Moog Music Introduces the New Moog Muse

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"Muse is an eight-voice analog bi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer — the culmination of over 5 years of dreams, design, and passion. Muse is an intuitive and powerful instrument built on the rich history of Moog that simultaneously gazes boldly into the future. This studio or performance centerpiece is driven by eight analog voices, each with two VCOs, a modulation VCO, dual VCFs, and a stereo VCA — all with that recognizable, kinetic analog quality.

With 16 banks of 16 patches, you’ll encounter beautiful pads, organic FM plucks, attention-grabbing leads, subterranean basses, stage-oriented key splits, as well as 2 banks reserved for your own sonic discoveries. Explore and express yourself endlessly with cutting-edge digital controls for powerful modulation capabilities, dedicated macro control, customizable envelopes, and multiple flexible LFOs. Shaping sound with Muse is a pleasure — the synthesizer and synthesist grow as one as the adventure continues for years to come.

Muse was created for, and by, modern musicians, producers, and sound designers who appreciate performance-oriented controls, intuitive knob per function layout, and “More” menus for every module. Built for stage and studio with a 61-key Fatar keyboard with velocity and channel aftertouch, a left-hand controller with pitch and mod wheels, and a programmable Macro knob makes the experience of interacting with Muse inspiring, intriguing, and innately playable.

A hypnotic stereo Diffusion Delay™ processor was inspired by golden era vintage digital rack delays with a unique and powerful set of diffusion, multi-tap, and filter behaviors. Craft complex echoes and diffused tonal smears that add dimension and depth to any patch.

In addition to Muse’s creative immediacy, the powerful arpeggiator invites you to generate melodic ideas with compelling patterns and rhythms. With Muse’s deep sequencer, you'll unravel unique patterns and gestures — further develop these discoveries with parameter recording, generative/probabilistic functions, and detailed editing of every note in the sequence — Moog Muse is a limitless canvas of musical exploration.

Best of the Best

A melting pot of classic Moog analog circuit designs is paired with forward-thinking digital controls in one complete instrument. Muse combines discrete oscillators derived from the Minimoog Voyager, brought together by a saturating mixer, dual transistor ladder filters, and stereo discrete VCAs all inspired by Moog Modular circuits.

Stage to Studio

With performance-oriented controls, an intuitive knob-per-function layout, and “More” menus for every module, Muse was created for, and by, modern musicians, producers, and sound designers. In addition to Muse’s creative immediacy, a powerful arpeggiator, chord memory, and a polyphonic sequencer provide deep editing capabilities and generative behaviors that fuel musical expeditions.

Mesmerizing

A hypnotic stereo Diffusion Delay™ processor was inspired by golden era vintage digital rack delays with a unique and powerful set of diffusion, multi-tap, and filter behaviors. Craft complex echoes and diffused tonal smears that add dimension and depth to any patch.

Sound Engine Specs:

ANALOG VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS
(x2) Selectable Triangle/Sawtooth mix, variable width 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
ANALOG VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED MODULATION OSCILLATOR
Selectable waveform (Sine, Sawtooth, Reverse Sawtooth, Square, Noise), Audio range toggle 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

ANALOG VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED MIXER
Independent level control for OSC 1, OSC 2, RING, MOD OSC, and NOISE. Overall OVERLOAD control
ANALOG VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED FILTERS
(x2) Moog transistor ladder filters (1 with highpass/lowpass modes), 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
ANALOG VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED AMPLIFIER
Volume per Timbre, Pan position per Timbre, Pan Spread per timbre
DIFFUSION DELAY™
Configurable stereo signal processor, Delay Time Left, Delay Time Right, Feedback, Character, Mix, analog bypass switches (to maintain 100% analog signal path)

OUTPUT SECTION
Master Volume, Headphones Volume, Low Cut EQ

LFO
(x2) Rate, Amplitude, Waveform selection (Triangle, Sawtooth, Square, Sample-and-Hold, User customizable), Keyboard Reset

PITCH LFO
Rate, Ramp Down through Triangle to Ramp Up Shape control, One-Shot Envelope toggle, Keyboard Reset, Pitch Modulation routing and amount

GLIDE
Selectable glide type (LCR, LCT, EXP), Glide amount


CLOCK
Clock rate, 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 memory capacity of 16 banks of 16 sequences

You can find the Muse User Manual here.