Brave! but i have said similar things in my youth…so thanks…but now
My ARMK11
My DT
And my Waldorf Blofeld are all filled with samples from my Sub 37, Sub Phatty and DFAM…
I spend ALOT of time trying to extract sounds from other synths, software, ROMplers, trying to extract that level of rich Moog texture, but never can.
Because nothing moves air molecules like their meaty oscillators smashing an opp amp driven hard into a ladder filter…no software, no sampler, no eurorack, nothing except knock off copies of their I.P. past the used by date on patent. And not that everything should sound like that, but when you want that sound, Nothing comes close…
Moog make synths that really are an experiential, tactile interaction between human and machine, I denied it for 20 years calling them elitist and thinking them unobtanium, and now its undeniable to me after trying many synths in many formats… That they deeply understand the relationship between humans and the toys they play with. Hands on with these synths its quite a personal and intimate interaction. Moog understand that its a relationship, between a person and a device…and focus on how the human relates to the interface…its quite elegant when you “feel” that for the first time.
And also they really are capable of gentle, fragile, harsh, brittle sounds as well, with some time in…if thats what you want…
God i sound like quite the fanboy…but wanted to share that i used to rebuke the very concept of Moog until i lay my hands on an original modal D. Then i understood…Look Moog are not resting on laurels, the Matriarch is so far removed from the Phatty and Sub 37 that i cant recognize that it would be possible to create the demo sounds with other Moog synths. The potential to integrate with my Euro has me looking at my Sub Phatty and checking 2nd hand prices on Ebay…
Saying all that…im in the market for an analogue poly…and nothing Moog are offering are on my radar to fill that gap in my set up. But i still think that this release is an exciting step forward and hope that i get to interact with a Matriarch at some point to see what its all about.