What an absolute amazing piece of equipment, if I can get an idea, I can make the sound.

Yes, yes, I'm sure my Moog Muse is wonderful and all of that, but I haven't even had time yet to power it up. My review is about the bag of Sweetwater candy that I received with the Muse:

Normally, if you order a few cables, maybe some guitar strings, you'll get a Sweetwater bag of candy that has 4 pieces of hard pepperment candy and perhaps a Tootsie Roll or LaffyTaffy. While the hard candy is appreciated, I've noticed that for larger Sweetwater purchases, such as my new Moog Muse... even a Matriarch... they upgrade the candy bag!

This latest bag of Sweetwater candy they ship with a bigger ticket item, came with TWO Tootsie Rolls, TWO BIT-O-Honey's, and only one peppermint hard candy! This is a clear candy-bag upgrade and I wish I had known about this sooner. The big-ticket-item Premium Candy Bag is a definite perk!

Thanks to Sweetwater! :)

I play many Moog Synthesizers and I must say that the Muse really blew me away. The bi-timbral capability is truly unique, it's sequencer, patch saving, sequence storage, stereo filters that can be entirely independent of each other. It's really an extremely well balanced instrument for recording and performing live. It's a fusion of many Moogs like the Subsequent, Grandmother, Matriarch, and Muse has that beautiful classic Moog sound. If your also wanting to create many styles of electronic music, and take your electronic music to another creative level, this is the synth to do it with.

If you've read the reviews you know about the tuning issues. I had ZERO issues with the synthesizer out of the box. As with any analog synth, I expect some tuning/retuning as it warms up. However, I ran into issues where the oscillators would suddenly vary widely - like they suddenly went out from each other by about 1/2 step. If I used the frequency knobs to bring them into tune, the synth was out of tune with everything else. In most cases, restarting resolves the issue immediately, and the quick tune resolves it usually. The longer the synth is on, the behavior decreases. So - leave the synth on for at least an hour before you start.

Another issue - the synth does NOT have a port for a volume pedal - only for an expression pedal. You *can* use the expression pedal to control the 2 timbres via the VCA output, but the process should not have to be that complex, and there is no global setting. So, it you want to control the volume via a foot pedal, you need to buy a true volume pedal mono or stereo input and mono or stereo output, and leave the expression pedal to control the filters, et al. I bought a Korg XVP20 from Sweetwater, and it works perfectly. I had contacted Moog support about this, and they walked me through the process of mapping the expression pedal to the VCA output - which did not work well, and they didn't mention or suggest the volume pedal until I notified them that the Korg solved my problem, at which point the response was, "...Yes! That would have been my next suggestion."

Finally - the synth is fairly complex. It can do a LOT of things. With that in mind the support documentation is really inadequate. Moog is relying on their user base to solve each other's problems. There are a few videos available online, and they are brief. The User guide has zero troubleshooting in it.

Summary - although I have had one major hiccup - the tuning piece - I can live with it. I'm gigging with the Moog for live performances, and it's doing well. The sound is unmistakably Moog. I used it to replace an Access Virus TI2, which has been my "go to" for years, and to me, the best sounding and easiest to use digital synth I've seen. I will still use it as a backup for my Moog, and I also have a Prophet 12 I use if things really go south, but the sound difference even compared to the Virus is amazing. The closest I have which comes close is my Prophet 10. The Moog is rich, fat - everything my Subsequent 37 is but to the Nth degree. Also - the sequencer, which is one of the main reasons I wanted to replace the Virus - is powerful and very easy to use. Same with the argeggiator. NOTE: The Clock Speed affects both the sequencer and the arpeggiator. So, even if you have saved a sequence specific to one preset, if you change the clock speed for anything else, you need to re-clock for the sequence.

So, is the Moog Muse worth it? Absolutely. I've had it about 3 weeks now, and have my live presets constructed and in place. It doesn't take long to work through the nuances if you have any synth background. There are just some expended features which take a bit of trial and error, like syncing the individual timbre delays (or not), the multiple LFO pieces, etc.

Really fantastic synth, amazing sound, great build, all 100% Moog! Definitely agree with some of the other reviews - Moog launched this thing too early. They are now on 1.30 and things are much better, however Moog support is actually really awful and they don't answer emails for months and months (if ever). I am super happy I own this device but do take some time to research Moog support and some of the ongoing issues before you take the plunge (the Moog forum is a great resource).

Been wanting a polyphonic Moog for years. It plays and sounds amazing. True Moog Sound. I've also have a Sub37. I'm bringing the Muse on tour this month.

Love this synth. But it was not love at first sight…
When you unpack and plug in the muse for the first time, as we all do we go through all the factory preset patches.

And when you do a lot of the sounds were either out of tune or just sounded horribly warped and or over run with some kind of effects.

After working and calibrating the tuning which was not really a tuning issue as much as it was the fact that all the factory preset pathed have some sort of Pitch LFO's on and working with several parameters or settings. So for instance if yo pull up a sequence and load a patch with that sequence. Pres play on sequence you get out of tune and horrible sound. Like it was frustrating.. then I went through all the patches and turned those Pitch LFO's off. And all of a sudden, no tuning issues and patches started sounding like they should.. Now dont get me wrong. I dont know if this was a factory thing when they loaded these patches into the Muse, I am really starting Love the sound of this instrument and it will be one of my main boards now that its sounding AMAZING! I have added a picture of the area that might just be responsible for patches sounding warped or out of tune with Factory Patches. I hope this helps with anyone else having sound troubles.

Unlike most analog polysynths, this is a 3 VCO per voice synth, which can a lot of fatness, and also makes it great for mono leads and basses. The classic CP3 style mixer allows you to add a ton of saturation, just like the old modulars. The filters are very flexible and sound perfect, which goes without saying. The sequencer and arpeggiator are no run of the mill - they offer so many possibilities you wouldn't even find in a DAW. The diffusion delay is a lot of fun too. It adds the finishing touch that completes most synth sounds. I really appreciate that despite being a polysynth, Moog still provided a tremendous level of modulation possibilities, so you can get very experimental rather being limited to typical poly sounds like pads, etc.

It is not without its flaws, as nothing is. I feel foturnate to have not experienced many bugs as others have described. I think more modulation sources/destinations (there are plenty) would've been nice. Also there are only 2 CV in/outs, which limits integration with other modular gear.

All in all, I love it, and it's my favorite synth. But don't take my word for it. Do you due dilligence and don't let any negativity or positivity from strangers online sway your opinion.

This is a fantastic instrument. The sound is beautiful.
I've had it for a few months, and I'm beginning to feel more comfortable with it. It's quite the beast, with great features.
Some minor issues:
--It takes a while to warm up, so some of the voices have a little trouble tuning. The quick-tune function does nothing. After a while, a half hour or so, it's fine.
--The workflow for the banks of patches is clunky. You have to push too many buttons too many times in order to move from one bank to another.

Purchased an open box from sweetwater last week, as it's still currently out of stock, and was very excited to make it my main synth. I was very disappointed at first, especially compared to my OB-X8. The Muse was wildly out of tune even after multiple multiple quick tunings. Like, unusable out-of-tune. Decided to try a full recalibration and tuning, and if that failed, return it. Fortunately, after a very lengthy (1 hr plus) autocalibration and tuning, the Muse was perfectly in tune. Not sure why it was so bad out of the box. It has remained rock solid since then.

As far as the instrument itself, it rules. Very inspiring and unlike anything I've heard. It sort of covers Oberheim territory, but also some CS-80, and some Roland. It's very, very good. I could see it becoming the only synth I need. Highly impressed.

This is truly a masterpiece of an instrument. It's the polyphonic synth I've been waiting years for. The intuitive controls laid out exactly where they should be, the endless mod matrix, the warm colorful onboard delay and diffusion, I've never felt so much frictionless creative flow arriving at organic ideation in my production process. An elegant, reliable and intentionally constructed machine in every way. The power of Moog at an insane price point for a polyphonic Moog can't be understated. It's important to note many early adopters ran into problems with the first few Muse batches. Moog was incredibly receptive to these problems and have, to the best of my knowledge, patched all problems in the last 2 firmware updates. Absolutely zero complaints on my end. Anyway, back to making music.

When you're paying multiple thousands of dollars for an instrument you expect it to work with some stability and reliability. This is not the case with the Moog Muse. It is an incredibly unreliable product. If you're a gigging musician and are asked to bump your set up earlier? Well, I hope your unit has been on for at least a half an hour to an hour otherwise the voices will be horribly out of tune. "But there's a quick tune function!" you say... great, when you quick tune you synth you better hope your not on a patch that's on split mode because your B timbre will just go out- won't play at all. You'll have to navigate to a unison patch before going back to the one you were on before quick tuning. "Just calibrate the thing" you say.. also great (in theory) but the temperature sensitivity of the unit makes it impossible for a proper calibration. While the manual states the temperature stabilize around 27-30 degrees Celsius the temperature will regularly climb above 34C. And I haven't even touched on all of the glitches when it comes to hanging notes when your Muse decides it wants to engage the hold feature even though you haven't been anywhere near it.

Not quite sure where to start, but let me just say this for the current price of two subsequent 37s roughly you can own a full eight voice over drivable to the filter like the original MiniMoog with eight voices. Intuitively laid out front panel with the ability to quickly switch between two panels for double the synth. Filters are amazing, the diffusion delay adds just the right amount of effects and you can almost simulate Reverb with it. Three VCO's three LFO's with the gazillion knobs. The fact that you can have portamento by just turning the glide knob instantly is awesome and the hold button strategically placed allows you to tweak the scent to your delight wow you get to hear your experimentations with both hands.

This one is an instant classic — Immediately transports you to nostalgic heaven

I was excited to get this synth. But as an early adopter, I'm disappointed overall. I've had several issues: system crash, hanging notes, arpeggiator stops working, clicks and pops when in bi-timbral mode. Worst of all, the tuning on my unit is bad. Even after running the onboard calibration routine and tuning procedure, the synth has 2 voices that are noticably out of tune.

When I was able to get the synth in tune and functioning, it did sound really great.

Overall, once the many firmware issues are fixed, Muse will probably be a great choice. But if you need something stable now, I would look elsewhere.

This is a very nice Poly Synth. I have had it a couple of weeks now and still learning. The sound is great and the menu system is pretty easy to use. The sequencer is awesome and you can do a lot of generative stuff with it. Have had a small amount of tuning issues that hopefully gets fixed with a firmware update.

This thing is a work of art. It sounds great and looks incredibly beautiful. Great price point.