Moog Labyrinth Is a West Coast Playground with 2 Generative Sequencers
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Moog Labyrinth · Source: Moog
Moog Labyrinth · Source: Turnlab
Moog Labyrinth · Source: Turnlab
Moog Labyrinth · Source: Turnlab
Moog Labyrinth · Source: Moog
Moog Labyrinth rear panel · Source: Moog
Moog Labyrinth - rack 'em up · Source: Moog
Moog Labyrinth has the usual desktop format · Source: Moog
Moog Labyrinth has two sequencers · Source: Moog
It’s official! The Moog Labyrinth is here and it’s a West Coast-inspired wonderland with a voltage-controlled wavefolder, state variable filter and dual generative sequencers. New photos and videos!
Moog Labyrinth Is Official
[11 July 2024] After months of leaks and teases, the Moog Labyrinth is finally here. While it may look like other entries in Moog’s 60HP semi-modular family like the Mother-32 and Spectravox, it’s actually quite different from what we’ve come to expect from the subtractive East Coast synthesis pioneers.
“An Engine of Sonic Exploration”
“Labyrinth is designed to be an engine of sonic exploration,” says Moog’s Rick Carl, System Architect and Lead Hardware Engineer on Labyrinth. “It allows users to create evolving sequences and rich timbres. It’s like having a compositional companion that navigates through a labyrinth of sound, constantly reconfiguring and surprising you with new sonic landscapes.”
To do that, it takes a different approach from typical Moog instruments by introducing new types of oscillators, a non-Ladder state variable filter, wavefolding and parallel processing. It also features two generative sequencers “to help inspire new compositional ideas.” Much of this we suspected from past leaks (see below) but it’s nice to have it confirmed.
As with other instruments in the series, Moog Labyrinth is semi-modular and features a comprehensive patchbay with 32 patch points plus analog clock and MIDI sync.
Moog Labyrinth Price and Availability
Moog Labyrinth is available now from Thomann* for $635 / £599 / 699 €.
Moog Labyrinth: New Videos
[01 July 2024] After facing backlash over the closure of the Moog Store in Asheville over the weekend, Moog could definitely use some good publicity right now. Several new videos that have surfaced on the web over the past couple of days provide a glimpse of the upcoming Moog Labyrinth.
The West Coast-inspired semi-modular synth was first leaked by an online retailer about a month and a half ago (see below). Contrary to what we were expecting, Moog chose not to unveil the synth at Superbooth. But now it seems like the Labyrinth could be just around the corner. We’ll keep you posted!
Moog Labyrinth
[Original post by Adam Douglas, 15 May 2024] A leak from online retailer Turnlab has revealed the Moog Labyrinth, a tantalizing new analogue synth with seemingly West Coast synthesis-inspired parameters.
The leak (which has already been taken down) showed a new synthesizer in Moog’s standard tabletop/60HP Eurorack format. It has two oscillators, with the second VCO actually a triangle LFO capable of modulating the sinewave-running first a la a complex oscillator. There is also ring modulation plus noise with an adjustable tone.
Moving on, a voltage-controllable wavefolder adds to the possible West Coast excitement. There’s also an East Coast-trad low-pass filter, with the order of the wavefolder and filter swappable. Finally, there appear to be two decay envelopes.
Dual Labyrinth Sequencer
Now let’s address the name, Labyrinth. It calls to mind the Minotaur (which Moog has referenced in its own Minitaur). There is some discussion on the Moog forums that the company registered the name a few years ago. Its description? “Sound frequency filters for controlling audio parameters by raising or lowering the gain of specific audio frequencies using a multiple resonant filter array and animating those frequencies using a built-in pattern generator.”
That built-in pattern generator appears to be twin sequencers, with adjustable sequenced control over the VCO, VCW (Voltage Controlled Wavefolder, presumably) and VCF cutoff.
There are other parameters though that we don’t have explanations for, such as Corrupt, Bits and all of its permutations such as Bit Shift and BitFlip. Is this some type of shift register or other, similar logic concept, as Amazona has guessed?
Moog Labyrinth Price and Availability?
Moog will be at Superbooth24 but there’s no guarantee that the Labyrinth will be part of the display. We’ll let you know if it is, though.
No official price or availability, of course, but the original retail listing said €699 including VAT.
More Information
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- All about Eurorack
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7 responses to “Moog Labyrinth Is a West Coast Playground with 2 Generative Sequencers”
The leaks are just silly now. The Digitakt 2 looked legit but this one weeks later… come on. This is their attempt to make you keep your money in your pocket so when it officially releases, you can preorder and still not have it for a few months.
Someone is going to make a bold move like polyend and announce/release/in stores now their products. Leaks for preorders is a joke and it’s worn it.
West Coast of Singapore? That is where moog sources their products from now. InMusic makes toys and Moog is over.
I was hoping the next semi-modular Moog was a variant of the Minotaur in this form factor. Have an empty space in my rack just waiting for it!
Exactly. All this pre-order stuff is exhausting. If you show a product, have it in stock, ready to go. I’ve cancelled several items over this practice, especially when they take my money and decide they aren’t releasing items for an unknown timeframe.
You keep talking about West Coast/East Coast without clarifying what exactly that means. I’m an American synth enthusiast, and I don’t even know what you mean. Care to enlighten us?
This was most likely already in the pipeline, or did they go from idea to available in the store in 1 year? that would be impressive
“West Coast” centers around San Francisco and Buchla, which started there. “East Coast” centers around Moog, which is from North Carolina. “West Coast” might be more avant garde experimental, while “East Coast” might be more synth rock or Switched-On Bach. You are, of course free to create or listen to whatever synth music you like, without fitting any label.
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