Moog Mother-32
The Moog Mother-32 has been a longtime favorite in the studio here at zZounds HQ. Its easy-to-use, semi-modular design means you don’t have to be a synth wizard to sit down and get a tune going. With 32 modular patch points, an oscillator with pulse and sawtooth wave outputs, and an on-board white noise generator, it can be a pretty self-contained little unit — but where’s the fun in that? We decided to take things up a notch and pair it with our favorite new pedal from EarthQuaker Devices: the Data Corrupter.
EarthQuaker Devices Data Corrupter
The Data Corrupter takes your input signal and brutally amplifies it into a crushing square wave fuzz tone that’s then multiplied, divided and modulated to create a wild, yet repeatable, three-voice synth-like texture. Plugging in the Mother-32 led to almost instant video game boss fight vibes, laden with delightfully bit-crushed fuzz and warbled pitch bends. While the Data Corrupter is built to be a guitar effect, pairing it with an analog synth really brings out the pedal’s full potential — it’s a worthy partner-in-crime with the Mother-32.
