Moog Mother-32
Price: 396 EUR – 1.200 EUR
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A semi-modular analog synthesizer that works fully patched internally out of the box, but exposes every stage of its signal path on a patch bay so a player can rewire and extend it into a larger modular system.
About the Moog Mother-32
Unlike a fully modular synthesizer that requires patch cables just to make sound, the Mother-32 ships pre-normalized - its oscillator, filter, envelope and other components are already internally connected in a standard synth signal path, so it plays immediately without any patching. Pulling a single patch cable into any of its 32 patch points breaks that internal connection at that stage, letting a player selectively rewire only the part of the signal path they want to experiment with.
This semi-modular design specifically serves as an entry point into modular synthesis - a player gets a genuinely capable standalone synth for everyday use, while the same instrument can grow into a functioning module within a larger Eurorack-format modular system as their interest and collection expand, without needing to buy an entirely separate modular voice from scratch.
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 Tabletop / Eurorack Semi-Modular Synthesizer 2015 - Present - Black 396 EUR Best price View details
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 Tabletop / Eurorack Semi-Modular Synthesizer 2015 - Present - Black 428 EUR View details
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 Tabletop / Eurorack Semi-Modular Synthesizer 2015 - Present - Black 435 EUR View details
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 Tabletop / Eurorack Semi-Modular Synthesizer 2015 - Present - Black 440 EUR View details
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 Tabletop / Eurorack Semi-Modular Synthesizer 2015 - Present - Black 448 EUR View details
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 Tabletop / Eurorack Semi-Modular Synthesizer 2015 - Present - Black 450 EUR View details
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 Tabletop / Eurorack Semi-Modular Synthesizer 2015 - Present - Black 468 EUR View details
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 Tabletop / Eurorack Semi-Modular Synthesizer 2015 - Present - Black 480 EUR View details
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 579 EUR View details
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 Tabletop / Eurorack Semi-Modular Synthesizer 2015 - Present - Black 599 EUR View details
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Reverb Moog Mother-32 Tabletop / Eurorack Semi-Modular Synthesizer 2015 - Present - Black 672 EUR View details
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Reverb 3x Moog Mother-32 with 3 tier 1.200 EUR View details
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Sound character of the Moog Mother-32
The Mother-32 runs a single analog VCO through Moog's classic 4-pole transistor ladder filter, the same filter design responsible for the fat, warm, resonant low end Moog synths are known for - its semi-modular patch bay lets that core tone be pushed into far more aggressive or unstable territory than a fixed-signal-path synth.
Technical data for the Moog Mother-32
| Voice | Monophonic, analog |
|---|---|
| Patch points | 32 |
| Format | Tabletop / Eurorack-compatible |
| Sequencer | Built-in analog step sequencer |
Price history for the Moog Mother-32
Cheapest seen: 396 EUR · Most expensive seen: 1.200 EUR
The history of the Moog Mother-32
Moog's Mother-32 offers a semi-modular design that plays instantly out of the box while remaining fully patchable into larger modular synthesizer systems.
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