Although it‘s really versatile, almost all the sound demos I could find were just different variations of ambient sounds drenched in reverb (except for this one which is really good ). The sound is still really good and the synth seems to be a lot easier to learn and incorporate in my setup (mostly just a sound card, two MIDI controllers, Ableton Live, and a few plugins), but I‘m still not sure. The Arturia Polybrute on the other hand still has an interesting sound, and offers way more possibilities, but when compared to the the Matriarch, the Polybrute does sound a bit lifeless (EDIT: Got convinced otherwise, it can sound amazing). Also I‘ve heard that it can get quite buggy from time to time, especially when it comes to its MIDI implementation. While the sound is just godlike, it‘s not truly polyphonic and only has 4 voices (although I can work around that using Ableton). It doesn‘t have presets, no VST control like the Polybrute, and I‘m not used to semi-modular synthesis. I adore the sound of the Moog, but I‘m kinda afraid that it might a bit too hard to use for my taste. I know they are two very different machines (and I do intent to get both of them at some point), but I need to decide which one I want to get first. I have a budget of about 2500€ and managed to narrow down my options to these two synthesizers: The Arturia Polybrute and the Moog Matriarch. So I‘m currently looking for my first hardware synthesizer that can serve as the analogue powerhouse of my home studio. I already have quite a bit of experience in digital synthesis, but want to expand to something a bit more hands-on.
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