I feel similar ways about the company, but I have to break it down to who did the actual work 
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If I didnāt care so much about the filter character, I would. Moog ruined that for me.
I would say focus on the GM for a while. Itās awesome. Also, in terms of companion synths, I think the Take 5 is a great match if you like more retro synth sounds, and the most recent update takes it up a notch. Plus the Jexus patches are amazing.
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The only thing that would stop me from grabbing the 2600m would be to grab a Hydrasynth. And it also has CV to pair up with the Grandmother!
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I respect his work for sure. wish he wouldāve done it outside the company. and I donāt blame or judge him, of course.
and hey, Roland āborrowedā some filter designs too! I still buy their synths. mainly because they didnāt found a company based on that principleā¦
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I donāt have a Grandmother, but I do have an M32 and a Matriarch.
I would keep the Grandmother for a while, really get to know it, and if you really truly love it, move up to the Matriarch when youāre ready. The Matriarch can do anything the Grandmother can, and the enhanced stereo processing and paraphony make the Matriarch a better standalone instrument, but thereās too much overlap between the two to justify owning both.
And of course, B-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named have a Grandmother clone coming out in the near future, which might make replacing the Moog easierā¦
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No, I hear you. As someone that designs AND asks for permission if Iāve borrowed a distinctive circuit from the original designer (even if it wasnāt legally required), I am all about your point of view.
On the other hand I put my schematics up for free. 
For 30+ year old synths, Iām on the fence. Some of the blatant new-rip-offs, that sucks.
Anyway thatās all Iāll say on that 
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Donāt know how many people here are hip-hop heads but looks like this guy used the Grandmother on this track and you can really hear it, now that I know itās the GMA lol.
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thatās awesome, love hearing the gm in the context of an actual track
youāre right, itās totally distinct and unmistakably the gm once you know
the simplicity of its arp / sequencer really helps with quick and useable results and it retains its character even after sampling (it can sound vintage, retro-futuristic, and old as hell- together with its bass capabilities, this makes it a really great hip-hop synth)
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Sounds really good in the mix. Spring reverb is very characteristic as well. Dope.
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Yeah thereās quite a few hip hop produces that Iāve seen specifically with the Grandmother. Also a reason I chose to keep mine as well as get the Matriarch, they are very similar but also different synths still.
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The more i think about it, its better to have both. For two reasons.
Patching the two together.
And I like to have a monosynth in every room. So I can let the Grandmother be my livingroom monosyth.
And the Matriarch can be paired with the Prophet for bass lines and pads, or whatever i come up with.
I plan on moving my 88key hammer action keyboard to the liveing room to entice more pratice at the keys, and having a real synth right with will be fun to patch up some bass line and maybe a click if i get creative, to practice to.
Iām excited to get this stuff all reorganized.
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Yeah, I patch my two together but also am working on a little skiff to expand on mine. Planning on getting the Spectraphon just to get a really weird and unique oscillator to run through the matriarchs stereo filter and delay.
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I hope you come back and share the results! That sounds super interesting!
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well and he says in the video you posted āwifey had just caught me the Grandmother Moog, and Iād been doing some patch work on itā¦ā
20,000 units shipped. and people be like ābetter get one before inMusic stops making āem!ā
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct1uLqEulv7/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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I would highly recommend it!
Joking aside, itās probably the best traditional mono-synth available. Yes, there are some others that go deeper, yes there are others with more interesting interfaces, but the GMA just sounds and plays absolutely fantastically, and with very little effort.
Iāve said this before, (and it took me walls of text to explain why I feel this way, even though I think itās pretty obvious ) that this is like the East Coast / Moog equivalent of a Buchla Music Easel.
Both are patchable mono-synths that can do a bit more with some creativity. Both have a small human interface of the style prevalent (Moog with Keys, Buchla with Touch Plates).
Both are portable. (though Iād probably want a case for the GMA, while the Easel is built into one).
Moog has a simple yet flexible traditional East Coast voice.
Buchla has a simple yet flexible more experimental West Coast voice.
Both have simple sequencing.
Both have spring reverb.
Placing them both side by side would provide a very good East+West setup that could be built upon if desired with more modules from either side.
Aside from that psedo-analogy, the GMA just seems to sound more interesting than many of the other smaller (modern) Moogs. It has more of a Moog Modular type of sound.
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I like your east/west analogy, and I would like to add that the 0-Coast pairs very well with the Grandmother.
Iāve mentioned this on the forum before, but I sold my GM to buy a Moog Matriarch, and have regretted it since. The Grandmother is way more immediate and fun. The Matriarch is more like one of those plugins where you never use all the options and just give up and use the presets instead.
I thought I wanted polyphony, but you can sample the GM into an OP-1 for that. And while the delay is amazing for sound design, I find itās not great at being a plain delay. I actually use a delay pedal with it for that.
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Dooope! I really loved that beat and after hearing it, I remember thinking: I should use the arp on my GM more often. Never realized it was an actual GM playing that 
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Iāve gotten increasingly interested in the Moog Grandmother (in the last 24 hours). What do you say? Would it be a good choice to sound like the leadline in this demo by Charles Stepney. Or would another Moog be a better fit?
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