The Mother-32 is a
semi-modular analog
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synthesizer. Introduced in 2015, it was the first tabletop unit produced by
Moog Music
Moog Music Inc. () is an American synthesizer company based in Asheville, North Carolina. It was founded in 1953 as R. A. Moog Co. by Robert Moog and his father and was renamed Moog Music in 1972. Its early instruments included the Moog synthesi ...
. It has a single voltage controlled audio oscillator, a voltage controlled low frequency oscillator, a voltage controlled filter switchable between high and low pass, an AR envelope generator with switchable sustain, a voltage controlled amplifier, and a
white noise
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generator. It also features a 32–step
monophonic
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sequencer
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, a 13-note keypad, and a 32-point patch bay including assignable outputs. The Mother-32 is manufactured in
Asheville, North Carolina
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.
Expandability
The unit has a
MIDI
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input and
CV outputs, and can act as a MIDI-to-CV converter. The Mother-32 can also be integrated into a Eurorack skiff or case.
Moog also produces 2- and 3-tier racks for mounting multiple Mother-32s,
DFAMs, or Moog's Eurorack case.
Construction
The Mother-32 case is constructed from aluminum with wooden sides.
See also
*
List of Moog synthesizer players
This is a list of notable musicians who use Moog synthesizers.
A
*ABBA – a minimoog and polymoog played by Benny Andersson
* Patrick Adams
*Walter Afanasieff - Producer
*Air
*Don Airey
*Damon Albarn - Blur
*The Anniversary
*Apoptygma Berze ...
*
Moog synthesizer
The Moog synthesizer is a modular synthesizer developed by the American engineer Robert Moog. Moog debuted it in 1964, and Moog's company R. A. Moog Co. (later known as Moog Music) produced numerous models from 1965 to 1981, and again from 20 ...
*
Robert Moog
Robert Arthur Moog ( ; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesi ...
Notes
External links
Manufacturer's web page
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Moog synthesizers
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