Guitar Center | 4 months ago

Follow your Muse at Guitar Center: https://www.guitarcenter.com/Moog/Muse-8-Voice-Polyphonic-Analog-Synthesizer-1500000435645.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

The Moog Muse merges the legendary synthesizer company’s classic analog circuits with intuitive and flexible digital controls. The 8-voice polyphonic synth includes oscillators derived from the Minimoog Voyager, two LFOs with user-customizable waveshapes (along with a dedicated pitch LFO), Diffusion Delay (inspired by old-school digital rack units), 64-step sequencer, arpeggiator, chord memory, bi-timbrality (two independent timbres per patch can be stacked or split across the keyboard), 256 patches across 16 banks with 32 user slots and a 61-key, semi-weighted Fatar keybed with velocity and aftertouch. The Muse encapsulates all of the vibe and history of modular synth pioneer Robert Moog while simultaneously providing modern synth artists with powerful creative tools.

“My first impressions of Moog synthesizers when I began was they had a very human and personal sound—something that could fill my body or an entire room,” says composer, educator and “sonic sorceress” Lisa Bella Donna. “My intentions for sound design with the Moog Muse range from long, opening envelopes of orchestral sounds and pads, to beautiful glistening bells, to really wild modulations in a more avant-garde way. To that end, one of my favorite patches I designed for the Muse is called Soft Orchestra. It’s a very emotive patch you can use for film scores that spreads things out in a beautiful and musically dramatic way.”

Check out our demo with Moog's Max Ravitz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqDNpdKkrPs

Follow Lisa at https://www.instagram.com/lisabelladonna
Check out Lisa's music at https://lisabelladonna.bandcamp.com/

Chapters
00:00 - Intro with Lisa Bella Donna
01:05 - Overview and Features of the Moog Muse
01:46 - Exploring the “Soft Orchestra” Patch on the Moog Muse
03:22 - Sound Design Possibilities with the Moog Muse
03:45 - On the Customizable Routing Options Available on the Muse
04:13 - Exploring the “Diffusion Pad” Patch on the Moog Muse
05:15 - Endless Creative Possibilities with the Muse’s Sequencer and Diffusion Delay
06:25 - Exploring the “Deep Sweep” Patch on the Moog Muse
07:10 - A Closer Look at the Moog Muse’s Chord Memory Function
07:35 - How Lisa Bella Donna Likes to Use the Moog Muse for Live Performance
08:07 - Exploring the “Gilded Pyramid” Patch on the Moog Muse
08:40 - On the Bitimbral Nature of the Moog Muse
09:11 - Lisa Bella Donna Creating on the Muse
09:58 - Lisa’s Thoughts on the Moog Muse’s Live Performance Capabilities
10:51 - On Using the Moog Muse with Modular Synthesizers
11:33 - Lisa Bella Donna’s Final Thoughts on the Moog Muse
11:58 - Outro