For me, when describing those two synths, the Sub lineup oscillators are pretty stable sounding, although you can dial in some LFO to loosen it up, and rolling off the oscillators quite a bit in the mixer helps also. They also have a more cutting sound, and the bass is tighter. The Matriarch oscillators just sound like they have a little more movement to then. It just seems to have that overall warmer and gooey sound. The bass also just reminds of a vintage synth. You can get good bass out of it, but it has a little different flavor.
They both definitely sound like Moogs, but they are definitely different synths with different flavors. And it makes sense that the Matriarch is more vintage sounding, it’s circuits were based off of vintage Moog Modular circuits. The Subs are contemporary Moogs, where they wanted to make a vary stable synth, but they are still fairly flexible. I think they are both great, it’s just a pick your flavor thing.
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