Korg Minilogue XD vs Moog Matriarch

I'Ve only had it a few days and have mostly been playing with the presets, but the sheer range of tones you can get is simply stunning. If you need pr...

It’s only monophonic. Paraphony isn’t that useful if you want true polyphony. But the quality and immediacy of the tone is incredible, the patching possibilities allow you to get outrageously zany, and the dual bucket delay is to die for. Four oscillators which can be synced can give you the thickest leads and basses you could hope for, and that muddy delay brings a vintage tone that sends you plunging back through time into the vortex

5mm earbuds that I keep connected to it all the time. It’s small enough that I can keep it in my narrow little bedside table drawer, meaning it’s always close by when I feel like a quick jam. The faders move a little too easily for my taste, but they’re very responsive and accurate, so in practice they’re a joy to use.

Hi, this is matriarch from mogh, it's para phonic and i know that needs explaining we'll get to that and it has stereo filters, stereo delays and a st...

- When using a particular program/preset, none of the physical knobs reflect the current state of the synth. However, it's not intuitive that you have to press Shift + Play for the "panel load function". While I understand that this is a limitation of an analog synth with built-in programs, I feel that there should be a dedicated "panel load" button. Certainly, it should be mentioned in more than just a subsection in the hard-to-locate online-only PDF manual

We don't get those really massive high-pass harmonics that you can when you, when you come down in frequency, um, so yeah, it's not quite designed to ...

-Waveform Visualizer; It's been an invaluable learning tool to have a visual reference for the sounds. It's probably not a selling point for those with more experience using synthesizers, but as a beginner this was a huge resource for me. It also just looks really cool, and makes the product seem more legit. -Price Point; from reading dozens of reviews and comparisons, and talking to veteran synthesizer enthusiasts and a few industry professionals, you're not going to find too many options as powerful as the Minilogue xd for this price

The Sub Phatty is simply the best synth you can buy at the $1000 and below price range. Not that this is 1978 and there is a lot of competition in analog monosynths, still this is a great addition. Reminds me of a Korg MS-20, but with Moog sound. There are presets, but it's a great synth for learning, if you don't know you VCF from your VCO