Check out the live performance on Youtube https://youtu.be/67dHU9ym69Y

I recently purchased a new Moog Matriarch for my home studio and couldn't wait to make a video showing off this amazing piece of hardware. The synthesizer really lives up to the hype, there are so many endless possibilities figured I needed to start somewhere. This performance uses a Am7 Fmaj7 Dm7 Cmaj7 chord progress on the Matriarch. Then I combined the DFAM, Subharmonicon, and Mother-32 for some backing on the track. On the Mother-32 I did a simple sequence in Am7 and then had the Subharmonicon play a 64-step progression of 16-steps root notes A F D C. Lastly I used the Grandmother for the lead melody and solo which gave me the ability to perform it live. Thanks for checking out this video looking forward to creating many more. If you have any questions please post them in the comments below and I'll respond when I can!

Moog Matriarch & Grandmother Duet

Tweak Moog Matriarch.
It also has a nice stereo delay.

MATRIARCH TEST

Written & performed by Ben Lukas Boysen
Published by Erased Tapes Music

Ben Lukas Boysen – Gravity

Written & performed by Justin Lockey
Published by Erased Tapes Music

Justin Lockey – A Northern Sigh

Making sense of the Moog Matriarch's sequencer and paraphony, and wondering how it gets along with Hologram Microcosm.
This is Matriarch into a mixer with Microcosm on the effects send/return. Five edits from a 30-minute take.

Matriarch Microcosm sequences

Matriarch microcosm edit 01

I bought this little pink travel guitar by Enya on Amazon and recorded it with a mic. Didn't buy the one with FX. It is a fun little instrument and has a sort-of lofi, intimate appeal. But when you hit it hard, it rings out. Very surprising. I also have an Ovation carbon fibre and they are very different guitars.
The song is about a woman intimated by the towering presence of the man she wants to love, so much so that she feels too small to be loved.

So Tall to Fall

Watching My Garden Grow

Some Australian magpies, a neighbor sawing wood and a dragonfly that buzzes past my Zoom mic. And some slow moving loops.
Moog Matriarch, Akai Force Upright Piano patch, Zoom H6 backyard sample

Magpies

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Positive Feeling

I've written my own stuff since I was a kid and have basically chronicled my life, which most songwriters do. I was quite into guitar until I broke my hand fending off an intruder who tried to break into my home. Little finger didn't play fair. So now I'm into synths and keyboards, have built a decent collection including a Moog Matriarch, Prophet 5 Rev4, the Behringer 2600 and 2500 semi-modular, the UDO Super 6 (truly awesome), Novation Peak, Yamaha Modx6 (such a workhorse),  Deepmind 12, Digitakt, Modal Cobalt (surprising and, yes, digital) and the Behringer Crave. They each have their strengths, but the Matriarch is my go to for inspiration. (Update: Super 6 is now the fave)

Magpies

Peter Judd

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