MOOG Labyrinth - Have They Lost Their Way? (UNSPONSORED)

**This review is unsponsored we paid for this device ourselves at full price**

Is this the end of the road for Moog, just a wrong turn... or is it in fact the shape of things to come. Will they continue to be allowed to do stuff as mental as this. Or is the last release before the corporate restrictions fall on our favourite synth maker? What do you think... stick it in the comments below.
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[bricelory]

I am absolutely enthralled by its generative elements. It is one of the most exciting hardware semi-modulars for me to come out in a long time. Every time I hear it, the more I am enthralled by it. What a synth!

[djangofett]

A.I. is for investors, not for creatives. the algorithms under the hood of this thing aren't really A.I., they just call it that for investors. its a buzz word and a misnomer. there is no A.I. in this box. just a few algorithms.

[lofomuses]

I am part of a specialty products company which was purchased by a commodity products company a bit over 10 years ago. Here's our journey:
Day 0 -- 'just do your specialty thing, we just want to watch and learn'.
Day 1 - 'do it our commodity way, we don't see much value in doing things your specialty way'.
Day 3650 - 'we no longer see value in you continuing to run. turns out you aren't very good at being a commodity facility'.

Be careful, Moog'ers...! Don't lose the specialness you brought to the party.

[johnpaulpatton]

Imagine an entire nation or country that absolutely, stubbornly refuses to say your last name correctly.

[awpMusic]

Very interesting. Great to hear honest comments about a product without any sponsorship ties or freebies. For some reason Labyrinth fascinates me and I'm not into modular - yet. I'd love to hear your thoughts on Pittsburgh Modular Voltage Lab 2 as well - another innovative instrument you could get lost in.

[noisetv]

This will be the first Moog I've ever bought

[shocktactix]

Subharmonicon is weirder, I think, and the Labyrinth sound engine builds on what Mavis was doing, so not sure this can be seen as that much of a shift...

[pmumble]

Labyrinth was fully designed before Moog was purchased.

[Lagrange_Point_]

I hear you! Some of my best bits came from mistakes, misunderstandings or just plain incompetence. Random stuff is always good and your point about always keeping your DAW recording whilst improvising is well received.

[heimlichvonbladderburst]

Just wanted to say thanks for being clear about buying the synth in the title.
In an ideal world, every YT review channel should be 100% clear about whether the item is a gift, a loaner or how much they paid for it plus acknowledging that if they write a bad review, will may not get offered products in the future etc.. Straight bang-up warts 'n' all reviews are very rare.

[tomjw]

I love my Labyrinth. Great video, thanks.

[fo]

I have owned a Subharmonicon and a DFAM now for roughly 2 years, I use them periodically, and sometimes I feel inspired by them, sometimes bored... I've also had a Mother32 which I sold because I didn't like the sequencer. And I was definitively not in the market to buy another 60hp Moog semi-modular synth, I didn't even bother to look into any reviews when the Labyrinth was anounced. But then 10 days ago, a Labyrinth tutorial popped up in my youtube recommendations. I just clicked on it because I was bored and wanted to get entertained. After watching it I thought, "well, not completely uninteresting". The next day I watched another video, and another... and on the third day I ordered one... 😀And what can I say... I'm having a lot of fun so far... It sounds great, the dual-turing sequencer is a lot of fun, and even if you freeze the sequence, you can wiggle the hell out of this thing. It's not a middle of the road mini synth, but also not too weird to be more than a novelty... Well done, Moog!

[abominablemusic]

3 minutes in - really great description of 'semi-modular' - thanks!

[manweilermusic]

I am fully hypnotized with mine, preordered, and boy it has delivered.

[dterry]

Doesn't look like Moog has lost their way. The new Muse looks like they may have just set a new standard in modern analog.

[CraigRodmellMusic]

Thanks for the interesting review, Christian.

[screwloose_productions]

Absolutely brilliant what a great tutorial please keep going Christian lots of love

[aeropilot]

Just bought one (thanks B&H Photo!) and can’t wait to fire it up 💥🔥💥

[Pablo]

Good rundown and, rhetorical questioning of the synth and Moog themselves.

[JoshHumble]

Creativity can certainly have "happy accidents" which happens with generative, but I'm def about most of our direction being human driven and with intent. While I love my Mother 32, The Labrynth hasn't made me thrilled. Like so many here, I've no interest in generative. So far, ive really only used my Mother for its amazing sound and filters (not the sequencer). Good to see your vid on this.