For example, the 303 was considered to be a cheap piece of trash until someone figured out what it could do. This channel shows that with focus and dedication, you can make great music on almost anything.
this guy rocks hard. i enjoyed the deep dive, plenty of warm and fuzzy jams and a closing line to beat all closing lines: “for about the same money you can poly chain 16 out of tune mono synths that weren’t made in Asheville North Carolina either.”
Front panel is a vinyl decal, not screenprinted onto the metal. So with lots of use it will wear away. Seriously. What were they thinking? Still sounds great IMO though.
@@darwiniandude The matriarch is the same way. I look at this as more of a poly matriarch XL, and not the "affordable Moog One" everyone thought it would be
It actually looks like Moog is imitating Behringer imitating Moog! It actually would make an irresistible iOS app! The setup and wait time really blew my mind! Thanks for the enlightenment as always! 🎯🎉💯🤯🎹
Your reviews are usually so spot on that within just five minutes of watching, I can tell whether I like a synth or not. And when you start jamming on it, that’s usually the moment that seals the deal for me. Your ability to make great music, even with the simplest gear (even literal toys) is what makes your reviews so valuable. However, with this synth, even your skills couldn’t bring out its potential, which says a lot about the synth itself. It’s why I’d love to see you review more flagship synths that cost thousands of dollars!
if you make your deals depending on this channel you should let synthesizers go as hobby. how stupid. are your serious that you choosig your synth on his opinion. shouldn't you make the decision on your skillset when you make patches and play it?
@ I appreciate your perspective, but let me clarify. I don’t make decisions based solely on one channel. When choosing gear, I do my own research, reading music magazines, watching various RUclips channels, and testing instruments whenever possible. However, for two synthesizers I own, Bad Gear played a crucial role in tipping the scale for me. The show’s format is concise and honest: it highlights the good, the bad, and ends with a jam that demonstrates the synth’s musical potential. You can’t deny his skill when it comes to synths, and his jams are often enjoyable and inspiring. In fact, I’ve even picked up some useful tips from him. For example, when I hit an arrangement block, I’ve started throwing in a little acid with the TB-3 to keep things moving, whether it’s rock, pop, or any other genre. Honestly, it works so well I’m starting to think acid might be the universal genre fixer! 😂
@@roggyo Having owned a lot of synths, how well you get on with a synth isn't something any reviewer can tell you, even the music they make with it isn't going to tell you much. UI is a very personal thing, as well as the layout and you really need to live with a piece of equipment to know whether or not its actually for you, you can't be told, other things such as your ow experience & history with music equipment as well as tastes play a role. For example Florian describes himself as not a "player", so a physically large synth with a large keyboard just might not click with him, whereas I grew up playing piano and the first synth I really learnt with & played was an 8-voice bi-timbral polysynth, so I just feel at home with one. But I've never found myself enjoying Moog UI's, but they just sound glorious and this might be more of the same.
As always.. Awesome! The UDO Super Gemini video is looong overdue! I dont think ive ever had a synth with sooo many issues! it does however, sound incredible xx
Allegedly the blue screen of death from that Nine Inch Nails show was on purpose.... But Trent has also said on numerous occasion its not a NIN concert unless something goes wrong.
I’ve just received my Muse and my initial reaction is that I already love it for the hands on experience and simplicity of use. It is so intuitive to build sounds on and really easy to get great sounds out of it. I am biased towards Moog though as my first ever synth was the Opus III that I had for my 18th birthday when it first came out. Looking forward to really getting to know this amazing synth!
I've had Muse since it came out. I haven't had any of the tuning issues mentioned, not needed to run the long calibration, and only used the quick tune twice. It's been very stable. I'm a player first and foremost (originally classical piano) so I don't spend ages twiddling with controls, consequently I haven't found any issues with limitations in that regards, I just spend a few minutes dialing in the sound I want. Ah - the sound - that's why I bought this thing. In my studio of 30+ analogue and digital synths, the only thing that gives it a run for its money is the Voyager! BUt as you said, I'm probably more in the target demographic for this synth. I'm very happy with it! Incidentally, to address another point, I found I could blend it in very well in a mix, it's just a matter of dialing in a sound that suits its place in the arrangement. I've got a couple of videos on my channel where it mixes in with a large number of other synths and it fits in very nicely (Check out my 'Together In Electric Dreams' and 'Sing' covers if you'd like to hear it sitting in a large arrangement of 10+ synths!)
As an Asheville, NC resident, it warms my heart to hear you say "Ashewille, North Carolina" Every time I drive into town, I pass by the Moog building. The Moog logo is still on the side, but it's dark and empty now and there's a large "for sale" notice on it. Moog has gone the way of AKG and it makes me sad.
My Aunts live in Asheville and I visited the Moog factory a few years ago last time I saw them. It is a real shame because everyone there seemed so cool and enjoyed their work, and the head engineer even drew me a schematic to keep when I asked a technical question during the tour. I am surprised that the building is ok with the hurricane that recently hit, the Keith Emerson synth was in there… hopefully they managed to evacuate all the legendary historic equipment in there…
Different industry, but I felt the same after Dell purchased Alienware. They ran a minimal operation at Alienware HQ for about 3 years, but then the building sat empty for almost 10 with the Alienware logo still on the front. As of about 2-3 years ago, it's a Senior Health Care center.
Hopefully this will be reversed with tariffs against BRICS countries. If that doesn't work, perhaps banning products made in China/India could help get things back to normal. We have to do something, it's time.
Thank you for doing this hard work. I read an enchanting blurb about this thing awhile back, but now I think I have a better appreciation for what it can and can't do. That said, Caveman Randy likes knobs and sliders, so my lack of desire for the instrument is balanced against my desire for, uh, knobs and sliders. I have no need for this instrument, I would not use even a fraction of what it can do, but, hey... knobs and sliders! At the bottom line, I feel ambivalence for it, along with my immense gratitude to you for this week's content. Thanks again!
after all behringers Cs80 design plans where in the same factory 3 years before, so they just photoshoped a couple of buttons and added the Jupiter 8 cheeks to pretend it wasen't Behringer 🤣
Great little tracks you put together! Visually I want both this and the MoogOne, but this review let me know I don’t want any of those technical headaches, not for that price!
@@AudioPilz i mean there are lots of syths that do exactly the same, why they dont bring something new to the table... musicians and music want to evolve
I understood less than 11 percent of your spec rundown, but I gather that this thing is a beast to stay in tune. Not that I want to sell my car to buy one, anyway. You made it sound excellent with all of the sweat that you put into it, so thank you as always.
@@gixerags750 I have a System 8 for that exact purpose. Brilliant synth. I could never afford a Jup8, 106 or a 60 and I have them in the PlugOut slots. Although, they aren't as "warm" as a real Juno apparently lol
@@anthonybrett I mean, they're not wrong about the sound, Moogs just tend to have an extremely powerful presence with their iconic warm sound simply as a consequence of the oscillator and filter design, but is it really worth paying that much for a synth you spend more time calibrating, tuning, and troubleshooting MIDI issues than you do playing? I consider myself a Moog fan but I'm not touching the Muse, because I want to actually _play_ my synths.
That chicken animation is pretty freaky, but not in a good way. Glad to see I'm not the only one who gets a Yamaha vibe off the design of this. It looks like some late member of the CS family that got cancelled when they decided to put out the DX7.
0:27 Xmas came early this year! Seeing the "moog CS-80" meme in the "Checking all the boxes" position is more than I was hoping for in my stocking this year. Seems like the best surprise "gifts" I receive is seeing one of my memes used in Florian's laest video. 🎄Happy Holidays AudioPilz🎄
For the price tag, it's just missing the final bits of vintage analog glory to convince me. I played an original Minimoog from the 70s once, it brought me to tears, and I don't really feel like going somewhere else with Moog. But it's 14k.
Thanks. You are an amazingly entertaining and talented man. Thank you for so many enjoyable and funny videos. Your stuff has been so very helpful for me, deciding on what i have invested in. And enjoyed, and am still enjoying. Happy Holidays. ❤️👍
There are Bad Gear comments all over Polyend Synth demo videos. I’m an owner of that oddball instrument and still wrapping my head around the thing. It’s physically gorgeous and hypnotic. Some of the new features are hard to understand, while others are mind-blowingly intuitive. It has eight sound engines and is tritimbral, but the only sounds it seems to excel at are Moog-ish basses, weird glitchy sounds, and granular stuff; also, you get just eight voices combined for the three engines, and the feeble CPU is easily overloaded. I’m planning to use a bass sound from it in my recording project(s), but have been unable to quite figure out what else, if anything, I’ll use. There are three virtual analogue engines but it never seems to SOUND analog except in simple bass patches. Yet, it’s addictive, fun, and easy to design your own setups once you understand how it works. It has 60 pads with velocity and poly aftertouch. And it is stunningly beautiful when they’re all lit up; it almost looks like a little stained-glass window. Anyway, yeah - please do a Polyend Synth review soon. I can already tell that it will be a divisive instrument, and some people will absolutely despise it, while others will call it revolutionary. It’s true Bad Gear material, sir.
Thanks for a real review. I felt that the launch videos used too many fx to really demonstrate the raw sounds. Im an early One adopter and it was a painful year until the firmware was finally usable. Now its great and i hope behringer can fix the Muse soon, i mean inmusic, ummm wait, who owns moog now? Poor Bob...
I still think Uli should have bought Moog just to stick the name on his little clones. The end result (production shipped East, brand in hands of amoral corporate predator) is the same, but it's way less fun with InMusic.
"There's one thing to keep in mind here. For the same amount of money, you could polychain 16 mono synths that aren't made in Asheville, North Carolina either." ROFL
As a Moog One owner still waiting for promised functionality and fixes over 6 years after release, I wouldn't hold my breath for all loose ends being solved in future firmware versions. The Muse, like the One before it, is a very beautiful but at times flawed instrument by a company that unfortunately isn't all that good at complex software-heavy stuff.
@@jimmygee5673 Yeah also a One owner. I just leave it on for 20 mins before working with it to stabilise and it's absolutely unreal how good it sounds. I don't think people understand the complexity of shoving that many temperature sensitive components into such a small space - it's a marvel of engineering. That said the One was meant to be a cost is no object synth, whereas the Muse is trying to compete with polysynths that are significantly less money for similar performance. I understand why people aren't a fan of the Muse 100%
Great work as always. I gotta be honest. I want one. I can’t see myself ever having the money for one though. That and I have a Polybrute and a Pro 3 and no room left. I’m kinda good for gear right now.
Likewise. I got a Sub 37 and a Korg Prologue that covers what I need. I'm good with that for modern synths.All my other synths are pre MIDI. The Muse does look beautiful but I don't think it would blend well with my other synths. Polybrute and Pro 3 sounds like an amazing combination
I really really wanted to love this synth and was almost ready to get one. I feel like they should've just made an 8 voice Matriarch with virtual (and real) patch points, more effects and presets. Oh, and actually use the much improved filter controls from Muse, the ones on Matriarch are nuts!
Won't catch me spending $3500 for 8 voices and tuning issues. Full endorser of digital and VA synths. Many digital synths can sound analog if you know how to program them
more than happy w my hydrasynth and drifty-but-also-fun-af prologue for 60% muse’s price, twice the total voices, and in the prologue’s case, .001% the retuning time lol
The most passive version of the intro yet. I'm not sure if that is bad or not. It was refreshing but nothing special. I'd love to see the SonicWare Liven XFM on this channel! I got one and love it but jeeezus the learning curve is sharp.
I got an ad for a smoothie blender that had a synth jam theme song that sounded like you made it (complete with) flipped samples of a female singer, so I guess “chopped and screwed blender ad nu-vocaloid post synthwave banana groove techno” could be one of your upcoming genres
This is the best Muse review. I really like it now. Your secret memes are blowing everything away. I still think that some of this stuff should not be considered, "bad gear," but I get it. Your niche. It brings up debatable thoughts about things. I just wonder if this synth is majorly underrated.
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The /de part of that EU one makes it ask about cookies, in German, which is off putting because I can't translate the buttons. Using /gb instead makes it in English, but would you still get the commission?
How much meth do you smoke while editing these videos? Unwatchable.
It's nice for Moog to let us all know what the next Behringer synth will look like.
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Righteous.
Behringer Afflatus goes craaaaazy 🤪
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LOL
Have mine for 3 months, and find it fun and inspiring to play. No regrets here
Sounds like all the disadvantages of analogue expertly combined with all the disadvantages of digital
"just because you want one doesn't mean it's good" are words to live by
Just because it feels good, doesn't make it right. Much love. I have to stop myself, a lot.
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best relationship advice coming in from the only legitimate source for synth reviews. I'm okay with that.
Getting in tune quickly and staying in tune should be first priority for an instrument of this calibre.
Agreed!!!
The cheapest proper instrument I could buy from Amazon a few years ago was a plastic Yamaha recorder, it always plays in tune when played right, because of course it does.
@@NabPunkin Australia they make every child under 7 play one in the 90s. Big problem is that kids fingers couldn’t cover the holes properly and or didn’t care. So everyone had to do choir with recorder, playing the Australian anthem. Every man, woman and child who experienced that has some level of pstd.😂 That said it is lovely played by one adult but incorrect use enmase with children is a very bad idea
@@wakinglife7065 we did the same in Norway, from ages six and upward. It was terrible.
Yes like what about a DCO from the early 1980s? Is it really that hard to do?
Bad gear is when you can get absolute bangers out of dirt cheap reverb trash and the midest jams out of a $3500 synths...
That sums it up nicely;)
A lot of great electronic music has been made on cheap gear from pawn shops. For example, the 303 was considered to be a cheap piece of trash until someone figured out what it could do. This channel shows that with focus and dedication, you can make great music on almost anything.
@@rlm4471 yes, but when a flagship synth cannot then that speaks volumes for the synth
To be fair, Florian makes some great music. But this is truly a mid _sounding_ synth. Great compositions, meh sound.
@@blakecasimir To me, it sounds like a big Moog poly. It's great if you want that sound. It's just a question of whether it's worth the price.
this guy rocks hard. i enjoyed the deep dive, plenty of warm and fuzzy jams and a closing line to beat all closing lines: “for about the same money you can poly chain 16 out of tune mono synths that weren’t made in Asheville North Carolina either.”
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Was not expecting that much “bad”. Thanks for the heads up.
Always a pleasure;)
Front panel is a vinyl decal, not screenprinted onto the metal. So with lots of use it will wear away. Seriously. What were they thinking? Still sounds great IMO though.
@ WHAAAAT!! That hurts. I agree but I don’t think I’ll be attempting to buy one any time soon.
@@darwiniandude The matriarch is the same way. I look at this as more of a poly matriarch XL, and not the "affordable Moog One" everyone thought it would be
@@darwiniandude Front panel of the Voyager is also a decal, and my 20 year old, heavily used one is still in perfect condition
I will never tire of the layer/Leia joke :)
Same here😀
And slots/sloths!
Thanks!I SEE THE EFFECT PIGMENTS IS HAVING ON THIS SYNTHESIZER
Thank you so much for the support!
It actually looks like Moog is imitating Behringer imitating Moog!
It actually would make an irresistible iOS app!
The setup and wait time really blew my mind!
Thanks for the enlightenment as always! 🎯🎉💯🤯🎹
Moogception!
@ Exactly 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
The Mooginger
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Handy shortcut. The period and comma buttons advance and rewind frame by frame. Useful to see all the memes on the screen for a microsecond.
Oh 🎉
Whoah, dude!
Yeah, really miss that feature on mobile.. 😢
And it's absolutely great for inspecting finger positions in piano tutorials.
Well... that's nifty.
Besides the reviews... Florian... the man, can produce some pretty incredible tracks.
Thank you so much!
we were all waiting for that post-acquisition burn at the end 😂 A+
😀Thanks!!!
Your reviews are usually so spot on that within just five minutes of watching, I can tell whether I like a synth or not. And when you start jamming on it, that’s usually the moment that seals the deal for me. Your ability to make great music, even with the simplest gear (even literal toys) is what makes your reviews so valuable. However, with this synth, even your skills couldn’t bring out its potential, which says a lot about the synth itself. It’s why I’d love to see you review more flagship synths that cost thousands of dollars!
if you make your deals depending on this channel you should let synthesizers go as hobby. how stupid. are your serious that you choosig your synth on his opinion. shouldn't you make the decision on your skillset when you make patches and play it?
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I appreciate your perspective, but let me clarify. I don’t make decisions based solely on one channel. When choosing gear, I do my own research, reading music magazines, watching various RUclips channels, and testing instruments whenever possible. However, for two synthesizers I own, Bad Gear played a crucial role in tipping the scale for me. The show’s format is concise and honest: it highlights the good, the bad, and ends with a jam that demonstrates the synth’s musical potential.
You can’t deny his skill when it comes to synths, and his jams are often enjoyable and inspiring. In fact, I’ve even picked up some useful tips from him. For example, when I hit an arrangement block, I’ve started throwing in a little acid with the TB-3 to keep things moving, whether it’s rock, pop, or any other genre. Honestly, it works so well I’m starting to think acid might be the universal genre fixer! 😂
@@roggyo Having owned a lot of synths, how well you get on with a synth isn't something any reviewer can tell you, even the music they make with it isn't going to tell you much.
UI is a very personal thing, as well as the layout and you really need to live with a piece of equipment to know whether or not its actually for you, you can't be told, other things such as your ow experience & history with music equipment as well as tastes play a role. For example Florian describes himself as not a "player", so a physically large synth with a large keyboard just might not click with him, whereas I grew up playing piano and the first synth I really learnt with & played was an 8-voice bi-timbral polysynth, so I just feel at home with one. But I've never found myself enjoying Moog UI's, but they just sound glorious and this might be more of the same.
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
That burn in the end. 🔥
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It's so long since I saw a full size five octave keyboard on this channel I almost didn't know what it was.
As always.. Awesome! The UDO Super Gemini video is looong overdue! I dont think ive ever had a synth with sooo many issues! it does however, sound incredible xx
Damn those wheels really look 3D printed, ruthless callout
I‘ve had my Muse since 3 Aug 2024 and *no* serious issues at all, neither with tuning nor anything else. It is good gear!
I need to get a copy of "The Soothing Sounds Of Explosive Diarrhea" to play during Christmas
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The horror... the horror...
Look Ma No Computer did make that fart module, be the change you want to see in the world. d:
This is what AI was made for.
@@DoctorNemmo oh crap that's an incredible idea lmaooook illdoit
Allegedly the blue screen of death from that Nine Inch Nails show was on purpose....
But Trent has also said on numerous occasion its not a NIN concert unless something goes wrong.
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I think it looks and sounds great. I also think that, looking at the price tag, I'm happy with my Arturia plugins, thank you very much.
Thank you for giving us another wonderful year of Bad Gear
I’ve just received my Muse and my initial reaction is that I already love it for the hands on experience and simplicity of use. It is so intuitive to build sounds on and really easy to get great sounds out of it. I am biased towards Moog though as my first ever synth was the Opus III that I had for my 18th birthday when it first came out. Looking forward to really getting to know this amazing synth!
Thanks to the humor and the lightness, this is also extremely entertaining for me, who only visits the synth world as a guest : )
Thank you so much, happy to hear that! Stick around!!!
Get yourself a damned Behringer TD-3 and join in.
The parting shot was ::chef’s kiss:: 🤌🏼
😀Thank you!!!
Loved the jams and knowing the pain that's gone into making them just makes them all the the more appreciable.
"appreciable"?
this episode feels like a christmas special ngl
Three more to come;)
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I've had Muse since it came out. I haven't had any of the tuning issues mentioned, not needed to run the long calibration, and only used the quick tune twice. It's been very stable. I'm a player first and foremost (originally classical piano) so I don't spend ages twiddling with controls, consequently I haven't found any issues with limitations in that regards, I just spend a few minutes dialing in the sound I want. Ah - the sound - that's why I bought this thing. In my studio of 30+ analogue and digital synths, the only thing that gives it a run for its money is the Voyager! BUt as you said, I'm probably more in the target demographic for this synth. I'm very happy with it!
Incidentally, to address another point, I found I could blend it in very well in a mix, it's just a matter of dialing in a sound that suits its place in the arrangement. I've got a couple of videos on my channel where it mixes in with a large number of other synths and it fits in very nicely (Check out my 'Together In Electric Dreams' and 'Sing' covers if you'd like to hear it sitting in a large arrangement of 10+ synths!)
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As an Asheville, NC resident, it warms my heart to hear you say "Ashewille, North Carolina"
Every time I drive into town, I pass by the Moog building. The Moog logo is still on the side, but it's dark and empty now and there's a large "for sale" notice on it. Moog has gone the way of AKG and it makes me sad.
Sad to hear that! AKG has a worthy successor in Austrian Audio tho, they are what AKG should be today
My Aunts live in Asheville and I visited the Moog factory a few years ago last time I saw them. It is a real shame because everyone there seemed so cool and enjoyed their work, and the head engineer even drew me a schematic to keep when I asked a technical question during the tour. I am surprised that the building is ok with the hurricane that recently hit, the Keith Emerson synth was in there… hopefully they managed to evacuate all the legendary historic equipment in there…
Different industry, but I felt the same after Dell purchased Alienware. They ran a minimal operation at Alienware HQ for about 3 years, but then the building sat empty for almost 10 with the Alienware logo still on the front. As of about 2-3 years ago, it's a Senior Health Care center.
@@JakeTheCake254 The hurricane didn't affect that part of downtown so I think it's fine. Also the building was empty before the hurricane came.
Hopefully this will be reversed with tariffs against BRICS countries. If that doesn't work, perhaps banning products made in China/India could help get things back to normal. We have to do something, it's time.
Kind of brutal but honest verdict at the end. Clearly buying a brand name is not the same as continuing a legacy.
It's like these german luxury cars for 100k+ with a lagging android touchscreen...
Great analogy!
Sounds great. I love the low end. Of course I'm listening on my phone's speaker like every pro on GS do ;)
Thank you for doing this hard work. I read an enchanting blurb about this thing awhile back, but now I think I have a better appreciation for what it can and can't do. That said, Caveman Randy likes knobs and sliders, so my lack of desire for the instrument is balanced against my desire for, uh, knobs and sliders. I have no need for this instrument, I would not use even a fraction of what it can do, but, hey... knobs and sliders! At the bottom line, I feel ambivalence for it, along with my immense gratitude to you for this week's content. Thanks again!
Thanks! You had me at knobs and sliders!
"Tuning the oscillators to White Noise" ! ! ! Brilliant ! Why didn't I think of that ! 🤣 !
How is nobody talking about the visuals for the final jam?!?! What in the kentucky-fried hell was that? I have so many questions...
I know! Clucktastic
Some of my fav jams to date. Thx.
What a horrible Behringer knockoff this is!!! Thank you for always making these synths sound awesome!!! 😎
lol
after all behringers Cs80 design plans where in the same factory 3 years before, so they just photoshoped a couple of buttons and added the Jupiter 8 cheeks to pretend it wasen't Behringer 🤣
Saying knock off of behringer got the biggest laugh out of me 😂
@@Autistic_Artist yep me too 🤣
Best episode yet. Good one!
Sir, thank you for the Chapulin Colorado meme. Big up from Costa Rica, Central America
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That one synth costs as much as my entire wishlist, which is insane in all the bad ways.
No kidding on the pitch/mod wheels, they are the reason I sold my Moog Grandmother. Those edges totally take you out of the moment.
For real?! lol
Great little tracks you put together! Visually I want both this and the MoogOne, but this review let me know I don’t want any of those technical headaches, not for that price!
This synth is like fine, gourmet food: expensive and delicious but too much richness can make one sick.
Nice analogy!
@@AudioPilz i mean there are lots of syths that do exactly the same, why they dont bring something new to the table... musicians and music want to evolve
It's more like when you go to a place that looks fancy and the prices are high but your food ends up tasting like day old kwik trip
that eastcoast synthesis took place in tennessee always confused me. so finally it is far east synthesis now... but seriously the sound !!! WOW 😎
True!
I understood less than 11 percent of your spec rundown, but I gather that this thing is a beast to stay in tune. Not that I want to sell my car to buy one, anyway. You made it sound excellent with all of the sweat that you put into it, so thank you as always.
Moog have finally cloned the Deepmind, added an extra octave to the keybed, and 3 grand to the price tag. Excellent work, Smithers.
Interesting comment, haven't heard the Deepmind 12 yet, seen heaps of it in peeps studios.
Typical Moog fanboy response... "This is incorrect. The Moog sounds much more warmer and has more presence."
@anthonybrett way out of my price range, System8 seems to be worth the money., for those on a budget
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@@gixerags750 I have a System 8 for that exact purpose. Brilliant synth. I could never afford a Jup8, 106 or a 60 and I have them in the PlugOut slots. Although, they aren't as "warm" as a real Juno apparently lol
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I mean, they're not wrong about the sound, Moogs just tend to have an extremely powerful presence with their iconic warm sound simply as a consequence of the oscillator and filter design, but is it really worth paying that much for a synth you spend more time calibrating, tuning, and troubleshooting MIDI issues than you do playing? I consider myself a Moog fan but I'm not touching the Muse, because I want to actually _play_ my synths.
Splendid. I commend you on the exquisite editing of the birds footage to match hits the mix 👌
Enjoying these videos so much I've rung the bell
Thank you so much!!!
Thanks for yet another brilliant review 👍
Your closing statement… Priceless.
Keep it snarky my friend❤
Thank you so much!
And, not said here, it sounds like a huge accordion !
That chicken animation is pretty freaky, but not in a good way.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who gets a Yamaha vibe off the design of this. It looks like some late member of the CS family that got cancelled when they decided to put out the DX7.
Lovely demos, as always.
Moog finally made a Moog poly synth that will keep Moog fanboys from talking about Moog ever again.
Third time's a charm 😎
Please ignore the 71-note-polyphonic synth released by Moog in 1975 behind the curtains
Sums it up nicely
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Xmas came early this year!
Seeing the "moog CS-80" meme in the "Checking all the boxes" position is more than I was hoping for in my stocking this year.
Seems like the best surprise "gifts" I receive is seeing one of my memes used in Florian's laest video.
🎄Happy Holidays AudioPilz🎄
The "Becomeapatron" patch-nudge is priceless.
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@@AudioPilz And... did it work?
You did it!!!!! I just love you.
Best regards
Once again you have seized the moment
The jam that you said was no fun at all, the second one, was sublime and wonderful. One of your very best.
Thank you so much!!!
That little sneaky Deckard lol
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For the price tag, it's just missing the final bits of vintage analog glory to convince me. I played an original Minimoog from the 70s once, it brought me to tears, and I don't really feel like going somewhere else with Moog. But it's 14k.
those buttons looks so much like v6 chewing gum pieces!
Anyhow, this synth sounds as awesome as its price.
True on both accounts!
Thanks. You are an amazingly entertaining and talented man. Thank you for so many enjoyable and funny videos. Your stuff has been so very helpful for me, deciding on what i have invested in. And enjoyed, and am still enjoying. Happy Holidays. ❤️👍
For the haters, if this was a Roland the main display would have been a 7 segment LED
True!
There are Bad Gear comments all over Polyend Synth demo videos. I’m an owner of that oddball instrument and still wrapping my head around the thing. It’s physically gorgeous and hypnotic. Some of the new features are hard to understand, while others are mind-blowingly intuitive. It has eight sound engines and is tritimbral, but the only sounds it seems to excel at are Moog-ish basses, weird glitchy sounds, and granular stuff; also, you get just eight voices combined for the three engines, and the feeble CPU is easily overloaded.
I’m planning to use a bass sound from it in my recording project(s), but have been unable to quite figure out what else, if anything, I’ll use. There are three virtual analogue engines but it never seems to SOUND analog except in simple bass patches. Yet, it’s addictive, fun, and easy to design your own setups once you understand how it works. It has 60 pads with velocity and poly aftertouch. And it is stunningly beautiful when they’re all lit up; it almost looks like a little stained-glass window.
Anyway, yeah - please do a Polyend Synth review soon. I can already tell that it will be a divisive instrument, and some people will absolutely despise it, while others will call it revolutionary. It’s true Bad Gear material, sir.
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Thanks for a real review. I felt that the launch videos used too many fx to really demonstrate the raw sounds. Im an early One adopter and it was a painful year until the firmware was finally usable. Now its great and i hope behringer can fix the Muse soon, i mean inmusic, ummm wait, who owns moog now? Poor Bob...
Was so happy the day I sold my 16 voice One
@@kierenmoore3236 it's a wild beast for sure, I love it, but it has quite the learning curve...
Phantastic Machine!!!!
For almost the same price (200 € more), you have the Polybrute 12 from Arturia
(and no, I don't own it unfortunately )...
Excellent video as usual! :)
Thank you so much!!!
Beautiful sound 😱🖤🤍
B-b-b-but we killed Moog! 😂
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The start already had me in tears 'Behringer Cs80 clones" 🤣🤣 (And the shots at moogs for the Union work forces
Weird times we live in;)
I still think Uli should have bought Moog just to stick the name on his little clones. The end result (production shipped East, brand in hands of amoral corporate predator) is the same, but it's way less fun with InMusic.
Shots fired at Deadmau5.
Big Deadmau5 fan here!;)
First time I saw that name years ago, I thought it was "Deadmau Five."
That was Bad Bad Bad Gear ! ... You're a testimony that YOU can make great music even with very expensive bad gear !
babe, a new bad gear dropped
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"There's one thing to keep in mind here. For the same amount of money, you could polychain 16 mono synths that aren't made in Asheville, North Carolina either." ROFL
As a Moog One owner still waiting for promised functionality and fixes over 6 years after release, I wouldn't hold my breath for all loose ends being solved in future firmware versions. The Muse, like the One before it, is a very beautiful but at times flawed instrument by a company that unfortunately isn't all that good at complex software-heavy stuff.
Thanks for the heads up!!!
Haha. That’s whats comes with a moog.., loose ends…
@@oscarvanderburgh9915 Oi. Loose Ends is a great band from the eighties
Also a One owner. Just learn it. Regardless of wanting sounds straight away. Untouchable really🕶
@@jimmygee5673 Yeah also a One owner. I just leave it on for 20 mins before working with it to stabilise and it's absolutely unreal how good it sounds. I don't think people understand the complexity of shoving that many temperature sensitive components into such a small space - it's a marvel of engineering. That said the One was meant to be a cost is no object synth, whereas the Muse is trying to compete with polysynths that are significantly less money for similar performance. I understand why people aren't a fan of the Muse 100%
That 'no fun at all' was really nice for what it's worth
Thank you!
Man, that synth is a thing of beauty.
The most waited episode of Dad Gear: Mougue Moose!
Great work as always. I gotta be honest. I want one. I can’t see myself ever having the money for one though. That and I have a Polybrute and a Pro 3 and no room left. I’m kinda good for gear right now.
Thank you so much!!!
Likewise. I got a Sub 37 and a Korg Prologue that covers what I need. I'm good with that for modern synths.All my other synths are pre MIDI. The Muse does look beautiful but I don't think it would blend well with my other synths. Polybrute and Pro 3 sounds like an amazing combination
I really really wanted to love this synth and was almost ready to get one. I feel like they should've just made an 8 voice Matriarch with virtual (and real) patch points, more effects and presets. Oh, and actually use the much improved filter controls from Muse, the ones on Matriarch are nuts!
Won't catch me spending $3500 for 8 voices and tuning issues. Full endorser of digital and VA synths. Many digital synths can sound analog if you know how to program them
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8 mono Grand Mothers are more expensive 😂
To a point, and some more than others … but ultimately, No.
@@KooriGraywolf the cool thing about digital synths is that they don’t sounds analog. That being said… a hybrid is the most interesting to me…
more than happy w my hydrasynth and drifty-but-also-fun-af prologue for 60% muse’s price, twice the total voices, and in the prologue’s case, .001% the retuning time lol
The most passive version of the intro yet. I'm not sure if that is bad or not. It was refreshing but nothing special.
I'd love to see the SonicWare Liven XFM on this channel! I got one and love it but jeeezus the learning curve is sharp.
Thank you for the suggestion but been there, done that;)
"The wööööööörld's most hated audio tuuuuls..."
BÄÄÄD GIER!!1
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I got an ad for a smoothie blender that had a synth jam theme song that sounded like you made it (complete with) flipped samples of a female singer, so I guess “chopped and screwed blender ad nu-vocaloid post synthwave banana groove techno” could be one of your upcoming genres
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Nice tracks! Nice sounds! Nice Roasting! Nice! :) - Polybrute 12 next, please ;)
@@darwiniandude I would love to hear him jam on it. I thought the PB12 was gonna stink, but it's surpassed all my expectations.
@@thefrankly. Grainy, lo-fi sounding synth.
I'm quite happy now that there is a synth that I can't afford is on Bad Gear. LOL
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Sounds pretty incredible here, though, especially jam #2 - smooth and subtle.
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Came here for the always interesting insight, left with a long-forgotten memory of Trivial Pursuit pie slices.
We asked for authentic sounding analog...we complain it has tuning issues
I was never going to pay that much for it anyway. I bought a Subsequent 37. I like it a lot with my Summit & Hydrasynth, got it covered...
Can it do rhythm wolf bass tho? 🤔
That's the pinnacle of analog synths!
this was veeeery serious, man! :)
All bugs and tuning aside, the SOUND is on a different class.
The back of the class lol
@@aseomg Cmon don't be mean lol
Yeah it sounds mid.
This is just my opinion, but I agree - I think it sounds great.
Sounds like the same tired old shit to me, literally old
I will wait for the plug in version - it will be fine
Moog clones moog.
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This is the best Muse review. I really like it now. Your secret memes are blowing everything away. I still think that some of this stuff should not be considered, "bad gear," but I get it. Your niche. It brings up debatable thoughts about things. I just wonder if this synth is majorly underrated.
The qualification for "bad gear" is there needs to be enough hate on the internet to fill that screen. That's a pretty low bar! 😂
Thank you so much!!!