Muse

Meet Muse, the fourth Moog polysynth ever created. It’s an eight-voice analog bi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer the culmination of over 5 years of dreaming, design, and passion. Muse is an intuitive and powerful instrument built on the rich history of Moog, while simultaneously gazing boldly into the future. It’s designed to be rugged and portable for the stage, while equally at home as the centerpiece of a modern studio.

From the first playful encounter with the knob-per-function panel, Muse matures with you through years of boundless exploration. Explore and express endlessly with digital controls for flexible modulation capabilities, patch memory recall, and advanced sequencing. Each sequence exists independently of a patch, allowing for on-the-fly modification within the same musical concept. Armed with parameter recording, probabilistic functions, and microscopic editing of every single note in the sequence, the sequencer is an endless playground for musical arrangements. 

Rich and nuanced analog synthesizer history is baked into every aspect of the architecture Muse is designed to evolve, surprise, and delight for years to come.

Synthesizer type

Polyphonic, Bi-timbral Analog Synthesizer 

Sound engine

Analog (Digital effect may be bypassed to maintain 100% analog signal path) 

Polyphony

8 Voices 

Keybed

61 full-size semi-weighted keys with Velocity and Aftertouch 

Controllers

Pitch Wheel, Modulation Wheel, Macro Knob, Keyboard Octave switch, Hold switch, Sustain Pedal input, Expression Pedal input – all pedal functions are assignable 

Panel controls

44 knobs, 16 sliders, 129 buttons – OLED screen 

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 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 

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 

Programmer

Browser via OLED screen with 16 banks of 16 patches, Mod Map, Arpeggiator settings, Sequencer with per-step settings, Global settings, etc. 

Voice control

Mono or poly voice count per timbre, Unison/Mono, Detune, Timbre editing, Voice stealing configuration 

Chord memory

Chord memory with per-key functionality 

Mod map

16 modulation slots per timbre per patch with controllers and mathematical transform functions

Rear panel

AUDIO OUTPUTS – Main Left, Main Right (¼" TRS)

HEADPHONES – Stereo ¼" (located on the front edge of the Left Hand Controller) 

PEDAL INPUTS – Sustain, Expression (¼" TRS; Configurable through Mod Map or for use as ¼" TS CV inputs)

CONTROL VOLTAGE INPUTS – CV IN 1, CV IN 2 (1/8” TS)

CONTROL VOLTAGE OUTPUTS – CV OUT 1, CV OUT 2 (1/8” TS)

ANALOG CLOCK INPUT – CLOCK IN (1/8” TS)

ANALOG CLOCK OUTPUT – CLOCK OUT (1/8” TS)

MIDI – 5 Pin DIN MIDI IN, OUT, THRU; MIDI over USB

USB – USB-A Host Port for system and data backup, USB-B Port for connection

with computers, class-compliant peripherals)