MOOG MUSIC Moog Muse

Description

Moog Muse is an innovative eight-voice bi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer. Only the fourth polysynth produced by Moog in a period of almost 5 decades, Muse represents the best of many years of engineering and design effort. Muse is an intuitive yet powerful instrument, designed to be robust and portable for touring, as well as the heart of a modern production studio. With a deep history of analog synthesizers embedded in every corner of its voice architecture, Muse uses digital control for flexible modular functionality, patch memory recall, and advanced sequencing. Muse is designed to grow with its user, from the first encounter with its knob-per-function panel and performance controls, through years of deep sound design and exploration. A 61-key Fatar semi-weighted keyboard with velocity and aftertouch, a programmable Macro knob, and two pedal inputs provide expressive control over Muse. The interactive Programmer allows you to store and recall up to 256 patches and sequences, giving you access to countless configuration parameters and performance-oriented customizations for Muse's 18 modules. Additionally, each patch is bi-timbral, with two completely independent synth timbres that can be split across the keyboard, stacked and layered together, and with voices assigned to both timbres via the Voice Control module. Muse is not just an expressive analog polyphonic synthesizer, but a complete compositional workbench. An advanced Arpeggiator allows you to program rhythms, configure unique patterns, generate complete melodic ideas, and save arpeggiator configurations for each patch. A complex Sequencer allows you to record sequences up to 64 steps, assign each note to both timbres, and save the sequence to a bank of 256 total sequences. Each sequence exists independently of a patch, allowing for on-the-fly patch changes within the same musical idea. Featuring parameter recording, probabilistic functions, and microscopic editing of every single note in the sequence, Muse's sequencer is an endless playground for musical arrangements. A powerful Modulation Map can store up to sixteen modulation routes per timbre, thirty-two per patch – each route features controller scaling and mathematical functions. Two flexible LFOs (global or per-voice) with customizable waveforms, a dedicated Pitch LFO, assignable envelopes, and 16 independent random voltage generators per voice provide a vast array of modulation sources. Connectivity for inputs and outputs, via both MIDI and control voltage, allows Muse to integrate into a studio of any size. SYNTHESIZER TYPE Bi-timbral polyphonic analog synthesizer SOUND ENGINE Analog POLYPHONY 8 voices KEYBOARD 61 full-size Fatar semi-weighted keys with Velocity and Channel Aftertouch CONTROLLERS Pitch Wheel, Modulation Wheel, Macro Knob, Keyboard Octave switch, Hold switch, Sustain pedal input, Expression pedal input: all pedal functions are assignable PANEL CONTROLS 44 knobs, 16 sliders, 129 buttons: OLED screen VOLTAGE CONTROLLED ANALOG OSCILLATORS (x2) Selectable Triangle/Sawtooth mix, variable Pulse wave, Octave (16', 8', 4', 2'), Frequency (+/- 7 semitones), Wave Mix (blends Triangle/Sawtooth with variable Pulse wave), FM routing and amount, Hard sync ANALOG RING MODULATOR Ring modulation between Oscillators 1 and 2 VOLTAGE CONTROLLED ANALOG MODULATION OSCILLATOR Selectable waveform (sine, sawtooth, inverted sawtooth, square, noise), audio range switch, keyboard tracking, keyboard reset, unipolar switch, pitch modulation routing and amount, filter modulation routing and amount, pulse width modulation routing and amount, VCA modulation amount, panning switch ANALOG NOISE GENERATOR White noise VOLTAGE CONTROLLED ANALOG MIXER Independent level control for OSC 1, OSC 2, RING, MOD OSC and NOISE. Overall overload control VOLTAGE CONTROLLED ANALOG FILTERS (x2) Moog transistor ladder filters (1 with high-pass/low-pass mode), Cutoff Frequency, Resonance, KB tracking amount, Envelope amount, Linked operation, Routing (series, parallel, stereo) ENVELOPES (x2) Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release, variable curves per stage, Multi-trig, Loop, Velocity VOLTAGE CONTROLLED ANALOG AMPLIFIER Volume per timbre, Pan position per timbre, Pan spread per timbre DIFFUSION DELAY™ Configurable stereo signal processor, Left delay time, Right delay time, Feedback, Character, Mix, analog bypass switches (to maintain 100% analog signal path) OUTPUT SECTION Master volume, Headphone volume, Low Cut EQ LFO (x2) Frequency, amplitude, waveform selection (triangle, sawtooth, square, sample-and-hold, user-customizable), keyboard reset PITCH LFO Rate, Ramp Down via Triangle for Ramp Up Control shape, One-Shot Envelope toggle, keyboard reset, pitch modulation routing and amount GLIDE Selectable glide type (LCR, LCT, EXP), glide amount CLOCK Clock frequency, Tap Tempo ARPEGGIATOR Per timbre with clock division, octave range, pattern, direction, gate time, rhythmic programming, etc. SEQUENCER 64-step sequencer with clock division, transport controls, sequence chaining, step editing, modulation capabilities, and 16 banks of 16 sequences memory capacity PROGRAMMER Browser via OLED screen with 16 banks of 16 patches, Mod Map, arpeggiator settings, sequencer with step settings, global settings, etc. VOICE CONTROL Mono or polyphonic voice count per timbre, Unison/Mono, Detune, Timbre edit, Voice stealing configuration MEMORY CHORD Chord memory with key-per-function MOD MAP 16 modulation slots per timbre per patch with controller and mathematical transformation functions ________________________________________________________________________________________________ REAR PANEL AUDIO OUTPUTS Main Left, Main Right (1⁄4” TRS) HEADPHONES 1⁄4” stereo (located on the front edge of the left controller) PEDAL INPUTS Sustain, Expression (1⁄4” TRS; configurable via Mod Map or for use as 1⁄4” TS CV inputs) CONTROL VOLTAGE INPUTS CV IN 1, CV IN 2 (1/8” TS) CONTROL VOLTAGE OUTPUTS CV OUT 1, CV OUT 2 (1/8” TS) ANALOG CLOCK INPUT CLOCK IN (1/8” TS) ANALOG CLOCK OUTPUT CLOCK OUT (1/8” TS) MIDI 5 Pin DIN MIDI IN, OUT, THRU; MIDI over USB USB B USB-B connector for interfacing with a computer or other MIDI host device USB A (HOST) USB-A connector for connecting to other instruments with Muse as a MIDI host ________________________________________________________________________________________________ POWER STYLE IEC cable INPUT 100 – 240 V AC; 50 Hz – 60 Hz ________________________________________________________________________________________________ WEIGHT 14.55 (kg), 32 (lbs) ________________________________________________________________________________________________ DIMENSIONS (W x D x H): 99 x 42 x 11 (cm), 39 x 17 x 4.5 (inches)