MOOG Matriarch Paraphonic Semi-modular Analog Synth + Decksaver BOXED & MINT

Description

I guess you know why you're looking at this? Yup, it's already a legend.

But listen, I had the Grandmother first. Fun little thing, but its limitations became inhibitors for creativity rather than the peculiar inspiration they should have been. So when MOOG anounced this behemoth slab of synth I dived STRAIGHT IN...why? Well:

- The sound; it's RAW and uncouth, unrefined and rich in unpredictable harmonics and behaviours, like the Minimoog after two bottles of whisy, a pack of cigars and all the right drugs

- Immediate like few others, yet with a depth beyond even the designers plans

- This is a players synth, built around a gorgeous keybed that just wants to be touched

- The toggles, switches, faders and knobs are designed to be tactile heaven, creating a real feeling of piloting some alien craft through sonic galaxies. No menus, no confusion, just hands-on power to the pilot...sorry, player.

- Unpatched it's the growling, whistling and thudding Moog of your dreams, the stereo filters, overdriving oscillators and stereo analogue delay just playing sweetly but aggressively with harmonics and cross modulation like there's no tomorrow

- Patching opens up literally thousands of "what if I do this" possibilities, like an audio lego box of sonic experimentation. It will swallow all your free time, in the best way :)

- Being able to switch from paraphonic 4 oscillators, to twin doubles to unison mode or round-robin AND flick each of those between filter modes means every riff gets an instant shower of sound design gorgeousness that's really only the beginning of where you can take things

- Sometimes only analog will do, right and this thing is (aside from midi and sequencing) an end-to-end raw analogue dawg, run the outs to the ins with attenuators and...wow, just wow

This is the pinnacle of the semi-modular analogue synthesizers, that can take you back to the 1970s or propel you beyond the 2020s with all stops in between. This is a serious synth that will seduce you or, when provoked, bite your fingers off, or maybe even both at the same time.

The Matriarch is a REAL musical instrument, not a toy, not a knock-off and it FEELS real and 3D in every way.

Comes boxed and in mint condition with:

- power supply

- patch cables

- patch bag

- quickstart book

- Rearview overlay...lets you see all the hidden patch points from the front of the synth

Has lived under a Decksaver its entire life in a smoke/dust/cooking free studio and with jack plugs on all unused ports.

++DECKSAVER = the pictured Decksaver is included in the price but I'm happy to remove it if you need a lower price ( RRP is around £80 but I'm including it for £40), just let me know and we'll sort it out. I'd HIGHLY recommend it though, especially if you'd like the Matriarch shipped :) ++

Only selling as needing to downsize my Moog addiction...sorry, collection.

Happy to arrange a meet-up within reasonable travel range of SW London/Surrey, or post fully tracked/insured. If Paypal-ing I'd just that you cover the fees, thanks!

Posted: 13 hours ago

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