Arturia's new software instrument recreates the rare and notoriously temperamental Memorymoog, expanding its polyphonic analog architecture with modern modulation, a multi-layer arpeggiator and a full effects rack.
The Memorymoog has a reputation that precedes it. Released by Moog Music between 1982 and 1985 as the company’s final flagship polyphonic synthesizer, it was powerful, ambitious and – by most accounts – quite temperamental. Original hardware is rare, expensive to restore and famously unstable, which has kept it well out of reach for most producers. Arturia’s Memory V is built to change that.
Powered by Arturia’s TAE® (True Analog Emulation) DSP technology, Memory V models the Memorymoog’s triple-oscillator-per-voice architecture at component level – capturing its discrete ladder filters, oscillator behaviour and analog non-linearities. Six voices come standard, expandable to 12, putting up to 18 oscillators running simultaneously.
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The ladder filter is modelled per voice, offering 24 dB and 12 dB modes, self-oscillation and a Bass Compensation feature to keep the low end from thinning out at higher resonance. Vintage and Dispersion controls let you introduce analog drift across pitch, pulse width, cutoff and more – enough to make sounds feel alive without things falling apart.
Past the emulation, Arturia has added a drag-and-drop modulation matrix, a four-layer Multi-Arp and a 4-slot effects rack with over 17 studio-grade processors. The 300-plus preset library spans vintage brass, saturated basses, cinematic pads, evolving textures and expressive leads – useful as starting points, and easy enough to pull apart from there.
On the integration side, Memory V supports NKS, MPE and MTS-ESP for microtonal use, and connects cleanly with Arturia’s hardware controllers. For producers already in the Arturia ecosystem, it fits without friction.
The Memorymoog was too rare and too temperamental to find a wide audience. The Memory V removes those barriers while keeping the character of the original.
Learn more about the Memory V at arturia.com. For local enquiries, head here.
